Chapter 9

Holding a wire in each hand... the tips of the two wires were strongly pulled in one direction.

...It seems I’m using this correctly.

I decided to head in that direction.

Then, after running for about 30 seconds... I encountered two wolf-type monsters around a corner.

Though not an ambush, the number of enemies had doubled.

To suddenly find myself in such a situation... it was a good thing I had checked if I could handle it with half the normal firing speed.

Putting the wires back in my pocket and facing the monsters with my palm... I fired Mana Balls V3 at the maximum firing speed.

At first, a few shots were dodged, but once I hit, the subsequent shots hit in succession, and I was able to quickly kill the monsters.

＜Koyama Koji has leveled up＞

While hearing this voice, I picked up the dropped magic stones.

Putting the magic stones in a plastic bag, I took the wires out of my pocket again and moved in the direction the wire tips were being pulled.

The next monster... appeared after another 30 seconds of running.

From this situation, I was convinced of something.

These wires... they are definitely improving the efficiency of monster detection.

When I was hunting on the 4th floor, I could find a monster on average every 5 minutes... but since I started using these wires, the time between discoveries has been significantly shortened.

At this rate, the number of monsters I can kill per hour will double... no, it will increase even more.

Thinking about this, my motivation rose even higher.

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Then... I was engrossed in monster hunting for about an hour.

After defeating the 25th monster and trying to pick up the dropped items... something unusual happened.

＜Koyama Koji has leveled up＞

＜Skill: "Complete Floor Detection" acquired. Item: "Dowsing Wire" will disappear＞

As soon as this voice played in my head... the wire in my hand disappeared.

...What’s going on? From the skill name and the situation... it seems the item has sublimated into a skill?

I need to confirm this.

I opened the status window and immediately tapped the skill called "Complete Floor Detection."

Then... this explanation appeared.

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●Complete Floor Detection

By chanting "Complete Floor Detection," a map of the floor and the positions of enemies will appear in front of you.

【Acquisition Condition】Within one hour of obtaining the item "Dowsing Wire," level up by 6 using the monsters detected by the item. As a trade-off for acquiring the skill, the Dowsing Wire will disappear.

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"Complete Floor Detection"... it was indeed the skill form of the wire I just had.

The wire was called "Dowsing Wire."

The effect of the skill, which allows me to grasp the entire floor, feels like a complete upgrade from the Dowsing Wire.

...Still, the fact that I met the acquisition condition means that I must have leveled up by 6 in this hour.

I should check that too.

I went back one screen in the status window and displayed my status.

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Koyama Koji

Lv.12

HP 180/180

MP ∞/140

EXP 210/2400

●Skills

＜Active＞

- Mana Ball V3

- Complete Floor Detection

＜Passive＞

- Dungeon Elemental Arbitrage

●Equipment

- Leather Armor

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My status had changed like this.

HP has increased 2.5 times, and MP has doubled.

From the level and EXP, it seems I barely met the conditions for acquiring the skill.

...Well, it’s all good in the end.

While thinking this, I picked up the dropped items.

By the way, the dropped items... were a pair of mysterious knuckle gloves.

Since the Dowsing Wire dropped, I had only been getting magic stones... but now, for the first time in a while, something other than a magic stone dropped.

The leather armor only had a minor HP boost effect, so I think these gloves will be fine too... but I should ask Kondo-san before equipping them.

"Complete Floor Detection"

I displayed the map of the entire floor and decided to return to the surface by the shortest route.

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