And then... ten years ago, "the Gate" happened. You've heard the stories, right? Suddenly, people get monster powers. Hunters! But let's be real, not everyone cuts it. I sure didn't.
I was basically invisible in those early fights, fighting monsters that barely gave me a scratch just to scrape by and pay my bills. It felt like walking through quicksand – slow, painful, and hopeless. One day, though, things changed. Looking down into an incredibly dangerous-looking D-rank dungeon... I found something even more shocking: the hardest difficulty!
That place was death waiting for me. But then, BAM! A weird surge of power, a secret quest log popped up in my head – only *me* could see it. And alongside that power, this crazy idea: leveling up just by fighting monsters and following these quests? It felt like winning the lottery while skydiving blindfolded!
Suddenly, from the weakest Hunter to... maybe, actually becoming strong? That's the whole wild ride I'm on now in *Only I level up*.