chapter 8
Episode 8
“Now. Is everyone gathered?”
“Yes”
Students lined up in front of Yangchul Lee.
“Well, as you all know, the content of the test is simple. Each group has to clear the dungeon. However, you will be ranked according to how fast you do it.”
“….”
“Of course, when ranking, it is not simply the clear time, but the correction value is also included in the evaluation depending on who the members are with. Please note that.”
The team with me, who is probably in last place, will probably receive an hour of compensation.
That means other teams have to clear 1 hour earlier than my group to get barely the same score.
Considering that the average clearing time for this cave is 3 hours, this is a pretty big advantage.
“Then look over there.”
Yangcheol Lee pointed to the entrances to several caves in front of him.
“Article 1. Radeon. Kim Ji-yoon, Kim Min-ho, and Min-hyung Lee just enter the cave with the number 1 written on it.”
The teacher assigned different entrances to the cave for each group number.
“Group 6 is Jeong Ha-yeon, Nam Do-yoon, Kim Min-ho, and Beccaria. It is a team. Go through the entrance to the cave with the number 6 on it.”
I looked at Jeong Ha-yeon.
As soon as her eyes met hers, she turned her head away and smiled at the other members of the group.
“Come on. Shall we all gather together then?”
Jeong Ha-yeon raised her hand.
Soon after, the team members gathered.
“Ha… Hello Ha Yeon-ah?”
Beccaria, who was staring blankly at Jeong Ha-yeon, said with a shy smile.
“Yes! Hi? Let’s do our best!”
He shook hands with Jeong Ha-yeon.
She looked at the sweat on his hands.
Her expression frowned a little, but she soon regained her smile.
“Ah!! Yes, let’s do well.”
She tried to ignore her hand and smiled.
“Ah..Yes”
He scratched her head in embarrassment when Jeong Ha-yeon refused to shake her hand.
In the meantime, my eyes met.
“By the way, Ha Yeon-ah, why are you on a team?”
“Huh?”
“No, does it make sense for the 500th to team up with us? Even Ha-yeon, you were ranked 3rd in admissions grade, and even I am in the double digits.”
“A. Do not do that.”
Jung Ha-yeon said with a smile.
“Hey.”
Beccaria said.
“…?”
I looked at him with his eyes narrowed.
“If you get in the way, I will kill you. Behave right.”
As he said that, he glanced at Jeong Ha-yeon.
He is full of pretentious psychology of a man who wants to look strong in front of the woman he likes.
At that age, that’s enough.
I understand. I understand, but you feel a little bad?
What. Let’s leave it for a while
“Then, how should we divide the roles?”
Jeong Ha-yeon said.
“Ha-yeon, when you are a long-distance dealer and me and Minho are struggling in front of you, you can organize it.”
“Then… “
Jeong Ha-yeon looked at me quietly.
“It’s more helpful to think that he doesn’t exist.”
“Ah… Even though.”
“Don’t worry. Ha Yeon-ah, trust me.”
“……”
“I will be a supporter.”
I spoke softly then.
The original combination to enter the dungeon is
One tanker. 1 Melee dealer. 1 Remote dealer. 1 Supporter.
This is the safest and most standard combination.
Supporters, as the name suggests, do things that help in dungeon raids, rather than directly participating in battles.
Buff magic or heal magic.
However, I do not have such a thing.
In that case, you can support them in a different way.
Utilizing my knowledge of deceased people.
“Supporters? Do you have any buff magic you can use?”
“No? No?”
“What?”
“Instead, I will remove all the traps in the dungeon.”
“What. Did you? Take care.”
Beccaria That guy has been fighting since earlier.
Jeong Ha-yeon looked sideways at Cha Ji-yoon’s team.
She has a great inferiority complex to Cha Ji-yoon.
That’s why you must be desperate to beat her in her team joint exam.
“Come on. So, shall we go in now?”
As soon as we entered the cave, there was a group of goblins.
Kieek-
Soon after the goblins found us, they started running in an instant.
In their hands were large bats.
The bat was studded with nails.
Kieek-
The number of goblins seemed to be about 20.
“Beccaria. Minho, move forward quickly.”
“Yes.”
Beccari and Kim Min-ho quickly jumped forward.
Beccaria stood in front and raised a huge shield.
Ting-
Ting-
The goblin’s big bat was blocked by Beccaria’s shield.
Pu-wook-
Kim Min-ho stabbed his sword at the goblins from behind Beccaria’s shield.
Kieek-
The goblins are screaming.
However, the number of goblins has not decreased yet.
“Hey. Poke a little harder.”
“Now this is the best.”
The goblins only have green blood dripping from one arm or leg.
It kept running.
Kim Min-ho’s blow was unable to inflict fatal wounds on them.
Ting-
Ting-
The number of goblins has not decreased.
The number of goblins attacking the shield gradually increased.
As if Beccaria could not stand it, he was gradually being pushed back.
“Turn it off.”
That moment.
Wedge-
Kieek-
An arrow landed between the goblin’s forehead and the goblin fell backwards.
“As expected, Hayeon. Are you sending them right away?”
Beccaria looked behind her and raised her thumb.
Soon, Jung Ha-yeon continued to draw arrows and began to insert them precisely between the goblin’s eyebrows at a rapid speed, like his machine gun.
Without a single exception, all fell to the ground.
When Jeong Ha-yeon stepped forward, the goblins were quickly organized.
“Wow, Hayeonie is amazing too?”
Beccaria smiled.
“Shall we move on now?”
“Yes. Let’s go now.”
“Wait a minute.”
I said.
“Why?”
I said, pointing at the portal in front of me.
“If you go over there, there are traps right there. I’ll go over and get rid of it, so come over slowly.”
There are two ways to pass the trap.
Break it before activating it, or destroy the trap after activating it.
Of course, the former is overwhelmingly advantageous in reducing time.
I know this dungeon because I beat it.
That there are huge traps right in front of that portal.
And the traps work in response to magic.
However, that doesn’t apply to me at all.
The magic detection technology of this world cannot capture the foreign magic within me.
Hearing that, Beccaria smiled.
“I know you want to do something, but you don’t have to. Because it helps you stay still.”
“Anyway, wait five minutes. I’ll get rid of them all, so come in then.”
“What do you believe in?”
“If you really don’t believe me, you go in first.”
“What?”
Jeong Ha-yeon shook her head and said.
“Stop. Stop. Stop Beccaria. And you too.”
“Yes, it won’t take 5 minutes. I’ll give you 1 minute. Come back quickly.”
Beccaria said in an annoyed voice.
“It’s not enough time to clear all the traps.”
“We have to go quickly. What do you believe in and give you 5 minutes? This is a very large concession, so go quickly.”
This is very annoying.
I’m going to have to feed him once in a while.
“Yes. Come back in a minute.”
It’s impossible to remove dungeon traps in one minute anyway.
I went through the portal.
Numerous stalactites spread out in front.
I looked at the wall of the cave.
Geometric patterns were drawn.
I put my hand on it.
Coo goo goo-
Then, in an instant, the geometric patterns on the cave wall split into two sides and opened like an automatic door.
Inside was a poisoned crossbow.
I won’t die if I get hit with this poison, but it’s certain that I won’t be able to move my body anymore, at least in this test.
I tried to break the crossbow.
But now that I think about it, the current situation is quite upsetting.
I set the crossbow to be aimed just above the person’s head.
Koo Goo Goo-
The walls of the cave were closed again as soon as the time was up.
Ugh-
Cha Ji-yoon, Beccaria, and Kim Min-ho came through the portal.
“You haven’t finished clearing the trap yet?”
“Yes. You must be. I don’t know if there was a trap or not.”
Beccaria looked around.
There was no sign of any traps being removed around her, so she smiled.
You must have thought my words were lies.
“Oh, it’s a waste to give you even one minute. If you don’t have the ability, you should be able to do it quietly. It’s because you’re just trying to do something.”
Kieek-
This time, goblins clad in iron armor and carrying swords are running toward us from afar.
“Prepare for battle!”
Jung Ha-yeon urgently shouted.
Then Beccaria started running in front of her holding her shield.
“Hey!”
I spoke to Beccaria.
“If you go one step further, it will be a trap.”
If you take one more step from where he is standing, it is exactly where the trap will be triggered.
But he didn’t care and ran forward.
“I said that.”
That moment.
Wedge-
A poisoned arrow was being shot at him.
The speed was so fast that it was too late to react and avoid it with the eyes.
Just before Beccaria was hit by an arrow.
Suddenly, the arrow changed its trajectory and headed over Beccaria’s head.
Kwajik-
An arrow pierced the wall above Bekari’s head.
Beccaria sat down in her seat as if her legs gave out.
“Then let’s do as I say. Do you have any objections?”
I said while looking at Beccaria.
“…..”
Beccaria seemed to be dumb and couldn’t utter a word.
Jeong Ha-yeon sat down and she looked at him.
In an instant, Bekari’s face was colored like a blush.
“Then I will remove the trap, so follow me slowly from behind.”