327. 0 magic has been lost




 The next day.
 Nihonium - or let's call it the back Nihonium, because it's changed a lot from before and it's different in nature.

 I came to the basement second floor of that back Nifonium.

 It was yesterday, and the Nifonium was shaking.
 Normally, it's a "possibility opened up" story, but Nifonium was clearly upset about it.
 He tried to follow up, but when he got home, Aulum told him to "leave it to me," as he had done the other day, so he decided to leave it to him.

 I decided to leave Nihonium to Aulum for now and I decided to proceed with the attack on the back Nihonium today.

 I entered the dungeon and went around in circles on the first floor.
 There were no repetitions, so I fought carefully to get my HP up to C and then went downstairs.

 Safety first.
 I wandered near the stairs that connected the first and second floors so I could get away quickly.

 I encountered a zombie, coming from the other side.

 The encountered zombies look a little different than before.
 The tattered clothes, wounds here and there, and the rotting body are still the same, but the eyes are glowing red and bewitching.

''d*mn!''

 Avoiding zombie attacks.
 His movements have changed from before, he's just more agile.

 They aren't super-accelerated like Red Skelton.
 Whereas the previous zombies were wandering around wobbling "uh-oh", the current zombies are just as agile.
 If you fight with the previous senses, the zombies that approach and attack with agility are likely to eat a painful counterattack.

 I took a step back, took a deep breath and regained my composure.

 The zombie chased after me.
 It's like a boxer or wrestler in the ring, moving in an incremental way, but with agility.

 The first move is a preemptive strike.
 I lowered myself and rushed forward, tackling the zombie at the waist.
 I tangle with the zombie and try to mount it in a move I've simulated in my mind.

 The zombie fights back, agilely moving his neck to bite me.
 I avoided the bite by holding my shoulder as I'm mounted.

 There was a sharp rock on the ground beside me.
 Originally, the interior of Nihonium was a stalactite-like cave, with lots of sharp, barred and pillar-shaped rocks.

 I hadn't used it before, but I snapped one of them off, grabbed it with both hands and swung it down on the zombie's head.
 Slamming, smashing, and gunning down.

 Over and over and over and over and over and over and over.
 Anyway, he slammed down on the zombie's head.

''Haha ...... haha ......''

 My breath caught and my hands stopped.
 The zombie's head goes into a state of being worse than mincemeat, and it stops moving.

 I get up and away from my mount.
 The zombie disappears and a bunch of seeds drop.

 --Power raised by 1.

 I heard the announcement nearly ten times in a row.
 Okay, next.

 Back Nifonium, where all of the abilities revert back to F. Even so, it would be a lot easier if HP and strength were raised.
 For that, first - and I continued to hang out near the stairs.

     ☆

---1/2---
Level: 1/1
HP C
MP F
Power C
Strength F
Intelligence F
Spirit F
Speed F
Dexterous F
Luck F
--------- ...

Okay.

 I checked my abilities on the portable now board and gave a small gut punch.
 The zombies came just in time.

 The red-eyed zombie approached agilely, counter-punching as it bit me.
 The nose was crushed, the few remaining teeth were blown out, and the head itself was shattered.

 As expected, it gets easier once the power rises to a certain level.
 I can now take down zombies with my fists, too, instead of crushing them with stalactites or something.

 Now that my abilities are at a normal level to fight, I decided to start attacking them.
 I went from leveling up, hanging out in circles near the stairs, to exploring the basement second floor with a bit of an expedition.

 The goal wasn't to raise my abilities, even if I did, I'd reset it when I went back in anyway.

 I avoided useless combat and focused on exploring the dungeon.

 I wandered around and only fought when I had no choice but to fight.
 Then, an hour later.

'There you are.'

 I found a different kind of zombie than before.
 Same red eyes, but smaller.

 The skeleton on the ground floor, a child-sized zombie just like the skeleton that dropped the level-down seeds.
 They look the same, with the same red eyes--.

Fast!

 Their agility is more than your average red-eyed zombie.

 It's also the same with Red Skelton that's different and faster.
 Red skeletons move at super speed anyway.

 On the other hand, the red-eyed zombies here are just as agile.
 The comical action is reminiscent of the world's biggest stars that made it to Hollywood from Hong Kong.

 They're fast, but if you look closely, you'll see that they're human-level agile.

 The mini red-eyed zombie grabbed a stalactite growing from the ceiling and kicked the wall to get behind me.

'There's a zombie like you!

 He turns around and guards his bite from the blind spot.

 He grabs his head and prevents it, somehow managing to get his power up to a C.

 The mini red-eyed zombie tries to keep his distance - but.

'NiGa-san!

 I grab it and slam it to the ground, crushing my head as it flows.

 My speed is back to F. If I couldn't do it now, it would have been a long game.

 I get up and wait for the drop.

 After a while, a single seed drops.
 Another seed I'm seeing for the first time.
 I pick it up, it doesn't disappear automatically, the same as leveling down, it doesn't get used.

 I gently hold it and remind it to use it, and then it finally disappears and is used.

 --0 magic lost.

Oh?

 I heard an announcement.
 An announcement that I, with no magic, will lose 0 magic.

 So that's the kind of magic you remember.
 So that's the kind of thing you're talking about.

"...... could be great too, right?

 I was starting to get excited when a possibility came to me.