The Only Male Student in the Academy

034. Dungeon Attack with Underground Water (3)

Philea Academy 2nd year overall head, Erea Blainclette.

She was about to go to the dungeon today, but there was someone who caught her.

“Hello, Erua junior. It’s been a while.”

This is Lapisca, the head of the entire third year.

She wasn’t close enough to say that she was close, but she had been entangled with the seniors of her grade a few times.

Is that why? That’s what I’m talking about from time to time.

“Do you have any business?”

“It’s a business… I don’t have a special business, but there’s something I want to ask my younger brother, Erua.”

“What if you want to ask?”

“It seems that two people didn’t come in during the dormitory roll call yesterday. They are students named Ariel Beheritt and Marie Ruhelif…, Can’t junior Erea know?”

“Yes, I don’t know.”

Era replied.

Er a Blaine Cleat is dark with her gossip.

No, to be precise, I don’t pay much attention to rumors.

To be more specific, I would say that she doesn’t care about other people.

Not interested in others.

I often hear that I lack social skills.

The 2nd year head of Philea Academy was such a woman.

“Are you going to go to the dungeon from now on, junior Er A? She tells you that if she meets Ariel Beheritt and Marie Ruhelif, she should return to the dorm.”

“Okay.”

At the end of that brief conversation, Erua broke up with Lapisca.

On that day, it was just a coincidence that Erua went to the underground water dungeon.

At any time when time is empty, Erea wants to go to the dungeon. She attacked not only the dungeons inside the Floating Islands, but also the dungeons outside the Floating Islands countless times.

Her only interest is adventure.

Going around her dungeon is the same as breathing for her.

Among them, I chose the underground canal just because I felt like that today.

Of course, the short conversation I had with Lapisca had some influence.

Two students are said to be missing.

But if she disappeared during roll call, it would mean that she didn’t issue a pass, so at least she wouldn’t have gone out of the floating island.

Then she just thought that if it was a dungeon inside the floating island, she might be able to run into it.

The first thing that came to my mind was the Faol Dungeon, but it was so easy that I didn’t feel like going there.

Among the remaining candidates, the only place she chose was the underground canal.

Coincidence.

Yes, it’s a coincidence.

But Era Blainkleet doesn’t even know herself.

That the biggest element that makes up the human being Erea Blainklet is ‘coincidence’.

“……A tent.”

Era found a tent while walking through the underground waterway.

Looking around, there are traces of a bonfire. In addition, there was a box full of items.

Clear signs of camping.

Suddenly, the names of the two students Lapiska was looking for came to mind. Their names are Ariel Beheritt and Marie Ruhelif.

But at this stage, we can’t be sure.

-“Listen carefully, Erua. The most important thing in an adventure is imagination. You shouldn’t imagine various possibilities and be convinced too soon.”

Master said so.

It’s clear that someone spent the night here. However, the possibility of another student is high.

“…….”

Era glanced at the tent and left. She didn’t bother to touch the items.

I don’t know who has lived here, but I’m interested.

If you were a student, you could have spent the night in a dormitory, but why did you bother to camp in a place like this?

Is there a reason you had to do that?

Let’s follow the footsteps.

Checking the size and shape of the footprints, there are two of them.

Two people. It’s a very mediocre number of people.

It’s better than alone, but the number of people who have a party doesn’t mean much.

If Er-A was in a position to organize a party, at least she would have done it in a group of three. A tank, dealer, and healer composition.

So, this footprint is a party that deviated from that usual concept.

Because she cares a bit why she had to do it in a two-person group.

Chase.

It took a lot of time to catch up.

She must have been clearing the dungeon since morning.

At the end of Erua’s pursuit, what he sees in the distance is a pair of men and women wearing school uniforms.

“…….”

“…….”

The two remained silent.

The woman side is walking in front of her.

She holds a staff in her left hand, and holds a lantern in her right hand, shining in front of her.

The action of holding the lantern is a bit peculiar.

First, step forward and light the roadside.

Next, go down to the right and illuminate the flowing sewer.

Right after that, lift it up to the left and illuminate the wall.

Lastly, stretch all the way up and illuminate the ceiling.

It keeps repeating that over and over again.

And the male student following him is just walking with his eyes closed.

Unusual.

‘Judging by the color of their ties, they’re both freshmen. The female side is a wizard.’

Write down the confirmed information in your head.

As for the woman, no matter how you look at it, she has no weapons other than a staff. Even if it was decided that she was a wizard, she would be fine.

There are many types of wizards, but since they don’t have any melee weapons, they must be mages. The easiest possibility that comes to mind is Elementalist.

The male student following him is holding a sword, but overall he is wearing light equipment.

Compared to that, the size of the bag is huge. It seems to contain various items.

And I see a throwing knife hidden in his sleeve, and a fireball or bomb within easy reach.

It seems to focus on throwing.

But he’s not scouting, nor is he hiding, so he’s not a thief.

It seems likely to be an alchemist.

‘That means only two wizards.’

It’s a strange thing. A party made up of only two wizards.

Of course, there are occasions when a party consists only of wizards. However, in that case, a mage who is good at close combat is bound to be put in.

But the female side is a mage type, and the male side is a distance dealer type.

There is no front line. An overly unbalanced party with only two subordinates.

If you do that, you will be in danger.

‘…… Will it be so?’

However, Erea did not carelessly be convinced. It is also a delusion that there are only two wizards, so they will be in danger.

How long did it take from the camp earlier to here?

It seems clear that those two attacked from the morning, but they didn’t lose their lives or get seriously injured in the process.

It’s amazing.

So let’s keep an eye on it.

“Marie.”

A male student standing behind suddenly opened his mouth.

Marie. It seems to be a person’s name.

Come to think of it, didn’t Lapisca say that one of the students who disappeared earlier was Marie Ruhelif?

The schoolgirl, presumed to be Marie Lou Helip, immediately raised her cane.

Mana emanates from the female student’s body, permeates the air and collects her steam.

The amount of water vapor can be seen to increase dramatically, and it begins to freeze rapidly.

As expected, the female student seems to have been an Elementalist. Judging by her skills, she is a freezing magician who mainly uses ice elementals.

And the magic I am using right now is

It’s a middle-lower level of ice elemental magic.

A magic circle appears from the sewer side and cold air rushes in.

The water froze instantly,

Even the snake that tried to climb from the sewer froze.

It was a snake whose body was all black.

A snake as thick as a human forearm, reminiscent of an anaconda. The snake is called the Dark Snake.

As its name suggests, it is a snake that hides in the dark and snatches its prey at once.

That might be the most annoying monster in this underground canal.

‘It was found by sound.’

That must be the reason why the boy in the back kept his eyes closed. To sensitize hearing instead of blocking sight.

Perhaps he heard the sound of water.

As soon as I felt a sense of discomfort in the sound, I passed it on to a female student walking ahead.

The female student heard that and immediately used her magic. She responded instantly even though a male student only called her by her first name.

‘The party is on the men’s side.’

It must be natural to see it that way.

As I watched a little longer, blue eyes burst from the Dark Serpent’s eyes.

Dark snakes are annoying because they use magic.

It seems that he activated , A skill to obtain super armor.

The Dark Snake rushes through the cold frost of .

Then again the female student reached out her hand.

Again, the water vapor gathers in one place, this time forming a thick and large ice shield.

. Skill level is pretty good.

The Dark Serpent could not break the frozen shield. It just crashes into the shield.

Then, the male student acted right next to him. He threw a fireball.

The Dark Snake avoids it with its excellent reaction speed.

Because it is flexible as it is a reptile, it probably won’t get hit easily by such a throwing attack.

Right after that, the female student started to activate her magic again.

Twists the magic inside her ice shield.

At the same time, she smashed her ice shield with a hammer, pouring her magic.

If you do that, it is only natural that the ice shield will shatter into fragments.

The girl shot it.

“.”

Countless hailstones fall upon the Dark Serpent.

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No matter how flexible the Dark Snake was, it could not avoid all of its attacks.

Therefore, the Dark Snake uses the skill once more.

Bounces all hail projectiles as wind pressure rises around them. It is , A type of wind elemental magic.

, Which the female student ambitiously prepared, was easily destroyed,

The male student rather took advantage of the gap and rushed.

She already has a magic engineering chainsaw in her hand.

It uses powerful cutting power to tear its body apart.

The match has been won.

The body of the Dark Serpent is split in two and sinks into the water.

“Let’s go.”

After confirming that the battle is over, a male student speaks out.

Then it goes back to its original role.

A female student is in charge of ‘eyes’ by holding a lantern and shining it in front of her,

The male student walks behind her with her eyes closed and serves as her ‘ears’.

Probably because both of them are wizards, so they don’t have detection skills.

That’s why I rely on sight and hearing to find the enemy as quickly as possible.

It’s not impossible, but it’s not easy either.

Trying to see with your own eyes while paying attention to each and every thing.

Trying to listen with your ears while paying attention to each one is tiring.

Nevertheless, somehow, the two of them managed to do it.

“…….”

Era continued to watch the two of them without saying a word.

After that, the battle continued.

Countless mutant rats appear and try to attack you, giant worms appear and try to block your way, and slimes waiting on the ceiling fall and try to attack you.

However, both seem to be responding.

It’s hard to say it’s perfect. There were mistakes along the way.

However, I was playing with that mistake in mind from the beginning.

If the female student’s magic is delayed even a little bit, the male student’s side will throw a bomb or smoke grenade to block her vision. Then step back and do the maintenance.

If the male student fails to manage the aggro, the female student will chant giant magic or throw her item in the same way. She must have received items from the male students in advance.

I don’t know anything else, but the linkage play is perfect.

We understand each other.

And more than that, the compatibility between the Ice Wizard and the Alchemist is good.

You could say it’s a good combination.

“Eh, Ariel… This is a warp point soon…”

A female student walking in front said.

With this, the boy’s name is Ariel.

Matches the name of the student who was said to have disappeared.

“Yes. Let’s rest there for now.”

Eventually, the two arrive at the warp point and take a break.

There are several warp points in the underground canal. There is a special barrier at the warp point, so monsters will never approach it.

In other words, a warp point is a safe zone.

That’s why the two of them won’t be in danger for the time being.

I decided that now is the right time.

Erua, who had been hiding for a long time, appeared.

Then, he approaches the two people who are resting.

“Let me ask you a question. Are Ariel Beheritt and Marie Ruhelif the ones who were said to have disappeared from the dormitory?”