I Became a Time-Stopper at the Academy

38 – Dungeon Variation (5)

I was on my way after catching [Stretch Koi].

Caitlyn, the scout, signaled us to pause.

Then she came to my side and whispered carefully.

“Benedetta was held in the hands of a blonde man and released. That man killed Stretch Koi in an instant.”

Blonde man.

Probably Balbino.

In the circumstances, he seemed to have heard the answer to his question from Benedetta, the princess of the kingdom.

Fortunately, Balbino did not kill Benedetta as the story in Said.

You were probably told not to kill him, but to hide the fact that you met him today.

Realizing his power firsthand, she would really keep her mouth shut.

“Are there any other dangers around?”

“No.”

“Then step in and provide relief.”

“Okay.”

Caitlyn, Leon, Luisa, and I slowly walked towards Benedetta in order.

Hearing the footsteps, Benedetta and the maid flinched, but when they saw our faces, they seemed relieved.

“You must be seriously injured. Luisa, give Benedetta a healing potion.”

“Yes, boy.”

Luisa took 4 healing potions from her bag and gave them 2 each to Benedetta and the maid.

The two immediately opened the lid and gulp gulp one-shot.

Benedetta said in a low voice.

“Thank you, Sir Joel. I will definitely repay this favor later.”

“It’s okay.”

Another heroine of Lando, Benedetta.

If you go later, he is a person who is fighting over the royal family position with Elianne.

… I don’t know which of the two Lando chooses as his sincerity because he possessed Joel before the ending came out.

“Ugh….”

The blood stopped flowing from her body, but she complained of a headache.

Judging by her symptoms, it seemed that her magical energy was depleted.

Right now, Leon can barely walk, but he can’t fight properly because he’s scared.

Benedetta will also struggle with injuries.

At least the handmaiden with less scars seems to be able to fight….

“Louisa, ask what kind of magic the maid can use.”

“Yes, boy.”

While Luisa was talking to her handmaid, I asked what happened to Benedetta.

She candidly reported that she was virtually wiped out by [Stretch Koi].

However, he hid Balbino as expected.

Benedetta smiled and said self-deprecatingly.

“I entered as the top student, but what the heck is this….”

Elie Anne, second-placed admission, didn’t fail her exam either.

It’s just that Benedetta got a much higher score on her entrance exam.

Perhaps the fact that she was a pure magic dealer, a rare type among dealers, was an added bonus.

“Miss Benedetta, can you move your body?”

“Yes, thanks to that, I can move to some extent…. It’s not to the extent of actively avoiding monster attacks.”

“If you have magical powers, can you somehow shoot attack magic while standing still?”

“Yes? Yes…. Well, it seems possible.”

We need to increase her strength even a little bit.

I instructed Luisa to hand over three of her magic potions to Benedetta.

Having received her magic potion, Benedetta opened her eyes wide.

She actually trains for actual combat at the academy, but she doesn’t even carry healing potions well.

In general, the instructors control it well.

“Can I eat this expensive thing?”

“I told you to eat it. Instead, you have to attack properly.”

Benedetta nodded.

And like the healing potion, he opened the magic potions one by one and poured them all into one bite.

… For some reason, I felt the exhilaration of a man.

On the other side from where we came,

“Huh?!”

I heard a familiar male voice.

“Joel!”

It was Lando.

I never thought I’d meet him as well as Benedetta in this wide underpass.

However, there were only three members of Team 3, including him, to which Lando belonged.

Where did the other one go?

With Lando’s strength, other members of the crew won’t die like Benedetta.

Perhaps [Stretch Koi] Was also one shot.

“Are there any injuries?”

“Yes! But is Joel hurt? On the leg….”

With the healing potion, no more blood came out of the wound on the calf, but the flesh was still scarred.

This requires the healing magic of a professional healer like Delia.

“It’s okay, just brushed it.”

“I see… ?”

“Don’t worry about me, why isn’t one of your members missing?”

“That, that….”

Lando glanced at Jo Won holding the shield and noticed.

It seemed like there was something wrong with Jojo.

A female student holding a bow came up to me and explained instead.

In short, the leader, Tanker, intentionally excluded Landau from the party.

Because of being a commoner.

… Are you sick?

“From now on, Articles 3, 5, and 7 will act jointly. I am in charge.”

No matter what the 3 idiot tanker is, he has to use it now.

Even Benedetta has to pay for the magic potion.

I wonder if Leon can fight properly….

It is possible to have a party of 9 people, consisting of the 3-team leader and Caitlin as the tank, Lando and Leon as the front-line dealer, Luisa and Benedetta as the mid-level dealer, me and the 3-team archer as the rear-end dealer, and Benedetta’s handmaid as the support.

The time for talking about scores in emergency situations like now has already passed.

“Why is there no answer?”

Everyone else answered “Yes” Or nodded, but only the 3rd tanker showed no reaction.

Even Leon agreed.

“… With all due respect, I think Benedetta should lead rather than Sir Joel.”

Benedetta, the top entrant, and I, the last entrant.

If I were to entrust my life to one of the two, would it be the idea of entrusting it to the first student?

I turned my head to Benedetta.

Then he asked if I would like to conduct.

“No, Sir Joel is the best for the situation.”

At her words, the 3rd tanker also weakly nodded.

*

I moved forward as far as I could toward the exit.

Certainly, the more people there were, the harder the command was, but the monsters were also easier to defeat.

… Even Leon, in his own way, calmed down and fought hard.

As I went all the way, there were many monster corpses, but there were also a lot of human corpses.

Even when I glanced at it, the number of deaths seemed to be higher than the number of deaths in .

In a game, the incident that happened in the second semester happened before the midterm exam in the first semester, so it was natural in a way.

‘I have to come out with the final boss of the dungeon soon.’

The closer we got to the exit, the higher the hill.

Unlike the entrance, it seemed to be a structure that gradually went up like a slope.

Caitlyn, still scouting, gave us a stop sign.

Looks like they found a monster.

Team 3 tankers stood by with shields.

In the meantime, she ran to my side and reported.

“It’s purple slime.”

“It’s poison slime.”

In , The slime was never a miscellaneous mob.

Depending on the type, monsters up to S rank.

You have to break the core inside the slime with magic, but it’s not that easy.

“Instructors and healers are fighting, but I’m having a hard time.”

I tilted my head.

Of course, it is true that slimes are difficult monsters to catch.

However, the instructors, who are mostly knights on active duty, can’t catch them in a situation where they attack as a group, not just one or two?

There was a high possibility that it was not an ordinary poison slime.

I made a request to Benedetta’s maid through Luisa.

I want you to make an eavesdropping magic.

I handed the magic circle in my hand to Caitlin.

“Can you get as close to the slime as possible and throw it towards the instructors?”

“I’ll try.”

“Okay, don’t overdo it.”

“Yes!”

Sassac, Caitlyn nimblely ran up the wall of the underpass.

For some reason, I became more proficient than when I first entered the dungeon.

Have you leveled up your skills?

I was able to do that as well.

She cautiously approached [Poison Slime].

Then, she tossed the magic circle in her hand and returned to us.

“My heart beats to death….”

“I will praise you. Well done Caitlyn.”

“Aren’t you happy to receive compliments?!”

She blushes slightly and pouting her lips.

I wondered if she liked her.

I overheard what the instructors were talking about through Benedetta’s maid who developed the eavesdropping magic.

First of all, this [Poison Slime] Is a variant.

Other characteristics are the same, but the core, which is the most important, moves around.

Because he is so big, the range of movement of his core is also wide, so it is difficult to stop breathing.

Slimes are basically structured to die when the core inside the body is destroyed.

‘I have no choice but to do it.’

Now, fortunately, Slime is distracted by the instructors.

If you shoot from a distance with a horse gun rather than a melee weapon, it will be too late for the monster to notice.

Magic bullets are basically magic attacks, so they can destroy the slime’s core.

However, if you miss once, it becomes dangerous from then on.

The slime will turn towards us and attack us.

I spoke quietly to the members.

“Let me attack that slime.”

Luisa grabbed my sleeve, her eyes widening.

“Boss, it’s too dangerous. Even the instructors are having a hard time….”

“I know. If I fail, everyone dodges. I will avoid it too.”

“Boss….”

She let go of her hand as if she thought she couldn’t stop me.

She looks like she’s about to cry.

I’m sorry she seemed to keep worrying me.

I bent over her waist and kissed her on the lips.

She shed a tear.

“Don’t worry, I’m not trying to die. Trust me.”

“Yes, boy.”

I slipped out of the party by myself, slowly and carefully, not making loud footsteps.

After taking ten steps, a huge purple lump caught my eye.

The core is a white ball floating on the body of the slime.

It turned out to be a smaller target than I thought, as I held onto it and matched the sights with the sights.

I was thinking of moving closer, but it seemed like I would be caught if I did.

‘I have to calmly wait for the core to arrive.’

Have the core come in the direction of the muzzle, not the muzzle.

The slime’s core keeps moving around inside the body, so wait and see.

Don’t be impatient, get your breathing right.

There’s probably Delia on the other side of the slime.

As I intended, I brought the instructors.

If we had only dealt with [Poison Slime] With our cadet party, it would have been much more difficult.

‘As expected, the instructors are amazing.’

Healer apprentices who couldn’t fight were well protected and were fighting so that they would not get hurt themselves.

I was not in a hurry to simply defend or evade, but I put in the deal according to the order.

There is no panic in a difficult situation like now.

… If there was an instructor who used a horse gun, I would have learned the skill by becoming that person’s apprentice or whatever.

I thought I had to pioneer myself, so I felt a bit helpless.

Still, the path I chose.

I have to go all the way.

‘Now!’

The moment when the scales and the slime’s core became a straight line.

[Time stop] Is activated.

Twice a day for 4 seconds after leveling up.

In other words, if you use it consecutively, once a day for 8 seconds.

Use twice in a row.

The instructor stops moving.

Also [Poison Slime].

The core of [Poison Slime], Which is no different from a human heart.

Only I can move here.

Quickly pull the trigger.

Bang—!

A magic bullet advances with a gunshot that only I can hear.

Toward the frozen slime’s core.

In the 8 seconds that stopped.

A magic bullet passes through the slime’s soft body.

A magic bullet that is rapidly slowed down by the slime inside its body.

‘It would have been dangerous if I hadn’t stopped for 8 seconds.’

The magic bullet made contact with the core.

Soon the core was shattered.

[Time stop] Unlocked.

The slime melted with a gurgling sound.

[You have killed the monster.]

[Acquired 71 EXP for .]

[Remaining EXP required until : 229]

“What, what?!”

The instructor seemed to be taken aback by the sudden death of the slime.

I spoke softly as I approached them.

“I did.”

“Joe, candidate Joel?!”

“Yes.”

Delia jumped out from behind the instructors.

Even though the other healer apprentices stop it.

“Joel!!”

Then he hugged me tightly.

“Are you okay? Aren’t you hurt?”

“Calf—.”

“A calf?!”

Delia hastily made me sit down on the underpass.

As her healing magic permeated the calves, they gradually filled up.

“Sorry for worrying you.”

She said shaking her head.

“I’m glad you were only hurt this much. I will do my best not to dislike you!”

“Yes.”

The second practical training is over.

… It wasn’t training, it was just practice.