Category: Umareta Chokugo ni Suterareta kedo, Zensei ga Taikensha datta node Yoyuu de Ikitemasu

“Our Adventurer’s Guild and the city itself have changed a lot since you took office, but at the same time, some exiled ex-adventurers have colluded and continued to engage in activities that could easily be called sabotage.”

Deputy Guild Leader Mordea spoke with a sigh.

“Until now, there are countless adventurers who have been attacked by them and have died or been unable to recover. Of course we have not just stayed silent, we have taken various countermeasures to destroy them. It’s just, it’s not enough….…”

“They were acting like guerrilla and they are extremely cautious. So until now, we didn’t even know where their base was.”

The guild leader continued with a bitter face.

“That’s where this incident comes in. It is also the first time we’ve been able to catch a member of that group.”

“Guild Leader! I have confirmed. Indeed, in the database, there was a record of a former adventurer named Dill! I’m sure that man’s testimony was true!”

Then the aforementioned staff returns. The guild leader nods gravely, and muttered “…… I see”.

“That means that if he continues to make a confession, you might find out where they’re based!”

“Ah, you’re right, Miss Amazoness…… Mordea, please.”

“Yes, Guild Leader.”

Mordea asked the man as he heard someone swallowing his saliva nervously.

“So, where exactly are you, Rebellion, based?”

“The base….. it is in the dungeon….…”

“““What!?”””

The answer that came out took everyone’s breath away.

“…..I see, it is in the dungeon huh. Even after a thorough search in the city, we were unable to pinpoint a location that could be their base.”

It was the guild leader who nodded in agreement.

Mordea asks further.

“How many floors in the dungeon and where is the base located?”

“……That’s…… not decided…… we frequently change bases…… Perhaps because…… I got caught…… they are now moving….. to a new place……”

“Whaat!? Then, you don’t know where it is after all, do you?”

At the man’s response, Emily expressed her  disappointment. It was Gain who shook his head.

“No, it’s enough to know that they are in the dungeon. But if that’s the case, there are still doubtful points. With an entrance within the guild, this dungeon should not be easy for non-adventurers to get in and out. In other words……”

Gain hesitated to say more. Perhaps he wants to say: “There is an accomplice within the Adventurer’s Guild.”

“Anyway, from now on, we will have to fortify the entrance with several adventurers and staff and conduct checkpoints so that they will not be able to move easily.”

The guild leader announces the future direction.

So I raised my hand and said, “Yes”, after getting everyone’s attention.

“You can raid the base at any time.”

“What? What do you mean by that?”

“I’ve secretly marked the guys who attacked us on the way back here. I can track them wherever they go.”

“Is that for real? No, before that…….”

The guild leader asks seriously, looking at me being held by Fana.

“……Why is a baby talking normally?”

“Babies these days can talk.”

“How is that possible?”

Gain explained it for me.

“From the looks of it, he is also a B-rank adventurer, but his ability is far from B-rank. It would not be an exaggeration to say that we were able to defeat the enhanced Red Dragon thanks to him.”

“No, no, it’s because of Fana and Anje-oneechan.”

“He says that, but you can just ignore it.”

“Hey, Emily-oneechan!?”

“Well, no matter how you think about it, it’s impossible.”

“Mmm.”

Uh-, Fana and Anje too! I should have told them beforehand that I didn’t want to stand out too much.

“Could it be that…. you are the baby that is on a rampage in the city of Volante?”

Apparently, the guild leader had heard rumors about me.

“I always thought that Dorje was just bragging and exaggerating it, but it was true huh.”

What’s more, the guild leader of Volante City seems to be his old friend. In that case, there’s no point in trying to hide my abilities now……

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After that, we returned to the Adventurer’s Guild without incident.

“P-please wait a moment!”

The receptionist, who received the report from Gain, hurriedly ran to the back. She returned after a while and then we were led to what appeared to be a reception room. There were several men and women waiting there. 

One of them, an elderly man, opened his mouth when he saw us enter.

“I’ve heard the report. It looks like it was quite grave.”

“Yes, Guild Leader.”

Apparently, he is the head of this adventurer’s guild.

“Guild Leader…… This city is ruled by the Adventurer’s Guild…. then, he’s the one in charge huh.”

“Mmm. Equal to the lord.”

Anje and Fana exchanged words in a whisper.

“I see…… He’s petite, but he has a great presence…… As expected, he’s on a different level compared to Dorje.”

“Of course it’s different. The guild leader here is a former S-rank adventurer.”

Compared to Dorje, who was the guild leader in Volante, he is quite small, and his physique is not much different from Fana. However, his ability is in an order of magnitude higher. Of all the humans I’ve encountered since my reincarnation, he is probably by far the strongest. Then there’s the young man next to him. Even though he looked like a young man, he is probably a half-elf, so his actual age is much older. He also seems to be quite capable.

As I was thinking about this, the young man looked at me and Fana and his eyebrows furrowed. His expression seems to be asking, “Why bring a baby here?” ……Since he already thought that way, I acted like a baby and spoke “Auu-ah-”.

“That’s the one you caught then. Mordea, please.”

“Leave it to me.”

Apparently, the half-elf young man was named Mordea. Emily secretly told me from the side, “He is the deputy guild leader.”

As he approaches the man we have captured, Mordea casts his magic on him. The man who had been tensing his body for a while now as he was wondering what will happen to him suddenly became dull, as if he had lost his soul.

I see, it’s confession magic.

Mordea spoke,

“Alright, once I ask, you answer the question. What is your name and age?”

“My…… name is …… Dill…… Thirty-one years old….…”

With blank eyes, the man answered as he was asked.

“Dill, thirty-one years old huh. So, what is your occupation?”

“Former …… Adventurer ……”

“Hmm, a former adventurer. By the way, what is your rank?”

“B-Rank ……”

If the content of his confession is true, it seems that this man was originally an adventurer.

“Why did you stop being an adventurer?”

“I…. got into a fight with the client…… I almost killed him…… then…… I was expelled..…”

It’s not a mild reason. However, adventurers are all people with blood in their hands, and in my previous life, I feel that even if an adventurer almost killed his client, he would have been allowed to go free with a fine or a demotion.

As he listened, Mordea kept an eye on a staff member nearby. Presumably asking him to check the data of the previous adventurers, the staff member hurriedly leaves the room.

“Well, then…… What are you doing now?”

When Mordea questioned him to get to the heart of the matter, the man readily confessed.

“I’m now a member of…… Anti-Adventurer Guild Organization…… called Rebellion……”

An Anti-Adventurers Guild called Rebellion huh.

“Tsk…… After all, it’s them….…”

“What are they trying to do again……?”

I had no idea what they were talking about, but judging by the reactions of the others present, it seemed that they had guessed who’s behind the incident beforehand.

“What is that anti-adventurer guild organization?”

“As the name suggests, it is a dark organization that has rebelled against our Adventurer’s Guild.”

It was Gain who answered Anje’s question.

“It was formed by former adventurers who have a grudge against the guild, they not only interfere with the guild’s activities, but have also victimized a number of active adventurers in the past.”

It seems to be quite a radical organization. They took advantage of this exam and tried to wipe out the examinees all at once and they may even have a very strong grudge against the examiner.

“Do they have a grudge against the guild?”

“This city is called a sanctuary for adventurers, but until just a few years ago, it was just a rough place, with criminals roaming around as they like and killing was a common occurrence.”

Fana tilted her head, and the guild leader explained it to her directly.

“But after I became the guild leader, I thoroughly eliminated those people, and even after that, I mercilessly expelled those who were deemed unfit to be adventurers…… Thanks to that, things have gotten much better. But…the number of people who have that in their roots has also increased.”

It seems that such people have formed a clique called the anti-adventurer guild organization, “Rebellion”.

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“Item Box!?”

“I’ve never seen or heard of such a large item box though!?”

They were more surprised than I expected, but I guess I should just cover it up as much as I can.

“I just happened to get it by chance.”

“““That’s kind of a lame lie……”””

Eh? For some reason, they don’t believe it…….

“Anyway, let’s get back to the ground as soon as possible! Just being on this floor will drain our stamina!”

In this way, we turned back the way we came. But on the way back, it all happened when we are at the sixteenth level.

“Hey, Examiner-san, we’re being followed.”

“What?”

I whispered to them and pointed it out, and Gain frowned.

“About ten of them, I think they are the companions of this guy.”

“Did they come to help their comrade?”

While being vigilant, there are things that need to be dealt with first. A group of monsters appeared in front of us. It’s a troll monster with a danger level B that often appear on this level.

“Uwoooooo”

It is a huge guy who is over 3 meters tall, and it attacks while wielding a club with its monstrous power. Basically, it usually appears alone, but at this time, there were three of them in total.

They also try to attack right away, but—

“Wait, they’re moving as well. It looks like they are going to take this opportunity to corner us.”

They must have been aiming for the timing of our encounter with the monster from the beginning. Immediately afterwards, a group of about a dozen people appeared from the other side of the road.

“Damn it…… what a timing……”

“I think we may be in a pinch….”

I spoke to the anxious examiners,

“Leave those guys to us.”

“I don’t know who they are, but I won’t consider fighting them. And with just the three of you…… No, I’ll leave it to you guys.”

For a moment, Gain almost disagreed, but he quickly changed his mind.

“Well, these kids will be fine.”

Emily agreed. Fana and Anje were in charge of the group behind us, and the trolls will be dealt by the examiners and the rest of the examinees.

“Good luck then, Oneechans.”

“Wait-, we’re going to fight alone!?”

“Yes. I’m tired from earlier you see.”

“Mmm. Leave it to me, Master.”

“Oi, wait!”

Fana rushes into the group without fear. Anje hurriedly follows after her. In the meantime, I went to the man who was trying to take this opportunity to secretly untie the rope and escape.

“Hey Ojichan, it’s no use trying to escape, you know?”

No one else seemed to notice him, but his actions were obvious to me.

“~~! Y-you, the one from earlier! …..Just who the hell are you!? No matter how I think about it, you are not just a baby!”

“Eh? I’m just a baby, though?”

“Stop with the bullshit! A baby that can talk, fly and defeat a strengthened red dragon!? There’s no way that’s for real! Damn it!”

Untying the rope, the man tries to cast a spell. He was supposed to have been sealed with magic by Emily, but it seems that he had also secretly unlocked it.

“Ice Needle!”

“Oop”

I blocked the rain of ice needles by lightly applying a film of magic around me. There was a sound of cracks and ice breaking.

“See! How can a baby overcome my magic attack so easily!?”

“Never mind that, be obedient and get arrested.”

“Mugu!?”

I manipulated the fallen rope with magic and then I tightened it around his whole body while blocking his mouth. He then loses consciousness and falls to the ground. Meanwhile, Fana and the others were struggling against the attackers.

“These guys are skilled!”

“Hmm. They also work together.”

In addition to their individual skills, they also seem to be used to group combat. Clearly, they are not ordinary bandits. Well, there’s no way a mere bandit will dive in the dungeon.

“Damn…… What the hell are these girls!?”

Still, the leader seemed impatient with the fact that they are taking time dealing with just two people over there. In that interim, the trolls were defeated one by one. The leader also learned that the man who had been captured had failed to escape.

“Damn it, retreat, retreat!”

Receiving instructions from the leader, they all run away like a receding wave.

“Stop!”

“You don’t have to chase them, Anje-oneechan.”

“~~!?”

I cling to Anje’s chest and stops her as she tries to pursue them.

“It’s better if they escape.”

“……What do you mean?”

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“You’re the culprit who put up the barrier, aren’t you?”

Glaring at the man tied up with a rope, Anje questioned him.

He must be about 30 years old. Judging from the speed at which he activated his magic earlier, it seems that he is used to fighting to a certain extent. Well, if it weren’t for that, he wouldn’t be able to dive all the way here.

“Maybe that’s not all, Anje-oneechan. I think he also has something to do with the fact that the Red Dragon has been strengthened.”

“Strengthening the Red Dragon? Is such a thing artificially possible?”

“Yes. There are several ways to do this, but the easiest one is to feed them magic stone.”

Magic stone is a stone with strong magical power stored in it and it can be mined in places with a high concentration of magical power. It is also formed inside the body of a monster, but when a monster takes it into their body, it becomes violent and sometimes evolves.

Among the monsters, there were also individuals that actively ate magic stones and grew. However, there are many monsters who are reluctant to eat magic stones. This is because if the stored magical power in the magic stone and their own magical power are not compatible, it will have a negative effect on their body.

“However, with a little treatment, it is possible to turn it into a magic stone that monster likes, and I think that’s how he prepared a large amount of magic stones that the red dragon liked and so he fed it.”

“That’s a way to do it huh….…”

“As expected of Master, so knowledgeable.”

While Anje and Fana are impressed, Emily rushes in from the side.

“I’ve never heard of such a method before! How did you know?”

“I don’t think you are saying it randomly…….”

Gain nodded in agreement because the man we had captured had a look on his face that says, “Why do you know that?”

……Or rather, I thought it wouldn’t be strange if there were people who knew this much. But apparently, it is not a common knowledge in this day and age.

“However, even if it is the easiest method, it is troublesome to prepare magic stones. And if you want to strengthen the Red Dragon, it is too difficult to do it alone. I don’t think he did it by himself.”

“In other words, it’s a crime made by a group. Hey, you, it’s time for you to confess!”

Anje pressed the man, but he remains silent. He doesn’t have intention to talk at all.

Gain then suggested, “For the time being, let’s all go back to the guild first. Then we can torture him to make him confess.”

“That’s right. Well, we can’t stay calm down here. Ah, but what do we do with that barrier?”

Emily furrows her eyebrows as she remembers the barrier that blocks the only exit here.

“Don’t worry. The barrier’s time is probably up.”

“Time’s up? What do you mean by that, Master?”

“It’s one of the basic techniques of barrier magic. Instead of drastically decreasing its strength after a certain amount of time, it makes it many times stronger than normal level for a period of time. Look, like this.”

I lightly kicked the barrier, and it shattered with a snap. This barrier must have been prepared in advance. And I can assume that the man we captured activated it the moment we passed by.

By the way, I was aware of the man’s existence from the very beginning.  Even if he is using concealment magic, he is in full view under my search magic.

“Ah-, the Red Dragon, you should take it with you.”

“Hmmm, that’s right. Even an average red dragon’s scales can be sold for a very high price. Even more so when it comes to that huge body. Now that you’ve knocked it down, you should strip it off and take it with you.”

Gain agreed, but I shook my head.

“I mean, not only the scales, I think it would be nice to take all of it back to the guild.”

“……What are you talking about? Such a huge body would not even pass through this passage in the first place.”

“Hmmm, I kind of have a bad feeling about this-?”

With Emily half-smiling, I walked over to the Red Dragon’s corpse and tossed it into my storage bag.

“““T-the Re, re, re, red dragon!?”””

“““It disappeeeeared?”””

“Hey, what did you just do!?”

To their astonishment, I showed them the bag in my hand and then I answered with a smug face.

“It’s an item box.”

I actually placed it in my own subspace, but from previous experience, those guys were so surprised when I answered that and even mistaken my subspace as an item box. So, I went out of my way to make an item box.

Just in case it’s needed, I made a real one. The capacity is small, though. But this will help me hide my abilities a little.

Fufufu, looks like I’m learning too.

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After defeating the Red Dragon, I returned to where everyone is.

“““…………”””

All of them had their mouths wide open, showing their silly looks.

“Eh? What happened? We defeated the Red Dragon so we are safe now, right?”

When I called out to them, they didn’t move for a while. The first to speak were Fana and Anje.

“As usual, Master is on a different level.”

“Right…… I didn’t think he’d kill it instantly……”

Emily was the next to speak up.

“N-no, no, no way! What did you do just now!? I only saw that the Red Dragon suddenly swelled, then it just fell down!?”

“I released a magic inside its body. Dragons are protected by their scales, so attacking them from the inside is more effective in dealing damage than attacking it from the outside.”

Of course , the inside of its body is by no means weak. They coat their organs with a film of magical power so that they can withstand the breath they create after all.

“So you’re saying that it is the reason why you beat it so easily?”

……Hmmm, it seems like I have gone a little too far again. I thought it would be better to hide my ability if I didn’t show much fighting so I tried to score with a single blow. It may have had the opposite effect though.

“I’m sure it’s because Fana-oneechan and Anje-oneechan dealt a great damage to it. It was about to die with one last shot you see. And by chance, I was the one who gave the final blow!” 

“I knew it… it was impossible for you to do it!”

Gain, who had been unconscious all this time, wakes up.

“U-……uoh… I-, my body is……? No, wait. Huh? What about the Red Dragon?!”

As he hurriedly sat up, Emily said with a wry smile.

“That way—”

“Huh!? The Red Dragon…… it’s dead……?”

Gain mutters in a daze.

“It was really defeated……? It was obviously an abnormal individual, but….…”

“Un! Fana-oneechan and Anje-oneechan did their best!”

“You-, you sound like you them to take credit no matter what, don’t you?”

Emily sighed and continued,

“Well, whatever your reason was, I’m glad we are saved. But there’s something fishy about that barrier, doesn’t it?”

“Yes. It’s like a trap.”

“That’s right. I think someone set it up in advance to wipe us out.”

Fana and Anje agreed.

“But this exam is hosted by the Adventurer’s Guild……right? If that’s really the case then….”

“No, I don’t think so. The two examiners were in danger too, especially Gain-shi, who risked his life to protect us. It’s hard to believe that they did it intentionally.”

“Then just what on earth is it……?”

The other examinees tilted their heads as they ponder. That’s when I told them,

“I think it’s better to ask the culprit.”

“““Eh?”””

I used earth and water magic to create muddy water. Then I pointed it in a certain direction and shot it as hard as I could.

Bashaaaaa!

“Hey! What are you doing all of a sudden?”

“No, Emily, look at that…… -ah!”

In the area I splashed with muddy water, a lump of mud in the shape of a person appeared. It’s the same method I did against the Minotaur who was given the ability to become invisible. The muddy water reveals the hidden figure. He was probably hidden by concealment magic rather than invisibility, but this method also worked. It is possible to forcibly remove the concealment, but this method is easy and energy-saving.

“S-someone is there!?”

“Who are you!?”

“Kuu….…”

“He’s trying to escape!?”

“Hn. I won’t let you.”

Fana instantly get near to the mysterious person who immediately tried to escape. Perhaps realizing that he couldn’t escape, the mysterious person released magic to fight back, but Fana easily avoided it.

“Guaa!?”

Blood splatters as he got slashed by Fana’s attack.

“Fana-oneechan, I want to hear what he have to say, so please be gentle and don’t kill him!”

“……Mmm, tell me a little earlier.”

Was it too late?

The mysterious person collapses while spurting blood. I rushed over to him and swiftly casted a healing spell on him.

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“H-hey, just how on earth……? Extra Heal? How can you use magic like that!?”

Emily asks, her lips trembling. I replied,

“A coincidence?”

“Do you really think you’ll convince me with thaaat!?”

Perhaps her scream was so loud that an “Uu……” escaped from Gain’s mouth.

“Ahem. Rather than that, we have to do something about that guy first.”

I pointed at the Red Dragon and managed to distract her.

“Kuu…… I don’t feel like it’s working at all…… Uh!”

“……Same.”

Both Fana and Anje were struggling. They managed to dodge the Red Dragon’s fangs and claws, but due to its hard scales and massive body, they are not able to inflict effective damage.

“Then, just like with Atlas, shall we attack it with all of our power?”

“……It’s useless. Maybe we still can’t beat it with that.”

“Then what should we do!?”

At that moment, the red dragon flexed its head widely. Its neck bulged.

“Is it going to release that breath again!?”

“T-that’s bad, right!?”

Fana and Anje tried to keep their distance, but as if it wouldn’t let them escape, the Red Dragon immediately spat out a breath towards them. A raging flame engulfs them in an instant.

“D-dead…….they died?”

“That’s why I told them not to……”

“It’s okay. Those two won’t die just like that. There, look.”

“““Ah!?”””

The first person to emerge from the flames was an unharmed Fana. There was a tremendous whirlpool of wind around her, which must have prevented the flames.

“Who the hell is that girl really!? Even the A-rank Examiner couldn’t prevent that breath…… uh!”

“But where did the other one go?!”

“I don’t see her anywhere. Did her body melt away……?”

Boom! Right then, the ground exploded. Just when they are talking about her, Anje jumped out of the ground.

“D-did she use earth magic to dig into the ground and escape……?”

“……In that instant?”

“I-in any case, they are both safe! It is not possible for it to release breath continuously. If they could somehow defeat it now, then……”

Other test takers were hopeful seeing that the two of them had prevented the breath, but I denied it.

“I don’t think it’s possible. Both of them are already at the limit of their magical power.”

It can’t be said that the two of them have much more magical power than they used to. From the start, they had consumed half of their magical power during the battle with the Red Dragon and it seemed like they had completely used it up now.

“N-no way….…”

“……But the Red Dragon must be a little weaker as well…… In its current state, even we, can do it, right….?”

“Damn it…… we have no choice but to do it!”

The other examinees raised their weapons as if they are determined. Unfortunately, even if the Red Dragon is a little weaker, they will not be able to compete against it with their strength. I straddled Bahamut, flew through the air and went straight to Fana and Anje.

“Master”

“As you can see, we’re at our limits.”

“It’s okay. I’ll take care of the rest.”

“Mmm. I’ll leave it to you.”

“I entrust it to you.”

Replacing the two of them, I approached the Red Dragon, whose remnants of its breath were still leaking from the corners of its mouth.

“Hello, I’m your opponent from here on out.”

“Gruaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!”

The red dragon opens its huge mouth and tries to swallow me. I pointed the tip of Bahamut into its mouth.

“Explosion”

Immediately after, the small lump of magical power that was released disappeared into the back of its throat.

Zudoooong!

“~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!?”

A terrific explosion erupts inside the Red Dragon’s body. The huge body swelled to about 1.5 times in an instant, and its eyeballs flew out of their sockets with the blast. Smoke emanates from its entire body, and the huge body falls to the ground with a loud thud.

If the scales are hard, you can knock it down from the inside. That’s why I tried to activate the explosion magic inside its body.

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The only entrance and exit was blocked by a barrier. The examinees tried to destroy it, but it won’t budge.

“It’s no use! This thing is not easy to destroy!”

“What should we do? There’s no other way out!”

From the looks of it, it’s a reasonably solid barrier. It must have been prepared from the start with the intention of putting it up at this timing.

Well, it’s not that hard for me to break…….

While I was analyzing the barrier, Anje and Fana are arguing with the other examinees.

“You’re going to do it? Are you two insane? You saw that breath earlier, right!? Even though it looked just like a normal red dragon, it’s obviously much more powerful! We have no choice but to run away!”

“Since there’s no way out, we have no choice but to fight, right? Or,  are you planning to die without a fight?”

“Uh-……”

“Mmm. We just have to be careful with its breath.”

Aside from the other examinees, Anje and Fana start running at the same time. They confronted the Red Dragon head-on.

“Guruuaaaaaahh!”

The Red Dragon bares its fangs and attacks the two of them. It stretches its neck at a tremendous speed and tries to bite and kill Fana, who has closed the distance ahead of it. The speed of its movement belies its gigantic size, the other examinees could only imagine a future where Fana was swallowed whole.

“T-that’s why I said we can’t fight! ……uh! Now she’s just a dead dog!”

“No, look! She’s over there!”

“……What? She dodged that!?”

“Wait, when did she get up in there!?”

Fana was dodging the dragon’s fangs with a leap. As it is, she uses tenshō to run through the sky, slashing the dragon’s back one strike after another.

“Running in the air!?”

“How the hell is she doing that!?”

“Guruaaahh!!”

As if chasing Fana, the red dragon hurriedly turns its head back. However, there was another person approaching from the front.

“If you look away, you’ll see pain!”

Anje’s kick slams into the base of the Red Dragon’s neck.

“~~~~!?”

The examinees were stunned by the way the two of them fight.

“What the hell are they……? They can go against the Red Dragon……?”

“L-let’s join in too…… -uh!”

“No, don’t do it. We’ll just be dragging their feet.”

“Right……”

While Fana and Anje were battling the Red Dragon, Emily was trying to cure Gain from the powerful breath.

“The burns are too severe…… If it continues like this….”

However, the extent of his injuries was so severe that her healing magic seems to be ineffective. Gain has already fainted and could die at any time.

……I wanted to hide my power as much as possible, but I can’t say that in this situation where lives are at stake.

“Oneechan, leave it to me.”

“Huh? What do you mean leave it to….…”

I pulled Bahamut out of the subspace.

『Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!! Master, is using meeee againnn—huh!? who is this woman……? Don’t tell me…… a woman other than me…… Yes!, I’m going to kill this one!』

The moment Bahamut sees Emily, Bahamut rushes to kill her. Perhaps sensing this, Emily screams, “Hiiiiiii!”

“W-wa-what’s with that staff……!?  …… M-my body trembles involuntarily.”

I kicked Bahamut.

(You’re not allowed to kill her! This is an emergency situation. Listen to what I have to say first.)

『Master is angry? …… I-I’ll blow myself up.』

Sigh. I could only rephrase it.

(…… I need your help. Please, please cooperate.)

『Master…… Do you need me, ……?』

(Yes.)

『Aaaaaahhhhh! I’ll do anything for Master!』

(G-good.)

Somehow, with Bahamut’s assistance, I cast a spell towards Gain who is dying.

“Extra Heal!”

“What!?”

With the highest level of healing magic, the burns on Gain disappears instantly.

“This is a lie…… Extra Heal……? That phantom healing magic ……?”

Before they knew it, Gain’s wounds had healed perfectly, as if nothing had happened in the first place.

“N-not even a trace left…… This is a miracle…… isn’t it?”

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After passing through a long and narrow passage, a vast space awaited us. Sitting at the far end of the lava pond was a giant monster covered in bright red scales.

“That is……don’t tell me….”

“A Red Dragon!?”

Gain spoke to the stuneed examinees,

“That’s right. It’s the Red Dragon, the boss of this level. From now on, you guys will have to fight and defeat that monster.”

“……Are you being serious right now!?”

“It’s a danger Level A monster……”

“If the six of you can’t defeat a monster with a danger level of A, then the A rank is just a dream for you. Of course, even if you guys succeed in defeating it, not all of you will pass. We, the examiners, will watch closely how you fought. Then with that, we will decide whether you pass or fail.”

It seems to be a test in which the remaining six people cooperate to fight the Red Dragon. They instinctively braced themselves, and Emily reassured them.

“You don’t have to worry. If it’s a minor injury, I’ll be able to heal it. Well, I can’t do it if you die of course. Ahahaha.”

That Ahaha….. she laughs happily.

“No, I have no choice but to do it….…”

“I’ll at least take down a monster with danger level A……!”

Determined examinees raised their weapons. On the other hand, the Red Dragon, who had been lying still and must have been asleep until then, slowly opened its eyelids. Perhaps noticing our intrusion, it raises its huge body and roared at us.

“Guruaaaaaa!!!”

The air trembled at the loud sound.

“It’s ridiculously big……”

“Isn’t it about twenty meters tall……?”

When it get up, its enormity becomes even more noticeable and the examinees involuntarily retreated.

“……? It’s weird…. Was it that big?”

It was Gain who muttered and tilted his head in confusion.

“I checked it in the preliminary survey, but it was supposed to be a little smaller.….”

In the meantime, the Red Dragon approaches us with a rumbling sound. Then, as if convinced, Gain exclaims.

“No, it’s definitely too big! ……Ugh! What the hell is going on!? It’s not just a red dragon!?”

“““Eh?”””

“W-wait, what do you mean by that……?”

The next moment, the Red Dragon flexed its neck, bent its head and then it let out a furious breath. It was a wide-area attack that cannot be avoided.

“I-Ice Shield!”

Emily quickly created a wall of ice. She tried to protect everyone from the powerful breath.

Shuwaaaaaaa!!

But from the moment the ice shield touched the breath, it melts in an instant. Then, the wall disappeared almost instantly, and the breath with only slightly reduced power attacks everyone.

“Ooooooooo!”

That’s where Gain stepped in. He raised his glittering sword and swung it down just before it collided with Breath. The breath was split into two. Flames passed by everyone behind him. However, he didn’t seem to be able to completely prevent the breath himself, and his body was scorched and he fell to the ground.

Emily rushed over.

“Gain!? No, h-heal now…… Heal!”

“L-later, ……don’t worry. Escape……first…. It’s not an ordinary red dragon…… Obviously, it’s too big…… Breath should not be as powerful as this either….…”

Apparently, something unexpected is happening.

“The exam is suspended! We are going to withdraw now! You, hold Gain!”

“Y-yes!”

One of the examinees carried the injured Gain and tries to withdraw from the scene. However, just as we were about to go back the way we came, we were stopped. We were blocked by an invisible wall.

“This is…. a barrier!?”

“What do you mean!? It was not here when we came in!”

“Damn! Is there any other way to escape!?”

The examinees hurriedly look around, but they can’t find any such routes. Meanwhile, the Red Dragon was closing in on us.

“S-seriously…… What on earth should we do?”

“The only thing we can do is fight, right?”

“What!?”

“Mmm. We have to do it.”

While the other examinees were stunned, it was Anje and Fana who showed their will to fight.

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“I beat you.”

Anje, who defeated the Escape Lizard, returns. It can’t be helped that the monster is covered in mud though.

“Mmm. Good job.”

“Tch! ……I lose to you huh.”

“Master was faster.”

“W-why are you even participating!?”

“Unintentionally”

Gain checks the muddy Escape Lizard,

“……There’s no doubt about it. I never thought that the third person would pass the exam in just ten minutes.….I mean, there were only two test takers…”

“Hey, it’s not really that easy, right?”

“Yeah, it shouldn’t be like this…… I tried it myself beforehand, it still took me a long time even though I had thought of the strategy in advance.”

“So—, these kids are abnormal—”

As if to prove Emily’s words, there was a period of time when no one came back for a while. It must have been more than 30 minutes later when finally, the third person returned with the corpse of a Escape Lizard.

“Ahh—, it was a tiresome exam…… Wait. There were two guys faster than me? Huh? Why are there three corpses?”

And then the fourth one came back about 50 minutes later. The fifth and sixth slipped in at the last minute and made it in time within the time limit.

“…..Time’s up. There are six people here who have passed the first exam.”

“In the end, nine people failed huh…… It was a difficult exam as usual…… wasn’t it?”

Six successful applicants were asked to take the next exam. We went down about five more floors, and then we reached the 20^th level.

“Ah, it’s so hot…… Just by being here is draining my strength already……”

Anje wipes the sweat that drips from her face while turning red. It was a scorching hot area with boiling lava flowing all over the cave. The other examinees also seem to be sweating profusely. In the midst of all this, only Fana looked comfortable.

“Hey, why aren’t you sweating?”

“Master is cool.”

“What do you mean? Uh-, you’re cold?”

Fana is holding me and Anje raised her voice when she suspiciously touched my arms.

“I’m cooling my body with magic.”

“Mmm. It’s cool and it feels really good.”

Fana hugs me tightly. Thanks to this, my face was pressed hard against her boobs.

“I-isn’t that cheating?”

To Anje’s protests, the examiner replied,

“We are on the move right now, so I don’t care about that.”

“Better say, we can use that kind of magic.”

These examiners are also calm in this scorching heat. Looking closely, I can see that a thin film of water covers their bodies which seems to protect them from the heat. Judging by the magical power, it must be Emily’s magic.

“I-in that case, give him to me too!”

“Cannot be helped then.”

Hoho, Anje tried to hold me on her own.

“Ah~, this is indeed cold and comfortable~”

Anje hugs me and makes an ecstatic face. It feels good to be sandwiched between Anje’s boobs…… Guhehehe…….

However, she seems to be sweating a lot, and to be honest, she is quite soaked. But this is good too!

“…… It’s hot.”

On the other hand, this time, it was Fana who looks hot.

“Hmmm…. I came up with a good idea.”

Saying that, she faced Anje and hugged us both.

“W-wait, what are you doing!?”

“Sharing. Now we can both be cool.”

“Maybe, but it will be difficult to walk!”

“Don’t worry. I’ll walk backwards.”

“T-that’s not the problem! …………I mean, it’s embarrassing because our faces are so close to each other!”

“? Did you say something?”

“No-n-nothing!”

As the two of them argued from above my head, I found my face wrapped in Anje’s boobs and the back of my head wrapped in Fana’s boobs too.

Fuhehehe, it’s a pretty great sandwich. I really wanted to have this sensation forever, but it seems that we have arrived at our destination.

“We’re here. Beyond this hallway is the venue for the second test… no, it’s the final test….It’s a very dangerous test, so please be careful.”

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“““—W-why is there an Escape Lizard here!?”””

The examiners all shouted in shock.

“Ah, I’m sorry. I found one so I just caught it.”

“You just caught it!?”

“J-just when!?’

“Uhm, just now.”

“It’s not a monster that can be caught easily you know!?”

I’m kind of surprised, but it wasn’t that hard either. It simply blends in visually with its surroundings and does not hide its body temperature or magical powers so if you can use normal-level search magic, you will know where it is immediately. I had heard that it was also quick to escape, but it wasn’t really a big deal for me. My wolf brothers are much quicker.

“I can’t believe it……”

“Hey, shouldn’t this baby be the one to take the promotion exam?”

But I’m trying to avoid being too conspicuous in this city. At best, I want to stick to the stance of being a talking baby and at most a B-rank adventurer.

“It’s just a coincidence. And maybe this one was a little weak?”

“Oh, I see…… just a coincidence huh….”

“Is that really so……?”

And just then, the first one came back.

“Mmm. I caught it.”

It was Fana. She grabbed the Escape Lizard by the tail and dragged it towards us.

““Wha-!? You already caught it!?””

“Piece of cake”

Fana is naturally agile and can accelerate with wind magic, so as long as she finds it, she can certainly catch it.

“But how did you find it Fana-oneechan? You can’t use search magic yet, right?”

“I just did?”

Apparently, she knew where it was by sensing it. Well, when I say sensing, it’s probably the result of unconsciously sensing the magic power around her. If you get used to perceiving your own magic through physical enhancement magic, it won’t be difficult for you to recognize the magic around you.

“It’s only been less than five minutes……”

“The fact that there was a baby that caught one in a minute time makes it less amazing though…”

Fana looks at the Escape Lizard I caught and says,

“Did Master catch one too?”

“Yes. I was lucky.”

“As expected of Master. I lost.”

……Hey, I wonder how Anje is doing. Since she is a power type, she does not have the agility of Fana and cannot use wind magic. Still, as long as she uses her head, I don’t think she will struggle that much, right?

“—Far-sighted magic”

To see how she was doing, I used a spell that allowed me to see the scene from a distance. With my current magic, I can only cover a radius of about a kilometer, but I think she won’t be that far away. Since I’ve secretly marked Anje in advance, there’s no need to go out of my way to find where she is.

What? I can always take a peek, right? Haha, of course there’s no way I would do such an immoral thing….

Oh, I can see her. From the way she stares at one point, which is a serious gaze, it seems that she is about to catch the Escape Lizard. I couldn’t hear the audio, but I could understand what she was saying by the movement of her lips.

“It must have run into that bush…but I can’t tell just by looking at it at all. I can feel its magic power so there is no doubt about it though.”

It seems that it has already escaped once. But now she seems to be sure of where it escaped, so it’s just a matter of how to capture it.

“I’ll catch you this time.”

Anje approached the grass quietly. But the next moment, the Escape Lizard tried to escape and the grass shook greatly.

“I won’t let you escape!”

Anje immediately tried to follow it. On the other hand, the Escape Lizard jumped out of the grass and briefly reveals itself in a recognizable green color, but soon assimilates the color of its body with the surrounding soil, making it difficult to see.

But that’s when it happened.

The Escaped Lizard’s movements suddenly slowed down.

“~~~~!? ~~~~!?”

It’s struggling with something but it can’t move forward. On the contrary, its body is sinking to the ground little by little.

“I turned the ground into mud. There’s no way you can escape now you know. Fuhehehe.”

“~~~~!?”

It seems that Anje will be able to pass the first test safely.

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