Chapter 66
I tripped.
While I was fidgeting due to my current weakened stats, I didn’t focus where I placed my feet and tripped. And got KO-ed. Have I been reduced to back when I was a Grey Demon or something?
This all comes down to the night after the day we sent boss-spider-san to the ice age and I stupidly thought it was safe to take the [Poison Immunity] skill, but it turned out to be the final straw on the camel’s back.
I got slapped with the Waning ailment.
Waning refers to the waning of the soul due to it being overloaded with skills, which turns out to be like the proverb I just used. Skills can be seen as equipment for the soul, which allows it to access the latent power in it that all souls have. However, I’ve over-equipped my soul! Like how a child cannot wear a solid iron plate-mail, my poor soul couldn’t handle the stress of the skill-festival I have going!
So yeah, after getting struck by intense pain in both body and mind, but it’s probably only in the soul, I lost access to multiple skills, almost all my stats got reduced by 50% or more, with only the MP being somewhat better, and even my regular flesh-and-blood body’s weaker than before, even when not counting the loss of stats and skills.
My motor nerves seem to have weakened. And sometimes, my legs suddenly give up on me. Forcing an SPD/DEX-hybrid character like me saying farewell to their legs is just sick. Then there’s the fact that Waning makes it impossible to use magic. As if sealing Darkness Magic and Light Magic wasn’t bad enough...
So, I have to wait until my soul gets better. But until then, I’m stuck in a body that’s, if you put it nicely, faulty to a fault! And yes, I already know it’s not a nice way to put it, but the situation is that bad!!
Just getting a single skill is enough to kill me at my current stage. Buying it with Skill Points, leveling up my classes, or a title, every possible way leads to the grave!!
However, not using my skills will give me some breathing room and recover from the "disease". It’s just a matter of time. On the other hand, it is a matter of time! I’m only holding out since I’ve got pain-resisting skills, but anyone else would have died simply from the shock. Around 80% of the known victims of Waning died due to that and not Waning itself. I’m so close to losing it here!
Luckily, I know exactly what I need. A level-up, or better said, having my soul elevate to a next plain. As long as it’s not heaven or hell...