In order to collect 100 goblins card, you need to defeat an estimate of 5000 goblin. The condition seems hard but now it’s becoming easier. Normally it took two hours to hunt 100 goblins but now it’s cut short down to an hour and thirty minutes. The rank increase made such change and also the drop rate seems to have improve too.

[Until now, we got two to three cards for every 100 goblins but now, we’re getting four cards. Is the drop rate increased? Or was it a coincidence? This need to be verified]

Then I hunted 2,000 goblins, then counts the card dropped for every hundredth kills, then compared it to the data that I have when I was an F Rank. And the result was convincing.

[Before I ranked up, the average was two to three cards for every 100 goblins. Now, it’s three to four cards after the rank up.  This is a verification with a sample size of 20 and there’s no doubt about it, the drop rate changes alongside your rank increase]

[I have never heard of such effect in rank increase?]

Akane tilted her head, but I’m sure of it.

Unlike in games, you don’t grow stronger by increasing your rank but rather you rank up as you get stronger and if that’s the case why does rank exist in item? Normal company evaluate their personnel using a grading system based on evaluation and seniority which result in increase in salary and just like that the dungeon system’s ranking might work like that and is being reflected in the drop rate.

[We’ll perform another verification once I reached D Rank. This would clarify things]

There are already 50 goblin cards in the card case and I wrote the number I have at a post it notes then stick it on the case. After being independent for the last 10 years, this has already become a habit.

[Kazuhiko-sama is very methodical, aren’t you? Warriors often don’t care about the details…]

[I’m not a warrior nor I am aiming to be one. Well, if I had to say what I’m aiming for that that’s to be a ‘guild leader’]

Only four hours have passed on the surface but inside the dungeon, five days or 120 hours have already passed and finally we exceeded 100 cards.

[I’ve had enough of those goblins! I don’t want to see another one!]

Akane complained after returning to the safe zone. It must have been mentally stressful to do monotonous battle. I apologize for that.

[I’m sorry for making you work hard but I really need to verify this. Next time we’ll go on the second Layer.]

Even I myself don’t want to fight goblins for a while. Even if the drop rate increased in the middle of the grind, we still fought to closely 4000 goblins. Besides, my Rank is still E. The load in my body is quite a simple monotonous task might be the reason why I don’t rank up.

[102 cards? Okay! Status!]

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Name: Kazuhiko Ezoe

Title: The First Contractor

Rank: E

Number of cards held: 102/∞

Skill: Card Gacha (11)

Recovery Magic

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[Seriously?! 11 Draws! Whoever designed this dungeon system might have been playing too much mobile games!]

I look at the window and made a tsukkomi. The designer of this system is probably a transcendent being not bound by mortal framework. However, he still has such mundane parts in him. I wanted to meet him if possible.

[Congratulation Kazuhiko-sama. I am quite curious though. Aside from me, the potion you obtained earlier doesn’t seem to be counted either]

[It’s probably because this card won’t be counted if you don’t bring it like this. Because the last time I enter bringing it like this, it wasn’t counted.

I will use this Gacha to change my unwanted cards][1]

[I see. Normally the only use for demon cards is to summon them to fight but with Kazuhiko-sama’s skill they would become more and more important from now on.]

I see it’s possible to buy them at a discount and use them in Card Gacha.

Saying that I activated the card gacha and choose between character, weapon, armor and item gacha.

[Wait, it says 11 in card gacha. Does that mean I can draw 11 times? Putting armor aside I want to get some weapon]

[if you want to enter the second layer, weapon is a must especially since this is an A Rank dungeon. The danger level hear would dramatically increase]

I’m interested in Character Gacha as well, but what I want for now is a weapon. I also want to get some item considering I want to go on second layer. After a moment of thinking I decided to draw five times in weapon for now. If ever I got a useful weapon, I’ll use the rest on item.

I proceed to press the gacha screen.