SWDnovel #112 - Level 3 is like this, level 30 is not going to take off
#112 - Level 3 is like this, level 30 is not going to take off
“No way! This isn't the kind of adventure I wanted!”
Kazuma Satou shouted, slamming his hands on the table in the guild.
After defeating the plant-type monster Mandrake Stew, Kazuma and his party took advantage of the momentum and also defeated a pack of Bloodthirsty White Wolves and a One-Hit Bear, earning a considerable reward.
However, Kazuma Satou had some objections to this.
After all, in every battle, it was always Darkness who went in, Darkness who failed, Darkness who held the enemy back, and Yunyun, Yuiyui, and Megumin who used magic to defeat the monsters and complete the quest.
It wasn't that he was angry about not having a chance to show off, but rather that he felt the team was too bizarre, and he also had a lot of complaints about the perverted female knight.
It couldn't help but make one wonder if this girl was the team's 'fan service' character?
“Hey, Yunyun, are you doing this on purpose?”
“What are you talking about? It's not like I told her to charge in. But…”
Under Kazuma Satou's questioning gaze, Yunyun took a sip of fruit juice and looked out the window, saying, “Whether it's vulgar or refined, I can no longer tell. I only know that Darkness is so enthusiastic, if I don't appreciate it, it would seem that I don't understand her feelings.”
“Hey…!”
He realized that the team members were all too individualistic.
“In any case, I demand that we do some ordinary quests!” the useless man declared, making such an uninspired statement.
“You're so hard to please, Kazuma.”
Aqua took a big gulp of sparkling wine and said drunkenly, “Then why not go and defeat Giant Toads? Trash Kazuma is only suited to do such beginner quests. Let the toad's slime cover your whole body and be despised by all the girls.”
“What did you say!?”
“Giant Toads… Giant Toads… Hehehe… Okay, let's do Giant Toads! Let me also experience the feeling of being covered in stinky slime! That would be wonderful!”
“I'm not doing it!”
Kazuma Satou pushed the red-faced, panting perverted female knight's arm, refusing no matter how much she begged, leaving Darkness lying on the table in frustrated disappointment.
Aqua complained, “Kazuma, you're really something, this is no good, that is no good, if this continues, how are you going to level up?”
In Konosuba, there are two ways to level up: one is to eat rare ingredients, and the other is to defeat monsters.
The former relies on money, and the latter requires defeating monsters, especially powerful monsters. Monsters like Giant Toads give very little experience. Even if Yunyun, at her current level, defeated 20 of them, she might not even level up once.
Hearing her say that, Kazuma Satou seemed to have thought of something.
“Speaking of which, Aqua, what level are you?”
“Eh?”
“You keep talking about my level, so I assume your level is very high, right?”
“Well, that’s…”
Aqua used her wine glass to cover her face, not letting him see her embarrassed expression. But the idiot goddess only made herself look guilty.
Kazuma Satou held out his hand to her.
“Show me your adventurer card.”
“No, isn't that unnecessary?”
“Hurry up.”
“Leveling up isn't important, Kazuma, you don't need to be anxious, so…”
“Steal!”
“Waaaaah!”
Catching Aqua off guard, Kazuma Satou stole her adventurer card.
This guy's luck stat is ridiculously high. Even though he can't steal the idiot goddess's panties, he can easily steal things like ribbons and adventurer cards.
“Y-You're kidding, right…”
Kazuma Satou, holding Aqua's adventurer card, looked as if he had seen something unbelievable.
After a brief silence, he suddenly shouted, “You're only level 3!? We've been here for two and a half months, and you're still only level 3!? I'm already level 6! And you dare say I'm slacking off, you useless goddess!”
“Waaaaah! Don't call me useless!” Aqua cried out.
“L-Level 3?”
Yunyun also said in surprise, “Although upper-level classes require a lot of experience points, isn't level 3 a little too low? … Oh, wait a moment, didn't Miss Aqua learn all of the high priest's skills? How many initial skill points did she have?”
She must be very confused.
Yunyun was already being called a genius of the Crimson Demons, one in a thousand years, for having 30 skill points as soon as she changed classes and being able to learn high-level magic.
Yet Aqua learned all of the high priest's skills at a low level, and even learned the party skill 'Flowers, Birds, Wind, and Moon,' which cost 5 skill points.
Truly, the difference between people is greater than the difference between people and dogs.
Kazuma Satou empathized with her.
Wait, looking at it this way.
There's no need for Aqua to level up, is there? After all, she's learned almost all the necessary skills with her initial points.
Darkness explained, “Generally speaking, it's difficult for priests to level up. After all, priests don't have attack magic, they can't charge forward and kill enemies like warriors, nor can they annihilate enemies with powerful magic like arch-mages. So, the undead are the priest's favorite targets to defeat.”
“Undead? Like Dullahan?”
“That's right. The undead are monsters that violate the laws of the gods. The power of the gods has the opposite effect on them. If you use healing magic on them, their bodies will disintegrate.”
“I see.”
Kazuma Satou understood.
He remembered the scene when Dullahan attacked some time ago, and Aqua used magic on his horse and killed it.
However, there is another problem with Konosuba's experience points: experience points are not distributed according to the contribution of killing monsters, but whoever defeats the monster gets all the experience points.
It's a tail-sniping player's dream.
Not to mention that Dullahan wasn't defeated, even if he was, only Yunyun would get experience points, and Aqua would only be doing it for free.
“So, it's not my fault, okay!”
Aqua shouted as if she was trying to find an excuse for her laziness, “That's right, it's all your fault, Kazuma. After becoming an adventurer, I haven't purified any undead, how am I supposed to level up!”
This guy…!
Kazuma Satou immediately realized that she was pushing her problem onto him.
Even though there's no need to level up Aqua, who has already learned all her skills, Kazuma Satou's abilities have become stronger when he levels up, so I assume Aqua would be the same, right?
If so, then it's very necessary to level up.
“Ah, I get it.”
He rolled his eyes and said, “In that case, let's go purify the undead. That way, you won't have any objections, right?”
“Oh, no problem, leave it to me! Whether it's the undead or the Demon King's generals, they will all be turned to ashes by my purification magic!”
“Idiot, don't spill the wine!”
Aqua shouted while holding her wine glass, spilling some of the sparkling wine on everyone, which made Kazuma Satou angry.
“Oh, right.”
He seemed to have remembered something and said, “I forgot to ask for your opinions. Is it okay to go and defeat the undead to level up Aqua?”
“No problem!”
Darkness agreed immediately, “I am a crusader knight, my duty is to protect my companions, and I haven't been hit by the undead yet. It will definitely be great.”
“…Did you just say that being hit would be great?”
“I didn't say that.”
“You definitely did!”
Kazuma Satou began to regret this decision. What if she kneels again and Yunyun and the others have to save her… Wait?
Just as he was about to ask Yunyun for her opinion, he suddenly noticed that her face was a little pale and awkward.
“Yunyun?”
“…I disagree.”
It was the first time Yunyun had refused a quest.
Kazuma Satou was very curious.
Yunyun's strength is very strong, she can even contend with Dullahan, so she shouldn't refuse unless there is a reason. So, what could be the reason…
Suddenly, Kazuma Satou thought of something, his expression gradually becoming perverted, revealing the same crazy smile as a certain small evil god.
Yunyun's expression stiffened.
Kazuma Satou restrained his expression and then spoke nonsense with a straight face.
“Ah ah, that won't do, Yunyun. You have to know that we are a whole, and we will be going to defeat the Demon King together in the future. If Aqua's level is too low, she might not be able to defeat the strong undead. Like Dullahan before, if Aqua's level was a little higher, she should have been able to help, right?”
What he said made sense.
Whether it was Darkness or Megumin and Yuiyui, they all seemed to agree.
After all, in their opinion, Aqua, who was only level 3 at the time, made Dullahan's horse ascend to heaven and Dullahan scream on the ground with just one purification spell. If she was level 30, wouldn't she take off?
However, only Yunyun knew.
From the lower world, the idiot goddess's stats have been fixed, which means that no matter how many levels she gains, Aqua will not become stronger than she is now. It will only increase useless skill points, which she will then put into the advanced versions of 'Flowers, Birds, Wind, and Moon'.
Going to purify the undead is purely a waste of time.
But now there is no evidence to be convincing, and Aqua, in order to prove herself, will definitely not admit that her stats will not increase, so she cannot escape no matter what.
“Then I won't…”
“That won't do, Yunyun.”
Kazuma Satou seemed to have seen through everything, and said first, “We are a team, a whole, don't say things like 'you guys go', it will make everyone feel disheartened.”
“That's right! It's just the undead! Don't worry, Yunyun! I will protect you!”
Darkness looked very reliable, and then the next second she said with a red face, “You can just use me as a shield! No, it's okay to throw me away when you encounter danger. Being abandoned as bait… feels so great!”
The perverted female knight's performance is still stable.
Aqua also said that she would purify all the undead and let him rest assured.
Looking at Kazuma Satou, who had everything under control, Yunyun didn't expect that he would use his companions to put pressure on her, playing this trick!