"The point is, we need to get them to the seventh floor or beyond as soon as possible," Raff said. "They don't seem like the type to hesitate to attack others near us, the aura alone feels different," Raff muttered.

"This sucks, this must be the work of that noble child you're embarrassing," Hayato said.

"I don't care what anyone does, if they want to hurt us, then death is all they'll get," Raff said without hesitation.

The two continued their journey into the dungeon. The size of the first floor of the dungeon alone felt huge, with many branching paths, many miners were mining materials in various corners of the dungeon cave, they were supervised by the soldiers in their respective groups. Raff and Hayato even crossed paths with a group of miners several times when they reached the second floor.

"It looks like it's getting late outside, they seem to be heading home," Hayato said as he looked at the miners.

"The situation here is very different from the dungeon I explored in the past," Raff muttered as he looked around.

"Of course it's different," Hayato said as he took a book out of his pocket.

"What is this?" asked Raff.

"This is the archive of the Ruttera Dungeon, the adventurers who explored this dungeon mapped it and gave many explanations about the monsters inside," Hayato replied.

"Huh? Is there a shortcut here too?" asked Raff enthusiastically.

"I'm looking for it," Hayato said as he opened each sheet in his hand.

"Well, there is a shortcut to get to the fifth floor, but it's pretty dangerous because there doesn't seem to be any mining activity there yet. There might still be monsters there," Hayato said.

"No problem, we just have to kill them," Raff said excitedly.

Hayato put down his book again and walked ahead, the situation on the second floor was much darker than before because the oil lamps the miners had brought with them had been extinguished.

"Hey, can you use your fire magic to light the way? I can't because it's blocked by your plot armor," Hayato asked.

"Isn't it too dark yet?" said Raff.

"I'm not an assassin like you, I'm just a swordsmaster. My eyesight is not as good as yours," Hayato grumbled.

"Yeah, I see," Raff said as he created a fireball in his hand to light up the road they were traveling on.

"It looks like the Stalkers haven't attacked yet, is it because we're still in the mining area?" wondered Hayato.

Raff and Hayato started walking down a rather narrow dirt path, it was a shortcut to the fifth floor that Hayato was referring to.

The two of them had gone quite far down the shortcut passage, "Are they still following us?" asked Hayato.

"Yes. They're keeping their distance on purpose," Raff replied.

"Then just finish them off here, the area here is so narrow that they won't be able to escape," Hayato suggested.

"We should wait for them to attack first, I could be wrong," Raff said.

"That's right," Hayato muttered as he resumed his steps.

In the distance, the exit of the corridor leading to the fifth floor of the dungeon could be seen. Suddenly, Raff stopped his steps, leaving Hayato confused.

"What's wrong?" asked Hayato.

"No, it's just that there's an adventurer on the fifth floor," Raff replied while continuing his steps.

The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.

"Alone?" asked Hayato in surprise.

"Yeah, that's why I was a little surprised," Raff replied.

"Tch. How come even NPCs like him have good sensory abilities? This world isn't fair, shouldn't main characters like me be the first to realize it?" thought Hayato.

The two of them came out in one of the mining areas on the fifth floor, there seemed to be many scattered mining scars, but Hayato did not see anyone there. Raff went first and was followed by Hayato.

Soon Raff turned around and threw the fireball in his hand backwards, an explosion sound was heard as Raff's fireball hit two poison arrows that shot towards them. Raff's fireballs scattered in different directions after exploding, and at a glance, Hayato could see the shadows of their stalkers in the light of the exploding fireballs.

"It's moving," Hayato muttered as he jumped away from Raff so as not to be affected by Raff’s plot armor, he also drew his sword immediately.

"What a surprise, we wanted to get this over with two poison arrows," a burly man said in the distance.

"I didn't think he would notice the poisoned arrow attack," said the woman with the crossbow.

In the distance, nine adventurers stood in full armor and weapons. They wore triangular platinum emblems indicating that they were all A-rank adventurers.

"Nine people? Looks like one more person is an assassin," Hayato muttered with a suspicious look.

"Hehehe... I thought there was a mosquito behind me, it turned out to be a poisoned arrow," Raff said with a chuckle.

"Laugh to your heart's content as long as you can, because after this, you won't be able to laugh anymore," said a man with a sword.

"I hear he's an assassin, but he doesn't seem to want to hide," said the wand-carrying woman.

"Regardless, stay alert," replied the man with the shield as he stood at the front.

Now the figures of nine adventurers were clearly visible, following Raff, an archer, a wizard, a swordsmaster, two guardians, two fighters, a beast tamer and a lancer. Meanwhile, the only adventurer still hiding was an assassin.

"Hehehe... I'm not a cowardly assassin like your friend," Raff sneered.

"Does he even know that?" muttered the fighter near the archer and the wizard.

"A guardian and a fighter seem to be protecting the archer and the wizard, while another guardian is in the front. Classic party formation, just like in an online game," Hayato thought as he placed his large bag on the ground.

The fighter and the swordmaster in front immediately darted to different sides of Raff, while the guardian darted straight at Raff, behind the guardian there seemed to be a lancer ready with his spear. The beast tamer in the middle immediately used his magic to summon the monster he had tamed.

Meanwhile, the archer and the wizard seemed to be preparing long-range attack magic. Raff just grinned as he saw his opponent's simultaneous movements, and both of Raff's hands began to emit bright lightning bolts.

"Ice slash!" Hayato shouted from a distance as he slashed his sword at Raff's back.

The ice particles in the air seemed to form a sword slash, and Raff immediately jumped aside to meet the fighter. Meanwhile, the opposing guardian immediately used barrier magic to deflect Hayato's long-range slash.

"You're just being annoying!" the opposing swordsman shouted as he lunged at Hayato.

The sound of a powerful explosion was heard as Hayato's slash hit the guardian's protective magic, not long after the sound of another explosion was heard as the fighter's blow aimed at Raff hit the ground and scattered.

"Tch. I really can't use my magic," grumbled the fighter who had tried to attack Raff.

Raff's own figure was already floating in the air as he stomped down with his right hand, and at that moment, a bolt of lightning was created that spread like the roots of a tree toward the swordsmaster. The wizard used fire spear magic on Raff, while the archer shot a wind arrow at Raff.

Raff stomped his left hand in the air until the bolts in his hand scattered like lightning arrows. The sound of successive explosions could be heard as Raff's lightning arrow magic hit the archer's and wizard's attacks simultaneously.

The next explosion sound came from the collision of the swordmaster's slash with Raff's lightning magic as it traveled through the air. The swordmaster jumped back again, but this time Hayato seemed to have swung his sword into the air several times.

"This time, I won't waste my rations! Triple fire slash!" Hayato shouted as he slashed with his sword.

"Tch. Low level attack!" the swordmaster taunted as he deflected Hayato's attack with his sword.

The sound of successive explosions could be heard as Hayato's attack hit the ground. Meanwhile, Raff had already planted his feet on the ground again, stomping his feet into the ground until chunks of earth were scattered into the air along with rocks.

Raff threw the chunks of earth at the lancer who was throwing the spear, while Raff's hand picked up ten pebbles. The fire spear that shot out managed to pierce through the scattered boulders.

Raff easily dodged the fire spear thrown by Lancer, and the sound of an explosion was heard along with the surface of the ground scattering into the air as Lancer's spear hit the ground.

"Looks like our magic can't be used when he's around!" the fighter shouted warningly. Suddenly, his eight other friends retreated immediately to keep their distance from Raff.

"My slashes are on par with his weak attacks, that doesn't make sense," the swordmaster said.

"It looks like he's much stronger than he looks, and his speed is on par with an A-rank assassin as well," said the guardian standing in front.

"Hehehe... That's because your attacks are too crude, not because I'm too strong," Raff taunted as he clenched his hands into fists, lightning strikes again enveloping Raff's hands. "I'll show you how to use magic maturely," Raff said as he brought his left hand forward.

Continued...