The reason FBO is called a great game is because of its story, characters, and world-building.

  On the flip side, the reason FBO is also called a trash game is mainly due to its gamepy.

  Now, in terms of basic meid graphics, there are no bugs or anything like that. However, the game iionally hides various elements, which forces pyers to redo their character builds. This reality is what solidifies FBO's status as a trash game.

  Pyers spend tless hours, even sacrifig sleep, to level up and finally clear the story, only to feel a sense of aplishment. But then, the analysis team reveals that their current build isn't actually the stro, driving many pyers insane.

  Pyers pined, demanding that the hiddes be disclosed, but the official response was:

  "We believe that revealing hiddes is the cruelest thing we could do. We will only inform you that there are still many hiddes incorporated into the game, but we will refrain from providing any further answers."

  This response is, of course, perfectly reasonable if you're here to enjoy the game.

  Some pyers accepted this official stance, while others were furious, feeling like they were being toyed with.

  Some pyers were thrilled by the elements discovered ter by other pyers, while others simply beled the game as trash a.

  "Why won't it break? Is this bamboo spear a joke?"

  And here's another persoing the absurdity of these hiddes.

  "It's not a joke, you know."

  After that duel, I headed to Ganji's bcksmith shop.

  The quest hadn't triggered yet, so I came here as a regur er.

  When I arrived with Nel, Ganji greeted us with a sarcastient about me bringing a girl along, earning him a sma the head from his wife. But once I expihat I was here to request a job and paid the fee, he relutly agreed to do the work.

  The request was for on enha.

  This system existed even in the FBO era, where magic stones were used as experience points. Using the bcksmithing skill "on Enha," you could apply a plus corre to your equipment.

  In other words, it's a system where you e magic stothen your ons.

  If I were to enhance my bamboo spear, it would look something like this:

  'Weakling's Bamboo Spear +10'

  The maximum number after the plus sign is one hundred.

  The bes you gain from this are increased attack power and durability for ons, and increased defense and durability for armor.

  Moreover, the css of the item equals the plus corre.

  For example, a css 1 on would gain +1 attack power and durability with eaha.

  However, there are also drawbacks to this enha system.

  The higher the plus corre, the higher the ce of failure.

  Up to a certain point, success is retively easy—that point is +10.

  This success line is on for all css equipment.

  Beyond this point, the higher the css, the higher the ce of failure.

  There are three patterns of failure:

  1. Nothing happens.You lose the materials, but that's the only loss.2. ive corre.You lose the materials, and the added corre decreases.3. Equipmeru.This is the most dreaded oute, with the lowest probability but increasing ces the higher the plus corre. It lead to the pyer quitting the game.

  However, to obtain the highest corre, you 't avoid this risk.

  There is a way to avoid this: the "Iructible" skill.

  With this skill, you repeatedly enhance your equipment, and as long as you have the materials, you achieve the highest corre.

  It's so useful that some pyers prepare a full set of "Weakling" series equipment across all csses just to level up their on Enha skill.

  Of course, there's a catch: the "Weakling's Proof" is a css 1 item, so when synthesizing it with higher-css equipment, the failure rate increases, and if it fails, the higher-css equipment is destroyed.

  This has brought many bcksmith pyers to tears.

  Depending on the bcksmithing skill corre, you successfully enhance up to css 5 with almost no drawbacks.

  After this long expnation, here's the reality in front of me and Ganji:

  'Weakling's Bamboo Spear +100'Css: 1Attack Power: 103Durability: IructibleSkill: Level Redu (1)Level Up Limit (1)on Equip Restri (24 hours)

  Ganji, who doesn't uand the signifiixing in the "Weakling's Proof," tio have a question mark floating above his head.

  Enhang a css 1 on to the highest corre doesn't require a huge amount of materials.

  Ganji's shop seems to have plenty of enha magic stones, and if you pay, they'll enhance your on at a slightly higher but fair prider his wife's supervision.

  I thought the money from the other day's business might be a bit short, but I never expected a sudden windfall t me this far.

  "Hey, kid, how did this happen? Spit it out.""You should know best, sinade it, Ganji.""That's why I don't get it."

  In this world, perhaps the "Iructible" skill isn't very widespread.

  I've already paid, so I want it back quickly, but Ganji hasn't returhe bamboo spear yet.

  "Hey, Liberta, are we do?""If Ganji would just give back the bamboo spear, we could leave right away."

  The on enhaook so long that even Nel, who was initially enjoying looking around the on shop, got bored and wao go home.

  But Ganji seems determined not to return the spear unless I reveal the secret, so I'm w how to persuade him.

  "Really, what are you doing?!""Ow!?"

  A sed frying pan attack smmed into Ganji's head.

  "You wouldn't reveal your bcksmithis, would you?! How you, as a craftsman, not feel ashamed to threaten a er by taking their on?!""W-well, that's...""If you uand, theurn it quickly. That girl over there is waiting!"

  Normally, Ganji would yell ba pain, but this time he's clearly in the wrong.

  Perhaps aware of his shady behavior, he relutly hands over my bamboo spear under his wife's stern gaze.

  You'd think he'd realize it's due to the "Weakling's Proof" effect, but why doesn't he?

  "Sorry about that. ime you e, I'll give you a dist.""No, as long as you enha, I'm fine."

  At the core, it seems that the people of this world undervalue the "Weakling's Proof," seeing it as more of a drawback item.

  When equipped, it lowers your level, weakens you, and 't be removed for a full day. Even if you try to break it, it won't break.

  From a normal perspective, it's just an unnecessary drawback item.

  Maybe that's why they don't realize its potential.

  Accepting the wife's apology, I leave the shop since my goal is aplished.

  "That took a long time.""Yeah, the enhaook a while."

  With the duel in the m and the on enha afterward, there's not much time left to do anything else.

  "Were you bored?""Hmm, waiting was fun for a while.""Really?""Yeah, learning to appraise equipment is essential for merts!"

  Since my business is do might be a good idea to sult with Zink.

  "Nel, is there anything you want to do? I just o buy some potions at the apothecary, and then I'm done.""Hmm..."

  But that's if I were going alone.

  Today, Nel is with me, so if there's somewhere she wants to go, we'll go there.

  As hinks about it, she must have a p mind.

  "At this time... she might be there. Liberta, let's go this way!""Sure, but where are we going?""It's a secret!"

  Nodding, she takes my hand and leads me at a brisk pace, turning into an alley.

  I let myself be led, but gradually we enter an unfamiliar area where my knowledge from the game era is useless.

  However, it doesn't seem like a bad neighborhood.

  It's not a pce where vagrants are lying around, so I feel somewhat at ease.

  "...Singing?"

  After being led for a while, I hear singing from somewhere.

  It's a clear, beautiful voice—pleasant to the ears. Who could be singing?

  Hearing my voiel turns around while running and ughs.

  It seems Nel is heading towards the owner of this voice.

  "Amina!!!"

  We arrive at a small square with a rge staircase.

  Nel calls out loudly to a girl singing mid the stairs.

  The singing stops abruptly.

  There's no audience.

  Perhaps because it's a secluded area away from the main street, the girl stops her beautiful singing and turns towards us.

  A bird-person.

  Her arms are wings, and her legs are bird-like with three-toed cws—a beastman race.

  Even in FBO, core pyers favored this race.

  Her fad torso are human, but her limbs are bird-like, making her a somewhat distinctive race.

  With browhers, she smiles upon seeing Nel and spreads her wings.

  "Nel!!"

  She then flies down from the stairs.

  "Whoa!"

  And hugs ightly.

  "Hahaha! Nel, you're doing well!? I was worried since you stopped ing after the Dasses arrived!"

  Is this a sign of friendship? She s her wings around Nel, huggiightly.

  "Yeah! I'm fine! Sorry for making you worry.""Well, I was! But now that you're here, it's all good!!"

  She's quite a cheerful girl.

  Teresa mentiohat Nel didn't have many friends, but here's someone who clearly cares about her.

  Though it's a bit awkward that I'm pletely fotten.

  "By the way, who are you? Nel's friend?"

  After pying around for a while, the girl named Amina finally notices me standing there.

  She's still hugging Nel, but I won't ent on that.

  "I'm Liberta. Due to certain circumstances, I'm currently staying in Nel's family's stable. As for Nel... well, I guess you could say we're friends and rades?"

  sidering the age differen mental age, this seems like the best way to describe our retionship.

  I almost said "guardian," but I held back.

  "...Hmm, you don't seem as mean as the Dasses.""Liberta's different!!""Yeah, I know. Nel wouldn't bring you here otherwise. You two must be close."

  After staring into my eyes during this self-introdu, she smiles brightly and says it's okay.

  "But I'm closer to Nel!! You've been ing your friend, Nel, so this is what you get!!""Ahh! Amina, stop!!"

  I guess this means I've been accepted as part of the group?

  Seeing her skillfully use her wings to mess with Nel's face, I only think that.

  I 't really intervene here, so I just watd wonder what's .

  "What's that? No fair!! I want to join too!! And serves that Dasse guy right!!"

  Eventually, the versation turns to expining why Nel hasn't been around tely, leading to a discussion about a ret adventure, iations, and today's duel with Dasse.

  "Fufun!! Isn't that amazing!!""Wow, that's great! Hey, take me with you ime you go on an adventure!!"

  There's some exaggeration iorytelling.

  Especially the part about the duel with Dasse, where I exaggerated how pathetic it was.

  But the most exg part was the hidden tanuki hunt on the hill.

  People in this world, big or small, must have some longing for adventure.

  "Amina-san, what's your level?""Just call me Amina!! I'll call you Liberta-kun, okay? Don't mind it! Sadly, I've never been outside this town, so while my brothers have levels, I don't have a.""her do I or Liberta.""Eh!? But you just said you went on an adventure. Why?""Well, Liberta has his reasons for not leveling up yet, and I wao level up together, so I held back. If you equip the Training Bracelet, you prevent leveling up.""Wow, then I want to level up too! I heard that if you level up, you get various song skills!!"

  Even the girls don't seem to have any aversion or fear towards fighting monsters.

  Maybe these two are special.

  "Song skills, huh? That's a good thing.""Really!? You're a good person! Dasse and others say skills that 't be used in battle are useless. How rude!""Yeah, that's rude. Song skills are actually quite powerful.""Right!!""Kya!?""Whoa!?"

  Thinking that standing around talking forever isn't great, we sit oairs with Nel in the ter, discussing skills. Amina leans over, bypassing Nel, as close to me.

  Her eyes are filled with the desire to talk about song skills.

  Ah, is this going to be one of those situations where we barely make it ba time?