[Spoilers] The MC's Greatest Sin

Our MC is a human trafficker murderer sex pest and allaround vile person but worst of all: hes bad at the video game. Disclaimer: Mild spoilers up to Volume 10 unmarked otherwise this entire thread would be a spoiler. I will only be mentioning his abilities/strategies while avoiding actual plot points. Now Michio does not have any grand ambitions. Here is are the simple goals he has Im judging him on: 1. Avoiding attention and staying safe in general 1. Living a secluded but luxurious life with his slave harem 1. Making a living mainly off exploring the labyrinths MoneyMaking The protag makes most of his money early as a merchant but within the first 2 volumes he already gets the knowledge to safely become filthy rich: Magic crystals: Take little inventory space Pocket Sized Gain equal value from any kill Scale rapidly with Crystal Acceleration With Roxanne tracking enemies access to trap rooms full of weak mobs and AoE spells he can easily charge these crystals. He later gets rich but in a much slower manner. Gear Despite his wealth he upgrades gear slowly instead of buying the best equipment. Instead he could be: Participating in auctions himself Offering auction winners ample money directly Participating in more than one citys auction house Giving his personal broker a larger budget The best gear would make the MC near invincible. Status effects are extremely overpowered but are reliant on good gear with multiple Skill Slots. By far his best option is magic which allows him to status effect groups of enemies from afar at higher rates. Heres a simple weapon he could very easily make: Wand Staff Etc. with: Chant Delay Stun locks enemies that try to cast a skill Petrification Infinitely stuns enemies on proc MP Absorption Endlessly cast spells He could also add more status effects Ignore Defense Increase Damage or HP Absorption. Keep in mind he shouldnt add stat buffs to weapons like he does in the novel since those can be added to his armor. Midtier armor alone with the proper enchantments could give the protag nearmagic immunity doubled stats and status resistance. Additionally despite consumables MP potions health potions Status heals being cheap he only buys a few at a time and doesnt even stock his full party with them. Keep in mind we dont know all the Skill Crystals and consumables out there. Theres probably even more OP effects that we dont know about. Knowledge Michio is extremely paranoid but barely tries to learn about the world. He: Never learns to read/write Rarely asks experts about the world Relies on Roxanne and Sherry to notice gaps in his knowledge Worst of all despite already giving Roxanne and Sherry enough knowledge to easily make him an enemy of the state he refuses to share his origins or full abilities with either of them. Those two Sherry especially are intelligent enough that they could easily come up with ideas that make the party exponentially more powerful. Heck it would probably improve his relationship with both of them by sharing the rest of his ultimately inconsequential secrets. Here is just some of the things they could help him to become more powerful Tell him more jobs and how to get them Explain world politics Teach him the enchantments/item sources Strategize for the party Improving faster by understanding the game mechanics themselves Sherry would willingly enchant more items knowing the success is guaranteed Instead he keeps secrets just so the author can repeat the same interaction where most of his party praises his abilities and Sherry becomes confused or suspicious of Michios abilities. Ability Use Throughout the entire story our protagonist tends to use a random assortment of skills. He gets 100150 skill points to allocate across abilities. He spends 20 points on Durandal despite it being replacable by Volume 4. Its impossible to know the exact best loadout since the math isnt consistent in the novel and completely different in the manga but heres a conservative optimal loadout: 47 Jobs : 763p 1. Explorer A job to impersonate or his highest level job 1. 2+ Magic casting jobs 1. Assassin boost status effect chance 1. Optional: Hero stat boost Gambler status effects a job to power level Chant Omission 4p Character Reset 1p Leveling EXP Boost x5x20 763p This applies to the whole party if you land the killing blow Reduced EXP 1/21/5 17 skill points This only applies to the user but is useful to save skill points Money Making Crystal Acceleration x64x128 63127p Daily life MP Regeneration x64x128 63127p Price Negotiation 1p Appraisal 1p Tough Fights Meteor Storm 1p Dumping remaining points into INT for magic damage Spoiler his worst mistake Vol. 13 Party Formation and Dynamics In the novels the main party mainly relies on Michio himself Roxanne and a tank girl. Sherry does not keep up but is useful to level. The remaining party members are strong but fill roles that MC does 100x better. With how the fights go its pretty clear he would do best with just 5 tank or agile members that draw attention away from him while he wipes everything out with the gear above. When leveling its better if he only takes a few members but he always takes the full party. For example he could take a Sherry and Roxanne to power levels on the middle levels. This has two main benefits: giving his party members advanced jobs faster and giving him an excuse to stay on the middle levels. For most of the novels he is trying his hardest to advance through the floors as slow as possible. Here are some way better job choices than he currently runs: Spoiler Party and Jobs Additionally Michio wastes his partys time doing housework and dealing with public affairs. He could hire people do all that for him or go allin on his human trafficking character and buy more slaves. If for some reason you read this let me know if Im also missing something else. I wrote this just to vent my frustration at the MC being awful at the game while I was trying to accept him as just an evil unlikable character.