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 help but be stunned by what

"W-what?"

"Huh?"

longer visible, and what replaced it was a single goblin wearing

that's how it was supposed to

the hard ground with a spear imbued on top

that a goblin

"W-hat?"

it was

bearing somewhat, everyone stared at the body of the

understood

mage. A more evolved and rarer version of a

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

not that hard to spot if one paid close attention. All they

as you spotted the orb, you could instantly find where the

but it was evident that most

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

gentle smile Melissa could

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

without looking back, Melissa picked up her spear and dashed deeper

at Melissa's disappearing

Melissa for

Yup...yup...yup

with the most gentle face possible...only

that Melissa was only F ranked, her power was no joke. Even I

say two to three rings would do

"Let's go"

"Follow her"

the students woke up from their daze and immediately

"Huuuu..."

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

for

one of the criteria used to assess the performance of the students, I

the mana inside of my body,

I moved forwards, with each step I took, the wind psyons beneath

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

-Wooosh!

"W-what was that?"

"Huh?"

were running ahead. Though I was still far from the first placed

-Clank! -Clank! -Clank!

I moved forward, the loud sound of students

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

...and I was right.

appeared before me. Obstructing

I was moving so fast, I didn't have enough time to stop. Hence, briefly glancing towards my surroundings to