Ch.168 Three Weeks of Intensive Training and Sortie

Haru's POV

Whoosh...thud.

[Whoosh]

[Even attacks with stones are now 100% accurate.]

[Um, how long was that?]

[Wasn't it about 50 meters?]

[Even though she's using a slingshot, that's still an incredible distance and accuracy.]

[Incidentally, with sniping using a bow... She can reach over 100 meters with just three weeks of training.]

[To put it mildly, it's a little strange.]

[Just a little?]

[Sorry, I made a mistake. Insane growth rate]

[Exactly!]

[Well, apparently the experience points required to regain the level lost due to level down are less than half...]

[Well, ever since then, whenever she's been awake and not tired, she's just been diligently practicing, constantly shooting at targets...]

[Well, for the past few days she's been throwing and shooting almost non-stop while she's awake...]

[Haru-chan's mental strength is once again evident]

[For 3 weeks straight, silently and endlessly facing the target all by herself.]

[She didn't talk to anyone, and just stood and sat for hours.]

[Well, a normal person with the right mental fortitude couldn't do something like this.]

[Exactly!]

[With this kind of data, it's impossible to tell how fast you can grow from level 1...]

[It's a record of growth, isn't it?]

[Certainly]

[Let's leave it at that]

[Haru-chan isn't completely at zero, after all.]

[Well, I've figured out that she'll improve to some extent just by practicing against a wall...]

[Inside the dungeon?]

[That's impossible...]

[I can't do this anymore...]

[lol]

I found a notebook in the dirty bag and started keeping records three weeks ago... which means it's been a month since I woke up.

I was bored just reading books all the time, and besides, I figured I could read when I was tired, so I started from scratch, trying to figure out how much exercise my body could handle... and it turned out to be incredibly fun every day.

"My level has gone up, too. ...I don't have a way to check though, and more importantly, I haven't fought any monsters, so I don't know how much it's increased."

[It would make a big difference whether you have to start from scratch with all your skills, or if you retain some skills.]

[Especially long-range skills are said to be dependent on skill level and the skill tree.]

[And we don't know how deep that place is]

[Ah, since this is leveling in the deep levels, there's a possibility that this is as far as we can go...]

[But this stream has left dungeon-related scholars all over the world scratching their heads lol]

[lol]

[Poor scholars]

[Seriously]

[It's a shame that the research results of the past 10 years have all been wasted.]

[There are alot of records broken from this growth rate lol]

[So here we have an example of someone who went from an incredible level and skill level back to zero... or maybe not...]

[Everyine's crying because the theories and numbers were all completely messed up]

[Poor thing]

[I'm getting goosebumps]

But, subjectively, it feels like it's recovered to some extent.

It's a long way from how things were before, and even further from having this body, but it's closer than when I was in my second year of exploring dungeons and things had stabilized.

Well, it's a level and skill set in the body of a little girl to begin with... If a monster I know would just show up, I could try out a lot of different things.

In terms of level... maybe still around 5?

My magical power has recovered quite a bit, so it's hard to say for sure because it's boosted by that.

Level 10... I don't think I'm at the intermediate level yet, where I feel like I've reached a stable point.

But...

[But...is it finally happening?]

[Yeah……!]

[Haru-chan finally breaks free from her confinement]

[Since Haru-chan is a stray cat, it's about time she expanded her territory.]

I looked around at the dome-shaped cave.

A large, empty room.

Intuitively speaking... yeah, maybe a boss room around 300th floor?

If I could use a gun, I could get a sense of the scale from the echoes and stuff, but right now I only have spares with almost no ammo left...and I have to keep those for self-defense.

And so, today, I'm going out into the hallway from here.

I've been incredibly lucky so far that no monsters have come in, but that might be because this place is considered a safe zone...even though there weren't any stairs, no matter how much I searched...

So, if I step out into the hallway, there's a possibility they're waiting for me.

And that's especially true considering the high probability that my scouting skills have declined, and that my level has definitely dropped.

"I've been taken care of by this place, huh."

[She's making it her own home, where she unexpectedly holed up for a whole month.]

[The bed has been subtly modified here and there, which is lovely.]

[She even took all sorts of things out of dirty bag and arranged them]

[She was so cute]

[I understand]

Having determined that no more monsters would be coming, I've removed almost everything from my first base...the place where I was sleeping initially.

The second base, too, has been cleverly surrounded using empty boxes taken out of dirty bags, and now it looks completely like a fortress.

I'm not just planning to come back in case of an emergency; I intend to come back and sleep here after today's reconnaissance is finished, so I'll leave my sleeping bag and everything as is.

[If a person really wanted to, they could survive alone in the deepest levels of a dungeon for a month.]

[You idiot, this is only because it's Haru-chan.]

[Indeed]

[That's practically impossible for the average person.]

[First, we need a storage bag with a considerable capacity...]

[I don't feel like I could actually do anything about it in a real emergency.]

[I can't mentally handle being alone in enemy territory without talking to anyone.]

[Frankly, it's not something you can normally stick with if you're constantly trying to improve your skills alone.]

[Seriously, Haru-chan has an amazing aptitude for dungeons...]

[Because she's an angel]

[Yeah, she's in a different category than us humans now.]

"Yotto!"

On my back is a backpack that someone had used during the raid.

My belongings are basically easily accessible from the dirty bag attached to my belt, but there's another reason for that.

It's a hiking backpack, mainly filled with soft blankets and similar items.

"With this, even if I'm attacked from the front and thrown off, my head, back, and waist will be protected, and I can also attach a self-defense pistol to the pockets on my shoulder or waist."

Although it's still moving, I'm still not sure if the camera is receiving a signal, so I spoke to it alone, as usual, to organize my thoughts.

"This rope, for example, can often be used to quickly grab onto things like pitfalls and save your life, so... I tie it to the side like this."

I learned from survival books that it's important to double-check things like this.

[What's wrong?]

[Haru-chan speaks quickly only when explaining things]

[Haru-chan doesn't rely on brute force with her level, skills, and angelic race, but actually uses her knowledge effectively.]

[This part is definitely the real deal]

[Yeah, I guess that's because she spent all day reading books in the beginning.]

[Even without a signal, a tablet can last that long if you just have books on it...]

[Exactly!]

I make sure to say everything I need out loud.

Yosh.

"Okay, I'll go. I'll stay quiet until it's safe, but don't worry, I'm not particularly scared."

[lol]

[Everyone already knows that, Haru-chan]

[I'm confident that no matter what kind of monster shows up, it'll only be a shock, so don't worry, Haru-chan.]

[It's all over the moment you start to think Haru-chan is scary.]

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