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029 Folly Acts
Pile Onto Stupidity
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Translator : PolterGlast
Some of the summoned
Heroes, Shinji Akaba's party, entered the dungeon near the royal capital.
The 1st and 2nd floors
were fine. However, from the 3rd floor, they needed to camp, and that's when things
started going wrong. Their luggage was too much and they complained it was a
nuisance.
On their first day in
the dungeon, they carried supplies themselves, but they complained when they
returned.
The second time, they
hired a Carrier and entered the dungeon, but they used the Carrier like a
personal servant, causing the Carrier to quit.
The third time, they
hired a different Carrier at a high price, but Shinji and the others assaulted
him, and he returned with a broken arm. Of course, that Carrier also quit.
Word of Shinji's
party's tyranny spread quickly among Carriers, and after that, no one would
carry Shinji's party's luggage anymore. No matter how high the reward offered,
they were refused, with Carriers saying their lives were more important than
money. That's how terrible Shinji's party was.
Shinji and the others
had to carry their own luggage. It wasn't exactly poetic justice, but they had
to carry their own burdens. This is natural for Explorers.
At this point, it was
inevitable that the lowest-caste members of Shinji's group would become the
porters.
"Why do I have to
carry luggage..."
Three people carried
the luggage for 14, but two of those three were Scout-type jobs. What happens
when you make Scouts carry luggage?
"Monster!"
"Tch, so
close!"
"Hey, Scout! Do
your job!"
Because they made the
Scouts carry luggage, they were slow to notice the approaching monsters. They
didn't even understand that much. No, even if they understood, it was normal
for Shinji's group that the lower-caste members carried the luggage.
The vanguards were
beaten senseless, and the Mages cast spells without regard for the vanguards.
"Hey, that's
dangerous!"
"Are you trying
to kill us?"
"Just dodge
it!"
"You bastard,
I'll kill you!"
There was no strategy,
no teamwork. Just a brute-force battle. Moreover, the leader, Shinji, made no
attempt to command. It was the worst kind of combat, with friendly fire.
Everyone complained about their fighting style.
"Take this!"
Finally, the monster
vanished with a well-timed blow from Shinji.
"It's nothing for
me!"
Considering how many
people were attacking, it would be a problem if they couldn't even defeat one
monster. Furthermore, with three Hero jobs among the 14 members of Shinji's
group, it would be strange if they couldn't defeat it.
Shinji's party fought
with brute force, but they steadily advanced through the dungeon. They
eventually reached the 4th-floor boss room.
Two parties were
waiting in line in front of the 4th-floor boss room, but Shinji's party had no
intention of waiting.
"Hey, we're
waiting in line!"
"Shut up! I'm a
Hero! Got a problem with that?"
The Hero Summoning and
their start in the dungeon had become a rumor. It was a well-balanced party
with not only Heroes but also Swordsmen, Mages, and even Priests. And there
were many of them.
Since it was a party
of individuals with poor conduct, no one stopped them. Instead, they acted
arrogantly, as if they had special privileges.
The Explorers had also
heard the rumors and had been warned by the Guild not to engage with them. So,
they backed down, but they felt a boiling rage within them.
Shinji's group
challenged the 4th-floor boss battle, but the boss was stronger than they
expected. Three monsters fought in coordination.
They were far more
intelligent than Shinji's uncoordinated group.
"Hey, hurry up
and defeat it!"
"Shut up! You
defeat it quickly yourself!"
"We were first,
you idiot!"
The three monsters
toyed with the Heroes. Bosses are far stronger than ordinary monsters. Even for
Heroes, relying only on brute force makes things very difficult. Any Explorer
knew this, but since brute force had always worked for the Heroes until now,
they thought they'd be fine this time too.
"Whoa!"
A vanguard was blown
away, and a free monster charged at the rear.
"Whoa, ack!"
A female Mage was
tackled and sent flying.
The monster didn't
stop there. It attacked others, and the rear-guard members fled in panic.
"Hey, what are
you doing? Finish it quickly!"
Shinji gave no precise
instructions, only telling them to hurry.
"You defeat it!
You're a Hero, aren't you!"
"What did you
say!?"
"Useless Hero!
Hurry up and defeat it!"
"You bastard,
I'll kill you!"
Finally, they started
fighting among themselves.
*
It was over an hour
after Shinji's group entered the boss room that they finally defeated the boss
monsters.
They struggled to
defeat them, but no one died, though some were injured.
The potions they
brought were all used up, and they kept healing until the Priest's MP ran out,
but even then, their minor injuries remained, and they looked terrible.
"I can't stand it
anymore! I'm quitting. I can't do this anymore."
"Me too, I hate
it! Why are monsters attacking the rear guard? I can't believe it."
The girls made a fuss,
and the boys retorted.
Girls vs. Boys,
Vanguard vs. Rearguard. There was no cohesion to begin with, but they were on
the verge of complete collapse. It looked like it would turn into a fistfight.
"Shut up, all of
you!"
Shinji roared, and the
argument stopped.
However, all attention
turned to Shinji, who was impeccably dressed.
"Why are you
dressed so nicely? Hey, don't slack off!"
"Yeah, if you had
done your job, we wouldn't have had such a hard time!"
Thirteen people
verbally attacked Shinji in unison.
Shinji, trembling with
rage, finally snapped.
He punched a male
Hero-job holder standing nearby, sending him flying.
"Ow!"
"Shut up, you
bastard! Who are you talking back to!?"
"You, you useless
good-for-nothing!"
"Huh? Who's
useless, who!?"
As the two began to
punch each other, the fight spread to everyone.
They punched and were
punched, pulled hair, and headbutted, but they didn't use weapons or magic, so
it seemed a sliver of rationality remained.
Shinji's group
returned to the castle looking terrible. Their injuries weren't from monsters
but from fighting each other. The boys' faces were swollen, and the girls had
bruises around their eyes or cut lips.
"Well,
well..."
"How
foolish..."
The Knight Commander
and Mage Corps Commander were utterly dumbfounded and speechless.
Since that day,
Shinji's group's dungeon exploration ceased to progress. With their
relationships so strained, exploring was out of the question.
*
Meanwhile, Sayaka
Itsukushima, the only one who remembered Fujii, was desperately studying
Alchemy. Her desperation made her stand out from her other classmates, but
Sayaka's Alchemist job level increased, and her skill proficiencies also rose.
"I need to become
independent quickly..."
Fujii is in this
world.
When they were
summoned, there was some mistake, and he was sent to a different place. Sayaka
believed this.
She never considered
that Fujii had reincarnated and was now called Toi, but her idea that he was
sent to a different place was correct.
To embark on a journey
to find Fujii, she absolutely needed to gain power as an Alchemist.
Since Alchemist is not
a combat job, traveling alone would be dangerous. She needed to hire a guard.
She thought that using Alchemy to earn income to cover such expenses would be
the fastest way.
"Sayaka. Let's go
home."
"I'll work a bit
longer."
"Don't overdo
it."
"Okay."
Her production-job
classmates left the workshop, leaving her alone. She relied on the lamp light
to activate her skill and create a liquid.
"It's done...
I've made an MP Potion."
She had successfully
created an MP Potion using Green Leaf, which is produced in dungeons, as a
material.
Potions include HP
Potions, Antidote Potions, and MP Potions, but MP Potions can only be created
by skilled alchemists.
Sayaka was working so
desperately on Alchemy that she could create MP Potions in a short period. She
had accumulated so much effort that she even forgot to eat and sleep.
Her dedication to
Alchemy, even with dark circles under her eyes, was all for the sake of seeing
Fujii.
It was all to embark
on a journey to find her first love.
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