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.

this development, staring at the students who seemed to have suddenly magically recovered from their nausea, I fell into deep thought.

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

Interesting...

me

someone's mood with just a few

Scary.

so if they

mind. Imagine being in a battle and you suddenly found yourself losing the ability to think properly because of how

mistakes...Just like what had happened with Alex back in

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

in the novel, I

power was definitely

pawn or an

to

now that everyone is better, I will keep this short. 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

where a set of gray combat suits were laid on

of clothes that you will

defense mechanism that is able to withstand blows coming from E ranked monsters at least once. This way we can preserve your life in

and glancing at the students to make sure they understood what he had said,

briefing you on a couple of more things, you will be given a couple of seconds in order to change

us on a couple

after hearing the first part, I pretty much stopped listening. It was just the

Nothing particularly important.

minutes, smiling, Benjamin glanced at all of the students

everything for now. Please change into your combat suits and wait

took a gray

one for women. As I put on the suit, I couldn't help

as tight, it wasn't any better as

of special shock-absorbing materials were attached to the chest and abdomen areas of the suit, as well as

areas to cover the more

moved around with the suit on, though it was uncomfortable at first, I quickly

starting line of the dungeon, I did a few stretches to

-Bump!

"Huh?"

feeling someone bump into me, I turned around. Soon I saw Arnold's figure standing a few meters from where I was

of the dungeon...since there

"...Okay"

politely, I nodded my head and

still hasn't given

That's fine by me.

thought things through

stares, I had noticed his stare back at the ranking evaluation. Compared to the other stares, his was

Jin hadn't had told him about what had happened back in Hollberg. Maybe because it slipped his mind or because he thought my rank was higher, Jin still hadn't told Arnold about

This was good.