"What just happened?" Stella asked. They were shocked and shocked. What have they seen earlier was too much to process in their mind.
'A Paladin controlling an undead? Not only that he also understands their language. That's completely unheard of!' is what they're thinking based on their face. Skills are usually associated with their class that's why skills outside of their class are very rare.
"It's one of my skills don't think too much about it, Let's find a shelter first and rest until he waked up." I ended the conversation before they can ask but it failed.
"You aren't secretly a S-saint or a Hero are you...?"
"I'm actually the Hero Noah who revived from the dead and is seeking revenge."
"You're right you are clearly not a Saint or a Hero with that kind of attitude. Whew, I got scared for a second there."
I can hear you did you know? Enough joking I should order the undead goblins to guide us to a nearby cave. When we arrived Ophelia immediately writing runes to create what I assumed is a barrier. The fight earlier must have made her alert.
"What now?" Stella asked
"Just rest for now."
"I'm so dirty... I wanna take a bath." Ophelia complained
"Same the blood of the goblins smells so bad and disgusting!" Stella was disgusted when she smelled her clothes.
Just a little while ago you froze in fear to the point you almost peed yourself and now you're in the mood to take a bath as if nothing happened earlier? Well, it's not like I'm complaining I also feel the same as them I never liked getting dirty... might as well take a bath.
I casually took out my clothes and placed them in my [Dimensional Pocket].
"W-what are you doing! Why are you taking your close off?!" Stella yelled as she covered her eyes with her hands with little gaps between her fingers enough that you can see through it.
Ah right... they exist. I assumed they couldn't see me in this very dark cave but I forgot that Stella is a mage. She probably has the night vision skill.
"Because I want to take a bath obviously. I'll be over there okay? Call me if you need me." I waved them goodbye as I go deeper into the cave.
"A bath?" Ophelia asked in a confused voice.
"What? Do you want to join me?"
"In your dreams!"
When I was the hero in the past hundreds of women are dying to sleep with me. If only she knew who I was. I can already imagine her face if she learned about my past identity.
Yosh! First, let's reconstruct the cave and create a huge room. Fill the crater with warm water. Done! Hmm? I feel gazes at me... it was just Stella and Ophelia I worried for nothing.
"Did you already changed your mind, Ophelia?" She panicked and replied in a shy voice while stuttering.
"W-we were just wondering when you said you'll take a bath! When we came to look for you we got surprised when we heard a loud noise and the sound of water!" They got embarrassed and left.
Teasing Ophelia is good stress relief. I can get addicted to this.
I entered the water and started contemplating the recent events.
Too many things have happened today. What I witnessed today tells me that... my team is utterly useless. A Ranger who doesn't know the basics. A Blood Warden's first instinct is to run away and a Battle Mage who panicked and created poor decisions. What rotten luck I thought Castriel is a dependable and smart person I guess I was wrong.
Noah left the water and started drying himself with a towel. With his [Dimensional Pocket] he changed his clothes with a new and clean one. He left the room and saw their confused faces.
"Where did you get those clothes?"
Ah. I forgot [Dimensional Pocket] is quite a unique skill...
"Secret. It's your turn now." They happily run to the bathroom.
Noah sat close to where Castriel is lying.
"I know you're awake," I said to Castriel.
"Hahaha! You found out." He said while scratching his head in embarrassment.
"So why are you pretending to be asleep?"
"I'm embarrassed... I tried to show off just to be stabbed hehe."
"'hehe' te nanda yo?! I mean yeah, you should be. That's what you get for underestimating your enemies."
"Ouch! You were supposed to cheer me up."
Do you mean scolded?
"Ah right. I should cheer your stupidness. Bravo! Bravo! Because of your reckless actions we are almost got killed. Your stupidity is unrivaled. One in a million genius! *Clap* *Clap* *Clap*"
"Actually... I'm the one who brought those goblins---"
"Art! we need some help!" Ophelia shouted.
Noah hurriedly runs towards the bathroom and just to saw them naked.
"What hell are you doing?!! Don't look, pervert!"
"Don't throw rocks at me! You're the one who asked for help!"
"We just need new clothes that's all!"
This girl is really pissing me off.
"I'm not interested in your child's body. Here don't complain if you don't like it. Castriel it's your turn now." I gave the clothes from my [Dimensional Pocket].
"Thanks,"
"And... when you're done we're gonna continue our talk from earlier do you understand?"
Castriel nodded in agreement. He understood my warning.
"Why do you guys look awkward and what do you mean by a child's body?! You're a child too!"
I'm already 22 years old. I'm an adult unlike them. What did she mean by a child?
Ohh right. I forgot to mention to the readers. It seems like my body regressed to a 17-year-old body.
Is that the reason the others gave me a weird look when I'm acting like an adult?
After Castriel took a bath, we proceeded to discuss the recent events.
"Do you know guys why did that happen?" Noah rubbed his forehead as he felt a headache.
"..."
"The first problem was you Castriel... You're a Ranger for f*cks sake you were supposed to be alert at all times and not underestimating your opponents."
I have never seen a level 209 Ranger got stabbed by a goblin before.
"Rangers boast their superior agility but you lost to a mere goblin?! You have the biggest advantage since the forest is the perfect hunting ground for Rangers. You don't even know the most basic stuff. Goblins don't hunt alone how did you level up to 178 without knowing that."
The forest is literally the playground of Rangers. With their incredible speed, most people can never catch them. The hunted will not even know who killed them.
"The second problem was both of you Stella and Ophelia you froze up in the middle of the battle. The first thing you think of was to run away. Leaving your wounded comrade with a battalion of goblins behind. All of you are far worse than a newbie."
Abandoning your comrade is one of the things I hate the most. They're the sh*ttiest type of people. They didn't realize the fact that this is just a test they forgot that they are watching and evaluating us. They will not let us get killed.
"You're right... I'm sorry it's all my fault. I do not deserve to be a leader."
"No, we're the one who needs to apologize. If we act quickly we could have saved you earlier. If Artemis wasn't with us... we could have all lost our lives. Thank you, Artemis!"
"I think Artemis should be our leader," Castriel said.
"I agree he's good at commanding." Stella and Ophelia nodded their head.
"No. Like I told you, in the beginning, I have no interest in being the leader. I suggest Castriel continue to lead us."
"Eh?! Why?"
"Just listen to him I think he knows what he's doing unless you want to get scolded again..." Ophelia said.
"I'm hungry..." Their stomach growled.
I opened my [Dimensional Pocket] and started eating. Their eyes glanced at the fancy meat in Noah's hands, they can already imagine the taste of the juicy meat. They were salivating at the thought of it.
"FOOD! Everyone let's eat now!" Castriel invited the girls to eat.
"When did I say I will share it?" They stared at Noah as if they didn't understand what he had said. How shameless...
"What? Get your own food. Castriel you're a Ranger, right? You should at least know what's edible and unedible fruits and herbs in the forest. Take Stella and Ophelia with you."
"What? Why? Can't you just share with us your food?"
"This is a test, not a free food program." Castriel and the others left the cave in low spirits.
After confirming that they left I ordered the undead goblins to go to the cave. When they have arrived they were carrying cards stolen from the participants.
I instructed them earlier to steal some cards from other participants while not looking too suspicious.
With this, I have now obtained 6 cards. Beating the dungeon and catching Quest is the only two left.