What Is Level Up?

It has already been a month since my refrigerator turned into a dungeon.

Yes, it’s been fast. But after level 9, I stopped going into dungeons and fighting monsters. But that doesn’t mean I’ve given up on dungeons.

Now that I was at level 9, I finally decided to challenge the monsters to a fight.

Compared to level 1, I had about double the specs of my ability values, so I figured I would not be so far behind against the slime. And as I expected, I could beat the slime to death without difficulty with the Katsuo-kun bat.

However, an unexpected situation occurred here.

The slime is an amoeba-like being with an irregular shape. Therefore, even if I aim for a one-hit kill and attack the nucleus. The attack will be off. However, this does not seem to be the slime’s intention; it seems to happen naturally. It is probably a defense mechanism it acquired during its long evolutionary process.

Therefore, to defeat a slime, I need to beat it several times with my bat. But even slimes fought back when they got attacked. And that attack was an Acid attack.

No wonder the slime dropped the [Acid] skill orb.

But by the time I figured that out, I had been hit by the acid attack, and my rider jacket and jeans melted to tatters.

At first, I didn’t notice it, and when I git hit with it, it was the return blood or the return body fluid. But when I thought, “Huh…? My thighs are tingling…” holes started to appear in my jeans, and I was terrified. I hurriedly returned to the front room, where I quickly stripped off my clothes and washed my body with water, so it was not a big deal.

I finally realized that even the slime I had been beating into the chlorine with a little time was still a fearsome monster. I also felt my dungeon project needed a major revision, so I stopped hunting monsters.

At first, I thought that by defeating monsters in the dungeon, I would gain levels and become stronger, just like in a game.

But that was not accurate.

I realized that defeating monsters in the dungeon would raise my level. But my training had a major impact on whether or not my ability values would increase and make me stronger.

That was a problem, a big problem.

If I don’t train myself well enough, I won’t get stronger even if m level goes up. And once my level is leveled up, it will probably never be rolled back.

In other words, if I level up weak, you will grow weak.

I am already at level 9, and if I think about it positively, it is a big advantage to have realized this at this point in my life. I have yet to see any posts on the internet that mention this.

But there is a downside, of course. The negative side is that I am weak because I did not grow up enough.

I am growing up fast because I am at a low level now. But in the not-too-distant future, that will end. Eventually, the higher levels will make growth more difficult. It will take more time to gain one level….I know this because any game I have ever played has always had such a specification.

If the ability values I rely on are still low, inevitably I will eventually have a hard time against powerful monsters.

Therefore, I concluded that it was necessary to establish a method to become stronger by discovering the most efficient way to increase my ability values, rather than simply leveling up.

At the same time, after fighting with slimes in combat this time, I concluded that this might not be possible for my otaku friends.

I must be an otaku myself.

But I worked hard in athletic clubs during my school days, and I am proud to say that I was a reasonably athletic otaku, despite my short stature. I ran in the hot sun and ran early in the morning on cold days, endured bullying in class because I was an otaku, and graduated from school without becoming a NEET.

I was the strongest in mentality person in my class, except for my odd ability to do things I didn’t want to do.

But my otaku friends were different.

They preferred to stay indoors and only occasionally went out with energy and enthusiasm to denkigai (electronic shopping market) and otaku events. They are physically weak and have a very low tolerance for pain. The only time they are strong is in online games or on message boards.

Therefore, even if I want to make them stronger in the dungeon, they would not be able to endure the rigorous muscle training.

And in terms of the thing, their aptitude is for magicians. But it is not good that the party members are all magicians. If anything, I am also a magician.

So, my plan to do the dungeon attack project with a lot of people was getting further and further away from reality.

However, I have not given up.

It is fun to use my brain and think this way and that to conquer dungeons. So now I am trying to train myself efficiently to become stronger and more efficient.

Specifically, I moved the pile of otaku goods that piled up in my apartment to the front room of the dungeon, which I’ve been confirmed safe. The front room is as large as two classrooms, so there is still plenty of room to display figurines and other items side by side.

The steel shelves and other items that held the otaku goods were disassembled and brought into the front room, where I reassemble them into exercise equipment for pull-ups and other exercises.

In other words, I decided to use the front room of the dungeon as my hobby room and training gym. Thanks to this, the room in the apartment is so clean that it is hard to believe it is the same room. It’s a much more comfortable place to live.

So when I came home from work, I used the room to gather information about dungeons on the internet, train my body in the front room of the dungeon, and train my brain by reading investment books.

Then came a day off.

I took apart a pair of jeans with holes all over them and used them as a patch, then worked on a rider’s jacket that I had mended by needlework overnight. I went down to the dungeon for the first time in a long while, wearing various other things.

I think I have trained myself well over the past two weeks. Then, to see the results of my training, I’ll defeat some slimes and level up.

Current Previous

Level 10 9

Race: Human

Strength: 27 22

Stamina: 25 20

Knowledge: 23 18

Mental Strength: 22 17

Agility: 25 20

Luck: 3 3

Dexterity: 21 –

When it was time to check my status, I found that my level had increased.

“It’s heerrreeee～～～～!!!!”

A gut punch of joy.

Everything from strength to agility has increased by +5. Wow! That’s fantastic…! And luck, which remained at 3, was still the same, but somehow the mysterious ability value helplessness had disappeared from my status and was replaced by dexterity.

“That’s right! It would be dexterity! Why is it helplessness:?

I was so annoyed at Status, but inwardly, I was extremely happy. The long hours of tinkling and needlework I spent fixing the rider’s jacket must have paid off. It was a complete coincidence, but I was very happy about it.

I think I’m beginning to see the law of improvement.