When Arthur woke up, he couldn't see Bill next to him. He didn't have a comfortable night. Bill's snoring made him experience a fragmented sleep adventure. 'Askar I won't forget this.,' he made a mental note in his head.

After looking around a little bit, He took the book Elda gave him out of his bag. He hadn't had the opportunity to read yesterday. The conversation around the fire last night had helped him get to know the team better. It would be absurd to take out the book and read it in that environment.

The edges of the book were worn and it was obvious that it had been used for a long time. He opened it and began to read the preface.

“The path of sorcery is a long and difficult road. Some walk on this path for the long life provided by mana, some for their own desire for power, and some for a better understanding of this world. Whatever you walk for, the foundations need to be solid. This will determine how far you can go on this path. I am Archmage Andrew Lucton. I am writing this book intending to help you understand magic.”

The preface of the book excited Arthur. Mana gave people a longer life.' fuck is this real.' he thought and continued reading.

He immediately turned the page and opened the first chapter.

“What is mana? This is the question every wizard has asked himself and other wizards for centuries. No wizard can claim to know everything about mana. But for thousands of years, sorcerers have made some discoveries. Artis Zurdos, the most powerful magician in the last 10000 years, defines mana with the words "Mana is Energy It enables people to do impossible things by imposing their will on mana. For this, mana is both a tool and energy.” Of course, not everyone is inclined to this magnificent tool and energy, and even those who do are predisposed to different levels. However, this predisposition can often be deceptive. I have seen that many young people with the potential to become archmages waste their potential. A tortoise can beat a rabbit in a race. so consider yourself warned.

"There are three types of Magic: word Magic, manipulation Magic, and enchantment Magic that we enchant items wit--“

“Breakfast is ready Arthur”

At Bill's voice, Arthur lifted his head from the book and looked out the tent door.

Everyone was ready.

He came out of the tent and saw Askar looking at him with an ugly smile on his face. The team was all sitting on the ground by the fire. There was morning coolness in the air. He went and sat next to them. And he took his food from the bowl that was extended. And he sat down and the food was like yesterday's tiger meat and eggs, and there was some bread

"I should definitely bring the food of my Old World into this world," he thought.

“Arthur how your world was?” Elda asked.

"That's why she asked me to join the group," he recalled. Elda was most curious about the new world. Elda was like a scientist who had found a new field in science.

“Well... We have around 200 countries. Before th- the teleportation accident I was living in England"

"How do you know that?" Askar asked.

"What?"

"How do you know the exact number"

Arthur thought about how he can explain the internet. then

"I showed you the phone, right. There is a thing called the internet. You can look up any knowledge there with the phone"

"Can you still?" Asked Elda, with eyes shining

"No, I need to be my own world," Arthur said. Elda's mood comes down with Arthurs answer.

“Let's move on, we need to find traces of their camp today,” Mefzar said.

The team packed up their tents and prepared to set off. Arthur was helping Bill pack his tent. Arthur wanted to keep reading the book as he walked, but they were chasing a bandit gang in the most dangerous land of the alwarti. If he didn't pay attention to his surroundings, he could be eaten by a passing tiger. Although he was dying to read the book, the book had to wait.

The forest was getting thicker from time to time, then getting sparse again. The bandits seemed to know the safe routes well. They did not encounter any danger like yesterday. The long walk bore fruit after 4 hours. Sounds began to come from far away. "They're close, let's not make a sound from now on," said Mefzar in a whisper.

In front of them was a hill. They climbed the hill in silence. Mefzar lifted his head and watched what was happening below. When Arthur looked, he saw a group of humans, elves, Avians, and goblin-like beings building a wall.

In the center of the wall stood a blue purplish vortex.

“Lucky bastards found a Dungeon,” Askar said.

“Last time I checked, the Dungeon reporting reward was 1000 gold,” Mefzar said.

The whole team was excited by the dream of gold. Arthur realized that something important was going on. He did not know how much a thousand gold coins were worth. He could take some guesswork out of the team's reactions. He also didn't know if this Dungeon worked like the games in his own world.

After examining the tomb guards and the camp thoroughly

“We need to plan an attack, they outnumber us, but it looks like there's only one person in our level,” he said.

They slowly went down the hill and found a place to hide.

Mefzar said in a serious tone, "We need to take down at least a few of them before the fight starts. We can wait for the night and catch the guards off guard. What do you think?" He showed that he wanted his team to be included in the plan. Arthur simply listened, he had no experience with the subject.

“The man in the tent is our main target. While we distract him with Elda and Askar, you and Darkis will take the others down from afar,” Bill said.

Mefzar then looked at Arthur and said, "You can stand on the hill a little while ago and tell us about the dangers that we couldn't see during the war. You can do it, Right?" Mefzar asked.

'The classic stay in the car situation,' he thought and nodded his head, Arthur.

“We have to wait until it gets dark, but I don't want to take our eyes off the men, you wait here, I'll go watch their movements. “Mefzar said.

Everyone nodded. And Mefzar slowly started to climb the hill.

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Arthur's life depended on this battle of the team. But he had seen battles with the tiger and this increased his confidence in the team.

In addition, during the time he spent together, he warmed up to the team and did not want anything to happen to anyone.

Askar and Bill were sharpening their weapons, while Elda and Darkis were adjusting the blue pots. It was still time before the dark.

Arthur decided to take out the book and read it. The book described the different branches and functions of magic. Manipulation spells were divided into 7 as air, water, fire, earth, wood, light, and dark. The element that Darkis was prone to be fire. Elda's was wood. Arthur didn't know how to blend this with the knowledge he had gained in his own world. Then he made a mental note thinking he would work on it.

The next part was word spells. this type of magic could be described as the meaning and understanding you ascribe to words, for example, The recharge magic that Elda use was an example of this magic. And lastly, the enchantment was a more technical part of it. With the help of some metals found in nature, permanent spells could be made. These things that were processed were called runes. 108 simple rules had been discovered so far and more complex runes could be made by mixing them. Space enchantments were an example of this.

It took him 1.5 hours to read the whole book. It was not a very thick book. It was a 50-60 page book and Arthur could read very quickly. But he read it deliberately slowly and with digestion. Reading and understanding were two very different things.

He decided to try the manipulation magic. He focused all his will on the ground. The grains of soil were moving, albeit slowly. Arthur's heart was pounding with excitement. He had done magic. Even if that means moving the soil grains a few centimeters

Elda and Darkis watched Arthur's movements with amazement on their faces. He was able to apply the manipulation spell in one day. And he had done so, not with the help of a teacher, but simply with a book Elda had given him.

Elda came up to him and said, "You really have potential, I've never seen someone grow so fast."

“I took my chance,” said Arthur, feeling embarrassed by the advice.

“I guess you have a predisposition to Earth,” he said.

“How do you know what you are prone to?”

Elda again took on a lecturing attitude.” You try every element. The least difficulty is the one you are most prone to, you can control them all if you want, but you cannot be as strong as those who focus on only one element. Of course, some people are predisposed to 2 or even 3 elements, although it is rare.

"Let's try the others," said Darkis curiously.

Arthur also decided to try water. They put 1 drop of water on the leather cover of the book and Arthur tried to move it at will. The drop moved very slowly this time, but Arthur realized that he was not inclined to water. It was 6 times harder.

“We know what I'm not prone to,” he said, panting.

He tried the air and it created a very small breeze as well, but neither gave the feeling of the earth.

"How do you test fire," he said.

Darkis took out a candle and lit it. “Try to feed and grow the flames with mana,” said Darkis.

Arthur directed his will this time to grow fires with mana. He felt the comfort of the earth again. He smiled.

“You are prone to fire as well,” Darkis said with joy.

Then he tried Wood by trying to move a small leaf. The wood element was the element that forced his willpower the most among the elements he had tried so far, but the leaf seemed to insist on not moving from its place.

It was getting dark and everyone was hungry, so they couldn't light a fire and show the bandits their location.

Therefore, dinner was dry bread and some jam. Meals were eaten in silence.

The sun was almost completely gone and it was getting dark.

Mefzar slowly descended to them from the hill and said, "Is everyone ready?"

Arthur and everyone on the team nodded.

"Come on then," he said, and they climbed the hill together as quietly as possible. As they got to the top, Arthur saw that the villagers and goblins were locked up in a prison-style place.

6 people were given the duty of guards, and they were on guard duty as a big warning shift.

Turning to Arthur, Mefzar said, “If there is something important that we do not realize, shout”

"But beware, your location will be known the moment you shout," he continued.

and handed him a knife.

"A little better than the kitchen knife" isn't it, laughing

Arthur forced a nervous smile. The wall under construction blocked the guards' view of the hill.

But two sentries were standing guard over the top of the wall.

Mefzar said, "Wait until I take the men down on this side of the wall, then let's go down there." He put the arrow on his bow, took a deep breath, took the aim, and released the arrow. The arrow went silently and pierced the guard's neck. Mefzar put the second arrow on his bow without wasting any time. The other guard also heard a sound and was heading towards the dead guard. Mefzar released the second arrow at this time. That arrow also hunted the second sentry by the neck. Arthur was delighted that he and Mefzar were not enemies.

The team began to quietly descend the hill. Arthur was just realizing the gravity of the situation. Every war was a battle of life and death. And the people he had just laughed at while eating dinner were risking their lives. He focused all his attention on the castle under construction. He was ready to yell if anything was dangerous for them.

The other sentries would come to replace the guards on this side of the wall. Two minutes later, the other guards returned to take over, but they found Askar and Bill's daggers in the face.

There was no point in hiding anymore. Darkis threw a ball of fire towards the central tent. She was aiming to cause chaos. Mefzar fired another arrow and shot someone in the chest. Bill Askar and Elda rammed them towards the burning tent. A man emerged from the burning tent.

“You finally found me, huh,” said the man. He seemed to know what was going to happen to him. The leader of the bandits was a big man. He was almost 2 meters tall. Bill was no less than him in size. Bill and Askar attacked the man. Elda was also trying to restrict him in place with her wood magic.

Darkis and Mefzar rained arrows and fireballs at the remnants. Arthur was watching carefully what was happening. Then he noticed something. Where Darkis and the tomb were heading towards the hiding places, someone wearing a hazy black long hooded robe was waiting. He seemed to be waiting for Darkis and Mefzar to approach.

“Mefzar, Darkis, someone is hiding on your right!” he shouted.

The black bandit sprang from his hiding place and attacked towards the Mefzar. At the same time, he shouted "kill him" to the guards who were hiding. Coming out of their hiding place, the two bandits began to rush towards Arthur. Darkis managed to kill someone by sending a fireball. But the other bandit was able to escape, and he ran towards Arthur and started climbing the hill.

Arthur was frightened. Time slowed down with the adrenaline pumping his heart into his brain. He thought, 'If I run into the forest behind me, he'll catch me in less than 5 minutes.' He was on the top and the soldier was down. There was a height advantage. If he had thrown the knife when he got closer, then he dismissed this idea. If he lost the blade, his 1 percent chance of survival would drop to 0 percent. If the soldier went to the top, they would fight on equal footing. And he would lose his only advantage. Best to meet him halfway, he thought.

Arthur let out a cry to get some relief from his Fear "aaaaaaahhhh"

He didn't realize he was making a sound as a cat pressed on his tail.

He ran towards the man. They met in the middle of the hill. The man had a sword in his hand and he swung it at Arthur. Due to the difference in level, the sword had come to Arthur's right calf. It had inflicted a solid wound on his right leg.

"Aah"

Using his left leg, Arthur jumped towards the man.

The blade didn't pierce his body because of the man's armor

They began to roll down the hill. Arthur's foot was hurting unbelievably. When they stopped, he looked up. The man was lying 2 meters next to him and he seemed to be trying to figure out what was going on. With the last of his remaining strength, Arthur grabbed the blade and jumped on the man, the blade pierced through the man's chest. The man's eyes looked at Arthur. Then the life in his eyes disappeared. He remained motionless, and Arthur tumbled to his side.

Blood was flowing non-stop from his leg. He had no strength left to move, but if he left his leg like that, he would bleed to death. He took off his shirt and applied a tampon to the wound. He lay down next to the man he had killed, hoping the team would win. After a while, the sounds of battle stopped.

When the battle was over, Elda came running towards Arthur. She knew something was up.

"Arthur what's wrong with you"

“I- I had to kill him.”

“Are you injured”

“I got a sword blow to my right leg”

Elda took out a red vial from her enchanted pouch.

“Try to drink in one gulp”

When Arthur finished the bottle, he began to feel a burning sensation where the wound was. It was an uncomfortable feeling as if ants were walking on his body.

“I- but how come”

The wound was visibly closing. After a minute or two, the wound was completely closed. Arthur tried to move it.

“Thank you, thank you so much”

"I didn't do anything to deserve thanks, what you did was very brave, you saved Darkis and Mefzar

"How so "

“The black bandit was an assassin on our level.”

If you hadn't let me know..."

“I am glad that everyone is well”

Askar was coming towards us with a smile on his face.” How was your first battle, my friend?

"It sucks," said Arthur

“Hahaha, firsts are never forgotten”

It didn't matter to Arthur. He wasn't forgetting anyway. This day would probably haunt his dreams for a long time.

As for Mefzar and darkis

"You saved our lives there, Arthur, I will not forget this day," said Mefzar.

"It does not matter"

Darkis came to me

“Nice save, Arthur,” he said.

“Thanks,” said Arthur.

"So what are we doing now?" We're going to leave the slaves free and stay here today, we have to go again tomorrow. Said Mefzar.

They went into the castle in the construction trench, where the villagers and the goblins were kept in the same cage.

They were shouting for joy because we won. Bill unlocked the door and the villagers burst into tears. It was certain that they would not be able to sleep tonight. There was tiredness on Arthur, he wanted to sleep as soon as possible.

After everything is taken care of. Arthur went to sleep.

[Survivor level 4]

[Adrenalin rush skill gained]