Vol. 4 - Chapter 238 - The days passed by, in the twinkling of an eye
Vol. 4 - Chapter 238 - The days passed by, in the twinkling of an eye
The weekdays were passing like the flow of unobstructed water ever since the academy had started formally.
On Monday, Saturn-kun and others invited me to have fun together with them, as they burned in their rivalry spirit as ever; and so, we challenged the dungeon along with Mona, whom I had promised to help.
However, it turned out that Saturn-kun and the others were complete beginners at fighting, so I decided to teach them the fundamentals. They looked so deeply moved by my words that I could see the quartet trembling and crying. I was impressed by them.
After that, I witnessed a never-before-seen miracle: a rare boss appeared back-to-back without missing a beat when I used the flute 20 times in a row.
The drops from the rare boss even included 6 gold chests, and all of them were mine. Fuhahaha!
Tuesday's classes were just as enjoyable, and because my thirst for knowledge of Dungeon Activity was even deeper than the bottom of ocean, I borrowed a few more books from the Great Library>.The most interesting among all was definitely history.
After the classes were over, I trained the quartet as I had promised. Although I had to exercise force there and dragged them to the training ground when they refused to come to training, saying "We don't need training" while sweating profusely for some reason.
For Saturn-kun, I had to become a little stricter, seeing no improvement in him, and result-wise, I believe I made the right decision, seeing his slightly improved aim.
You can reach the top, Saturn-kun. Fight!
But of course, training is a matter of time and not just a day, so when I conveyed that I would train them tomorrow too, their eyes pooled with tears of gratitude.
I was equally happy to see that they appreciated my training so much.
In the evening, I went to Marie-senpai to sell the drops for tomorrow and received an earful from her.
Apparently, she was at her wits' end on how to handle the sudden appearance of 20 rare boss drops. Haa, that was so amusing.
However, it didn't take long before it was my turn to despair; my eyes nearly popped out of my eye socket when I went to the Let's Become a Bomber Together guild in order to repair the flutes afterwards, and the bill came to an exorbitant price of 10 million Mir (500,000 Mir for a single flute * 20 times). I knew it was naturally impossible for me to foot the bill with my current pocket money, so I asked them to repair the original flutes for the time being while making a plan to restore the later one I got from drops as soon as the evaluation of the Emperor Goblin materials is finished.
On Wednesday, it was finally the class to teach about dungeon exploration. though it was still a class lecture.
The content was truly basic, with only the rehearsal and the mental preparedness to face the dungeon.
Hmm. The lecture was pretty much the same as the game, but some things still come out as new now that I was attending them in-person. It actually turned out to be a useful class.
After classes was the training time for Saturn-kun and others.
It really puzzled me why they still tried to make an excuse, but given the scarcity of time, I dragged them like yesterday and switched to spartan mode from the beginning. Hard work never betrays, and true to the words, Saturn-kun's attack can now finally hit the target 9 out of 10 times.
The growth of other boys was just as, if not more, remarkable as Saturn-kun's. Well, I guess the lack of correct methods must have hampered the boy's growth until now, so it was kind of inevitable. Consequently, it will also become difficult to show any visible growth from this point onwards.
"Fuhahaha! Look! I am not missing my target, even from such a long distance! This is my true power! So you don't have to come to train me anymore! "
"Fufu, fufufu. I think this is the first time we have agreed on something. I have also become strong. So I don't think I need any more training.
"Indeed, I couldn't agree more. I can feel my growth, too. You don't need to waste your time anymore.
"We are also prepared. With "our" current strength, the dungeon would be a piece of cake. Feel free to stop the training anytime. Oh, and today can be that time. "
Hmm, has a little bit of growth gone to their head? The Quartet is clamouring they are way past the need for training, while from my perspective, the training until now was like teaching a toddler how to walk only.
And thus, once again, the sweat of their youth flows out, along with their tears of gratitude.
Thursday, class topic was about the established norm for jobs in this world.
However, as such a "norm" had been subverted significantly recently, the majority of the textbooks about them have now become useless. Because of that, even the teacher appears hesitant about answering the students' questions.
Good grief, just who has just changed the norm? Therefore, the class didn't go well that day.
However, because the impact of high-ranking jobs remains strong, teachers and researchers are already working hard to sort that out. I guess I should postpone any new wave of information leaks for now, given their situation.
Oh, and there was also a class about the party later. Although this too was all about the basics, let's skip it.
After classes, we decided to go to the dungeon under the persistence request of Saturn-kun.
Of course, I also brought Mona along with me.
However, the target this time was the dungeon famed as the "Bane of Muscles," also known as the "Ghost Cavern Dungeon."
This dungeon doesn't have that many opportunities to harvest material, so I have brought him to earn some experience as a "Porter". But as Farmer could still earn the experience while working as a "porter", he gladly accepted the offer.
This time, there's a much more important thing than just conquering the targeted Ghost Cavern Dungeon.
As it's already known, attribute-less physical attacks can hardly do damage to monsters that possess "ghostly" characteristics.
Therefore, weapons augmented with attributes are generally recommended, but unfortunately, neither Jilong-kun nor Tom-kun possessed them. They can hardly play a role in such cases.
Saturn-kun was a magician, so his affinity with this dungeon was exceptional, and while Knight Helck-kun didn't have any such weapons either, he's a tank, so he barely needs them. However, this cannot be said of the attackers, Tom-kun and Jilong-kun.
And so, for today's exploration only, I lend them weapons from the inventory of Eden.
"Fufu? Fufufu! Fufufufu?! H-how dare you tarnish my reputation with such a weapon? "
"Pfft! This weapon suits you Ji-Jiilong-kun, buhahaha!! "
The weapon Jilong-kun is holding is the Blazing Mushroom Sword.
It was the so-called troll weapon, a long sword with flame attributes. I never thought there would come a day when the sword would finally see the light of the dungeon.
The sword completely looked like a mushroom in appearance, and seeing such a weapon in Jilong-kun's hands, Saturn-kun laughed so hard that his stomach cramped.
For Tom-kun, I loaned him an Ax, a drop from a Silver Chest, from whom I don't remember where it dropped. In this way, we begin our exploration. Naturally, our party defeated "Fat Ball Ghost" without a hitch.
"Clearing dungeons with classmates, without Eden, doesn't seem so bad." It was one of those fulfilling days when I couldn't help but think so.