The Academy’s Time Limit in a Novel Written by a Friend

Chapter 5

5 – Episode 5 A thrilling secret friend.(2)

Fall in a dark cave with Beauty.

It’s a very attractive situation in a way, but it’s not very pleasant.

Actually, I thought that the only thing that could satisfy the second condition here was Lilac, the main character of Hogu.

“Be careful. Nothing has happened yet, but it could be dangerous if you get away from me.”

Of course, this figure also includes a sense of mission to protect the prospective cadets, but if it weren’t for her being a good person by nature, she wouldn’t have cared about other people when she flew into an unknown space alone.

Oh my God.

In the original work, he died absurdly because of being kind, but I didn’t know that he would be as good as the main character.

A person who can sincerely sacrifice for others.

Although it was called Hogu, it actually meant that he was a person worthy of respect.

“Don’t worry. In fact, even if I look like this, I’m an academy professor, right? The hero level is high, and I can safely clear quite a few dungeons.”

Yeah, I know you’re great.

In this world, like most modern fantasy academies, there are monsters, monsters, and villains.

Those who deal with monsters, monsters, and villains who were born as superhumans but stained their hands with evil deeds from another world are called heroes in the world.

The woman in front of me was a hero who had an A-rank license, which is given only to those who can hunt a higher-level monster alone.

Maybe she’s better than the main character now?

A normal reader would be in a panic, not knowing how to react to this situation that did not appear in the original work, but I am a man who memorized the set book because he is a friend of the author.

Of course I know the second gimmick of this dungeon.

The problem is that no monsters appear in this dungeon when there are only ‘those who can be grateful for even small things’, but monsters appear when ‘those who can sincerely sacrifice for others’ enter.

Perhaps it was originally intended to be a gimmick for the main character, but of course, like a ruined novel, the second gimmick of this dungeon doesn’t come out until the middle of the year.

Why? At that time, there are many better things than what is given here as a reward.

“Don’t worry too much.”

“Yes?”

“Your expression is so dark, but since no monsters have appeared yet, the Dungeon Master may have a gentle disposition.”

Ah, it seems that he misunderstood that I was scared when he saw me despairing over my friend’s ruined novel.

“Yeah, that gives me a bit of energy.”

But you know what?

If you say that in a novel, it’s a national rule that monsters appear.

“Wait.”

And as if to prove my prediction close to my own, she blocked me in a sweat.

-Kiruk.

I heard an unpleasant tone, as if a mixture of frog and human vocal cords.

The monsters that appear in this dungeon are goblins, a lower class.

Even in the lower species, being inferior actually meant that they were fucking weak.

Goblin’s ability as an individual is really insignificant, so if you fix the perception that it is a monster and fight, you can subdue even a fairly normal person.

However, among the goblins in this dungeon, there is one very peculiar one mixed in, and that was the problem.

Originally, goblins as a colony belong to fairly difficult monsters, but when they are mixed in a group, the goblin’s grade is raised.

Goblin Lord.

Muwei itself is nothing special, but all the goblins in the group it is mixed with receive a buff.

Each one of them would boast of a feat similar to that of a Hobgoblin, a lower species.

-Kiruk, kureuk.

The red eyes of the monsters came into my eyes through the light of the torches beyond the dark cave.

Right now, I can see more than 20 of them in front of my eyes.

Twenty hobgoblins? Even quite a few heroes will go straight to the goal if they are not careful.

More than anything else, the problem is that the A-class hero in front of you, who is also a professor at the academy, is an expert in interpersonal warfare, so he’s not compatible with goblins.

“If only…”

She is a martial arts hero.

She is a specialist in close combat using her own body, and without exaggeration it takes less than a second to shatter the head of a buffed goblin with her fists.

It won’t be a big problem even if there are two goblins.

It will be the same even if there are three of them.

However, when there are 10, there will be people who miss it, and when 20 or 30 go over, you won’t be able to keep them all in check.

Her weakness was that she was vulnerable to battle with her group.

A goblin lunged at us.

However, the goblin’s head was decapitated by her sharp sword.

Again, it wasn’t blown, it was cut off.

Purple blood began to flow from the neat cross section.

But the death of one goblin doesn’t mean much to them.

In the first place, the goblin had no love for her kind.

With an unpleasant chirping sound, they charged at once.

It would be easier if I had to subdue one ogre.

Every time she stretched out her fist, two goblins died, but then four charged.

‘Too many…!’

It was the type of dungeon that had the worst compatibility between himself and her.

Even if you see that the level of each goblin has risen strangely, there must be a load somewhere in the dungeon.

I’d rather calmly solve the situation somehow if I was alone, but there was a sick boy behind me.

Every time she flung her body to deal with the goblins ignoring herself and charging at him, the wounds from the goblins’ crude weapons increased in the gaps created.

I haven’t had any major problems right now, but this won’t last too long.

With a desire to save her people, she trained desperately and polished her martial arts, but in the end, her limits were clear.

Grade A.

It was a high achievement compared to his innate talent, but it was a proof that his A rank was infinitely less than the S rank his friend and benefactor had reached, and that he was weak.

If an individual had an S rank that could even turn the tide of battle, would he have been able to blow away this group of goblins and reassure that boy?

I didn’t even have to ask.

If it were his friend, he would have already annihilated his enemies and comforted him with a smile, saying that he was fine now.

“Haap…!”

However, even if you can’t save someone so nicely, there are things you can do for yourself.

“A little. Wait a minute. I think it will take a little while because there are so many.”

You may not be very trustworthy because the scars have already increased, but you don’t lose your smile.

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Do not lose your smile in order to reassure others.

I was able to keep at least this one thing I learned from my friend.

I’m getting short of breath.

Maybe the weapon was poisoned.

I killed a lot of goblins, but the number didn’t seem to change.

When the rate at which the goblins die is slowing down, it becomes apparent that they are on the defensive.

-Who will sacrifice?

The boy’s voice echoed in the dungeon and the portal opened.

It was as seen in the setting book.

If two people enter this dungeon and one of them is cornered, a portal will open, and you can move through this portal by selecting either the exit or the reward room.

To be honest, I can’t say I’m cornered yet, given the speed at which I kill goblins, but cornering doesn’t necessarily mean physical danger.

She is a kind and kind person, but she also has a deep complex and has a lot of worries.

Perhaps he was groaning while comparing himself to the chairman of the board?

Seeing the portal appearing, she smiled and said to me.

“Come on in! I’ll stay!”

She is a good person.

She said that she would sacrifice herself in a situation where she could get caught up in me and resent me, and at least she could abandon me because she wanted to live.

Without hesitation in front of the exit that appeared to protect only one student.

“I’m fine. It’s not to the point of being beaten by a goblin.”

In order to reassure others, he also does not lose his smile.

It sounds easy with words, but the way she puts her difficult ideal into practice is like a hero in a novel.

I decided.

Originally, you will be tricked by the villain and die a miserable death, but I won’t let you do that.

I can’t believe that the main character’s strong helper and kind teacher has even a heroic side. There’s no reason to kill such a popular character.

I threw myself into the portal without hesitation.

The destination was, of course, the room with the reward.

After passing through the portal, the view changed in an instant and flew to another space.

-Are you someone you can sincerely thank?

I heard a voice, but I ignored it.

That wasn’t a test or anything like that, it was just a thought left by the saint, the master of this dungeon, to the person who would carry on his legacy.

There were two rewards.

First of all, a bottle containing ‘Saint’s Tears’, which also appeared in the original work.

This is what I was originally looking for.

And another one.

Giyeon, which does not appear in the original work, but was probably originally drunk by the main character, was located there.

The will of the saint.

That ring-shaped artifact had the characteristics needed for the protagonist in the beginning.

However, there is no main character here. First, after inserting the ring into his pocket, he picked up his original purpose.

-I was a sacrificer. But no one thanked me.

When I opened the cap of the bottle, a cool scent drifted in.

-That itself was fine. Because I wasn’t asking for anything in return.

-However, it was unfortunate that my sacrifice had no meaning. ‘Cause I couldn’t keep it

As I drank the contents of the bottle, his last words came to my head just as well.

-Please, I hope my insignificant power will be of some help to you.

Pounding.

My heart raced.

The tears of the saint that flowed down my neck into my body were transformed into energy, not liquid, and settled in my body.

Actually, they call him a saint, but the saint who became the motif of this dungeon wasn’t a great person.

He wanted to save people from the goblins, but was unable to save everyone due to lack of strength.

The talent was also a little peculiar, but not at a very high level, but this saint’s tears are a chance to acquire the deteriorated version of his talent as a characteristic.

Characteristics are powers that can be acquired congenitally, unlike innate talents.

Resurrection was originally a talent for resurrection, but the ability after deterioration as a characteristic is as follows.

The total amount of souls increases, and vitality and congenital vitality are restored every day.

Actually, this alone is a useless ability, but it had a different meaning to me.

The feeling of fresh water filling an empty bowl that was almost dry.

My body, which was so heavy as a beggar and couldn’t move well, also became a little more comfortable.

Although I didn’t really feel the increase in the size of my soul because it was a trait I had just acquired, the second was enough for now.

Now, it was time to make a reliable helper for the main character.

“Did he escape well?”

She was already pushed to her limits.

Poison circulated in his body, slowing his movement and giving rise to a fever.

What the goblin dealt with was crude poison, but since she was a superhuman specializing in technology in the first place, she had almost no resistance to poison.

I didn’t expect it to end so absurdly.

Tears came out of resentment.

I kept laughing to reassure him, but I didn’t have to force myself to smile anymore.

The only ones here are you and the goblins.

-Kiruk…!

The goblins were approaching with ugly smiles.

I was still holding out on the defensive, but soon after the remaining arm is paralyzed, I won’t be able to resist.

Nevertheless, there was resentment in her heart, but there was no resentment.

He didn’t open this dungeon on purpose, and he probably didn’t want to use himself.

“Whoa.”

My mind was about to weaken, so I took a deep breath and looked straight ahead.

It was a bad habit to be weak when cornered.