Chapter 24

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Kumoko reviews her new skills which greatly amplify her magical abilities. Though initially overwhelmed by the realisation that godlike beings are watching, Kumoko decides just to ignore it for now since there is nothing which she can do about it. While lost in thought, Kumoko is set on fire due to her thread igniting. After some missteps, the fire is extinguished with blobs of weak poison from [Poison Synthesis], but not before confirming the effects of [Perseverance] using MP in lieu of HP once the HP is exhausted.

The crisis averted, Kumoko resumes her investigation using [Wisdom]’s new upgraded appraisal features and confirms her magic stats are maxed out and the specifics of how magic works, from magic power manipulation to rune construction. With this knowledge, Kumoko is finally able to use her magic. After testing [Poison Magic] by casting Poison Shot, Kumoko tries to cast the weakest [Abyss Magic] spell, Hell Gate, but it backfires. Realising she has the skills, but not the experience, Kumoko’s parallel minds discuss how to resolve the issue as Body Brain cannot handle both the body and [Wisdom] alone.

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As Kumoko is contemplating this issue, the skill [Parallel Minds] levels up, and the third mind is immediately assigned to magic. The three continue their hunt to experiment with the new abilities.

After a while, Kumoko reaches a sea of magma and contemplates how to cross it with all the monsters around. Testing the option to jump from rock to rock, Kumoko is attacked by an Elroe Gunerush. Retreating to solid ground, Kumoko activates a combination of skills to kill the Gunerush and drags its corpse to the bank using fire resistant thread. Devouring it, [Overeating] maxes out and evolves into [Satiation], which allows additional energy to be stored as before, but now without the excess weight and the added ability to convert the excess into HP and MP as well rather than just SP.

Confident with her current skills, Kumoko attempts to cross the magma using the stepping-stones. Kumoko stops suddenly, suspicious of how easy crossing the magma lake has been. An Elroe Gunesohka bursts out of the magma. Appraising it Kumoko sees it has much higher stats than the other Middle Stratum monsters she has been fighting. The biggest issue however, is the title [Commander] as the beast is joined by a literal army of lesser fire-wyrm type monsters. Seeing this army, Kumoko flees.

Quick References

 * 1) [Perseverance] used for the first time.
 * 2) Kumoko uses magic for the first time.
 * 3) Magic Brain is born from the [Parallel Minds] skill
 * 4) [Wisdom] contains a game like auto-map of everywhere Kumoko has been.
 * 5) The Great Elroe Labyrinth is likely as big if not bigger than Hokkaido.
 * 6) The Middle Stratum is basically a single passage about half a mile wide.
 * 7) Kumoko gains the ability to store excess food as HP and MP in addition to SP.
 * 8) Some monsters have skills enabling them to control large numbers of their kin.

Chapter Notes

 * 1) [Parallel Minds] Level 1 to Level 2.
 * 2) [Overeating] Level 9 to Level 10. [Overeating] Level 10 evolves into [Satiation] Level 1.

Characters by Appearance
Kumoko