Level Six

After grinding 87 wild monsters, the three of them had successfully leveled up quite a bit.

At this point, their levels were?

Akasaka Ryunosuke, Level 6.

Asuna, Level 4.

Usagisawa Misumi, Level 4.

You must be wondering why Akasaka was two levels higher than them. They had clearly formed a party of three, so logically, the experience should have been split evenly.

And it was.

The monster experience was indeed split evenly among the three of them, but the finishing blow was a different matter.

The finishing blow—the person who dealt the final hit to a monster—would receive an additional reward.

Just like Kirito in the original story.

After claiming the First Floor boss, the Kobold Lord's first kill, he received his own black cloak.

That was an additional reward.

The extra rewards Akasaka received were a large amount of experience and dropped items.

That was why he had pulled nearly two levels ahead of Asuna and Usagisawa Misumi.

His level had already been higher than theirs, so naturally, he dealt considerably more damage.

As a result, he also secured the most kills.

After all, his current attacks could already one-shot Level 1 and Level 2 monsters with a basic attack.

Level 1 and Level 2 monsters had 12 and 14 HP respectively.

Akasaka was now Level 6, and each of his basic attacks dealt around 18 to 22 damage.

It was not that he wanted to hog all the experience. The monsters simply could not withstand a single basic attack from him.

Unless they encountered higher-level monsters—say, Level 3 ones—they might be able to endure one of his basic attacks.

Inside an inn.

In one of the rooms.

Asuna knelt on the bed in a white spaghetti-strap nightgown, pressing her hands together as she smiled apologetically at Akasaka.

"Um,