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Thor patted Moe's head as he ran up to him pulling the sled, a small breath escaping from the corner of his lips.

For the third time this time, it seemed that he had been hit with .

Next, Thor looked at his own skill tree and nodded quietly after confirming that the was still there.

It seems that the tedious checking process is somehow over.

In fact, the reason he had been going back and forth was to check the relationship between the characteristics and the curse.

The trigger was the invasion curse that I received at the seventh level.

Specifically, this curse is as follows.

Activation: automatic / Effect: small / Scope: self.

This curse had no effect on Thor, who could not control his fighting spirit, but on Stratchia, who was a swordsman, it was a harsh fetter.

However, the curse was strangely absent from the base of his friend's tree, which he had checked on his way home.

Instead, what was conspicuously growing on the tree was the root characteristic of .

The assumption is that the curse would be canceled by a more effective property.

This was proven to be correct, since Yuril's also repelled the .

However, this problem is not so easy to solve.

For some reason, every time we invaded, Thor's and were also overwritten.

However, the curse disappeared and the spell was restored when we got out of the room.

It seemed to me that the curse might be stronger if the degree of effect is the same, but I was curious about the "small" part of the effect.

Thor assumed it to be two, although no specific number was given.

The reason for this is the decrease in the number of times the spell can be used when is applied.

He further guessed that the number would be five if the effect is medium, and nine if the effect is large.

This is based on the fact that Yuril received a small amount of skill points even when he was under , and that he gained five times as much when the effect was reversed and the effect was medium.

Currently, Sora's can reverse only 50%, i.e., only half of the value.

This is the reason why the number of times was increased by only one when Thor's was changed to .

This small difference may cause the curse to override the characteristics of the spell.

Thor came to this conclusion and decided to increase the to the fifth level first.

So far, he has accumulated 14,000 skill points in Sola, so he only needs another 1,000 to reach his goal.

Since there was no change in the numbers by the time he reached level 4, he expected a two-stage type of growth, although he could not say for certain.

However, a thousand points is not a number that can be easily earned.

Therefore, we decided to add to the score and make a quick profit with the ants.

It was thought that half of double would be one time, but it turned out to be 50% more, and we were able to achieve the goal on schedule.

And the expected result was....

-- Reverses the target's attack or effect.

Level 5 / Usable number of times: 8 times per hour / Activation: Instant / Effect: 80% / Range: Perception.

I dare you to use this on Thor's .

The effect is small as well, but if the calculation is correct, the effect should be doubled.

And now, after confirming that it was not overwritten, he finally lets out a sigh of relief.

"So that's it. Do you understand?"

"........................ Yes, I was surprised."

Ram Merulla, who had been listening carefully to Thor's lengthy explanation, nodded his head cockily, as if he had just woken up from a dream.

The fact that the characteristics and curses were described in detail and that they could be changed by of Thora was something that even Rummella, who had worked at the temple for a long time, had never heard of before.

In the past, she would have laughed it off with a raised eyebrow.

However, after descending to the second level and experiencing the characteristics of the , that was not the case.

It was as if I could breathe even at the bottom of the water, and the magic power came to me one after another.

Rummella was convinced that the words spoken by the man in front of him were true.

The girl tried to continue her story, but her back was so tense that the first words that came to her mind were the ones she uttered.

"So Riccoli is ....... And my sister is ......?"

"When I get back, I'll make sure the curse is lifted. Then you'll be back to normal, or even better."

"Oh, oh ...... thank you ......."

Thor quickly reaches out and holds Rummella in his arms as she is about to collapse.

One of the threads that had been secretly tautened must have snapped.

The girl clung to him and buried her face in Thor's chest, her shoulders shaking.

At first glance, it seems like a kind gesture, but Thor's willingness to cooperate with the girl by revealing his abilities to this extent is in fact a calculated one.

The letter of introduction to Ram Merulla, given to him earlier, bears the seal of her position.

The top of the trunk.

It is a position that is almost peripheral, and one of the most powerful in the temple.

That is why she proposed the deal.

In exchange for lifting the curse of Ram Merulla's sister, I asked him to suppress the movement of the temple, which would surely take some kind of action if Thor's was revealed.

The reason for bringing her along this time was also to prove that the curse could really be removed.

"Oh, my goodness, me too!"　

"Moo, moo, moo!"

"So do I."

"Well, then, I'll join you.

For some reason, the group was all hugging each other around Rummella.

"Well then, let's destroy this layer too. We want to make money while we can.

The number of points for amber ants is 20.

Since the swarms are made up of six to eight ants, you can now earn over 40 points by defeating them.

Moreover, there is a nice hit mixed in every now and then.

Mr. Thor, those are milky ants in the back.

Milky stone ants need to have a large amount of water in their outer shells in order to produce the tarnishing effect, and this makes them prone to freezing and expansion.

This ant, which we had defeated immediately the last time, was a welcome opponent this time.

This time, however, they were a welcome opponent, because they kept bringing in more and more prey.

Thanks to these monsters that bring their friends to their deaths, the search time is greatly shortened.

Once the monsters have been defeated, Moe uses his to see if there are any left, and then repeats the move.

"But there is a way to tell them apart like this, isn't there?"

Rummella was impressed by Yuril's skill in accurately revealing only the milky stone ants.

Then, for some reason, Moe interrupted, lifting his chin.

Moe knows what I'm talking about. You can't eat this!"

"No, it's obvious."

The ore-covered ants have no edible parts.

This seemed to frustrate Sola and Mu considerably.

The disappointed child snatched only the milky stone ant's jewel, as if to take advantage of the situation.

The reason for this is that the price of amber ants is low, but if too many of them become available, the purchase price will drop even more.

Incidentally, the place to bring them in is not an authorized buying place, but a trading temple.

This is because the Adventurers' Bureau only deals with nearby monsters that threaten the city, while faraway places are out of their jurisdiction.

Therefore, there is no reward for killing monsters.

This is unavoidable considering that the purpose is to defend the city and liberate the miasma, and that a certain purchase price is guaranteed in order to help adventurers.

From the second layer, the number of large ants began to increase here and there, but we steadily exterminate them without encountering any particular difficulties.

It was getting late, so we decided to spread out our sleeping bags and have dinner at a place where we could see the ramp to the third level.

Rummella drank a bowl of soup with rock lizard meatballs, and was immensely surprised at how delicious it tasted.

Straccia silently asked for a second helping.

More than 500 amber ants were killed that day.

The number of milky stone ants also exceeded 40.

The number of skill points obtained easily exceeded 5,000.