Golden Experience-Chapter 215: “Characteristics Added”

“Now, I think we’ve practiced enough.”

In the plaza, nine Mithril Golem Adamashrouds are lined up.

Since they don’t have the characteristic [Metamorphosis], they always wear this Adamas armor.

“It might be convenient to have [Metamorphosis]. You could deceive others by appearing as a regular Mithril Golem, and employ tactics that catch them off guard.”

“If you’re already strong enough as it is, isn’t that sufficient? Hideo could have become even stronger if he hadn’t forcefully added an insect-based metamorphosis mechanism.”

“Does using insects to add [Metamorphosis] make you weaker?”

“No, it’s just that there’s a limit to the number of times you can perform the extraction and injection process continuously. While it’s true that you won’t waste attempts if you insert a large number of insects at once, at that time, we didn’t know how many insects it would take to manifest [Metamorphosis] as a human trait. Also, whether the insects used have [Metamorphosis] or not. Hideo only did it because he claimed so.”

“Do you know now?”

“Approximately a hundred insects. Also, the dung beetles around Zastava seemed to have [Metamorphosis] at least.”

It seems they used the easiest-to-capture dung beetles in the vicinity. However, if it’s a rare species, whether it has [Metamorphosis] or not can be determined through [Appraisal] without resorting to such methods. There should be plenty of insects in this forest, and it shouldn’t be difficult to gather them with the help of subordinates.

For one character, it seems they can perform up to five injections per day. After the fifth injection, a cooldown occurs, and injection cannot be done for 24 in-game hours. Perhaps to prevent errors or bugs, it seems one can’t even enter the Alchem Extractor during this time.

“If it’s not normal insects, and, for example, you use monsters as materials, you wouldn’t need that many, right?”

“I haven’t seen monsters with [Metamorphosis], so I can’t say for sure.”

Certainly, insect-type monsters don’t undergo metamorphosis as they are born as adults. Among the monsters I’ve seen, only Sugaru had [Metamorphosis]. However, using Sugaru as a material is out of the question.

Fortunately, experience gain is going smoothly. Although a considerable amount is allocated to strengthening her subordinates, with a bit of effort, it’s not impossible to establish a Dragon Corps even now. Thanks to the periodic experience deposits from the angels, experience boost during event periods, and zombie attacks on dungeons by players who have nothing better to do, the balance is increasing at an astonishing pace.

“…Should I create another Arthropoda?”

I’ve given a varied education to every one of my Queen-class subjects. It includes Dungeon Management basics, production skills suitable for each race, familiarity training, and combat training against Adamans.

In other words, it involves costs that cannot be simply expressed in coins or experience points, and it’s understood that they will be lost without a doubt, so they cannot be used for verification.

“Sugaru.”

<Yes, boss.>

“Sorry, I need you to create a new Queen-class.”

*

Sugaru created a Queen Arachnea.

Though it didn’t matter which one was picked, the Queen Arthropoda born from the Arachnea had a slightly different appearance compared to Sugaru.

It might be due to individual differences, but the gap was significant enough to be noticeable when considering them as similar but different species.

Firstly, the color was different, slightly darker compared to Sugaru. Golden hairs were mixed in with the body hair.

Additionally, the tail, or rather, the part extending from the buttocks, equivalent to the abdomen in insects, was slightly wider.

Due to these differences, while Sugaru gave off an intuitively “bee-like” silhouette, this one somehow seemed to have a vaguely “spider-like” impression.

“…I won’t give you a name.”

A strong sense of agreement was conveyed from the Queen Arthropoda.

Once a character is used as a material in the Alchem Extractor, it is lost, and there is no way to bring it back. It might add a bit of a tragic or solemn atmosphere, but no one present seemed to emit such an air, except perhaps for me.

Moreover, instead of sadness, there seemed to be a somewhat envious or excited atmosphere, especially from the Arthropoda herself.

If it’s not self-conceit, maybe it’s because she can become a part of me, or some such reason.

If that’s the case, it would be difficult to say, “I’ll absorb you into another character for verification”. Risky as it is, it seems I have no choice but to merge Arthropoda directly with me.

“Alright, let’s do this promptly. I don’t plan on mixing too much to trigger a cooldown, but if it happens, it’s better to do it sooner. Oh, before that…”

Once I enter the Alchem Extractor, there won’t be anyone to operate it. I could ask Sugaru since I called her, but it’s better to have someone else. I decided to leave it to Stanislav.

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Even though it should only be a fusion effect of the artifact, it’s not entirely clear that the stats of the character operating it are irrelevant. As a precaution, I raised Stanislav’s INT and DEX as much as possible, as those might be the relevant stats for artifact operation.

“Alright then.”

The Spider-type Queen Arthropoda is swallowed by the Alchem Extractor. After witnessing that, I also enter from the opposite side.

“…In the end, my practice was meaningless.”

No voice came out.

It seems like the preparation stage has already begun.

Stanislav nodded through the glass, just slightly distorted in the field of view. I tried to nod back, but I wasn’t sure if my body moved.

《Subordinate: Queen Arthropoda will be lost. Are you sure? 》

…Yeah.

My vision was enveloped in light, but it wasn’t a dazzling sensation, just white.

I’m used to keeping my eyes closed because of my physical characteristics in the game, so it’s a somewhat refreshing sight. Something is probably happening to my avatar right now, but there is no sensation. It’s just a waiting time.

I somewhat tried to display my status window.

The data processing seems to be already complete, and new data is listed.

Firstly, the various ability values have changed.

Insect-type monsters tend to have high VIT and STR but low INT and MND. However, as a Queen, she has decent values in these stats. With the addition of a certain percentage of all these ability values, My stats have significantly increased.

Next, LP and MP should be calculated from the values of VIT and INT, respectively. However, after a quick calculation, the values of LP and MP don’t match the current ability values.

It seems that LP and MP are separately added from the materials.

Most likely, the ability values are referenced to calculate the initial values of LP and MP, and then fixed values from the material’s LP and MP are added.

Considering the increase in ability values, it’s a considerable boost.

Why are LP and MP separately calculated? That’s a mystery.

If we consider it, it might be like this.

For example, in the case of regular insects, like those absorbed by Hideo, they have LP but no ability values.

The LP of these insects functions more like damage resistance, required damage value to destroy items, a fundamental setting for any item. It strictly differs in meaning from the LP characters possess.

Using materials with such specifications, not limited to insects, naturally, there is no addition of ability values. Stanislav mentioned that, in the case of insects, only the LP of the material is added.

If only ability values can be inherited, then the strengthening of stats would only occur when using a living character as a material. In such a case, if you use an item without any special traits, nothing would change, but the material would be completely lost.

With [Appraisal], you can avoid this, but without it, it’s only a loss to synthesize.

In other words, as a “lottery losing prize,” at the very least, LP increases slightly as per the specifications.

The reason Hideo turned out to be surprisingly robust might be due to the LP gathered from around a hundred dung beetles, in addition to his armor and carapace.

Regardless, as long as it increases, there’s no complaint.

As expected, there is no change in the race to [Demon Lord].

However, several new racial traits were added. These are [Metamorphosis], [Multiple Legs], [Silk], [Poison] and [Carapace].

Obtaining the trait [Metamorphosis] automatically added the skill [Metamorphosis] to the skill tree. This skill’s effects will be verified through experimentation later.

Furthermore, it seems that racial origin active skills are not inherited.

Since the sudden addition of skills like [Childbirth] would be troublesome, that’s not an issue.

However, due to the increased racial traits or something else, it becomes possible to acquire them, and [Childbirth] was firmly listed on the roster.

It’s unlikely that such a thing will ever be acquired, but it’s good to remember that there are such cases.

While thinking about this, my vision returned imperceptibly, and there was a glass wall with a round hole in front of my eyes.

It seems I can leave now.

I thought that it didn’t take as long as with the Mithril Golem, but whether the actual required time was different, or it was just a subjective feeling, or perhaps due to some system assistance, he didn’t know.

Since Stanislav didn’t show any particular change in reaction, the actual required time might not have changed.

I stretched after coming out of the flask.

My body feels incredibly light.

This is probably due to the increased ability values of the added Queen Arthropoda. There’s that omnipotent feeling again.

I have the impulse to beat someone to a pulp, anyone would do, but I forcefully restrains myself.

I wonder if this feeling won’t become a subject to regulations. It could be considered a light electronic drug.

Perhaps cases where ability values increase so drastically are rare.

“Good job. It seems there aren’t any noticeable changes.”

“Thank you, Sugaru. Well, if there were noticeable changes, the experiment would be considered a failure, so it’s fine. “

As Sugaru mentioned, at this point, there don’t seem to be any outwardly noticeable changes.

However, there are certainly added traits.

To investigate the differences between these traits and the existing ones, such as horns and wings that have manifested, it’s necessary to conduct a verification.

Having a large mirror, including the investigation of outward differences, would be beneficial.

In my dominion, the queen’s bedroom in the Hiers Royal Castle seems suitable.

There, there’s a wide mirror and the room itself is spacious, so it should be fine to take Sugaru along as an observer.

I instructed Stanislav and the Mithril Golem Adamashrouds to wait in the plaza, then flew to the royal castle with Sugaru.