000 That’s a Level Up
I woke up as a baby and realized I had been reincarnated into the world of a game I used to play, and I was, well, in despair.
Unlike the peaceful modern society, this was a dangerous world where monsters called chimaera roamed freely. The apex of living creatures wasn’t humans, but giant dragons that could cover an entire city.
People lived only in survival zones called nations, built inside massive walls.
They lived their lives in fear of what was outside the walls, and their lives were supported by magic technology that had developed in place of science, and by adventurers who risked their lives to bring back resources from beyond the walls.
Even though it was a game world, I was a pacifist, a weakling who had lived a life detached from conflict. How could I have been born into a world that assumed life-or-death situations?
Someday, I would have to take up a sword and fight monsters. When I thought about it, the values I had cultivated in my previous life only tormented me.
But there was a god in this world too. I realized this fact when I was seven years old.
Anyway, I didn’t want to die, so I thought I’d swing a wooden sword to raise my weapon proficiency, even if just a little.
“Hup… huh?”
A number that read “+1” floated up in my vision like a bubble and disappeared.
The more I swung, the more of them appeared. Their true nature was “Experience Points,” and within an hour, I heard the fanfare twice.
Yes, I had Leveled Up.
“O-oh… OOOOOHHHH YEAHHHHHH!!!!”
I was ecstatic. I realized that this world, which I thought was the worst, was actually a paradise, the best of the best.
If you accumulate experience points, your level goes up.
You might think, “Well, duh,” but there’s nothing more wonderful than that in life.
Unlike the real world I lived in before reincarnation, effort is managed by numerical values called experience points, and when you exceed a certain amount, it manifests as a result called Level Up. That is promised in this “world.”
Even if there are differences in the speed of advancement due to talent and there are upper limits, it is guaranteed that you will grow if you continue to make an effort, and you can “realize” it with the fanfare that resounds in your brain.
The higher the numerical value of the acquired experience points that appear in your vision, the more it proves that it is an efficient effort, and the “required experience points” that appear at the edge of your vision clearly show the way to the next growth (goal).
Could there be anything more wonderful than this? Could there be a better world than this?
A world where you can proudly proclaim that your efforts are not in vain, with objective facts (level), isn’t this the world that every gamer has wished for at least once?
“Here I come, Valhalla!!! It’s Shangri-La, isn’t it? Woohoo!!”
The overflowing joy turned into unstoppable laughter that echoed in the blue sky.
That day, I continued to laugh and swing my sword until my parents, who doubted my sanity, dragged me to the church.