Why Did I Have to Enroll

The dungeon was like a maze space similar to what they had experienced in the tower before.

Sand-colored walls rose up on all sides with limited pathways, and beyond the walls came the foul breathing sounds of ominous beings.

The moment they opened their eyes here, they immediately realized this was a far more dangerous space than the maze they had experienced in the tower.

So Ban Yu-won decided to first deal with his physical restraint.

The reason for his restraint was that Luciel was holding tightly onto his body.

"Luciel, calm down. I'm fine."

"But that woman tried to do something to Master...!"

Luciel's hair had already turned half black.

Perhaps she was desperately holding onto him because she feared losing her sanity the moment she let go of his body.

It made sense, given how tense things had become with the dimensional pirates' fleet appearing, then suddenly the guide revealing his true nature and creating a dungeon, and Aneri pulling out and throwing her dagger - it had been one urgent situation after another.

"When we were pulled in here, that woman tried to grab Master."

"Ah, so that sensation I felt was Aneri."

"That's why I kicked that woman away and secured Master."

Seeing Luciel puff out her chest proudly with an "ahem," Ban Yu-won pondered for a moment how to respond.

Given how Luciel was subtly presenting her head to Ban Yu-won, it seemed this was the timing to pat her.

He obliged her wish and conveyed his gratitude.

"Thank you for protecting me, Luciel."

"Protecting Master is only natural."

However, her satisfied expression didn't quite match her modest words.

But that was fine since she was cute.

"But Aneri is probably on our side."

"What?! But the male guide was clearly from Exodus..."

Luciel protested with an expression of disbelief.

Ban Yu-won nodded with a bitter smile.

"The man is indeed an enemy. Not just from Exodus, but one connected to Ortima as well."

That's because he was the one who had guided Dokgo Yeon toward Ban Yu-won.

Wasn't Ortima targeting both Ban Yu-won and Dokgo Yeon simultaneously?

Therefore, they had the guide naturally lead Dokgo Yeon to join up with Ban Yu-won, then create a dungeon to pull them both in.

And they did it when Yumina couldn't protect them due to Exodus's air raid... perhaps even going so far as to bribe Professor Cantone to restrict their movements!

Though he said "perhaps," his conviction was nearly 100% when he recalled how the male guide had moved freely without being affected by Cantone's magic.

"So the Ortima family really did join hands with Exodus."

"Seems so. Though I didn't expect them to drag dimensional pirates into this too."

Ortima must have approached them after learning that Exodus had taken a hit from "Rebellion," Ban Yu-won's group, due to the previous video upload.

While it was expected of Exodus to act this way, it was simply incredulous how the Ortima family had pushed forward with their plans without any regard for the other academy students getting caught up in it.

But even if they managed to escape this incident, would they be able to report the Ortima family? Naturally, no evidence would remain.

Ban Yu-won was simply dumbfounded by the abuse of power from this massive force that supposedly dominated the upper dimensions.

"T-then what about the woman?"

"When that bastard was trying to open the dungeon, the woman... Aneri detected it before us and tried to stop it."

If they were on the same side, there would have been no reason for her to do that.

Of course, she probably wasn't an ordinary soldier either.

Even assuming she had other specific motives, it was clear that she wasn't on the same side as Ortima or Exodus.

"Though we should still be cautious since she's clearly not from this dimension either."

"Yes!"

"...Luciel, are you going to keep using formal speech?"

"Yes!"

Ban Yu-won quickly gave up.

He had to accept the fact that his relationship with Luciel was no longer something he could newly define himself.

Besides, if she didn't let go of him soon, Ban Yu-won felt his reason would reach its limit.

"Have you calmed down now? Then..."

"Ah, yes. I'm sorry!"

It seemed Luciel had also realized she had been clinging too much to Ban Yu-won.

She separated from him with an embarrassed expression and said:

"I can sense monsters beyond the walls. They probably sense us too, but given that they're not moving..."

"You mean the monsters aren't moving at all?"

"Yes. That seems to be the general rule. Of course, since this is a dungeon created by a constellation supporting Exodus, there might be unfair conditions just for us, but..."

It was right at that moment as Luciel was speaking.

The wall right beside them vibrated and rotated.

Naturally, beyond the newly revealed passage was a massive four-legged beast - with a body easily three meters tall - growling with its feet planted firmly on the ground.

"Indeed, how unfair."

―Kuoooong!

The monster with bronze-gleaming skin and a tiger's face howled as it slid across the floor charging toward them.

Was it planning to ram them into the wall and flatten them like dried fish?

Ban Yu-won instinctively leaped to dodge sideways, but Luciel didn't do the same.

"―Ha!"

―Kuhaak!

Lowering her body and charging head-on, Luciel pushed off the ground and delivered a precise dropkick to the beast's front legs!

With a dropkick so perfect it would make pro wrestlers weep, the monster surprisingly couldn't withstand the impact and briefly floated in the air with a scream.

'No way, even just comparing sizes the mass difference must be over twenty times, but she launched it with a dropkick? Is this for real?'

Isn't a dropkick purely a technique that uses weight to attack the opponent! Does this mean that Luciel's delicate frame actually weighs more than that monster... no, that can't be right.

Ban Yu-won blocked out these unnecessary thoughts and kicked off the ground to charge at the beast.

The beast was floating in the air, unable to control its body.

When dealing with a target that can't control the direction of its movement - that is, its force - countering with the principle of reversal isn't particularly difficult.

"Eat this!"

Ban Yu-won jumped up and thrust the weapon he was holding - the spear-sharp end of his staff - into the monster's brow while activating his supernatural strength.

―Eek! To handle me so brutally...!

Ignoring Selron's useless words, he focused strength into both arms.

The string of supernatural strength reaching a depth of 35 absorbed his vital energy, glowing and heating up his entire body!

"Gandalf Attack!"

―Kahak!

Crack!

Ban Yu-won's amazingly amplified strength combined with the opponent's own power, allowing the staff to easily pierce through the monster's tough skin and skull, crushing its brain.

It was a flawless strike with no room for criticism.

'I thought it might work, but this is actually pretty good in close combat too. Maybe I should add the concept of spear or blade?'

―Stop it, I'm a staff! ...No, I'm not just some staff!

'What am I supposed to do with you?'

[Obtained Life 0.6, Magic Beast 0.8, Body 0.4, Wildness 0.5, Hardening 0.5. Hardening is a concept that humans cannot possess.]

"Phew."

Not wanting to deal with being crushed under the creature's corpse, Ban Yu-won immediately absorbed the concepts from its body, oxidizing the remains before landing on the ground.

The amount of concepts absorbed wasn't particularly satisfying, but he decided to take it as evidence of how much he had grown.

'Wildness... makes sense for this one. Hardening, that was on Lilith too. Is it what makes their skin so tough? It was quite solid.'

Though it might seem easy since he killed it in one strike, that was only possible because both his supernatural strength and the principle of reversal worked perfectly.

If Ban Yu-won had to face it one-on-one, he wouldn't have been doing Gandalf cosplay but would have needed to draw both the Executioner's Greatsword and Blood Poison.

"That was amazing, Master...!"

As he turned around after collecting the concepts, Luciel was clapping with sparkling eyes.

Ban Yu-won felt embarrassed by her obvious flattery.

"You did all the work, I just finished it off. More importantly, this one dropped Wildness."

"Wildness!"

Though it wasn't his intention at all, Luciel successfully absorbed the 0.5 Wildness granted by Ban Yu-won, and her loyalty and affection for him seemed to deepen even further.

Ban Yu-won quietly despaired as he saw the concept of Servitude in her body, which had grown to 5 of its own accord.

"Master, there's loot."

"You're right."

Though it didn't seem like an elite monster, it left behind loot even after having all its concepts absorbed?

Picking it up curiously, it was a map fragment.

It was a map showing part of the maze they were currently in, with a route marked for escaping the maze.

Naturally, Ban Yu-won didn't trust it.

He snorted as he tore up the map in one go.

"Our goal isn't to clear this dungeon anyway."

"But we need to clear it to get out."

"This is a dungeon created by the constellations supporting Exodus. Not only would they not let us clear it easily, but even if we did clear it, we probably couldn't get out properly."

Therefore, Ban Yu-won set his top priority.

It was to regroup with Dokgo Yeon and Light, who must have been dragged in here too.

Fortunately, that wouldn't be too difficult.

'Our Sister Mina is the best.'

The flower ornaments that Yu Mina had given to each Rebellion member.

Along with using their magic power to protect them, they also had the function of allowing those possessing the ornaments to locate each other.

With this, the goal of regrouping with Dokgo Yeon and Light seemed quickly achievable.

'The problem is...'

He remembered seeing two figures flying this way when they were being sucked into the dungeon.

One was definitely Lucein Ortima, who must have planned this with Exodus from the start, but not knowing the identity of the other one bothered him.

Even if Cantone helped him, surely he wouldn't have abandoned the other Class 1 students and jumped in right in front of them...

'What's certain is there's a high chance they're enemies... It's not even certain if Luciel and I together can stop Ortima, but if another one joins in, things will get really complicated.'

Even though he was prepared, he couldn't help feeling anxious.

Honestly, how could he have predicted both Exodus's air raid and the dungeon opening?

There's no guarantee that even the monsters purely making up the dungeon will stay manageable...

Not easy. Ban Yu-won clicked his tongue.

'Well, I do have the barrier Professor Yu Mina gave me, and bombs and potions prepared just in case... huh?'

Lost in thought, Ban Yu-won suddenly realized Luciel was staring intently at his face.

Her face was quite red.

"What's wrong?"

"Ah, no. It's nothing."

Hearing his voice, Luciel seemed to snap back to her senses and backed away from him slightly.

Ban Yu-won only then noticed that the distance between him and Luciel had been uncomfortably close.

It wasn't him who had approached her, but her who had approached him.

Close enough that he could see his reflection in her pink eyes.

Even now, they were still quite close.

It felt as if some invisible force was preventing her from moving far away from him.

'She's really incredibly pretty... No, stop it. Back off, demon!'

Newly aware of his current situation with Luciel, Ban Yu-won started feeling tense.

But since there was no time for such unnecessary thoughts in a dungeon where they could lose their lives at any moment, he deliberately cleared his throat while trying to calm his mind.

"Ahem... Luciel, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. I'm sorry, Master. ...I think I got a bit excited from the battle."

That was probably a side effect of her mental state being activated.

Since Luciel started calling Ban Yu-won Master, when her mental state activated, it maintained a delicate balance - half filled with combative and negative emotions, and half with loyalty and affection towards Ban Yu-won himself.

But as the battle ended, the negative emotions faded away, and instead, the positive emotions remained and were amplified, resulting in this...

"Let's hurry, Luciel!"

Something chilling yet heart-fluttering, like a tingling sensation spreading from his chest throughout his body.

Ban Yu-won raised his voice deliberately, feeling a tension clearly different from that of battle.

"We need to move quickly and regroup with the others. We don't know when the Exodus guys might show up."

"...Yes, let's do that."

Luciel seemed to make a disappointed expression for a moment before quickly nodding with a bright smile.

...Ban Yu-won found himself wishing for the maze to end quickly, for various reasons.

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