(Green slime kill confirmed, EXP successfully multiplied!)
(Level up, level up, level up…)
"As expected of a green slime, just one is enough to raise five levels." Rega smiled in satisfaction after leveling up by killing a single green slime.
Green slimes are monsters that inhabit the second floor of the beginner dungeon. Unlike blue slimes, ordinary green slimes possess enough strength to scratch a hunter's body.
Rega was well aware of this, so it wouldn't be a problem as long as he wasn't suddenly ambushed by a group of green slimes.
From the very beginning, slimes were not intelligent monsters. They didn't even have brains like other living creatures. So it was impossible for them to form groups to attack hunters.
For some reason, while writing this, I suddenly remembered a slime that evolved into a Demon King and ended up becoming the strongest being in the world.
Let's forget that and focus back on Rega.
"Alright! Today, I have to reach level 100 before going home!"
Rega began hunting green slimes like a tireless madman. In the middle of the hunt, he encountered several injured beginner hunters who had fought against green slimes.
Rega couldn't understand how they could get injured fighting green slimes when it was so easy to read their attack patterns.
'No, wait. I can think like this because my level is already close to 100, all thanks to Ai and the 10,000x System. Without them, maybe I—'
Rega didn't dare imagine his fate.
Without the help of Ai and the 10,000x System, Rega would surely still be struggling on the first floor against blue slimes, and if he were unlucky, he might have died at the hands of a special monster.
"Ai, you'll always be with me, right?"
(As long as Master does not die, the system will continue to cling to Master's soul. In other words, I will not leave Master.)
Rega nodded in relief, clenching his fist with an expression full of determination.
"There's still time before the curfew. Let's use this time to reach level 100."
Rega returned to hunting green slimes until his phone alarm rang.
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Name : Rega
Level : 101 (Every 1000 levels, Rank can be increased)
HP : 110
MP : 50
STR : 50
AGI : 75
VIT : 85
INT : 90
Rank : 0
Skill :
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"I finally surpassed level one hundred!" Rega smiled in satisfaction, looking extremely happy with his status.
"Even so, I haven't received a single skill, which is a bit disappointing," Rega continued, looking clearly disappointed.
As the name implies, skills are special abilities that are inherent to a hunter.
If the hunter is a mage-type, then the fireball skill is the most common one.
Because Rega hadn't obtained a class yet, the probability of a skill appearing upon leveling up was close to zero. That was why he hadn't obtained any skills until now.
Rega didn't continue hunting after curfew arrived. He immediately headed home and coincidentally met his older sister on the way.
They went home together, stopping by a convenience store to buy some snacks for Rega and Siri.
Of course, Rega wasn't the one who paid—his older sister did. After all, Rega hadn't earned anything yet from the beginner dungeon.
"How was today?"
"Pretty good. I managed to reach my target easily."
"Hmm, don't push yourself too hard, okay?"
"I know. Sister Sarah worries too much."
"Isn't it normal for an older sister to worry about her little brother?"
Rega shook his head.
"It's not that you can't worry, but too much of it isn't good."
Sarah ruffled Rega's hair.
"You're right, but I can't help feeling this way. So don't make me worry, okay?"
Rega couldn't resist Sarah's concern.
"Alright, Sis. I understand."
Sarah smiled happily and pulled Rega by the arm.
"Let's go! If we're late, Mom might get angry!"
"Yeah!"
They ran and arrived home just in time before curfew.
Rega almost got scolded by his mother, but Sarah stepped in and defended him.
Thanks to that, Rega escaped his mother's lecture, though he was still teased by his younger sister, Siri.
This warm routine continued for a full week. On the eighth day, Rega finally reached level 1000!
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Name : Rega
Level : 1000 (Every 1000 levels, Rank can be increased)
HP : 1100
MP : 400
STR : 555
AGI : 750
VIT : 855
INT : 1200
Rank : 0
Skill :
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"A long journey… I've finally reached this point." Rega's expression contained many emotions mixed into one.
They looked chaotic, but the clearest of them all was happiness, dominating more than half of his face.
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To be continued…