episode_0043

Adventurer’s Guild branch building.

Over a thousand adventurers come here every day, where numerous adventurers gather to receive requests or handle guild-related matters.

And especially the Preta branch, because academy students also come to visit.

It felt very crowded.

“Hey, look over there.”

“Oh. These are advanced class students.”

When students come to receive requests, adventurers’ attention is often drawn.

Of course, this is not always the case, but upper-class students have a high probability of becoming top adventurers in the future.

This is especially true when it comes to those who have already made quite a name for themselves as adventurers.

For example, Cumel’s party returned from defeating the Goblin King yesterday.

In that case.

Especially yesterday, that story was a hot topic.

Even though it was the strongest party in the upper class, the students came back without a scratch on the Goblin King.

Goblin King, ranked B in difficulty.

No matter how weak the goblins are, if there are 300 of them under your command, even a B-rank party will have a hard time.

A mediocre party will fail, a good party can expect major injuries, and a very well-matched veteran party can deal with only a few minor injuries.

It’s at that level.

Additionally, I heard that this time, they were using mid-level monsters such as Orcs and Dire Wolves as slaves.

Then the difficulty increases further.

However, even though they are elites who received a temporary A rank.

The student party was cleared without any injuries?

This was a bit strange.

Could it be that another S-rank material like Claude has appeared?

That’s not it.

Cumel Satyrius, Schnero, Lin.

All three of them have outstanding talent and don’t neglect their efforts.

Still, he doesn’t have a talent that’s shocking enough to make him S-rank.

Was I lucky?

Or was it because the situation was so serious that Larsen, the lead teacher, stepped in?

There is a possibility if Larsen, a former A-rank adventurer and veteran of veterans, steps forward and takes command.

But according to rumors, that is not the case.

“I heard about someone I know at the academy, and there is a new alchemist at the academy this time. I heard that friend gave me some support.”

“What? Just support? No, what kind of help did I give you so you can catch everything?”

Alchemists are the ones who make potions.

Most adventurers had that level of awareness.

Although there were sometimes alchemists who wanted to become adventurers.

Since it was a job that was far from directly dealing with monsters in the field, everyone was expected to quit quickly.

Although Edin from Claude’s party lasted a long time, there was a strong perception that he was just picking up scraps from Claude.

“Yeah, that Edin. It’s him. An alchemist who entered the academy.”

“That’s right. But I heard that the potion performance he made was really crazy?”

It already has a reputation among academy students.

Now, the rumor is slowly spreading to outside adventurers.

“They say that he produces C-rank potions like a machine. But I heard it performs better than other C-rank potions?”

“No, wasn’t that guy just a guy who sucked under Claude?”

“I didn’t think that was it. I must have completely awakened since I got a job at the academy and started making potions to my heart’s content.”

Rumors about Edin’s excellent potion began to spread, mainly among the academy students’ acquaintances.

“Somehow. I heard that academy students handle requests more easily these days.”

“I buy such a good potion at almost the cost price and use it. It’s weird if you don’t feel comfortable catching monsters.”

“Shiba… I’m jealous. I also want to buy a good potion at a cheap price.”

Come to think of it, it goes without saying that the success rate of students’ requests these days is high.

Injuries are no longer common.

If it were like before, everyone would get injured, and in the end, I think there were many cases where the instructor would help and clear the course.

These days, it looks like the students cleared it themselves, and their expressions are good and there aren’t many scars.

Well, originally, I bought and used a lot of C-rank potions worth 20-30 silver or D-rank potions worth 4-5 silver at 1/10th the price.

Of course, carrying out requests had no choice but to become easier.

Originally, teachers thought it would be a good idea to experience using potions at a low price at the academy and learn about the properties and appropriate uses of the potions.

These days, I’m worried that ‘students will be disappointed by the performance and price of potions on the market after they graduate.’

“To what extent is it so?”

“…I want to try it too.”

“Shall I ask you to buy one…?”

Among my acquaintances who were students at the academy, I was curious enough to think about whether to ask them to pay me for Edin’s potion.

It’s so good that teachers even worry about it.

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‘If you blindly use sticky on an enemy that’s running at you, it’s not very effective. The adhesive needs time to come in contact with the air and harden a bit. Otherwise, it may rush into the liquid state before it becomes firm and elastic.’

Riley remembered Edin’s advice and quietly took out a sticky potion while holding his breath.

A D-rank sticky potion purchased from Edin’s general store for only 50 bronze.

If you stick to it properly, it can hold down even the most powerful orcs for several minutes.

And today’s opponents are six E-rank maned wolves.

A wolf with gray fur and a black mane, it is a monster that preys on small monsters such as goblins and kobolds.

As a wolf, he lives in a pack and has considerable agility, so he is quite difficult even among the E ranks.

In order to deal with those guys, I apply the same deodorant I bought from the Edin store all over my body and wait in the bushes.

A student party from Intermediate Class 3 is hiding next to her, and the teacher is watching from a distance.

A tense moment.

‘In other words, the stickiness is most effective when it explodes by surprise and hits the target clearly.’

Hwiik─

Riley, remembering Edin’s advice once again, throws the sticky potion at the guys.

Throw a shock ball that emits shock waves to explode in the air.

Pow! Clang!

“Crying?!”

“Kwaang!”

When the shock ball explodes, a shock wave explodes, and the glass bottle breaks due to the impact, scattering the liquid inside.

The maned wolves are startled by the sound of the shock ball exploding and look up.

And then they belatedly noticed the liquid falling on them and quickly ran away to avoid it.

Patter!

The sticky liquid spread wider than expected, and even the agile movements of the maned wolf could not avoid it.

‘It’s spreading very widely.’

Seeing that, the lead teacher’s eyes widened as if he was a little surprised.

Compared to a typical D-rank sticky potion, the spreading area is considerable.

It seems that it was improved to spread out widely, taking into account that the enemy might run away.

“Kaekang! Kang!”

“Crrr!”

There are a total of three maned wolves covered in sticky liquid.

Half of the group was covered in goo and could not move properly.

“Now!”

Riley shouted and jumped out of the bushes with the students and charged at the maned wolves.

“Crying?!”

“Kigging!”

There was no smell or sound, but suddenly I saw a student party jumping out of the bushes.

The maned wolves cowered in embarrassment.

Without missing the opportunity, Riley quickly swings his sword and decapitates one of the animals.

“Kwaaa!”

“Kkkk!”

Only then did the maned wolves come to their senses and rush in.

There are only two that are fine.

Three of them were flopping around like fish caught in a net because of the sticky material, and one had already had his head cut off.

With just two, they could never defeat a party of four humans.

It was quickly cleared up, and all that remained were the ones still struggling, surrounded by sticky material.

Riley’s party easily takes care of the struggling Maned Wolves.

The battle ended in an instant.

“Wow, Riley is really good at fighting?”

“That’s right. Plan the strategy well and act as a leader very well.”

“Hehe…what. I just wrote this and that as I learned from teacher Edin.”

Riley smiled and scratched the back of her head as if she was embarrassed by the students’ praise.

She had become quite a different person after the previous incident.

Was it because he wanted to impress Edin, or was he trying to become stronger so that Edin wouldn’t get caught up in such strange rumors again?

Since then, she trained harder and became more proactive in everything she did.

As a result, she grew significantly both physically and mentally to the point where she took on the role of leader at the party.

‘It’s all thanks to Teacher Edin.’

Certainly, as she said, Edin’s consumables and potions were excellent in performance, so she was able to set up this strategy.

However, it is clear that Riley’s efforts made these things possible.

“But the performance is really good. The wolf monster, who is said to be good at smelling, didn’t notice us at all.”

“Sticky is like that too. I saw other people using it before. D rank didn’t spread that wide and the adhesive wasn’t that strong.”

“Keu… As expected, Teacher Edin. I think it’s really good to have joined the academy at this time.”

“I admit it.”

The students did not spare praise for Riley, but they praised Edin’s consumables and potions to the point of almost praising them.

Well, unlike the potions they were familiar with, isn’t the performance really one or two levels higher?

At this level, it was necessary to add a plus to the end of the rank and make it a separate D+ rank.

“Okay, if it’s over, let’s leave. Take the tag with you.”

“Yes.”

Students cut off the ears of a maned wolf to provide evidence for a subjugation request.

Even considering that it was an E-rank quest, the subjugation ended very easily, and the students returned to Preta.