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.

seemed to have suddenly magically recovered from their nausea, I fell into deep thought. Glancing at the air around me, I

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

Interesting...

year before me

affect someone's mood with just a

Scary.

so if they were against

they could influence your state of mind. Imagine being in a battle

making more mistakes...Just like what had happened with Alex back

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

he never appeared in the novel, I couldn't help

power was definitely

pawn or an

have to observe

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 safety as

a set of gray combat suits were laid on the floor,

clothes that you will need to wear

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

to make sure they understood what he

couple of more things, you will be given a couple of seconds in order to change into those combat clothes. Please make sure you wear them as they are crucial in keeping you

briefed us on

much stopped listening. It was just the usual safety precaution rules that I was

Nothing particularly important.

a couple more minutes, smiling, Benjamin glanced at

combat suits and wait for me at the starting line

gray suit and quickly changed

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

to the chest and abdomen areas of the suit, as well as the knees and elbows, and other important areas of the

put in those areas to cover

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 warm

-Bump!

"Huh?"

turned around. Soon I saw Arnold's figure standing a few meters from where I was standing.

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

"...Okay"

I nodded my head and moved a

still hasn't

That's fine by me.

already thought

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

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

This was good.