Volume 2, Chapter 33 – Tenfold Experience Gain

Returning to the battlefield that had already been thoroughly cleared, Tianyin stored the Victory Golden Sword in her System Inventory.

Yet in her mind, the scene of that battle with the unfamiliar player kept replaying.

『Stronger than the other outsiders before… but that person was really strange.』

Yes, strange.

It was exactly because of how strange that person was that Tianyin hadn’t gone for the kill.

Even though she knew those outsiders could revive after death, the feeling that person gave her… was different.

『What a strange person… Samael, I really think that person was weird…』

As she walked forward, Tianyin calmed her heart and conversed with Samael.

Meanwhile, the remaining NPC soldiers all looked at Tianyin with eyes full of respect and fear, while those who were in her way hurried to move aside.

Of course, Tianyin hadn’t noticed this strange behavior yet.

「Xiaoyin… speaking of that outsider, I also got a very peculiar feeling from them.」

In her mind, Samael’s voice sounded faintly.

「If my feeling wasn’t wrong, that outsider’s strength should be at the Legendary-tier…」

『Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh eh… Legendary…?』

Tianyin’s eyes widened on reflex.

『Legendary? That was Legendary? Samael, how could a Legendary be that weak? I only used an ordinary strike and it already took off half their HP…』

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「Pfft…!」

Samael couldn’t help but laugh at Tianyin’s astonished reaction.

「Nah, actually, in the end, it’s not that the Legendary was weak, Xiaoyin, it’s that you’re way too strong~」

『Too strong?』

Tianyin looked puzzled.

『Even though I know your power is really strong, Samael, my level is still so low. Even so, against a Legendary-tier opponent, shouldn’t they be much tougher than that?』

Yes, Tianyin’s impression of a Legendary still stopped at the time when Karl was a Paladin.

After all, Karl had once taken a hit from the Frost Dragon Ysera, the one who welcomed the Thrones, and had been mostly fine.

But just now, that outsider, who was clearly a Legendary, had been beaten into a state of total helplessness by just a single casual strike from her. It was hard for Tianyin to see that person as a true Legendary.

『That kind of Legendary is way too weak, right? And I wasn’t even using half of your power, Samael…』

「Well, that’s true too~」

Hearing Tianyin’s retort, Samael replied lightly.

「But Xiaoyin, haven’t you noticed something?」

『Noticed what?』

Tianyin tilted her head, confused.

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「Well, your level, Xiaoyin. Didn’t you realize it? Your level was shooting up while you were killing those players~」

「Right now, if I’m not mistaken, your level has already reached 104~」

『Wait… my level?』

Tianyin was stunned.

Then, she instinctively opened her Attribute Panel.

On the virtual screen before her eyes, the words “LV 104” stood clearly in her sight.

『Eh eh eh… when… when did I get over a hundred levels already…』

Surprise, delight, and deep confusion all at once.

It was far too unexpected. Before the battle, Tianyin clearly remembered that her level had still been a very low 42.

But now.

Just from that one battle, her level had somehow skyrocketed to 104 without her even realizing it.

『…T-That’s way too broken, this level…』

Tianyin couldn’t make sense of it.

『Just one battle and I gained that many levels? Does this game have some kind of hidden leveling system?』

「Well, I don’t really know about that either, but I think the benefits of your level increase are definitely considerable~」

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Samael said lazily.

『Eh… benefits? What kind of benefits?』

「First, your higher level will allow the Seven Deadly Sins state to last longer. And if I take control of your body in battle, I can now fight for about five minutes.」

Samael stated this calmly.

But it was true. The increase in Tianyin’s level not only boosted her attributes, it also extended the duration she could rely on her trump card, the Seven Deadly Sins, at critical moments.

No matter how you looked at it, it was a real, solid gain.

『But… why did my level increase that fast?』

Tianyin finally voiced the question.

Yes, her leveling up had been far too fast.

No matter how she looked at it, from any angle, the jump in levels was too great to ignore.

「You can actually find out just by checking your experience gain record.」

Samael conveniently reminded her.

『Eh… right, Samael, if you hadn’t mentioned it I would’ve forgotten… you can check the experience record…』

At that moment, Tianyin didn’t even think about how strange it was that Samael, an NPC, would know something like checking experience gain records.

Of course, that was only because Tianyin simply assumed all NPCs were the same as her…

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Following Samael’s advice, Tianyin opened the System’s experience record log, and soon, line after line of dense numbers appeared before her eyes.

════════♡════════ ❀ Experience Log ❀ ────────♡──────── NPC Tianyin killed player 【I Have No Hair】 and gained 8000 EXP. Solo kill bonus: Experience multiplied by 10. Total EXP gained: 80000.

NPC Tianyin killed player 【…】 Solo kill bonus: Experience multiplied by 10. Total EXP gained: 90000.

NPC Tianyin killed player […] Total EXP gained: 75000.

Total EXP gained: 86000. ════════♡════════

『E-Eh… it’s… ten… ten times the normal experience…?』

Staring blankly at the experience records in the log, Tianyin finally understood why her level had leapt from 42 straight to 104.

It was because of the tenfold experience.

When an NPC solo kills a player, they gain ten times the base experience.

Which meant that in that battle, the number of players who had died by Tianyin’s hand easily reached tens of thousands.

Tianyin didn’t know the exact number, but she remembered that later in the battle, just a single swing of her sword and the waves of sword energy had already wiped out hundreds of players at once.

If she had killed over ten thousand players during that time, then with the tenfold experience bonus, it meant that Tianyin had, in just a few minutes, effectively gained the experience of hundreds of thousands of player kills…

So, with that kind of EXP gain, jumping from level 42 to 104… made perfect sense.