The Only Male Student in the Academy

074. Catacomb Dungeon 3rd Floor (2)

“It doesn’t have to be a priest, Ariel. A swordsman is fine, so just one more person is enough, right?”

Claire went on to say that.

“If you’re a priest, you can keep Reis in check, if you’re a swordsman, you can put holy water on your sword to subdue it, and if you have a tanker, you can protect Miss Marie.”

“Yes, that’s all right.”

Currently, there is only one problem. If two or more races appear, Mari and I will be tied at the same time.

If the two of us are tied up, Claire has no choice but to hold on, and the battle drags on.

Conversely, even one of us can get out of the way.

When I am free, I can sweep the enemy with a bomb-like wide-area,

When Marie is free, you can reduce Claire’s tanking burden with a crowd control like .

As long as either Mari or I can be free, it doesn’t matter what the means are.

You can be a priest, a swordsman, or a tank.

Just.

“So where are you going to get them?”

“…….”

When he asked that question, Claire shut his mouth as if he was at a loss for an answer.

It’s not like I didn’t think about it either. No, among these, the one who wants to increase the number of party members must be me.

Unknown Saga is a game played in a party of up to 8 people, but isn’t it a situation where half of that number is not filled?

“Can you bring the student knights from Count Findelnerca’s residence. Alex or something?”

“…It will be difficult. The guild members already have a set party, and they are already clearing the deepest part of the dungeon, so it will be difficult for them to leave.”

“There were other people besides the knights at the count’s place. Can you bring them?”

“That’s…”

Claire averted her gaze.

I am the only male student who is called the duke’s idiot.

Marie is being treated as a time bomb.

There is even Claire, who is said to be the right hand of the princess.

…… No one wants to come to a party like this.

“What about senior Benit? Senior Benit is also a student in the Divinity Combat Department.”

Come to think of it, Benit was a priest. Although there are too many healer skills, it is not that there are no divine attack skills.

However, the problem is that Bennett is the eldest daughter of Count Findelnerca before becoming a priest.

“There are so many VIPs at the count’s house right now. Can Benit really come to our party?”

“I know. But there’s nothing to lose by asking, right?”

“Stop it. Anyway, I’m the eldest son of a duke, and you’re the youngest daughter of a marquis.”

If you do it wrong, even an invitation can look like a useless threat.

So it wouldn’t be a good idea to call Benit.

Marie timidly raised her hand.

“Uh, should I call my sister…? Hey, if you call me, she might come…”

“It’s pointless. Your sister is also a wizard.”

What is needed is the number of people who can respond to Wraith, but Rose, who is of the same mage type, is of no help.

Above all, I don’t want to touch the members of Lucius’s party.

‘Right now Lucius must be attacking the heroine.’

The story of Unknown Saga is divided into semester and vacation. During the semester, the main story is mainly conducted, and during the vacation, individual character stories are conducted.

Character stories during vacation are a great opportunity to raise the character’s bond level, and the higher the bond level, the higher the benefits.

Besides, it was also an important turning point in who Lucius was connected with, so I didn’t want to disturb Lucius at all during the vacation period.

“Then the only thing left is to recruit adventurers from outside.”

“I want to do that as a last resort.”

In response to Claire’s muttering, I said firmly.

“…Last resort? Why?”

“Mainly because of the party atmosphere.”

The three of us have one thing in common: we go to the same school, and we are also in the same age range.

However, if you recruit adventurers from outside, there is a high chance that an adult will join the party.

If that happens, there is a possibility that the party atmosphere will not be good, and there may be a problem of initiative within the party.

I don’t know what will happen if the atmosphere gets bad.

After all, most problems in human relationships do not come from work, but rather from outside work.

“Then there’s no other way.”

“That’s why we’re going to level up. If you level up, you’ll be able to respond more clearly to Wraith.”

“But that would take too much time. Couldn’t make it to the 4th floor during the rest of the vacation?”

“If that happens, I’ll give up going to the fourth floor.”

“What…?”

Claire makes a surprised expression.

But I have no choice but to do it.

The skill book you get on the 4th floor is a very necessary item for me, but it’s not like it’s a problem if you don’t have it.

It is also a story that if you do not get it during the vacation, you can try again later.

Just.

‘The problem is that if I miss this opportunity, it will be next year.’

When the vacation ends, ‘various incidents’ occur in the County of Findelnerca.

As a result, not only is it difficult to enter the dungeon, but the difficulty of the dungeon also changes.

It will take a considerable amount of time for Lucius and the others to solve all the incidents that occur in the county.

It would be safe to say that the opportunity to obtain a skill book will be lost until the next year.

‘I’d rather be happy with that.’

In the worst case, there is also the possibility of the skill book being taken away by someone else.

Unknown Saga is a game after all, so the world revolves around players.

The ‘Ring of Life’ and ‘Blood Arrow’ I got were also things that Lucius should have.

But now it’s just in the hands of Ariel, her supporting character,

The quest item ‘Brilliance of Andebarium’, which Lucius will later use in the Crown Prince event, has already been delivered to Claire from a place completely unrelated to Lucius.

Ariel, a supporting character, is a skill and item that she uses freely, but is there any guarantee that she won’t do that just because she’s a different character?

If I don’t take possession of the skill book on the 4th floor of the Catacombs Dungeon, there is a high possibility that it will fall into someone else’s hands.

No, maybe Lucius or someone else has already been there.

So, I want to get it during this vacation.

“It’s not to the extent of risking one’s life.”

I had no choice but to say that.

Since we had some time left, we went up to the second floor and raised our experience points by catching zombie poison and living armor, which we have become accustomed to.

Hunting efficiency is neither good nor bad.

It felt like it was better than when I was leveling in the Bleta Dungeon in the past, but it wasn’t that fast compared to my experience of playing Unknown Saga.

‘It can’t be helped.’

Our party is only three, and it’s made up entirely of wizards.

I feel regretful, but I have no choice but to approach it realistically. Rather than taking the risk and increasing the leveling speed, it is better to take stability even if the leveling efficiency is reduced.

With that thought, we safely hunted on the second floor until dinner, then returned to the mansion.

“Ariel, the second floor tomorrow too?”

“Perhaps.”

“I see. I’m tired, so I’ll go in first.”

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Upon arriving at the mansion, Claire put on a puzzled expression and went in first.

He probably didn’t like the fact that he went up from the 3rd floor to the 2nd floor again. Surprisingly, it seems that he has a strong desire to win.

Well, I don’t really like the current situation either.

‘Let’s think about it. How can I defeat the race?’

In the end, there are three problems with the race.

Passing through walls freely.

Therefore, the first problem is that even Cannot block access, and if you try to attack with a projectile, you will hide behind the wall.

Flying through the sky.

Therefore, the second problem is that even Cannot detect its existence in advance, and it is not easy to defeat it with mobility.

That it doesn’t work except for divine attacks.

Therefore, the third problem is that all magic skills and items do not work, and the variety of attacks is reduced due to relying on holy water.

‘And the first thing I need to solve is.’

The point is that it passes through walls freely.

Flying through the sky is also a nuisance, but it is possible to inflict damage with .

It’s also annoying that only divine attacks work, but fortunately Wraith doesn’t have much HP, so if you have a chance to attack, you can take it down.

Compared to that, passing through a wall is a different story.

The problem is that this side’s opportunity to attack disappears, and the race side has the right to attack unconditionally.

That’s why we are being swayed by Wraith, and the current situation is that we are experiencing discomfort in battle because of that.

“Marie, can you see me for a second?”

“Uh, uh, huh?! Why, why…?!”

I only called out to Marie, but she suddenly stepped back from her.

It must have seemed that he was surprised by the sudden talk.

“There is something I want to experiment with as training. If it’s difficult, try it next time…”

“Ha, I’ll do it…! Well, anything…, I’ll do it…!”

“…Why are you so ambitious?”

It was a strange thing for Marichi, but I decided to think it was fortunate that he said he liked it.

So we walked for a while.

According to a passing maid, she said that there is a dedicated training ground a little away from Count Findel Nerka.

As you said, there was a plausible training ground, but it felt rather small compared to the academy’s training ground. It’s probably a training ground that only a few people, including blood relatives, use.

Maybe that’s why, although the scale was small, the facilities were quite well equipped.

“Marie, can you freeze any water?”

I asked Marie that after finishing her training.

Then Marie puts on a dumbfounded expression.

“Uh, um…? Aren’t all water the same…?”

“You got the question wrong. Marie, can your ice elemental magic freeze anything as long as it’s liquid?”

“Uh, to the freezing point Oh, I can freeze it if I lower the temperature…?”

“Then can you use this to make an ?”

I took a water bottle out of my bag.

A water bottle filled with holy water.

“Ah…”

As soon as she saw Marie, she made an understanding expression.

There are only two ways we can apply divine damage. All you had to do was apply holy water to a sword and engage in close combat, or apply holy water to a dagger and throw it.

In the end, it is safe to say that there is no means to inflict divine damage other than holy water.

Then, how about using the holy water more actively?

‘… However, this is a method that has never been tried in the game.’

Holy water was an item that could only be used with weapons, and it was impossible to freeze it with ice elemental magic in-game.

It can be said that it is natural. Doing so will increase your degree of freedom too much.

However, this world is not a game, it is reality.

“…Do it, I’ll try it.”

Marie carefully opened the lid.

Then prepare a cup and pour a little bit of holy water into it,

Immediately scatter the holy water that was removed.

Mari’s mana was rapidly released from her body.

Mari’s magical energy is released and melts into the air, collecting fragments of steam.

Then.

“It didn’t go well.”

“Ugh…”

The water droplets of holy water that Mari sprinkled only wet the floor after bouncing in the air.

Only a few of them were frozen.

“That… it feels like there are few gaps in the rain…”

“Fewer gaps?”

“Uh, yeah… Even if I try to put her mana into the water molecule…, It doesn’t go well…, So it’s difficult to control…”

“I see.”

Due to the setting of Unknown Saga, Mana tends to nestle in something if left alone.

So, when magic power is released into the air, it dwells in the air. Magical powers that could not dwell in the air would dwell in the ground. Occasionally, it nests in minerals or creatures.

However, it is not something that can be nested anywhere.

There are objects that can hold magic well, and conversely, there are also objects that do not hold magic well.

“I guess the Holy Beast was the one with the hardest magic to dwell in.”

“Of course not.”

A voice interrupted.

Did Nina appear again?

I thought so, but the owner of the voice was an unexpected person.

“Hello. Looks like you were doing something fun?”

A tall woman steps her foot into her training ground.

She is as tall as Lapiska. But her feelings are completely different.

If Lapis Car has a sense of frivolity, the first thing she felt was dignified.

She didn’t quite feel like a woman. Although she is lively, she has a calm feeling somewhere, so she feels that she is an older person rather than a woman.

Jaca Ancilla.

She was there.