Having reincarnated into the weakest villain that only served to go against the protagonist and be expelled from the academy, my level, stats, and social standing are the lowest of the lowest in this world.
Because of how low my abilities were, my classmates made fun of me and kept their distance.
Moreover, the only future awaiting me if the scenario progresses like this is a dog’s death.
However, for some reason, I have a strategy guide book in my hand. It is still too soon to give up.
The main character has more or less completed his intended class build and is now mostly refining his techniques. He has also secretly gone much deeper into the dungeon than anyone else in the country believes possible. While most people think that floor 30 is the new maximum floor, he is on floor 48 (as of chapter 56), and his friend (and the Female Main Character) regularly farms materials on floor 35. By chapter 56, the MC's actions have so significantly altered the situation from the backstory in the game that he is no longer sure what will happen next.
There are occasional fights and political maneuvering between factions and guilds, as well as some light hints of romance between the MC and the FMC to keep things engaging, but the author seems to have painted himself into a corner. Too much has already been accomplished—there doesn't seem to be much left to do other than steadily building up combat experience and personal levels (which are separate from class levels) while waiting for the hero to catch up so that the final boss can finally be confronted. The introduction in chapter 56 of a DLC-source transfer student seemed to be meant to introduce a new element, but then the author lost inspiration, leaving the story on hiatus.
A notable issue I have with the story is that the MC's strategy guide seems like a gimmick that is incredibly fragile. While no one can read it except him (it appears to be a book of blank pages to everyone else), what if someone were to take it or burn it? Is it a manifestation of a unique skill, such that it would reappear near him if moved too far or if destroyed? Or is it just a normal book that only he can read? This is never specified by the author. It just seems to be a book that, strangely, few are curious about, despite occasionally commenting on its blank pages.
Another issue that is sure to come up eventually is the matter of all the monster cores and drops he sells from floors 34 and above. Currently, they are strange but very valuable and useful cores/drops from unknown monsters, but as soon as others catch up to those floors—which he and the FMC have been farming for months by chapter 56—it will become apparent to the guild that he and the FMC must have reached those floors not long after floor 29 was cleared. Yet neither he nor the FMC have considered or planned for this issue—possibly because they don't think it likely to come up within the next year or two that they remain at the academy. The MC should know better, as the game is supposed to conclude before the academy is completed, but instead, he seems content to steadily build up a small but notable fortune by selling the materials.
This leads to another (false) issue. The hints of romance are kept from progressing further due to the class difference between the two, but once it is known that he is the masked adventurer who helped defeat the boss on floor 29, opening the path to floor 30, this class difference might become less of an obstacle.
The problem? The translator won't continue because the author is on hiatus.
I hope those who can read Japanese will visit the author's page and offer some encouragement.