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.

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

see, the second-year student

Interesting...

me

affect someone's mood with just a few

Scary.

so if

just a few words, they could influence your state of mind. Imagine being in a battle and you suddenly found yourself losing

opponent potentially making more mistakes...Just like what

but think of recruiting him

in the novel, I couldn't help

was

or an important

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

his left where a set of gray

clothes that you will

able to withstand blows coming from E ranked

and glancing at the students to make sure they understood

things, you will be given a couple of seconds in order to change into those

Benjamin briefed us on a couple more

the usual safety precaution rules that I was

Nothing particularly important.

smiling, Benjamin glanced at all of the students

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

took a gray

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 virtual

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

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

specifically put in those areas to cover the more vulnerable parts of

on, though it was uncomfortable at first, I quickly got used to

the dungeon, I

-Bump!

"Huh?"

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

out inside of the dungeon...since there

"...Okay"

I nodded my head

hasn't

That's fine by me.

already thought

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

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.