Episode 209 Chika-tachi's D-class promotion exam

Alisa and the others decided to take the D-class promotion exam in a hurry. The challenge this time was the ArmorBear in the Suigetsu Dungeon.

On the day of the exam, when the four gathered in front of the Suigetsu Dungeon, the examiner, C-class adventurer Ninomiya Chizuru appeared.

"I'm Ninomiya, the examiner."

"It's a pleasure to meet you."

Alisa and the others lowered their heads.

"Students at the Magic Academy, right. Don't do anything unreasonable just because you're young."

Amane, who heard that, confirmed.

"It's not unreasonable, but is it okay if we use 'Wing' on the way?"

Examiner Ninomiya looked troubled.

"You'll just be wasting your magical power. Since I can't use it, you can't reach your destination quickly."

"Don't worry about that. I've brought a two-seater saddle."

"Is that so. In that case, it's fine."

With the examiner's permission, they decided to fly the shortest route to the 15th floor where the ArmorBears were. Examiner Ninomiya timidly rode behind Amane.

"I'm going."

After Amane called out, she flew into the air. She could feel Examiner Ninomiya's body tightening behind her. Even so, the D-Particle Wing rose and started flying towards the stairs.

"Are you guys always exploring while flying?"

"This time is special. We usually walk to reduce magical consumption."

'Wing' was a magic that consumed a particularly large amount of magical power, even among Life Magic. If you used 'Wing' a lot in normal exploration, you would run out of magical power to use for hunting.

This time, all they had to do was defeat the ArmorBears one by one, so the four of them consulted and came up with the most efficient method.

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As a result of flying through areas other than the maze area and the undead area, they arrived at the 15th floor without much fighting. As expected, they were worried about the remaining amount of magical power, so they decided to camp instead of fighting the ArmorBears.

Examiner Ninomiya spoke to the four of them while they were setting up the tent.

"You guys are amazing. It's normal to stay overnight in the Mid-boss room on the 9th floor."

"This place is easy because there are a lot of monsters that can't fly."

Alisa explained to her.

"But, we were walking on the 7th and 11th floors, but why was that?"

"They are undead areas, so there are Phantoms there. It would be troublesome if a Phantom attacked us while we were flying."

Phantoms were monsters that were hard to find. And even more so when flying, there were cases where it was difficult to notice and they would receive a surprise attack.

After spending the night while taking turns watching, Alisa and the others' magical power had recovered. After eating breakfast, they started looking for an ArmorBear that was the assignment.

Chika found the first one.

"Who will fight first?"

Chika asked. Then, it was decided that Chika, who discovered it, would fight.

Examiner Ninomiya confirmed with Chika.

"Mifune-san, I heard that you can use both Muscle Magic and Life Magic. Is that correct?"

"Yes, there is no mistake."

Chika readied her black iron katana, activated 'Cosmo Guard' Muscle Magic, and stepped forward. 'Cosmo Guard' was a strengthening magic that emphasized defense. Chika used 'Cosmo Guard' as an insurance against an emergency.

The ArmorBear immediately noticed Chika and attacked her. At the moment when the distance between the ArmorBear and Chika was almost ten meters, Chika swung her sword diagonally downwards. Chika used that as a trigger to activate the SeventhHighBlade.

A gigantic Blade of D-Particles that exceeded the speed of sound hit the ArmorBear's shoulder and carved a deep wound. The ArmorBear rolled on the ground due to the impact.

It wasn't a fatal wound, but it seemed to have inflicted a rather deep wound. She slammed a SeventhHighBlade into the ArmorBear as it staggered to its feet.

That blow stopped the life of the ArmorBear. It was Chika's way of fighting. The method of killing with two hits of 'High Blade' was impossible without the ability to quickly read the distance, but Chika seemed to have that ability.

Examiner Ninomiya, who was watching her fight, smiled wryly. Ordinary applicants would have a harder time. The fact that she could beat it so vividly meant that she had already had the ability to rival a D-class adventurer for quite some time.

When Chika returned after picking up the ArmorBear's magic stone, the other three surrounded her and praised her for being amazing.

"Now, let's find the next ArmorBear."

When Examiner Ninomiya urged them, the search for ArmorBears began again.

The next ArmorBear was discovered, and then it was Amane's turn to fight. Amane activated SeventhOgrePush when the ArmorBear approached. A high-speed rotating OgrePlate sent the ArmorBear flying.

Of course, the ArmorBear couldn't be killed with 'Ogre Push', but fighting became easier when you knew that you could send it flying. She sent the approaching ArmorBear flying several times with SeventhOgrePush, measuring the distance while dealing damage, and activated SeventhHighBlade.

A gigantic Blade of D-Particles that exceeded the speed of sound slashed through the ArmorBear's head. The blow decided victory or defeat, and the tough bear fell and disappeared.

"Can these kids also defeat them without a hard fight. Jibik Magic Academy is nurturing amazing talent."

After Alisa and Yukari defeated an ArmorBear, Examiner Ninomiya gave a wry smile and shrugged. She thought the exam was unnecessary for these four.

Then, they used 'Wing' to return to the surface. The D-class promotion exam, which was originally scheduled for four days, ended in two days.

Examiner Ninomiya returned to the Adventurer's Guild and reported to Branch Chief Kondou.

"Those four are amazing. I'm surprised that they're still students at the Magic Academy."

"Well, they're Grimm's disciples, so they were likely trained. By the way, do you think they'll be able to become C-class?"

"They have the aptitude to be good enough. However, after taking on the challenge of 'Meteor Gate', they said they would concentrate on studying for the entrance exam."

"I see, that's a little disappointing."

"What's disappointing about it?"

"I thought that if they continued exploring the dungeon, the youngest C-class adventurer would be born from this Adventurer's Guild."

"Branch Chief, you're being too greedy. Isn't it enough to have four promising adventurers."

"Well, that's right."

The Branch Chief glanced at Examiner Ninomiya.

"What is it?"

"If we old-timers don't do our best, we will be overtaken by young and promising adventurers."

Examiner Ninomiya cast a sharp look at the Branch Chief.

"Branch Chief, I'm not old enough to be called an old-timer."

Branch Chief Kondou, who thought he did something foolish, apologized.

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