There Are Too Many Bugs in the Academy

Episode 60

21. Gold Mine (2)

“Stick slit slit.”

Eyes gleaming in the bright light.

He was grinding his tusks up and down, making the sounds of other creatures.

It was fortunate that no human voices could be heard.

‘I don’t know how many more there are.’

It was questionable why a tarantula-type monster appeared in the gold mine, but at least this guy didn’t seem to be alone.

If you use the javelin hastily, and the amount you can’t retrieve comes in, that’s a dilemma.

“Magicians prepare the fireball!”

As the leader Failed, the students of Ortana Faculty, who were waiting in the back row, began to memorize spells.

A red magic circle floats in the air, and the mana in the air heats up.

“Wait! Stop Casting!!”

I hurriedly stopped in front of Fail and said.

He looked like he didn’t understand what I was doing.

“Why are you doing this? Now is a great opportunity with the streets wide open!”

“Air, don’t you think about air?”

“ah……!”

Elemental magic is to use the elemental reduction of mana in the body, but not after changing it into a form of magic.

For example, if you use wind magic in a vacuum, it will be activated, but will not actually be projected in the form of magic.

This is because there is no air that is the catalyst for the activation of wind magic.

It was the same with fire attribute magic.

Fireball is the basic destruction magic of the fire attribute. Of course, the combustion conditions must be satisfied.

The material to be combusted, the temperature above the flash point, and oxygen.

We are in a closed mine. As the space is narrow and underground, the oxygen concentration in the atmosphere is also sparse.

A catastrophe could happen if you fire fire magic without thinking.

Fail realized that fact too late, so he waved his hand and stopped the casting.

“What if magic doesn’t work? From the tarantula series, they also have uppers, so it’s hard to break through with a bow!”

Among the members of this expedition, Fail was the only one with useful bow skills.

The rest are hard to call ‘archers’ even with empty words.

If it was a silverback spider with soft skin itself, it would be unreasonable to pierce a yellow-faced tarantula.

“It would be difficult to pierce with a blind arrow.”

I said so and made eye contact with George.

“Instead, a sword is enough.”

“Ugh… is it true?”

George put on a look of disapproval.

“Then what, what should I do? Are you going to eat gummy bears like this? If you’re lucky, you’re bound to Kochi. Usually, they’re eaten alive?”

After a bit of exaggeration and frightening him, George drew his sword as if he couldn’t help it.

“Damn it.”

“You should come out like that.”

As I approached slowly, the giant spider raised its front paws, alerting it.

“Kishish food!”

I don’t normally like bugs, so I get goosebumps.

‘It feels different from seeing it in real life and seeing it in a game. It looks disgusting.’

【I hate spiders, too. It has no taste.]

I think Lioner agrees.

It wasn’t a common reason, but… … . Is there any particular reason why you hate it?

I held the sword with one hand and widened my stride.

Patschut. Lioner’s lightning bolts extended from his toes.

“Follow yourself. I won’t match you!”

“I know even if you don’t tell me!”

The movement of the legs was instantaneous. It leaps up to the spider’s eyes like a flash of lightning.

The tarantula was unable to respond to the lightning-like movement.

What continued as it was is vertical slashing from top to bottom.

spatula.

The sensation of something being cut through the blade, and the spider screamed.

“Shaah!!!”

It was aimed straight at the head, but it seemed to have been blocked by sacrificing its forelimbs.

“It’s here too!!”

Whoops, George’s sharp rapier pierced the spider’s body.

Neat clean hit.

Not only that, a small tornado rose from the sting and tore the tarantula’s skin to pieces.

It was the power of the three-star wind spirit, Ceylon, that he contracted with George.

【I can’t lose.】

The Lioner, who had a sense of competition, further amplified his power. The consciousness shared with him is heightened.

I calmly dodged the spider’s counterattack and cut off another leg.

🤩 Every time he swung his sword, thick bodily fluid poured down on the floor of the mine.

“Kyaac, Kyaac!!”

George, who had been terrified for a while, is also actively fighting.

He was lavishly showing off his special skill, the sophisticated rapier technique, and was literally making fun of the spider.

‘It was a nice attack, but the opponent was not good, you bastard.’

I’ve killed thousands of yellow-faced tarantulas.

As far as habits and skill patterns are concerned, they are already ripe.

“Now die soon!”

I dodged the swinging foot again and thrust the sword into the guy’s neck.

A sensation far more terrifying than cutting off a foot or any other skin.

The guy staggers like crazy with a single blow that goes right into the head.

“Great!!!”

【End it like this!!】

The lightning, which was raised to its maximum output, rode the sword and vibrated violently.

Pacchut, Pachijijikjik!!

“Kyaa”

The tarantula’s body was wrapped in blue sparks with the sound of fireworks.

The lightning that spreads literally fried every cell of the gnome.

“It’s a zero-mile blitz, you bastard!”

The body of the tarantula, who had been struggling and rebelling, drooped, and soon scattered to ashes.

I said, wiping away the drops of sweat that were rolling down.

“EZ GG.”

* * *

We are well aware of the fact that first-year students who entered this year are monsters among monsters.

How many people were famous on the continent before entering the school?

There were people like that in every rider, but this year, the percentage was particularly high.

But nevertheless, Fail didn’t think much of it.

It’s still 1st grade. They may have excellent skills, but experience is far superior to them.

But the two people slaughtering monsters in front of them.

It reminded me of how arrogant I was thinking.

“Die! You bastard!”

Even in front of two giant spiders that are just creepy to look at, there is no sign of being pushed back.

When Baeksan-woo, who leapt greatly, swung his sword, a blue spark spread out, leaving a deep scar on the spider’s body.

Then, George rushed in, and the guy overturned his stomach and collapsed.

The end of the spider who was about to attack from the other side was no different.

Gray ash scattered in the air, and a manastone the size of a fist fell to the floor.

However, the two of them didn’t pay any attention to the magic stone and just kept arguing.

“Ah!!! Don’t hit me! Why did I have to kill everything I caught!”

“A mistake, a mistake.”

Of course, the guy they were dealing with was a step lower than the previous yellow-faced tarantula.

It wasn’t a dangerous monster.

Because the fact that they are different from normal spider-type monsters has not changed.

In the past, when he was a freshman, Fail, who rushed to the tarantula family and was caught in a cocoon and nearly died, was unimaginable.

‘I think I’ll lose even if I fight now.’

To be honest, I didn’t think there was going to be a win over the two of them.

‘Is the level of the first-year intermediate class at that level?’

Fail was just admiring the two people who were slashing monsters with their flashy movements.

* * *

“Huh, I feel like I’m really living because I’ve been using my body for a long time!”

I shook off my hands and put the sword back in.

“Then what now?”

Fail, who had been leading the personnel all the way from the back, asked.

Did you and George just enjoy it so much? It was quite a party play, but I felt sorry for it, even if it was late.

“Um. So, shall we let other people hunt this time?”

“Yes? What are you talking about?”

“ah…….”

right. This was a big deal.

A much higher level of monsters that are not normally found in gold mines appeared.

If it wasn’t for me who was familiar with them, this expedition might have suffered devastating damage.

“That’s right. I can’t believe that normal monsters are getting stronger right now, and there won’t be any changes to boss mobs.”

“The priority is to go up right now and spread the relevant information to the dungeon management department.”

Fail added in a calm voice.

“There could be more serious damage than you think.”

【I also agree. And the magic is getting darker. There must be something wrong with this place.]

is it that much

As long as the Lioner is serious about it, I also thought it would be really dangerous to keep going.

“I’ll go right back like this.”

“If you go a little further, there will be a public plaza that is also connected to Area B. From there, you can use the rail car to go up.”

There was definitely a place that felt like an intermediate shelter in this dungeon.

“Okay. Let’s go there.”

Surprisingly, having Fail as the leader seems to have been the best choice.

What… … . Of course, the previous battle was an active play between me and George.

It was because he was the one who took control of the people who were frightened by the lever.

As we proceeded forward, vigilant about the surroundings, a place that was more open than any void we had seen before appeared.

Fortunately, the presence of monsters was not felt.

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Maybe it was because George and I ran wild, so we were all focused on aggro.

‘Isn’t there a lot of tarantulas that don’t form groups?’

Still, thanks to that, I also got a Manastone that seemed to be treated quite expensively.

Even if the expedition was unsuccessful, it would be enough to share the cost of labor with the personnel now.

‘So how much should I pay? 100 Kelly per two?’

I guess I’m just doing the math in my head.

“Fuck!!”

A member of the crew who was waiting in the back row was startled and fell backwards.

“what happened!?”

Approaching quickly, she trembles as she points her finger into the darkness.

“I, over there… a person…”

When I looked back, something was lying on the floor.

‘It looks like a human, doesn’t it?’

I stopped the line with a gesture and approached cautiously.

When I lifted the torch, the shadows cast in the corner disappeared.

A horrific scene unfolded.

“Wow… X feet!”

“What? Is something going on!?”

George and Fail approached my reaction, and they couldn’t keep their mouths shut in their dismay.

It was full of paralyzed and neglected monsters. Stoneberg, Silverback Spider, Roach Cricket and more.

All of them are monsters that originally inhabited the gold mines.

And another one.

The body of a man dressed as a dungeon manager was also found.

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Maybe all the body fluids have been sucked, or the state is completely dry.

When I checked the nameplate on my chest, it was James.

I remembered a line muttered by one of the remaining janitors just before the railcar left.

-Eh, where the hell did James go?

“This person is the dungeon manager that disappeared earlier.”

“crazy…….”

Terrible situation.

I don’t know why the dungeon manager came down here, but from the state of the corpse, it was clear that it had become food for tarantulas.

“What about this?”

Seeing the corpse, George trembled. The guy was very scared.

“What should I do? I have to go up and report it right now.”

“Wait a minute, there’s something in front of you!”

It looked like he had found something else.

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Maybe it was a monster that ate the caretaker, so I approached it very carefully with George.

The place where subtle movements were sensed was a huge pillar erected to support the ground of the mine.

When I found something hanging there, I had no choice but to frown.

Because they were human-sized cocoons wrapped in pure white thread.

‘X-foot, what’s going on?’

I quickly pulled out my dagger and slashed the cocoon.

The sticky thread stuck to me, but it wasn’t the time to worry about that.

When the thread was finally cut, the tightly closed cocoon swung open, revealing the inside.

“Uh, uh…”

The one who was caught inside was a green-haired girl wearing the school uniform of Arin.

Ears that are much longer than normal people catch my eye.

“Are you Artel?”