I Noticed That It Was an Academy After 10 Years

126.Dungeon, Explosion, Reward (4)

“Viola, that arm…”

“Uncle, I made it with Yohan.”

Viola rolled up her sleeves and showed Louise and Shuri her steel hands. The prosthetic hand reflected the hot sunlight, scattering gray light around.

“Is this a replacement for your arm?”

“Huh. The test hasn’t been completed yet, so I don’t know how it will perform in real life, but I can do my daily life without any problems. Now I’m going to make a lot of money with this .”

[I’m totally excited.]

Viola’s excited voice rang pleasantly into my ears.

It’s nice to see that you look much brighter than when you first came to trust me.

It was rewarding to make more than 10 prosthetic hands by working hard until the day I decided to leave the dungeon.

“You two. Have you ever seen Sif?”

“We were the only ones.”

Why is it late? Did something happen? As she was worried, she saw a black stray cat running towards her from the other side of the road, waving her hand.

I was just late.

Sif ran with all her might, stopped right in front of me, and took a deep breath.

“Sorry, I stopped taking care of my younger siblings…”

“Okay. “Now that we have gathered together.”

It wasn’t too late, so I could wait that long.

“Five people going to the dungeon like this? Wow, I’m nervous… “

Shuri, who had the most gentle face at this party with a pretty tough look, showed her joy by wagging her tail.

Among them, he had the most round personality, so he was expected to serve as a buffer for the team. First of all, since I’m friends with Viola, there won’t be any major discord.

“Sif is in charge of reconnaissance. Lewis, stand at the front. I will stand next. Shuri and Viola, take charge of the back row.”

“It’s a balanced formation.”

I don’t know how to organize a party in this world, but there was nothing that was as well balanced as the basic combination of a warrior in the front row and a wizard in the back row.

Because it was difficult to find a wizard, it was rare for a wizard to be included in an actual adventurer’s party.

You can work in a safe place just by wearing a wizard label, but no wizard would risk their life to explore.

“John, why am I a scout? “You can do it, right?”

“Didn’t you say you know how to dismantle a trap? While dismantling the trap, take charge of the search. I also have to take care of the back row.”

There’s nothing else to do anyway. Since I don’t even have the combat skills to participate in battle… I was thinking of telling them to throw that at least if they developed a bomb.

Sif nodded as if she had nothing to refute my words.

In fact, he is the only person in this party who cannot fight, so you have to entrust him with something to gain a stake in the party.

“Alright, everyone, take your seats. “I will have a drink at the cafe and give a briefing on the dungeon I will be conquering this time.”

I took a seat in the corner of the cafe where I had previously drank orange juice with Sif and placed a stack of papers on the table.

“The dungeon we will be going to this time is an unexplored dungeon discovered in the forest near Velen, west of Calon. The name is Grave of the Beast. According to the testimony of the party who returned from exploring the area near the entrance, it was built that way because there were traces of an animal.”

“If it were an animal…”

“Nothing has been revealed exactly what type it is. However, considering that even experienced adventurers were helpless, there is a high probability that there is a powerful monster that cannot be found in the surrounding city.

So, you must strictly follow my instructions.”

This time, the group nodded without objection. It was as if he knew that following the instructions of an experienced person was the most important thing in this kind of work.

…Looking at it this way, it seems like the experience in the crack worked quite well.

The original characteristic of children is that they act recklessly without even knowing their subject, and end up becoming a meal for monsters.

I held out four small pouches in front of the group. The group looked at me with faces full of questions and looked at each other. In the end, it was Lewis who asked the question.

“What is this?”

“It’s a deodorant. “It will remove some, but not all, of the smell, so you can be at least a little free from enemy attacks.”

Oh, I almost forgot about that. I took out the key item for conquering this dungeon from my bag and placed it on the table. This time too, there were exactly 4 according to the number of people.

“Take one of these and use it the moment you enter the dungeon.”

“What is this? It looks unusual…”

“You will find out when you enter the dungeon. Never take it off until you clear the entire dungeon. Because that will be your lifeline.”

If you take it off, you will go to hell. As expected of the guys who followed my command in the rift, they agreed to my words without any opposition. This is why you need to fill it with people you know.

When you accept a new guy, it takes a year to explain to him and a year to convince him.

“Before you go, make sure you haven’t forgotten anything. “Once you leave, you can’t come back.”

“Four!”

“I understand.”

At my words, everyone rumbled through their backpacks at the same time. As a final check, I opened my backpack and checked the items.

All the items I had prepared to break through the tomb of the beast were in my backpack.

I hope it works well.

I closed my bag, closed the entrance tightly, and stood up. From now on, I will have to take a carriage to arrive on time.

When I stood up, everyone stood up at once.

“Then we will leave.”

———–

“Ugh, my waist…”

Sif was the first to jump out of the carriage, clutching her waist and groaning. I got down after her, adjusted her backpack, and looked up at her sky. It took half a day to get from Calon to Velen, and the sky was now stained scarlet.

“Shoulders…”

“Does it hurt a lot?”

“Every time it shakes, I feel like my skin hurts. “I don’t know if it’s phantom pain or real.”

At Viola’s words, I looked at her shoulder. Although she couldn’t see it because it was covered by clothes, she said she felt pain every time the carriage shook, so she was worried that there might be a defect in her prosthetic arm.

“I will take a look at your condition when I arrive at the inn.”

“Thank you, mister.”

“Mister… ? Mister! He said he was a man! It suits you well!”

Sif, who was standing next to me, tilted his head and laughed when he saw me. The sound of laughter, which strangely resembled a cat’s meow, was very annoying, so I gave the grumpy voice an ultimatum.

“I need to think about how much I should take out of your paycheck.”

“Sorry! Sorry! Young and handsome oppa!”

Do you think that blatant flattery will change my mind?

“Ahaha.”

Shuri laughed as if our sight was amusing, but when our eyes met, she lowered her tail and looked at me.

[Isn’t the contractor too narrow-minded? Women like broad-minded men.]

I’m not popular with women either.

…Although it feels more like a father-daughter relationship than a romantic one.

I hope Millia doesn’t have any accidents while returning from the dungeon.

No, it’s not my situation to worry about right now. I stood at the front of the group and announced the final schedule of the day.

“I will find an inn, have dinner, and then sleep. You may be excited about coming to another city, but don’t forget that our goal is the dungeon, and don’t go out at night.”

“Four!”

“Yes!”

It seems like the only ones who answer sincerely are Louis and Shuri.

“Where should I go to the inn?”

“I plan to look for it first. Do you know any place?”

“I am a pure Calon native, so I have never been to Velen.”

Well, since I’m from the slums of Calon, there’s no way I’ve been anywhere else.

I asked other students to confirm, but no one knew anything about Velen.

I don’t know much either. I’ve heard of the name in the game, but it’s just a passing village D position. It was a place with nothing much to see other than three or four side quests.

“…Then I guess I’ll have no choice but to do my best. Now, let’s go.”

[The ones following behind look like baby ducks.]

Then, am I a mother duck?

I walked to the entrance of Velen, ignoring Lue’s strange metaphor with one ear.

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“Haam…”

“Shuri, are you okay?”

“Um… Tsk. “I’m just weak in the morning…”

At dawn, I took my eyes off the main couple’s salting and looked closely at the entrance to the dungeon, which was filled with the strong smell of rotting corpses.

At first glance, it looked like a crypt, but considering the unique bloody atmosphere of the dungeon, it seemed like it was a beast’s grave.

“For now, put down your backpack here and wait. “I will set up a trap to prepare for any unexpected situation.”

I extended the shovel I had in my backpack and swept the floor. The task was to draw a rough blueprint on the floor. This should roughly be enough.

“Production.”

In an instant, a pit appeared in front of me. It was a hole with a diameter so large that even a bear could not easily pass through it. I laid a hole around the area and called Lue.

“Rue. “I will use magic.”

[A big one? A small one?]

“Of course, a small one.”

I put my hand forward and chanted the starter word.

“Sprinkler.”

[With naming sense.]

Clear colored liquid sprayed from my hand. A liquid as sticky as snot sprayed from my palm like a spray. I meticulously sprinkled the liquid around the trap.

“Mister, what are you spraying?”

“It’s sticky mucus. If you step on it, your feet may be tied up for a moment. Small creatures will not be able to move at all.”

To put it simply, it was close to magical rat poison.

It may seem funny to say that it is rat poison, but if you spray it over such a wide area, monsters that fall into a hole will not be able to get out easily.

After carefully spraying the slime on the trap, I spoke to the group standing blankly in front of the entrance.

“I’m going in now. Everyone turn on the lamps.”

Everyone hurriedly turned on their lamps at my words. This was a necessary measure since we did not know how much lighting the dungeon would provide. To put it bluntly, if the light source is not secured like the last crack, it will be very annoying.

I said as I put on my backpack and stretched out my feet on the downhill path to the dungeon.

“As I said before, stay in formation and follow us. And do not doubt my words.”

Answers full of tension came from behind me.

It was a satisfactory response.

Then, let’s go down slowly.

We walked into the darkness that opened its mouth as if tempting an explorer.