I Defeated the Guide Angel and I Became a Necromancer ~ I Feel Like I'm Playing a Different Game from Everyone Else, but I'm Doing Fine ~ - Chapter 81

Chapter 81: Strengthened Yet Still Diminished

◆ Demon Temple – Guild Room [Lobby] ◆

I packed my lunch, ran errands, and immediately logged in. Rena-chan and Pers-chan were nowhere to be found! And the Napping-sans were still logged out! Of course, it’s only been fifteen minutes. I’m completely obsessed with this game. Donta, Lia-chan, Oniichan, Chiyo-chan, the Pirate King and the Singing Sister couple, the members of the “Dreamscape Utopia” guild… I love them all so much.

“Ugh… sniffs… sobs… so cute…”

“Oh my goodness, are you alright? Don’t die!”

“I’m going to die, I’m going to die! gasps… Ugh…!”

Oh… Is that Tsukune-san who just came into the lobby? The one I met at the emergency event… Oh, is this a Lia model, huh? Between Rena-chan and Tsukune-san, there’s been an increase in miraculous legal loli!

And that legal loli is gagging and crying at the sight of a real loli… Okay, maybe Tsukune-san gets it. Maybe this is something she understands.

“Ah! Big sis, welcome back! You’re here early.”

“I’m home! I hurried here… Ah, he- hello…?”

This is my first time talking to Tsukune-san, so I’m nervous… She’s accepted by the Napping-sans, so she must be alright, but still… I’m nervous… So nervous…

“Sniffles…”

“Eh, a- are you okay?!”

“U- uhm… J- just… sobs… whimpers…”

She’s even more nervous than I am! The girl who was just crying over Lia-chan is now frozen solid! What should I do, my communication skills aren’t the best… Is there a way to break the ice?

Woof woof woof woof! (I’m full!)

“O- oh…? gasps… Big… Fluff… fluff…!”

“Ah, Donta! Look, you got drool all over your mouth again. Come here? I’ll wipe it off for you.”

Woof woof woof woof… (I’m sorry…)

Donta’s here! Perfect timing, Donta… And Tsukune-san is interested in him, too. Okay, I’m going to use Donta to make a good first impression. He’s always good at making friends with new players. He did it from day one. Good boy, Donta…

“…Donta, this Big sis wants to pet you, too.”

“gasps… R- really…?!”

Woof? Woof!

“Agghhh… groans”

Oh, Donta, you… She said she wants to pet you, but slapping her in the face with your paws right off the bat is rude! Good communication fail!

“Whimpers… So happy… I’m gonna die here!”

“Eh, don’t die! Tsukune-san? Tsukune-saaaaan???”

“…”

S- she fainted…? This reminds me of my initial panic attack when I first met Babylon-chan… Tsukune-san… Lia-chan and Donta alone were enough to send her to heaven… Maybe she has a heart attack if she sees Babylon-chan? We share a similar aura, I’m sure we can be friends… hopefully

“Donta… Tsukune-san seems like she fainted from happiness. Would you play with her when she wakes up…?”

Woof! (Sure!)

“Okay, please take care of her… Alright, Lia-chan, let’s go strengthen your gear!”

“Y- yes! Please!”

I’ll leave Tsukune-san to Donta for now, and I’m going to go strengthen Lia-chan’s equipment. I received everything in my mail as soon as I logged in: 60 Reinforcement Protection Tickets, 10 Reinforcement Success Rate Increase Tickets, and a ton of ☆5 Magic Stones… Will even this be enough? I’m going to try anyway! First, I’m going to try for my biggest goal: Robe +12!

◆ Demon Temple – Guild Room [Atelier] ◆

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[★★ Magician’s Robe +8] Reinforcement successful!

[★★ Magician’s Robe +9] Reinforcement successful!

[★★ Magician’s Robe +10] Reinforcement failed. Degraded to [★★ Magician’s Robe +8]

[Reinforcement Protection Ticket] consumed

[★★ Magician’s Robe +9] Reinforcement successful!

[★★ Magician’s Robe +10] Reinforcement successful!

Heaves… Gasps… What… what is going on?! This ridiculous low reinforcement success rate, the Magic Stones and Protection Tickets melting away at Mach speed…?! I thought my heart was going to burst. Wait, it’s still only +10?! Okay, can I stop here for a second? I can’t.

“A- are you okay, Big sis…?”

“I’m fine. Just a fatal wound.”

“Oh my goodness…”

“Next, the hat…!”

I’ve already used 15 of the Protection Tickets I got. How many are left? Only 45. Ah, Pers-chan’s experience said that I could make it with 15 Protection Tickets… That’s why there are 60. So if I can’t make it with these, I’m a total failure…

[★★ Magician’s Tiara +1] Reinforcement successful!

[★★ Magician’s Tiara +2] Reinforcement—-

Up to +4 is the safe zone! From +5, it feels like a 70% success rate. Even though I’m already thinking, “Ugh, the odds are low”, it’s probably 60, 50, 50 from here on out. +7 is fine. Still manageable.

[★★ Magician’s Tiara +6] Reinforcement failed. Value maintained.

[Reinforcement Protection Ticket] consumed

[★★ Magician’s Tiara +6] Reinforcement successful!

[★★ Magician’s Tiara +7] Reinforcement failed. Degraded to [★★ Magician’s Tiara +5]

[Reinforcement Protection Ticket] consumed

[★★ Magician’s Tiara +6] Reinforcement failed. Value maintained.

[Reinforcement Protection Ticket] consumed

Who said it was manageable?! What is this, what is this, AAAAAAAARGH!! I just used 3 in a row, and it’s stuck at +5, I’m going to puke. This is bad. This is not a content that normal people should be playing! I heard that there are items called Protection Tickets, or at least, items that guarantee reinforcement to a certain level, that drop from dungeons? They must be super rare, because I’ve never seen one!

[★★ Magician’s Tiara +6] Reinforcement failed. Value maintained.

[Reinforcement Protection Ticket] consumed

[★★ Magician’s Tiara +6] Reinforcement successful!

[★★ Magician’s Tiara +7] Reinforcement successful!

[★★ Magician’s Tiara +8] Reinforcement successful!

[★★ Magician’s Tiara +10] Reinforcement critically successful!

Cough… Gasps… There’s a critical success…? Sobs… Sorry, but that’s actually making me anxious. There must be a critical failure, too, right? It has to be. Because there’s a critical success.

“Okay. Hat done…”

“Th- thank you! It was fast, which means…?”

“Hmm, maybe I was just on a hot streak.”

“That’s good…!”

I’m the big sis here, not Oniichan. I’m not the kind of person who can hit those super lucky rolls… It seems like Lia-chan can’t use this reinforcement machine, so I have to do it for her. Which means I can’t ask Oniichan for help. I have to do it… Wait for me, Lia-chan. I’m going to make everything +10 right now!

[★★ Magician’s Shoes +1] Reinforcement successful!

[★★ Magician’s Shoes +2]—

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[★★ Magician’s Shoes +5] Reinforcement failed. Degraded to [★★ Magician’s Shoes +4]

[Reinforcement Protection Ticket] consumed

Sad news, I’m stuck in a loop between 4 and 5. This is really showing me just how lucky I got earlier. I used 8 just on this loop, you know? This is bad… Seriously… Isn’t it going to be impossible to get 4 things to +10…?

◆ … Rinne-chan Reinforcing… ◆

[★★ Magician’s Shoes +10] Reinforcement critically failed. Degraded to [★★ Magician’s Shoes +7] …

[Reinforcement Protection Ticket] consumed

Ugh…

[★★ Magician’s Shoes +9] Reinforcement critically successful!

“Whimpers…”

If I fail this one, I’ll only have 10 left. Just 11 left in total. I can use the success rate increase tickets and the protection tickets together. I can’t handle it… Let me finish this at +10…

[★★ Magician’s Shoes +10] Reinforcement failed. Value maintained.

[Reinforcement Protection Ticket] consumed.

[Reinforcement Success Rate Increase Ticket] consumed.

Ughhhhhhh…

[★★ Magician’s Shoes +10] Reinforcement successful!

[Reinforcement Success Rate Increase Ticket] consumed

“Lia-chan, it’s done, it’s done, it’s done! Put your feet out.”

“Y- yes…!”

I have 10 tickets left for the underwear… Come on, luck, come on! I can’t take it anymore… I want to be free…

[★★ Magician’s Truth +1] Reinforcement successful!

[★★ Magician’s Truth +2]—-

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[★★ Magician’s Truth +8] Reinforcement successful!

[★★ Magician’s Truth +9] Reinforcement successful!

Wow, it’s straight, straight through! I almost stopped out of shock! This is a gift from the gods! Okay, here we go, protection ticket, success rate increase ticket, let’s do this!

[★★ Magician’s Truth +11] Reinforcement critically successful! Congratulations!

[Reinforcement Success Rate Increase Ticket] consumed

“No, not that one… I wanted the robe to get the critical success… Okay.”

“Oh, thank you…”

Not that one, though… This underwear equipment is fine at +10. I never expected it to go to +11… Ugh… Okay, I have to do it, I have to do the +12 reinforcement for the robe.

“Lia-chan, I’m going to over-reinforce the robe, so watch…”

“Please do your best!”

Watch, Lia-chan. Your big sis is going to show you that she’s not worse than Oniichan.

[★★ Magician’s Robe +11] Reinforcement failed. Value maintained.

[Reinforcement Protection Ticket] consumed.

[Reinforcement Success Rate Increase Ticket] consumed.

[★★ Magician’s Robe +11] Reinforcement failed. Value maintained.

[Reinforcement Protection Ticket] consumed.

[Reinforcement Success Rate Increase Ticket] consumed

[★★ Magician’s Robe +11] Reinforcement failed. Value maintained.

[Reinforcement Protection Ticket] consumed.

[Reinforcement Success Rate Increase Ticket] consumed.

Ugh, ugh, ughhh… Gasps… Gasps… Is this probability… corrupted? Three failed attempts in a row at +11, but it didn’t degrade, so it’s still manageable! The Protection Tickets are keeping it from breaking, and that’s truly a blessing!

[★★ Magician’s Robe +11] Reinforcement failed. Value maintained.

[Reinforcement Protection Ticket] consumed.

[Reinforcement Success Rate Increase Ticket] consumed.

[★★ Magician’s Robe +11] Reinforcement failed. Value maintained.

[Reinforcement Protection Ticket] consumed.

[Reinforcement Success Rate Increase Ticket] consumed

[★★ Magician’s Robe +11] Reinforcement successful! Congratulations!

[Reinforcement Success Rate Increase Ticket] consumed.

+12, 5 Protection Tickets left. 2 Reinforcement Success Rate Increase Tickets left. I’m going in… Please, please let this work… Don’t let it degrade…

[★★ Magician’s Robe +12] Reinforcement failed. Degraded to [★★ Magician’s Robe +10] …

[Reinforcement Protection Ticket] consumed.

[Reinforcement Success Rate Increase Ticket] consumed.

[★★ Magician’s Robe +11] Reinforcement failed. Value maintained.

[Reinforcement Protection Ticket] consumed.

[Reinforcement Success Rate Increase Ticket] consumed.

[★★ Magician’s Robe +11] Reinforcement failed. Value maintained.

[Reinforcement Protection Ticket] consumed.

[★★ Magician’s Robe +12] Reinforcement critically successful! Congratulations!!

Ah… I thought it was over, thank you for the critical success, thank you for the critical success, thank you for the critical success, Pers-chan thank you, Pers-chan thank you Pers-chan, it’s done, it’s done!!

“AAAAAHHHHH!! Lia-chan, it’s done!! Aaaaaah!”

“It’s good, it’s good… Really!”

We did it, we did it, we finished! Ugh, I never want to reinforce anything again. Never…

◆ The Perplexed Napping-San – In the Guild Room ◆

Okay, so, I went out to eat lunch and came back, right? And Lia-chan has cat ears and a tail. They even move, flopping and twitching. What is that? It’s amazing, so cute… I want to wear them, but that would be weird, right? Oh, Lia-chan is waving to me. Cute… So cute. I’m going to die from cuteness. She also got new clothes, and they fit her amazingly. I’m going crazy. Crazy.

And, uh… Tsukune-chan. She’s passed out in Don-chan’s arms, looking blissful. It’s a horrifying expression. It’s an expression that a 16-year-old girl should never make. This kid is definitely crazy, huh…

Then, there’s another dead person. Why is Rinne-chan dead on the floor, face-down on a [Dragon Plushie] …?

“Welcome back, Napping-san!”

“I’m ho-ome… Why are you dead, Rinne-chan?”

“I was, uh, doing reinforcement and passed out…”

“Eh? How high did you go?”

“The robe is +12…? The rest are +10, I think? I’m in show-off mode, so it’s okay to look!”

“Crazy.”

“Eh?”

“Ah, no, it’s nothing. If I stare at Lia-chan too long, I’m going to become a criminal, so I’ll check the details later…”

“Eh? O- okay…?

You’re right, her equipment is in show-off mode. Rinne-chan, did you die from a heart attack or stomach ache because of this reinforcement…? Let’s see… The equipment…

[★★ Magician’s Tiara +10] (Supreme Mystic – Head – No slots available [●] )

[Curse] This equipment has no effect alone (including card effects)

When reinforcement value is +7 or higher, increases own base attack by +700

When reinforcement value is +10 or higher, increases own magic attack by +50%

Damage reduction rate +1% +5%

[Childhood Magician◆◆◆ Card] Magic attack +20%

Reinforceable – Equipment registered to [Aurelia] – Weight 0.1 kg

[★★ Magician’s Robe +12] (Supreme Mystic – Body 1 – No slots available [●] )

[Curse] This equipment has no effect alone (including card effects)

When reinforcement value is +7 or higher, increases own base attack by +700

When reinforcement value is +10 or higher, skill [Sacrifice] becomes usable

When reinforcement value is +12 or higher, when receiving an attack that would reduce HP to 0, HP is maintained at 1 for 10 seconds

Damage reduction rate +2% +10%

[Teenage Magician◆◆◆ Card] MAG +150

Reinforceable – Equipment registered to [Aurelia] – Weight 0.6 kg

[★★ Magician’s Truth +11] (Supreme Mystic – Body 2 – No slots available [●] )

[Curse] This equipment has no effect alone (including card effects)

When reinforcement value is +7 or higher, increases own base attack by +700

When reinforcement value is +10 or higher, MP +500%

Damage reduction rate +0% +6%

[Adult Magician◆◆◆ Card] MP recovery +300%

Reinforceable – Equipment registered to [Aurelia] – Weight 0.05 kg

[★★ Magician’s Shoes +10] (Supreme Mystic – Feet – No slots available [●] )

[Curse] This equipment has no effect alone (including card effects)

When reinforcement value is +7 or higher, increases own base attack by +700

When reinforcement value is +10 or higher, the summoning cost of familiars is reduced by 1

Damage reduction rate +1% +5%

[Puberty Magician◆◆◆ Card] Base attack +700

Reinforceable – Equipment registered to [Aurelia] – Weight 0.4 kg

[★★★ Magician◆◆◆ Set] (Unlocked – Ultimate – 4 pieces)

Effects of the Magician series apply

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Base attack +500

Magic attack +20%

…… Ta-da! This is my old costume! By ◆◆◆◆◆, ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆

Wow… What is this, so strong… So, that Berserker’s Helmet that I got the other day was part of a set, huh? I guess you have to gather these pieces, too… Speaking of which, there’s a lot of censored stuff… It’s probably “Arus” here. I’ve seen someone who speaks like a magician and says “ah-shi” on the lower floors. Oh, the spoiler prevention function is on, because of me, right? I remember turning it on before. Oh, it showed “Arus” properly! I get it.

“Ah… Napping-san… welcome back…”

“I’m home. You did well with the reinforcement!”

“Thank you… I never realized it could be so nerve-wracking…”

“By the way, Rage has a +14 Mystic weapon.”

“…….. What?!”

“Plus, 14.”

“Ughhh… Abnormal…”

“I agree. He got it from +12 with a critical success.”

“Crazy luck…”

Well, this is definitely worth all the work of reinforcing. Maybe I should start collecting the Dragonbone set… Hmm, hmm. It’s exciting to have a new goal, but also scary to see the reinforcement abyss looming, huh… Well, Dragonbone doesn’t really need to be reinforced to have effects, so I don’t need to force myself to get the set. I’ll just gather them little by little…