Level-up Maniac, Level up in Modern Dungeons - Episode 4

I acquired skills and allocated status points.

　Here’s the status after using all the points and details of the skills I’ve acquired!

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[Name] Takeo Samejima

[Level] 『1』 Experience points until next level 『95』

《HP》27/27 (2up!)

《MP》18/18

Strength: 15 (2 up!)

Sturdy: 12

Intelligence: 6

《Spirit》12

《Agility》14 (3up!)

Dexterity: 10

[STP] 『0』

[SP] 『0』

[Skill] 《Increased damage when equipped with swords Lv.1》

[Title] None

《Damage Increase Level 1 when equipped with swords》–When attacking with a sword, damage inflicted on the enemy is multiplied by 1.2. Attacks other than with swords have no effect.

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　For the time being, I plan to allocate status points to Strength and Agility, and occasionally Dexterity.

　The reason for this is simply to make it easier to defeat goblins, but a high Agility value also increases movement speed. The inside of the dungeon is a different dimension, so each floor is quite large. It would be more efficient to reduce the time spent searching for experience points, or rather, monsters.

　Another reason for putting points into Dexterity is that if the values ​​of Strength and Agility are too far apart from the value of Dexterity, the person will become unathletic.

　It is quite dangerous, as there have been reported cases of people hurting themselves by using too much force, or crashing into a wall or falling while riding at high speed, resulting in serious injuries.

　Next, for skills, I took 《Increased Damage When Equipped with Swords》 to increase the speed at which I can annihilate goblins. My immediate goal is to get this skill to level 5 first.

　Until then, I’ll just have to steadily hunt goblins on the first floor.

“It’s just after 10 o’clock now. We still have plenty of time. I think I can make it to level 3 today.”

　After allocating points and acquiring skills, I resumed exploring the dungeon once again.

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Once I acquired the skill “Increased Damage When Equipped with Swords”, the time it took to fight goblins was visibly reduced.

　The number of attacks required to defeat a goblin has decreased, making combat more stable. Also, thanks to my increased agility, I feel like my encounter rate has increased.

　It was clear that this was not just my imagination, as I had leveled up by another level. Perhaps because my skill level had risen to 2 and my Strength status had also increased, I was now able to win against goblins with around three attacks. Against slimes, it would only take one hit.

　The time efficiency of combat and exploration increases rapidly.

　By the way, slimes are easy to defeat in the Shinjuku dungeon and are popular, so they are actively hunted, which means the encounter rate with slimes is low.

　Normally, slimes would be more prevalent, but the encounter rate with goblins was higher.

“Hello.”

“Ah, hello…”

　Along the way, we passed other explorers many times, exchanging cheerful greetings each time as we continued our dungeon exploration.

“Hello.”

“Guuuya? Guuuuuugggggg!!!”

“Okay, this will give you a little prick. You’ll get some experience points! Hmm, hmm, hmmmm!!!”

“Guuuuuuuuuhhhhh!?”

　Whenever I meet a goblin, I exchange greetings with it and collect experience points and magic stones. MurderRolling

　I wondered what I was nervous about in the first battle, but now I can defeat goblins with ease. Of course, I don’t mean that it’s easy. It’s a fight of kill or be killed. Every fight is a serious one.

　Every time I fight a goblin, I swing my sword down with all my might.

“Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, it feels so good!!!”

　Leveling up in real life feels so good!!

　Maybe that’s why, even without leveling up, just defeating goblins and gaining experience points feels good.

　Just by spotting a goblin, by swinging his sword at a goblin, by absorbing experience points from a goblin, the neural network of the reward system in his brain was completed, causing the brain to release pleasure substances.

“Eh?!”

“Oh, sorry.”

　Other explorers have witnessed my fights with goblins several times and have been shocked by my shameless face, but I continue my exploration.

　And so it was already past 3 pm.

　Although we left the dungeon halfway through and took a one-hour lunch break, we still managed to reach our target level of three with ease.

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[Name] Takeo Samejima

[Level] 『3』 Experience points to next level 『190』

《HP》32/32 (5up!)

《MP》18/18

Strength: 20 (5 up!)

Sturdy: 12

Intelligence: 6

《Spirit》12

《Agility》17 (3up!)

Dexterity 12 (2 up!)

[STP] 『0』

[SP] 『0』

[Skill] 《Increased damage when equipped with swords Lv.3》

[Title] None

《Damage Increase Level 3 when equipped with swords》–When attacking with swords, damage inflicted on enemies is increased by 1.6 times. Attacks other than with swords have no effect.

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　After I reached level 3, I tried fighting a goblin just once.

I think it was a combination of the increased Strength and skill level, but I was now able to defeat the monster with just one attack.

　Although the goblins on the first floor were only level 1 (monsters also had levels, as could be confirmed with the 《Appraisal》 skill), considering that at first it took five or six attacks to defeat them, this was a considerable improvement.

　The effect of “Increased damage when equipped with swords” is particularly great. Just attacking with a sword increases damage by 60%.

　There’s no doubt that this will make goblin hunting even more fun…

“Ugh… damn, I’m so tired…!!”

　It was just after 3 pm.

　I’d love to continue exploring and slaying goblins, but I’m so exhausted that it’s difficult.

　In terms of status, my HP hasn’t decreased, and I’m in perfect condition, but it seems that a decrease in stamina isn’t reflected in HP.

　I was moving around quietly the whole time, and even though I started to win more easily halfway through, I was probably still nervous. It felt like all that fatigue hit me at once.

“If I push myself too hard, I might get killed by the goblins… I think I’ll go home now.”

　So I decided to pull away for today.

　When I left the dungeon, I found myself inside Shinjuku Station – or rather.

　It leads to the Shinjuku branch of the Explorers’ Association, which was built in a renovated corner of Shinjuku Station after the dungeon appeared.

　The internal structure of the branch resembles that of a government office, with several reception desks and consultation desks, and a spacious lobby lined with neatly arranged benches.

　I headed to the dungeon resource purchasing counter inside the branch and submitted today’s harvest along with my dungeon exploration license.

“Excuse me, I’d like to buy this.”

“Understood. We will evaluate it for you, so please bring this and wait in the lobby.”

　I received a numbered ticket from the lady at the reception desk and sat down on one of the benches lined up in the lobby to wait.

　I looked around and saw a few explorers.

　I’ve been to other dungeons to gain status during training, but there are fewer people there than at the association branch. The other dungeons are always full of people during business hours.

　As expected of the Shinjuku Dungeon, it’s so deserted it’s hard to believe it’s inside a station in Tokyo.

　–and,

“Number 18, sorry to keep you waiting.”

　While I was doing this, I was called to let me know that the appraisal was finished, so I headed to the counter.

“There are 26 level 1 goblin magic stones and 9 level 1 slime magic stones, which come to a total of 14,800 yen. After deducting tax at source, the total comes to 13,289 yen.”

“Ohhh…!!”

　It’s roughly from 9:00 to 3:00. With a one-hour break in between, it’s a payout for five hours of actual work, so isn’t that pretty good?

　There were no other drops today other than magic stones, and I had heard that beginners couldn’t earn much, so I was a bit worried, but with this income, I’m sure my dad and mom won’t complain.

　Maybe it was a good thing that I was able to defeat a lot of goblins. A slime’s magic stone costs 200 yen, while a goblin’s magic stone costs 500 yen.

　Well, if you think about it as a job that involves a lot of risk of death, it’s not surprising to earn this much. For some reason, it doesn’t make the news much, but it seems that the mortality rate for explorers is quite high. It seems that beginners are especially likely to die.

“If this is okay, please sign here.”

“Ah, yes.”

　Sign as instructed.

　The money was transferred to my account, and I took the train home that day.