A little after lunch, it is time to meet the branch manager. When I go to the branch manager's office, Takase comes out of his room.

Report?"

Yes, Takase-san, are you reporting in?"

Yeah, I found a stairway down to the seventh level."

　It seemed that the search had progressed from the sixth to the seventh layer. After Takase left, I went into the branch manager's office.

So now it's Dr. Grimm.

　In addition to the branch manager, there was one other male staff member. He seemed to be a record keeper.

I understand that Mr. Takase has found the stairs to the seventh level?"

Yeah, it was kind of hard to find the stairs buried under the snow.

　You found the snow-covered stairs in the white landscape. How did you find it?

So, Dr. Grimm, where were you exploring?

I headed down from the tenth layer and made it to the fifteenth.

That's great. The other adventurers only made it to the seventh layer."

　The other adventurers were not so lucky. The sixth staircase was hard to find, and Takase found it with only eight days to go before the deadline. However, there were several treasure chests in the sixth level, and some valuable items were said to have been found among them.

　The seventh layer was an area with a large lake, and there seemed to be a lot of poisonous toad monsters. After hearing a bit about the other adventurers' exploits, I reported back.

I see, so you encountered the Titan Crab on the fourteenth layer and the Jabberwock in the middle boss room on the fifteenth layer.

I had to use the escape ball in the middle boss room."

　After the report, I asked him to redeem the magic stones and gems, as well as the advanced healing potion and the crustacean sword Titan. He said it would take time to redeem all of them since some of them would be auctioned off.

　After leaving the Adventurer's Guild, I returned to Shibushi City. When I returned to the mansion, I found Tesshin and Taichi there. They were in the reference room doing research.

I'm sorry to bother you."

What's up with you two?"

He said he had some documents from when he fought Fire Drake, so I came here to check them out."

　They have created a record of the fight between me and Alisa and kept it in the archives. They said they came to check it out.

　When asked about the magic levels of Taichi and Tesshin, they said "13" and "10". Tesshin's talent is "D," which means he has reached his limit. Taichi's talent is "B," so he is still growing.

　I pulled out a "Thunderbird Push" magic circle from my storage armlet and handed it to Tesshin. Tesshin tilted his head as he received it.

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What's this?"

It's the magic 'Thunderbird Push' that I give only to the members of this Battalion. When a member reaches magic level 10, I give it to them."

　Incidentally, all of the living magic I developed that can be learned at magic level 10 or lower has already been registered with the Magic Agency, with the exception of "Clay Need", "Jetblit", and "Thunderbird Push".

I see, you mean Batallion's secret magic. Thank you.

　Tesshin put away the magic circle with great care. When I checked to see if their activities in the Suigetsu dungeon were going well, they both seemed to be doing well. Taisin said he was training for aerial combat against ripper birds in the 24th layer.

Speaking of which, how's Shun doing?"

Shun has raised the magic level of his life magic to '10' and is now working on raising the level of his magical equipment magic. It seems that he has just raised his magic level to 8.

　If the magic level is raised to "9" and "Top Speed" is mastered, it will be a great asset. However, it takes a lot of training to master "Top Speed".

　Taichi turns to me.

Speaking of which, this Battalion name is about to stick."

'Heh, what are they called?'

It is "Green Academica". Green is the green dream of the name

grim

from, and Academica means "academy," the same as "academy."

Green" is the only way to put it, but "Academica" is a bit of a surprise. In Japanese, it's 'Green Academy.'"

　And the mansion, which is the headquarters of the batallion, is apparently called the "Green Pavilion". The exterior of the mansion isn't green, but oh well.

　After talking with them for a bit, we go to the dining hall and eat dinner prepared by Kongoji.

'While we were on our expedition, did the exploration of the Narukami dungeon progress?'

I wonder what happened to the town of War Bear?　I'll go to the Adventurers' Guild tomorrow and find out.

　The next day, I went to the Adventurers' Guild and checked the Narukami dungeon in the reference room, and found that the Warbears had returned to the town of Warbear on the thirteenth layer.

　The stairway to the fourteenth layer was discovered. It was Nagase who discovered it. At this rate, Nagase may be invited to the blocked dungeon next year.

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　Amane was spending busy days. In the grimoire he had obtained, there was a grant magic called "Forst Brake," and as a result of registering the magic technology that applied this magic as a magic patent, he received offers from several companies to let him use it.

　I signed a contract with a company while consulting with one of my co-researchers, Professor Tenryu. Just when he thought he had settled down, his friend, Sanae Nakamura, told him about a training camp at Okutama Dungeon in Tokyo to improve the level of granted magic.

　It seems to be a training camp to learn how to efficiently improve the level of grant magic. Amane was worried that her level of grant magic was not improving, so she decided to attend.

　The granted magic talent is 'A', but the current magic level is '8'. Since the level was not growing, I was beginning to think that maybe I was not doing it right. That's why I decided to join the camp.

　Sanae was also going to attend. On the day of the camp, I went to the Okutama dungeon, where more than a dozen granted magic users had gathered to participate in the camp.

　The Okutama dungeon is an intermediate dungeon, with only goblins, orcs, attack boas, and other easily defeated demons in the shallow layers.

　At the camp, they were going to be divided into teams of four and go into the dungeon to train. I decided to form a team with Amane, Sanae, Saito, and Akahoshi.

　Saito is a university student in Tokyo and a class F adventurer, and Akahoshi is a working adult in Saitama and a class E adventurer. Incidentally, both men were male. The team was led by a D-level adventurer named Kodaiji.

'Before entering the dungeon, check each weapon. Let me out."

　Koutaiji said so. When Amane produced a snow-blade hammer from his magic pouch, Koutaiji frowned.

Isn't that hammer a magical weapon?"

Yes," he said. It will be a warlord-grade magical weapon."

I don't know how he got it, but that's not good enough. We need to replace it with a weapon that can make more use of the magic it grants."

　According to Koutaiji, even if a powerful weapon is used to cast grant magic and defeat a demon, it does not lead to an increase in the level of the grant magic. There is a theory that the dungeon judges something like the contribution of the granted magic.

There was such a ......"

　Amane could only sigh. He had no choice but to buy a club at the dungeon house. He had used it before when he was at the Magic Academy, but it was a weapon that couldn't even take down a crazed rat with a single blow.

　Sanae puts her hand on Amane's shoulder to comfort her.

Just knowing this made coming to the camp worth it.

Yes, but ......"

　The other members of the team, Sanae had a black iron sword, Saito had a spear made of blue steel, and Akahoshi had a black iron axe. Koutaiji judges that there is no problem.

　When we entered the dungeon, the first layer of the dungeon was a forest. As they proceeded through the forest, they encountered goblins. Since there was only one goblin, Koutaiji instructed Amane to see if he could defeat it with his club.

　Amane applies the "Double Arm" granting magic to the club to increase its power. Even with the increased power, he will not be able to defeat the goblin unless he hits a vital spot on the goblin.

　The goblin raised a club and attacked. Amane dodged the club and slammed the club in his hand into the goblin's head. As the goblin fell, Amane stomped on its back and swung the club down again and again. When the goblin's body finally disappeared, Amane was relieved.