Ch 131 -- Teach Me, Fer-Sensei!

　　The next morning on our way to the dungeon's entrance I asked Fer about the new Skill forced on me by those Deplorable Deadbeat Deities. "You see Fer, yesterday I, uh, 'received' a new Skill from the G.o.ds called Perfect Defence, do you know anything about it?"

　　"Perfect Defence, huh?" Fer thought for a moment. "That sounds like a really good Skill for you to get. It protects you completely from hostile attacks. You've got my Barrier which is the same thing, sort of, but I can't keep it in place around you all the time."

　　 "One of the G.o.ds, Vulcan-sama I think? said you couldn't keep Barrier up continuously. I was surprised."

　　"Idiot." Fer said bluntly. "You've used magic yourself, you know you can't do something like that continuously. Even I can't keep Barrier up for more than five days at a time." Five days? That was a lot longer than I expected but this was Fer, after all.

　　Having learned that I came to the conclusion that getting the Perfect Defence Skill was a pretty good deal for me, a "Skill that completely defends from attacks by hostile forces." I felt better about entering the dungeon now and I thanked the G.o.ds for giving it to me. Should I maybe give them something extra next offering time? Thinking about the G.o.ds and G.o.ddesses and the new Skill I had supposedly received I realised I hadn't checked my Status recently. Was this new Skill actually there?

　　[ Name ] Mukouda (Tsuyos.h.i.+ Mukouda)

　　[ Age ] 27

　　[ Job ] A person from a different world who got caught

　　[ Level ] 13

　　[ Stamina ] 229

　　[ Magic Power ] 223

　　[ Attack Power ] 206

　　[ Defence Power ] 205

　　[ Agility ] 200

　　[ Skill ] Appraisal Item Box Fire Magic Earth Magic Familiar Perfect Defence

　　[ Contracted Monsters] Fenrir, Big Slime, Pixie Dragon

　　[ Unique Skill ] Net Super

　　[ Protection ] Wind G.o.ddess Ninril's blessing (small) Fire G.o.ddess Agni's blessing (small) Earth G.o.ddess Kishar's blessing (small)

　　So there's my Perfect Defence Skill. If I s.h.i.+fted my Appraisal point of view to the words 'Perfect Defence'...

　　[ Perfect Defence ...... a Skill that completely protects against physical attack and magical attack from hostile forces ]

　　Oh, an explanation appeared, confirming what Fer had just said. Thinking about it when I Appraised the Mithril knife and sword that Sui made for me there was an explanatory note attached too. I didn't think it strange at that time but maybe for some reason my Appraisal Skill has levelled up? This sort of thing... teach me, Fer-sensei!

　　"Fer, if I use Appraisal on something like my Perfect Defence Skill, I now see an explanation..."

　　"Nuu, that would be because your level has increased and so has the things Appraisal can tell you." Fer-sensei said.

　　"Hm? How does that work?" I asked. Fer explained that as someone's level went up, it meant that they could do more with the Skills they possessed. Since Appraisal is a Skill then I could now see more detail about something or someone I Appraised. Fer didn't bother much with using Appraisal himself so the extra information wasn't important to him though.