I’m Just Leveling up Efficiently, but for Some Reason, the People Around Me Seem to Be Looking at Me With Disapproval

The question was how to take down the pig in front of me.

Beating him would definitely give me a huge amount of experience points. No doubt about it.

I didn’t know his level, but it was definitely higher than mine.

Hmm, I wonder if I’ll get some bonus for beating a stronger enemy.

I kept an eye on him while thinking about that.

This Ugly Pig Tribe Orc was probably looking down on me.

Even though I just got my blessing, he thought he could finish me off easily.

I’d use that opening.

I’d take advantage of his carelessness and kill him.

I stole a quick glance at the Ugly Pig Tribe Orc’s waist.

There was a small survival knife tucked there.

That was the key.

All right.

My plan was mostly set.

I stepped forward toward the Ugly Pig Tribe Orc.

Then I turned around and said,

“Mom, and Avi.”

“Wh-what…?”

Mom asked in a shaky voice.

“You two run. I’ll take him down.”

Mom let out a painful cry when she heard that.

“No, Yushuu! Why do you have to do it alone…!”

No, because if you two stay here, the experience points might get split.

I still didn’t know how the system worked in this world.

I wanted all the experience points for myself.

If they got shared, I might get less.

Every bit of experience from this pig was going to be mine.

I wasn’t giving any to anyone.

But saying that straight out felt wrong, so I tried to say it in a roundabout way.

“No, I have to take this guy down by myself.”

“But…! That’s not…!”

Mom shouted.

Avi stood beside her looking stunned.

“So go on. Avi’s here too, right.”

When I said that, Mom gasped and finally got a look of resolve on her face.

She took Avi’s hand.

Avi tried to pull away, but she was no match for Mom.

“No… Yushuu, don’t disappear…”

Avi sounded like she was about to cry.

I turned back again and smiled at her.

“It’s fine, I’m not gonna die.”

Because if I died, I couldn’t level up anymore.

I hadn’t even gotten to enjoy this perfect world yet.

No way I could die like that.

Sadly, it looked like my feelings didn’t get through.

“You’re lying! Yushuu, you’re planning to die here! That’s it, isn’t it!”

That was Avi shouting with everything she had.

This might have been the first time she showed her feelings so openly.

I tried to explain a bit better to calm Avi down.

But before I could, Mom pulled her away and they kept getting farther.

Oh well.

I could just prove it by coming back alive.

I turned to face the Ugly Pig Tribe Orc again.

He looked at me and gave a bold laugh.

“Family tearjerker show over already?”

“Yeah, it’s over.”

I laughed back the same way, and the Ugly Pig Tribe Orc raised one eyebrow.

“Huh. You seem pretty different from a minute ago.”

“Of course. No reason to feel hopeless before a fight I know I can win.”

“Hah! You think you can beat me?”

“Sure I do. If I couldn’t, I wouldn’t get any experience points.”

For the first time, the Ugly Pig Tribe Orc showed real anger.

“You little… Just got your blessing and you’re running your mouth…”

“What? You gonna tell me to prepare myself?”

“……”

My words finally snapped the Ugly Pig Tribe Orc’s patience.

He gripped his machete tighter.

Perfect.

He was losing himself in rage.

Just as planned.

“I get it now. You really want to die.”

“That’s why I said I’m gonna win and not die.”

At my words the Ugly Pig Tribe Orc raised his machete high.

He looked down at me with a glare and said,

“Then die.”

The machete came swinging down.

I took it on my left shoulder.

It hurt.

It hurt, it hurt, it hurt, it hurt, it hurt.

My shoulder was torn open.

Blood was gushing out.

But…

This was it.

This feeling of getting one step closer to experience points with every moment.

It felt even more real than in the game.

The excitement wouldn’t stop.

A smile slipped out without me meaning to.

“Tch, missed… wait, huh?”

The Ugly Pig Tribe Orc muttered, then finally noticed something was wrong.

He looked at me like I was some kind of monster.

His eyes were full of fear.

He was looking at something he couldn’t understand.

The Ugly Pig Tribe Orc had run into the unknown.

That was more than enough to shake him up.

“You… why… why are you smiling…!”

I didn’t answer him.

Covered in blood splatter and fresh blood, I kept smiling.

And then.

In my hand was the survival knife I had snatched while taking the machete hit.

I won.

By the time I thought that, the survival knife in my hand was already buried deep in the Ugly Pig Tribe Orc’s chest.

Fresh blood sprayed out.

In that weird scene of me smiling through it, the Ugly Pig Tribe Orc couldn’t hide his panic.

He couldn’t even dodge my too-natural approach.

People can’t process two strange things at the same time.

The same went for the Ugly Pig Tribe Orc.

In other words, the weirdness of me smiling in this situation had overwritten the weirdness of me getting close.

“Ah… gah……”

No matter how strong the race, as long as it’s a mammal, a stab to the heart seems to kill it.

The light faded from the Ugly Pig Tribe Orc’s eyes.

He fell to the ground with a thud.

Right then, electronic sounds rang out in my head.

Beep, beep, one after another.

Level up.

“Nhooooooooooooooooooooo!! Th-that feels so goooooooooooooooooood!!”

I climaxed.

I came without meaning to.

This was it!

The pleasure of leveling up hitting me in real life was way different from the game.

So much better.

So much better feeling.

My body jerked and arched like a shrimp, convulsing.

Leveling up feels way too good!!

The electronic sounds kept going for a while, and I couldn’t stop convulsing from all the stuff flooding my brain.

But finally the afterglow hit.

“Whew… All right. Time to check my status.”

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Level: 25
Exp: 876/25000
Stamina: 26
Magic Power: 31
Endurance: 29
Strength: 22
Technique: 24
Durability: 23
Reason: 30
Faith: 20
Remaining Status Points: 50
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