Chapter: 325
As Visi watched Lucy tackle the dungeon, he finally understood why Adria said the dungeon was easy and why Lucy was considered kind.
Following in Lucy’s footsteps, numerous things he hadn’t noticed before suddenly became crystal clear.
“Right? I was right, huh?”
Adria chirped next to Visi, delighted that Lucy had just validated his claims.
Normally, Visi would’ve told Adria to tone it down, but this time, she let him be.
If he were in Visi’s shoes, seeing someone stumble around while being oblivious to the answers would frustrate him too.
Sigh.
Why didn’t I pick up on that?
How could I not see it when it was right in front of me?
Visi felt the same frustration as when he’d shouted about knowing the answers while voraciously looking at the exam papers! He let out a sigh while watching Lucy smashing the dungeon boss and standing before the last door with a look of resignation.
Many others in the exam room shared his feelings.
Arthur Soladin, the first conqueror of the dungeon, chewed on his thumbnail while lamenting his own foolishness.
Prince Kurten’s party, who were top of the third year, but had failed to beat the final boss, reevaluated their shortcomings.
The man who had questioned Lucy Alrn’s competence blurted out in embarrassment, finally realizing how silly he had been, turning red for entirely different reasons.
Moreover, most of those who had earnestly attempted to conquer the dungeon clammed up, realizing what they had missed.
The moment Lucy Alrn showcased her mastery of the dungeon, the exam room fell into a silence so thick, even a little breath could be heard as loud as thunder.
Then, Lucy Alrn, having just defeated the boss and caught her breath, moved her feet.
Most students thought she was about to step out of the dungeon and lambast them.
Surely she would look down on them from her relatively small stature and scold them for their incompetence.
However, Lucy did not step outside.
Instead, she placed her hand on Kerta’s Crystal, returning to the original location.
The first corridor.
Not the shocking place that had stunned viewers, but rather the spot blocked by walls when they first entered the dungeon.
“…Lady Alrn? What on earth are you…”
Professor Jesel, the dungeon studies instructor, expressed his confusion at Lucy’s return to the starting point.
This wasn’t what was supposed to happen.
Lucy and Jesel had only agreed to show how to properly conquer the dungeon.
There hadn’t been any talk of doing anything more than that.
“Lady Alrn, what are you planning to do? What on earth?”
‘Mr. So-called Professor. You’re outside, right?’
Just as Jesel blinked, trying to guess Lucy’s intentions, the Lucy in the video, brimming with readiness, spoke with fervor.
“Start timing the moment I move. Even a fool can manage that, right?”
Time tracking didn’t sound good.
Wait a minute.
At that moment, Jesel vividly recalled the catastrophic state of the Academy’s second semester dungeon that had crumbled under Lucy Alrn in merely one day—a dungeon that he expected would take at least a month or two before the first conqueror emerged.
Having designed that dungeon, he had darted around trying to prove that it wasn’t Lucy but the dungeon that was abnormal.
Lady Alrn, are you planning to destroy even the castle you’ve built by smashing other dungeons?
If it’s going to fall anyway, do you intend to make a grand exit?
“What should we do, Professor?”
Just as Jesel’s surprise began to melt away into a smile, one of his assistants, still shocked by the unexpected turn of events, addressed him.
“What do you mean? We have to keep playing the video.”
“…Um, is that okay?”
“Of course. Are you running low on mana? If so, I can help.”
“No, that won’t be necessary. Lady Alrn finished her demonstration faster than anticipated, so I still have mana left over.”
“Hm, that is true.”
Even though they were already aware of all the dungeon’s gimmicks, they thought it would take at least two hours. Still, Lady Alrn managed to wrap up her performance in just one hour.
Considering that they had already prepared mana stones, they were in the clear for another two hours.
“Well then, I’ll head back.”
“Alright, good luck.”
…No.
Wait a minute.
Lady Alrn conquered the dungeon in just one hour while teaching her students how to do it.
So what happens if she actually goes all out on the dungeon?
Recalling the crazy acts she had displayed while conquering the Academy’s dungeon, Jesel turned pale, but it was too late to turn back.
In the video, Lucy was already on the move.
Despite being a first-year student, Lucy possessed warrior-level physical capabilities. As she sprinted with full power, the end of the corridor came into view in an instant.
Any ordinary person would be afraid of crashing into the wall and slow down.
But not Lucy.
Instead of slowing down, she accelerated even more, snatching a note from a cradle and then leaping into the air.
With the momentum she’d gained while racing down the corridor, Lucy slammed against the wall and launched herself forward like a bullet shot from a magic circle.
Students in the exam room, along with Professor Jesel, were left bewildered, not grasping the purpose behind Lucy’s actions.
Everyone watching the video had their eyebrows raised in confusion, but soon enough, that curiosity met a swift resolution.
The bullet-like Lucy succeeded in hitting the vulnerability of the knight guarding the last room of the first chamber.
“Ha! Excellent! You…!”
Landing gracefully on the floor, Lucy dashed toward the second chamber before the knight could finish his sentence.
A dark cave that instilled dread in challengers with its various traps.
In the very center stood Lucy, raising her mace and swinging it at the air without the slightest hesitation.
And then, an astonishing sight unfolded. At the moment her mace struck down, a wolf appeared and was promptly knocked out cold.
“…What the hell?”
“What is this?”
“What on earth is going on?”
Just as those in the exam room began to voice their disbelief, Lucy skipped over the unconscious wolf and moved right on to the third chamber.
What lay ahead was an expanse of wilderness.
Towering golems resembling demons lurked in that space.
There was no way she could pass this one as easily as before.
It was designed for that to be impossible.
Struck by shock, Jesel hoped that the demons would do their job, but Lucy was well beyond his expectations.
“Pathetic demons! Are you too scared to even come near me?♡”
With a taunting tone, Lucy leaped into the midst of the demonic cluster.
By design, demons bearing insignia were supposed to flee while the unmarked ones attacked, but an error had occurred as all the demons charged at Lucy regardless of insignia.
As soon as the demons clustered around her, Lucy brought her mace down.
Having drawn in her divine energy since entering the room, the mace unleashed a shockwave with a single swing.
The demons, weak from being already so worn, were forced to the ground, unable to withstand the force.
Still, the task was only to take down the demons marked with insignia.
Watching the chaos unfold, many viewers stared in awe at Lucy’s display of might.
However, Luhravi Kurten nodded in admiration.
“Indeed. If I can’t solve it with sheer strength, then I’ll use even greater strength!”
“…No, that doesn’t seem right.”
“How can he come up with such a conclusion after seeing that?”
“Think about it. If Lady Alrn can do it, what’s stopping me, Luhravi Kurten, from doing the same?”
It was true that Lucy Alrn possessed extraordinary physical abilities for her age, but Luhravi Kurten was no slouch either.
Blessed with the divine protection of the god of brute force and destruction, he was formidable when compared to anyone of the same generation.
Given that, he believed he could easily recreate what Lucy was doing now.
“If I had the confidence in my own power, I’d have reached such a conclusion earlier. I learn something new every day.”
While his friends were horrified at the thought of bulking up even more, Lucy had already broken through the fourth room and arrived at the devastated hallway.
Her movements were still confident and unwavering as she dashed down the corridor.
Arriving before the room where the frail being loitered, Lucy approached with the determination to smash through anything in her way.
The frail being opened the door leisurely as Lucy arrived.
“Oh, a rather hasty guest…”
The frail being intended to greet her theatrically just like he had the others, but his introduction was cut short.
Before he could say much, Lucy’s mace shot straight for his head.
“…You curb your manners?!”
“Well then, wash yourself first, you stinky human spawn. It’s making me feel rushed!♡”
Though the frail being tried to invite Lucy into his domain, she paid no heed to his words and proceeded to unleash relentless attacks.
“Ha! If you want to die that badly, then I’ll gladly oblige!”
“Look at how red your face is from getting angry over a girl!♡”
“I’ll make that mouth of yours shut!”
Ignoring the mechanism leading to the 0th floor, the frail being, who’d lost his patience, drew his sword, and thus, the boss fight commenced.
“…How could this be possible?”
Ruka, who had rushed to the exam room upon hearing Lucy’s name, chuckled at the sight unfolding via the video.
The frail being she faced wasn’t weakened by any gimmick.
For Rukhbi Kurten, who had once declared the opponent unbeatable, to be toyed with to this extent was shocking.
“Ah, her real advantage was something different, huh?”
It was undeniable that Lucy displayed overwhelming prowess for her age.
Her physical abilities surpassed those of most current knights, marking her as a potential hero of the kingdom, following in the steps of Benedict Alrn.
Yet, she was still not quite there.
She had only just begun to sprout.
While she stood out, she hadn’t reached heights above anyone else yet.
Among third-year students, there were several who surpassed her in strength.
And yet, Lucy was teasing an enemy that the third years had failed to defeat.
Some might say it was merely possible because she built the dungeon herself.
And while that logic rings true—
It’s because she knows what actions the frail being will take.
Thus, Lady Alrn can smile, even when circumstances seem overwhelmingly unfavorable.
However—
Is just knowing the frail being’s actions really enough for such bold displays?
Can everyone return the actions of their enemies to nothing, as if gazing into the future?
No way!
That’s something only Lucy Alrn could achieve!
It’s Lucy Alrn, with the ability to read her opponent’s movements and lead them around by the nose, who can turn her knowledge into such outcomes!
Ruka, having recognized the true brilliance of Lucy Alrn, watched with sparkling eyes as the red mana spread throughout the corridor.
Now then, it’s the final act.
How will you overcome the tantrum of the boss you’ve created all by yourself?
To break through the magic created to kill the visitor, what methods will you employ?
Although Ruka anticipated that Lucy would reveal some sort of miracle, she did nothing of the sort.
She neither gritted her teeth while raising her shield, nor did she charge to smash the boss before the spell activated.
Nor did she pull anything out from her pocket dimension.
Instead, Lucy passed the frail being and entered the wide-open room, closing the door behind her.
“…What?”
At that, the gimmick activated, causing the floor to collapse, but Lucy Alrn clung to the mace embedded in the wall and remained in the room.
“It’s an interesting approach, but it’s futile. Even if you hide inside, you can’t avoid the magic… wait, why is there no magic being cast?”
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