Chapter 157

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Translator: penny

Chapter: 157

Chapter Title: Miracle's Handicap Skill

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It's actually giving rewards.

Tears welled up in my eyes.

My chest tightened at the endless stream of messages.

"How much is all this worth?"

Only now did I grasp the core of the Pregnancy Support Program.

Challenge yourself and put in the effort!

The harder and tougher the quest, the more hidden the achievement, the greater the P and rewards waiting!

I hadn't even checked the skill yet, but just the lineup of rewards popping up made me feel like I'd already been fully compensated.

"Whoa... that's over 2,000P even roughly."

Combined with what I already had, my total P now exceeded 3,400.

The SS-grade magic stone adding 1,000P had been a huge boost.

At this rate, I might be able to cut down the two and a half S-grade magic stones I'd planned to around just one.

Not only the rewards, but the level-ups on abilities weren't for just any random ones—they made my heart race just thinking about checking them.

Even so, the main reward of this one—after nearly two weeks of grueling effort to keep Han Semi from miscarrying—was her skill, Space Utilization.

Even cold water has its ups and downs.

Not only had she given birth safely, but it was a massive success, bursting with miracle effects, birthing an SSS-grade skill. I checked Space Utilization first.

"What's this about handicaps and miracles?"

It was the first skill I'd ever seen since awakening... no, since birth.

A star before the skill name was a first too.

So if I got this right, miracles only trigger when there's a handicap or deformity at birth.

They could happen normally too, but at an even lower probability, judging by the extra wording.

Either way, miracles seemed to add special options to skills like extra effects.

"Miracles, handicaps, deformities—what a clusterfuck."

Level 1 skills are usually clean and simple.

They gain added abilities as they level up, usually one line at a time, but Han Semi's Space Utilization came loaded with extras right from birth.

And with both handicap and deformity attached, it stood out twice as much as anything else.

"2~4 times mana cost? That's not just crippled limbs—that's cerebral palsy level."

Mana is one of the key factors determining skill performance.

No matter how strong the damage, if mana cost lets you use it only once, a half-as-strong skill spammable three times would out-DPS it overall.

And despite that handicap, it was born with a deformed enlarged prostate or whatever, requiring three times the experience to level to 5 and become independent.

"...Still, not the kind of handicap or deformity I imagined."

First ones, so who knows what other options exist.

But I had worried about things like constant nutrients or it dies like a miscarriage, or cancer eating nearby skills, or the deformity affecting Han Semi's body...

No sooner had I thought it than the message appeared.

"Difficult births really are scary."

I wondered what changes a miracle would bring.

Honestly, skill performance alone? The miracle effect is jaw-dropping.

Exact details need testing, but if I understood right, Han Semi was no longer a non-combat hunter or a safe rescue support in dungeons—she could now handle perfect SSS-grade DPS as a full combat hunter.

The problem was it didn't stop at just the miracle.

Of course, it didn't hit me too hard personally.

'Post-Difficult-Birth Aftereffects' were nothing compared to miscarriages killing skills.

I'd never gone 7 days without injecting semen anyway, so no issue.

Even if it's no big deal with normal care, the difference between ignoring it entirely versus staying vigilant is clear.

At least it doesn't affect me much.

I even got a device to mitigate the handicap and deformity once Space Utilization hits Lv5 and I can use it.

If I level it up for my own use, I could nearly ignore the handicap and deformity effects.

And this implies the panacea effect might apply too.

"Complicated. Way too complicated."

Too many explanations and messages—time to sort it out.

Strip it down to just the skill and evaluate.

"Bit iffy before SSS ability pull, but performance passes."

Performance is SSS-grade thanks to the miracle, no question.

Assuming offensive use as hinted, it'd handle SS-grade hunters easily.

Issue is insane mana cost—only viable with SSS mana efficiency option.

Skip deformity growth since it doesn't affect the skill itself.

Plus Mass Teleport at Lv1? Subjectively, after investing up to SS magic stone, total satisfaction—success.

Aftereffects or Han Semi's inconveniences? Out of my hands.

Main goal and top reason for impregnating her was spatial movement skill—nailed it.

Simple evaluation from messages done; now real-world testing.

Can Han Semi's B-grade mana even activate this mana hog, let alone utilize it?

Panacea gives +1 mana grade and 3x mana, so probably barely usable—but will it work as imagined? Key point.

"Perfect to test with Sua."

I'd worried interest would tank if handicap/deformity on birth.

But miracle throws a wrench, making me barely care about those and super curious about exploiting it.

Of course, if mana drain in practice is beyond imagination, who knows—but SSS semen ability can brute-force that.

Games always get exciting learning new skills, synergies emerging.

I excitedly went to message Han Semi—then she messaged first.

"...Huh?"

A message I never imagined—my brain froze for a second.