<h1>Chapter - 10</h1>
<h1>My Second Exploration (1)</h1>
 
Sigh…..
 
「All right then」
 
After Sensei had already left. My body felt slightly fatigued from having continuous sex. But my eagerness to confirm how strong I’ve grown, overruled those sentiments.
 
Gathering all my equipment, I stood at the entrance of the dungeon, that was in my basement. Stepping into the stone corridor, I looked at the palm of my hand. Yesterday, the number which flashed across my palm was zero.
 
But this time...
 
「Lv 5! Did my Lv increase by 5?」
 
A little bit of relief assuaged the anxiety in my mind.
 
Wondering to myself if the number of times I had sex with Sensei was the reason for my Lv. While we did engage in such intimate acts, and it may have been against Sensei’s desires, the number on my hand did reflect the number of times we did it.
 
Now then, I should see how effective this Lv up actually is.
 
Taking a deep breath, I focus my thoughts in one place. Now that I’ve levelled up, I should explore deeper to see the fruits of my labor. My fighting power should have increased, compared to when my Lv was zero. I should also be able to explore the dungeon more efficiently as well.
 
I might be able to acquire another『Magic item』too.
 
Walking down the stairs I made my way to the first floor. The scene before me is no different from yesterday. The wind blew to the back and the path forked just the same.
 
I took my smartphone from my pocket and pulled up a mapping app. Originally developed for other games; its usefulness should also be effective in this dungeon.
 
…… Let’s use the “Left-hand” method for this time.
 
Yesterday, I used the “Right-hand” method and I was able to acquire the “The Night Invitation Candle”
 
If I followed that route again, I would only come upon an empty chest, it would be more efficient to try out a different route instead. Placing my left- hand on the wall, I slowly proceeded down the corridor. Mapping my steps while at the same time looking out for any monsters that would appear.
 
The dungeon was silent. Maintaining its stillness, it was a good environment for keeping my concentration. But then after five minutes of exploration, an abnormal scene presented itself before my eyes.
 
……Is that, are those rats? There were two creatures. Wait, they didn’t notice I’m here…..
 
Two plump rodents appeared 20 meters away from me. Roughly the size of a balance ball used for exercise, they knock into each other using their bodies. Could this be some kind of territorial dispute? They don’t appear to be that strong, but they’re both snarling at each other.
 
What’s their Lv…. both of them are Lv1. Oh perfect!
 
Having closed one eye, and verifying the monsters Lv, I nod to myself. The Lv of the Hollow tree that I fought yesterday was also Lv1. This is the best way to confirm how much I’ve grown. Pulling out my combat knife, I make my way closer to the rats.
 
The enemy still hasn’t noticed me.
 
But the moment I came within 10 meters of the two, both rats turned towards me ferociously.
 
「「CHUUUUU… CHHHHUUUUU…..CHHHUUUU!!」」
 
Both rats raised a battle cry before heading toward me. But their speed wasn’t as fast as I thought. It was just at the speed of a walking human.
 
But rather than wait for the two to come towards me, I instead made a break towards them. With momentum on my side, I rolled to the one on the left aiming my knife directly at it.
 
「Hahaaaaaa!」
 
「CHUOO……!」
 
The rat which received my blow comes to a dead stop. And soon it turned into little white shards of lights, disappearing in moments.
 
Immediately following that action, I turned to my right planting my knife directly into the other rat with a little more strength. And once again, my enemy burst into little white lights, before disappearing.
 
After making sure that I killed both monsters, I sighed in relief having exerted a lot of my strength. After that, I placed my knife back into its sheath and started looking around.
 
Man, that didn’t seem so bad at all. But could that just be the influence of my current Lv?……
 
Thinking about it, I looked back at the palm of my hand. The battle ended really quickly. And the number of attacks I used to defeat the enemy only amounted to one strike per monster. Still, it could’ve been that these two were distracted.
 
If that wasn’t the case, maybe my attack power increased. Recalling how it took three strikes to defeat the Hollow Tree. Adding to that, I didn’t feel as drained from this battle, unlike the time I fought the tree. But yesterday was the first time I fought so I had a lot of stress piled up, this time it really wasn’t that stressful at all.
 
I wonder if I’ve gotten used to being in combat. Or could it be that, with the increase in Lv, my mental strength increased as well? Really though, after all that, this battle was so much easier than yesterday.
 
And for the moment I stood basking in the ambiance of being able to kill Lv1 monsters easily.
 
…… All right then, I should continue exploring the place. Yesterday I only stopped at collecting one item, this time I should search for two….. Maybe I could gather all the items on this first floor.
 
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