01x01 - I Maxed Out My Level

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Aizawa Azusa

Age Twenty-Seven

Aizawa Azusa, age 27.

Female. Single. Corporate sl*ve.

All my life, I've lived only for my career.

I set aside love, fun, and everything else

to do nothing but work.

I've worked as long as 50 days in a row.

Whatever happened to the

Labor Standards Act?

Then, one day

I passed out in the middle of work.

Aizawa-san! Aizawa-san!

Oh, jeez. I just died, didn't I?

Correct.

You worked yourself to death

while still in your twenties.

How very heartbreaking.

I see. So I literally lived

and died for my career

It might not make up for it,

but I will give you a new life where you

can live in happiness from beginning to end.

You will be free to do nearly

anything however you please!

Sparkle!

Really? Whatever I want?

Yes! I have a soft spot for women, you see.

So it's okay for a god to be biased?

Yes, it is!

Okay, then, make me immortal and ageless!

Sure!

Wait, it's really just that easy?

That's awesome.

Mana is now going to

circulate throughout you,

reincarnating you into a

body that will never age.

Anything else?

No, that's enough.

My only goal is to live a slow, lazy life.

Very well!

I will reincarnate you as an immortal

in some nice, relaxing highlands.

And I might as well give

you a youthful appearance!

Around age 17, just the way I like it!

There!

Puririn harurun powapowarin!

Definitely highlands

I Maxed Out My Level

It's not Japanese, but I can read it.

Let's see "Free to anyone who wants it"?

How generous.

Did that goddess put this here for me?

This is me?

Wow, I really do look 17.

I'm pretty cute.

And what's this outfit?

I kinda look like a witch.

I truly have been reborn.

That corporate sl*ve is gone!

From now on, I am no longer

Aizawa Azusa, but Azusa Aizawa!

And starting today, this is my house!

With that field, I can be self-sufficient.

Hey, there's a village!

I have a weapon, too

And money!

Maybe I'll go out for a bit

A slime?

So I really am in an another world, then?

I can beat it, right?

I guess it didn't hurt that much.

Then

Take that! And that! And that!

Is this some kind of money?

I said I'd be self-sufficient, but I'll

need money for day-to-day necessities.

I'll just help myself to this.

I guess slimes are pretty common

Wow

Haven't seen you around here before.

I just moved into a house in the highlands.

Would you tell me about this village?

This is the village of Flatta.

We have an adventurers' guild.

You should talk to them.

Thank you!

It's not a very big village, but it's pretty.

Welcome to the adventurers' guild!

What sets this village apart

is how peaceful it is.

The only monsters in the area

are things like slimes.

I got these from some slimes

I defeated on my way here.

Those are magic stones.

You need to register with the guild if

you want to exchange them for money.

Is that all right?

Sure.

Please place your hand on this.

Your job is "witch."

You're level 1.

I really am a witch

Azusa Aizawa

Job Witch

Stamina Magic

Attack Speed

Defense Intelligence

Magic

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Special abilities, etc.

Medicinal Plant Knowledge Immortality due to witch powers

Experience earned

Special abilities Immortality?!

That's incredible!

There are some witches who

live very long lives,

but immortality at level 1 is remarkable!

Yeah, I guess I'm just lucky

I won't tell her it was a bonus

that came with being reincarnated.

All set. We're happy to

have you in our guild!

And now I've got a source of income.

That was the day my new, slow life began.

I just take it easy every day,

sleep as much as I want,

tend to my field

and when I feel like getting some

exercise, I beat up slimes!

They're valuable as my income source,

so I try to defeat at least 25 slimes a day.

I've visited the nearby forest, too.

As a witch, I know right away

which plants have medicinal uses.

I make some medicines occasionally

and sell them in the village.

With just minimal labor

and a nice, easy day-to-day life

I truly live a life of leisure.

My second life is treating

me fantastically well!

And then, 300 years passed.

And that's 26.

I guess after doing this for 300 years,

I must have leveled up a little

Oh, the Witch of the Highlands!

Hello.

The medicine you brought

last time worked great.

Glad to hear it!

It has been 300 years.

I know more about this village's

history than anyone else now.

We've been through a lot.

I examined emergency patients and

treated them with my medicines

I even stopped the spread of a plague.

And now they all treat me

like a guardian deity.

Not that it bothers me at all.

Hello!

That's 5,200 gold for you.

Thanks.

See you tomorrow, then.

Say, Witch of the Highlands

What is it?

There's something I've been

wondering for a while.

Just how strong are you now?

How strong? Like in battle?

Likely not all that strong

I've registered as an adventurer,

but I've never been on an adventure.

Would you mind letting me

take a look at your stats?

Now that you mention it, they haven't

been checked in 300 years

But you've been protecting

Flatta all this time,

so I bet your stats are through the roof!

Fine with me, but I'm really just a witch

with knowledge of medicinal plants.

Don't get your hopes up.

Azusa Aizawa

Job Witch

Stamina Magic

Attack Speed

Defense Intelligence

Magic

Special abilities, etc.

Medicinal Plant Knowledge Immortality due to witch powers

Experience Boost

Experience earned

Teleportation ■Float■ Blaze Tornado Item Appraisal

Earthquake Freeze Lightning Mind Control Remove Curse Remove Poison

Reflect Magic Mana Absorption Language Comprehension Transform Create Magic

Level 99?!

You're seriously way too strong!

Nah, this thing's just broken.

I mean, I've never beaten

anything but slimes.

Experience earned

There's no way I can have

10,840,086 experience points.

No, hang on!

You've been defeating slimes every single day,

365 days a year, for 300 years, right?

Well, yeah. I average about 25 per day.

And then there's this!

You have a special ability that boosts

the experience points you earn!

That means you get two additional experience

points for every monster you defeat.

Just two?

Slimes are worth two experience points,

but with this ability, that becomes four.

Which means

Four times 25 times 365 times

300 equals 10,950,000!

I know they say slow and

steady wins the race, but

A large dragon is said to be

worth 2,500 experience points,

so that's 4,380 dragons

worth of experience points!

I'm a super dragon k*ller, then!

It's insane!

This has to make you the strongest

adventurer in the world!

What? The whole world?

I always knew the Witch of the

Highlands was truly a great witch!

D'oh!

You're kidding

If people find out about this and

I get more and more famous

My slow life is over!

Natalie, you can't tell a

single soul about this!

Why not? I want to glorify

you as much as you deserve!

My stats are personal information.

You wouldn't want the size of your

breasts getting out, would you?

I'm quite confident in their size, though.

Boing!

Flat

Anyway

Please don't tell anyone about my stats.

I just want to live a quiet, secretive life.

You got it!

I swear I'll never tell anyone that

you're the strongest there is!

I would never do anything

to betray your trust!

Level 99? I just can't believe it.

How can numbers like that be possible

just from beating slimes daily?

Freeze everything solid!

It's true

There.

Freeze solid!

I didn't even realize I'd learned

this magic, but it's super handy.

And I can just use fire magic to thaw it.

Can I help you?

You are Azusa, the Witch

of the Highlands, yes?

Yes, that's right.

What would adventurers

like you want with me?

I would like to test my skills against you.

Huh?

I'm just a witch who ekes out a

living gathering medicinal plants.

What point is there in fighting me?

I was told that a level 99 witch lived here.

Gulp!

You're mistaken!

The panel just brought up some weird

numbers because it was broken.

My actual strength is around

level 10 at best

No, more like level 3

It's no use trying to lie.

The mana is practically gushing

forth from your body!

There's no doubt that

you're incredibly strong!

All right. I'll spar with you.

But on one condition!

If I win, you have to tell everyone that the

Witch of the Highlands was no big deal.

I'd really rather not

fight if I can avoid it.

If you leave this circle, you lose.

Anyone who steps outside

it is out of the fight.

If everyone in your party

leaves it, you lose.

Now, begin!

Wind, be my servant and

blow with all your might!

Oh, so that's how you use tornado magic.

Keep it weak as weak as possible

Wind, be my servant and

blow with all your might.

No way!

Run!

She's a monster!

Natalie!

Oh, Witch of the Highlands.

Didn't you promise me you

wouldn't tell anyone?!

I swear I told no one!

Then how

It was me!

Who's that?!

You're Ernst, the adventurer who's

notorious for being loose-lipped!

Were you sitting at that

table back then, too?

I couldn't believe the witch was level 99.

So the rumor was true?!

I saw her incredible magic with my own eyes!

She's definitely level 99!

That's how the Witch of the

Highlands maxed out her level.

And when that got around

Um What can I do for you?

You are the strongest of witches?

a dragon came to see me.

I've Been k*lling Slimes

for 300 Years and

Maxed Out My Level

I am the most powerful dragon

in the province of Nanterre.

My name is Laika.

I have heard rumors that the

strongest of witches resided here.

You're not gonna tell me you want to

test your strength against me, are you?

You've saved me the trouble of asking.

Gloom

How far has that stupid rumor spread?!

At least limit it to humans!

I have no desire to be

known as the strongest.

I just want to live here quietly.

You can have the title of the strongest.

I cannot accept that! Fight me!

We must settle this matter

beyond a shadow of a doubt!

This is a royal pain in the a*s.

And if I refuse?

I will rampage.

Okay, fine. I don't want

my house to get wrecked.

Let's do this.

Remember, I never claimed to

be the strongest anything,

so if I turn out to be a

lot weaker, go easy on me.

Very well.

I am only concerned with proving

that I am the strongest.

I now bid a brief farewell to the earth.

Ah, truly the skills of a witch.

But do not assume you are my equal

simply because you can fly.

Freeze everything solid!

It appears that you truly are

a witch of high caliber.

But it matters not how

advanced your magic is!

Take this!

You will not escape!

Freeze everything solid!

How was that? Feeling a little brain freeze?

W-Wait!

Don't tear up my house!

Don't you dare tear it up!

It's so cold

I told you

not to wreck my house!

Wh-What power

How could I suffer such a humiliating loss?

So, Laika the dragon,

make sure you fix my house, okay?

Because if you don't

I'll make you regret it.

V-Very well I will take care of it.

Um I have a fair amount of money

stored in the mountain where I live.

May I go and retrieve it?

Fine, but if you run away on me

Rest assured, I will keep my promise!

Guess I'll stay in the

village for a while

Oh, it's the witch!

I heard you defeated a dragon!

We saw it fleeing!

Sorry I did defeat the dragon,

but my house was destroyed.

Is it all right if I stay here for a while?

Flatta Village Office

Wow, nice

But isn't this a guest room?

I'd be fine with a room at the inn.

Oh, my, no!

You're the great witch who protected

our village from a terrible dragon.

Please use this room as you'd like.

Um, Great Witch

When I was a child,

your medicine saved my life.

There are many people in this village

who've been saved thanks to you.

Well, I guess it can't hurt to take advantage

of people's kindness now and then.

Okay!

Good evening!

Restaurant: The Keen Eagle

Welcome.

The Witch of the Highlands!

A toast to the witch!

Cheers!

I'll take my usual omelette,

and a beef stew.

The omelettes here are just the best!

And we feel "the best"

with you protecting us.

The great witch rules!

Aw

Oh, well.

Cheers to Flatta Village!

Cheers!

Last night was awesome.

It actually made me glad I'm a witch.

I'm sorry to interrupt your rest.

There's someone here who

says they wish to see you.

Huh?

I'm very sorry for the

trouble I caused yesterday!

Yesterday? Um, have we met somewhere?

Oh, right. This is the first time

you've seen me in this form.

I am Laika, the Red Dragon

you met yesterday.

What?!

We members of the dragon

race can change our forms.

I've brought the money

that I had been saving.

Thanks!

This should be more than

enough to repair my house.

A-Also, um

The truth is, I would like to ask a favor

What is it?

M-May I

May I be your pupil?!

Huh? Pupil?

Yes! Fighting you made me realize

that I still have much to learn!

I'd like to cast away the vain notion

that I am the strongest in Nanterre

and start studying from square one!

Your gung-h* attitude is fantastic,

but I didn't get strong by

doing any special training!

I just made a habit of beating up the

local slimes, and this is what happened!

I overestimated my powers as a dragon,

growing too proud and neglecting

the need to polish my skills.

And that resulted in my humiliating defeat!

So it is your diligent day-to-day

efforts that I wish to learn from!

Industrious much?!

Please allow me to live

with you as a worker!

I want to learn your way of life!

A live-in worker?

Does that mean you'd cook

and clean for me, too?

Yes, of course! With pleasure!

This might just add another

layer of ease to my slow life!

Very well. I will accept you as my pupil.

Thank you!

By the way, how old are you?

I was born about 300 years ago.

Same as me, then

Is something wrong?

I was just thinking, even after it's fixed up,

it might be too small for two people.

Maybe we should expand it a bit.

In that case, since I'm here,

why don't I build it?

Build it? You're not an architect, are you?

As long as I have wood and stones,

all that remains is to put them

together. Please, allow me!

How to Build a Log House,

Laika's Way

Now, then

Bring lots of wood from the forest

Heave-h*! Heave-h*!

Skillfully strip the bark

from the wood

Hup, hup, hup, hup, hup

Carry the building materials efficiently

Hi-yah!

Finally, put it all together

Et cetera

Hey!

Why don't we wrap up for the day?

Let's head back to the village.

Actually, Lady Azusa, I'm not tired.

I can keep going.

Dragons can see in the dark, so if I work

all night, I can finish by morning.

Laika

That kind of thing is a hard no!

Um Did I say something wrong?

Laika, you just said you'd

work all night, didn't you?

You can't do that. Absolutely not!

I just wanted to show

you how hard I can work

It's not good to overuse the phrase

"work hard" in a positive light!

Look. See how it's getting dark?

That's the world telling you that

you've done enough for today.

If nothing else, I didn't get strong

by pushing myself too hard.

I just put in a moderate

amount of effort every day.

Now that you're my pupil, I want

you to uphold that lifestyle.

I understand.

I will do as you say, Lady Azusa.

Good.

From now on, if you're tired

or just can't keep going,

don't hesitate to say so.

Your consideration toward

your pupil touches my heart.

Aren't you being a bit dramatic?

Um, it's finished now.

Does it please you?

Yeah! It's amazing!

You did it, Laika!

I-If it pleases you, Lady Azusa,

I could not be happier.

Okay!

Let's go, Laika! Today we

celebrate in the village!

Thus, 300 years after I reincarnated

and became a witch,

my life with my very first pupil began.

I've Been k*lling Slimes for 300 Years

and Maxed Out My Level