My Guardian System: The Trader

Chapter 40 - Academy Students

A grotesque face with red eyes followed after. Sticky saliva was gushing out from its mouth.

After stepping outside, the monster with a size comparable to the human child looked around, searching for its first prey.

"N-no way, G-Green Gob!" A frightened cripple man muttered in a frightened voice upon seeing it.

The Green Gob grinned broadly when its line of sight caught the man. Then, it scuttered towards him. Following behind it were several monsters of the same species.

Like an overflowing dam, they rushed out from the void, the entrance of the dungeon; they were racing to attack the stumbled person.

The others went in separate directions, they were coming to attack the crawling old man and the crying child.

GARR!

GRRR!

"NOOO! HELP!" The cripple man shouted for help, but his vision instantly turned dim. "Ugwah!" The tip of the stone knife pierced his chest.

After killing the cripple man, the monsters feast on his body like hungry predators. His blood smeared their claws and faces after gnawing his flesh.

GWAR!

The crawling old man and the crying child already turned pale upon seeing the fast-approaching monsters towards them.

About five Green Gobs were rushing to kill them. And become their nice meal. One of the Gobs sinisterly licked his lips upon seeing the child.

While the others were busy feasting on the man's body, two of the Gobs went to attack the crawling old man and three went to attack the three years old child.

The Gob in front leaped to shorten the distance faster.

The other Gob who came after the old man raised its weapon to stab him.

"No, child run!"

Although he was in the same situation, he urged the child to escape. But it was useless, the three years old child was ignorant, nonetheless. Forget about running, she couldn't even move because of fear.

The Gobs are already celebrating inside. However, an explosion happens on the leading Gob. A blazing sphere was sent away and hit the leading gob on the face.

The Gob was knocked back and stumbled on the ground. Its head was anything but a charred barbecue and was smoking with eyes already white.

[Blazing Sphere!]

A young feminine voice resounded.

Another blazing sphere flew away and hit the other Gob, who came after the old man.

"!!"

The other Gobs, who came after the child, stopped advancing upon realizing what happened to their comrades on the other side. But, right at this moment, a figure was rushing rapidly and passed through them in the blink of an eye, like a shadow.

A second later, three heads were severed and flew away. They bounced on the ground and rolled a few times.

The three headless bodies fell simultaneously right when she sheathed back her weapon.

It was a young girl of about 15-16 years old. She had long, blue ponytailed hair.

"Hurry, Meir! Let's get them out of here!" The other person shouted. She had cherry-colored hair and a pretty gentle face. She was the one who fired the blazing spheres. Like the blue-haired young girl, she also looked around 15-16 years old. They must be students as they wore the same uniforms.

However, before they could move out, about 10 Gobs already closed the distance and cut their escape route.

"Dammit, they're fast! Wait, Hope!"

It was too late to escape because they were surrounded already.

The blue-haired young girl, named Meir, hurriedly picked up the child and retreated to the other girl she called Hope, who was helping the crawling old man to stand.

"What now?" Hope asked worriedly.

Meanwhile, they were on the road and their backs were facing a dead end. Around them, they were surrounded by 10 grotesque monsters that were looking at them with malicious intent.

"Y-you two, are you from the Clearing Association?" the old man suddenly asked with a brightened face.

"CA? No! We are mere academy students," Hope replied honestly.

"What!?" The old man gawked. The brightened face immediately disappeared. "P-please take the child and get out of here!" He urged them to escape.

But the two girls had seemingly no intention of leaving. Or perhaps, it was impossible for them to leave now.

Meir and Hope gnashed their teeth as their line of sight was swimming left and right. They never thought that these monsters were so quick to react.

Ambushing them was fine, but once they noticed their enemy, they were quick to surround them, like they were moving through instinct.

Although Gobs were known as low-ranking monsters, their numbers supplemented their lack of strength.

"Hey, Meir, w-what are we going to do now?" Hope asked in a flustered voice.

"Why are you asking me now? You're the one who mindlessly rushed over here," she retorted. She wanted to stab her with common sense.

They were only able to defeat those five as they were unaware of their presence. But the situation right now was different.

"Regardless, you support me. Let's try forcing our way before the second wave comes out," Meir said.

Right, based on her knowledge, every few moments, a new wave of monsters will come out of the dungeon. That's why someone must go inside to clear it before it happens. If not, the place will be overcrowded with monsters.

Regardless, the two of them had mo intention of clearing the dungeon. They just wanted to rescue them.

Nonetheless, one of the Gobs leaped to attack Meir, who was in front of it.

She intercepted it with her sword that was on her waist.

Then she kicked it on the stomach. *Bam!* The Gob was sent rolling away.

The other simultaneously brandished their weapons at her. But the other one was hit by a blazing sphere.

It was enough to cause an injury and knock back the monster. However, it wasn't enough to kill it. Hope could not concentrate and ended up shooting it without waiting for it to complete. She almost had her arm severed by the other Gob. Fortunately, she was able to evade it.

Meir immediately ran to help her and thrust her weapon, hitting the Gob in the chest. Then she sent a kick.

"Thanks!" While she was thankful, she also fired another blazing sphere to the other side. It was another weak blazing sphere. But enough to injure her target.

"Say it after we escape here!" Meir shouted and stabbed the other Gob.

The two girls were working in sync.

"Ugh!" Mier groaned.

"!!"

"Are you okay?" Hope asked worriedly.

"Just a scratch!" After saying that, she swung her katana sword upward. "HAH!"

After a struggle, they succeeded in cutting half of the monster's total number. And two of them were badly injured.

Meir and Hope were gasping for breaths. And bruises and cuts were apparent on their bodies. Though, they could still fight. But, right at this time, they noticed the void, the entrance of the dungeon, shone brightly.

"This is bad, Meir! A second wave is coming!"

The two girls grimaced.

Then at the corner of their eyes, they noticed a figure casually walking towards the void.

"Eh?" 

Looking at his figure, he seemed to be a young boy of around the same age as them.

"Hey! Get away from there!" Meir shouted at him.

However, that boy just glanced at them with a nonchalant face. They noticed his eyes devoid of emotion.