Loop Mob – A Mob’s Interdimensional Travel Caught in a Loop

Chapter 71: Beginner Dungeon in the Capital

Accompanied by Luca-sama, we first headed to the most popular beginner dungeon in the capital. This place is intricately designed with changing environments on each floor, with the shallow levels being plains and forests. It’s a very easy maze where you can collect medicinal herbs. Of course, we had already purchased the map in advance. It’s not about slaying monsters or engaging in attacks; even ordinary people with an adventurer ID often visit here just for mushroom picking.

“Look, Luca-sama. This is the Healing Grass Gerizon. And over there is the Detox Herb Dezantoxication. From the second floor onwards, you can collect treatment herbs like Lumed and Serenite for reducing status abnormalities.”

“This is…”

There were quite a few reference books lined up in the Count’s mansion. It’s his first time seeing the real thing. He’s completely engrossed in it. He seems to be weak to this sort of thing. Good, he’s got the hang of it.

“And Luca-sama, there’s a slime over by the water there.”

“Huh, where!”

“Please watch. Stone Bullet!”

Boom! Gravel flew out, and after the puddle stirred, it fell silent. Coins were left at the bottom of the water.

“See, ‘Now, you, scripture!'”

Oh no.

“Luca-sama, it’s best not to discuss adventurers’ abilities with others.”

“But, without a scripture, how can you use skills?”

“I’ll teach you eventually, Luca-sama. It’s a promise between men. Is that okay?”

With a slightly intimidating tone and a solemn expression, I said this, and he nodded obediently. I’ve come to understand him better yesterday and today. He’s just an ordinary middle schooler who admires adventures and secrets. He eagerly engages with turret guns, gleams at the grocery store’s fire starter, and peers through a magnifying glass at ordinary herbs. Although he reads the encyclopedia quietly with a dark expression in the Count’s mansion, he’s still very much a child inside.

Well, when it comes to silent incantations, it’s something anyone can do as long as they can imagine converting the mana inside their body into a phenomenon. Everyone just assumes that “skills won’t activate without reciting the scripture.” I won’t reveal about magical tools or enchantments, but it’s okay to teach this much. After all, I plan to do some serious leveling up by spring.

For now, it’s the beginner’s guide to the labyrinth. We plucked herbs, defeated horn rabbits, had lunch by the safe zone while lighting a fire. Then on the way back, we sold rabbit meat and herbs at the guild’s counter and returned to the dorm. The profits are split.

“Oh, but I didn’t…”

“Luca-sama, the key to maintaining a long-lasting party is equality among all members.”

“A party…”

He looked touched and looked up with sparkling eyes. If I were a bad adult, I might easily be kidnapped. Well, as long as I’m causing trouble as his attendant, I’ll make sure to protect him properly.

“Let’s set aside our shares for the next adventure, partner.”

“Partner…”

He’s a simple kid. But that’s what makes him cute. Seriously, where is the Count’s family looking?

Monday, January 20th. The second week of noble academy life begins. We returned the borrowed uniforms and wore newly enchanted ones. The returned uniforms still have the enchantments of stain resistance and shape memory, so the next student who borrows them might be a little lucky.

Unlike until Friday, Luca-sama had a slightly brighter expression as we headed towards the middle school section. He might not be aware of it, but thanks to grooming his hairstyle and renewing his accessories, he looks quite different. Furthermore, I subtly applied enchantments to all his belongings. Stain resistance, shape memory, reduction of status abnormalities, reduction of mental abnormalities, temperature adjustment, humidity adjustment, increase in POW, increase in INT, increase in AGI, increase in DEX. Ten of each from the trash drops. But as they say, every little bit adds up, and the overall defense has far surpassed that of full plate armor. Perhaps I went a little overboard. But if it can reduce his deeply ingrained aversion to student life even a little, then it’s worth it.

And besides taking care of Luca-sama, I also have my own studies to attend to.

Although I was admitted under special circumstances, classes are generally held by class units. Unlike Marol, which is positioned as a vocational training school for commoners and where there are hardly any elective courses, there are only martial arts classes here, which serve as physical education. Here, there are only two: swordsmanship and martial arts.

This time, I’m taking martial arts. In the previous loop, I took spear techniques, but this loop, I’m acquiring swordsmanship. These can be learned by raising adventurer levels and obtaining a certain POW value. The only skill I haven’t acquired is martial arts. Unlike weapon-based attacks, martial arts contain many passive skills. In this loop, I handle all magic skills with magical tools and allocate skill points to martial arts skills because they can’t be substituted with magical tools.

After learning all the basic forms in class, accompanied by a mental fanfare, I successfully acquired the martial arts skill. Now, anytime I allocate skill points, I can improve my martial arts. Next, I want to acquire the scout skill. Once acquired, I can obtain it from the beginning in subsequent loops by allocating skill points.

No, I shouldn’t talk about subsequent loops. I’ll finish it in this loop. After all, I’ve come all the way to the noble academy. I’m sure I can finish it… Hopefully.

Let’s do our best.