Finding Avalon: The Quest of a Chaosbringer Volume 3 [Parts 1 to 8] by Akito Narusawa

Author:Akito Narusawa
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 9: I’ll Take a Tougher Future

I walked with the other Class E students as we wandered around the first floor of the dungeon, looking for somewhere to practice. Pinky walked at the head of the group with two boys beside her, carrying her belongings. They boys had practically snatched her bags, desperately attempting to seem helpful. My other classmates walked in the middle while Kaoru, Tsukijima, and I were at the rear.

“Y’know, I could find all the magic gems our team needs all by myself if I wanted,” boasted Tsukijima. “Only, that would draw more attention to me than I’m comfortable with at the moment.”

“Really?” said Kaoru robotically, sounding unimpressed. “I’m sure you’ll amaze us all soon.”

The funny thing was that Tsukijima probably could get high-level magic gems if he wanted to do so.

Risa was investigating what Tsukishima was up to but had made little progress. All she had discovered was that he spent most of his time hanging out with his friends from class and barely any in the dungeon. Despite that, he was still raising his level. Her report had confused me the first time she’d told me. But I was reasonably confident that I knew what was going on: he’d likely summoned a creature and instructed it to raid the dungeon for him. This method would allow him to increase his level without setting foot in the dungeon.

My hypothesis had plenty of flaws. Using Manual Activation to summon the sort of beasts or elementals high-level players usually summoned would require a colossal amount of mana. Low-level adventurers could not sustain the summoning spell for any meaningful period. In addition, I knew from DEC that most summoned creatures could only obey and understand simple instructions. Even if Tsukijima had found a way around these restrictions, wouldn’t somebody have noticed a powerful summoned beast rampaging through the dungeon? To date, no adventurer had reported witnessing anything like this.

All my knowledge of DEC seemed to refute my hypothesis. But our current reality wasn’t exactly the same as the game, meaning Tsukijima might have found a workaround. I’d developed a few summoning spells that he could have been using, and I planned to discuss them with Risa to hear her thoughts.

While I was thinking about this, someone at the front of our group announced that they’d found a space large enough for us.

“Sanjou, this should be big enough, shouldn’t it?”

“I think so,” replied Pinky. “Let’s set up here.”

The space was large enough for about ten people to run around comfortably. We were lucky to find a spot so close to the floor’s entrance. My classmates filed into the area, set their bags by the walls, and began getting ready.

Uh, what should I do? I wondered. I brought nothing with me.

Soon, the team split into two groups. One was with Pinky in the center, and the other was with Kaoru. The gem-collecting coteam was the largest of the class’s teams, so they’d likely decided to subdivide the members to be more efficient.

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