The Author's POV

-Vuuuuam!

Taking a step into the dungeon, I felt the world around me twist.

It first started with my eyesight...everything became black.

Then it was my hearing, my sense of touch followed soon after....thereafter all my remaining senses disappeared.

I felt nothing.

It felt as if I was an insignificant speck of dust drifting in a lonely space.

I soon after lost my sense of time.

...What may have been seconds felt like an eternity.

-Vuuuuam!

"Fuuuuuu...."

Finally, after an unknown period of time, hearing the faint sound of my breathing, I knew that my senses were returning.

Because I had been through this situation before, back in the black market dungeon, I was somewhat able to adjust to the shift in sensations.

Unlike last time, I didn't puke this time.

Opening my eyelids, I found myself inside of a damp and dark environment.

Instantly, a heavy scent of granite invaded my nostrils. Soon after, a cold gush of air brushed against my skin.

Glancing around, I found many students grimacing and holding onto their stomachs—Trying their best to not puke.

-Blaaargh! -Blaaargh! -Blaaargh!

...well, there was always bound to be a few who people who couldn't hold out.

With dungeons being off-limit to people who didn't have Hero licenses, apart from a few, most of the students present had never been inside of a dungeon. Their reaction was understandable.

Arriving and standing before us, a second-year student with a green Lock uniform, warmly smiled towards us.

The student had short curly black hair that gently fell towards the side of his face, and his deep black eyes that seemed to carry a hit of warmth perfectly complemented his hair. He didn't look particularly outstanding, but he seemed to be an amiable person instantly giving people a good impression of him.

As he spoke, his deep yet pleasant voice traveled through each of the student's ears calming them down.

"Alright, fellow students, I'll give you five minutes to recover before I'll start the next briefing."

As soon as his words entered the student's ears, most of the students managed to regain their bearing.

suddenly magically recovered from their nausea, I fell into deep

around us increased...I see, the second-year student must

Interesting...

year before me successfully caught my

affect someone's mood

Scary.

so if they were

they could influence your state of mind. Imagine being in a battle and you suddenly found yourself losing the ability to think

making more mistakes...Just

with interest, I couldn't help but think of recruiting him into my

novel, I couldn't help but be fascinated by his

was

or

have to

and as you can see from my uniform I'm a second-year student. I will briefly explain to you a couple of important

a set of gray combat suits were laid on

bunch of clothes

device as well as a defense mechanism that is able to withstand blows coming from E ranked monsters at least once. This way we can preserve

at the students to make sure

things, you will be given a couple of seconds in order to change into those combat clothes. Please

Benjamin briefed us on a couple more

pretty much stopped listening. It was just the usual safety precaution rules that I was briefed back in the dungeon of the

Nothing particularly important.

talking for a couple more minutes, smiling, Benjamin glanced

change into your combat suits and wait for me at the starting

head, I took a gray suit and

the suit, I couldn't help but be reminded of

it wasn't any better as I felt my

pads made out of special shock-absorbing materials were attached to the chest and abdomen areas of the suit,

specifically put in those areas to cover the more vulnerable parts of the

suit on, though it was

dungeon, I did a few

-Bump!

"Huh?"

Arnold's figure standing a few meters from where I was standing. Glancing at me with utter disdain, he slowly

of the dungeon...since there are no cameras you never know

"...Okay"

nodded my head and moved

still hasn't given up

That's fine by me.

already thought things

ranking evaluation. Compared to the other

about what had happened back in Hollberg. Maybe because it slipped his mind or because he thought my rank was higher, Jin

This was good.