The Cause of the Anomaly?

Just like that, Fang Li's mansion gained four free laborers who owed him a mountain of debt and had practically signed Contracts of Indenture.

That said, for Kazuma, Aqua, Megumin, and Darkness, moving into Fang Li's home could only be considered a good thing, right?

At the very least, no one would come demanding repayment anymore. Though they had to clean the house every day, that was simply an obligation for people living under someone else's roof.

Meanwhile, Fang Li could provide three high-Experience Points meals a day, allowing the party of four to slowly raise their levels over time.

Before long, both Kazuma and Aqua had reached level 10.

Under such circumstances, Kazuma finally began learning skills.

Though this guy's stats were extremely low, he had plenty of little tricks up his sleeve. Even if the Adventurer class offered no class bonuses and its skills were weaker than those of proper classes, combined with Kazuma's cunning, they should prove quite useful.

Thus, Kazuma learned One-Handed Sword, Enemy Detection, and Lurk from Fang Li. He also made quite a few friends at the Adventurer's Guild and asked them to teach him skills, thereby learning Bow, Sniping, and Thousand Mile Eye.

Bow and arrow: Makes one more proficient when using a bow.

Sniping: Fires using a bow and arrow. The higher one's Luck, the higher the accuracy.

Thousand Mile Eye: Allows one to see distant places and grants night vision.

All three of these were archer skills.

For someone as afraid of death as Kazuma, rather than drawing his sword and charging forward as a vanguard, he would definitely prefer staying in the rear, drawing his bow, nocking an arrow, and launching underhanded sneak attacks.

On top of that, Kazuma's Luck was abnormally high to begin with. The Sniping skill gave