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Chapter 24 Part 1

The Goddess of Luck Only Appears To Those Who Have The Power To Seize It

 

I don’t have to think about compatibility issues with shooting a barrage of Dark Magic. I just have to keep firing a lot of this powerful magic and the enemies will eventually fall.

Then, when I had successfully defeated the sixth Living Armor, a sudden question popped up in my mind, so I asked Sybilla.

 

「I had high hopes for it since we’re in the lower layer, but isn’t my level going up slower than when we’re defeating the Black Goblins on the first floor?」

 

「Hmm, I guess there are two reasons for that.」

 

If it’s only this much, she didn’t even need a minute to think huh.

 

「Reason number one, even if a level 13 【Priest】 who has learned Cure or even higher Healing Magic sacrificed all of the magic he learned, they can only get 【Twilight Sorcerer】 to level 2 at best. Rather, the reason you were able to master even the Dark Javelin without sacrificing any magic you’ve learned and get away with only sacrificing four levels instead means that four levels of 【Saint】 hold that much greater value.」

 

「I see… the number of monsters you need to defeat in order to level up is different depending on your Job, huh? Come to think of it, the monster I defeated before I leveled up last time was the Fire Dragon, wasn’t it?」

 

「Even if it’s the lower level, we’re only around the middle part of it. You don’t want to go against that thing again and again too, don’t you?」

 

「Spare me from that…」

 

At that time, I was still elated from becoming a 【Twilight Sorcerer】 and being able to use Dark Magic so I was able to deal with it somehow, but to be honest, the intense pain when the attack of the Fire Dragon hit me was quite rough.

Even so, I was able to do something about it and defeated it somehow in my desperation to avoid death.

Because after all, dealing with severe pain is still way better than dying.

 

…When I think about it again, what she said is indeed true.

Honestly, even I would like to avoid a situation where I am forced to fight such a thing again three or four times daily no matter how much it will speed up the leveling process.

I feel like I would lose my mind first before I can reach the level cap.

 

If possible, I want to be able to win against it again with some leeway next time I challenge it.

I know it’s unreasonable to expect a change in my durability after changing my Job from a Healer to a Mage, but…

 

While I was thinking about such a thing, Sybilla continued.

 

「And then the other reason is, well… it’s one of the problems you’ll normally encounter when you’re trying to get enough experience points to level up. In other words, efficiency is not absolute.」

 

「Efficiency is not absolute?」

 

「Yep.」

 

I pick up the large mace of the Living Armor I just defeated and put it down again after making sure it doesn’t seem to have any use for me and listen to Sybilla’s explanation.

 

「For example, let’s say there’s a purple goblin that has 1 experience point and a black goblin that I think has about… 300 experience points?」

 

「Yeah?」

 

「A weak adventurer will hunt purple goblins and the strong ones will hunt black goblins, right? 」

 

「Obviously, yeah.」

 

If you can attack them from a distance, it doesn’t matter if the goblin is strong despite their small bodies, or if the weapon it’s using is poisonous.

 

「Right, then, let’s say Russell wants to be strong by tomorrow. Are you going to hunt black goblins?」

 

「Of course I would.」

 

「Let me ask you again. A dungeon with four figures of purple goblins, or a dungeon that has nothing but three black goblins. Which dungeon would you go to if you really wanted to get stronger by tomorrow?」

 

「……Ah, I think I get it now.」

 

With that last question, I finally understood why she was asking me those questions. If you want to raise your level quickly, it’s natural to hunt monsters that will give you the highest experience points. That’s because it’s the most efficient.

However, as she said before, efficiency isn’t absolute.

 

「Focusing on efficiency is the basic, yes. But efficiency and absolute numbers are two different things.

That’s why people who are doing it for efficiency every day may be overtaken by people who took their time doing it slowly but surely. Of course, the opposite can also happen in some cases.」

 

That’s a very accurate explanation.

Certainly, if we’re talking about efficiency, it’s natural to go for the monsters that will give you higher experience points.

However, that means the total experience points they will get in the end is limited to how many monsters like that, huh.

 

And if I compare the Living Armor here and the Black Goblins, not only do they appear less frequently than the Black Goblins, but they also appear only one at a time.

I seem to fight more often, but the overall number is quite low.

 

「Thanks for the lesson.」

 

「Yep yep, you better thank me alright? Sybilla-chan is so amazing, right? Now you’ve definitely fallen in love with me from the bottom of your heart, right?」

 

「Don’t you feel empty when you say something like that yourself?」

 

「I was saying that to confirm because I was pretty sure this time, though……」

 

I’m seriously more curious as to how you can be so confident though…

 

「Well, I do think your explanation was easy to understand. I think teaching will really suit you, you know? Have you ever considered it?」

 

「I’ve only ever taught 『Twilight Series』 people, so the knowledge I can teach is only something that’s related to them and the adventurers, you know?」

 

I see, in the first place, Sybilla must have also taught other people with 【Twilight Sorcerer】 Job before me many times already, didn’t she?

If that’s the case, it’s no wonder she’s so good at explaining these things in an easy-to-understand manner.

I’ve always thought she was smart to begin with, but after teaching these people the same thing countless times, she must have learned the order of things she needs to explain to be more efficient.

 

…Hm? Wait a minute.

Just now, there was one thing that she said that tugged my curiosity.

 

「Hey, Sybilla… what’s a 『Twilight Series』?」

 

「Hmmm? Russell, I bet you want to know more about 『Twilight Pact』 don’t you~? You’re curious, don’t you, hmm~?」

 

「Ah, no, at second thought, just forget it. I’m not that interested anymore.」

 

「So, what that is you see~…… wait, huh? Er, umm…… Ehhhh!?」

 

It’s not that I’m not interested, but her cheeky attitude and smug face just rub me off the wrong way that I don’t even want to know anymore. It was seriously annoying that I almost dropped a karate chop on her head.

When I told her I was just half joking, she replied with 「What do you mean you were just half joking!?」, but I ignored that and just told her to zip it.

 

「As I thought, the monsters will still keep coming even if we just stand around here, huh.」

 

「Ah…!」

 

For now, let’s deal with the monster that just showed up first. There were some points that I’m still curious about, but I’m sure those weren’t about me, so I’m fine with hearing it when she remembers to talk about it again.

Sybilla also realized the walking armor and moved right behind me.

Thus we’re back fighting the monsters again.

 

After hearing her talking about experience points efficiency, I suddenly remembered that there’s one magic I haven’t tried out yet.

I wouldn’t know what it can do unless I check it out first.

 

「Come to think of it, I haven’t tried this new magic I just learned, huh? 《Dark Sphere》」

 

The moment it hits the armored monster, the sphere explodes with a blast and spreads out like a black wave.

Looks like this magic is quite a powerful one.

 

「That’s not bad. Let’s continue.」

 

Next, I double-cast Dark Sphere and saw the slightly larger and slightly faster sphere than before flying toward the enemy.

This Dark Sphere magic is something I learned after reaching level 7. Maybe it’s because I just learned it, but using chantless on top of double-casting isn’t really that great. Still, just being able to use this kind of magic is a blessing to me.

…I guess there’s no point using double-cast for this magic——.