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.

students couldn't help but be stunned by what

"W-what?"

"Huh?"

of goblins that was before them was no longer visible, and what replaced it was a single goblin

was

lifelessly sitting on the hard ground with

a goblin

"W-hat?"

it was all

everyone stared at the body of the goblin that was

understood what had

a goblin mage. A more evolved and rarer

they were currently facing a horde of goblins. It was a fairly common strategy they

to spot if one paid close attention. All they had to do was

you spotted the orb, you could instantly find where the goblin mage was and thereafter

was evident that most students had forgotten this

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

gentle smile Melissa could muster, looking back

for others. You're honestly a nuisance, so please

back, Melissa picked up her spear and dashed deeper into the

at the back, looking at Melissa's disappearing

that's Melissa

Yup...yup...yup

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

Melissa was only F ranked, her power was

two to three rings would

"Let's go"

"Follow her"

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

"Huuuu..."

some of the students that followed Mellisa's footsteps,

waited for no

performance of the students, I couldn't

mana inside of my body, I activated

I took, the wind psyons beneath my

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

-Wooosh!

"W-what was that?"

"Huh?"

swiftly surpassed some of the students who were running ahead. Though I was still far from the first placed people, I was confident that I would soon catch up to

-Clank! -Clank! -Clank!

the loud sound of students fighting

to somewhat dodge the battles...but I knew that avoiding fights wasn't

...and I was right.

appeared

didn't have enough time to stop. Hence, briefly glancing towards my surroundings to make sure no