CH 1.08

[Fuuh~ I’m drenched in sweat. I want to take a bath if Lia has come out] (Toru)

I put the shield near the entrance, throw away my helment, and sit down while regaining my breath.

[But.... I did it.... my level has gone up] (Toru)

I’m the only one in Japan who's defeated a monster and leveled up.

No, maybe I’m the only one on the earth.

When my level went up, my 【Strength】 stat also rose. I certainly wrote 10 on the note before but now it's 11. Let’s find out the effect with the grip strength meter after confirming Lia condition. I feel that I have not seen it yet so it should be in some cardboard.

I wonder how much the change is from the 【Strength】 stat that increase by 1 will bring?

Perhaps she is already changing clothes in the dressing room so called out to Lia from the living dining room.

[Lia, I’m home~! Are you still taking a bath?] (Toru)

[Ah welcome back~! A little more, just a little more please.... is that fine?] (Lia)

There was an echoing voice unique to the bath. It was a terrible thing to take cold water earlier, but Lia seems to like the bath very much. That was more convenient for me. I do not want her to see me use the grip strength meter.

[No problem~! Please take your time in the bath!] (Toru)

[Is that so, understood!] (Lia)

Good, let’s find the cardboard! I opened the corrugated cardboard boxes that had been hardly opened. Which is it? It wasn’t here, not this either, this is it! I finally found the grip strength meter.

[Yossha, let’s try it out! Hmmm.... how is it?] (Toru)

44 kilos! Are you serious!? No matter how hard I tried, it has been only 40 kilos before. In other words, the rise of 1 point in 【Strength】 stat lead to an improvement of 4 kilos of grip strength in my dominant arm.

[Are you serious!? If my level rose up to 10, probably 【Strength】 stat will also be 20. So, will my grip strength also rise to 80 kilos?] (Toru)

I heard you could squash an apple barehanded easily with an 80 kilo grip strength. This is one of man’s romance.

[Yosh~ I’m supposed to be able to squash an apple by raising my level without need to do muscle training (lol)] (Toru)