Chapter 66 Nothing Is What It Seems 2

- Alert: The Stat Clutch was added in version 2.2 of the system. Logs indicated that allowing the System users to gain power too fast did not give them enough time to acclimate to Caliber diseases. The clutch is intended to ensure that users would never have calibers greater than 500 points before level 30.-

'What? Version 2.2? Someone is fucking patching this thing?! …Never mind that, why is there a need to keep it below 500 points?'

- Alert: 500 points in any caliber grants a system user rating of [Initiate], Initiates gain full use of the system and warp travel. The Caliber diseases no longer manifest as sickness but now cause the users to enter lost modes -

'Wait wait wait? Initiate? Warp travel? Lost mode? What the hell is going on? How is it that the more you explain the less it makes sense?'

*GRRRRRR*

Awoken by the numerous sounds made by the dragsaurians Hiro used [Sword Driver] and turned his sword buster. While the weapons granted a maximum of 500 ATK, this was only true If the weapons original weight remained unchanged.

Even if the sword grew to over 200 cm, with no nothing behind it, the sword could be thought of as a hollow bat. The mass itself caused the damage as it translated into power when swung. Thus even with the giant-looking blade, Hiro's basic strikes would only shave off 50 HP.

'Shit I don't have time for these mysteries! System! How much strength do I need to be able to fight in buster size with the weight on?'

- Alert: "Buster" weighs 470 kilograms. To effectively use it as a weapon Host must have at least 2350 STR or have the strength of 235 men.-

'Fucking hell, how did the girls even manage to pack this thing into a tiny blade. This thing has sizes right? Can you compute how much I can lift at 700 STR?'

- Alert: Analyzing [Blade of Mitsurugi sizes] and strength requirements… -

- Weight Increase per size: 47 kilos per level-

- Length Increase per size: 20 cm per level -

- STR requirement per level… Level 1 has no requirement for STR, upon increasing to Level 2, Magic arrays transform the core of the weapon from steel to a variant of Osmium. -

- At Level 2 the weight of the weapon increases from 4.7 KG to 94 KG … STR needed per level 290. Requirement analysis completed -

- At level 28 with 680 STR host can increase the weapon to Size 3, Size 3 would have a length of 100 cm, a weight of 141 kilograms, and a base damage of 150 ATK. Its STR requirement is 680. -

"Damn girls! I am so fondling you all till you three cry when I get home. This weapon is going to accompany me for a long time. I LOVE YOU ALL! [SWORD DRIVER] SIZE 3! [IMPACT]! [Mana Armor]! [Spirit Sense]!"

- Alert: [Mana Armor] activated, all damage incurred will reduce MP instead of HP -

- Alert: [Spirit Sense] activated, All life-ending blows to the host will shine in red until SP is depleted -

Decreasing the size Hiro now had a weapon to match his power, his base damage would increase from 730 to 830. Not a lot but in this situation, every bit of power helps.

'I still have four unassigned points right? In this situation I need STR the most, getting my Aura as high as possible will give me more options. The dragsaurians AGI is only 200, I at least have breathing room now. Since I can move almost three times faster at 673 AGI.'

The monsters all froze in their tracks due to Hiro shouting and his weapon suddenly shortening to a fraction of its buster size. Annoyed, a dragsaurian larger than the rest raised its spear and made menacing growls.

The leader then pointed his spear towards Hiro, unlike before the dozen or so vanguard now increased to sixty reptiles, and five different groups of twelve all closed in on him in a steady march.

'I'm lucky my sword is throwing them all off point but I need to start a plan now. I can't kill them in one hit with 830 ATK, they are all at 1750 HP with 200 Aura. My gamer senses tell me [Aura suit] works like armor, I wonder if they will all turn aggressive once it is used up like system users? '

Hiro then leaped and maximized his higher-level AGI to walk on the heads of the beasts. With a difference of over 500 points, to the transmigrator, it looked like the monsters were moving in slow motion. But noticing his speed, the lizards started to raise their spears ahead of time.

'Shit, can't you bastards give me a break? System! Allocate all my free points to STR, and tell me how many dragsaurians I need to kill to reach level 30.'

Even with a higher speed, a single mistake will cause Hiro to get surrounded or pinned. STR wise he was still weaker. So while he could hit them hard enough for them to hurt, he could not overpower them in his current state.

- Alert: Experience needed to reach Level 29 is 6500, 9500 for Level 30. Monsters need to be killed to reach Level 30: three level 65 dragsaurians.-

- Warning: Level-ups need a 2-second window to refill calibers. The more exp used in the level up the longer it will take. Once the level-up begins, all experience accumulated during the level up will be ignored until the host's body finishes calibrating.-

Starting to get annoyed at Hiro, the dragsaurians started to spit balls of green-colored mucus at him. Remembering the status screen he saw, the transmigrator believed it to be [Acidic Bile]. Thus he did his best to avoid them, by performing acrobatics using the reptilian heads as footholds. He moved to reach the other end of the bowl where the Dragsaurians were fewest.

'Ugh, the exp keeps rising per level. These RPG mechanics are like D*rk sou*s!

- Alert: [Mana Armor] in effect, host has lost 40 MP! -

'WOAH! Fuck! Dragon spit? Yuck, good thing I have [Mana Armor] these globs should be acidic right? But damn, even a glancing blow takes 40 HP! No wonder [Tactics] told me I would die!'

Upon reaching the end of his foot holds Hiro jumped and used his momentum to stab the dragsaurian nearest him.

- Alert: 430 damage dealt to Dragsaurian Lvl 65! -

400 DEF? These fuckers are like knights in heavy armor! Even I have only 40 DEF! Shit, I can't keep this up, If I use a skill I can kill some instantly but what happens when they attack and I get Skill locked?'