Magical★Explorer

Beginner Dungeon 4

The appearance of the third and fourth floor was almost the same as the second. The significant difference between these floors from the first two was the monsters that appear in them.

Firstly, the gyoblins stop appearing and the rate we encounter the golem has raised. Additionally, new monsters started to appear.

“Normal goblin, huh.”

Judging from a Japanese aesthetic, you can only describe them as ugliness itself. There are wrinkles all over their skin and they are so thin that you can literally see their bones.

Furthermore, their eyes are popping out of the sockets like they have some eye swelling disease one-third of their eyeballs are already out in the open air.

Their tongue is always hanging open with saliva dripping from their mouth. They have a piece of rag on their waist while holding a club in their hand. Their defense may be paper-thin but I might have to be careful of the club they are using as their weapon.

In fact, the guide said that the difficulty will jump up from the third floor onward but………..

I grab the club that a goblin swung down at me while smashing its head with fourth hand.

“GOBUUUUU”

“As expected, their compatibility with me is the worst.”

Since I have been training with Claris-san, their attack looked so slow and monotonous to me. There’s no way that such an attack can hit me. It’s like I am fighting with a baby here.

I retrieve the magic stone and return to my party member.

“If I am alone these things could give me quite a trouble… I wonder if I should learn some close combat skills too.”

Ludi expressed her thoughts, but since she is not a close-quarter combatant but a magic-user type, I think it should be fine if she just learns some skills to keep away the approaching mobs and leave the rest to the other party members.

Later in the second half, she could use chantless magic anyway. Should I tell her that though?

“Well, I think you should learn one at the very least…………. But, focusing yourselves on the long-range magic is fine too, right? You can leave this kind of monster to me after all.”

This only applies to when I’m together with her though…Well, whatever.

“Hmm…..that’s true.”

I do have an optimal path for her if I can raise her freely though. But I can’t just go out and say “Hey, I just got the best way to train you” like I’m saying “Hey, there’s a bug on your shoulder”, right?

“Certainly, Ludi is the type that cast long-range magic. You reminded me of the student council president.”

Sempai who has been silent since we start capturing the dungeon agreed with me.

If a jack of all trades guy like me can grow to be proficient in every skill, Ludi who is specialized in long-range magic should have no problem casting magic of the highest rank. She should be on the same level as the president, she might even be able to surpass her too.

By the way, sempai is not a “Jack of all trades” like me, she is a first-class in everything (some even on the level of super first-class). She is way different from me.

“I will try thinking about it some more.”

“If you are ever in doubt about which path to take you can ask me any time. Okay? If it’s about magic then I have to leave it to sempai though.”

When I direct the conversation to sempai, she smiled and gave us a nod.

“Aa, I will teach you as much as I can. Well, in your case, it might be better for you to consult with Hatsumi-sensei or the headmaster.”

Ludi’s case is settled there after all, huh. Even if they normally look like that and their personalities are a little problematic, Marino-san and Nee-san are one of the top magicians in the world after all.

Comparing the current Ludi and the game’s Ludi, I feel that her growth rate is a lot higher.

I guess it is thanks to the current environment that is suitable for her growth. Being in a good environment helps a lot when you are trying to study or training for sports, right? Well, I can’t say for sure though.

“Should I consult with Marino-san and Hatsumi-san then…….. Wait, isn’t it the same as what I have been doing up until now?”

Ludi said while looking my way, what exactly do you want me to say here?

“If you are asking me then I think you already achieved more than enough considering the current circumstances though….”

I put my thoughts into words then sempai exclaimed like she just remembered something.

“I understand what Ludi wanted to say. I understand that feeling too well. I also have a similar experience. It was quite an embarrassing topic but I sometimes felt that kind of frustration too.”

“…………..”

Ludi stays silent. She just stares at sempai while clenching her fist.

“In my case…. Well, let’s talk about this later.”

Sempai shut down the conversation. I haven’t confirmed it yet but it seems that a group of monsters is approaching our way.

A little later, we discovered a group of goblins.

When I urge Ludi to use magic, she immediately begins chanting.

“Storm Hammer!!”

Her magic activated and a giant green hammer appears in front of the goblin group, smashing into them.

The sound of impact rang out along with a gust of wind. As its name suggests, storm hammer is an intermediate magic that deals physical damage. In order to learn this magic, you have to be proficient in earth and wind magic. This spell’s firepower is so high that I don’t know why it is categorized as intermediate level magic though.

Rather than that, I don’t remember that she could use such magic at this point in time…… Is it because she entered the academy at different times from the game?

Well then, the strong point of this magic is not just its initial impact but also the gust of wind pressure that the spell produced afterward.

The two goblins that were hit by the hammer seem to die instantly and turn into particles. The others were blown away by the strong wind pressure and hit the dungeon wall with one already stopped moving.

The group of goblins that were some distance away got hit by the wind and fell on their butt.

“And, Done.”

I crush the goblins that fallen down with third and fourth hands, they raised their death throes and turn into light particles.

“As I thought, I’m really jealous of Ludi’s magic, I can’t do something like that at all.”

I want to use it if I can. I have been the target of such magic several times already in the mock battles. Even though I can defend against them, those magic still gave me a hard time. More importantly, if I can use a magic like that, I could flip Nee-san’s skirt who was acting as the referee too. (I peeked once and surprisingly. it was red.)

I’m seriously jealous of her magic.

“The grass always greener on the other side, huh.”

Mizumori-sempai who is watching the situation muttered so.

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