In My Second Life, I Could See My Skills, so the More I Trained, the More Peerless I Became

Disaster day

Saturday, October 23, 2004. 

It has been about four years since I came back from being young again. Isn’t it true that some of you are surprised to hear this date?

I will never forget it. It is the day of the Chuetsu Earthquake.

In my previous life, I was just in the 4th grade of elementary school when it happened. Since it was Saturday, I went home to my grandparents’ house in Niigata with my parents to help with the field work as usual. 

It was the evening of that day.

Intense shaking with a seismic intensity of five. I remember crying when the Trump Tower, which had finished making the 9th stage, collapsed.

Well, it seems that the epicenter was large with a seismic intensity of over 7. 

I forgot to say this but just a while ago, around 5:30 in the evening, I felt a tremendous shaking. So, I remembered, “Speaking of which…” 

Like in my previous life, I’m currently in my grandparent’s house.

Since my mental age is already 26 years old, (I’ve lived for about four years since I came back in time, but I feel that my mental age has decreased rather than increased) and I don’t think I’m going to cry a lot when the Trump Tower collapses.

In the worst-case scenario, I lost my balance while doing push-ups and hit my head against the tatami mat.

It is such a fold. I felt a tremendous sense of crisis… No, something is strange.

My magical power, which is a little less than 1 million in numerical value, is spread over a wide area that can cover Niigata prefecture. I feel like there is something that caught my magical power in the place where the epicenter of the earthquake was located in my previous life.

It may be because it is the epicenter. But something is really different …

Feeling uncomfortable, I regained my posture and continued doing push-ups.

“Yasu, are you fine?”

“Ye- yeah!”

My grandfather, who came to see how I was doing, eyed me as if I’m strange.

As expected, after the earthquake, if you go out all of the sudden, you’ll worry your family. Besides, you will not see any positive things in your surroundings.

I went to bed early with a hazy feeling.

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Late at night, when my parents and grandparents fell asleep, I woke up with a fit of anger.

I didn’t eat dinner, and right after the earthquake, I said, “I’m tired, so I’m going to sleep today.” 

I must have appeared suspicious in front of them, but I don’t think it’s a good plan to go out right after the earthquake occurred.

In my previous life, my mother told me many times, “There was a story I read, and eveytine I thought of the stupid child in that, I remember my son!”

But in this world, I only act foolishly when I’m running until I’m out of breath, when I hit my head, or when I’m taking protein until I throw up.

Huh? Am I by any chance pretty crazy?

I felt like I had realized something I shouldn’t have. But I quickly regained my senses and went out one step at a time.

The level of “Stealth” skill is 22. 

So don’t wake up and notice me.

And I usually sprinted to the speed of sound, released the shackles of magical power, and at a speed exceeding the speed of sound that made the numerical value of agility say something, the epicenter where there was a sense of discomfort in magical power. I ran towards.

It’s 50 kilometers away. It takes less than three minutes to run while suppressing the roar caused by the sonic boom with magic.

The epicenter differed greatly from what I had seen on the news before.

It’s not that there’s a crack in the ground, and it’s not that the house is collapsing that made me perplexed.

It was a hole the size of an enormous mountain. Wandering in front of the hole was a green-skinned dwarf as tall as me.

When I examined the monster wrapped in a waistcloth made of animal skin, I saw a familiar name in fantasy.

Race Name: Goblin

Nameless

HP: 82/84

Muscle Strength: 72

Magic: 17

Agility 47 ▲

Level 5

Occupation: None

Skills: None

Level 5! Most people around me are not even at level 1. I don’t know if I can say that I’m a person, but it’s my first time seeing an organism as this Goblin that has exceeded level 1.

Despite his lack of any skill, he has a higher status value than my father in all respects.

It may not be the case because of intelligence and physical disparity, but the physical ability that exceeds the average adult male was felt as a threat.

If this goes out into the city…

Why did such a monster appear on the day of the Chuetsu Earthquake? Why are there strange holes? Why did I gain the ability to see my skills?

It’s a series of things I don’t understand after returning to being 6 years old.

It’s fun that efforts bear fruit as a number. That’s what raises the level of a player just like in a game. No, it’s more thrilling because it’s more about doing what I want rather than being in a  game per se. I just keep on training because I enjoy it.

I once thought that if I use the skills I gained through rigorous training and combine it with magical power, I could destroy the army if I wanted to in a flick of my finger. And thought that there was no circumstance I could use it. Later on, I thought it was a silly fantasy, so I never left my usual hobby.

Then I pondered, I was 26 years old, and I died of a stroke. When I returned to the age of six, I wondered if the reason my skills became visible through “Appraisal” was because it has always been there. Perhaps, it is so I can shake off the threat standing in front of me.

When I think of it, my blood boils in excitement.

I’m in possession of a power I thought wouldn’t have a chance to use because there’s no need for it. Still, I cling on to the slim chance of utilizing it. It is because it is a power gotten from human training and it’s something you want to try somewhere.

I walked over to the Goblin and circulated my energy, ready to use the Muscle Intimidation skill. The goblin’s haughty disposition stiffened, and it was swallowed with overwhelming intimidation. That skill alone made the goblin tremble and faint in fear and it eventually fell cold dead on the ground.

Name: Yasushi Sashima

HP: 13,575 / 13,575

Muscle Strength: 9900

Magical Power: 1,346,400

Agility: 9900 ▲

Level: 2

Occupation: None

Skills ▼

Appraisal Lv24 ⁘ Enhanced Agility Lv64 ⁘ Enhanced HP Lv72 ⁘ Enhanced Muscle Strength Lv64 ⁘ Super Recovery Lv82 ⁘ Parallel Thinking Lv7 ⁘ Enhanced Magic Power Lv MAX ⁘ Enhanced Magic Power Lv32 ⁘ Agriculture Lv11 ⁘ Professor Lv12 ⁘ Flexibility Lv42 ⁘ Damage Reduction Lv38 ⁘Magic Efficiency Lv42 ⁘ Swimming lv50 ⁘ Magic Enhancement Lv22 ⁘ Stealth Lv22 ⁘ Enhanced HP Lv5 ⁘ Enhanced Agility Lv4 ⁘ Enhanced Muscle Strength Lv4

Special Skills:

Complete Mental Immunity ⁘ Swiftness ⁘ Rigidity ⁘ Automatic Stamina Recovery ⁘ Magic  Manipulation ⁘ Magic Absorption ⁘ Full Magic Resistance ⁘ Magic Power Release ⁘ Magical Intimidation ⁘ Super Calculation ⁘ Complete Physical Resistance ⁘ Instantaneous Step ⁘ Shrinking Ground ⁘ Divine Speed ⁘ Acceleration ⁘ Strength Absorption ⁘ Energy Conservation ⁘ Sense of Aesthetics ⁘ Increase in Joint Range ⁘ Herculean Strength ⁘ Muscle Hardening ⁘ Strength Intimidation ⁘ Asura ⁘ Skill Duplication

Unique Skill: Repeated Attempt

For the first time in this life, my level has gone up.