A Certain Middle-aged Man’s VRMMO Activity Log

[Physical Ability Boost] has now reached LV50.

Because of that I spent 3 EXP Points to progress the Skill.

Its now called [Physical Ability Reinforcement], and whats changed is that there are two Arts Ive learned 1 passive and 1 active each.

By the way, a passive is an Art that you dont have to use in order to have the effect, while an active you must use it yourself or the effect wont be there.

Of the two Arts I obtained from [Physical Ability Reinforcement], the passive is .

Its a passive that allows you to maintain your sense of balance.

With this you can be largely unaffected by most terrains with bad footing.

Youll even be able to stand properly on ground with swamp-like conditions.

The other one is the active skill .

It lets you jump like a red hat wearing plumber. At the moment its about 3 meters.

Its a powerful Art with a 20 second cool down that lets you take control of the space above your opponent.

This, together with the passive , will finally allow me to perform a stunt like some hero somewhere and use my bow while airborne in the middle of a jump.

Of course I dont have any airborne bow Arts that I can use, but I think theres a possibility of getting them by raising [Physical Ability Reinforcement].

Learning these two Arts expanded the battlefield greatly.

If this combo is spread, the opinion that the bow is weak may begin to die down.

But Id like to hide it for a little longer.

Itd be dull if I spread it right away for it to be copied en masse.

In order to confirm that my movements got significantly better after getting my hands on [Physical Ability Reinforcement], I decide to charge forward to my first dungeon.

The goal is increasing Skill Levels. [Hunting Bow], [Wind Magic], [Kick], and [Thief], preferably.

Ive arrived in front of the dungeon the first dungeon is located in the forest; it feels exactly like a cave-type dungeon.

I use [Thief] skills & and enter the dungeon.

Its pitch-black, but thanks to [Farsight] I have so its no problem.

this is it; this is what Ive been looking for.

As I step-by-step proceed into the Dungeon, memories from the past came back to me.

I couldnt have been more than 10-years-old at the time.

Its a memory from when I had just happened to find a cave-ish place and walked around in it.

That place was fun; its not like there was anything special in it, but it was a place Id never been before, and there was a feeling of both fear and excitement mixed in with the darkness.

Doing nothing but walking around like that inside was incredibly fun.

And then, about 10 years later, I happened to drop by the same place once.

When I saw it I understood it wasnt really a cave, more like a shallow tunnel dug through.

Once I understood it, the fascination and excitement was no longer there; just a sense of nostalgia.

And thats all 10 years in the past. That place has now been leveled for a residential area.

That place, for my adventures, at that time; it no longer exists.

Since Ive suddenly become a bit lonely, I stop reminiscing.

I mean, of course, in the middle of a game, Im looking for a fun adventure.

Ive been waiting a long time; it has to be the world on the other side of the screen.

Ive been unable to immerse myself in the feelings from that time the feelings of adventure from when I was little.

But, but! Right now, isnt an adventure reflected in front of my eyes?

In a dark cave, where you dont know how far in it goes; theres going to be monsters, and there might even be treasure chests.

Its this world that lets have in an avatar in the middle of all this.

Visibility is limited to only my field of vision due to [Farsight], Im aware of a dungeon spider monster lurking near, the sound of my footsteps are softly sound in my ears its the feeling from that time, its coming back.

Isnt this the best?! Ive been purposely avoiding all the dungeon information on the info sites just for this payoff.

It can only be an adventure if you dont know about anything. If you go in knowing how to defeat all the monsters and where all the treasure chests are, it just turns into work.

If youre just after earnings, well, fine, but that kind of thing isnt what I want right now.

Even if Im going in with the goal of raising my Skills, theres no point if I hate being in a dungeon;

Right now just having fun going on an adventure is fine.

Step by step I proceed with Im going in solo.

If the monsters get the first attack in Ill die straight away.

The monsters in the dungeon are particularly strong, so I have to take special care to fight a different way.

I bet if I try to do them in too fast, the situation might get turned around and land me with a death penalty.

Theres more than enough lone Dungeon Spiders all over the place; Ive shot through them with [Hunting Bow], sliced them up with [Wind Magic]s , and at times Ill use [Whip]s to pull one closer and trample it with [Kick].

From the amount of Dungeon Spiders you can tell theyre this areas lowest trash mob, but even so they take 4 hits to defeat; as expected, dungeon monsters are tough.

Im using constantly because if they suddenly come at me Im done for.

Thanks to this excessive, more than usual use, the Skill Level is climbing at a terrifying speed.

Also, truthfully speaking, if I approached this with [Kick] alone, this time it would probably be pretty tight, and since this dungeon has a ceiling Ive also necessarily sealed ; Ive come to understand the Greatness of [Whip]s Art.

After sealing the movements, I can recklessly use [Kick] to finish something off.

I cant just run away in a dungeon I dont know how many surprise attacks Id get due to Link.

Aside from the Dungeon Spiders this dungeon also has Lesser Lizards and Dark Wolves.

When I see the shadow of something other than a spider with [Night Vision] I hide myself in a hurry and use to confirm its name and nature.

It would be reckless to challenge it since a Dungeon Spider takes everything I have to defeat.

It should be avoided Just in case I use [Stealth] to leave the place.

Theres no point to dying because right now Im having a good time doing lots of exploring and raising my skill levels.

Fortunately, looks like this time it didnt notice me; I should calm down a bit more.

Theres the presences of Fairies here in this dark world too.

As expected theyre mainly Dark Fairies; theres also Earth Fairies to a degree.

Theyre not noisily coming over; they probably dont have the spare time.

I dont have any attention to spare from being vigilant although the Fairies might hate it I cant afford to have them coming over to play like usual anyway.

The ones that come to the crystal soon head off.

but then, it happened after Id walked for a while.

Theres a strange place where lots of Dark Fairies are hovering about together.

Drawing closer and using once to the front I determine theres no sign of a monster.

Its probably not just a wall ? Is there a Secret Door?

Acting on that thought I carefully inspected the place where the Fairies are hovering; from floor to wall I couldnt find anything like a trigger or door.

Is this just the Fairies being whimsical? If thats the reason, there are an awful lot of them gathered here.

Theres that somethings here feel but its getting towards that time where it would be bad if I dont start heading out of the dungeon.

I consult the dungeon that I have mapped in my brain for the return trip as I continue forward.

By the time I broke out of the dungeon, it had become night outside.

At night, there are lots of nasty monsters like those youd know from haikai poems1.

If I dont hurry back to town this could get bad.

I rush through while keeping an eye out with [Farsight] and amply using the [Thief] skill to move quietly.

Somehow or other I was able to get back to town safely and logged out.

Dungeon exploration is challenging; lets seclude myself in it and work hard at it.

SKILLS

[Hunting Bow]Lv27 [Kick]Lv49[Farsight]Lv39[Wind Magic]Lv36

[Craftsmanship]Lv39

[Cooking]Lv40[Stealth]Lv27[Physical Ability Reinforcement]Lv7

[Thief]Lv19[Whip]Lv21

Reserved Skill(s)

[Blacksmithing]Lv20[Woodworking]Lv19[Alchemy]Lv32

EXP 8

So basically its dungeon time.