"Have they gone mad?" said some students who saw Raff take the Tier S quest.

"They seem to be just as crazy," said another student.

"We'll just take this quest. This is my adventure card," Raff said as he handed over the quest.

"Are you sure?" the academy guild staff asked, trying to suppress their laughter.

"Yes. You shouldn't be worried, right?" replied Raff confidently.

"Yes. We won't be responsible for the risk you take later, if you fail, this quest will be put back on display for other students," the guild staff explained as they handed over Raff's adventurer card.

"How will you know if this quest fails if we don't tell you?" asked Raff.

"The quest card is embedded with special magic that detects when the owner dies, so if you die in the dungeon, we will declare it a failure," the guild member explained.

"Okay, I understand," Raff replied as he left the guild academy, followed by Hayato.

"Shouldn't we recruit others to help us?" asked Hayato, who still looked worried.

"Did you suddenly become stupid after being influenced by that woman named Lola, huh?" taunted Raff.

"A fool like you doesn't deserve to call me a fool! You ancient human!" snapped a visibly annoyed Hayato.

"Now that's the Hayato I know. Who would help two F-rank students with a S-tier quest anyway, any fool would know that," Raff said casually.

"Tch. Your brain always comes in handy when it doesn't matter," Hayato grumbled.

Two days had passed since Raff and Hayato had take the Tier S quest. Rumors about their stupidity had spread among the students of Elexia Academy, and some F, E, and D students began to doubt Raff's actions, even though they had been very proud of him before. Even now, there were only a few first-year F rank students who wanted to greet him.

But Raff didn't care. Hayato was also no longer gloomy since the incident with Lola, the rumors about his stupidity were now discussed more often than the rumors about Hayato's embarrassment when he was affected by Lola's elixir.

Today Raff came out of his room with supplies in his small bag, he was surprised because Nova, Elena, Nlo and Pine were already outside. They seemed to be waiting for him to come out of his room.

"Raff, are you sure you want to do this quest?" asked Nlo.

"Hehehe... of course, look at the supplies I brought," Raff replied, pointing to the small bag at his waist.

"Aren't you going to ask a teacher for help? Maybe Professor Nia can help you," Elena asked.

"Hey, what happened to you grumpy girl? Did you turn into a moody girl?" scoffed Raff with a chuckle.

"Don't call me a moody girl! You pervert!" snapped Elena as she looked away.

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"We're worried about you, so far we're probably the only ones who still talk to you, for us you're still the pride of the F rank students," said Pine.

"Hahaha... you guys don't act like I'm going to die. Still, I've traveled the dungeon to the end, tenth floor monsters are nothing to me," Raff replied as he walked away.

"Raff," Nova called. At that moment, Raff turned and looked at Nova. "Don't die, I still want to read you a book in the library," Nova said without the slightest expression.

"Yes. I'm not going to die," Raff replied as he stroked Elena's head.

"Why are you stroking my head, you pervert!" Elena snapped as she glared at Raff.

"I wanted to stroke Nova's head, but she's too far away! Please tell Hayato I'll be waiting at the gate!" yelled Raff as he ran off.

"You freak! Watch out if you come back later! I'll beat you up!" yelled Elena.

Raff just laughed at her. His figure was no longer visible from the hallway of the Rank F dormitory. Suddenly, the door to Hayato's room opened and he came out with a big bag on his back, the bag looked so full that he had trouble walking.

"Hahaha ... I guess you guys are the kind of NPCs who worry about main characters like me, you must be worried because I'm going on this impossible journey," Hayato said while posing.

"Don't die, you fart boy," Nlo said as he left Hayato.

"Don't be a burden to Raff," Pine said as he left.

"Nova, how about we go back to the library after we study?" suggested Elena as she left with Nova.

"Hey, I heard your conversation with Raff! Why are you only acting like this with me, huh?" snapped Hayato as he pointed at the four of them.

"Tch. I deliberately didn't come out right away so that I could have a memorable dialog with them, even though Raff was allowed to stroke the head of one of the beautiful girls," Hayato grumbled in his heart.

"Damn you, Raff! You always take my share of the lead!" Hayato shouted as he rushed to catch up with Raff.

"Hey, did you bring your bedding in that bag?" asked Raff as he saw Hayato coming with a big bag on his back.

"A fool wouldn't understand! You think a dungeon doesn't need food?" grumbled Hayato.

"Hahaha... you idiot! There are many plants in the dungeon, even if some of them are poisonous, they can still be cooked and eaten. Why take food there?" said Raff.

"Isn't there just monsters and dirt?" asked Hayato in shock.

"Where did that dungeon come from, there's plenty of vegetation there too. You idiot," Raff taunted.

"Tch. Hearing that from an idiot like you is really annoying," Hayato grumbled.

Raff just shook his head. The two of them immediately headed west from the Ruttera capital. The Ruttera Dungeon itself was located at the foot of Mount Ruttera to the west.

Outside the dungeon was a building used by the dungeon guards to record people entering the dungeon. Several adventurers and miners were also seen chatting in the tavern in the area outside the dungeon, and their attention was immediately drawn to Raff and Hayato, who were wearing Elexia Academy uniforms.

A few adventurers seemed to whisper and laugh when they saw the wooden emblem the two were wearing. But Raff and Hayato didn't care, they immediately checked in with the dungeon guard before finally entering the giant gate.

Raff saw that there were several miners carrying materials such as crystals and others from inside the dungeon. "It looks like the materials here have been well used," he said.

"All the materials belong to the Ruttera Kingdom, they only get the mining fee," Hayato explained.

"Huh? What a disadvantage, even in the Acedia Era, ordinary people can still mine for free," Raff muttered.

The two of them began to explore the first floor of the dungeon, which was very large, several miners seemed to be swinging hammers to break out crystals buried between ordinary rocks. Raff paused occasionally to take in the surroundings.

"Why do you look worried? Didn't you hear the dungeon keeper's explanation earlier, he said that there would be no monsters on floors one to five because there are many miners and soldiers," Hayato said, surprised to see Raff stopping his steps frequently.

"It seems that there are ten people who have been following us since we left Elexia Academy, I just wanted to make sure. But it turns out they were following us," Raff replied.

Just then, Hayato turned his head to look back. "Ouch!" Hayato screamed as Raff forcibly turned Hayato's head back to the front.

"You idiot! If we turn around like this, they'll realize that we already know that we're being followed!" Raff grumbled softly.

"Tch. You don't have to turn my head like that," Hayato grumbled as he winced in pain and clutched his neck.

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