Chapter 65 Planning Ahead

Chapter 65 Planning Ahead

"Level 19, huh...?"

Rey had Leveled Up four times in the course of this brief event, and while it didn't seem like much, he still found himself smiling at the fact.

"I've gotten stronger."

His goal for the day had been achieved, and that was enough to satisfy him.

'If I can clear one Floor per day, and focus the rest of my time on other things, I'd say that's decent progress...'

Rey would have normally preferred doing two—if not three—Dungeons in a day, but that came at its own risk.

For one, the terrain of Dungeons made exploring a single floor very hectic. Doing so could range from an hour or two to almost four.

And all of this was without accounting for the fact that he would need to stop to fight Monsters and harvest Cores—though he had found a way to circumvent the last problem.

Of course, Rey could easily find a way to speed up his journey though [Flight] and other Skills in the Buff Category, but that came with its own caveat.

'Going fast increases the risk of falling into traps or being careless.'

When moving fast, there were a lot of things one tended to overlook.

If this was any other place, then Rey could have easily shrugged off this underlying risk, but Dungeon Floors were very dangerous and unpredictable places.

He could also encounter Monsters that gave hard counters to his existing Skill-Set.

'I also can't afford to burn through too much of my MP...'

In a place where Rey wasn't certain what would come next, his Skills were his only lifeline.

Which meant MP was his precious fuel.

'I have tons of Buffs and my base MP is rapidly increasing, but it's still not quite there yet...'

Most Buff Skills had Duration and Cooldown Periods, so if he ended up exhausting all of them, he would be screwed.

He also had a Mana Recovery Skill, but that was a passive one, and it restored the Mana over time.

In conclusion, while Rey desired to explore more Floors in a day, he simply couldn't afford to—at least, safety wise.

There was just no way to rush through it.

He was beginning to feel a little guilty about the whole thing.

'The weaker Monsters would have served as perfect cannon fodders for them to increase their Levels, and now they can't have that.'

In this world, there was only one way to increase Levels.

That was by gaining EXP.

Depending on the Class, EXP could be gained in multiple ways. For example, a Scholar could gain tons of EXP from studying, just as a Warrior could gain EXP from fighting a lot.

However, EXP accumulated very slowly in a long process over time.

That was why there was a much easier way to go about it.

Killing and Gaining EXP.

It was a universal principle in this world that one could gain EXP by extinguishing the life of another living entity.

Since it was immoral to take human lives, or the lives of beings with sufficient intelligence to be deemed sentient, the perfect alternative was Monsters.

Monsters were resources useful for quick growth, and Rey was a living testament to that fact.

'If they want to Level Up, they'll have to go to the Lower Floors, and I don't know how easy that'll be for them...'

Rey surmised that the Royal Council had to have other areas they could use for killing Monsters aside from the Royal Dungeon, so he didn't think it would be too much of a hassle for them.

'In any case, I'll just feign ignorance like always.'

Rey prepared himself to depart from the Floor and call the Hobgoblins to clean up the mess he had made and harvest the Monster Cores.

'I should probably burn the corpses, but I'll do it tomorrow...'

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[A/N]

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