The floor shifts out from under me and all of a sudden he isn`t in my arms anymore, I`m in the lobby, and everything is WHITE, but for some reason, it doesn`t feel as bad as it did the last time. All things considered, I feel weirdly energetic. Rejuvenated, you might say. Invigorated. Like I could run a short marathon. On that note, my feet are back! Hooray!

　　That floor went pretty well, all things considered. I mean, sure, it had its ups and downs, but my level went up and I even made a friend! My very first friend.

　　Mhh. Hm. I really hope that the floor being cleared didn`t make his mind get wiped, or just destroy him completely. That would be bad. Not a good way to lose my first friend, all things considered.

　　That said, I didn`t get my complete-clear reward, so it should pop up anytime no-,

　　the additional reward has been

　　traded for 5 000 points.>

　　&Hm? H-, hey, hang on, what`s that supposed to mean? Debt? What the heck are you talking about?!

　　I`m not in debt to anyone, that loan was in bad faith, so—

　　Hang on. H-, hang on just a minute. I think, maybe, that I might remember, uh, a certain message about a few gods reacting in a maybe-not-so-positive way. Um. D-, don`t tell me that you wanted revenge on me or something?... What even is a point? From what I`ve understood, a point is just a made-up little thing with no real-world equivalent. It isn`t paper or metal, so it has no intrinsic value.

　　So how can I be indebted when the currency itself doesn`t work? I demand to speak to my lawyer!

　　Ah, then again, if he couldn`t get me off the hook for those bogus second-degree attempted murder charges, he might not be too useful in this situation& Besides, what use do the gods even have for points? This is horsecrap!

　　But, as is the usual, no god has the balls to answer me. Standard. They all hate me 18-to-2 anyway.

　　18 to 2&

　　Hey, which of you three reacted negatively to my amazing all-clear 100% no-feet any% run of the third floor?!

　　chuckles.>

　　smiles.>

　　pretends not to hear anything.>

　　You old coward geezer&! This is all your fault, damn it!

　　Ahhh, my points!... My yummy, yummy points&

　　Trying not to cry, I open up my inventory. The only way to decide how to act in the future is to know how much debt I`m actually i—

　　It`s empty. M-, my inventory, it`s empty! Well, not completely, I still have all of my pelts for some reason, but everything else is gone! My goblin ears, my goblin hides, my goblingut ropes, my weapons, everything&!

　　your inventory has been sold

　　for 2 327 points.>

　　3 673 points.>

　　M-, my inventory&

　　The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation.

　　At least my pelts were spared, but, why?...

　　explains that all debts

　　if they are to be repaid,

　　must be repaid in style.>

　　&I think this might be the first time I`ve even felt the slightest urge to thank Want. I`m not going to, but just the fact that I can feel the urge makes me want to vomit. If her sense of fashion is what I`m wearing, then I hope I never have to see her with my own mortal eyes. Oh, assuming this isn`t the kind of setting where seeing a god makes your eyes melt and you go insane. But if that was the situation then just hearing their voices would also do the same, so I think I should be okay.

　　But, seriously. My inventory is empty. I have nothing. I can`t buy anything, either.

　　The WHITE is starting to get on my nerves.

　　<20:05:22

　　Day 89>

　　1:03:55:38>

　　will begin in 3:55:38.>

　　Right. Plenty of time.

　　Before I do anything else, I paint the lobby the appropriate colour. Ah, there we go—a pleasant RED.

　　will begin in 1:32:10.>

　　Lookin` good. In that case, I think I should check—

　　&Hm? From who?

　　Curious, I open it.

　　I only just now saw your message.

　　Floor 23 took longer to beat than expected.

　　But, to answer your question:

　　yes, limbs do grow back in the lobby.

　　Even limbs you lost before the tutorial

　　grow back, however, these limbs, although

　　technically functional, often don`t move as one

　　would want. If you lost the limb long before

　　you were invited, even when you get it back,

　　you often can`t make it move at all. So it`s

　　easier to just tie it behind your back and

　　to not think about it too much.

　　What did you lose? Ears and fingers

　　can usually be healed with a strong potion,

　　but anything larger will need a special potion.>

　　Oh, him. I already got my answer, but I can`t really buy potions anymore, so& Yeah. I mean, frankly, even if I had enough points to buy those overpriced energy drinks, I still wouldn`t do it. You can`t increase skill levels from a closed wound.

　　I start typing.

　　took ma feet bt they grew back

　　in lobby so its kk bt can u grow

　　thm back wit like a skill or

　　watver>

　　And, after a few minutes&

　　I haven`t encountered or heard

　　of any skills that can grow back

　　entire limbs, but I think there are

　　some spells capable of doing something

　　similar. Goblins cut off your feet?

　　Did you get captured by them?>

　　its not important k bye>

　　And I`m just about to close down the community again when yet another message drops in.

　　glad to be of help, see you

　　at the conference!>

　　And even though there`s no real reason for me to give any response, I still do.

　　im still gona beat ur *** tho>

　　yeah, I bet you will. Good luck!>

　　Grumbling, I put down the window. I hate his type. You just can`t win. Even if they get insulted and even if they lose, they still find some way to be all happy and smiling about it. Ugh. Makes me nauseous.

　　That said, I`ve still got about an hour left until the conference opens, so I might as well do something useful with the time. I hate the idea, but I think the best thing to do here is to go jogging.

　　And that`s exactly what I do. For about half an hour I use Sprint, never taking a break even as my bones break and begin to crumble, because even though it hurts, after only a few seconds, it all heals anyways. Within only half an hour of this, the Sprint skill finally evolves.

　　Sprint Lv.10>

　　Hurry Lv.1>

　　Alright. From what I can understand, Hurry is the same as sprint, except it works for every action you do. Walk, reach for things, hit things, anything except other skills and—I think—natural regeneration. It also doesn`t work on my brain, which is probably good, because Battle Focus and Field Focus have already sped it up to what I think is the max. If it does things with any more focus than this, I`ll probably have a seizure and die for real.

　　Still, just because hurry is an active skill doesn`t mean I can`t use it constantly. It just means that instead of just my legs breaking all the time, my arms and ribs and anything else does too. Useful!

　　And right as I`ve gotten used to my body moving in a choppy, almost animatronic-like fashion, it happens.

　　will begin in 0:00:00.>

　　has begun. You will be automatically

　　summoned in 00:10.>