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.

recovered from their nausea, I fell into deep thought. Glancing at the air around me, I soon came to a

second-year student

Interesting...

year before me successfully

someone's mood with just a few

Scary.

if

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

potentially making more mistakes...Just like what had

help but think of recruiting

appeared in the novel, I couldn't help

was

or an important

have to observe

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 safety as you start the examination, so

where a set of gray combat suits were laid on the

of clothes that you

tracking device as well as a defense mechanism that is able to withstand blows coming from E ranked monsters at least once. This way

the students to make sure they understood

briefing 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

that, Benjamin briefed us

stopped listening. It was just the usual safety precaution

Nothing particularly important.

Benjamin glanced at all

now. Please change into your combat suits and wait for

I took a gray suit and

for men and one for women. As I put on the suit, I couldn't help but be

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

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

areas to cover the more vulnerable parts of

on, though it was

the dungeon, I did a few stretches to

-Bump!

"Huh?"

was stretching, feeling someone bump into me, I turned around. Soon I saw Arnold's figure standing a few meters from where I was standing. Glancing at me with utter disdain,

there are no cameras you never know what

"...Okay"

I nodded my head and moved

still hasn't given

That's fine by me.

thought things

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

him about what had happened back in Hollberg. Maybe because it slipped his mind or because he thought my rank was higher, Jin

This was good.