Skill? Nee yo Sonnamon! ~ Fugusha tachi no Saino Kaika ~

between activation and hitting the target, and while the accuracy leaves a lot to be desired unless the target is metal or pointy, it has a high power and inflicts 'Paralyze' status on the target.
It missed this time, but thanks to landing on the ground near the slimes, they still got damaged from the electric shock.
…The idea of an opponent using this attack gives me the chill.
Lightning elemental magic deals direct damage so it hurts me even though I don't actually get damaged so long as my HP remains.

“I missed…
Sorry.”

“No worries.
The splashing electric shock did damage them a bit and dulled their movement.
Let's deal the finishing blow now.”

“U-un.”

She put away her staff and readied her sword.
Is she gonna get in melee range? It's dangerous you know?

“Haa!”

Alma swung her sword, shooting out a beaming light slash at the paralyzed slime, cutting its core in half.
Eh, what was that? Is it some kinda vacuum blades like the ones in manga!? That's so cool!

<Unlike wind elemental magic, the slash is visible thus more avoidable, however it is compensated with higher offensive power.>>

Thought she was getting specialized too much into magic lately, turned out she's been honing her sword Skills too.
That's so nice, wish I could use something like that too.
But my mana will immediately disperse even if I try to reproduce that, it won't hit anything faraway.
It's probably gonna work just fine if I put loads of mana into the slash, but then it's gonna have a terrible cost-performance.

Now then, it's my turn now.
Guess throwing a stone is out of question for earth elemental beasts.
How about ice then? I've got some premade ice in Item Screen and all, let's give it a shoot.
I clad a baseball-sized ice with mana armor and accelerated it with mana control as I threw it!

BWOSH BOOM!

Tch, hit the body, missed the core.
The ice ball that flew through the slime body caved in the wall behind.
An ordinary ice ball would have shattered into pieces, but not when it's coated with mana armor like this.
Huh, wait what? The slime I hit has its Stats displayed in red, is it dead? I missed the core tho'?

<But the shock from having its body penetrated by the ice killed the slime.>>

Death from a shock, really.
These slimes are apparently quite a dainty little thing?
The viscous liquid wrapping the core is melting away while the core remains in place.
Is this thing usable as a mat?

<Undamaged cores have better performance and price, in some cases they can be used as materials for equipment that grants Skills.>>

Equipment that grants Skills?
…This slime had Offensive Magic Lv3 Skill, are you saying putting on equipment made with its core will let you use it too?

<>

U-uwoooo!? Is that for real!?
A-am I finally able to use Skills at last!? Even if it's through external means!

<In addition, unlike Livelihood Ring that has a magic formula engraved on the ring itself, such equipment temporarily grants the Skill to the wearer themselves, thus, as Kajikawa Hikaru is unable to obtain Skills, the effect may not apply to him in all likelihoods.>>

Ah, figured they won't let me use Skills to the very end hahaha.
Celebrated too soon! Dangitall!