《Proficiency has reached a certain threshold. Skill『Appraisal LV5』has become『Appraisal LV6』》 Appraisal's here!
Now I can win!
Considering the level cap is 10, I should start unlocking more useful features around now... hopefully!
Heart pounding, I check my own appraisal results.
『Small Taratect LV2 Name: None Status HP: 36/36 (Green) MP: 36/36 (Blue) SP: 36/36 (Yellow) —: 34/36 (Red) Average Attack Power: 19 Average Defense Power: 19 Average Magic Power: 18 Average Resistance: 18 Average Speed: 348』
Wha... t... the... heck...!?
Huh?
Huh?
HUH!?
Who the hell are you!?
You're not the Appraisal-san I know!
The Appraisal-san I remember was supposed to be a hopelessly disappointing, slightly useless girl!
You're absolutely not the cool beauty who clearly has her act together!
Where did the real Appraisal-san go!?
What are you going to do about the "useless" line I had all prepared!?
Every single time, you'd get my hopes up, only to add some super marginal new feature, and then end with "useless" like clockwork — that was our sacred routine!
How could you betray my expectations for our sacred routine!?
Say it! Say it already!
Haah, haah, haah!
Whoa, I was so shaken by all this I completely lost myself.
Time to take a deep breath and calm down.
Whoo, whoo, haa.
Okay, I'm back to my senses!
Ugh.
Appraisal-san, didn't you evolve way too much?
The gap from before is just too extreme...
No, I mean, this is exactly what I'd been hoping for from Appraisal-san, but...
Somehow, I still feel unsatisfied.
If I had to put it into words, it's like the kid from my school who was also at the bottom of the barrel just casually debuted in high school and became popular.
No, even I realize that makes no sense.
Anyway, this appraisal enhancement is incredible.
My own strength, which I couldn't gauge until now, is crystal clear.
Now that I have concrete numbers, I should be able to run all sorts of tests.
Oh wait, before that, let me double-appraise some of these terms just to be safe.
『Small Taratect: The larval form of an arachnid Monster known as the Taratect species. Carnivorous with venomous fangs.』
『Average Attack Power: Represents the individual's average physical attack capability. Being an average, the actual value varies depending on the body part.』
『Average Defense Power: Represents the individual's average physical defense capability. Being an average, the actual value varies depending on the body part.』
『Average Magic Power: Represents the individual's average magical capability. Being an average, the actual value varies depending on the task.』
『Average Resistance: Represents the individual's average magical defense capability. Being an average, the actual value varies depending on the attribute.』
『Average Speed: Represents the individual's average physical speed capability. Being an average, the actual value varies depending on the body part.』
Wow, that's amazing.
The descriptions are way longer and clearer than before, too.
Appraisal-san, you've really become something...
Hmm.
"Varies depending on the body part" — so for a human, that'd be like the difference between their hands and feet, right?
Your attack power would differ between hands and feet.
I guess the Status numbers are the average of all those combined.
But there's something else.
My Status — these numbers are pretty low, right?
Without a comparison, I can't tell just how low they are, but still, I've leveled up to level 10 once and even evolved, and this is all I get?
And among these stats, the one that really stands out is Speed.
That's weird, right?
The Speed value alone is easily over ten times higher than everything else.
Just how speed-focused am I?
Hmmmm.
At this point, I'm starting to want to compare with other Monsters.
Based on my results so far, I predict that appraising other people will most likely fail.
I mean, beyond Level, I've never successfully appraised anyone else's stats even once.
I doubt that's going to change much just because my skill level went up.
But it's still worth trying.
So off I go to find prey.
Is there any good prey around somewhere?
...
...
...
Found one!
Okay, let's appraise it right away!
『Ello Greym LV2 — Appraisal of Status failed』
Ah.
Appraising other people's stats really is difficult, huh.
Oh well.
Anyway, it's a Monster I haven't seen before, so let me at least appraise its species.
『Ello Greym: A rodent-type Monster that inhabits the Great Ello Dungeon. Omnivorous with venomous fangs.』
Hm?
Wait a second.
There's an unignorable word in this Monster's description.
『Great Ello Dungeon: The world's largest dungeon, connecting the Daztorudia Continent and the Kasanagara Continent underground.』
I've figured out my current location from an unexpected source.
So this dungeon I'm in is called the Great Ello Dungeon.
I'd been wondering what "Ello" meant in all the Monster names around here — turns out it's this dungeon's name.
Wait, the world's largest dungeon?
No wonder it's so huge.
Connecting two continents underground — so what does that mean exactly?
Does that mean there's ocean above this dungeon?
Whoa.
Seriously?
Well, that explains the size.
More importantly, can I even get out of a dungeon that massive?
Ugh, I don't want to think about it.
While I'm at it, let me appraise the two continents that showed up.
『Daztorudia Continent: A continent known as the sanctuary of the Human race. Many Human race nations exist here.』
『Kasanagara Continent: The continent at the center of the world. It boasts the largest area in the world.』
Huh.
Yeah.
That's about all the reaction I've got.
If I ever tried to escape, I'd definitely want to avoid the Daztorudia Continent where the Human race seems to hold sway, but I probably won't have the luxury of being picky.
Anyway, I've gotten a good grasp of my current situation and picked up some really valuable info. Not bad at all.