I'm surprised they don't find it odd, that despite him being so low leveled, he's stronger than the rest... I can understand how the people from the guild might not know this, but all of the students should...
@Miguelco He can only fight a small group of enemies at a time by himself and needs a break in between fights, while the girls can party up and chain-fight enemies while rotating out tired party members for rested ones at will.
@aigomorla Cause they're far away from the dude's place that's in the middle of the jungle and they're trying to get out of there. I mean, the whole point of this adventure was to find a place where the girls could live by themselves and not bother the MC anymore by freeloading at his place.
@Siikalahna Maybe EXP doesn't increase stats here like many games. It only gives you skill points or something that you could spend. So that's why he's not so high leveled cause he can't party with other people so the number of enemies he takes down is lessened and everybody else can just share the EXP from the enemies they kill.
So it's probably already general knowledge there that level doesn't describe your stats, it just shows people how many monsters you've defeated or how strong enemies you've defeated. But that's just a theory...A GAME THEO- fuck it, not gonna finish it.
@siikalahna
He may actually not be that strong. He just has more skills to use so he appears stronger than what he actually is. Because he has a lot of specific skills, but just with limited usability, he appears to be amazingly talented. And he is only made to look even stronger because he has enough of a variety where most situations are somewhat covered. At least enough so that he wont die easily and can kill possible or escape if needed.
He basically is playing with an inflated stat line. Kind of like how some games only count certain skills/actions towards leveling up. He may be max level in one thing, but since it isnt a skill which counts towards overall level, he gains 0 xp thus his low level.
MC also does not fight a lot. He harvests and forages for food, and crafts for the majority of his time. He kills here and there, but has yet to go power leveling and can't leech xp from others.