Overloaded With Attributes Chapter 43

Mana Sickness 

"What's the deal? You all talked so much trash, and the second you get here, you're all down for the count with mana sickness!"

"Talked trash? Sorry. Ugh. Kinda can't deal with you right now."

"(Uuu. What is this? Spinning. And spinning. Planetary alignment.)"

"I'm fine. Bleh. Ugh. Just going to tinker with the flowers."

"You're not even picking them?! No, seriously, are you guys okay?! Shizuka's face is past pale and is heading straight into purple!"

"Conversely, how are you totally fine?"

Akiyoshi's makeup was so thick I couldn't really tell. No, this isn't the time to laugh.

"What do you mean, 'how'? How am I fine?"

Is it because I'm from another world? Because I was a Hero? I couldn't use magic back there, but I could use skills. So maybe I'm just used to handling mana?

"Anyway, just being here is making me feel sick, so I'm gonna go on ahead, kay?"

"You are a monster."

Shizuka looked like she was about to actually collapse, so I scooped her up in my arms and we beat a hasty retreat.

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~On a certain Dungeon Community message board~

• MAYDAY! MAYDAY! THIS IS DUNGEON 2! I REPEAT, DUNGEON 2!
• So loud this early. Dungeon 2. Osaka, right? This is why I hate Kansai people.
• So what happened?
• IT'S 'YOU!' 'YOU' WAS HERE!
• What are you talking about? You were there?
• NO, NOT ME! 'YOU', THE GUY! The one who just debuted!
• Eh? A boy?! A boy debuted as an Explorer?!
• Wait, you don't know about 'YOU?' The guy who started on the doll-video channel, did a one-man-show, and then suddenly started singing? And now NTD just dropped his first single? You don't know who I'm talking about?!
• You're just a shill for NTD Music. (Also, I've been listening on repeat, but this is the dungeon thread. Take it somewhere else.)
• NO, 'YOU' IDIOT! 'YOU' IS AT DUNGEON 2!
• Why would a singer be at a dungeon?
• Oh? Are you unaware that 'YOU' is the first boy to ever enroll in the Labyrinth Department?
• This person's holier-than-thou act is so annoying.
• (P.S. All the gossip about his school life is on the Ourin Academy thread!)
• Wait, THAT WAS REAL?! I thought it was just some Kansai-specific mass hallucination!
• Kansai people don't have that debuff! And even if he is there, you shouldn't be making a scene!
• All this talk about 'YOU' is triggering for me. I'm from Kansai, but Ourin's acceptance rate was so high, I picked Ume-Ran because it was easier. A boy in the Labyrinth Dept?! They should have advertised that!
• Ourin's acceptance rate is like 30:1! If they advertised him, it'd be 3000:1! (P.S. I'm an Ourin grad. Why. Why didn't I just fail and stay one more year.)
• NOBODY CARES! So what happened with YOU?! Ah! Wait. Is it that time of year? The annual tradition for Labyrinth Dept. freshmen?
• That. Oh. That.
• The event that makes the gate area smell sour?
• A boy. In agony. Puking his guts out. Why is that kind of hot?
• Okay, that's a niche fetish I can't get behind. Can I be the one he pukes on?
• You guys are disgusting. (I'd prefer pee, tbh.)
• What is this thread? Is it only perverts?! And STOP DERAILING THE TOPIC!
• Sry. Sry. (But you've taken your pants off too, right?)
• I'm not! I'm not even wearing any!
• You should probably wear pants in public. SO WHAT HAPPENED?!
• YOU was licking the neck of a cross-dressing girl.
• Huh?
• Huh?
• Huh?
• Huh?
• No. That's not possible.
• This is why Kansai people. Learn to separate fantasy from reality.
• IT'S TRUE! I SWEAR!
• I saw it too. He was bantering with his party members at equipment rental (so jealous). He made a face at the smell of the armor (so cute). He sniffed the neck of the girl next to him (time stopped). Then he licked her (I came).
• I don't understand any part of that explanation lol. Video or it didn't happen.
• We don't care about your climax lol. Video or it didn't happen.
• Why did you come lol. Video or it didn't happen.
• I'd be arrested if I filmed that!
• Okay, calm down, everyone. It's impossible for a boy to touch a girl, let alone LICK one.
• But it's YOU we're talking about.
• Yeah, the Ourin thread is basically just a constant scream-fest.
• Oh, are we talking about [BLOODY WEDNESDAY]?
• What the HELL is that?! Tell me everything.
• Wasn't that the time he tried to change in the same room as the girls for their first Dungeon Arts class?
• Hnnn. Lewd.
• No way. A boy that clueless only exists in fiction.
• If you read the Ourin thread, it sounds exactly like him.
• But why is it called [BLOODY WEDNESDAY]?
• Because his classmates had nosebleeds, and every other class cried tears of blood, DUH.
• (I heard some students also bled from their fists from punching the wall.)
• That is the most Labyrinth Dept. ending ever.
• MAYDAY! MAYDAY! THIS IS DUNGEON 2!
• NOW WHAT?!
• (Shhh, I'm trying to fantasize about him licking my neck while I'm changing. Be quiet.)
• Could you at least CLOSE THE THREAD FIRST?! So, what is it?!
• GOOD NEWS: YOU ENTERED THE DUNGEON. IS NOT SUFFERING FROM MANA SICKNESS.
• Eh? Is that even possible?! I thought I was going to die my first FIVE times!
• Wasn't that bad for me, but I couldn't walk straight for three days.
• BAD NEWS: YOU JUST WALKED OUT OF THE DUNGEON. CARRYING A FEMALE PARTY MEMBER. BRIDAL STYLE.
• Huh?
• Huh?
• Huh?
• HUUUUUUUUUUUUH?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! A classmate?! Just a filthy classmate gets to...
• (that girl should be sdpfjoihg'ph't)
• (okay calm down)

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