episode_0307

Toby, who had been raised in a mercenary group since birth, had a good sense of humor.

To be more precise, I should say that my feelings have no choice but to improve.

If you didn’t intuitively understand the atmosphere around you, you would get beaten up by the mercenary gang on a daily basis, so you had to develop your talents to survive.

Toby, who had lived such a life, felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at Lucy, who seemed to be looking at him even now.

Something is wrong.

I touched something I shouldn’t have touched.

Toby wanted to turn away right away, but it was already too late.

Once a carnivore has captured its prey, it will not let go no matter what happens.

The moment the beast caught sight of him, all Toby could do was pray that its teeth wouldn’t pierce his throat.

“What are you doing? Stupid golem? Is your language function broken?”

“That. Can you tell me your guess about the second room?”

“Puhup. I can’t remember what I just said, so I’m asking you again. Are you a dumber junk than I thought?”

The moment Toby heard Lucy’s laughter, the blood in his neck rose, but he desperately suppressed his anger.

You have to endure it. Isn’t it obvious where my life will fall the moment I get angry here?

“…There are several reasons why the wolf encountered in the second room was judged to be a hallucination.”

First of all, it was the strangeness I felt when I touched the sword in person.

The sensation of the hand not moving rather than the sword not digging in was not normal.

From that moment Toby had the suspicion that this wolf was no ordinary enemy.

“The following is the strangeness I felt when I saw my colleague being kicked out.”

“Pedo Golem. Haven’t you tried clearing the Academy’s crappy dungeon? If you’re in danger here, they’ll naturally kick you out.”

“That is if the injury is fatal enough to cause death. The second dungeon was different. Even though I wasn’t injured enough to be kicked out of the dungeon, I was forced to escape.”

The mercenary group that attacks the dungeon usually plays the role of an advance party.

You have to enter the dungeon before anyone else, find out the characteristics of the place, and specify the difficulty level.

No matter how thorough you prepare, safety cannot always be guaranteed in an unknown dungeon.

It was not uncommon for mercenary groups to have injuries or deaths.

Because of this experience, Toby knew how to distinguish between fatal and non-fatal injuries. In his view, the attack that his friend suffered at the time was clearly an attack that could not be considered fatal.

Nevertheless, his friend was kicked out of the dungeon. For touching the wolf’s teeth.

“These two facts convinced me that wolves were not ordinary beings, and I tried to find out the identity of the wolves.”

Toby, who struggled to survive even giving up his friends as food to the wolves, succeeded in finding several abnormalities that existed within the dungeon.

The various magic circles I discovered while looking around every nook and cranny of the dark cave.

This is the part where a wolf runs at high speed and leaves no fur behind.

The footsteps of a huge wolf are a bit small.

In addition, I discovered a few unusual things.

However, even though Toby found all the clues, he failed to conquer the dungeon. Before he could reach the correct answer, he was caught up by the wolf.

“Still, my efforts were not meaningless. Thanks to finding several clues, I was able to come up with an answer even though it was belated.”

If that giant wolf is a hallucination.

If it’s just an illusion based on a small wolf and inflated in size.

It can explain all the abnormalities discovered in the dungeon.

Also, my hands didn’t move. Not only was he not fatally injured, but his friend was kicked out. There are also traces that do not match the wolf’s appearance. Several magic progressions.

Everything.

“Hmm. Pedo Golem Haven’t you already decided that the drugged wolf was a hallucination?”

“Yes.”

“Then you can attack it yourself, right? Why don’t you go into the dungeon? Is it because you feel like you might wet yourself if you face a wolf?”

“The friends I was in a party with didn’t want to go into the dungeon.”

Toby also wanted to verify it himself. However, due to unfavorable circumstances, he had no choice but to visit Lucy.

Since you can’t make a strategy, at least you can check whether your answer is correct or not.

“I don’t know when I will be able to conquer dungeons again. However, I would like to alleviate the regret of not being able to enter a fun dungeon in this way.”

“…It was fun?”

“Yes. I grew up in a mercenary group and have conquered numerous dungeons, but it’s been a long time since I’ve had a dungeon that was as fun to worry about. Even now, I feel like I want to be in a dungeon.”

This part was Toby’s sincerity, not flattery.

From his point of view, as he had tried to conquer naturally generated dungeons, dungeons tested on exams at various academies, and dungeons created by various dungeon studies professors, the dungeons designed by Lucy were interesting.

“Hmm. That’s right. good. A perverted golem. Come back to me after the exam. Because I am a kind and kind person, I will make sure to save a special party member.”

“…Yes? There is no need to do that.”

“Are you sure you’re going to refuse my favor? On the topic of pedo pervert golems?”

The moment Toby saw Lucy’s slightly furrowed brow, he realized he had no choice.

If I shake my head and look at the young lady with hate, I will be bullied by the young lady at the academy and my father will beat me to death during vacation.

That’s difficult.

“…No. Thank you very much.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

At this time, Toby decided that he had chosen the best option in the worst situation.

The thought soon dissipated.

“…Lady Aln. Take this commoner with you? There are young ladies who are with me right now, so that’s a bit…”

“Hmm. Now you’ve grown bold enough to refuse my orders. Damn girl? okay. Since you are going to do as you please, I have no choice but to do as I please.”

“No! no! That’s not it! All right! Lady! I will embrace this commoner! …Ugh. Why should I suffer because of this damn commoner?”

The sight of Lady Lumley glaring at the back of my head stings so much that I feel like a hole will burn in my stomach.

Did he end up being admired by Lady Arlen and outright hated by Lady Lumley?

Because of one mistake, I ended up receiving glares from two count ladies.

I can clearly see what life at the academy will be like in the future.

However, even if I leave the academy and return home, I cannot be safe.

If my father knows that I was taken by the two counts’ ladies, I will definitely do it.

…

Should I run away from home?

*

Arthur and his group attempted the second room of the dungeon even after skipping lunch, but their challenge ended in failure.

I wasn’t helplessly swept away like when I first encountered the wolf, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t jump over the wolf.

Of course, it wasn’t that there was no harvest at all. In the process of struggling against the wolf, several clues were found.

It’s not that the wolf’s fur is so strong that it’s scary, but it’s also that it can’t burrow in the first place. Something like the fact that magic circles are installed here and there in the cave.

“If I had succeeded in analyzing the magic circle, things would have been easier.”

Arthur felt like he was getting closer to the truth about the second room little by little, but he was still not satisfied.

The wolf is merely a barrier to the second room.

If you suffer this much there, how lost will you be once you reach the third and fourth rooms?

If this continues, instead of getting revenge on Lucy Alln, I can only imagine a future where I will be laughed at by Lucy Alln at the end of the final exam.

Tsk. Let’s take a gamble. After risking my life to analyze the magic circle.

“3Prince.”

Around this time, Arthur was chewing his fingernails out of nervousness. Fabi, who sensed his urgency, came to his side and raised her voice.

“Don’t be too nervous. Aren’t we faithfully moving forward one step at a time?”

“…That’s true.”

“Sometimes it is faster to move slowly.”

After hearing Faby’s soft voice, Arthur felt his heart, which had been hot just a moment ago, subside.

You are indeed a saint of the given church.

I can’t believe I could become this calm just by having that person next to me tell me it’s okay.

Arthur took a deep breath and closed his eyes, organizing the various information that had been running wild in his mind.

Clues were gathered from the previous failure. Now all you have to do is make a few assumptions and verify them.

If you move forward step by step, you will surely be able to overcome the second room soon.

After finishing clearing his mind, Arthur opened his eyes again and bowed his head to Fabi.

“What the saint said is correct. There is still a lot of time left. There’s no need to fret anymore.”

“I’m glad it was helpful.”

“After resting a little more and making sure to prepare, I return to the dungeon…”

The moment Arthur was about to talk about going in.

There was a commotion in the distance.

Arthur turned his head to see what was happening and was able to immediately recognize the source of the commotion.

A wooden board installed in the middle of the Dungeon Studies test site. There has been a change in the place that shows who is the leader among the dungeon conquerors.

[Avery Lumley Party: Attacking the 3rd floor]

“…How on earth is this happening?”

It wasn’t a huge surprise that the second room was captured.

In the end, a dungeon is a place created to be attacked by someone. There was only a time difference, but it was natural that someone would break through at some point.

Despite knowing this, the reason Arthur expressed surprise was because of the name of the person who attacked the second room.

Avery Lumley.

Daughter of the Earl Lumley family.

She has upper-middle level skills and is worthy of being called a prodigy.

The same goes for the people around her.

They’re not so bad that you can’t see them at all, but they’re not noticeable either. That must have been Avery Lumley’s party.

How could such a party be held between several third-year monsters and my brother? And you took the lead by passing me?

Arthur was in a state of confusion. As if they had failed to break through to the third floor, Avery’s party appeared outside the dungeon and people immediately flocked around them.

“Awesome! Lady!”

“As expected, Lady Lumley! I trusted you!”

“How on earth did you defeat that wolf?!”

“…Ohhoho! This is my ability!”

Amidst the praise and curiosity of many people and Avery’s laughter, what Arthur was looking at was the composition of the party.

The three ladies, including Avery Lumley, are ordinary people.

What you should pay attention to is the male student with a stern expression who does not fit in there.

I’m sure his name was Toby.

I remember him as the son of a mercenary leader and a guy who entered the academy with Frey to specialize in martial arts.

I know that guy’s skills because I’ve traded weapons with him in sparring classes before.

She’s quite talented, but not at the level of Frey or Lucy.

He is not a genius who can make up for the mediocre qualities of those three on his own.

in other words.

“Are you saying that force is not needed to attack the second room?”

Arthur, who had caught an important clue just by looking at the composition of the party that came out after the attack, looked at Toby’s face as if he was thinking about something, bit his lip slightly, and then turned his head towards the party members.

I feel like I want to enter the dungeon right now and explain what I realized as I was conquering it.

I just heard advice from the saint that I shouldn’t be in a hurry, so I can’t do that.

Okay. It’s still only the second room, isn’t it?

In the end, the one who crosses the finish line last will be the winner.

Don’t be impatient. Arthur Soladin.

“Everyone look this way. I think you have a rough idea of the strategy for the second room, so I’ll explain it to you.”