The Author's POV

-Khuala! -Khuaka! -Khuaka!

Like a tsunami, green-like creatures of shorter-than-human stature with flat and long hooked noses, bat-like ears, and malevolent expressions with twisted smiles appeared from every corner of the cave.

"W-hat's that?"

"Are th-ose globins?"

"Hiiii"

Surprised by the unexpected development, the students at the front immediately stopped running and huddled up together.

With their backs against each other, they each raised their weapons and nervously looked towards their surroundings. Goblins appeared en masse everywhere they looked.

"W-what do we do?"

"I-i don't know"

Despite goblins being the most common monsters inside of dungeons, they were still dangerous creatures.

With their excellent sense of smell, hearing, and tendency to hunt in groups, many aspiring heroes fell because of them

...lest needed to be said about students who had no experience of being inside of dungeons.

"We-re sorroun-ded"

Staring at the numerous goblins blocking their paths, one of the students couldn't help but say as his voice shook.

"S-something is defi-netly wrong. H-how can there possibly be so many goblins inside of a ranked dungeon. W-we're all going to die!"

He wasn't the only one who thought of it that way, as almost everyone at the front shook in fear.

I mean, although it was dark, the number of goblins before them counted to at least a thousand. How were they supposed to fight with that many goblins?

"Move aside you bunch of wimpy primates"

Indifferently walking ahead of the students, Melissa's figure appeared holding onto a long metal spear with flame engraving at the tip of the spear.

Without giving a chance for the students to figure out what was going on, leaning backward, Melissa adjusted her position and proceeded to throw the spear in her hand.

-Swoooosh!

Like a bolt of lightning, the spear traveled through the sea of goblins leaving behind a red trail of flames...

-Kacha!

-Booom!

Soon after, an explosion reverberated across the whole dungeon. The cave shook, and debris and dust flew everywhere.

the debris cleared up, the students couldn't help but be stunned

"W-what?"

"Huh?"

no longer visible, and what replaced it was a single goblin wearing a mage mantle with an orb in

that's how it was supposed

was lifelessly sitting on the hard ground with a spear imbued on top of

that a

"W-hat?"

was

at the body of the goblin that was currently lifelessly laying on the

understood

works of a goblin mage. A more evolved and

mage had created an illusion to scare the students into thinking that they were currently facing a horde of goblins. It was a fairly common strategy they used to hunt down their

close attention. All they had to do was look for the reflection that

as you spotted the orb, you could instantly find

in class, but it was

excitement or their nervousness, but it seems like everything that the students had learned in class was completely

everyone, with the most gentle smile Melissa could muster, looking back at the students at the front

time you're scared, don't block the paths for others. You're honestly a nuisance, so please either die or move out

back, Melissa picked up

the back, looking at Melissa's disappearing figure, I

that's Melissa for

Yup...yup...yup

venomous words with the most gentle face possible...only Melissa could pull

do have to say, despite the fact that Melissa was only F ranked, her power was no

to three rings would do

"Let's go"

"Follow her"

some of the students woke up from their daze

"Huuuu..."

some of the students that followed Mellisa's footsteps, taking

waited for no

timing was one of the criteria used to assess the performance of the students, I couldn't waste any more time

of my body, I activated drifting

forwards, with each step I took, the

steps, I found myself freely running across the dungeon as my speed increased by small increments with each step I

-Wooosh!

"W-what was that?"

"Huh?"

the students who were running ahead. Though I was still far

-Clank! -Clank! -Clank!

moved forward, the loud sound of

body slightly, I managed to somewhat dodge the battles...but I

...and I was right.

appeared before

stop. Hence, briefly glancing towards my surroundings to make