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.

debris cleared up, the students couldn't

"W-what?"

"Huh?"

was before them was no longer visible, and what replaced it was a single

it was supposed to look

hard ground with a spear imbued on

a

"W-hat?"

was all

of the goblin that

understood what

the works of a goblin mage. A more evolved and rarer version

they were currently facing a

that hard to spot if one paid close attention. All they had

spotted the orb, you could instantly find where the goblin mage

it was evident that most students had

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

most gentle smile Melissa could muster, looking back at the

paths for others. You're honestly a nuisance, so please either die or move out of the way. Thank you very

Melissa picked up her spear

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

Melissa

Yup...yup...yup

with the most gentle face possible...only Melissa

to say, despite the fact that Melissa was only F ranked, her power

say two to three rings would do the

"Let's go"

"Follow her"

of the students woke up from their daze and immediately followed from behind

"Huuuu..."

at some of the students that followed Mellisa's footsteps, taking a deep breath I too started

waited for no

the performance of the students, I couldn't waste any more time lazing

inside of my body,

with each step I took, the wind psyons beneath my

steps, I found myself freely running across the dungeon as my speed increased

-Wooosh!

"W-what was that?"

"Huh?"

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

-Clank! -Clank! -Clank!

the loud sound of students fighting against

slightly, I managed to somewhat dodge the battles...but I knew that

...and I was right.

couple of goblins soon appeared before me.

I was moving so fast, I didn't have enough time to stop. Hence, briefly glancing towards my surroundings to make sure no one was looking, I lightly tapped on the sheath of