CH 86

Chapter 86 - Level Up

A few days after the surprise dinner with President Limey, Tenji and Chigo continued to fight monsters to reach the 75th level of the dungeon.

Yesterday, Fuyuki also had plans and accompanied Tenji to the dungeon. Tenji asked him about it then, but unfortunately, Fuyuki did not seem to know much about the 'Nine Kings.' He vividly remembers that Fuyuki did not seem to be interested in it.

Tenji's days are just a loop of activities like school lectures, dungeon conquering, eating, sleeping, and repeating.

Despite this mundane routine, Tenji's spirit never broke.

The reason for this is ---.

<<Race/Species experience has been fulfilled. Tenji's level has increased..>>

<<The experience level of the calling has been fulfilled. The level of the special-grade calling: 'Hell Beasts Summoning,' has been leveled up.>>

"Yeah! Level up!"

"Really! Yay!"

The two exchange high fives in joy.

Tenji felt happy from the bottom of his heart because Chigo was also pleased, as if it were her own success.

They are currently on the 37th level of the Mallorca dungeon.

They had already reached the level of the professional explorer's territory.

And Tenji has just now defeated the roaming boss there and earned 5,000 experience points, the bar to Level 2.

With moderate joy, Tenji sat down in the shade of a nearby tree and immediately began to check the changes in the 'Book of Enma.' Next to him, a happy-looking Chigo also sat down.

He flips through the 'Book of Enma,' but Chigo cannot see it with her beautiful eyes.

It was no wonder since others could not see or feel anything of 'Book of Enma,' but still, as if numbed, Chigo looked into Tenji's face.

"How did it go? What changed?"

"Hmmm, maybe not much has changed? It feels similar to when I went up a level."

"Similar... Does that mean...! Your stats have gone up by almost 1000 again?! "

"Uh, yeah, I guess so."

"That means ...... you already have the physical ability equivalent to the level of a professional second-grade explorer, right? I expected nothing less, Tenji-Kun. I'm afraid I won't be able to beat you in the running anymore."

Chigo's face was somewhat happier than disappointed when she said this.

Their relationship is that Chigo is the teacher, and Tenji is the student. It was natural for her to be pleased with the growth of her pupil, as a teacher is pleased with the development of their disciple (student).

While soothed by the beautiful and cute mushy expression, Tenji flips through the status pages.

[Name] Tenji Amagi

[Age] 16

[Level] 2/100

[Experience] 7/25,000

[H P] 2030（2014+16)

[M P] 2016 (2000+16)

[Attack Power] 2171 (2155+16)

[Defensive Strength] 2046 (2030+16)

[Speed] 2025 (2009+16)

[Intelligence] 2048 (2032+16)

[Luck] 2045 (2029+16)

[Fixed Small Object Levitation] (Lv.7/10)

[Experience] 41/90

[Calling] Hell Beasts Summoning (Lv.2/100)

[Skill] 'Book of Enma'

[Experience] 7/25,000

Hmmm, he puts his hand on his chin as if thinking like a philosopher.

[Status values are increasing, as I guessed. And the experience required to reach the next level is increased by a factor of five, .........whew, that's a lot. Well, these changes are about what I expected.]

Tenji made a guess earlier about the increased value of status.

On average, the stats have gone up by around 1000, but specifically, the HP is at 1002, MP at 1000, attack power at 1000, defense at 1003, speed at 1001, intelligence at 1005, and luck at 1000. It seems that these fixed increases in stats exist.

This is the same increase as when he first leveled up, and if the stats continue to increase in the same way with each level-up, then their final values will be terrifyingly high when they reach the max level.

Even at only level 2, the status value is equivalent to an average professional second-grade explorer, which is frightening to think about.

Additionally, it was determined that the required experience points had increased by five times as well.

At level 0 the experience requirement is 1000, at level 1 it is 5000, and at level 2 it is 25000. There seems to be a pattern, that it is multiplied by a factor of 5.

Tenji feels like making a note of it right now, but he's so curious about the other changes that he decided to check the other change pages first.

[Hell Realm].

Red Demon Species: 5/12

[Huh? This one is ...... Oh, I guess it's increasing by 2.5 times. But maybe 5 x 2.5 means 12.5 ...... fractions are rounded down.]

The denominator for the hellish area is probably 2.5 times, and he guessed that it is rounded down.

It's 0/2 at level 0, 0/5 at level 1, and 0/12 at level 2. There may be a multiplier formula there that is 2.5 times each.

[Surprisingly, it's easy to find the pattern...... this calling. It would be more game-like if there were more complicated formulas, but it's not a game.]

What exactly is a calling?

There is no one in the world at the moment who can answer this question.

It is nothing more than a fanciful idea to think about why and what purpose there is for the existence of a world where professions and dungeons, these foreign objects, mix together.

Tenji starts flipping through the 'Book of Enma' of the demon king to summon new Goblins. There, the words "Summonable Hellbeast" shone silver, and "Goblin" appeared floating. He gently touches his finger to those words.

"Yeah, there doesn't seem to be anyone around. Chigo, I think we can add some Goblins.."

"How many?"

"Seven? It looks like we now have twelve Goblins in service."

[Summon all seven at once.]

He decided to see if he could summon seven Goblins at once anyway.

Seven doors appeared in a row on the ground in front.

Tenji knew that he could summon up to five originally summoned hell beasts at a time, but his first Goblin summoning proved that he could gather seven at once.

Seven Goblins of different shapes and genders gradually emerge from the door that appears on the ground. Tenji names them by comparing their statuses in order from left to right.

"From left to right, Goblin#6, Goblin #7, Goblin #8, Goblin #9, Goblin #11, Goblin #12, and Goblin #13. Any Goblins object to this?"

After the naming, all seven new Goblins simultaneously dropped down on one knee on the spot and crossed their arms in front of their chests to show their respect to Tenji.

"It seems there is no objection to naming. Besides, it's getting harder and harder to remember things from this point on, so it's a relief for Tenji that there is no objection since it will also save his memory."

"The leader of the Goblin squad is the Goblin next to me, Goblin-Kun. He should be in charge of the eleven Goblins. Then, everyone joins up with the other four Goblins, keeping an eye on the surroundings. If there are any monsters, then join forces to defeat them. If you can't, just let me know. Understood?"

"Onii"

The seven Goblins immediately rose to their feet and scattered in all directions.

The Goblin next to Tenji nodded in agreement as if saying he would take care of the rest.

This Goblin-Kun is also the very first Goblin Tenji summoned and the first Goblin he faced in his first hell quest.

Since the number of Goblins has increased, the Goblin-Kun naturally acts like a leader to unite them, thus allowing him to officially stand next to Tenji as a side-kick.

Even when Tenji casually says, "Stay here," the Goblins think of it as an order from the superior being.

"It kind of really feels like a King to be able to use twelve creatures that can act independently. And I'm only at level 2. I wonder if I can control other Hell beasts in the future."

Chigo was really happy. She said it with a smile as she ruffled her student's hair.

Tenji also looks pleased with the praise, and his cheeks turn a little red.

"This makes me happy too. Right now, I can only summon Goblins, and I wonder when they'll add more Hellbeasts. Or.........maybe I can only summon Goblins forever?.. I hope not."

"That's not right ~ There are a lot of blank spaces in your Book of Magic, right? If so, there will be more beasts at some point. You know what they say? There's no waste in your calling."

Tenju once showed Chigo a word-for-word transcription of the contents of the 'Book of Enma,' showing her what state it was in and how it was written and displayed.

Since Tenji has yet to show it to anyone other than Chigo, Tenji and Chigo are the only ones who know everything about the Book of Enma.

The "Summonable Hell Beasts" page still has a lot of blanks.

By implication, Chigo and Tenji thought this meant there would be more different kinds of Hell beasts in the future.

But even now, at just level 2, that blank was filled a little.

"It would be nice if it were true, but from now on, the experience point efficiency will be more than double, and I have to keep leveling up."

"Yes, You do! Seven more bodies and about 25,000 experiences, right? If we are careful, we'll probably move up to the next level in less than a month, won't we?"

"Well, I think I'll try to get it within a month."

The more Goblins there are, the more monsters can be killed, making the experience much more efficient.

Rather than earning experience in the hell realm, it was several times more efficient to let the Goblins loose in the dungeon in this way.

In the hell realm, each Goblin earns an average of only 12 experience points per day. Even with five Goblins, the average gain is only 60. Even if this were changed to 12 Goblins, it would still only be 144.

However, since Tenji started working in this Mallorca dungeon, he was able to earn an average of more than 300 experience per day. There were even times when he earned close to 600 on many days.

The reason for that is as they move through levels, the grade of the monsters increases, and the experience points gained per monster increases, and it's simply a problem of the density of monsters in terms of the area they inhabit.

Fifth-grade monsters provide 0 or 0.1 experience, fourth-grade monsters offer 1 to 9 experience, and third-grade monsters provide 10 to almost 50 experience. Of course, the deeper the level, the more likely it is that higher-grade monsters will appear, and after the 30th level, third and fourth-grade monsters will be the main attackers.

And the greater the monster density per area, the shorter it takes to fight monsters repeatedly.

Hence, it is many times more experience efficient to let Goblins loose in the dungeon.

[I'm delighted I made a choice to come to Mallorca. If I was still in Japan, hell realms, I could have gained experience at the rate of about 60 a day......Maybe I should give Chigo a massage when I get back? She said her back has been hurting lately.]

"Thanks, Chigo."

"What? What's wrong all of a sudden?"

"I wanted to thank you. Chigo brought me here, and I'm able to level up so quickly. I'm very, very happy."

"Well, I see ...... I'm also happy for you. I don't know why, but my gut tells me I chose the right path. I wonder why?"

"Well? Anyway, that being said... Oh! The Hell Granny's store also has new items!"

"What? Really! What kind of items?"

[Hell Granny's store]

・Physical Recovery Oni-Lantern (2 points)

・Mental Recovery Oni-Lantern (2 points)

・MP Recovery Oni-Lantern (2 points)

・Speed Increase Oni-Lantern (2 points) (NEW)

・Natural Water from the Sanzu River (2 points)