New effects

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　Ichijou　Akira　25 years old　Male　Lv9  (38)

　Stamina：６５

　Strength：１１５

　Endurance：８４

　Speed：９９

　Magical power：１３【１４】

　Luck：３９





　Points：５８

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　Unique Skills:

　・Return from Hell



　System Expansion Skills:

　・Inventory

　・Scenario

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　Skills

　・Physical strengthening Lv２

　・Analysis Lv１

　・Magic Circuit Lv１

　・Dash Lv１

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　Damage bonus

　・Goblin races　＋３％

　・Wolf races　＋３％

　・Plant-based monsters　＋３％

　・Beast monsters　＋５％

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　The screen, opened for the first time since the battle of Minotaur, had undergone various changes.

　The first thing that caught Akira's eye was the new brackets and numbers added to the Magical power section.

　What caught his attention next was the level increase resulting from the defeat of the minotaur and the large number of points gained from the rewards of the quests accomplished.

　Finally, the newly added items, the words 『inventory』 and 『scenario,』 in that order, attracted Akira's attention.



　Akira turned his attention to each of them and stared at the screen floating in the air with a questioning expression on his face.



(There's a lot more going on now…… Mysterious brackets and numbers, 『inventory』 and 『scenario』?　……Oh, that reminds me, these two also came out after the Minotaur was defeated. As I recall, there was something about the additional effects of Return from Hell……)



　Inventory and scenario were both common game terms.

　However, in his earlier life, Akira mentioned the name of that entry as a test.

　Nothing happened then, but did it mean that the situation had now changed?

　Considering that the words 『System Expansion Skills』 were present, these terms seemed to be treated as skills in one way or another.





(In any case, 『system,』 huh? This is getting more and more like a game.)



　With that thought, Akira let out a nasal wheeze.





(In the end, what's all this about? )





　The word system was in the title, but the skill itself would give more details.

　With this in mind, Akira touched the 『Inventory』 item on the screen.



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　Inventory.

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　A new screen appeared in front of Akira.

　The screen was not, as Akira had thought, a screen of skill details.

　On that screen, which displayed only the name "inventory," five blank spaces were shown.

　Staring at the overly simple screen, Akira's brow furrowed into a small crease.



(……What the hell is this?　Given the name "inventory," can you store items and such? )



　To try it out, Akira picked up his smartphone from his bedside table and stared at it.





"Inventory."



　As soon as he muttered, the screen changed.







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　Inventory.

　・Smart phone ×１

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(I see it's been added to the listing. But…………)



　Akira glanced down at his hand.

　There, the phone that was supposed to be displayed in the inventory remained.



(Isn't this the kind of thing that's common in online novels and games, like item storage? )



　From the fact that the phone in his hand had not disappeared, it did not seem to simply put the item away.

　Akira stared at the screen and reached for the text on his phone, this time on the screen called Inventory.







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　Do you want to erase the 『 smartphone 』 from your inventory?　Ｙ/Ｎ



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　The screen switched to a screen asking for confirmation.

　For the time being, he pressed 『Y』.

　Then the words on the phone that had appeared on the screen disappeared, and a blank screen was displayed there again.



(I don't understand…… From what I've seen of the quantity indicators, it looks like they can be grouped if they're of the same type.)



　It neither stored nor retrieved things, it just displayed the name of the object on the screen.

　At this, Akira let out a small sigh and turned off the inventory screen.





(What about the scenario? )



　Akira muttered to himself in his mind and reached for the scenario on the status screen.







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　Currently, there are no scenarios to activate.



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(Activate?　Do you mean it's not available yet? )



　Although he tried to touch the letters on the screen, no change occurred.

　Akira shook off the screen with his hand and let out a loud sigh.





"Is there anything, anything descriptive at all……?"





　If this was a skill, there should at least be an explanation of how to use it.

　If he did not know what the new additions were, there was nothing he could do about it.



(If I check Return from Hell, will there be any details on it? )



　These two were manifested by the additional effects of Return from Hell.

　Thinking about this with a furrowed brow, Akira touched the words Return from Hell to display the skill details.







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　Return from Hell

　・Passive Skill

　・When the skill holder dies, the skill is triggered and the skill holder returns to a specific point in the past with all causality laws distorted.

　・When the skill holder dies, the skill is triggered and the skill holder, along with the objects selected by the skill holder, returns to a specific point in the past with all causality laws distorted.

　・If a person meets certain conditions, for a certain period of time, when the skill holder dies and returns to a specific point in the past, the person who met those conditions also returns with all causality laws distorted.



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(――――Seriously? )





　When Akira read the letters that had been added there, the shock left him speechless.

　After reading the text there over and over again, he finally understood what the two added entries, 『Inventory』 and 『Scenario,』 were all about.



(When I die, not only do I rewind, but the things I chose will rewind with me?　No, it's not just that. Can I come back from the dead with someone other than me as long as the conditions are met? )



　If they could really do that, they would certainly be a great help in the future.

　The fact that the selected items also returned upon death with him meant that the work of gathering supplies, which had been done upon waking up, would no longer be necessary. More to the point, given the characteristic of Return from Hell of returning to a specific point in the past, it would mean that an object that was originally supposed to be obtained in the future could still be used at the point in the past when the person returned from death.

　Another added effect suggested that someone other than oneself would be able to take their level and status back to the past and start over. If they could do that, he might be able to add to his group in the future in terms of strength.





(……Still, other people other than me will be able to come back from death, huh?)



　Muttering in his mind, Akira looked at the statement.





(But will it really work…… bringing others back with me with the Return from Hell skill? )





　The ability to Return from Hell was powerful but cruel.

　This power pretended that the end, death, never happened.

　The end, death, becomes a new beginning, forcing one to live another life again.

　Akira already knew full well how hard and painful that could be.

　That is why he worried about whether or not he should involve others in that suffering.





(The power only applies for a certain period of time, apparently…… How long would that be? )



　The answer to that question would not be likely to come from thinking about it.





(……………Not good. Let's put this on hold for the moment.)





　Akira let out a sigh and at the same time cut off his thoughts on these matters once and for all.

　First of all, he didn't even know what those specific conditions were.

　If so, he thought, it would make no sense to think about it now.

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