107 Part 1
Lets be an Adventurer! ~Defeating Dungeons with a Skill Board~ 107
Lets Enhance The Masked Man!
Ill enhance the Masked Man himself!!
Harukis joyful voice echoed through the 10th floor, where the boss had been defeated.
Are you going to enhance your mask?
Unlike Haruki, who was trembling with joy, Karens expression instantly turned cloudy.
Do you think it will be okay to enhance your mask, Karaboshi?
Yeah, it should be okay. Its appearance didnt change.
Wait, have you already enhanced it!?
Of course! This mask No, this godly mask is something I should have enhanced before anything else, dont you think!?
To increase Harukis presence.
When he was equipped with that mask, Harukis presence was recognized by all living things.
But without the mask, Harukis face would go unnoticed by everyone!
There was no item in Harukis possession that helped him increase his presence like that mask.
This was surely some kind of graceful item that a nameless god with a strong presence had given to Haruki to help him with his pitiful presence!
Only Haruki saw it that way, though.
For Haruki, that mask was a godly item.
The only unfortunate thing was that the masks appearance made people mistake Haruki for some kind of suspicious person.
However, that was yet another issue that would be solved eventually.
When equipped with the mask, people would recognize Harukis presence.
If his presence continued to be recognized, word about him would spread out and everyone would eventually understand that the Masked Man is a friend, and not some suspicious guy.
Just by having a presence, he could change peoples impressions on him.
How amazing!
Not only it can increase my presence, but it also has the potential to change peoples thoughts about me!
This mask is truly a godsend!
A surge of dopamine flowed through Harukis brain.
Haruki seemed extremely pleased in his own delusions.
So, how is it!?
How is what?
Has your presence increased?
Karen squinted as she asked Haruki that question.
Then she stared at him and started to groan.
I think my presence is just the same as before?
Wait, wait. Youve spent 2000 points on enhancing that mask! It must have done something, right!?
Im sorry
Haruki apologetically bowed at Karen.
That was a lot of points to spend in one go
Damn it! What a let-down!!
Haruki was deeply disappointed that the mask didnt seem to have changed at all like he expected.
Ah But even if its appearance didnt change, maybe its performance did!
Its performance? Is there anything besides increasing my presence?
No no, there must be something else! Increased defensive power, improved breathing, something like that!
Ah Now that you mention it, there are a few things here
Haruki, who had gone pale, started to recover his color after hearing Karens words.
Harukis masks abilities werent limited to increasing his presence.
Even though there didnt seem to be any holes in the mask, he could see through it, and it didnt make it difficult to breathe at all. There was no harm done by keeping it on at all times.
If he were to stick it to his face with glue, he could feel as if he wasnt wearing anything at all.
That feeling had caused Haruki to sometimes go to bed with his mask on.
Were there any other changes on the masks basic abilities?
Haruki took off his mask, touched it with his hand, and then put it back on to check on its condition.
It feels a bit different
First of all, the masks texture was slightly different.
It used to feel like carved wood, but now it felt harder than wood.
So your defense has improved then!
Hmm. Yeah, looks like it
True, his defense might have increased.
But Haruki didnt ask for defense when spending 2000 points to enhance the mask.
It was presence.
What Haruki wanted was a stronger presence!
*sigh*
However, the mask still had two more enhancement levels left.
There was still a chance it could gain a presence-increasing ability as it leveled up.
Harukis bright future had just been postponed a little.
All he needed to do was to get more points and keep enhancing the mask.
Just you wait, dungeons.
Ill absorb every last bit of energy you have!
Thinking about that filled Haruki with determination.
Ah, Karen. Theres something else.
Something else Is it another change on the mask?
Maybe.
There was something he could see only when wearing the mask.
I can see a strange light coming out of your body.
When seen through the mask, there seemed to be a thin layer of light around Karens body.
It was colorless and transparent, like water.
However, the outline was clearly visible, so he was sure it was there.
It wasnt just Karen. Haruki also had a thin layer of light around him.
Rhea and Chep had it as well.
But theirs were too thin compared to the one Karen had.
The difference in thickness was similar to that between a hard-cover book and a tissue paper.
Haruki and the others werent the only ones covered by this transparent aura.
The ground, walls, and even the dead Giant Dark Tree. The entire dungeon was covered with this aura-like thing.
Could it be Can you now see it too, Karaboshi?
Uh, huh? Can you see it, Karen?
Yes. That aura is the source of magic.
Magic
Certainly, if this was the source of magic namely, MP, that would explain why only Karens aura was thicker than everyone elses.
So I wasnt able to see this until now because I didnt have any ability for magic?
Maybe thats not it But I cant tell for sure.
Haruki wondered why Karen had never told him about this before.
Though Haruki had never told Karen about the light he saw whenever he used Weakness Exploit.
It was risky to speak of things no one other than Karen or Haruki could see.
It was always best to not speak of those things until they knew there was going to be something to back them up.
Like an employee of a large company who has the ability to do a detailed appraisal and reveal information about an items properties.