episode_0091

The morning lecture was a duel class, but today’s duel target was not wizards, but monsters. I heard that skilled wizards could control monsters like summons and create light dungeons, but I never thought that was possible. I don’t know why, but as I was walking downstairs with Sharon and Celestria after hearing that the duel class starts underground, Sharon spoke to me.

“This is my first time going underground.”

“I did it once, but I never really went in.”

“There is a rumor that monsters live in the basement of the academy, and they say wizards guard the door to the basement. You even thought of going underground?”

“I’ve never heard of such a rumor, and I didn’t go in, just the moment I tried to open the door in the underground hallway, senior Leonard stopped me.”

“Leonard may be in charge of guarding the basement, but taking classes in a place like that… … Professors are also really strange people.”

“But doesn’t that mean dragons won’t come out of the academy? If it weren’t for that, wouldn’t we be able to fight to some extent?”

“Among first-year students, there are many wizards who seem like they would lose even if they fight a goblin, but whether it is possible or not is something you should never judge from the perspective of the powerful.”

“If we were to face the Orcs, we wouldn’t lose, right? I don’t know if it’s something like an ogre.”

“I think there is someone next to me who can beat Ogre.”

“It’s not my story, right?”

“Hmm… … Wouldn’t it be a good idea to stick with a baby dragon?”

“If anyone hears it, they’ll think I’m a monster.”

“It’s a monster.”

What is the princess of flame? A first year uses such flame magic. If that isn’t a monster, then who is the monster? Yuria is the same, a first year uses such lightning. Wouldn’t it be so strange? It was natural for me to wonder if I could win if I were to face an ogre now.

I didn’t know if I could win if I attacked first, but I thought it wouldn’t be easy if I were to face the charging ogre. I had to cast all my magic from the start to have a chance of winning. Because protective magic that blocks ogre attacks has not been possible yet.

I’ll have to practice binding the opponent’s body like Sharon’s magic at least once, but before that, I’ll have to practice coordinate magic first.

With that in mind, I went down the stairs to the academy’s basement and slowly walked down the hallway when I saw other students. In this situation where everyone is heading to one place, I was wondering where Leonard would be. The moment I saw the professor and Leonard standing in front of a door in the distance, I bowed my head slightly towards Leonard.

“Leonard always looks angry.”

“He doesn’t have that kind of personality, but he does look scary on the outside.”

“He’s a good person.”

“Still, I don’t want to deal with him as a wizard. A wizard who can fight and win against Goliath of Flame. Even if I were to search through all of Jingara and find him, it wouldn’t be much, right?”

“Goliath of Flame, I wonder how on earth one can receive such a title.”

“Wouldn’t it be possible if Sharon could stop the dragon by herself?”

“… … You are asking me to do something that is close to impossible.”

“The titles that the 5th graders received are those given to people who have done almost impossible things. The Frost Queen, the reincarnation of Denatus, are titles that are filled with awe no matter who hears them. Among the titles held by 3rd graders, there are some that display such awe, but 5th graders are overwhelming.”

“Well, Erica is a disciple of Archmage Arnold.”

“I’d like to see 5th graders bond with each other through magic. It’s truly a meeting of great class and class.”

“Even if you do that, senior Isabel will win in the end.”

“I don’t think Isabel would be the type of person to get involved in such a fight.”

As we were talking, senior Leonard opened the basement door at the professor’s words, and when the basement door opened, a small portal came into view.

“That looks like the entrance to a dungeon.”

“It’s a dungeon in the basement of the academy, so that’s a strange thing to say. The safest place is also the most dangerous.”

“Didn’t the professor make it?”

“No matter who looks at it, it doesn’t look like a portal that was just created.”

As we were talking like that, the professor told us to go into the portal one by one, so we slowly waited for our turn and moved towards the portal.

When I came to my senses after moving somewhere through the portal, I saw a large door. As I was looking around in front of the large door that looked like a temple of Denatus, Sharon and Ceresria approached me and I nodded slowly.

This was a dungeon, and since the professor and senior Leonard were there, it wouldn’t be dangerous, but since nothing strange could happen in a dungeon, there was no harm in being nervous.

“From now on, we will begin the dungeon breakthrough class. Actually, it is not a very difficult task since it is about breaking through the dungeon and there will not be very powerful monsters here. However, fighting monsters is something that will inevitably happen someday as a wizard, so let’s practice fighting monsters.”

And as he spoke, the professor waved his wand and cast a protective spell on the students’ bodies and smiled.

“Students who are confident can come to the front first. There is no problem in forming a group and entering the dungeon. If there is a problem inside, you can call me and the student Leonard here. I heard that you already learned it in summoning magic class, is that correct?◦# ◦

We nodded at those words, and the professor smiled.

“Then, students who want to enter the dungeon first can enter first, and if they want to enter in a group, they can form a group and then enter.”

After the professor finished speaking, Sharon placed her hand on my shoulder.

“How about it?”

“If possible, I would like to form a group and go in, but if the three of us go in, wouldn’t it be a nuisance to the other kids?”

“That includes me too?”

“Aren’t you going together?”

At Sharon’s words, Celestria shook her head with a smile.

“No way, I am confident that I can break through on my own, but it is not polite to refuse an offer since it has been offered.”

“Hmm… … Can I go alone?”

“Sharen often seems to have moments where she is oblivious.”

“Me?”

“How are you, Astan? Am I wrong?”

“I agree with you, but I think both Sharon and I can break through on our own, so it would be a good idea to just go in separately.”

“If I get the chance, I want to break through it on my own, but since this is my first time entering the dungeon, let’s go together.”

“Okay, then can I go right away?”

“Because the professor said confident students should enter first.”

And when I stood in front of the professor and Senior Leonard with Ceresria and Sharon, Senior Leonard spoke to me.

“Dungeons are dangerous places. You guys won’t have any problems, but always be careful.”

“I will keep this in mind.”

“Then enter.”

I slowly opened the dungeon door and went inside, and a large hall appeared. I looked at the two of them with their wands in their hands in the hall of the dungeon, which had been created as if they were telling me to prepare here, and they both already had their wands in their hands as well. And as I was slowly walking along the path leading from the hall, a slowly gathering sensation alerted me of danger.

“It looks like something is coming.”

“Is it a monster?”

“We are the first wizards to enter the dungeon, so it must be a monster.”

And at that moment, someone was walking towards us in the hallway. No, the word “someone” was wrong, a strange monster, a monster, was walking towards us.

Since I was already familiar with such things from seeing the dead, I held out my staff forward without any thought and slowly moved the mana in my body.

In a way, they were familiar beings. I remembered how many times we had fought in the underground waterway, and when I saw the sticky liquid pouring in, I remembered that moment and naturally opened my mouth to the two.

“It’s slime.”

“Hmm… … I thought there would at least be goblins or kobolds, but the slime was very disappointing.”

“Shouldn’t we be glad that no strong monsters appear?”

“If it’s still slime.”

At that moment, Ceresria’s staff swung, and flames erupted from underneath the slime and began to melt it.

“It is easiest to deal with it using fire magic. Let’s move, because this dungeon seems to be full of slime.”

“You never know, monsters other than slimes may appear.”

“Still, is there a monster that can beat the three of us?”

“… … That’s not an easy task.”

Celestria laughed softly at Sharon’s words, and we moved forward again.

There was a sound coming from behind that sounded like magic was being used. It seems that other students also entered the dungeon, but seeing that sound coming out even though we had already eliminated the monsters made me think that the monsters had probably been reborn.

It’s as if a dungeon creates monsters.

As I was walking forward with that thought in mind, a large door caught my eye.

“I don’t think this is the end.”

“Still, there is no other way than here.”

“In case you don’t know… … ”

At that moment, Sharon waved her staff and shouted a spell, and the light ball created at the same time as Sharon’s spell hit the door and opened it.

“Don’t open it yourself.”

“Because there may be a trap.”

And the moment I crossed the door with Sharon and Ceresria, I heard a loud shout in my ears. It was like a sound of someone rushing towards their prey, and at the sound of that cry, they quickly put their staff forward and shouted a spell.

“Ice, appear here!”

As soon as I cast my spell, kobolds were running toward us beyond the ice that formed a large wall.

“Now kobolds, um… … At this level, I think the professor put the monster in there on purpose.”

“Then will there be ok at the end?”

“This is the standard for first graders, so it is unlikely that an Orc will appear.”

In that conversation, I opened my mouth.

“Can’t we deal with the kobolds first?”

“I think it would take a few hours for them to break down the wall that Astan built, but they were too hasty.”

“There’s nothing wrong with being prepared for risk.”

“That’s right.”

Celestria and Sharon then raised their staffs and fired magic at the kobolds who were breaking the ice wall to deal with them, and we started walking along the road again.