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Chapter 25: Minotaur Explosion Kill

"Skill acquisition done."

【Charge・Spear】 5

【Charge・Spear・Weapon Enhancement・Spear】 1

【Charge・Spear・Strength Up】 1

【Charge・Spear・Agility Up】 1

【Charge・Spear・Aiming】 1

That's a total of 9 points spent, leaving me with 1 point saved.

I'll test it out right away on the 10th floor's Minotaur.

Moving from the shade of a tree on the 2nd floor to the 11th floor using my 'Right Gate'. Then from the 11th floor, I pass through the '9th Floor Gate' to reach the front of the '10th Floor Gate'.

"Let's go."

I pass through the '10th Floor Gate' and enter the boss floor. The Minotaur will appear in another minute.

"[Status]."

Name: Kasugano Haruki

Job: 【Charge Spearman】

Lv: 10

HP: 120/300

MP: 97/150

Strength: 25

Endurance: 25

Agility: 20

Magic: 15

Skill: 【Gate】

【Charge・Spear】

【Charge・Spear・Weapon Enhancement・Spear】

【Charge・Spear・Strength Up】

【Charge・Spear・Agility Up】

【Charge・Spear・Aiming】

Skill Points: 1

【Charge・Spear】 consumes MP while charging. I should check my status to see how fast it decreases. My vision feels narrowed, but it's not like I can't fight.

The Minotaur spawned. Thankfully, the distance is quite considerable.

"[Charge・Spear] activate."

MP: 97→96→95 It's decreasing. Proof that it's working. Let's go all out.

"[Charge・Spear・Weapon Enhancement・Spear] activate, [Charge・Spear・Strength Up] activate, [Charge・Spear・Agility Up] activate."

These skills don't consume MP. The rate of MP decrease hasn't changed. MP: 94→93

The Minotaur's pace remains as slow as ever. It takes about 30 slow seconds to approach me. My MP has also decreased by about 30 in that time. I'd say it decreases by 1 per second. MP: 67→66

If I take one step forward, I'm within spear range. Until now, I've let it attack first, but there's a chance the [Charge・Spear] effect might wear off while I'm dodging. I'll take the initiative this time.

"[Charge・Spear・Aiming]."

MP 65→55 I step forward with all my might. Fast. The spear is drawn as if by some force toward the Minotaur's heart.

(No resistance. This is bad.)

Without any resistance, the spear is sucked into its heart, sinking in halfway up the shaft. Thinking this was another case where it would get stuck, I release my hand and jump backward. I hear a bursting sound, and the spear goes flying. No, wait—the Minotaur with the spear stuck in it flies backward.

"...It's not moving. Did I deplete its HP in one hit?"

I approach the fallen Minotaur and pull out the spear.

"Ugh." I notice the ground is entirely dyed blue with the Minotaur's blood, so I flip it over. There's no backside. On the front, there's only a stab wound to the heart, but the back is completely gone—no spine at all. It's as if a bomb exploded inside it.

"The magic stone seems to have blown away too."

Yep. Crushing magic stones is forbidden for lone adventurers. My apologies.

My remaining MP is 55. The MP consumption for [Charge・Spear・Aiming] was 10. Since my original MP was 97, that's 32 MP charged for this much power.

"I'll need practice to use this properly."

How much power do I get for how much MP? I won't know until I try using it repeatedly.

I head out to the 11th floor, then return to the 9th floor. Time to farm Minotaurs.

I get the feeling that my own movements were too fast. It's not just because I stacked too many skills—it's because I changed jobs and my stats more than doubled. First, I defeated several Minotaurs without using [Charge・Spear]. Once I got used to the [Charge Spearman]'s stats, I began testing [Charge・Spear]. When I activated [Charge・Spear] for just an instant, charging only 1 MP worth, the power didn't seem to change. If anything, focusing on activating [Charge・Spear] seems to have decreased my accuracy. When MP consumption exceeds 10, I just end up hitting near the heart, shattering the magic stone for a one-hit kill. The power seems to start increasing from around 5 MP, and up to 10, I can probably use it without shattering the magic stone. My MP is running low, so I guess I can't test any more on Minotaurs. The next monsters up would be the 20th floor boss, but...

"Come to think of it, the 20th floor boss is a melee fight, right?"

It's an Orc General and his soldiers. Multiple monsters appear at once, so it's not suitable for testing.

"It's about noon. I should go outside and eat to recover MP."

It's not quite noon yet, but maybe because I've been active, I'm hungry. I create a 'Left Gate' on the 11th floor and return to the surface. I'll make more progress this afternoon.

"Oh, I might have leveled up. [Status]."

Name: Kasugano Haruki

Job: 【Charge Spearman】

Lv: 11

HP: 199/330

MP: 5/165

Strength: 27

Endurance: 27

Agility: 22

Magic: 16