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Bang! Kwaang!
Crack! Snap!
The minotaur's furious movements grew more and more intense.
Consequently, the cracks in the ice barrier grew larger as well.
Kwaang!
"Next. Samantha, are you ready?"
"Yeah! Davian."
"Nubes, if we fail, you have to somehow block the minotaur's next attack."
"Got it!"
The minotaur raised its hammer as high as it could.
Just as Davian said, it seemed like it was going for the finishing blow.
Whoosh.
The minotaur's hammer began to descend with a dull sound.
At that moment.
Swish.
Davian's ice barrier turned into liquid and poured down.
The minotaur's hammer, swung down with all its might, ended up hitting the dungeon floor.
As the panicked minotaur tried to retract its strength,
Thwack!
Samantha's arrow flew a short distance.
The opponent was a minotaur twice the size of Nubes.
The distance was only 5 meters.
What's more, the minotaur was stunned by the sudden disappearance of the ice barrier.
Thud!
Samantha's arrow pierced the minotaur's forehead precisely.
It was shot with such force that the arrow pierced through the thick minotaur's hide and skull, with half of the arrow buried inside.
"Kuaaaaack!"
But the minotaur did not fall.
Instead, the minotaur took a step forward and swung its hammer.
Surprised, Nubes raised his shield.
It wouldn't be of much help, but Samantha also stuck close behind him, supporting Nubes's back with both hands.
Thud.
But the impact transmitted through the shield was not strong.
Nubes cautiously peeked over the shield to look ahead.
Kwaang.
The giant minotaur fell sideways.
"We, we did it!"
"Kyaa! We defeated a minotaur!"
Davian, who was preparing wind elemental magic just in case, also withdrew his mana.
The wind, which had been sharpening into a blade on the back of his hand, scattered into the air.
"Amazing, Samantha. You took down the minotaur in one shot."
"A, ah. No, I just did as Davian told me, and the distance was too close."
"Even if the distance is close, not just anyone can stick an arrow halfway into a minotaur's forehead."
"Really? Th, thank you. Davian."
Nubes cautiously approached and nudged the minotaur's body.
"I think it's really dead."
Samantha, who had approached Nubes's side, also looked at the minotaur she had defeated.
"But Davian's hunch was wrong this time, right? He said the final boss would be a giant spider."
"Huh? Now that you mention it. Davian's predictions are almost always right. This is the first time I've seen him wrong."
Davian slowly took out the Ferrarius gauntlet.
'It can't be wrong.'
Drdrdrdr.
The ground began to shake as if there was an earthquake.
Elton Academy's Grand Auditorium.
"Davian's group was the first to defeat the final boss."
"Their process scores were also perfect, so this group will win first place in this dungeon exploration assessment."
The professors watched Davian's group's video and each made their own comments.
Since they were the first to defeat the final boss, it was natural that they attracted more attention.
Many groups had not even reached halfway to the final boss, and there were quite a few groups that had lost their way and were wandering around in strange places.
Just then.
Crackle.
One of the assistants managing the magic videos shouted urgently.
"The video transmission from Davian's group has been interrupted!"
At the assistant's shout, the professors turned their heads.
Only Davian's group's video among dozens of magic videos was blacked out.
"Is it a malfunction?"
Professor Barron, who was in charge of the second-year magical tool class, stood up from his seat.
"That's impossible! Flight cubes are not magical tools that break down that easily."
Professor Sirims also frowned and looked at the darkened screen.
Sirims knew very well that flight cubes were not magical tools that broke down easily.
A few years ago, Sirims, the head of the magic department, had directly designed and created the flight cube with Professor Barron.
Besides, such an accident had never happened before.
"Barron."
"Yes, Head of the Magic Department."
"What factors could suddenly interrupt the video transmission?"
"It won't be interrupted by most things. However..."
"If the dungeon core amplification has started?"
"If the power trapped in the dungeon core is released all at once, the isolation from the human realm will also become thicker. That's the most likely possibility right now."
"It seems that the dungeon core amplification has started."
Professor Mateo asked in surprise.
"Dungeon core amplification? The royal investigation team didn't receive such information?"
"Even the royal investigation team can't perfectly predict dungeon core amplification."
"Then aren't those students in danger now?"
Professor Stella jumped up.
"I'll go!"
"I'll go with you."
Professor Sirims stood up.
"Yes? The Head of the Magic Department is going himself?"
"That's right. If the dungeon amplification occurs like this, those students will not be able to escape the dungeon safely."
The assistant, who had been listening to the conversation, quickly rummaged through a scroll case and took out a scroll.
"This is a scroll to go near the E-197 dungeon."
Professor Stella, who received the scroll, stood next to Sirims, the Head of the Magic Department.
"I'll tear it."
"Hurry."
Stella tore the scroll with both hands and looked at Professor Sirims.
'What's going on? The Head of the Magic Department isn't usually like this. He's so worried about a first-year student that he's going into the dungeon himself. Is it because of Davian after all?'
Ding.
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[Quest: Defeat the D-Rank Dungeon Final Boss Giant Spider]
―Reward: 5,000 Mana Points (x2)
―Failure: Death
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Davian gritted his teeth.
'The failure penalty for a mere 5,000-point quest is death.'
The very quest that had given Davian his first death had begun.
Not only was he eaten by the spider and died in the first playthrough, but he also faced death several times in the second playthrough, even after painstakingly assembling a much stronger party.
'It was only around the third playthrough that it became somewhat manageable.'
Davian raised his head and looked at the flight cube.
It was still fluttering its small wings, but it probably wasn't transmitting the video properly. He had confirmed it all in the past playthroughs.
'Now, there's no need to bother coordinating with the party members. There's no one watching anyway.'
Nubes looked around in a bewildered manner and shouted.
"What's going on? Is this an earthquake?"
"Sh, shouldn't we get out of here? Our midterm evaluations are all over, right?"
"Exactly. Davian! Let's get out of here quickly."
Shwrrr.
A well-forged bastard sword appeared in Davian's hand.
An ice sword made entirely of ice from the tip of the blade to the handle.
"It's dungeon core amplification."
"Dungeon core amplification? Does that mean the dungeon rank is going up right now?"
"Yeah."
Samantha, who was looking around with a bewildered expression, belatedly discovered Davian's sword and asked.
"But what's that sword? Did you make it just now? With water elemental magic?"
"Yeah."
Drdrdrdr.
The strong vibration that had been felt began to gradually subside.
"Davian! It seems like the vibration is subsiding a bit?"
Before long, the vibration stopped completely.
"What should we do, Davian?"
"Both of you step back. It's dangerous."
Creak. Creak.
Goosebumps spread across Nubes and Samantha's skin.
A creepy sound that made all the hairs on their bodies stand on end.
"Wh, what's that sound?"
"Giant spider."
"Spider? That sound is made by a spider?"
"Yeah. Don't worry too much and step back, Nubes. Protect Samantha well with your shield."
"What about you, Davian?"
"I have to catch it. That damn spider."
Creak. Creak.
"Kyaa!"
With Samantha's scream, a giant spider appeared from the largest cave connected to the boss room.
'This is the fourth time I've seen it, and it's still creepy. Is it because I was eaten once?'
Each of its long legs looked like it would be over 10 meters long when fully extended.
Even with ordinary spiders, the larger ones are much creepier than the smaller ones, but the huge spider in front of him was creepy no matter how many times he saw it, and he couldn't get used to it.
Each strand of hair on its body and legs was longer and thicker than the sword Davian was holding.
Dozens of large and small eyeballs were embedded in the front of its head, and below them was a mouth that stretched horizontally.
Srrr! Srrr!
The spinnerets attached to the underside of its abdomen wriggled and began to shoot out pure white spider webs.
Swish!
Davian charged forward and swung his ice sword.
At the same time as cutting the spider web with the ice sword in his right hand, he sent a wind elemental magic with his left hand.
Splatter!
One of the giant spider's legs was cut off by the sharp wind elemental magic.
But there were still seven legs left.
Swish!
This time, the ice sword cut off another leg.
The giant spider quickly retreated and began to indiscriminately fire spider webs.
This time, Davian created a large ice barrier to block the spider webs.
Davian, stepping on the ice barrier that had blocked the spider webs, jumped high and spewed a pillar of fire towards the giant spider.
The spider, which had agile movements despite its huge size, quickly moved sideways to avoid the pillar of fire.
But.
Thwack.
As if he already knew, a sharp wind elemental magic flew from Davian's hand.
It was exactly in the direction the spider was evading.
Creak. Creak.
The spider made a creepy, bizarre sound and instantly dodged the wind elemental magic before climbing onto the ceiling of the cave.
Whoosh.
The giant spider launched its body at Davian as it was.
Its mouth, stretched horizontally, opened as if it was going to swallow Davian whole.
"Not a chance. You damn spider."
Several goblin-sized fireballs were created above Davian's left hand.
Each one was a fireball with tremendous heat and mana.
The giant spider, feeling the fireballs' unbelievable heat, flinched for a moment.
In the meantime, Davian vigorously swung his hand. The fireballs flew into the giant spider's mouth, which had stopped with its mouth open.
Bang! Kwaang! Boom!
Huge explosions erupted one after another inside the spider's body.
By the time the fourth explosion was heard, the spider's back had burst open and flames were shooting out.
"Nu, Nubes. What's going on right now?"
"Davian is catching the giant spider."
"He's the male student representative, and I've heard he's good at magic, but... is he really in the same first year as us? What's that mana and those movements?"
"You'll be surprised a lot if you hang out with him."
It had been less than 5 minutes since the giant spider had revealed itself.
Davian was looking at the giant spider, which was burning fiercely from the flames that had burst out from the inside.
Ding.
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[Quest 'Defeat the D-Rank Dungeon Final Boss Giant Spider' Completed]
―Reward: 5,000 Mana Points (x2)
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Thanks to the double experience acquisition ticket, 10,000 mana points were accumulated.
The notification sound that followed.
Ding.
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―By defeating the D-Rank Dungeon Final Boss, a new event is opened.
[Event: Destroy the D-Rank Dungeon Core]
―Endure until the dungeon completely disappears after destroying the dungeon core.
―Reward: Mana points will be accumulated each time you defeat the rushing monsters.
―Caution: A powerful monster wave will accompany it.
―Acceptance: Y / N
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'Alright, it's time to sweep up mana points.'
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