Chapter 40

The next day as well, I began my ultra-fast—no, explosive level-up in the Kenzaki Dungeon.

I continued chanting the phrase to transfer within the dungeon until my throat was dry.

I mostly ignored the monsters that appeared along the way.

Even if they appeared at the transfer destination, there was no need to fight them unless they attacked within four seconds.

However, things were different if the opponent was a Red Boar.

The corpse of a Red Boar could be sold for a high price.

I cleanly decapitated the Red Boar with a single stroke of the unnamed sword and stored it in the item box.

By slaying them until the item box was full, I could earn a considerable amount of money even before retrieving Kenzaki's sword.

"Money is never a problem. Even if it takes some time, it's best to earn it now."

My priority was level-up, but I didn't forget about making money.

With this mindset, I continued my dungeon run.

"Ha!"

I swung the unnamed sword forcefully and successfully defeated the High Orc for the 16th time today.

Since my level had exceeded 1000, I no longer experienced any sluggishness when handling the unnamed sword.

However, for ease of use, I wielded it like a two-handed sword.

**Dungeon Clear Reward: Level increased by 25**

"Alright, here it comes."

I collected only the explosive smoke stones from the rewards given, and then skillfully extracted the magic stone from the High Orc's body.

When I tried to put it in the item box, I realized it was full.

"The capacity has reached its limit. I did raise it to LV4 just now... Well, it's a good time to call it a day."

After that, I sold all the dungeon resources I obtained today, except for the explosive smoke stones.

Today, I leveled up by 400 and earned over 4 million yen.

And the next day.

Naturally, I continued my explosive level-up in the Kenzaki Dungeon.

Now, before me stood the 20th High Orc I would fight today.

Until a few days ago, I had been trembling in fear of its overwhelming strength—

"Feels light."

I easily deflected the High Orc's full-force strike, a massive swing of its club, with the back of my left hand.

"Take this!"

I swung the unnamed sword in my right hand forcefully.

With that, the High Orc's torso was cleanly bisected, and its upper body slid off smoothly.

**Dungeon Clear Reward: Level increased by 25**

The system sound echoed in my mind.

And finally, the moment I had been waiting for arrived.

**You have cleared this dungeon the required number of times.**

**Bonus Reward: Level increased by 60.**

**From now on, you will not receive any rewards for clearing this dungeon.**

"Alright, I've finally cleared the Kenzaki Dungeon!"

It took a total of 50 runs to clear it.

This was the third dungeon I had cleared, following the Yume-Mi Dungeon and the Shion Dungeon.

At this point, I had a bit of a question.

"Since the E-rank Shion Dungeon took 200 runs and the D-rank Yume-Mi Dungeon took 50 runs, I thought the C-rank Kenzaki Dungeon would take around 40 or 30 runs, but it didn't. Is there some other factor that affects the required number of runs besides the dungeon's rank?"

It's a very intriguing point, but unfortunately, I lack the information needed to find the answer.

For now, I'll just be happy that I cleared it.

"Yay!"

I raised both hands in celebration, but since I was alone, it felt a bit hollow.

Raising your hands in victory alone is not a good idea.

Good kids should do it with their good friends!

If you have friends, that is.

"But that doesn't matter! First, I need to think about how to allocate the accumulated SP."

I opened the status screen and, while looking at the SP that exceeded 10,000, I muttered.