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"Where did you get this map, by the way?"
"A new friend gave it to me. There's this info freak."
"You have a lot of good friends. Davian and Nubes."
The source of the map was, of course, Livert.
Last week, when the dungeon to be explored by group was decided, he sent a letter to his family requesting them to send a dungeon map.
And he obtained the maps for Davian's group, Bonita's group, and Latia's group, and distributed them this morning.
His information power was truly amazing.
"So, if we get here, we defeat the final monster and the exploration is over, right? I wonder what the final monster will be?"
"A giant spider."
"A giant spider? How do you know, Davian?"
He knew because he'd been there.
"I just have a feeling. Isn't it a fitting final monster for a dark underground dungeon?"
"I guess..."
Samantha, who had never been in a dungeon before, thought, "Are there giant spiders in every underground dungeon?"
Nubes, sitting across from her, nodded.
"Davian's instincts are usually right."
While they were talking while looking at the map, the ordered food arrived.
This time, a stew filled with crustaceans resembling king crabs and bison meat came out.
There was also plenty of hard bread to dip in the thick sauce.
"Let's eat first and talk later. We'll go to the open space later and practice our teamwork a bit."
"Okay!"
"Alright!"
Elton City's western outskirts open space.
Davian asked.
"Samantha, what did you say your specialty was?"
"One shot."
"Ah, right. You said your specialty was one shot where you put everything into it?"
"Yeah, that's right. I was first in the penetration power practical exam. Ah...did that sound too much like bragging?"
This time, Nubes asked.
"Then what kind of specialties do the other archery students have?"
"Some shoot multiple arrows at the same time, some fire in rapid succession at an incredibly fast rate, some make arrows curve like snakes, some give attributes to the arrowheads. It's diverse."
Davian nodded.
"So you focused on maximizing the destructive power of one arrow among them."
"Yeah! That's right."
"Perfect. You're the party member we need the most."
"Thank you for saying that, Davian."
Samantha Codis, with her neat black bobbed hair.
Her characteristic was her calm personality and her beautiful way of speaking.
She had a way of speaking that made people feel comfortable and good.
Her nickname in the archery department was 'Kind Samantha'.
"Samantha, can you hit moving targets quickly?"
"Um...sorry. I'm not confident in that yet. I can hit anything that's still, no matter how small. But I'm not confident in moving targets yet."
"Don't be sorry. I was just asking."
"They say giant spiders are really fast. What if I'm not helpful?"
"That's why we have to practice our teamwork. That's why we gave up our weekend to gather here."
"Okay! I won't say anything negative. Then what should I do?"
"Let's see a bit first. Your specialty, Samantha."
It was necessary to first understand Samantha's level.
'We need to decide whether to assign her the role of simply filling the number of party members, the sub-role, or the decisive role.'
Davian pointed a finger at a giant tree.
"Can you pierce that?"
"Wow, that's a really thick tree. I don't know, but I'll try."
Contrary to her modest answer, she had a confident expression.
Samantha took out the bow she was carrying on her back.
But it wasn't the shape of a common Long bow.
Just the shape of a tree rolled into a circle.
It had a 'C' shape that wasn't connected at the ends.
Nubes pointed to Samantha's bow bent in a C shape.
"I've been wanting to ask since earlier. Is that a bow?"
"Yeah, Nubes. This is the bow I use. The shape is a bit unique, right?"
"Yeah. I thought you'd be carrying an incredibly long and thick long bow since you pursue strong destructive power. Some archers carry bows that are much taller than their own height."
"That's right. That's normal. Usually, the harder and larger the bow, the stronger the string tension becomes."
Nubes couldn't understand at all.
As Samantha said, the greater the force of the bowstring tension, the stronger the arrow's destructive power.
But no matter how much you connect a string to the ends of that round tree and pull it, it didn't seem like much tension would be created.
Would it even be pulled properly in the first place?
"But Samantha, your bow shape seems far from that tension thing? It just looks like a round rolled tree stick."
"That's the bow used in my hometown. It's unfamiliar, right? Ah! Davian, have you ever seen a bow like this?"
"It's a unique shape, so it doesn't seem like a regular long bow. Is it a recurve bow?"
"It's similar, but a little different."
Samantha, who smiled brightly, put one end of the bow well between her feet.
"Watch closely. Davian, Nubes."
And then.
"Ugh!"
Samantha flipped the bow while stretching her body.
After flipping the bow while trembling all over her body, she hooked the bowstring one side at a time.
Samantha held up the bow she had proudly inverted.
The bow, which showed off its elegant curves when inverted, was complete.
A different shape from the rough long bow.
The bowstring hanging on both lims was already tightly drawn, even at a glance.
"Ta-da. It's the bow used in my hometown. To be exact, it's called a reflex bow."
Davian had seen a recurve bow in the past, but this was the first time he had seen a reflex bow being inverted directly.
"So, you maximize the tension by inverting the bow rolled in a circle."
"Oh! That's right! Davian. As expected of the male student representative? You seem smart."
Kind Samantha, who threw a compliment that was not known to be empty words or sincerity, flicked the bowstring with her finger.
"It's the way of my hometown. You can get a great tension even with a small force."
"Then why don't everyone use such a bow and use a large long bow?"
"Even though it looks like this, it's incredibly difficult to make. From choosing the wood to trimming it like this. And it's so difficult to store. In my hometown, we don't sell this bow or transfer the technology to outsiders."
Nubes slapped his other palm with his fist with a snap.
"It's like a family secret technique! No. Is it like a hometown secret technique?"
"That's right. It's my hometown's proud secret technique!"
Samantha, who took out a thin and long arrow from the quiver, notched the arrow to the string.
Samantha pulls the bowstring straight back.
Davian and Nubes, who were watching from the side, could also feel how tightly the bowstring was being pulled.
"Ooh!"
Nubes' eyes widened.
The power emanating from Samantha's right hand swirled around the arrow and emitted a bluish light.
A shape similar to a swordsman's aura.
Thwoong.
When Samantha opened her fingers, the bowstring straightened out with a cheerful sound.
Swae-aek.
The arrow quickly flying through the air.
Thud, thud, thud!
"Good heavens!"
Surprised Nubes ran to the tree where Samantha shot the arrow.
Nubes checked both the front and back of the tree.
"It's completely pierced! Huh? This too. Huh? Here too!"
Samantha's arrow completely pierced the beautiful tree that was the first target, and then went deep into the next, next tree.
"It's more than I expected, Samantha."
"Really? Thank you, Davian. I was worried about what to do if my skills didn't please you."
"What do you mean. I don't think there are many kids in the archery department who shoot as well as you."
"Ah, well... because that tree is big and standing still. Actually, there are many other evaluation items, but I'm not good at that."
Davian nodded slowly.
'I should have her in charge of boss-level monsters. Until the giant spider comes out...'
Dungeon exploration quest.
Until the final boss, which is the midterm exam standard, you can defeat them without much difficulty if you form a good party.
If you are a capable person like Latia or Bonita, it is enough to do it alone without other party members.
However, a second boss appears in the dungeon Davian entered.
From here on out, it is impossible with ordinary first-year skills.
Therefore, Davian in the first round lost his life here.
But for Davian in the 4th round, even this is not a difficult opponent.
Even so, there was another reason why he brought Samantha and Nubes to check their skills and practice teamwork.
'If you get first place in the common subject evaluation, you can take first place in both departments this midterm exam.'
If the practical evaluation of the swordsmanship department was a duel between first-year students, Davian was not confident in taking the first place in the swordsmanship department in this midterm exam.
Because of Bonita Portis, an absolute skilled person in the first-year swordsmanship department.
In order for Davian, who still has lacking swordsmanship skills, to win in a duel, he must make the opponent careless or attack the weakness.
Brenton, Rex, and even 3rd year Fione.
The reason Davian was able to win was because he attacked the opponent's gap.
However, from the experience so far, there was no way that Bonita Portis, who pursues perfect swordsmanship, would have a gap.
In order to defeat her, only a higher level of skill is needed.
But fortunately, the practical evaluation of the swordsmanship department was a duel with a 3rd year student.
If you win against a 3rd year student, it's full marks.
In that evaluation, Davian and Bonita both received full marks.
Bonita, who is not interested in grades, would have spent more time on swordsmanship training than preparing for the written exam.
On the other hand, Davian, who was ignorant of swordsmanship, read the swordsmanship textbook dozens of times as preparation.
The results haven't come out yet, but if you look at the written exam, if he didn't do better than Bonita, he wouldn't be greatly pushed.
Then.
'If I get first place in the dungeon exploration evaluation, I'm the top of the swordsmanship department.'
The top of the magic department is almost certain.
If he finishes the dungeon exploration well, he will take the top spot in both departments in this midterm exam.
The condition for Davian to continue double majoring is to take the top spot in both departments in the evaluation at the end of the first semester.
'Just take the top spot in both departments this time and negotiate with Dean Shirims of the Magic Department to confirm the double major.'
This is the reason why Davian is preparing for dungeon exploration with Nubes and Samantha.
Because the evaluation criteria includes how well you use the compatibility between party members to develop efficient combat.
Davian can defeat them all by himself, but teamwork with party members is important to get a high score.
Davian assigned appropriate roles according to the characteristics of Nubes and Samantha.
Nubes and Samantha also followed Davian's instructions without much disagreement.
"Okay, let's do it again! Nubes pushes back the monsters that come close with his shield, and I do a wide area attack. Samantha aims for the boss monster in the back!"
"Okay!"
"Alright!"
Following Davian's shout, the party of three maximized their efficiency and matched their combat team.
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