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.

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

second-year student must have embedded mana into his voice

Interesting...

me

someone's mood

Scary.

was especially so if 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 how angry you

mistakes...Just

I couldn't help but think of recruiting

novel, I

power was

pawn or

have to observe

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 you start the examination, so please bear

his left where a set of gray combat suits were

over here, are a bunch of clothes that you

a tracking device as well as a defense mechanism that is able to withstand blows coming from E ranked monsters at

at the students to make sure they understood what he had

you on a 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

us on a couple more

the usual safety precaution rules that I was briefed back in the

Nothing particularly important.

talking for a couple more minutes, smiling, Benjamin glanced at all of the

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

head, I took a gray suit and quickly

put on the suit, I couldn't help

tight, it wasn't any better as I felt my body

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

to cover the more vulnerable parts of

with the suit on, though it

dungeon, I did a few stretches to

-Bump!

"Huh?"

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

of the dungeon...since there are no

"...Okay"

my head and moved

still hasn't

That's fine by me.

thought things

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

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

This was good.