101-Episode 93: Philosopher Saves Life




 The main school in the last run was challenging the dungeon battle.

 Iolada and the others also used 【Provocation】 to attract the demonic beasts with their battle tactics.

 It was Iolada who aimed for the innermost part of the dungeon.
 It's probably because there's no [Scholar (Professor)] in the party.
 However, while running together with Canal, he defeats the demonic beasts one after another.

 Canal's demonic gems.
 And Iolada's [Heavy Armored Iron Horseman] combination is invincible.
 We beat the demonic beasts that appear one after another.

 Their pace is a little slower than ours, but it's not bad.
 But it's not bad.
 In fact, as we were advancing while defeating the demonic beasts, I felt like our school was on the right side of the ledger.

 The other party's handiwork is not bad either.
 They were using [Provocation] well to guide them.
 The challenge would be how to annihilate them all at once.

 If our strategy fits, we might be able to aim for over 1,000 points like we did.

 However, the tragedy happened right after that.

 Suddenly, the image of the 【Automatic Logger】 is cut off.
 The next second--.

 Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

 The sound of an explosion rang out.
 The ground shook and a large amount of dust was spat out of the dungeon.

''Shit.....''

 Cecil muttered.
 He covered his mouth with his hand.
 The other companions were also staring at the image of the darkened 【Automatically Writing】.

 I ran to the dungeon.

 It had probably collapsed.
 I could hear screams here and there.
 I saw that the skin of the mountain where the dungeon is located has partially collapsed.

 I check inside from the entrance.
 The noise is terrible.
 Also, the visibility.........

 I use [Reverse Detection].
 Unlike [Detection], it's a magic that tracks human magic.

"There's a........

 They're probably alive.
 They're all safe.
 It's probably part of the dungeon that collapsed.
 Some of the party is heading for the entrance.

 But some stayed put.
 Near the farthest point.
 It's Iolada's party.

"Hey, man. Let's get out of here. Hey, get back! -- is that Lasell?

 It was Instructor Paker who grabbed my arm.
 His profession is 【Searcher(Seeker)】.
 In our adventurer's school, he's known as a specialist in ruins exploration.
 He was one of the people who was present when I had a dispute about my entrance exam answers.

''Instructor, the student is still alive.

Duh! You can [detect] an entire dungeon of this size?

Let's go for help. He's still alive.

'Wait, wait, wait. It's nice to have a sense of justice, but we're still in danger of collapsing.

You'll be fine.

Based on what...

 I poke my hand against the dungeon wall.
 I put my magic power into it.

"Oh, come on. You're going to use magic. You, using [Duplicate] during the dungeon battle........ I thought you didn't have any more magic power!

 No problem.
 It's true that a large number of demonic beasts are [replicated] and the magic power is low.
 But--.

 It's not enough to stop a mountain from collapsing at this level.


 [Combine]!


 It activates the magic of the [Blacksmith].
 It's a spell that sticks objects together.
 Unlike [Synthesis], they can retain their respective properties.

I have fortified the entire dungeon with magic.

Yeah, you can do that, huh? It's amazing.

 Paker is surprised.
 As I listened to his words, I walked into the dungeon.
 On the way, I ran into a student from the main school who had escaped.

All right, boys.

Yes, yes....
But Iolada and her little canal girl...

 I knew they were caught in a collapse.
 Me, Paker, and a few more backups joined in to protect them.
 Further on, we find a route blocked by a rock wall.

 I put my ear to the wall.
 I felt the presence of people.
 Thump, thump, thump my fist.

"Iolada, are you here?

That voice.... Lacelle-kun?

Yeah. You okay?

"I didn't expect you to come to my rescue.

Hang on. I'm gonna get you out of here.

"That's encouraging. Make it go faster if you can.

 The words were light, but Iolada's voice was trembling.
 Perhaps she was injured.

 I drew my sword from the scabbard at my waist.

'Hey. What are you going to do with a sword like that?

Digging.

Dig?

 It's easy to smash it with magic.
 But since we don't know what's happening on the other side, we can't do anything spectacular.
 And the risk of that happening is not zero.

 I'm going to grab the scabbard.
 I also activated my magic.

 [Transformation]

 The shape of the sheath changes.
 What appeared was a crane beak.
 There, I [attribute grant].
 The part of the blade turned red.
 I gave it the attribute of fire.

 I slowly raise it up.
 Then, the rock surface melted like butter.

''Eek!''

 Paker rolled his eyes.
 With that, I carefully scraped and melted the rock face.
 The hard rock didn't hold me back, and I was in no danger of collapsing.
 There was no danger of it collapsing.

"d*mned unprincipled as always.

 He scratched his black hair.
 Paker was beyond amazed and dismayed.

 A hole in the ground.
 It was Iolada there.
 The others were safe.
 Canal hugged Iolada, tears streaming from her eyes.
 When she looked at me, Iolada patted her chest in relief.

'Thank you, Lacelle-kun. But a bit more ... and ... quickly.

 Collapse.
 At the same time, he untied his [Heavy Armored Iron Horseman].
 He must have been protecting his companions with magic ever since the collapse.

''Io! Ioohhhh!

 Canal's screams were cajoling the dungeon.