I Will Carry as an Academy Veteran

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This game is tough.

That’s why the developers have added some helpful characters here and there to assist with easier clears, and they are the reliable support characters.

I’ve met Lumen (Lizelirias), Soufflé, and Relbrian, and among them, Lumen and Relbrian are friendly towards me.

Soufflé has become friends with Milijae, and now that I’ve met even the assassination group Greiner.

The only one left to meet is just one.

The martial artist Meril, who wields fists instead of magic, from the Department of Magic.

“I wonder if I’ll meet this guy someday while living in the academy.”

I can certainly help with that. Here’s the translated text:

I don’t know when that will be. They are so elusive.

Those walking towards the boss room.

I looked at the hall, neatly arranged without a single living being.

At the front, two small figures, dressed in black robes and hoods, with no expression, were walking steadily.

Even without checking their stats, I know the abilities of those assassin twins.

Their other stats may not be high, but their **Agility** must exceed 19, surpassing that of a ‘human’.

But why aren’t they the top or second in their grade? Well, there’s a reason for that.

Instead of elemental affinity, they have a special skill called **Syncro Double Unity**.

This ‘Syncro Double Unity’ triggers a critical hit rate of 100% with agility adjustment and excessive bleeding buff only when ‘2 people’, ‘Fin’ and ‘Shal’, are together.

So, if you put only one of them, Fin or Shal, without the other, they just become fast trash.

By nerfing the critical hit rate for damage-centered dealers, the ranking from the Knight Department’s evaluation can only be low when assessed as an ‘individual’.

“Hmm…”

“Adrian, thinking?”

“I’ll listen. But there’s a condition.”

And these two.

““Try to guess us again this time.””

Since I properly distinguished them earlier, now they completely hide inside their meaningless robes and play around.

Although Fin is a man, his voice is the same as Shal’s, and he has no Adam’s apple. Well, it must be their own trick.

But…

“Shal, if you’re a lefty, it shows when you’re on the right.”

“How…”

I’ve been watching you for how many hours.

“Stop fooling around. It’s time to really fight now.”

Reaching the boss room, everyone looks up at the large door.

“…”

Wilhelm, gripping the shield and sword tightly.

“Can, can I do it…!”

Silvi, clenching the staff tightly and trembling slightly.

Ern, with a tense expression, but not showing any signs, placing his hand on the hilt of the sword.

And the twin siblings, without any tension, just ‘working’ as if.

“Do you all remember the information about the boss?”

“Yes, it was ‘The weakened leader of the sunken ruins, the knight’. I know he uses a greatsword like me.”

“Good. You should also remember the strategy I taught you.”

“Yes! Wilhelm blocks, Ern counterattacks, I and the senior guard them with magic, and ‘Grinner’ tears the knight’s armor and exposes the core inside his body! That’s it!”

“What was the most important thing?”

In response to my question, Silvi clenched her fist and answered.

“The senior needs to deliver the final blow…? To cut off the knight’s breath!”

Right.

That’s it.

* * *

The door to the boss room swung open, and we immediately dove into battle.

The dungeon’s owner, seated on a high throne in the center of the large circular room, rose upon seeing us, pulling out a massive sword that had been plunged into the ground.

Between sharp helmet horns, two blue flames flickered, and a giant armor, emitting various colored flames like a giant robot, began to move.

Just like that…

However…

“It’s incredibly huge, like a golem!”

“I’ve never seen a monster of this form before!”

Yes.

A monstrous being resembling a large robot, designed with a base of blue and white colors.

The concept of the ‘Weakened Commander of the Sunken Ruins’ was clear.

An artificial device to guard the ancient ruins.

Roar!

The creature swung the massive sword while emitting a fierce aura.

Yet.

This was, after all, a ‘Day Dungeon’ created to reward the players, and the creature’s name even bore the prefix ‘Weakened’.

So.

“I’ll hold it back!”

I could definitely win.

Kwaaah!

“I’ll block it!”

“I’ll go ahead!”

Villem, blocking the swinging massive sword with a shield, and Erhan, activating ‘Hero’s Blade’ as he rushed forward.

Clang! Kwah! Clang! Clang!

As Erhan leaped with force onto Villem’s back and exchanged blows with the giant monster, a spell from Silvi landed on the Commander’s back.

Kwah!

The creature staggered forward, and seizing the opportunity, Erhan vigorously struck down with his sword.

Crash!

Shards flew up. But it was superficial.

After clashing swords once, Erhan stepped back and said, “Indeed… It’s strong.”

“Can’t we do it?”

“No, we can. Because it’s strong, I feel like… If I defeat that creature, I can become even stronger!”

Yes.

That creature was the owner of such a mindset.

The battle continued, and I, along with giving instructions, also took out the ‘Branch of Spiritwood’ and cast a spell.

While Villem blocked the attacks, Erhan engaged in close combat, supported by Silvi and me, and…

“Incoming!”

Two individuals leaped high into the air, pushing off the void, and intercepted all the water projectiles soaring towards the back of the Commander.

“Senior! Now’s the time!”

Erhan shouted at the top of his lungs.

And I grabbed a branch of the Spirit Tree and pulled out a dagger from my bosom.

“I’m going. Everyone, move around me.”

At that moment.

– Guoooooooooo!

The General, who had once again emitted a sinister light from his eyes, threw away the sword he was holding and swung his massive arm.

Kuuung…

“Retreat 15 steps to the right.”

My hand passed by at a hair’s breadth, and what appeared was a fist.

However, the attacking fist was deflected again by a shield of energy, and Erhan stepped on that shield and leaped, swiftly swinging his sword.

And…

Pahh!

One pair of arms of the ‘Ruins General’ fell to the ground in a tattered state.

At the same time, the ‘General’ picked up the sword he had thrown away, and with one arm, he began to swing it violently.

“He’s in berserk mode.”

His eyes changed from blue to red, and all kinds of attacks were unleashed.

This means…

“Erhan, it looks like his stamina is almost depleted. He’s making his last desperate struggle.”

Missiles fired from his back, and the trajectory of the sword was extremely violent.

What is that again… Something else is protruding from the arm that is holding the sword.

Tsk.

When the pattern becomes complex, just focus on one thing.

Kill the boss before the pattern appears.

“It’s time to finish.”

At the same time.

With a roar-like mechanical sound, Erhan deflected the boss’s sword with all his might.

At the same time, Erhan turned around and slashed the boss’s ankle, and the magic shot hit the General directly, causing him to kneel.

The General looked at me with red eyes… I walked forward silently, holding the dagger tightly.

Ziiing…

As the General reached out his hand towards me.

“Synchronize.”

“Burst.”

In an instant, the General’s fingers, hand, and arm all shattered into pieces.

And even the thick gloves covering his chest turned into fragments and scattered.

In a moment, a black straight line was drawn.

Everything that touched it turned into pieces.

I walked slowly and stood on top of the shattered remains of the General’s arm that had fallen.

And then, skillfully, with the dagger, I dismantled the remaining glove on his chest.

Creak…

And then.

A blue, shining spherical object was revealed…

I will now translate the novel excerpt into English while following the provided guidelines:

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Kwajik!

I precisely struck and shattered the crystal with the dagger I held in reverse grip.

At the same time, the blade of the dagger couldn’t withstand it any longer and broke.

I discarded the remaining hilt of the dagger and turned around lightly.

With the sound of a large engine shutting down, the light vanished even from the fiend’s helmet.

Only the sound of something collapsing behind me without looking back could be heard.

[You have cleared the Weekly Dungeon!]

[You have defeated the Commander of the Sunken Ruins!]

[This is your first clear of a Water attribute dungeon!]

[A bonus reward will be added!]

Messages appeared as if it were obvious.

[You have come out of the diagonal path together. The favorability of ‘Silvi’ and ‘Willem’ has increased by 1!]

Right.

Even favorability.

[You have distinguished the assassin Greener!]

[My goodness, it is an achievement that no one else can achieve!]

[The favorability of the assassin ‘Shal’ has increased by 3.]

[The favorability of the assassin ‘Finn’ has increased by 3.]

[The assassin organization ‘Greener’ feels strong favorability towards you! They will keep an eye on you and if they receive a request to assassinate you, ‘Greener’ will first doubt the authenticity of the request.]

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* * *

The rewards were roughly divided and calculated.

Even if I received the bonus from the Weekly Dungeon, only trash items like the “Rusty Longsword” or the “Water-Soaked Longbow” came out, so I only picked up a few miscellaneous items.

Of course, I’m different. It’s because I obtained the magic book “Create Water.”

“Now I have acquired all five low-level spells.”

That’s not all.

I took out a round bead-like object from my pocket.

[Weakened Core of Water Elemental Magic Power]

The power source that moved the monster in the sunken ruins.

An item that can be obtained by defeating the boss, ‘Weakened Commander of the Sunken Ruins.’

It’s a useful item.

I kept it separately because there will definitely be a use for it later.

Right.

There is Selenium up ahead.

The short and enjoyable journey has now come to an end.

“Thank you, Senpai. Thanks to you, I had a rare experience of going to a dungeon.”

As I entered Selenium, I bid farewell one by one.

“Thank you, Senpai! Let’s do it together again next time!”

“I have learned a lot.”

They said that and headed their own way, and I looked at those who hadn’t left yet.

“Are you guys not going?”

“I saw your dagger skills earlier. The dagger broke, too.”

Shal first untied his luck.

“This is a gift from us.”

Without saying much, they took out a small dagger from their bosom and handed it to me.

It looked much sturdier than the miscellaneous store dagger I had used, and the blade was sharpened sharply.

“This is…”

“A token of our affection.”

“If you have that dagger, we can find you anytime.”

“Thank you. I will keep it safe.”

A smile naturally appeared on my face.

In a way, it was an item I had been eyeing.

This ‘dagger’ was not only an exceptional special item in performance but also had a strong morale-boosting ability.

That is.

‘When you throw the dagger, Grinner appears on the spot.’

In other words, it tells the story of the inherent ability of ‘assassin summoning.’

“hahahahaha…”

Not hiding my laughter, I carefully placed the dagger in my bosom.

It may sound like the laugh of a third-rate villain, but you should think otherwise.

“Isn’t it a great profit to receive this as a reward for just going on an adventure once.”

I was confident this dagger would surely be useful.

And it would bring me more benefits than I had imagined.

Thinking so, I couldn’t help but laugh.