48 – #048 Group Challenge
A few days have passed since then, but the note I placed on the floor was still standing there without a single movement.
It could be that he hasn’t come yet because the floor hasn’t been cleaned.
‘… Did I act too impatiently?’
It would be nice if this note could be a clue to defeat the evil spirit, but on the contrary, it could lead to strangling me.
Several times a day I wondered if it would be beneficial to get rid of her notes now that he or she hadn’t found them yet.
However, rather than waiting for something to happen, I wanted to take a bit of a risk and catch a clue with my own hands.
“… ….”
In the end, I left the house with the note in place and climbed on the back of the black dog as usual and headed for the academy.
Even the residents, who at first hesitated because they were frightened by the black dogs, did not seem to care much about whether they had adapted to seeing this scene repeated so many times.
Heck, it’s only once or twice that I’ve been surprised by seeing monsters, and I’ve been like this every day, but it’s strange if I keep getting the same reaction.
It wasn’t just the residents who adapted to the black dog, but after a few weeks, the students of the academy only glanced at the black dog, but did not show any reaction.
No, more than that, it seemed like he couldn’t afford to pay attention to each and every one of these things.
That’s also true, because today is exactly one month after entering the academy, and the first test, the dungeon strategy test.
Everyone seemed to be nervous about the first test, such as touching the handle of the weapon they were confident in or memorizing spells.
‘It’s annoying, but can’t I just skip it?’
Taking the test itself didn’t matter, but I hated having to make groups of four.
In our class, there are only idiots from the east, so there’s no way we can form a group together and get back together.
‘I’ll let you win first place, so should I ask you to wait quietly at the entrance?’
No, if that happened, there was a good chance that the pride of the nobility would talk and rebel against it.
As I headed towards the classroom, wondering if I should just ask to be alone, I felt more eyes on me than usual.
‘Why do you look like that?’
As I was staring at the window, avoiding my eyes, the sound of memorizing the characteristics of the dungeon I had learned in class rang in my ears.
Since it’s a test at the beginning of the semester, there won’t be a chance to use that knowledge… Everyone works really hard.
After a while, while I was sitting still waiting, Professor Peter came in and looked at the students who were concentrating ahead of the exam and had a happy expression.
Standing at the podium, Peter lightly tapped the podium to draw attention, then cleared his throat and told them.
“It’s great to see everyone studying hard!! Then I will announce Joe from now on!!”
With that said, the group announcements began.
In fact, since no student except Louise knows the name in the first place, it is a name everyone knows who is with her except Louise.
However, not a single male student in this class was beaten by me, so they must all be among the ones beaten by me.
“And since you all have different opinions, I randomly selected a leader to act as a leader in the dungeon to ensure smooth testing.”
Of course, I was the leader of my group, and I was the most experienced, but the students in my group looked at me with displeased eyes, wondering what was wrong with me.
Since the group and the leader were decided, all that was left was to go to the dungeon, but since more than a hundred students, including other classes, took the test, they split up and had no choice but to go to different dungeons.
[Goblin Lair]
The dungeon that our group was going to attack was a small dungeon located in an alley.
Seeing that the appropriate level is written as 5, even without me, the students can easily attack each other.
“Looks like Joe came first. We’ll wait for a while before we go in.”
Each group was accompanied by a leading teacher who was not a professor, but had teaching qualifications.
Joe’s members, who arrived before us, glared at me with sharp eyes like freshly sharpened swords just before entering the dungeon and entered the dungeon.
I’m not in my class, but seeing me staring at me like that, I wonder if I’m one of those students who got hit by me on the first day?
My classmates were like that, and how amazing it was that they were able to look like that even after being beaten that day.
“Haa….”
How long did they wait for those who went in first, leaning against the wall like that, to come out?
After waiting for an hour, the students finally got out of the dungeon, showing signs of exhaustion.
“Fame half 3 trillion 57 minutes 32 seconds. The record is 32.”
“I… Are you on the fast side?”
“Um… That’s just average. It’s not fast, but it’s not slow either, so there’s no need to be discouraged.”
Hearing those words, the leader and members of the 3rd team left with a puzzled look on their faces.
When our turn finally came, the lead teacher handed me a round magic tool that looked like a pocket watch. The number 0 was written on the magic tool.
“Then, before the exam begins, I will tell you about the role of magic tools and what to do in the dungeon. First of all, that magic tool is a recording device that records the monsters that have been subdued. When monsters are subdued, they are recorded on the device.”
The score of the test was determined according to the time spent clearing the dungeon and the number of monsters defeated.
However, as long as you clear the dungeon without defeating any monsters, it is considered to have passed the test even if the number of monsters defeated is 0.
Of course, to clear the dungeon, you have to defeat the boss, so the number of subjugations cannot be zero.
Conversely, no matter how many monsters were subjugated, if you couldn’t clear the dungeon, you were disqualified in the test.
“Scores are important, but safety is more important than anything else. If it is judged to be in danger, immediately press the button on top of the magic tool to request rescue. Do you understand?”
“Yes, but how do I prove that I cleared the dungeon? Is that also recorded in the magic tool?”
“Of course. There is no need to separately obtain evidence of clearing the dungeon, so don’t worry about that.”
There was nothing more to ask, so we nodded and entered the dungeon.
Inside the dungeon was a common structure, with a long road paved with yellow bricks running all the way.
Right before attacking the dungeon in earnest, I asked the team members who followed me.
“If there are people who are dissatisfied with me being the leader, or who don’t want to listen to my orders even if they die, come out now. Don’t be a jerk later.”
When I asked that question, no one dared to come forward, but everyone opened their eyes, as if it reminded them of a memory they had been beaten before….
“Why is someone like you the leader?”
Just like my father said, “When four people gather, one of them is definitely garbage,” And one piece of trash came forward.
“f*ck….”
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I, who usually thought it was bullsh*t that people could fix it, but instead of persuading him, I knocked him out with all my might.
“Keew!!”
An unknown student who poured out all his breakfast with a shriek collapsed on top of his own vomit.
Seeing that, the other members clenched their fists in anger, but as soon as they looked at them with a slight frown, they lowered their tails and lowered their eyes.
“Is it okay to assume that there are no complaints about the rest?”
“… Yes.”
“Okay, then explain the strategy. We’ll just sit here and wait for the dungeon to be cleared. Considering the size of the dungeon, the raid will be completed in about 10 minutes, so stay still in the meantime.”
“…… I don’t understand the strategy, but how do you sit still and attack a dungeon?”
To that question, I answered by summoning ten dogs at once as the Black Dog’s attendant.
The wide hallway became cramped in an instant as black dogs dressed in vicious blood rose from the shadows on the floor.
With the black dogs baring their teeth as if they were going to rip off someone’s neck at any moment, waiting for my command, I said to the same team members.
“The only thing in a dungeon is goblins at most, so even one black dog should be able to clear the dungeon. Ten would be even shorter. Go and rip everything in sight.”
After sending the black dog, within a minute, the alarm started ringing that the magic tool had defeated one.
From that point on, the number recorded on the magic tool gradually increased, and within the expected 5 minutes, the recorded number exceeded one hundred.
And after a while, after the magic tool sounded like a notification sound, instead of a number, four letters appeared on the screen, saying “Complete capture”.
Apparently, one of the black dogs had defeated the dungeon’s head.
“The plague… This is also called a test. The test is over, so let’s go now. Pick up that trash and follow me.”
“… ….”