'What is this? Why do they think I'm a burden?'
Richard as he looks at the battle before him.
'I wanna help. True, I may be weaker than them, but I know I can do it.'
As the battle continued the teacher was then slammed near Richard.
"Teacher."
He yelled as he went to him. Only to notice he is unconscious and is not in condition to fight.
Anger took over him and then he attacked the Dungeon Crawler, only to be blown off.
But thanks to him being a Berserker knight he was still conscious.
'Why, why!.' Then he looked at the monster only for it to turn its head away looking at his next prey.
But in Richard's mind it was different.
'So even you think I am pathetic and weak.' As he thought this another came to mind the words of his master.
'Richard the world out there is a mess letting you go there is my challenge for you. Don't disappoint me and show the world that you are more than just your title and that you can make the world better.'
"Yeah that's right this won't be the finish line. I still have more to do. So what if this thing is stronger than me?"
With a resolute mind he faced the monster with his sword tightly gripped.
"I'm more than what I can show, I am more than just a Berserker Knight! Hah!"
With strong will and stride he closed the distance between him and the Dungeon Crawler.
GrrooaarrrRR!
Hiyah! With every blow and attack glowing red tattoos became visible throughout his body as well as his sword.
Blows between him and the Dungeon Crawler kept on going. Making the monster forget something important and being fully absorbed in the battle.
But it still noticed the irregularity so with great force he blew Richard away.
Only to be met with a huge beam of light which became the last thing it has seen.
Noticing this, Richard heaves a sigh of relief and loses consciousness.
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'After defeating the dungeon crawler, I looked around and used mana sense to cover the whole place and realized that everyone is alright and all the assailants are either dead or had been captured.'
"Well then thanks for the help BK I guess you are not so bad after all."
With that as my parting words for him I left the place and proceeded to be with he rest of the group until they woke up.
An hour later the smoke subsidized and a few minutes later everyone woke up.
"Huh what's going on."
"Where am I?"
"Damn the bed is like a rock."
"You guys finally woke up."
"Huh Anlgos what's going on."
"Oh you guys were knocked down by some gas that the strange people spread out."
"Oh yeah there was a stranger out of nowhere and before I knew it I fell asleep."
"Yeah I remember that too."
"Or more like how come you are not knocked out?"
"That's because of this." I said as I showed off my mask that I usually used for training to avoid getting sand-wiches in my mouth.
"Surprisingly the smoke didn't get in it when I instinctively used it."
Well it didn't really worked in the first place I just need to make an excuse. Now for the next one.
"But where is that stranger?"
'Oh, right on queue.' With that I prepared my next excuse.
"That's what's surprising. A person came in to save us but unfortunately I didn't see properly because of the smoke.
I see."
"Well, it's a good thing we are alright.
"Oh yeah! Where are our seniors and the others?"
"Now that's a problem?"
"But look there are no more dungeon crawlers anywhere."
"Oh you're right."
"Let's go find them."
"Yeah let's go."
As we were discussing our situation we decided to go look for them. And not long after we found where they were.
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"That was something alright, so you didn't see where that guy went?"
"I don't know sir, I also lost consciousness after the fight."
"Don't beat yourself up for it, because of you he had enough time to defeat the Dungeon Crawler, so be proud of your achievement."
"Alright."
"Yeah you did amazing out there."
"Well we didn't exactly know what happened after we lost consciousness at that time."
The two Seniors then followed up with a few giving positive confirmation of his ability.
"""Teacher! Seniors!""" Suddenly Anglos and the others arrived.
"Oh, looks like your group mates here."
"Yeah well everything is over so you need to go back."
"But what about the traitors sir?"
"Us grown-up's are going to deal with it. The exam might be finished now but I'll give you guys some exemptions."
"Okay, thank you sir."
With that the group of students were led outside marking the end of the exam.
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"So how's the plan going along?"
"Everything is how it should be, sir. Before the appointment day they will not know what hit them."
"Good, what about that guy you recruited?"
"Oh that useless pig I had high hopes for him because he rented that place, but their offers were subpar from what we expected."
"Tch how useless. Oh well it won't affect us that much. How about the other one? Were they successful?"
"....No sir, they were caught."
Bam
Slamming his hand on his table he asked with a heavy tone.
"What? "
"T-they were caught sir Fargo."
"How could they be so stupid? And you I thought you gave the job to the right person but now they failed?"
"I'm sorry sir, they had an inside man and I thought-."
"You thought what? Now that they failed it will be harder for us to deal with that person."
"I'm so sorry."
"Haaaa, we can't do anything about that now we just have to rake up as much as we can before they will notice."
"Yes sir."
Tok tok
As they were talking a sudden interruption came.
"What is it?"
"A gentleman with the name Anton is looking for you, Sir Victor."
"Who's that Anton."
"Oh it's just that useless pig Francisco Phil Anton."
"From what the name implies, is he a noble?"
"Just a third generation and fifth son from the countryside of the Saga Empire."
"How pathetic I thought you had better eyes on people."
"I guess I was shortsighted sir . I'll do better next time."
"You should. Do you see the headache you gave me? Either way let that pig in and let's see what he has to offer."
Afterwards the guy Anton came in with a confident smile and said.
"Sir Victor, I would like to show you a product that would definitely be to your liking."
"Wait right there Mr Anton."
"What is it sir?"
"I think you forgot to greet someone."
"Yes I'm sorry for my sudden behavior ahahahaha."
"".....""
"Ehem-ehem, my name is Fransisco Anton and I run a magic tool sho- I mean company, magic tool company."
He abruptly changed his tone and said company. He sweated a little due to almost making a mistake then continued and said.
"I made this candy maker machine."
"What he showed them next is a cylinder shaped object with a handle on it."
"As you might think, what kind of candy can this little object do? Let me show you."
He then elaborately gave examples on how to use it and what its uses is and after he was done he then showed how the product worked and presented the result to them.
"Here you are, sirs." Right in his hand a fluffy cloud shaped object was wrapped on a stick.
Skeptical, the two kept looking at it, and then they asked.
"How do we eat this?"
"Yeah it seems to me like it is a commoner's food."
"Oh, no, no sir, this food captures the taste for the masses. Children and women would want this especially those who have a sweet tooth."
"Is that so?"
"Yes, just bite on and chew, then your taste buds will do its magic."
"Hmph fine."
Then the two tried it. At first they were surprised by how it melted in their system but later on they spat it out.
""Ptui!""
"W-what's the matter? Is it not to your liking?"
"No it's not that."
"It's just too sweet."
"Oh yes that's how it should be."
""Hmmm."" Hearing that the two thoughtfully evaluated the food in their mind and said.
"I guess this does appeal to the children."
"I don't know about women but I guess this would definitely be a success."
"Well then we will give a contract for this later on. I hope you will not disturb us like this next time or else."
"Y-yes sirs I'll be on my way then."
With that he left the place fearing the people before him might continue to complain.
"Hmph that pig has some uses huh."
"Well I guess this product will be a hit in its own right."
"That's true, anyways let's get back to business shall we."