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I was finally going to test the feature that allows me to edit other people's skills. I thought it wouldn't work since I was doing it with a familiar, but that wasn't the case.

I didn't even have to ask permission.

The spider had come with the skill [Thread Control LV1], the only skill I can edit.

'Well, theoretically, I can edit Status, not just skills... But since I can already edit the Status of my familiars anyway, I'll just test it on skills.'

And if it has no side effects, I'll try it on Kumoko.

'Now let's do this. Edit the skill [ Thread Control LV1 ] to [ Spatial Movement LV10 ].'

So, the spider's skill has been edited.

[ Edit applied ]

I received the system notification and used the [ Appraisal ] skill on the spider again. The spider now had the skill [ Spatial Movement LV10 ].

I thought the spider would release the next tier of the skill, but it didn't. That's a bit disappointing. But the important thing is that it's working.

Unfortunately, this spider doesn't have two skills.

I wanted to see if I could edit more than one skill.

'Now you can go. Oh, before that, I need to edit your MP.' The skill uses MP, so I should raise this spider's MP. I set the spider MP to 300 and sent it on its way.

'The tests have been done.'

I returned to where Kumoko was, and she rested peacefully in her web. She wasn't asleep. She turned to look at me.

I approached and called out to her. Kumoko climbed down from her web and came to my side. I wrote on the wall what I would do and asked for permission. But it wasn't easy. It was hard to explain everything to her.

I wrote words like.

[ Edit ]

[ Status ]

[ Test ]

[ Permission ]

While writing, I tried to edit her Status several times. After a long time, she finally gave permission. I don't know how this works.

Maybe a system notification pops up for her?

No, if that had been the case, she would have given me permission minutes ago. Or maybe she was just worried and was reluctant to give permission.

'Well, let's test it out. I'll edit Kumoko's strength. Or maybe I should edit the defense?'

Kumoko's strength is quite low despite her abnormal speed. She was still at level 2. She had only risen two levels after her evolution. Her strength hadn't even reached 100 yet.

'Let's try editing her strength to 1,000.'

And so I did the test.

[ Edit applied. ]

IT WORKED!!!! IT WORKED!!!!

I screamed in my mind.

Kumoko stepped back, startled by my sudden celebration. And then, she finally realized what had happened. I could see her shock. Kumoko approached me and tried to hit me.

As my defense is very high, I didn't mind.

As soon as she hit me, I felt nothing, but Kumoko realized she was stronger. Much stronger.

'But that could be dangerous. I remember that when I had a lot of strength and low defense, I damaged my body.' But after my evolution, that didn't happen anymore.

But since she won't have an evolution like mine, I should edit her defense.

'Set her defense to 1,000.'

However, to my disappointment, it didn't work.

[ Limit exceeded ]

'Don't tell me I can't edit more than one Status? But I'm already level 5!!!'

Or maybe it's a status limit.

'System, remove the edit. Put in 500 strength and 500 defense.'

[ Limit exceeded ]

When I used appraisal to see her status, only her strength increased.

'So the limit is just one status. Is it okay to leave her strength at 1,000?' 

Kumoko seemed confused by the changes that were happening. She became strong, then weak, then strong again. Her Status changed several times in a short space of time.

I then explained to her.

[ 1,000 strength? ]

[ You want it? ]

[ A lot of strength ]

[ It can hurt you ]

Kumoko read everything I wrote and gave me an answer.

[ Yes ]

I stared at her for a few seconds and sighed. Well, I don't think it'll be a problem to keep 1,000 strength.

Now, she has strength above 1.000, and her speed is even higher.

Maybe there will come a time when I can edit her status like my own. She'll be as strong as me.

'Or maybe not.'

Now that I've taken the test, should we keep hunting to level up? I want to level up to increase [ Editing ] level. I want to know what will happen when it reaches level 10.

Oh, that's right!!!!

'I forgot something important.'

Now that I've gone up several levels and even reached phase 2, I've freed up several skill slots! Now I can keep several skills edited simultaneously, and that's amazing!!!! Let's see.

[ Rest ]

I wrote to Kumoko and went to my "house".

I don't want to rest; I just want to lie down and look at my status.

'Let's see. The number of skill slots I have now is 5. THAT'S A LOT!!!'

Besides, the cooldown is almost over. I think I'll remove the [ Dimensional Maneuvering ] skill from my Status and leave only the [ Pride ] skill.

No, wait.

I removed the edit and bought the [ Pride ] skill from the store.

[The "Pride" skill has been acquired.]

[ Condition satisfied. Acquired title "Ruler of Pride"].

[ Acquired skills [Abyss Magic LV10] [Hades] as a result of the title "Ruler of Pride" ]

'Finally!!!'

I'm going to buy some other skills.

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I want to buy the [ Perseverance ] skill, which will allow me to use the [ Evil Eyes ]. In addition, I will also gain the [ Heresy Nullification ] skill when I acquire it.

This skill is necessary now that I have acquired two skills from the seven deadly sins. I want to avoid ending up being dominated by these skills.

'Right. This skill also costs 1,000 points.'

[ Skill "Perseverance" has been acquired ]

[ Condition satisfied. Acquired title "Ruler of Perseverance"]

[ Acquired skills [Heresy Nullification] [ Conviction ] as a result of the title "Ruler of Perseverance" ]

'Yes, that's great. Now I think I should save the remaining points... Or should I buy another skill?' Hm... Buying another skill from the seven deadly sins might be a good idea. I intend to get them all.

If I buy them all, I'll probably become absurdly strong.

'Not that I'm not already strong.'

But I'll save the points for now.

Let's look at the skills I've received.

First, the [ Pride ] skill. I've talked about it before, but I'll talk about it again to refresh your memory.

The description given by the system for the [ Pride ] skill is: Upon acquisition, experience points and proficiency gain will greatly increase, along with improved growth capacity for every ability.

In other words, it's perfect for me. Just like the Greed skill I acquired a little while ago. Now for the [ Perseverance ] skill. It doesn't have much functionality apart from letting me acquire [ Evil Eyes ].

Well, the skill has an interesting effect...

[ As long as MP is maintained, the user will survive with 1 HP regardless of the amount of damage taken. ]

Even if I'm powerful, this skill can help me greatly if something happens. 

And now for the skills given by the titles.

[ Abyss Magic ] is an interesting skill, but I don't care about it. The only skills I'm interested in are [Heresy Nullification] [Conviction] and [ Hades ].

Heresy Nullification is self-explanatory... I don't think I need to explain it. 

The Conviction skill, on the other hand.

[ Against targets that have in-system sins in their souls, deals non-resistable damage in proportion to the total amount of guilt. ]

I'd try to explain it, but I can't. I think it's a good skill.

'And the [ Hades ] skill is interesting, but I've never seen it used.' And for that reason, I feel a bit reluctant to test it. From what I remember, Kumoko couldn't use this skill.

I should be able to manifest Hades, but will it work?

'I'll test it later.'

And for now, I think that's it.

'Hmmm... Wait. Now that I've acquired the [ Perseverance ] skill, shouldn't I spend the points to acquire some Evil Eyes?'

Let's look in the store.

I looked for the eyes and found them; they cost the same as the Ruler's skills. In other words, I'll need to spend 1,000 points for just one eye. But to be honest, it's worth it.

These eyes are good, very good. I want them all.

'The first one I should choose is...'

[ Cursed Evil Eye ]

Yes, I think I'll get this one. Here's what this eye does: Deals curse attribute damage to anything in the user's field of vision.

However, what interests me most is the tier 2 of this eye, but I need to figure out how I will get it. I can't find it in the store. With tier 2, I can even steal attributes from anyone in my vision.

Here we go.

I bought the [ Cursed Evil Eye ]. But how do I know it's working? Only by testing it on a monster. But I'll do that later.

Now that I've evolved and am much stronger, I wonder if I should leave. I can go outside with the teleport, but Kumoko will stay here. If I want to leave with her, we'll have to go through the labyrinth exit together.

I'd like to teleport her with me.

'But going out and hunting some humans would be good. They give a lot of experience. But I don't know if I should cause all this chaos outside.'

If I start hunting humans at random, they'll probably treat me as an enemy of humanity, and I'll be hunted down. Well... But I'm already an enemy of humanity.

I left my house and wrote something on the wall for Kumoko.

[ I'm going outside ]

Kumoko tilted her head, confused.

[ Outside ]

[ Labyrinth ]

When she read this, Kumoko's eyes began to shine. I could tell from her eyes that she wanted to know about the outside of the labyrinth and how to get there. 

But there was no way I could explain it to her.

'Do I have any communication skills in the store?'

I think the time is right to do this. I need to communicate with Kumoko.

I looked around the store for a while but couldn't find any skills to help me. They don't have communication skills here, not even telepathy skills.

But the telepathy skill exists. Let's edit a skill. I have five skill slots now, and 3 of them are new. These three new slots, I can use without waiting for the cooldown.

I will edit the Poison Synthesis skill to [ Fartalk LV10 ].

[ Edit applied ]

[ The skill "Universal Language LV10" has been learned. ]

'Oh? Something new has appeared.'

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This new ability is precisely what I need to communicate with Kumoko. But can she talk to me? 

'I'm a bit nervous...'

Kumoko was staring at me, waiting for me to do something or write something for her to read. I moved closer and tried to talk to her using my new skill.

'Can you hear me?

I said it to her, hoping she would understand.

And then, I saw Kumoko's eyes light up. She started waving wildly at me, agreeing that she could hear me.

'Unfortunately, I can't hear you. You need a telepathy skill like mine. Can't you buy it in the store?'

After my question, Kumoko tilted her head in confusion. Then she concentrated on looking for the skill. And to my surprise, she spent her points. I didn't think she would do that.

I saw her Status earlier. I noticed that she had some points.

'Can you hear me?' Then I heard a voice in my head. It was a soft female voice without much feeling. I was shocked for a few seconds because her voice differed from what I had imagined.

It's not the same as in the anime. Kumoko doesn't have the voice of that voice actress. Her voice is much softer and more robotic, which differs from what I expected. However, her voice is stunning.

'Yes, I can hear you. How does my voice sound to you?'

'It's a male voice, but it's strange. It sounds like an old man's voice.'

'Hey, that offends me. I'm not an old man.'

'...'

'But I'm surprised you can talk to me so easily. Your telepathy skill is still at level one, isn't it?

'Yes, but I can talk to you normally. And now that I can talk to you, I want to ask you who you are. Were you in my classroom? Were you in the same school as me?'

I stared at Kumoko and decided to answer honestly.

'I wasn't in that classroom, even though I know what happened. I didn't even live in the same country as you. Didn't you see that I only wrote things in English?'

'Haaa, that was annoying, very annoying.' Kumoko started gesturing. 'Sometimes I couldn't understand. Besides, your writing is awful, you can't write.'

'That offends me, you know. But back to the point, I was in my room... And I think I had a heart attack.'

'You died of a heart attack? Well, you have the voice of an old man... I can understand.'

'I told you I'm not an old man!' I slammed my legs on the floor. 'I was young, I was 21 when I died. But I was a bit overweight, plus my family has a bad history when it comes to heart disease.'

'So you had heart disease.'

'I never had any exam, but...'

'I'm sorry.'

'There's no need to worry. I don't care anymore. When I came here, I wanted to return to my old world, but I started to enjoy living...here.' I looked around.

'...' Kumoko remained silent, and I sighed long. Then I walked to my house, and Kumoko climbed into her web. 'What are you going to do now? You killed our mother, didn't you?'

'I did, but it was tough.'

'Of course! She's powerful, she's scary. But it's even scarier that you managed to kill her. What kind of monster are you? Your Status is increasing with every second.'

'How can I put it... I think I'm someone special. I was also born from one of those eggs, do you remember?'

'Of course, I remember!" Kumoko shouted. Her voice finally sounded a bit like the voice actress. But it was still different.

'I was given a unique ability when I was in that egg. Do you mind if I tell you everything that happened?'

'I don't mind. There's no monster to bother us here, is there?'

'All right~~'

I then told Kumoko about what had happened and partially explained how my editing skills work. I don't mind her finding out about it.

D is probably watching and listening to everything I'm saying, but there's no way she doesn't know how my skill works.

'This is incredible! How can something be so OP? That's unfair.' That's what Kumoko said after hearing my story.

'True, it's like a hack. But the God who sent me to this place is an idiot. He keeps limiting me. Every time I release a new skill, there's always a new limitation.'

'Nai waaa. I think he's quite clever. If he didn't limit you, wouldn't you become the strongest being in the world too quickly?'

'But aren't I already one of the strongest monsters? I can raise my status even more now that I've evolved again.'

'That's right, show me, show me!' Kumoko jumped out of her house and landed in front of me. 'I want to see your Status change. I haven't seen that happen before. Let's see, your strength is now at 6,500... That's so high. Mine is at 1,000.'

'Don't worry, you'll be strong soon. But look at my status again now.'

Not knowing my limits, I set my strength to 100,000.

But it worked.

'How is that possible?' Kumoko's tone of voice changed. She was incredulous at the astronomical change in my status.

'Isn't that scary?'

'God did the right thing by limiting you, really.'

'...'