Shatei Kyokufuri Yumi-Ojisan

the speed would be too fast for the eye to follow.
When moving, inertia and kickback were ignored, and you could move without changing your stance, as if sliding across the ground.

If it was combined with Quickdraw, I could use it to move around enemies that tried to fight me at close range, and shoot them in the back.
While I could control the distance and location with my mind, it would take some learning.
I would have to practice a lot before the event.
This offered me the mobility that I severely lacked, and so I needed to be able to master it…!

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Lastly, there was gear for my arms.
Cloudbore Archery Gloves had evolved into Cloudbore Archery Gloves G!
It was clear that there was a difference between evolution and strengthening.
Evolution required specific equipment with specific materials.
While strengthening was just having the right materials.
Any equipment could be strengthened.

By adding this ‘Strengthening Plan’ to equipment, you could raise its stats and add skills without changing its appearance.
This time, I had used Strengthening Plan G!
The G was for…gorilla!

I had used the nostalgic Fist of the Forest Sage, that the gorilla had dropped, and Droppings of the Forest Sage, which was from the gorilla zombie at the Z hospital, in order to do this…!

◆ Cloudbore Archery Gloves G
Type: Arms(Gloves)
Attack: 35
Defense: 50
Range: 60
Weapon Skills: Black Smog Stream

As I said before, it looked exactly the same.
Its color didn’t change just because of the materials that I used.
The whole point was that you could upgrade something without changing the way it looked.

However, the change in numbers wasn’t as good as an evolution.

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With evolution, my combined stats were raised by 60, but the strengthening plan only raised it by 45.
However, they distributed well and felt more balanced.
…Now, onto the weapon skills.

(Black Smog Stream)
Unleashes a black smoke that has a terrible stench.
Can continue to unleash it through using MP.

The abilities of Black Smog had been enhanced considerably.
Previously, you had to throw black ball-like droppings… And when it exploded, the smoke would spread out everywhere.
But Black Smog Stream just shot out the smoke in a straight line.
You could shoot it out of both arms simultaneously, and since they were affected by your Range, I would be able to shoot them very far.
That meant that if I swung my arms around, I could cover a wide area with the smoke in an instant…!

MP would deplete as long as it was activated, but it wasn’t a great amount.
On top of that, it was a skill, so there was no cool down after using it.
For some reason, management seemed to be treating this skill favorably…!
While it didn’t deal any damage or ignite like oil, it was clearly still an ‘attack’ skill!

Well, I wouldn’t push the issue…
We were right before a great NSO event.
And two of the reliable pieces of equipment that I had used up until now had been combined.
This was very exciting for me.

“I’m counting on you, my equipment.
Until that time when I can grasp glory…!”

The bow was like the leader of the Windcloud set.
And so once it was finished evolving, the set would be complete.
As for other things that I needed to prepare…the skill charge attacks.
Through items that I had gathered on my adventures, they too had evolved even further!