My Unique Skill [Gacha] Will Save the World - Episode 129: The Room of Skill Enhancement

Episode 129: The Room of Skill Enhancement

“…What is this place?”

As Rindou entered the room, he immediately spoke up.

The space was entirely white, with a floor resembling clouds. And above him was a clear blue sky. It was an empty space with nothing else around.

“Clouds? …No, that can’t be it.”

Confused, he took a step forward. And in an instant, the door through which he entered disappeared.

“What?! …Where is this place? What’s going to happen next?”

Remaining on guard, Rindou gripped Durandal tightly and scanned his surroundings.

(You don’t need to be so cautious.)

“…?!”

Suddenly, a woman’s voice echoed in his mind. It caused Rindou to quickly turn around.

“…Who are you?! Where are you?!”

(I am you, and I am not you.)

“What are you talking about?! Show yourself!”

Rindou furrowed his brow as he looked around, trying to locate the source of the voice. But there was no one in sight.

(Go toward the light. That will answer your questions.)

“…The light?”

At the woman’s words, a rainbow-colored light similar to the orb appeared. It was located in the distance beyond the endless white clouds.

“…Fine, I’ll go.”

With nowhere else to go, Rindou decided to follow the light and walked toward it.

As he walked for a while, he realized the rainbow-colored light wasn’t coming from an orb, but from the very space itself radiating the colors.

“Seriously, so many confusing things are happening here.”

He had no idea what this place was. And ahead of him, he found a mysterious space glowing with seven colors. Despite his confusion, unsure of what else to do, Rindou spoke out loud.

“What am I supposed to do here?”

He was speaking to the woman’s voice in his mind.

(If you touch it, you will receive the thing you desire most.)

“The thing I desire most?”

Rindou thought for a moment in response to the voice.

(I already have the Elixir. The irregular awakening as a player happened, but now Kyouka’s condition has stabilized. So, what is this about?)

Though he didn’t know what he most desired, he couldn’t just stand still. Rindou was on high alert. He reached out and touched the seven-colored light.

“…?!”

Immediately, his vision was filled with the rainbow light.

(What’s happening…? I can’t speak?!)

This was still inside the door. Rindou thought he had been caught in a trap, but the woman’s voice once again echoed in his mind.

(I am you, and I am not you. I am your skill.)

(A skill? Are you trying to say you’re my skill, [Gacha]?)

Though Rindou asked the question, there was no direct answer. There was only the woman’s voice continuing.

(The skill and the door are one. This is a place to enhance skills. Or, a place to acquire new skills.)

(Enhance or acquire skills?)

Rindou had never heard of anyone acquiring a skill after awakening, except for himself. He never imagined that something like that would happen to him. But realizing there was only one choice, he made up his mind.

(If this is really the case, the only choice I have is to enhance my skill.)

Even if he were to acquire a new skill, he had no idea what it would be, nor had he been informed about it. Plus, with his [Gacha] skill, he could acquire new skills. Albeit it was tied to an element of luck.

He couldn’t imagine what would happen if he enhanced [Gacha]. But he felt there would be no harm in strengthening it.

(Awakened one, Rindou Amachi. I will enhance your skill, [Gacha].)

As the woman’s voice spoke, the rainbow light that had filled his vision gathered toward Rindou. The light absorbed into his body, and Rindou felt his physical vitality surge.

(W-What’s happening?)

(Enhancing the skill enhances the vessel. Enhancing the vessel enhances the body. Rindou Amachi, you have taken a great step forward as an awakened one.)

(…What are you? How is this skill enhancement even possible…?)

Rindou’s question never reached its conclusion, as the space before him began to distort.

(Awakened one, Rindou Amachi. And the brave human who has received my power. Store up strength so you are not defeated by the invaders from the gate.)

The moment the woman spoke those words, Rindou’s body was transported back to the white room.