Episode 208 Studying for exams and the Meteor Gate

Minori began preparations for 'Sword Force' and activated it towards the FireWorm. A powerful blade formed by her magical energy soared towards the FireWorm.

It seemed that the FireWorm noticed it. It spat out flames like a flamethrower towards the flying magic blade. The flames enveloped the magical blade, but the power of 'Sword Force' was not small enough to be repelled by that.

It just made it deviate from the trajectory a little. It was supposed to cut the FireWorm in two, but it only carved a big wound and the magic blade flew away.

Seeing this, Karina activated SeventhHighBlade. A gigantic D-Particle Blade swung down from above and hit the FireWorm beyond the speed of sound.

That blow put an end to the FireWorm's life. Sawai, who was watching the scene, swallowed his saliva.

"Maybe I should seriously study Life Magic."

Karina's Life Magic was vivid and powerful enough to make Sawai take it seriously.

When they asked the two adventurers who jumped out of the Worm Cavern about the circumstances, it seemed that they had entered the Worm Cavern for the treasure chest and escaped after being easily found by the FireWorm.

"I'm glad there were no casualties, but from now on don't do anything reckless."

Sawai scolded the young adventurers. After the two of them left, they retrieved the FireWorm's red magic stone .

Naomi noticed Karina smiling.

"Are you that happy to collect a red magic stone?"

"It's not like that. When I killed the FireWorm, the magic level of my Life Magic rose to '9'."

"Congratulations on that."

Life Magic that could be learned at magic level 9 was 'Catapult', 'Heat Shell', and 'Protective Shield'. All of them were important magic, so Karina was happy.

"Come on, let's go check the treasure chest."

Minori raised her voice. Karina turned her eyes towards the Worm Cavern.

"Isn't there another FireWorm in there?"

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"It's okay, I've never heard of two appearing."

Karina was convinced and began to move forward.

The inside of the Worm Cavern was dry. There were many rivers running through this area, so the FireWorm must have felt comfortable in the dry hole.

They proceeded deeper into the cave. It was getting dark, so they took out a flashlight.

"Is this your first time inside?"

When Naomi confirmed it, the other three nodded.

"It's disadvantageous to fight FireWorms in such a small place, so my Senpais told me 'Do not enter'."

Sawai remembered the old days and said.

"There is it."

Minori found the treasure chest and raised her voice. It was a metal treasure chest, about the size of a cardboard box containing oranges.

Karina and the others opened the lid of the treasure chest while being careful of the traps. There were no traps. Inside were four gold ingots and something strange. The gold bars seemed to be about a kilo.

Karina was familiar with the something strange. It was the D-Particle Collector owned by Grimm. Karina who picked it up asked everyone.

"I don't need anything else, so could you give this one to me?"

Sawai tilted his head.

"What is that?"

"It's a special device used by Life Wizards."

Sawai agreed after consulting with the other two.

"The one who killed the FireWorm was Karina. It should be Karina's."

"Thank you."

After that, Sawai and Naomi, who said they hadn't fought enough, killed several LizardSoldiers before returning to the surface. The fights seemed to have become Sawai's rehabilitation.

Sawai said he really wanted to learn Life Magic, so Karina promised to send him the Life Magic textbook she made with Grimm.

This textbook was a little thick. However, if you learned all the Life Magic that appeared in the textbook, you could learn some of the 11 Life Magics that Grimm had set as the conditions for becoming a full-fledged Life Wizard and some of the useful magics that could be learned at magic level 1.

This textbook was to be released not only in Japanese, but also in French and English at the same time. It hadn't been released yet, but Karina was one of the authors, and she got a few copies from the publisher, so she owned some.

Naomi and Minori seemed to be more interested in Shadow Puppets than Life Magic. They said that it would be nice if a shop selling Shadow Puppets could open soon.

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Alisa's group of four were exploring the dungeon at a rate of once every two weeks. On that day as well, they went to the Adventurer's Guild after hunting Armor Boars on the 10th floor of the Suigetsu Dungeon.

When they were about to turn the collected magic stones into cash and go home, they were stopped by the Branch Chief. Alisa and the others, who were invited to the Branch Chief's room, waited for the Branch Chief to start speaking, wondering what was going on.

"Actually, there was a report that volcanic activity has become active on the 6th floor of the Shinyou Dungeon."

When Alisa heard about the volcano in the Shinyou Dungeon, she remembered something.

"Could it be, is it the 'Meteor Gate'?"

"Correct. In order to get the right to challenge the 'Meteor Gate', do you not want to take the D-class promotion exam?"

The Adventurers Guild thought that if they accepted an unlimited number of adventurers who wanted to try out the 'Meteor Gate', it would cause chaos, so they limited the challenge to only adventurers who had been promoted to D-class within the last year.

As for why it was D-class, it seemed that the Gate itself decided whether or not someone could enter the 'Meteor Gate'. Based on their previous experience, the Guild had determined that those who had just been promoted to D-class were likely to be able to enter the 'Meteor Gate', and restricted it as such.

After hearing about the 'Meteor Gate' from the Branch Chief, Alisa and the others consulted with Grimm. And then, they decided to take the D-class promotion exam. The standard task for this exam was to defeat an ArmorBear or a BlackOgre.

When they consulted with Grimm, they received the 'Ogre Push' magic circle. It seemed to be support for his disciples who were challenging the 'Meteor Gate'.

The reason he was late to teach 'Ogre Push' was because they had only expanded their range of activities to about the 20th floor of the intermediate dungeon, so he said he didn't think they needed it yet, and they started studying for the exams, so he gave priority to studying.

"An enhanced version of 'Push', is it, could it be necessary to fight the monsters inside the 'Meteor Gate'."

Amane raised her voice. Hearing that, Alisa and the others nodded.

"While we were studying for the entrance exam, Grimm-sensei seems to have excavated a number of new Life Magics from the Magic Book."

Alisa said what she felt after talking to Grimm. 'Excavating' meant analyzing the magic circles listed in the Magic Book and making them into a form that could be registered with the Magic Agency.

"Haah, I wonder if I can freely explore dungeons soon."

Chika complained. By the way, the four of them were within the pass range. It seemed that the method of activating the brain by moving magic that Grimm taught them was effective.

Having learned the tricks of using magic, the four of them progressed in their studies and their mock exam results improved.

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