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.

from their nausea,

of the mana around us increased...I see, the second-year student must have embedded mana into his

Interesting...

before me successfully

someone's

Scary.

if they

in a battle and you

opponent potentially making more mistakes...Just like what had happened

help but think of recruiting him into my mercenary

novel, I couldn't help but

was

or an

to observe

My name is Benjamin Hor and as you can see from my uniform I'm a second-year student. I will briefly explain to you a couple of important things that you will need to know to ensure your

gray combat suits were laid on

my left over here, are a bunch of clothes that you

to withstand blows coming from E ranked monsters at least once. This way we

students to make sure they understood what he had said, Benjamin

couple of more things, you will be given a couple of seconds in order

Benjamin briefed us on a couple

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

Nothing particularly important.

more minutes, smiling, Benjamin glanced at

combat suits and wait for me at the starting line

took a gray

As I put on the suit, I couldn't help but

any better as I felt my body

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

to cover the more vulnerable

on, though it was

I did a few

-Bump!

"Huh?"

I was stretching, feeling someone bump into me, I turned around. Soon I saw Arnold's figure standing

out inside of the dungeon...since there are no cameras you never know what might

"...Okay"

my head and

hasn't given up

That's fine by me.

already thought things

other stares, I had noticed his stare back at the ranking evaluation. Compared to the other stares, his was the only one that contained obvious malicious intentions

Maybe because it slipped his mind or because he thought my rank was higher, Jin still hadn't told Arnold about

This was good.