Chapter 53

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"Boys, I'll take the right Iron Mantis! Peron, please take the left Silver Beetle! Fire Lance!"

"Got it! Iron Bullet!"

As Carla launched her Fire Lance at the Iron Mantis, Peron almost simultaneously fired an Iron Bullet at the Silver Beetle.

Carla's Fire Lance blew off the Iron Mantis's head and partially destroyed the wall behind it, burning it. Peron's Iron Bullet turned the Silver Beetle's body into a honeycomb and snapped its impressive horn at the base. Both of them took down the Rank C monsters with a single shot, so I used Aport to pull the corpses and stored them in the storage.

"Christoph, let's go."

The two of them moved deeper into the dungeon to search for the next monster while I was collecting the corpses. The formation was Peron, Carla, and then me. This formation, or rather the order, was because Peron used wind magic to detect enemies while advancing, so he was at the front. I was at the back, playing the role of a porter.

In the early days, I used to spread my magic to detect the presence of monsters and traps, but now Peron is doing a good job of detecting and finding traps.

Carla, acting as the command tower, gives Peron instructions—ahem, orders—and I am treated as a non-combatant porter.

It has been about a month and a half since the clan competition, and the members of the clan 'MI Cool' have improved their magic skills under my guidance. Of course, not only their magic but also their ability to construct magic arrays and write them has improved steadily.

Now, we are in the practical course, exploring the dungeon. From the beginning, the issue was bringing back the parts of the monsters we skinned, but by creating a storage with my time-space magic and collecting the parts, we can skip the skinning process in the dungeon and do it after returning to the surface, which significantly increases our progress speed in the dungeon.

The practical course started in May, and it has already been three months, so we have cleared the beginner, intermediate, and advanced dungeons and are now exploring the expert dungeon. Carla and Peron have mastered the [Chant Cancellation Magic], and Carla can use advanced fire magic, intermediate lightning magic, and basic light magic. Peron can use advanced wind magic and intermediate earth magic, so their combat power is at a level where there are no issues.

Since I am teaching them magic, their magic consumption is low and their power is high, so they don't run out of magic even in consecutive battles. Peron, who originally has a lot of magic, rarely runs out, and Carla, who is good at controlling magic, consumes less magic than Peron and has better fuel efficiency.

That's why we cleared the dungeons up to the intermediate level in no time. In other words, our party is not just a step ahead but two or three steps ahead of the first-year students.

Also, Clara and Pritz's siblings have grown to the level of Carla and Peron, and their party has started exploring the intermediate dungeon recently. In terms of dungeon attack performance, they are in the top tier. Most of the first-year students, more than three-quarters, have not even cleared the beginner dungeon, so the number of parties attacking the intermediate dungeon is small.

By the way, in the practical course, parties that have not cleared the beginner and intermediate dungeons do not receive credits, meaning they cannot graduate.

In the beginner dungeon, the monsters are Rank G or F, and the goal is to clear it during the first year. In the intermediate dungeon, the monsters are Rank F to D. Generally, if a six-person party can defeat a Rank D monster, they are considered to be full-fledged adventurers. At the Royal Magic Academy, if a three-person party can defeat a Rank D monster, they receive the graduation credits.

In the intermediate dungeon, Rank C monsters appear, and in the expert dungeon, Rank B monsters appear. Our party has already cleared the intermediate dungeon and is exploring the expert dungeon, so we have already obtained the credits.

... This means I have already obtained all the credits needed for graduation. I got the credits for arithmetic, history, magic history, language, and Balmus ancient language in the April unit completion test. I got the credits for the magic course and the magic theory course in the May duel with Bakabon. I got the credits for the beginner and intermediate dungeons in the practical course in June, and I got the credits for monster studies and geography in the July unit completion test. With these, I have obtained all the credits needed for graduation, so I am now only taking the item course, and exploring the expert dungeon is for my own improvement, not for the practical course.

"Alright, we've taken down the boss on the 10th floor, our goal for today. Let's go back!"

"Yeah, we need to skin the monsters when we get back."

"Ugh, Peron, you... I was thinking of taking a shower when we get back, why do you have to ruin my mood?"

"Carla always skips the skinning. We don't have to skin everything, but let's do it properly."

"Christoph, you too!"

Carla is a muscle brain. She is not a muscle enthusiast, but she is a magic muscle brain, excelling in attack magic but not interested in support magic, which I find a waste. Especially, light magic includes healing magic, but Carla is not good at it. She is not interested in support or healing, so I once asked her why she started the clan 'MI Cool,' and she said without hesitation, "What are you talking about? It's to unleash powerful attack magic!"

Peron can handle both attack and support magic well, so if he improves his magic control to match Carla, he will become a good magician.

By the way, we don't have to do the skinning ourselves. So why do we do it? By doing the skinning ourselves, we can maintain our skinning skill level and learn about the structure of the monsters. The difficulty of skinning varies by monster type, and by understanding the structure, we can discover weaknesses that are not written in books. Skinning is more important than you think, Carla.

We don't have to do the skinning because there is an adventurer guild branch in the Royal Magic Academy. If we submit the monsters to the guild, they will do the skinning for us, but a fee will be deducted, reducing the amount we get. However, Carla and Peron are rich, so a little reduction is not a problem, and I don't mind either.

However, the fact that we can bring the whole monsters back means that we are recognized as having magic bags. A magic bag is an item occasionally found in dungeons and ancient ruins that can store a large amount of items. It is similar to my storage, but it has a weight limit, so it is not as convenient.

Since there is an adventurer guild branch in the school, we are members of the adventurer guild. When we enter the Royal Magic Academy, we become quasi-guild members, and after clearing the beginner dungeon, we are registered as Rank F adventurers. Since we have cleared the intermediate dungeon, we are now Rank C adventurers.

The guild rank of the adventurer guild changes based on the difficulty of the dungeons we have cleared and the rank and number of monsters we have defeated, even if we are not exploring dungeons. We are Rank C adventurers because we have cleared the intermediate dungeon.

"Since we have such good materials, I'll use them to make magic items. I'll allocate tomorrow for the production."

"Got it!"

"By the way, what are you two going to do during the summer vacation starting next week?"

"I'll help my father and practice magic."

"I'm thinking of going on a trip. My father said it's fine as long as it's not in the west."

"What! If Christoph is going on a trip, I'm going too! Peron, you're coming too, right!?"

Huh?

Why is Carla coming with me on my trip? And dragging Peron along... Peron is in a traffic accident state.

"Me too?"

"Of course! I'll also invite Clara and the others. So, where are we going?"

You're coming without even asking where we're going? I don't understand the meaning of this!