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Master Keel.

We've finished bringing in all the luggage.

Thanks. Good work.

Well, that was fast!

Guess you won't have any problem handling the house chores.

A job well done!

Aw, she's so cute!

Tee-hee! Why thank you!

She's part of Allen's talent.

Nice. Seems like our new living arrangement will work out.

Oh, I see.

I will fill in my father's shoes, and make sure our family has a place to call home again!

Keel dreams of restoring the Carnels to nobility.

Supposedly, a royal messenger promised that would happen

after he served 5 years on the frontlines.

But that seems fishy.

I better check it out.

Okay! Time to conquer this B-rank dungeon!

Yeah!

Y'know, this doesn't seem very different from the C-rank dungeon.

But the monsters inside here should range from D to B rank.

Plus, there are poison and arrow traps.

We should take a Panacea ahead of time.

Bleh, gross!

- Awesome. Hawkins should come in handy here.

- I can't get the taste off my tongue...

Is everybody ready to go?

I hear that only a fifth of challengers manage to clear this dungeon.

So we gotta take it seriously!

I choose you, Fran!

Let's move out!

Okay!

Yahoo!

- T-t-t-treasure chest, baby!

- Wait, Keel!

It's obviously a trap.

Good point.

Maria. Go have a look, would you?

As you wish.

Open sesame.

What an unpleasant surprise!

It's a mimic!

So no treasure?!

Maria! Psychokinesis!

As you wish!

Death to you!

Death to you! Death to you! Death to you!

She beat it!

Whoa...

Mimics are B-rank monsters, right?

This is huge!

Maria with enhanced stats can beat

even a B-rank monster using only half her MP!

Easy as pie!

Look! It's a treasure chest!

It's a mithril halberd.

I bet we can get upwards of 50 gold coins for this.

Seriously?!

Let's keep it up!

Huh? Huh? Huh?!

Are you back with us?

Did I get hit by a sleep trap or what?

You should've listened to me and taken a Panacea earlier.

No matter how awful it tastes.

Nah. I didn't take one on purpose.

Time to investigate.

Maria!

You called?

First, let's review what happened.

- What's going on with him?

- We were riding on Fran through the dungeon and triggered a trap.

- This happens all the time.

- Just leave him be.

That's right.

Okay.

Guess we're stuck here for awhile.

Krena. Will you spar with me?

Sure!

Say, Maria. What was going on just before I fell asleep?

Fran stepped on that tile over there, and then a bunch of white gas came out.

What happened after that?

All the Frans fell asleep.

What about everybody else?

They were fine.

And me?

Out like a light.

So, the sleeping trap didn't work on the others because they had taken a Panacea.

What made me wake up?

I used a Garnish on you.

Oh, the item that comes from Mapo's ability.

You were awake within a few seconds.

Good to know.

Looks to have a range of five meters.

It's not making me sleepy.

Yep.

The garnish must still be in effect.

Yep, yep.

Fran fell asleep, but you didn't.

Yep.

We should check what happens to my other summons.

Yep, yep.

Eggy.

Cobble.

Ta-dah!

I've figured it out!

Figured what out?

Up until now, all my grass-type summons produced recovery items for HP and MP,

so I had an inkling of what would be next.

But now I'm sure of it! Garnish is a status-recovery item!

Sleep traps are guaranteed to work on animal-type summons,

but they have no effect on grass or spirit-types!

Man, they made this too easy!

Well, congrats.

OOHRAH!

AW, YEAH! I DID IT!

Amazing!

Way to go, Dogora!

You've figured out how to use your Skill?

I sure did! And it packs a wallop!

Finally! I can use Skills!

Wahoo!

- Wow, his skill EXP really did go up!

- Woop, woop, woop, woop!

- Congratulations.

Allen!

If you're finished investigating, let's go back to dungeon crawling!

I wanna bust out my Skill!

Okay! Let's do it!

After two months of dungeon crawling over the weekends,

we finally did it.

We reached the last floor of the B-rank dungeon.

There it is. The B-rank boss monster of this dungeon.

I think it's called a Huge Boar, right?

Yeah. One step up from a Great Boar.

Makes sense.

Looks like a bigger and meaner version of the boars we hunted back home.

No better boss for a dungeon filled with beast monsters.

Anyways, I'm not worried about our chances

based on these stats.

Everyone raised their skill levels

to 3 over the past two months.

I always thought Summoner was special

for the buffs that I get from my creatures,

but it turns out everyone has similar skills.

And they level up so fast in normal mode!

Dammit! They're bound to outpace me!

High Protect.

I'll start us off.

Flame Lance!

Teddy, get out here!

Use your once-per-day awakened skill:

Devour!

- Krena! Dogora! You two fight the boss!

- Flame Lance!

On it!

Have a taste of my Skill!

Full Might!

Air Slash!

Now, Krena! Strike its vitals!

Right!

Slash!

All right!

Nicely done, Krena!

You took down that B-rank monster like it was nothing.

Those Sword Lord skills are deadly!

High Heal.

Thanks, Keel!

Treasure chest spotted.

Look, it's a silver chest!

What is this?!

Knuckles made from scarletite, which is harder than mithril.

That'll fetch a couple hundred gold coins at the market.

A couple hundred, you say?!

Big money, woo!

- He likes to say it's for his family, but I think he just really loves money.

- Big money, woo! Big money! Join me, Krena!

- Big money, woo! Big money!

- A real money grubber. Or rather, money preacher...

- Join us, Dogora!

- Big money, woo! Big money, woo!

It didn't take long to clear our first B-rank dungeon.

- They've really toughened up!

- Thank you, oh Lord!

Considering how strong they are, normal mode is nothing to laugh at.

Yet the fact humanity is struggling against the Demon Lord's army,

just goes to show how powerful the monsters are.

I have to make sure everyone reaches a high level before we graduate!

Myself included!

Over the past month,

I've sent my creature brigade

to fight in the B-rank dungeon,

successfully farming 34,760 C-rank magic stones and 425 gold coins.

I put in a request for 310,000 D-rank magic stones by using C-rank ones for seed money.

The quest limit is 50,000 per month, understand?

We used our treasure funds to buy new equipment, including:

a cart that makes travel to and from the house easier,

and a magic-operated clock to keep track of time during dungeon crawls.

As for the end-of-semester exam...

- Hoorah!

- Yay!

- Sweet!

- ...everyone passed, miraculously.

Easy.

Come August, we had conquered our second B-rank dungeon,

and the academy went into summer break for 2 months.

Whew, that was a long flight! I'm home, fam!

Huh?

Isn't that Allen's voice?

Oh, nice to see you Mr. Gerda! It's been a long time.

Uh, ah, er, um, eh, der, duh....

How did you get here?!

Well, I'm actually still in Academy City,

but I'm speaking with you through my bird, Poppo.

Does that make sense?

Yeah.

And you can see us through him, too?

What a strange power.

Hey, Big Bro!

Yo, Mash! You're looking great!

I've got something for you.

A letter!

I'll read it!

There's some from Krena and Dogora, too.

From Krena?

Well, shucks. Too bad I can't read...

I'll read it for you later.

How nice. It's great to hear you're all getting along.

The things you can do with your talent just get crazier and crazier, Allen!

No fair. I didn't get a talent...

You went to the Appraisal Ceremony, huh?

Yeah. But she came up talentless.

Too bad.

But guess what, Myulla?

It means you're samesies with Mommy and Daddy!

Yay! Samesies!

Oh, get this, Allen!

Exciting news! I'm going to be the chieftain of a new frontier village!

We'll be moving in April of next year to start breaking ground!

That's amazing! Congratulations!

I'm taking my family there, too. Same with Dogora's family.

Let the others know, would ya?

Will do.

Mom and Dad are well into their 30s now.

It's the perfect time to start a new chapter of their lives.

Well, Dad, you better start learning to read and write if you want to be a good chieftain!

Allen! You little stinker!

Same goes for me, huh?

I see. You met the Carnel boy, eh?

Yes. Tensions were high at the start.

But Keel became a good friend after we talked it all out.

We've been taking classes and exploring dungeons together with him.

Well, I guess I don't need to worry if you're vouching for him.

Except for one thing...

Hm?

Keel apparently met with a royal messenger

who promised to reinstate the Carnel family if he serves five years in the war effort.

A royal messenger?!

Have you heard any rumblings about that among the court, Viscount?

No.

In which case, the royal messenger could be making false promises.

Reinstating the Carnels to nobility is feasible. His Royal Highness could make it so.

However... if Keel has the talent of a Cleric, then this is likely to be a scam.

Why is that, milord?

Any who return from the war alive are guaranteed to receive special treatment,

which is why many nobles willingly send their children to the frontlines.

Except they are keen on having someone with a healing talent nearby to keep them safe.

Serfs and commoners with healing talents are usually employed

to help the sick and injured within the kingdom, so there are few on the frontlines.

To an extent, the elves of Rohzenheim help us to make up the difference,

but they cannot operate individually for various reasons.

This makes Clerics especially valuable,

leading many to be exploited and worked to the bone as personal healers for young nobles.

Worked... to the bone?

Nobles forge secret pacts among each other

to keep these Clerics at the frontlines even after they finish their compulsory service.

It's so bad that some supposedly never return except in coffins.

And you're saying that will happen to Keel?

Carnel sent Keel away the instant that he learned of his talent, yes?

That indicates to me he planned on using the boy as a tool eventually.

My God. That's absolutely heinous.

But now it all makes sense to me.

After Keel became a commoner, the royal messenger tricked him into joining the war effort.

That's the most likely explanation, right?

I imagine so.

But what's their endgame?

How does this benefit the royal messenger?

Or is there another mastermind pulling the strings behind them?

Despite his greedy habits, Keel's a good guy.

He's only trying to save enough money for his family to live comfortably

during the 5 years that he's on the frontlines.

I'm not gonna let them exploit him.

Viscount Granvelle. I have an idea.

Let's hear it.

I'll take the direct approach and ask the King about this myself.

Hold on! Listen, Allen.

Would you be willing to let me handle this, instead?

Huh?

The royal messenger fooled Keel by claiming the Granvelles set his family up, right?

I can't sit and do nothing while they drag my name through the mud like that.

All right.

Thank you, milord.

We won't be going to the frontlines for some time yet.

So I'll leave it to you.

Our party got more time to go dungeon crawling over summer break,

and eventually, we conquered our third B-rank dungeon.

Here you are. Your updated adventurer cards.

Thank you, ma'am.

They're B-rank?!

Aren't those students?

No way!

That's crazy!

I expect your party will attempt to clear an A-rank dungeon next, but I must warn you.

About what?

There are very few adventurers who explore the A-rank dungeons

due to the overly formidable boss monsters on the last floor.

Since they may contain traps of an unknown nature,

I recommend you review the available documentation carefully.

All right.

For suitable gear, I recommend you participate in the auctions held by the Adventurer's Guild.

They have auctions?

Yes.

You can earn good money by putting your own item drops up for auction,

or you can participate in the bidding to obtain rare items instead.

A-are there any MP recovery rings?!

Uh, I'm sorry. As far as I know, they don't have any of those.

I have heard of HP recovery or poison resistance rings showing up on rare occasion.

I see.

Figures it wouldn't be that easy.

But these auctions do sound like an event with a lot of potential.

Hey, Allen. What's the plan?

Wanna tackle an A-rank dungeon? Pronto?

You know it!

It's down to busines as soon as we review the details and get the right equipment!

Allen! Wake up.

Oh, good morning.

Not much of a "morning" when we're underground like this.

Ugh.

I sent Hawkins scouting all night while we slept, but no sign of the finish line.

These A-rank dungeons are way too big.

How many days have we spent on this floor alone?

Three. No, four?

Man, I hate camping. I wanna go home.

Maria. Did any monsters attack us?

A few, but I killed them all.

Great.

I guess we must've slept through it since Wally didn't need to use his Explode Skill.

Up and at 'em!

Let's rock!

Two Orc Kings and one Cylcops, dead ahead!

Dogora! Better not screw up this time!

Yeah, I know!

B-rank monsters don't spook them anymore, huh?

Charge!

Slash!

Full Might!

Flame Lance!

That's that!

Dogora?

Yeah, I'm almost done!

Sweet! I beat it!

Look out!

Dogora!

They disappeared!

Not good. That was a teleport trap!

Tele-what?

They got sent to a different part of the dungeon!

I really wish it had been anyone but them!

Krena! Take out the cyclops!

Roger that!

I'll create as many Maria cards as I can.

And summon them!

Here I am!

Take these Frond of Life and Seed of Magic items,

then go find Cecil and Dogora!

Okay, Master!

Nice work!

Come on! Let's go save them!

We won't find them by rushing around recklessly.

I already have my summons searching for them.

Damn!

Flame Lance!

Dogora!

I just used my last healing item.

Oh no! Let me check...

I'm out, too.

Poltergeist!

Whoa. That was sick.

Dogora?!

Are you all right?

I found them!

Really?!

Thank goodness...

Maria! We're on our way!

Help will be here soon.

Just stay here for now.

I'm too tired to move, anyway...

No choice. We'll just have to beat these monsters and hold out here.

Krena, Keel! Hang on real tight!

Fran! Use Fleetfoot!

Holy crap!

Take that!

Crap! Knowing where they are doesn't help when the maze is so complex!

Dogora! Cecil!

Don't you die on me!