After receiving the first prize, the Ring of Pursuit, we left the Royal Academy of Magic as if we were fleeing from the award ceremony.

　As for the promise to Mine, I said I'd visit the Royal Palace when I got settled.

　Strangely, I wasn't questioned by Principal Paula or Head Librarian Silk, nor did I receive any inquiries from Noir-san or the Knights. Probably because I became a sorcerer directly under the second prince, they can't mess with me on a rare occasion.

　Thus, my plan to learn magic was a success for now. The four-types and five-types will be fine as long as I learn them later.



Now, gentlemen. Now, gentlemen, I'll announce our current target.

　Silvia and Eco straightened up at my words. You can see the feeling of "finally".

　It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're going to do with it.

Anyway, I'm just going to earn experience in the dungeons. Especially until Eco grows to an intermediate level or so, we'll keep going around.

　I've decided that the first priority is to raise the level of the skills I currently remember. Therefore, from today, I'll be working hard on getting around the dungeons for a while; I'll need to practice working with three people, and it's also important to make Sylvia and Eco stronger. It's also important to make Sylvia and Eco stronger. It's a set of four birds with one stone.

Mmmm. Is it the Royce Dungeon again?
Dan Dan Dan!
''It's not Lois. This time we're going to go around the Grade B dungeon, Limptofert.
'Hmm. Well, if it's grade B, you can go to .......
Hey!
　Eco is just reciting it, but ...... is okay with that. I guess it's okay.

It's a very good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for in a dungeon, but the search area is narrow, so if you attract them well, you can deal with them one by one. It's good practice for getting around. Plus, its defense is high, but its attack power is low, so it's a little safer. Moreover, the rock shield is dropped from the boss's rock turtle. It's perfect for eco-friendly equipment.
'Well, ...... hmm?　Wait, a shield?　Eco-friendly shields?
''Eco is suited to the role of defending against attacks from demons on the front lines, so let's raise our [Shield Technique] from today.
Yeah, I get it!
"Wait, wait, wait! Wait, wait, wait, wait!　Lord Second!
There are times when damage can pass through even if you use a shield to defend against it. For that reason, we should also acquire 【Recovery Magic】.
Riley!
Hey!　Are you trying to put this childish girl on the front lines?
Don't worry. One of these days it won't even budge.
That's not what I'm talking about, is it?

　I headed to the weapons and armor shop with the nagging Sylvia and obedient Eco in tow.

　There I bought a large shield as tall as Eco's height without hesitation. The armor didn't have any armor that fit Eco's body, so I bought some high quality leather equipment instead. The whole body set cost 4 million CL, which is more expensive than my equipment. The owner of the shop was very happy.

　After that, I went to Comiket and made him learn two skills, the Infantry Shield Technique and the Incense Car Shield Technique. Eco used a dictionary to read each skill book for about 30 minutes and was able to learn it. This guy might be really good after all.

　Then, by the time we left Comiket and headed to the 'Kamel Church', Silvia was quiet. When I asked her if she was convinced about Eco's position, she said she just had no choice but to be quiet because it's a library and a church. Once we leave the church, it's going to get loud again: .......

'Alright, Eco. Let's see your grimoire of recovery magic.
Can I go to ......?
It's all right. I'll tell the sisters and they'll let you see it.

　I entered the church from the front and told Sister my purpose. The Sister readily agreed and immediately brought me the grimoire of 【Recovery Magic】【Recovery, Small》.

　Eco received the grimoire and began to read it silently with a dictionary in hand. The way he looked somewhat desperate, I was a little worried .......

''I remember!　Thank you, world!　I know it's coming.

　Eco said this less than twenty minutes after he started reading the grimoire and then hugged me.

　It's a church and she's loud. A straightforward expression of emotion, not caring about the public eye. Sylvia said, "Good for you! I said, pleased as I was with my own in a stoplight. I patted Eco's head and smiled troubledly at Sister. Sister smiled and nodded at me as if she saw something smiling.

'Alright, let's go then,'
　Objective accomplished. We're done with the church.

"Hey, hey, hey, wait!　Oh, you're just going to leave!　You should at least say a prayer!

　...... It's out, Sylvia's mom.

Huh.
"Huh.

　I sighed as I walked back to the statue of the god Kamel, and Eco mimicked me and followed me. Silvia gave me and Eco a "totally unavoidable" look and said, "Huh? ......? They were praying together while nodding their heads.



　It takes 4 hours by horse from the royal capital.
　The Limptophart Dungeon is located about 30 minutes further on from the agricultural town of Peho.

　I was fed up with the idea that it would take so long if I didn't travel by flying dragon, but I don't remember seeing anyone traveling by flying dragon since I came to this world. It's not going to be so easy to move around even if you tame a flying dragon.

　By the way, I bought a horse for Eco as well. Her name is Leaf Impact. It looks fast.
　When I asked her what Sylvia's horse's name was, she said confidently, "It's the White Silver! I replied. White silver, no matter how you look at it, that horse is brown. ...... I don't understand Sylvia's sense of style.

　After arriving at the town of Peho like that, we used the inn as our base and immediately started circling the Limptofert dungeon the next day.

　For the first couple of laps, we proceeded slowly while prioritizing learning Eco's 【Shield Technique】 skill.

　There are only 6 skills I want to learn in 【Shield Technique】. In addition to the basic "Infantry Shield Art" and "Incense Car Shield Art," the "Gui Ma Shield Art," "Golden General Shield Art," "Kakugyo Shield Art" and "Long Horse Shield Art" are also basic.

　The others are more of an offensive skill that uses shields, so these six skills are enough for defense.

　Eco mastered all of them except for the "Angular Shield Technique" and "Dragon Horse Shield Technique" without difficulty. The effects of the "Infantry Shield Art" is normal defense, the "Scented Car Shield Art" is through-reflection, the "Guillermo Shield Art" is defense plus knockback and the "Golden General Shield Art" is range-guided defense plus knockback.

　Among them, the Golden General Shield Technique is the cornerstone of the shield technique and is a very useful skill. Range-guided defense means that attacks that invade within a certain range when the skill is activated are automatically guided to your shield to defend against them. It's called "sucking" or "dyen". On top of that, it even knocked back, so the usefulness of the skill could be seen.



　A few days later, around the tenth lap, Eco's prominence as a muscle monk began to emerge.

'Nah, Eco!　Are you okay!

　A loud sound of bacons.

　A blow from the 'Yoloi Lizard', a demon with particularly strong offensive power in the Limptofert dungeon, hits Eco, who is holding a shield at the ready, with a critical hit.

''Ho......?''

　When Silvia, spooked by the flashy effects, ran up to her, Eco said, "What, what happened? I turned around with a look like.

'............ Huh?'

　Sylvia is confused.
　No way, she can't be taking a critical hit from the Yoloi Lizard's attack and think that it can't be - but that's no way.

''It looks like your HP and Vit has gone up quite a bit thanks to your shield technique.
Oh, yeah? ......

　Eco's website hadn't been cut by 5%.

'Good job,'
　Eco activates Recovery, Small by himself to recover his HP.

　He's gradually growing more and more reliable as a wallflower.

''I guess it's time for the Angular Row Shield Technique.
　I muttered and headed for the far end of the dungeon, the boss.


'Look, Eco. Activate your skills to defend against my voice. It'll take you roughly 15 minutes to do it straight. If you miss, you have to start all over again. Can you do that?

　He gives instructions before confronting the rock turtle.

'...... Yeah. You can do it.　

　Eco nodded with a serious expression that was unusually closed-mouthed.

'Let's go.'

　With my voice, I leap in front of the rock turtle.

　The rock turtles that we have defeated about 10 so far. Until now, Eco was taking care of the defense on the front line while Silvia and I beat the hell out of them from behind using 【Bow Techniques】 to kill them for a second, but this time is different.

　The prerequisite for learning the [Angular Shield Technique] is to use 【Shield Technique】 to completely defend against the attacks of a boss stronger than you 100 times in a row.
　The bottleneck is the "completely" part. You must not take even a single point of damage. Hence, there are only a few ways to defend against it.

　You can use the Scented Car Shielding Technique to repel long-range penetrating attacks, or you can use the Guiama Shielding Technique or the Golden General Shielding Technique to parry and knock back the enemy's attack.
　Parry is a phenomenon that activates when you defend against an enemy's attack at the right time, giving you the additional effect of no damage and weak knockback.
　By the way, when you parry with the Infantry Shield, you only get weak knockback, so you don't have much time to defend against the enemy, which increases your chances of getting damaged.

　When this happens, the game becomes a rhythm game.
　It's hard to get used to it. However, once you learn the timing, you can always defend with parry, and it will be very advantageous for you to fight.
　This time, one of the aims was to have him practice timing while filling in the conditions for learning the 《Kakuyo Shield Technique》.

''Katsura!　Money!　Katsura!　...... incense!
　Perfect instructions, if I do say so myself. Great job on Eco, who's following me tightly.

　The rock turtles attacked relatively monotonously and slowly, but even so, it was difficult to catch Paley's timing on the first try. I chose the Limptophart dungeon for this reason, but it's going to be more difficult than I thought.

''Argh!''

　Eco misses a parry and gets attacked.

'That was a bit late. Can you do it again?

I can do it!

　Eco nodded vigorously. He applied 《Recovery, Small》 twice by himself and then stood up again.

　For the next hour or so. We continued to confront the rock turtle and Eco finally mastered the Horned Gyro shield technique.