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IusedtothinkthatAppraisalwasOP
Iamaspider.Asyet,Ihavenoname. 1
What,didthatsoundlikeitcameoutofnowhere?Dontbesurprised!Ijustwantedtoseehowitsoundedout
loud.Afterall,itseemslikeIreallydonthaveaname.Whatsthat?WhydontIhaveaname?Ahhh,oops,I
thinkIskippedaheadtoomuch.LetsrewindalittlebitsothatIcanexplain.
IamdumbfoundedbyhowunbelievablylargeIam.Thatsanormalreaction,right?Iwasalreadyinshockfrom
realizingthatIhadbeenrebornasaspider,andthenIhadtodiscoverImamonsteraswell.Thisis
overwhelming!Anyonewouldbeindespair!Anyonewouldbedriventosuicide!
Haha,well,itsnotlikeIveactuallybeenthinkingaboutmyowndeath.
Well,Idontreallyhavetimetobeoverwhelmed.Afterall,IdontknowwhereIam!Thisworldisverydifferent
fromtheEarthIknow,soIhavenoideawhatsortofdangerIcouldbein.Couldnttherebeothermonstersout
therethatarejustasscaryasthatenormousspider?
Thatspider,though.IfImaboutonemeterlong,thenthatthinghastobearoundthirtymeters?Cana
humanevenhandleaspiderthatbig?Ireallyhopethepeoplewholeftthesebootprintsdonthavetofightit.
Ah,no,wait!Perhapsiftheyhadheavyweaponstheycouldhaveachance!Thisisafantasysetting,right?
Maybetheyvegotsomesortofhighpoweredattackmagic!Thatwouldwork,right?
Hmmm,Idontknow.Ishoulddefinitelythinkofthatspiderasabossmonster,though.IfIdont,Iprobably
wontliveverylong.
Iwasjustthinkingthatitwouldntbesobadifthosepeoplefoughtthatgiantspiderbutisntthatkindof
wrong?Afterall,itseemslike,youknow,thatmonsterismymother.Imherwiddlemonsterbaby!
Ahhh,yeah,thisisnolaughingmatter.Imaspidermonster!Ifthosepeoplefoundme,wouldnttheytrytokill
me?
Yeahhh,probably.Definitely.WhatshouldIdo?Iwanttoknowmoreaboutthosepeople,butIknowthatifthey
findmeImdefinitelytoast.
Yeah,thisisbad.Ihavewaytoolittleinformationabout,well,everything.Whatkindofworldisthis?Whatare
thepeoplelike?Whatkindoftreatmentdomonsterslikemetendtoget?Iwanttoknowsomanythingsbut
havenowaytofindthemout.
Ugh!Ifthiswereanythinglikeanovel,thisiswheretheprotagonistwouldstartlookingaroundusinghis
Appraisalskill!Thatwouldbesoconveni

Youcurrentlypossess100skillpoints.Theskill[Appraisal(LV1)]canbeacquiredfor100skillpoints.
Wouldyouliketoacquireitnow?
What.
Amechanicalvoicesuddenlystartedtalkingtomeinmyhead.Ah,yeah,thatmakessense.Completesense.
Ahahaha!Ofcourse!OfcoursethisparallelworldthatIvebeenreincarnatedintohassuchthings!System
messages!AnAppraisalskill!Thisisgreat!Imhype!Immaximumhype!Yes!Yes!MyanswerisYES!
Youhaveacquiredtheskill[Appraisal(LV1)].Youhave0skillpointsremaining.
Ijustspentallofmyskillpointsinonegowithoutanyhesitationwhatsoever.Afterall,IllgetmorewhenIlevel
up,right?Thisisfine.Thisisfine!
Because!Right!Now!IshallusemypreciousAppraisalskilltopullbackthecurtainonthemysteriesofthis
world!
Ah,ahem,holdon.HowdoIusethisthing?Lets,uh,letstrythestandardmethod.Ifaceasuitablyinteresting
rock,concentrate,andthinktomyself,Appraise.
Mmm!Itfeelslikeitsworking!Informationisstreamingintomyhead!
Rock
Uh.Huh?Isthatit?No,no,no,thatcantberight.Imusthavescreweditupsomehow,itwasmyfirsttry,
afterall.Iclearmymindandtryagain.
Rock
No.Itcantbe.Thatsit?Thatsreallyit?No,no,no,no!Therehastobeabetterexplanation.Perhapsthis
ismerelyanordinaryrock!Perhapsthereisnothingusefultoknowaboutthisrockatall!Letstryappraisingthe
wallnext.PerhapsdoingsowilltellmemoreabouttheplacethatImin!EvenifitonlysayssomethinglikeThe
Caveof______orwhatever,eventhatwouldbearelief!
Wall
Ihavenowords.
PerhapsIshouldhavethoughtthisthroughmore.Itsrightinthename,isntit?Appraisal,levelone.It
explicitlystates,levelone.WhatdidIthinkwasgoingtohappen?Ihavejustwitnessed,firsthand,howuseless
aleveloneskillis.ThismightbeusefulifImanagedtolevelitupbut,ofcourse,Ivespentallmyskillpoints.
Aaaaagh!Imanidiot!Imawastefulidiot!IblewallofmyskillpointsonAppraisalwithoutevenbotheringto
checkiftherewereanyotherskills!Whatiftheresonethatsactuallyusableatlevelone?
Wait,no,letsnotbeatmyselfuphere.IfAppraisalisthisweakatlevelone,thennoneoftheotherskillsshould
beanybetter.Imgoingtoassumethatthisisthecaseandmoveon.Yes,Immovingon.

Ahhhh.Nowaaay.Almostasanafterthought,IuseAppraisalonmyself.
Spider(noname)
Huh?ItsaysspiderlikeIexpected,butnoname?
And,thatbringsusbacktothetop.So,thatsthegistofit.Idonthaveaname.Well,Ihaveanamefrommy
previouslife,butthespiderthatIamnowwasnevergivenaname.
Fornow,letsputasidethisworthlessAppraisalskill.Well,itsnotquiteworthlessithasrevealedabunchof
newmysteries.
SkillPoints.TheseareprobablypointsthatIcansaveuptobuynewskills.However,Ihavenocluehowto
earnthem.Docreatureshavelevelsinthisworld?MaybeifIraisemyownlevel,Illearnmoreskillpoints.This
isjustatheory,though.
Levels,skills,pointsthisworldisjustlikeagame,isntit?Isntit?
Regardless,Imnowamonstrousspider.Livinganormallifeisgoingtobecompletelyimpossible.Well,maybeI
shouldntthinkofanormallifeinhumanterms,sinceIminsuchanunbelievablesituation.2Ivebeenreborn,
asaspider,intoavideogameworld!Imagamer,right?Thiswillbefun!Imgoingtoenjoythis.
Firstthingsfirst,though,Ireallydoneedtoeat.
Translatorsnotesforthischapter:
1.TheselinesarereferencingtheopeninglinesofIAmaCat,afamousJapanesenovel.Iamacat.Asyet,I
havenoname.
2.Theresjokeherethatsdifficulttotranslatedirectly:theprotagonistsaysIcantliveanormallife,then
remarksthatlife()containsthekanjiforperson(),andthatitwouldbemoreaccuratetoswapthat
outforspider()tomakespiderlife().