CHAPTER 59: LEVELS

The teacher walks in and goes to his desk, placing his teaching materials.

’Cedric Luminar, he’s going to teach most of the subjects.’ This teacher is quite a cutie.

’W-Wait, mind, let’s take it slow, I already have Mikael.’ I ignore the intrusive thoughts while looking attentively at what he’s going to say.

Riko next to me is also paying attention.

"Pay attention, students. As we learned about magic last week, this week we’ll learn a bit about the level system."

’This seems interesting.’ I hadn’t studied this part yet, I was too focused on learning things so I wouldn’t be strange in conversations.

"Let’s start with a basic question why are the numbers so disproportionate to each other, and how do we, as humans with such low levels, face opponents with higher numbers?"

One of the students raises their hand.

"Because the level changes based on race... and skills are just as important as the numbers," he says.

"Correct, but there are many more factors that define this."

"Let’s start by talking about the system. The main reason the numbers are so disproportionate is because each race has its own system."

"Although all the systems have the same appearance, they are all different, because each goddess created her own system and assigned it to her race."

"The original system created by the primordial goddess served as the basis for the creation of each goddess’ system, which was done taking into account the characteristics of each race."

"Of course, each goddess couldn’t go beyond the limits, so they had to create the system with a certain degree of balance."

"Considering that a certain balance was mandatory, many goddesses tried to create their systems taking into account not themselves, but their creations who would be the ones who really needed the system."

"So, imagine the following situation: we have an elf and a human, both have different life expectancies, affinities, and talents. How could this be balanced?"

"The average human level is 1500 to 3000, while the average elf level is 7000 to 10,000 a screaming difference in levels."

"The easiest way to balance this was through the amount of strength and refinement each level provides."

"Imagine the following hypothesis: a human and an elf at level 15,000, both with a maximum power of 30,000. Who has a better chance of reaching level 15,000? Naturally, the elf, due to their longer life expectancy."

"So, to make this balanced, the system uses numbers as a basis to define how much strength each one gains when leveling up."

"For example, in the hypothesis of an elf at level 7,000 and a human at level 1,500, both with a total power of 10,000, for each level the human levels up, they would gain 6.6 in strength, while for each level the elf levels up, they would gain 1.4."

"In other words, they naturally ended up with the same total power in the end. The human will be able to reach the maximum power faster, but in return, the power achieved by the human will be more raw and less refined."

"While the total power reached by the elf will take longer, it will be purer and more refined, precisely because they had more time to achieve it."

"Basically, all races can reach the maximum level and can fight on an equal footing to a certain extent, which is why strategy and skills are important, as well as the unique characteristics of each race."

"For example, elves naturally have more mana and affinity for magic than humans, beastmen have greater physical capacity in exchange for having less talent for magic, dragons have great magical affinity and large mana reserves, but less diversification of skills."

"And we, humans, don’t have any physical, magical, or mental characteristics, but in return, we are the race with the greatest diversification of skills."

"The reason the goddesses had to follow a certain balance was because the primordial goddess’ system, which was used as a basis, disables the goddesses’ systems if it is unbalanced with those of the other goddesses."

"Professor, then a baby dragon and a baby human would have different strengths, just because of racial characteristics, even if they have the same level?" A student asks the teacher, raising her hand.

"Yes, having the same level and total power does not necessarily guarantee equal strength, and that’s precisely why certain racial advantages put some races at the top while leaving others as inferior."

"Currently, the races that are born strong from the beginning are dragons and monsters. Certain types of monsters are already born considerably strong."

"This opens the door to another important issue: the abyss goddess, the creator of the monsters, was the only goddess who somehow managed to bypass the primordial goddess’ system."

"And that’s where the Demon King and the evolved monsters come in. A monster, when it is born and grows, has its power balanced to a certain extent with that of other races, as it should be."

"However, after a monster evolves and acquires a humanoid form, its power grows at an abnormal rate, breaking the initial limit and acquiring a new limit."

"A good case occurred a few years ago, where a stone monster with a maximum level of 1,000 evolved, acquiring a maximum level of 5,000, which is several times the level it should have had."

"In this way, it broke the initial balance, becoming stronger than it should be. Each race, when it reaches the maximum level, cannot get stronger. The only thing they can do is try to refine their skills and learn new things, because their level will never increase again."

"Another case is the Demon King himself, who is born having a maximum level beyond what is normal, with the weakest Demon King having a level over 50,000, which is clearly an anomaly."

"Although a Demon King takes a long time to emerge, their birth affects the entire world, showing that they should not exist and that their birth clearly goes against the primordial goddess’ system."

"As learned in the previous class, the Demon King, the Butcher of Heaven and Earth, the Abyss Daughter, was the most terrible Demon King in history, strong to the point that no hero could face her."

"She was so strong that our goddess had to fight her personally. Fortunately, another aberration like the Butcher of Heaven and Earth never arose again."

’So, this is one of my sister’s titles... not bad.’ I like how Butcher of Heaven and Earth sounds, it makes her seem even more incredible.

"So, do you know what differentiated this Demon King from the others? Race. The normal Demon Kings are just demons who have somehow received power from the abyss goddess, but the Abyss Daughters are monsters racially speaking, their race is monster."

"This makes them fundamentally different from demons. Monsters become stronger when they evolve and acquire humanoid forms, but the Abyss Daughters become stronger when they transform into their monster form."

"Although there are almost no reports about it, it was said that when the Butcher of Heaven and Earth transformed into her monster form, the entire planet darkened completely to the point where it was impossible to see one’s own hands in front of one’s face."

"This same feat is what earned her the title that is used to this day, since when this event occurred, around 60% of the world’s population died due to being subjected to feeling the devastatingly large amount of mana she possessed."

’WOW’ I almost open my mouth in awe at this ridiculously great feat. She killed more than half the planet just by transforming. How dense and heavy is this girl’s mana? No wonder she was called the strongest Demon King in history.

If I were to raise my current mana to the maximum, all I would do is trap the weaker people around me within a radius of a few meters.

I wonder if I’ll become as strong as my older sister one day.

"H-Hey, P-Pandora, can I go with you to the cafeteria?" Riko asks. Now the teacher has started rambling about some strange point that I don’t care about, although I really enjoyed the class, it was great.

The bell soon rings, signaling it’s time to go.

"Why?" I ask.

"W-Well, I just want to go with someone, haha," he laughs nervously, soon noticing some of the heroes waiting for him.

’I see.’ He probably doesn’t want them to make jokes related to his unique ability.

"No, you can’t come," I don’t care about this brat, let him suffer.

I get up to go, but change my mind when I think of a better plan.

"Actually, you can come," I can use this to my advantage. Maybe this brat knows some unique ability of the heroes, and I can get that information from him.

The two of us walk to the cafeteria together. He follows me with a rather unconfident posture. Honestly, it’s kind of annoying. This cowardly rat has become even more cowardly than on Earth.

The urge to throw him out the window just keeps growing. I think it’s my instincts speaking again, like when a predator hurts a weak prey just for fun.

Seeing this weak, cowardly wretch makes me want to hurt him, to chase him while he screams desperately for his life, although if he was in that cute girl form, I might treat him differently.

"Hi, Riko," a girl waves at him, then hands him a package.

"I forgot to return it after I took it from your room," she soon leaves.

’Wait, isn’t it forbidden to go to the male dorms?’ He sees my strange look and explains.

"I’m in the female dorms... W-Wait, don’t look at me like that in disgust. It’s because my ability gets stronger if I act and behave like a magical girl, so the principal decided it was better for me to learn how girls live."

"And they made a special room for me, but I won’t do anything stupid, I promise."

We soon arrive at the cafeteria after this strange exchange. I never thought the principal would allow this, but if you think about it, it makes sense, since he can only use magic in his girl form, so he would never be able to do anything against the various high-status girls.