"Huh, this Poison Attack... Could it make all attacks deal poison damage?
"If that lets all my skills gain poison properties, then that means..."
"Still, it doesn't seem all that useful here..."
Kumoko had not been happy for long before she grew dejected again. Whether or not she could add poison to her attacks, spider silk was a very difficult skill to use in the Middle Stratum...
After all, it caught fire far too easily...
"Ah, I really want to use magic!"
Kumoko had always yearned for magic. When she had obtained Heretic Magic before, she had thought she would be able to use magic, but she could not use it at all.
In the Upper Stratum, Kumoko could repeatedly kill enemies with her spider silk, speed, and poison. But after reaching the Middle Stratum, without spider silk as a supporting skill, many of her methods had lost their effectiveness.
She was at a severe disadvantage...
If she knew magic, that would be amazing! Not only did magic seem incredibly cool to her, it could also greatly strengthen her ranged attacks and make up for her weaknesses!
"Now that I have so many skill points, should I... pick another magic skill to learn?"
Kumoko skillfully opened her system and entered the learnable skills screen. She looked through rows upon rows of skills.
"Thinking about it seriously... Maybe I can't use skills because I'm missing the corresponding skills? Like... Magic Perception and Magic Manipulation?"
"If I had magical power from magic, then sensed and controlled that power, I should be able to cast magic, right?"
"Huh, that really does seem to be it!"
The more Kumoko thought about it, the more likely it seemed. She quickly found the two skills she needed: "Magic Perception" and "Magic Manipulation."
Each skill cost 100