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Chapter 312: The Misclick

(Now then—time to pick up a skill or two while Mia-san is tidying the warehouse.)

Skill Points: 3

'Available Skills'

(【Charge・Armor・High】5)

(【Charge・Armor・Armor Enhancement・Armor・High】1)

(【Charge・Armor・Strength Up・High】1)

(【Charge・Armor・Endurance Up・High】1)

(【Charge・Armor・Agility Up・High】1)

(【Charge・Armor・Magic Up・High】1)

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【Charge・Armor・Impact Resistance・High】1

【Charge・Armor・Slashing Resistance・High】1

【Charge・Armor・Piercing Resistance・High】1

【Charge・Armor・Strike Resistance・High】1

【Charge・Armor・Magic Resistance・High】1

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【Charge・Armor・Heat Resistance】1

【Charge・Armor・Cold Resistance】1

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【Charge・Armor・Fire Resistance】1

【Charge・Armor・Water Resistance】1

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【Charge・Armor・Impact Nullification】1

【Charge・Armor・Slashing Nullification】1

【Charge・Armor・Piercing Nullification】1

【Charge・Armor・Strike Nullification】1

【Charge・Armor・Magic Nullification】1

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【Charge・Armor・Light Armor】1

【Charge・Armor・Heavy Armor】1

【Charge・Armor・Donning・Doffing】1

【Charge・Armor・Armor Manipulation】1

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【Charge・Armor・Armor Tackle】1

【Charge・Armor・Armor Spike】1

【Charge・Armor・Armor Shot】1

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【Charge・Armor・Pinpoint Armor】1

【Charge・Armor・Gravity Armor】1

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【Charge・Armor・One with the Armor】50

【Charge・Armor・Dimension Armor】50

【Charge・Armor・Stealth Armor】50

【Charge・Armor・Mirage Armor】50

【Charge・Armor・Jet Armor】50

【Charge・Armor・Mirror Armor】50

【Charge・Armor・......etc.

The number at the end is the point cost, and the ones in parentheses are already acquired.

These are the skills learnable as 【Charge Armorer】—a lot of them mirror the shield line.

I've got 3 points. Since charging is the whole point, I want one attack skill, plus either 【Charge・Armor・Impact Resistance・High】 or 【Charge・Armor・Impact Nullification】.

The difference between resistance and nullification: resistance is a timed buff, while nullification is a one-shot, use-it-once skill.

So the person inside doesn't die from the recoil of their own body slam—I'd better take one or the other.

By the way, I did my homework on the similarly-named skills yesterday, properly.

(If it's a one-time body slam I'm after, 'nullification' wins, no?)

With an 800-MP tackle, resistance might not cut it.

Being able to nullify it outright feels safer.

Honestly, I'm not sure what separates impact from strike—but the jobs that learn them differ, so they feel like the same skill wearing different hats.

【Impact Resistance】 and 【Impact Nullification】 are skills learned by armor-line jobs like 【Heavy Armored Warrior】 and 【Castle Knight】.

【Strike Resistance】 and 【Strike Nullification】 go to jobs whose main game is striking, like 【Fist User】 and 【Fist Master】.

Likewise, I honestly can't tell how 'heat' and 'fire' differ.

(There's 'Light Armor,' but no 'Naked,' huh......)

【Light Armor】, the 【Light Armored Warrior】 skill that makes you stronger the lighter your equipment—I can't learn that one. But 【Heavy Armor】, the 【Heavy Armored Warrior】 skill that makes you stronger the heavier it gets, I CAN learn.

There doesn't seem to be a skill equivalent to 【Naked】, which raises not just Endurance but Strength, Agility, and Magic too as long as you're wearing nothing.

Armor-related skills look mostly learnable—but what about special ones like 【Naked】 or 【Flying Armor】?

Speaking of which, is 【Naked King】 actually a 'King' job like 【Spear King】 or 【Bow King】?

I hear its stats are pretty high......

('Donning・Doffing' is the quick-change skill...... What about 'Armor Manipulation'?)

【Donning・Doffing】 lets you change gear semi-automatically.

【Heavy Armored Warrior】 should have been able to learn that one too.

As for 'Armor Manipulation,' my digging found no matching skill anywhere.

Going by 'manipulation,' there's Endo-san's 【Water Manipulation】, and overseas there's 【Marionette】, a skill that controls doll-like things—golems and the like......

(It might just be a powered-suit-style assist for your own movement—but if it can steer an empty suit of armor like a marionette, then......)

"Emergency! Kasumi-san's here—! Quick! Quick, the armor under-layer—!"

"Ah!"

【Charge・Armor・Armor Manipulation】new

Aaaahhh.

Mia-san came barreling in screaming, startled me—and I grabbed 'Armor Manipulation'......

"Why the panic? Weren't you saying you'd tell Watanabe-san on me?"

"Well, thinking it over really hard, if I said Haruki grabbed my butt, it'd be MY butt in danger. The golems are in the way right now, so she'll be fussing to get in. Natsuki, help me out!"

Mia-san busily gets herself into the armor.

I'd love to help her out with 'Armor Manipulation' right this second, but I'd rather not have fresh suspicions heaped on me.

And with what comes later, I can't spare the MP anyway.

"For the record: this is a misunderstanding. Aikawa is the one who pushed your butt. I got kicked in the face—I'm the victim here, if anything."

Getting slapped with a groping false accusation on top of everything would be too much.

"Mmm. You were kicked in the face? Are you all right? Show me properly."

"Pye."

Kasumi-san steps into Floor 39.

The remaining skills can wait until leveling's done.

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"Starting at 5, three shots really is impossible. Let's call it here for today."

October is nearly over, so the days are short.

By the time the second alarm rang it was pitch dark, and we were leveling with the golems below invisible.

"Gathering the golems is efficient, though. We only did two rounds, and I properly hit 38."

Mia-san's level is climbing steadily, so the current method must be fine.

I thought it'd take a week, but if things go well it'll be over in two more days.

"I'm staaarving."

"Same here. Those two are probably waiting—let's talk over there."

Lately the reformed Shiraishi-san cooks dinner for us too, so it should already be ready.

I have a curfew, so I'll have to head home, though.

My adventurer license came back to me since my test scores were good, but Kasumi-san wouldn't budge on the curfew—leaving my mother home alone is not okay, she says.

And my test results were—get this—sixth in my year.

First place was Aikawa, of course.

"I want to test a skill, so go on ahead. I'll show my face before I head home."

Of the two shots, Soushi took one, so my MP is at exactly half.

The 'Armor Manipulation' I grabbed in a panic—well, I'd been on the fence about what to take with the last point anyway, so it worked out.

Shall I spend the other 2 points too?

1 point for 【Charge・Armor・Impact Nullification】, and with the last one I want an attack skill—the question is which.

【Charge・Shield・Armor Tackle】, 【Charge・Shield・Armor Spike】, or 【Charge・Shield・Armor Shot】......

'Tackle' is surely a skill that enhances a straight tackle.

'Spike' should be the shield's 'Shield Spike' equivalent—growing spikes of mana.

And what's 'Shot' supposed to be......