"Alright, ladies and gentlen, it’s ti for us to enter radio silent mode and dive into the Dungeon. Please change your smartphones to radio silent mode," I said after sending a few photos of myself taking selfies.
Before my main social dia account was invaded by private chats that would make my smartphone ring non-stop, I imdiately took precautions by switching to a fake account.
Piipp...
By using my fake account, my smartphone was much quieter than before.
Brrttt...
Zzzrrttt...
Putting aside my smartphone, which had cald down after changing to a fake account, Elliot’s smartphone vibrated nonstop, as if it were receiving incoming ssages and phone calls at the sa ti.
"So this is your brilliant plan, Weiss?" Elliot grumbled as he turned off his smartphone before entering the Dungeon.
"Isn’t this a good thing after spreading a blazing fire and being left alone all day?" I replied with a thumbs up.
"Pouring fire with fire, huh? It’s never-ending but fun to see what happens next."
With Elliot’s final grumble, we entered one of the rooms that looked like a final check before diving into the Dungeon.
Right in front of us was a woman dressed neatly with a Dungeon entrance guard badge.
With such tight security, so people who didn’t have the skills to enter the Dungeon would be imdiately rejected.
My hand imdiately reached for my student ID card which currently showed my rank as S-class and ca from a Special High School.
Plaapp...
"Good morning everyone, can I assu that you all are on a study tour before the Dungeon exploration lesson is carried out?" the woman greeted with her friendly attitude.
"Yes, we are trying to warm up a little before the Dungeon exploration lesson begins," I replied by taking over the flow of the conversation before sothing unwanted happened, such as Elliot’s frequent mistakes in words that made us stuck at the Dungeon entrance like this.
"Is there a problem with this?" I continued to ask while watching Momoka, Elysia, and Rina who were looking for their student ID cards using their magic box storage chants.
"There’s nothing special about this Dungeon, do you want to try entering using the lockpicking technique?" replied the woman while scanning my student card to match it with my school’s database.
Piipp!!
The loud beeping sound indicated that I had successfully passed the identification check and got a smile from the woman in front of .
"Weiss Guderian, you have permission to enter this new Dungeon for six hours based on the regulations given by the governnt for students who want to dive into the Level E Dungeon," while saying that, the woman returned my student card and gave a watch that showed a countdown.
"Level E, huh? I think it’s more than that," I said while accepting the watch and my student ID card.
"If the level is above that, I will quickly refuse permission for you who want to enter the Dungeon for safety," she replied with a wink as if teasing .
I ignored the tease with a small nod and a thank you before paying attention to the party’s preparations that would dive into a Dungeon like this.
Elliot had the expertise to use a spear and several piercing attack skills that penetrated defenses.
El Ria with her bow and arrows could be used for long-range formation attacks while receiving support magic from . I had never seen El Ria fight, so I would pay attention to the attacks that El Ria did while in the Dungeon.
Momoka didn’t need to be paid more attention to because the fights she enjoyed were barehanded and strong physical endurance as a Succubus. If sothing went out of control, then I would rely on her ability to form a large-scale dream world.
Elysia and Rina, both seed to have the sa uniqueness in using magic sword attacks that ca from their magic elent abilities. Elysia used wind magic abilities while Rina used ice magic which was clearly visible from the arrangent of ice swords tied to her waist.
Unlike all of them who had worn reliable armor and weapons, I had to bite my fingers because I looked like a fool who would explore the Dungeon without preparation.
Piipp!!
Piipp!!
Piipp!!
With the validation process almost complete between Elysia and Momoka, we seed to have obtained sufficient permission to dive into the Dungeon.
"Your information is complete and permission has been granted, please check your adventurer account before entering the Dungeon," said the woman with a friendly smile before bowing towards us.
"Thank you very much for your help," I replied with a nod of my head.
Before my smartphone was out of signal range, I configured the watch that would be the accurate ti marker while inside the Dungeon.
Piipp!!
By calibrating the ti that was running in sync with the current ti, I also gave a small nod to Elliot to enter the Dungeon area.
The woman who had permitted us imdiately opened the closed iron door until white smoke ca out from between the doors.
Beessttt...
Ceesssttt...
The thick and cold white smoke suddenly put us in alert mode and my mind accidentally activated my magic circle formation without using the magic staff.
Swiiiirrrlll...
With the magic circle formation that appeared in front of , I suddenly got a ssage screen from soone who had been waiting for in the Dungeon.
[ System Notification (Hijacked): Master, I can feel your presence near . ]
[ System Notification (Hijacked): Please et who has faithfully waited for your presence, Master Altair. ]
Degg...
Deggg....
Like an arrow that suddenly pierced my chest, I felt a pain that made wonder about the ssage screen in front of that seed to have been misdirected.
My na is not Altair and I feel like this is a trap created by the Tower of Fate to lure into this Dungeon.
Ti seed to pass so slowly that my footsteps now stopped right in front of a large Dungeon entrance with iron ornants forming a key symbol.
"My older brother, isn’t it your turn to shine now?" Momoka said with her gaze fixed on .
"You looked forward to this, huh?" I replied while reaching into my pants pocket to take out the key tucked inside the invitation envelope.
Before I could take the key tucked inside the invitation envelope, suddenly the invitation envelope that was currently in my hand imdiately caught fire and the key tucked inside it imdiately shot into the keyhole.
Kraaakk...
The sound of the keyhole opening made feel sothing strange about this.
Brraanngg...
The creak of the iron door opening made give so support magic to all my party mbers to prepare for an unwanted situation.
Swiirrll...
Buufff...
Waasshh...
By casting so support magic that made my party mates into hard at shields, we slowly entered.
Swiiisshh...
As soon as we entered the wide open Dungeon door, I got a question from Elliot who seed curious about sothing.
"So this is what makes you sure you can open this Dungeon door, I thought you were already an expert in lockpicking techniques," Elliot said in a low voice and pointed the tip of his spear forward.
Snap...
Before we went any further, I created a spark of light that made several balls of light start to appear in front of .
"I don’t have the free ti to learn lockpicking techniques and this is the fastest way to enter a Dungeon that is locked by a chanism that I don’t understand. Isn’t it ti for you to be the front at, Elliot," I replied by giving Elliot a ball of light.
With one source of light shining brightly like a flashlight, I actually wanted to rely on the flashlight from my smartphone but that would drain my smartphone’s battery and would make look like soone who had just co out of a cave when not holding my phone for dumb scrolling.
Plaapp...
Elliot caught a ball of light that ca from one of the support magic spells that functioned to mark a path with a glowing ball.
I knew that my action was a misuse of magic functions that should not have been done but this dark situation was too suitable for using this one support magic spell compared to making a torch.
I didn’t live in a primitive phase like that, so the option of using a torch in this narrow room was a big rejection for .
"Light ball," I said to cast a magic spell to form a bright glowing ball that would be used as further lighting.
"El Ria, do you have a spare bow ready to be thrown away at any ti?" I asked El Ria as she walked along the one-way path in front of us.
"I-I’ve made a thousand arrows for today, I think it’ll be enough for one trip into a Dungeon like this," El Ria replied with a cute nod of her head towards .
"I think it’s more than enough if there aren’t too many monsters in this Dungeon. However... I also don’t know what kind of monsters are in this Dungeon. The information Elliot gave wasn’t very detailed so it’s hard to guess what to do when faced with a monster in a space this small," I said while handing El Ria a bright glowing ball.
"Attach this glowing ball to the tip of your arrow and launch it a few ters ahead. Let it be a marker for the direction our party has taken," I continued while looking ahead.
El Ria followed my words and imdiately launched several arrow attacks carrying bright glowing balls. With such a suspicious-looking one-way street, I could only feel bad about this one-way Dungeon layout.
"Elliot, I heard you say that there were so adventurer parties who went out naked, right?" I asked Elliot to confirm sothing.
"Yes, that’s what happened. Is there a problem with that?" Elliot replied quickly.
Pwaanngg!!
Bwaanngg!!
Swiirrll...
Along with the El Ria arrows that flew through several ters ahead and create bright orbs that looked like city streetlights at night, I began to realize that this one-way layout was inviting my survival instincts to scream.
"Oh, shit, a classic Dungeon trap," Elliot grumbled, having gotten the hang of this Dungeon layout.
"Yeah, a classic Dungeon trap. Do you have any ideas for this one?" I replied, glancing at Elliot.
"Nothing, wanna go back now before one of us triggers the trap?"
"That’s a good idea... however... YOLO... sounds interesting," I replied with a smile.
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