Chapter 3: Attack of the Giant Caterpillar

“Big, big caterpillar.” (Tatsuro)

“It’s coming towards me?!　Disgusting.” (Ai)

　When they looked at the intruder of their sudden conversation, they saw that it was over 50 centimeters long, green with black and white spots, and had red, T-shaped antennae on its head that moved in a wavy motion.

　The two of them are terrified by this strange creature that they have never seen on earth, but in the meantime, the giant caterpillar is creeping towards them.

“Ai, give him a blow. It might raise your level!” (Tatsuro)

“No, I don’t want to touch that thing!” (Ai)

“I know. …… RUN.” (Tatsuro)

“Ahhh” (Ai)

“”””gee gee gee gee “””” (caterpillar)

　When he turned around, there were five caterpillars there.

　Ai was speechless and grabbed the hem of Tatsuro’s jersey with a pull.

On top of that, Tatsuro thought about what to do, and then he saw a stone underneath.

“Ai, the stone!　The current Ai should be able to defeat him with just a stone!” (Tatsuro)

“—!　I see, then” (Ai)

　You don’t have to touch it directly, plus it might raise your level.

　With that thought in mind, Ai crouched down, grabbed a stone about a third of the size of her palm, and threw it as hard as she could.

《Skill: Throwing Lv.1》.

　Boom!

　It was an unbelievably deadly blow thrown by a thin-armed girl, if she did not miss….

The stone that Ai threw went through the air about three meters above the caterpillar with a tremendous wind noise.

　In fact, although she now had more athletic ability than a normal person due to her status, her previous athletic ability had been rather poor.

　In junior high school, she was invited by a friend to join the handball team to fix that, but she never played a single game and remained a bench warmer for three years.

　There was no way that her forceful throw could hit the target without any skills.

　Tatsuro had expected this result, so he was in no particular hurry.

“Big throw!” (Tatsuro)

“Shut up!　Next time I will hit it.” (Ai)

《Skill “Throwing Lv.2” acquired.》

　Bang!

　This time, it didn’t hit the caterpillar, but it landed right in front of it, and the blast sent it flying backwards.

“Okay, it looks okay. I’ll leave the back one to you!” (Ai)

“What? I’m too weak to take it down.” (Tatsuro)

“It’s not very fast, it’s just creepy and looks weak, why don’t you try out your skills on that guy?” (Ai)

《Skill: Throwing Lv.3 acquired.》

　Bang!

“Regrettable” (Tatsuro)

“You will fine, come on go a head” (Ai)

“Okay, I’m going” (Tatsuro)

　While admiring the ever-improving accuracy of the stone throwing technique, Tatsuro headed for the first caterpillar he was assigned.

First of all, Tatsuro quickly looked up the usage of his skills using the help.

　According to this, if he was conscious of using the skills he had learned, he would be able to understand them just as he did with the help.

　So Tatsuro made a conscious effort to use an unknown skill called “Level Eater”.

　Then his body began to follow the steps as if he knew how to use it from the beginning.

“Huh…” (Tatsuro)

　As he opened his mouth to let out a sigh, a sphere of black dots gradually appeared in it and soon swelled to the size of marbles.

　He then shot the black sphere like a blowgun at the caterpillar.

　The speed of the sphere was only slightly faster than walking speed, but the caterpillar was oblivious to its presence and came straight at Tatsuro without a care in the world. The caterpillar did not even notice its presence, because it was something that only Tatsuro could see.

　Eventually, the caterpillar touched the black ball as if it were plunging into it. Then it was sucked into its body as if he was sinking.

　When the process was over, the information about the caterpillar entered Tatsuro’s mind.

　When the sphere entered the caterpillars body, he would be able to understand the information needed for the Level Eater.

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　Level: 5

　Skills: 《Body Slam Lv.2》 《Thread Spitting Lv.3》 《Bite Lv.3》

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(Hmm?　Why can I see his skills?　Oh well…)

Pushing aside the sudden question, I concentrate on the level of the caterpillar.

“Haaah.” (Tatsuro)

　When Tatsuro opened his mouth again, a black smoke like substance started to rise from the caterpillar and flowed towards the inside of his mouth, turning it into a black ball.

　Tatsuro frowned, but the black smoke disappeared and the caterpillar turned into a black ball.

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　Level: 1

　Skills: 《Body Slam Lv.2》 《Thread Spitting Lv.3》 《Bite Lv.3》

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　Then he checked the opponent’s condition again and gulped it down.

　Then he felt a warmth in his chest, and his senses told him that the other person’s level had become his food.

　The caterpillar was now at level 1 because he had inhaled the level to the limit.

(Huh?　I must have done well, but my level hasn’t gone up?

　Either the conversion efficiency is bad, or the required experience is too high? )

He immediately checked the status, and some new questions arose, but so far, he had done well.

　But, Tatsuro thought.

Surely the opponent must have been weakened by the drop in levels.

　But because he hadn’t defeated it, it was still sending rave “Gee Gee Gee” calls to Tatsuro and crawling towards him, clicking its beak-like teeth that had popped out before he knew it.

　No matter how high the level is. It would take a lot of courage to face someone with empty hands.

　Now, here’s next the problem.

“Are?　How do I defeat it?” (Tatsuro)

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