Read Adventurer Tale of Pouring 25 Years of Life into a Useless Skill, and Now After All That Time is the Strongest

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　After about two hours of walking while clearing away the ants, Thor and his companions arrived at a passage with a moderately steep slope.

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　Apparently, they were to descend to the second level from here.

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"You walk a lot more than I thought you would.

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"There's not much room for a proper descent. It's not like we have a choice."

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　This dungeon is only surrounded by an outer wall at the ground level, but the underground area, like an inverted mortar, grows in size as it gets deeper.

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　To conquer the dungeon, one has to go down and down, but as Rummella said, there are no convenient stairs in this ant's nest, the home of insects.

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　Along the way, we saw some vertical holes, but we could not use them because we did not know where they would lead.

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　In the end, we had to take a long detour to reach a passage that would allow us to descend safely.

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　As soon as we went down the diagonal passage, we heard bubbles popping again.

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　It was a sign that we had reached the second level.

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　At the same time, Thor felt a kind of numbness in his body.

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"O Lord of the Tree of Life! Cleanse the afflicted children from their sins.

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　With the chanting of Ram Merulla, the paralysis disappeared easily.

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　The girl, however, is whispering something with an unhappy face.

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"...... there is no delay in activating it, and it doesn't seem to be magic-related either. The number of times ...... it can be used is also unchanged.

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"Oh, you don't know the effect of the root curse. The one on the second layer is ."

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"Oh my gosh,...... eh,............ eh!"

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"Pops, can you see me?

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　Anyone can see his own skill tree if he is aware of it.

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　However, we can only barely know the names of the branches and fruits, and cannot clearly see the trunk or the parts close to the base of the tree.

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　Especially, the root characteristics are difficult to be detected even by a soul-meter, and even the person himself may not be aware of them.

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　That is why Thor's effective "time line perception" is a little out of the ordinary.

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"......I see, that's why I'm paralyzed too. Yeah, I guess he's not lying."

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　The blue scaled skin of the Blue Scale Tribe is highly resistant to changes in their condition.

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　However, they seem to have been convinced that Thor's words were right when their protection was easily broken through by that lowers their body's resistance.

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"Oh, that's amazing!"

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　Kugase's sparkling eyes and bouncy voice reminded Thor of a child of the purple-eyed tribe who might be spoiled by now.

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　However, his next words made a decisive difference, and he couldn't help but laugh.

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"If I could even see other people's pictures with this, I could make a fortune, but it's a shame at all, isn't it?

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"Well, that's a shame."

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"I guess I haven't aged that well. Yes, I've been thinking about you a lot, old man.

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　The brown-horned girl seemed to have a tendency to say quite a few unnecessary things, but she was as skilled as her big mouth.

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　She stopped suddenly and casually called out to Straccia, who was leading the group.

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"Ah, captain. He's hiding over there on the side.

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　The red-haired swordsman nods and slows his pace a little.

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　As soon as Stratchia passed by the pointed out spot, the wall of the passageway collapsed and he stepped forward without a sound.

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　What appeared behind the swordsman was a huge ant, just like a wall.

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　It was about twice the size of an amber ant, but what stood out in particular was its head.

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　It is rounded and flattened, almost as if it had a shield attached to it.

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　This head seems to have blocked the entrance to the pit and disguised it as a wall.

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　When the soil covering the head falls away, its beautiful greenish body is revealed.

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　The monster is called a jade ant.

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　Its shield-like head is exceptionally hard and is responsible for protecting the other ants.

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　Even now, there must be a group of amber ants waiting in the cave behind the jade ant.

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　The surprise attack is to first get past the vanguard and then exit the hole to split the party.

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　Then the jade ants, acting as shields, would hold off the vanguard in their haste to return, while the amber ants would attack the rear guard.

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　But if you know what to do, you can respond quickly.

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"Long roots of the great tree of the earth, stretch out and entangle yourselves--"　

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　The target monster's weight-increasing magic stopped the movement of the big ants halfway out of the hole.

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　The jade ants, due to their sturdy bodies, are much heavier than they used to be.

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　The ants in the rear of the group are now stuck behind their allies, who have turned into an obstacle that will not budge.

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　Then a red-hot fireball is hurled at them.

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　The intense heat causes a blast that creates a raging storm, and all the amber ants lurking in the side holes are smeared against the wall.

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　And to the jade ants, who instantly lost their allies, Stratchia turned to the side and mercilessly drove black blades into their joints.

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　The shield is quickly disintegrated and falls to the ground in a heap.

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"The jade ant's jewel is behind this flat part.

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"Well, I'm surprised you found it hidden."

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"They're not even hidden because they're so different in hardness. What?

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　The girl, her face again smiling, lightly flicked the corner of her forehead with her fingertips.

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　The fact is that the horns have the ability to measure the hardness of a substance.

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　Most of the Chakaku are not as accurate as Kugase.

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　This is probably the reason why they are selected as rank A.

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"Oh.... I told you not to get along with them!　Idiot."

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"Oh, I was careless. That old man talks too much.

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"You two are playing alone again. Come on, let me in, sister."

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"Hey, please don't do that!"

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"Oh, no, no, no!"

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"Coo-chan's tight ass is hard to get rid of, but Ram-chan's soft ass is exceptional.

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"This is not enough to satisfy my thirst. ....... More ...... more!"

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　Thor scratched the bottom of his chin, unable to say anything at all, as if the brilliant coordination that had just taken place just a few minutes earlier was a lie.

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　The third layer of curses was a that reduced the number of times a magic technique could be used.

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　It seems to be a ratio of the number of times to the original number of times, so it seems to be OK if the number of times is only once from the original.

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　In the case of Thor, the limit of was reduced to eight times.　

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　The reason why Ninessa and others were using only the lower branch skills seems to be because they were wary of this.

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　From the third layer, it was necessary to go through large rooms at some places.

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　Naturally, ants were waiting for us inside.

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　Here, we have another kind of monster to worry about.

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　These are quartz ants with transparent crystal spines on their thoracic segments.

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　They are about the same size as jade ants and have a habit of vibrating their crystal spines and disturbing one's concentration with unpleasant noises.

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　In addition, they are said to be capable of interfering with lightning-based magic techniques.

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　In addition, it is hard, making it quite sturdy in spite of its appearance. In addition, they are resistant to heat.

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　However, like jade ants, they are slow-moving.

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　They are not so difficult to deal with, as they are easy prey for the .

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　Stratchia, who had been leading the pack at a brisk pace, suddenly stops and peers down the passageway.

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　Thor and the others, who had caught up with him, peeked in quietly.

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　What they found was a huge space, crowded with ants.　

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