It's getting ridiculous as powerups happen offscreen. MC seems to get on the path of 'I'm the OP power in the world and girls fawn on me'.
What is the point of doing most of the things alone, only to meet up under-experienced Hero and under-leveled Mage he was supposed to take care of? To show up how cool and charming he is? He kind of abandon both of them doing his thing, without sharing much of his thoughts about why and what he tries to achieve. I see him as a rather selfish guy, who masks his power-hungry state with his overarching goal of help and protection of 2 girls. I think his initial goal of relieving Hero duty and stuff got derailed quite far, yet he still stubbornly repeat that to himself.
@jak @Goretantath
Yeah, he kind of disappeared without explanation. Completely forgotten.
I wonder what the MC goal is now. Being strongest, not just villager, but being in the world? I start to feel like Dragon King was right. He is screwing up the world just by his actions.