48 – Joint Practice (2)

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Right after stepping into the crack.

His vision changed completely, and the environment surrounding his body also changed rapidly.

Inside a cave bathed in blue light.

Before they even grasp the situation, the students frown at the unpleasant moisture clinging to their skin.

Among them, Baek Ha-na, who was the only one with a calm face, looked around.

Enough width for 10 people to stand side by side.

A street that runs in a straight line.

The classmates who had entered earlier were nowhere to be seen.

There was no sign of movement either.

A musty smell permeates through the enhanced sense of smell.

‘… Upset.’

The blue but dark, humid and dull landscape of the cave stimulated one of Baek Ha-na’s old memories.

Before meeting Baek Woo-jin, the past where I had to fight for something to eat in a small room in a facility.

In order not to starve, I always had to fight with the children around me.

Days when all I could do was eat the boring food they put in and sleep.

Such a self, that person brought me to a warm and cozy nest enough to be overdeserved.

It taught me so many things to myself that it was nothing.

Yes, so many things… .

“It is one.”

Baek Ha-na, who was trying to calm herself down by thinking of Baek Woo-jin, turned her head.

Nam Seo-hee, who formed a group together, said with a slight frown.

“What are you going to do?”

The subject was not attached, but Baek Ha-na knew what Nam Seo-hee wanted to ask.

“It doesn’t matter either way.”

“… yes?”

Nam Seo-hee reacted unexpectedly to Baek Ha-na’s answer.

He didn’t know before, but now he knew how much Baek Hana liked Baek Woo-jin.

“uh. I’ll just follow the majority vote.”

“then… . me too.”

Nam Seo-hee followed Baek Ha-na, who stepped aside.

Considering the task, it was right to gather opinions in the direction of going to find Baek Woo-jin.

It was a chicken instead of a pheasant, and Nam Seo-hee had a way to get a handwritten notebook that other students couldn’t get, so I quietly followed Baek Ha-na.

“Are you really okay?”

“what.”

“Nuke, even if you don’t go looking for it.”

“It’s fine.”

It was true that Baek Woo-jin wanted to see him, but right now it was definitely lecture time.

Also, if you have a task, you can use it as a reason to monopolize Baek Woo-jin on the weekend.

So it didn’t matter which way it went.

“there.”

Baek Ha-na and Nam Seo-hee simultaneously turned their heads at the sound of calling from behind.

2 alchemy students surrounded by 6 students.

One of them raised his hand.

“Before reconciling opinions, I think it’s first to sort out the situation we’re in.”

“… right. It’s a little strange here.”

Another alchemy student helped his classmate.

“It must be a low-level rift, but it’s not all-in-one… .”

integral crack.

It is a name that means a crack that connects the outside crack and the inside crack.

In other words, when entering the rift, it was said that there should be an exit that leads directly to the outside when turning around.

However, the exit that should have been there was nowhere to be seen, and the wall of the cave was blocking the path.

“There is no exit, and I can’t see the kids who entered first… . There are no traces of movement left.”

Unlike the walls and ceiling full of moss, no moss grew on the floor.

However, perhaps because of the excessive moisture in the space, traces of water droplets were formed on the floor even if you stood with only a small step.

However, there were no traces of it anywhere along the straight road.

“If you think it’s low-level, it’s definitely strange and a problem.”

A male student with a shield on one arm said.

“But, if you think it’s more than 4th level, there’s nothing strange, right?”

“… It was clearly stated that the practice rift was stage 2.”

“I don’t know what to say about that, but I just said it because I don’t think the professor put us in without knowing.”

“That kid is right. He knew that it was a release type, so he must have told me to go in hand in hand.”

“… … That too.”

The alchemy student nodded slightly.

“And for now, isn’t it the same as the rift environment you guys decided to investigate? I listened to it earlier, and I heard that Moss is going to investigate something.”

“… That’s right too.”

“Then there is no problem.”

“yes. We will protect you no matter what happens.”

As the six relatively tall people surrounded them and approached little by little, an alchemy student in the middle said with a frown.

“I understand, so I want you to come closer. It’s humid and it’s hard to breathe, but I want to refrain from making it even more cramped.”

“Kuhm, that’s right.”

“But it’s really humid here.”

“Look at your skin. I’m going to shine.”

As soon as I started to speak, the surroundings quickly became noisy.

Hana Baek leaves behind the classmates who are starting to discuss with each other and turns her gaze back to the surroundings.

Nam Seo-hee quietly approached Baek Ha-na.

The back of the classmates who are talking about this and that.

Nam Seo-hee asked Baek Ha-na, who was staring at the wall that was constantly blocked.

“Is something strange?”

“… No, just.”

Baekhana shook her head.

I didn’t know what to say because I kept looking at her.

“I… … .”

A male student with a shield on his arm approached cautiously.

When Baek Ha-na and Nam Seo-hee turned their heads at the same time, he, who confidently told the alchemy students, was startled.

“Kuhm, big… Well, I decided to go ahead while taking samples.”

“We’ll take the rearguard.”

“Uh, uh. yes.”

The male student scratched his head and backed away, and soon after, the party started moving slowly forward.

“It is one.”

“yes.”

The dead-end wall continued to bother her, but at Nam Seo-hee’s call, Baek Ha-na turned and followed the group.

“Wow, what kind of juice is coming out of this?”

“It’s the same color as the power link. Can I just eat it?”

Alchemy students removing some of the moss from the wall and writing something on it.

And the rest of us hanging around watching it.

“Is it okay to just eat this?”

“It’s okay to eat. It’s an ingredient for a potion.”

“Oh, then… … .”

A male student wearing a shield brought the blue juice from his hand to his tongue.

“Write it!”

Not only his face, but his entire body began to twist.

“Ughhh!! Geb! Aww! Ugh!!”

“Instead, it’s just a bit too bitter.”

The students around him laugh as they see the male student sitting on the floor wriggling like a dried squid.

“But I can’t see a single monster.”

“Yeah.”

“Aww… … .”

“Oh, this baby is so fucking really bad.”

“Ugh… Open your mouth, you bastard… … .”

“Yeah, I hate it.”

Perhaps because there were no monsters around, the atmosphere was infinitely light and friendly.

Thanks to this, there was no quarrel, and although it was a little slow to move after harvesting the moss and write down the contents, it steadily continued to move forward.

“Hey, isn’t that it?”

“I don’t know, kid. Ask the kids behind you.”

Two people in charge of the vanguard pointed to a large rock placed a short distance away, and alchemy students, who were walking safely and protected in the center of the group, stuck out their heads.

“That’s right. That’s a moss turtle.”

“It just looks like a stone.”

“I told you in advance, don’t kick or touch me.”

“If the client won’t do it, don’t do it.”

The party slowly approached the rock, and alchemy students came forward and carefully scraped the moss that had grown on the rock.

-Guang.

“Oooh.”

As a sound came from the rock, the shield-wearing boy raised his arm forward.

A female student standing next to him said to the male student with sad eyes.

“It’s a waste of size, really.”

“… that it was simulated. It’s not chewy.”

“yes.”

“Really… .”

“Hey, it’s noisy, so could you be quiet?”

“… … sorry.”

The shield male student closed his mouth with a sullen face, and the alchemy department students looked around at the removed moss and teased the fan.

“The stem is thicker than the one attached to the wall, and the scent is stronger.”

“… yes. I think it will make a difference of at least 5 times.”

The two put what they had removed from the moss turtle into a glass jar, put a name tag on it, and carefully placed it in a bag tied around their waist.

“I think we should go quietly from now on. I heard that moss turtles are so timid that they startle at loud noises and attack them.”

“Okay, check.”

Little by little the rocks are starting to come into view.

The party, which had been moving freely, started walking in full-scale formation.

“… Strange.”

“what?”

Nam Seo-hee asked quietly at Baek Ha-na’s muttering.

“It’s where I’ve been.”

“… … .”

At Baek Ha-na’s answer, Nam Seo-hee pondered for a moment.

“for a moment.”

I stopped my companions.

The party, stopped by Nam Seo-hee, quietly turned their heads and looked at the two.

“It is one.”

“… … .”

When Nam Seo-hee called, Baek Ha-na did not answer and pointed to the left wall.

There were traces of moss that had fallen off.

“This is the place I have been through. The smell remains.”

The smell of alchemy students still lingers where the moss fell off.

Not only that, but the smell of other students was also spread evenly around.

“… … The part we got is right. That’s the first part I took.”

When the alchemy student, who took out a sample from his bag and compared it before he knew it, said that, the students’ expressions hardened.

“If this is your first time… . no, that’s weird It must have been a dead-end wall behind you.”

“right. And where did those guys come from all of a sudden?”

I don’t know if the starting point was a place where both sides were open.

It was clearly confirmed that the back was blocked.

But suddenly came to the same place, the place where the first sample was taken.

When everyone kept their mouths shut with stiff expressions, the shield male student in charge of the avant-garde cautiously opened his mouth.

“by the way… … .”

“what.”

When the female student standing next to her opened her eyes, the shield male student scratched his head and continued.

“If it’s usually like this, now-“

aaah

A scream filled with pain echoed through the quiet cave.

-Guaaak!!

-Guak!!

– aaah!!

At the same time, the rocks that had been quietly crouching began to rise up and down.

Hana Baek took out a glove from her bosom and put it on her hand, while Nam Seo-hee pulled out a sword for supply from her waist and said.

“Put those two on your back and run.”

“Uh, uh!!”

If it was a normal melee fight, it would have been enough to keep the formation well.

The moss turtle spewed deadly poison, so it was a very unfavorable situation to fight while defending the incompetent personnel.

Nam Seo-hee and Baek Ha-na kicked the moss turtles in the middle of getting up, and in the gap, the group started running with alchemy students wrapped around their waists.

At that time, the girl in charge of the avant-garde with the shield boy opened her eyes and said.

“So, now what?”

“… It’s a cliché where incidents happen.”

Then, the students who were running behind me uttered one word at a time.

“Your snout is a cliché you bastard!!”

“I’ll see you during your martial arts class.”

“Didn’t you fuck, didn’t you learn that a bastard called an Awakener should be careful with his words?!”

“By the way, what’s that bastard’s name?”

– Shut up and run.

The students who had been swearing loudly at Baek Ha-na’s cold cry full of magic shut their mouths tight, and the party’s anger toward a classmate flared up even more.