50 – Request (4)
Ern watched the adventurers’ movements.
They were a party of four men.
‘Bow, dagger, sword and shield, sword…’ . The condition of all items is poor.’
They made a living as adventurers, but their skills did not seem to be that outstanding.
‘I guess I’m just scraping by with requests.’
In fact, Ern was planning to reject whoever her opponent was.
Right now, Lia’s tutoring was more important than fulfilling requests through party activities.
“It looks like you’re lacking in vanguard, but wouldn’t it be good in many ways to work with us?”
‘Is the shield guy the party leader?’
The adventurer holding the shield took Erne’s silence as her concern and continued speaking.
“We know the western dungeons intimately. If we work together, we can clear them faster. Of course, don’t worry about distribution. We’ll guarantee it with our honor!”
‘What kind of honor is there….’
In principle, forming a party other than through the Adventurer’s Guild was prohibited.
This was because as adventurers formed and disbanded parties autonomously, conflicts naturally arose.
A representative example was the distribution of loot.
We were party hunting together, but when we tried to distribute the loot, it was quite complicated when party members were kicked out or the party was split.
Therefore, there were usually two cases where a stranger proposed a party on site.
When the situation is so urgent that you cannot go through the Adventurer’s Guild.
And when you have something bad on your mind.
In fact, the party that approached Ern was thinking about something else.
-Hey, look at them.
-It’s pretty.
-No, not that one. You don’t have any luggage and there are no other party members.
-I see…. Just by looking at it, you’re a beginner, right?
-Shall I try to persuade you?
-Yes. Let’s do something.
There were many ways to rip off a novice adventurer.
The most basic thing was to play around with the distribution ratio.
If several people try to persuade others by reducing the merits of subjugation, beginners will ask, ‘Is that so?’ I tended to accept it.
And even if he had doubts, he was so intimidated by the number of people that he did not show it on the outside.
Another method was sharing of goods.
Beginner adventurers often omitted necessary items.
In that case, all you had to do was share it together and then use that as an excuse to extract money.
The two wizards didn’t take anything, so to the adventurers they would have looked like walking money bags.
Even if your magic skills were excellent, there were preparations.
‘Then just change your stance quickly.’
Rather than aiming for a large meal, you could recruit them as companions and hunt comfortably from then on.
Of course, that desire never came true.
“It’s okay.”
Ern spoke firmly.
The party leader answered, thinking he was too confident.
“Are you sure you won’t regret it? The dungeon is not a place to be looked down on so much.”
Ern nodded his head silently.
“Hmm… Then there’s nothing we can do.”
There was no land to climb over. It was a waste of time to insist further here.
The party leader watched the two entering the cave for a moment and then returned to their group.
“It won’t come over.”
“Are they really going in like that? With nothing?”
“I might come back up later crying. hehehe.”
“If that’s the case, I’ll have to break it big!”
“Well anyway, the schedule is the same, right?”
“Okay. Let’s eat and then go in.”
They sat down on the floor and took food out of their backpacks.
As the party leader ate bread, he looked forward to seeing those two again.
***
Adventurers are free-spirited.
That’s why all kinds of people came to this game.
Criminals were filtered out by the guild, but that was it.
There was no such thing as a personality test.
After starting the game and soaking in the bright atmosphere of the academy, they formed a party with the city government miscellaneous, but it was common for newbies to say ‘oops’ only after being stabbed in the back.
“But he left right away.”
“If we continue to fight and stir-fry, we will lose out.”
“Hmm… I guess it’s because the professor is there…”
“Have you ever been like that too?”
“I’ve received many offers.”
“Well, it’s good to have at least one wizard in the party.”
Compared to other professions, there were many advantages that wizards could provide.
Not only did the number of strategies that could be used when dealing with monsters increase.
Like easily summoning fire or water, magic was quite convenient in aspects other than combat.
“Hmm… It wasn’t really like that…”
“Huh?”
Lia hesitated.
She knew the cause of what she had experienced, but it was a bit uncomfortable to say it out loud.
“…It’s nothing.”
“Really?”
Ern shrugged her shoulders and walked out of her cave.
The cave was dark and humid.
Water had accumulated on the rocky walls and uneven ground.
The faint echo of dripping water could be heard from afar.
“Professor. Shouldn’t we take out the map soon?”
For dungeons that have already been explored, maps were available on the market.
“It’s okay. I know the way well.”
“Have you ever been to the Western Dungeon?”
“There are a lot.”
Ern skillfully chose the crossroads and moved forward.
Leah was impressed and followed along.
Finally, as the sunlight coming from the entrance began to fade, Ern spoke.
“Now light it up with magic.”
Lia concentrated her mind for a moment and summoned a .
The light emanating from the fireball drove away the darkness and at the same time provided comfortable warmth.
“Keep it up from now on.”
“Yes.”
The two walked forward for a while and reached a sloping place that looked like stairs.
Erne went ahead like she always did. Then, as Leah stretched out her feet to go down, her light went out.
My calculations were messed up because I was paying attention to her gait.
Pitch-black darkness came in an instant.
“Ugh.”
“Again.”
Lia, whose vision was suddenly blocked, panicked and panicked.
Ern did not intervene and remained silent.
‘Because it’s safe anyway.’
It was a place where monsters did not appear yet. Besides, there were no other people ahead or behind.
It was an environment where Lia could operate with confidence.
After a while, Lia successfully created a fireball again.
“If there was a monster, wouldn’t it have happened?”
“…Yes.”
“This is a dungeon with no protection. Remember, this is a real battle.”
Lia nodded with a serious face.
“I understand.”
“For your information, I won’t do anything.”
“…?”
If you’re going to do this, why did you say let’s have a party?
“I guess I’ll have to do that to get all the compensation, right?”
“That’s right!”
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Lia was quick to understand.
“Then let’s leave again.”
“Professor. Can I ask you a question?”
“Huh?”
“To easily maintain the fireball, wouldn’t it be better to fix the spherical orbit calculation value?”
“……”
Ern looked straight ahead without looking behind her.
“Professor?”
“…Do it yourself.”
***
‘It seems like I’m finally getting the hang of it.’
Fortunately, Lia learned quickly.
The fire had been going out for a while, but now it was holding up quite steadily.
Meanwhile, Lia’s expression brightened when she knew that fact.
‘As expected, I understand because I tried it myself!’
If she had been a professor who taught elemental magic theory, she would have answered her question right away.
But Erne responded that she should take care of it.
At first, Lia didn’t understand that attitude, but after some trial and error, she seemed to understand the reason.
As she corrected the calculations herself and used magic, she came to a small realization.
If he had told her the answer right away, it would have been obvious that she would have learned the casting skills she is using now only later.
‘You’re not Kagon’s professor for nothing.’
It was her timely intervention and teaching.
During her first class, people thought she was a weirdo because she only used magic like crazy, but she was still a professor after all.
“Goblins will come out soon. Fireballs don’t matter, just watch your step.”
Ern whispered and Lia nodded her head.
As she moved without making a sound, she saw a goblin loitering in her path.
‘As expected, my eyes are blurry.’
The goblins in the western Kagon dungeon seemed like monsters explicitly designed for beginners.
Visibility was degenerated, and the hearing range was limited.
‘It’s a good thing.’
Ern stopped her steps and looked behind her. Leah was swallowing her saliva.
He pointed at the goblin with her finger and signaled to Leah with her eyes.
Lia nodded her head and started casting .
The surroundings became dark again.
Only the faintly shining arrows of mana were visible.
Lia’s magic flew towards the goblin. But the sound of her hitting was not heard.
When she cast Again, what caught her eye was the sight of a goblin running towards her.
“Huh!?”
Lia hurriedly twisted the path of . This was possible thanks to the know-how she gained earlier.
The goblin was unable to avoid the onslaught of fireballs, and soon her body caught fire.
-Keek!
[The party member was successfully killed.]
[Contribute to the battle to earn points.]
[+0P]
“Do you understand what the problem is?”
“…Multicasting is still too difficult.”
“Then the monster will attack you just like before.”
“…Can you at least tell me a trick?”
“Hmm….”
Ern decided to tell the same analogy that Rogera once said.
‘Lia is also quite talented, so I’m sure she understands it well.’
These were the words of an 8th-circle archmage, so their reliability was certain.
“Leah, think of bread.”
“…?”
“And imagine the soup. Then, what do you see in your head?”
“Bread and soup…?”
“Yes. You came up with two concepts at the same time.”
“?”
“You can do it like this.”
“???”
“You understand, right?”
“????”
“Then shall we go catch the next guy?”
Lia broke into a cold sweat.
Actually, I guess I was caught wrong… ?