After returning to the ground, I headed for the Adventurers' Guild. When I arrived at the guild, I was immediately taken to the branch manager's office. It seems that the branch manager had something to say and was trying to contact me.

　Greetings and talk about the eleventh layer of the Narukami dungeon.

'I see, there was a stairway to the tenth level on the Sphinx.

Yes, when I entered the passageway through the entrance there, I saw three Sougin golems loitering around guarding the staircase.

　The branch manager nods and looks thoughtful.

The Sogin Golem, huh? The question is how often it repops."

What do you mean?"

The Sogin Golem is a formidable foe, and while you may be able to defeat the A-level Grimm with certainty, the C-level may be more difficult."

　He said that a C-class magic-armor wizard might have to have a legendary-class magic weapon to defeat him.

And I don't like the idea of a ceiling full of cracks. If an offensive magician uses fancy magic, the ceiling could collapse, couldn't it?"

Yes, it felt like a dungeon trap."

That's all the information I need. The rest will be up to each individual. But still, I didn't expect to see alligator flies and running slugs on the tenth layer of the river. ......

What's wrong?"

Alligator fly and running slug drops are the ingredients for the elixir soma."

　It is said that there are adventurers who specialize in hunting these two types of demons for their drop-offs.

　The branch manager gives me a meaningful look.

What is it?"

To make the elixir soma, you need silver ogre horns and alligator fly and running slug drops."

　The branch manager thought that since I had defeated the Silver Ogre, I must have its horns. He was right. But I'm not going to be honest with you.

　The elixir soma is special among the many magic potions, and the value of the material is also special, as I found out after obtaining the silver ogre's horn.

　When I got it, I thought it was worth billions of dollars, but apparently it's not like that. But the alligator fly is not a very strong demon. I thought there must be many alligator fly drops.

The alligator fly is not a very strong demon. You can get that drop at ......."

No, I heard that the drop rate for alligator flies is one drop per 10,000 flies killed.

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　It is quite hard. Even if you kill 30 fish a day, you have to keep on killing them for about a year.

'I can't. Do running slugs have a similar drop rate?"

It's better than an alligator fly, but it's within the margin of error. Running slugs are more trouble than they are worth.

　I heard that if you blow it up with a large explosion of magic or evaporate its water with intense heat, it will die. Hearing this, I wondered if I could kill it with the heat generated by the additional effect of "Burning Shot," but it would likely go through the running slug even if the stopper worked.

　Then, the only living magic I have that would be effective would be "Crash Ball II", "Direct Bomb", "Torpedo", and "Descrescent".

　These four magics are all very magic-consuming. It would be tough to annihilate a swarm of running slugs.

Speaking of which, I see you've been trying to reach me, what is it?"

It's about Battalion. I got the go-ahead."

Really? Thank you."

　The branch manager laughs when thanked.

I'm not doing anything," he said. But Battaglione's role is to train the next generation. Grimm, aren't you early?"

But now that I've reached my goal of becoming an A-level student, my next goal is to spread the magic of life. I thought the best way to do that would be to establish and teach Batallion."

"Maybe it's because you used to be a teacher, but you're very passionate about education. If you're a young man, don't you have the ambition to be in the top twenty in the A-level rankings and explore special dungeons?"

　The special dungeon is one of only seven dungeons in the world, one in Japan, and is an extremely difficult dungeon where dragons emerge from the first layer. Only adventurers who rank in the top 20 in the ranking are allowed to challenge these special dungeons.

　I looked at the branch manager.

I heard that Izumo Dungeon is one of the best dungeons in Japan. I hear it's a bad place, and I heard that three Class A students died there.

I'm not saying that you should really aim for a special dungeon. I'm just asking if you're not willing to aim higher.

　My ranking position was 182nd, thanks to my success in defeating the Silver Ogre. If I continue to do my best, I may be able to make it to the top 20.

　But it seems risky. I'm not particularly interested in special dungeons, and I'll pass on aiming for the top 20.

What's in the special dungeon?"

Yes, I heard that there is one layer of 'talent fruit' that increases magical talent. I heard that there is one layer of 'gifted fruit' that increases magical talent."

　The "Fruit of Talent" is also present in the advanced dungeons, but apparently at a much deeper level.

So what kind of demons are there in the first layer?

　The branch manager looks reluctant.

A basilisk. And there might be behemoths, too, I hear."

　I would not want to fight a basilisk with an evil eye that can turn a man to stone just by staring at it, or a behemoth that tries to crush an adventurer with its overwhelmingly huge body.

　After a short chat with the branch manager, we decided to throw a party to celebrate the establishment of Battalion.

　A few days later, we invited Arisa and her friends, adventurers such as Ami, Taichi, and Tesshin, the guild's branch chief Kondo, Maria, and the principal of the Magic Academy, Kiryuin, and Karina, to the mansion for a grand occasion.

Congratulations. That's a hell of a lot of shadow puppets, by the way."

　The branch manager said, looking at the shadow puppets that are all over the room.

We were trying different things, and this is what happened."

Congratulations on the establishment of Battalion."

　Tesshin approached me with a beer in one hand and poured it into my cup.

Thank you. Mr. Tessin, do you think you can make the grade of C?"

He said, "Yeah, I think I can be, because I've been making steady progress. This is all thanks to Dr. Grimm."

　Alisa and the others and Ami also congratulated. Karina came by and celebrated.

But it's amazing. To become so big in a few years that you founded Battaglion."

'It wasn't a big deal. It was just luck and some great life magic."

I too think life magic is wonderful. But I thought I was going to die when Alisa and her friends made me fight a bunch of iron golems, saying I was training in life magic."

　Arisa and her friends took Kalina, Ami, and Tesshin on a hunt for an iron golem. Thanks to their efforts, Kalina's magic level is now 10, and Ami and Tesshin's is now 9.

Congratulations."

　I heard a voice behind me. Taichi is standing there with a smile on his face.

Thanks. Didn't Taichi go hunting for Iron Golem?"

I was on an orc knight hunt with Shun."

　Master Mitsuhashi and Shun could not come because they had some business to attend to, so Taichi took over for them to congratulate them. I feel happy to be congratulated by everyone. I almost cry because I never thought I would be able to have this kind of time in my life.

　Alisa and the others come in and my surroundings are spectacular.

I had heard about Toshizo from Arisa, and he's great. And Hakuro is adorable."

　Amane said when he saw Toshizo working under the direction of Kongoji. He said that there must be a lot of people who would like to have one in their own homes.

　Hakuro is playing with Taabo. Hakuro grabbed Taa-bo's head and tried to fly away, but it seemed to be impossible. Taa-bo seems to be saying something in bear language, but I can't understand it.

　We had a good time, wishing Battalion all the best in its development.