The next day, I go to tons of interviews.

I don’t know the results yet, but judging from how the interviewers’ tilt their heads and hmm, it’s not great.

Actually, it seems like I’ve already been rejected quite a few times. I remember some companies say they’ll contact me within three days whether I pass or fail, but I haven’t heard from them.

You know how it is. When you get rejected over and over again in interviews, it starts to feel like you’re being completely negated as a person.

“Am I aiming too high?”

Still, if the company is way too black, I feel like I won’t be able to stick with it, and reality is harsh.

As soon as I get home, I let out a huge sigh. My luck keeps slipping away.

…Oh yeah, I still haven’t claimed today’s login bonus.

Whoa, the goggles shine like crazy!

Were they always this flashy?

“Alrighty… Whoa!? Hey, hey hey!”

That seriously scared me!

A mountain of items – tickets and who knows what else – suddenly falls from near the ceiling!

I thought I was gonna get buried for a second.

<…Also included are the rewards from your recent mission completion.>

“Right, I forgot to claim those. Isn’t this a bit much?”

“Huh, some of these I’ve never even seen before.”

There’s just so much stuff, my room’s turned into total chaos.

“What, what did you say?”

Skip tickets, elixirs, iron spears, that stuff makes sense, but everything from the blue ore onward is completely confusing.

“Ah, no! I’ll ask when I need to. More importantly, did my level go up a lot?”

I’ve taken down red monster-looking things and all sorts of enemies, so I hope I’ve gotten a lot stronger. But the higher the level, the more EXP is needed, which makes it harder to level up.

With half excitement and half nerves, I put on the goggles. I think I was level 13 last time.

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Name: Ryuga Kagetora

Explorer Rank: R

Level: 35

Health: 667/667

Magic: 253/253

Strength: 811

Speed: 479

Resilience: 630

Dexterity: 302

Luck: 298

Usable Magic: Fireball (Card Effect)

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“…Huh? Wait, is this… my status?”

Th-that’s strange. Just the other day, a girl I met in town said it took her half a year to raise her level by ten.

Even if she’s a bit off, this level-up speed is wild.

“I-is this really legit!? Isn’t this weird?”

It’s like that old-timer vibe – ‘kids these days’ – the way she dismisses it. But when it’s said so confidently, I start to think maybe it’s true.

“But it doesn’t really feel real… It’s kinda scary actually.”

More and more new info keeps coming in.

“Special dungeon? That’s the first I’ve heard of it.”