Just before we were about to leave for the dungeon Sherry and her parents came requesting us to let her accompany us.
"Zack please take care of Sherry"
(Why should I protect a person who wanted to kill me.)
Ash also accompanied me but she was never with me on the whole trip. The shy sisters had become proactive in seeing such a cute cat.
(Girls really loves cute stuff)
The dungeon was situated in the north of the village. It took us 4 hours to reach there. The dungeon was surrounded by wide grassland. Some tall trees were present here and there. The dungeon being in the countryside didn't attract many adventurers.
By the time we reached the dungeon, it was already noon and the sun was high up in the sky. We decided to rest for a while.
During the journey, I came to understand that there four people had been childhood friends and they had together aspired to become adventurers. Their friendship reminded me of me and Sherry when we were small. Not wanting to remember the old days I distracted myself by figuring out new spells. They often talked to us seeing that we were mainly left behind in the conversation. Overall they were good people but Kira felt somewhat reserved towards me.
"Umm Kira-san are you feeling uncomfortable around me?"
"No, that's not it, it's just that you seem too carefree. We know that you are the heroes' son but not having a weapon or any baggage is just.." She said as she hid behind Azar in nervousness.
"Is that so. I thought that you hated me. About my baggage is in the subspace"
"What subspace but only merchants have that?"
"That... ah sorry, I should have asked you if you want to keep your bags in there. If it's okay with you then You can keep it there"
"Thanks, we will take you up on that offer"
They all kept their bags in my subspace except Sherry. Then Azar who had already anticipated what would have happened between us asked to me store Sherry's bag. I stored it on his request. They were quite surprised to find out how big my subspace was.
After drinking water and eating jerky we slept in turns. By 4 pm we dived into the dungeon to get us a feel of what a dungeon looked like.
"Zack-kun are you taking ash-chan along"
"Yes we can't simply leave her outside"
That was just an excuse. Dad had said not to use Ashilde until there was an emergency cause her aura would scare the people around me. He tried giving me another sword but Ash didn't allow it saying that I can only wield her so he taught me hand to hand combat for when I can't use her.
"Zack-kun are you not using any weapon."
"No, I will just be using my fist"
They seemed concerned but it was okay as it was only the first floor. They told us that I and Sherry would be the vanguard for the first floor so they could gauge our strength.
We entered the dungeon.
It was damp but had a high concentration of mana. After coming down the stairs there was a long tunnel which was poorly lit by torches on the wall.
The dungeon was only explored till 12 floors so we decided to do it till the 10th floor only. But today's target was only on the first floor.
After walking a short distance we met 3 goblins. To show them my power I punched the globin in the face which blasted off.
(Whoa aren't these goblins too weak)
I looked at the other and they were standing with their mouths open.
" It is okay to KO a goblin in one hit but blasting his head off and...Zack-kun is that your full power?"
(Full power? Why do I have to use full power against a mere goblin? I just punched it normally. Shouldn't it be super easy to kill a goblin in one hit.)
"No, I didn't use my full power. It was just a goblin"
"The other 2 were goblins but the center one was a hobgoblin and you just blasted his head off"
"Is that so?"(what's the big deal about it I have even defeated a wryven)
"When I was of your age I could barely defeat a goblin. Hobgoblin would have been a pipe dream" Azar was literally crying and the others were shocked too but Sherry had no reaction or rather she looked fascinated.
We were able to clear the floor without any problem. Sherry too was quite strong for a support type. We set up our camp near a huge tree and then went hunting rabbits for dinner. The dinner I had that day was awful. In my mind, I decided to learn cooking when I get home.