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.

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

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

Interesting...

year before me successfully

someone's

Scary.

was especially so if they were against

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

result in the opponent potentially making more mistakes...Just like what had happened with Alex back

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

novel, I couldn't help but be

power was

or an important

have to observe

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

towards his left where a set of gray combat

over here, are a bunch of clothes that you

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

sure they understood what

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

that, Benjamin briefed us on a couple

just the usual safety precaution rules that I was briefed back

Nothing particularly important.

smiling, Benjamin

into your combat suits and wait for me at

I took a gray suit and quickly changed

and one for women. As I put on the suit, I couldn't help but be reminded of the suit I was made to wear back in the

wasn't any better as I felt my body become

of the suit, several black pads made out of special shock-absorbing materials were attached to the chest and abdomen areas of the suit, as well as the knees and

to cover the

moved around with the suit on, though it was

I

-Bump!

"Huh?"

figure standing a few meters from where I was standing. Glancing at me with utter

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

"...Okay"

my head

hasn't given

That's fine by me.

thought things

Compared to the other stares, his was the only one

about what had happened back in Hollberg. Maybe because it slipped his mind or

This was good.