A Reincarnated Demon’s Life of Wonder

Okay, I admit. The skills ROCK! Way better than a weakling like me should have..., if I hadn't been down here for 9 months already, according to K-N. On the contrary, I should have been even more amazing by now! I'm such a slouch...

And yes, I'm going spidey! Rogue was also attractive, but I don't have the limbs to use daggers. Nor do I have any daggers on me. And the bonus skill from having the class as the Main Class ain't something I need. I mean, I already have [Lurk]!

To clarify, in addition to the one Main Class everyone has, starting with a beginner-tier class from when one is born, one can take up to 4 different Sub Classes, as long as one pays the AP for them and clears the class requirements. If I had high enough stats and AP, I could buy four Sub Classes even now as a Grey Demon! I'd be one impressive little demon if I could do that.

The difference between Main Classes and Sub Classes would be the extra skill you get from the Main Class, and that the growth-alteration of status values is doubled for the Main Class when compared to the Sub Classes.

To make an example, Arachnid Assailant, for example, gives 4 bonus points to DEX and SPD's growths, with VIT having been decreased by 2 points, but if Arachnid Assailant was my Sub Class, SPD and DEX would have a boost of 2 each while VIT is decreased by just 1 point.

...thinking about it, I'm gonna be quite the speedster from now on, won't I? That should compensate for my paper-thin armor, considering that VIT is not gonna grow with level-ups unless I increase the level-up growth for it by 2 points. Good thing the status growth can't go below 0...

AAAAAANYWAY, I've been trying out the skills, not that I could grind their levels much when traveling through the steam-filled 2nd floor (the threads got all limp and useless on me), but the results are...unclear.

There haven't been many opportunities to use [Spider's Bite] unless I tried to bite myself.
[Cutting Thread] seems to grant cutting properties to threads, but all I can produce is big blobs of web strings, which seems to be incompatible with the skill. Guess I need to make them thin as wires if I want them to cut stuff, so further testing gotta wait until then.
And [Rope Proficiency]? I got no threads to "equip", not that I had the hands to use anything that even resembles a weapon, rope or not. Even if the skill works with stuff that only resembles ropes, like threads. Again, this guy has to be put on the wait.

...huh? Doesn't this mean that I got nothing outta this class? ...nah. My stats are gonna be better now. That's something.

Moving on with the program, it's time to hunt! I'd probably be scared out of my pants at the thought of fighting a monster if I was still a human, but maybe it's because I'm a (self-proclaimed) blood-thirsty demon, or because I've lived inside the ruthless society known as a Dungeon for too long, but I'm getting excited in a good way at the thought of a proper monster battle. The snake I crushed on the 9th floor doesn't count as a battle.

*Smack!*

Ouch! My face! That stupid notebook of mine suddenly sprang up from my shadow. What gives?

Question. Has owner Garami forgotten that the 1st floor contains a special quest?

...whoops. Completely forgot about that. Okay, where do I find..., forget it. It popped up on its own now.

Okay, I can do that. Except I got no idea where those spots would be.

Answer. Leave that to this unit.

I knew I could count on you! You're starting to return to your former glory, K-N!

And to do that, I started to search through the 1st floor so that K-N could decide where we should place those beacon thingies. Crap, now I want some bacon and eggs...

But not snake eggs! Why are there so many cobra monsters on this floor? Is this the Dungeon's first line of defense or something!? ...oh, it is. Guess the reason why they've not invested in much "personnel" on the other floors is due to them having stuffed this floor so full of snakes. Ugh, why snakes...

Luckily, this quest doesn't seem to eat too much of my time. The Dungeon has some strange mana flowing underneath the ground, sorta like blood vessels, which are visible to me thanks to that Magic Eye skill. Taking K-N's advice, I followed them to the perfect locations I could stab the beacons into.

Things went smoothly, as in not becoming snake food, until the 5th spot. There I found a rat has made a nest-for-one and was lazying around. Grr, so envious..., I mean, such a pain. And such good timing. I did prioritize the beacons, but that's not saying I shouldn't let an opportunity to test my combat skills slip between my claws.

Now, let the battle begin!!

...how do I start the battle? Let's try intimidating it. *Hiss*!

Eh? Now the rat's running towards me..., OUCH!! The stupid rat bit my leg! Get off!

I blasted the rat with a [Darkness Bullet] to its face so it would be forced to release my front limb. The damage itself wasn't anything to write home about. The rat released me only because it was startled.

Feeling irritated over the wound on my limb, I spit a batch of spider threads at the rat. The rat didn't dodge and got hit by the sticky substance head-on again. He's not that educated in the arts of dodging, is he?

...let's not try to think of whether it's because the sight of a creepy demon spitting out white junk at him made him freeze on the spot.

I circled the rat, who was head-first stuck to the ground and wanted to use the [Spider's Bite] skill to poison the rat when I remembered that the rat's supposedly a host for parasites. Just biting it shouldn't be too risky, I think, and I've experienced enough stuff down here to not be faced by the idea, but for safety (and sanitary) reasons, I'll just try to hold the rat down while applying [Aura of Darkness] on the rat.

After a while and a few more rounds of web spitting, the rat gave its last squeak..., or not. I couldn't hear it since its face was muffled. Rather, I don't think I could finish the deed if I could hear its pained voice. And now that I think about it, trapping someone like that and gradually eroding their vitality away like that..., I'm a piece of trash.

I can't say I disagree with the decrease in my Karma. Let's hope that the higher levels make it easier to kill the next monster. This is an eat-or-be-eaten world, but I should at least give the... "prey" a merciful end. Or at least prevent me from hearing their cries.

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After the rat battle, I made sure to place the 5th beacon in a remote spot behind some rocks in the rat's "bedroom" so that it wouldn't be discovered (and potentially destroyed) by the local monsters. Now I'm looking for the final place to stick this beacon into and get the job over with.

Luckily, there was such a spot nearby. There was one tiny..., okay, not tiny. It's a big problem here. One with scales.

What the f*ck is this!!? It's a huge-ass snake that could easily be mistaken for a wall! It's that big!

The fact that I couldn't get any info about its race got my attention before I remembered seeing something similar to this guy on the 9th floor. Maybe it's supposed to be the boss on this floor, but further down the Dungeon, it's been reduced to a simple mob.

Whatever the case, it's luckily leaving this place. It didn't notice me. Phew. Who was the idiot who said they wanted a battle or other stupid stuff? THIS ONE! ME! Where's my "complete idiot"-title!? I feel like I deserve it at this point!

A few minutes after the boss snake had left the area, I snuck forward and planted the beacon into the final "power spot" or whatever I should call it. And at that moment...the world trembled. Why's it shaking? Stop the shaking! I'm getting sick...*urgh*...