Chapter 23

Episode 23

“What is this...”

“Isn’t it dangerous?”

The adventurers were shaken as a loud voice rang through the iron bars on the other side.

It was a complex sound.

The sound of sharp weapons and the roar of monsters.

The desperate voice of the advance team who went in to take the qualification test.

– Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

– Kill!! Kill me oh oh oh!!!

And Damian clicked his tongue as he watched Maria continue talking peacefully without the slightest agitation along with the screams of the adventurers resounding from the other side of the iron bars.

“You have nothing to be afraid of! It’s just illusion magic?!”

Although I forgot about it for a while because I was soaked in emotion, it was because it was never good news to operate Summon Gate in the qualification test that varies widely from branch to branch.

“Okay~ Those waiting for the next 401 to 500~ Please prepare for the exam!”

“what?!”

“Ber said it was over already?”

At Maria’s words, the adventurers in the waiting area were taken aback.

It was a bright smile that was more than a place where all sorts of screams were rampant.

The adventurers who went in first had only been in for less than 10 minutes, and dozens of arched doors with screams were no small number.

Even so, no one standing here expected that they would let the next one in so quickly.

“Let’s relax for the first time in a while.”

Crunchy! Dduduk!

Except for Damian, a former Challenger Tier of the Adventurer’s Guild and a deceased person in his 10th year of life.

“What the hell have you guys done!!”

“The tests are all fake?!”

“Aren’t you trying to kill us all?!”

While Damian warmed up, some adventurers shouted at Maria.

It was a reasonable suspicion to say it was out of the blue.

There is no news of anyone who has entered, and all that echoes is a terrible sound.

Besides, there was a corner of a psychopath somewhere in Maria who didn’t care about such things at all.

However, to harm her, the mercenaries lined up on either side were spraying unusual energy.

It was a problem, however, that Maria, the person involved, was also exuding an intangible energy that was difficult to approach.

“Don’t get me wrong, everyone! The qualification test here at Summon Gate is structured so that if you defeat the monsters, you enter the next stage! Your time is precious!”

“....”

Is that really telling me to believe that?

It was a very persuasive comment.

“If you don’t like this guild’s testing method or are concerned about it, please leave the testing room right now~! Of course, the adventurer license you want will be skipped!”

“Keugh...”

Maria pointed her finger at the closed entrance, and the people in the waiting area drooled.

It was because I felt humiliated even if I didn’t have to respond.

These are also adventurers of the other world like Damian, who prove their usefulness and acquire an adventurer’s license.

Because they are frightened by the monsters’ vision, they voluntarily choose to drop out without showing their combat power?

No matter how much this situation was accepted as nonsensical, there were no people who wanted to be treated as unqualified by Maria, the NPC in the game.

“Yeah, what’s wrong?!”

“Rather, this may also be a test. It’s just that you create a sense of fear in advance and evaluate it.”

“It’s a game after all. just die You can come back in 60 hours!”

And at Maria’s words, public opinion in the arena reversed as if it were contagious, and the protests of the adventurers disappeared without a trace...

“Then, the next line-up~! Let the test begin!”

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

The iron bars behind the platform, which seemed to never open, roared up again with a sharp scream, and Maria pointed her finger at the arched door and shouted in a lively voice.

“Then let’s go!”

The voice sounded like announcing the start of a rollercoaster.

* * *

– Welcome to Summon Gate.

– The Adventurer Qualification Test has a total of 10 stages, and you have to defeat the monsters that appear in each test site.

– When all the monsters are defeated, the door to the next test site will open, and you can raise your hand to give up midway.

– Individual participants, not team participants, will automatically be eliminated if they do not defeat the monster.

– 9 minutes 59 seconds 9 minutes 58 seconds until the start of the next test...

– Please prepare for the test entrance exam.

“Hmm.”

“Aren’t you saying too harshly?”

“what. A bastard who looks like a parasitic brother.”

And the moment when the black-haired ponytail user looked at the ceiling of the test site, taking his eyes off him as if he didn’t care about the gentle man’s reply... – 00 minutes 00 seconds

until the next test.

– Start testing.

Charrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Soon, a familiar iron voice resonated on the other side of the entrance they entered, and at the same time, an unfamiliar sound began to flow from the arched door.

“Keeek!”

“Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!”

They were goblins.

* * *

“The monsters are here! Everyone, get ready!”

As the goblins appeared in a row, the man with gentle manners shouted while aiming his < +5 Superior Polechan >.

It was a voice in which there was not the slightest hint of tension.

Although he couldn’t rally everyone in the exam hall, the man with gentle manners was giving natural orders to the group.

All of a sudden, except for Damian and Ponytail, the party was raising their weapons at the goblins in perfect order.

“Let’s try it!”

“This is also a fate, let’s get a good grade together and go out!”

Although it was his first time dealing with goblins, his short stature, which seemed to be less than 1 meter tall, and his crude equipment made him look formidable.

“Ha really haha. The adventurer’s guild level is also worth knowing. No matter how much dogs and cows give licenses, this place ignores us too much...”

Chew!

That is, until a venom dart passed by his cheek.

“Kyaaak!”

“Kyaaaaaagh!”

One of the goblins fell out as Damian’s stinger hit him.

It was like being hit by a sniper rifle.

His short torso was lifted up in the air by the poisonous needle he shot, and after rolling on the floor several times, he couldn’t stand up.

Considering that he had gone round less than a minute after appearing, it was an empty exit.

“What is this...?”

As the gentleman’s eyes were stained with disbelief, a sharp shriek rang out again.

It happened at the same time that the goblin fell to the ground and was oxidized by a single ray of light.

A man with gentle manners blankly turned his head to the back, and at the same time, a man passed by like lightning.

“Once, one guy.”

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

And with the haze of ominous colors disturbing his eyes, the gentle mannered man was finally able to identify who had jumped out.

It was a muscular man wearing a boar’s head.

“Keeeeeee!!”

“Kyaaak! Kyaaaaaagh!”

While the gentleman was bruised, Damian threw himself like a thunderbolt.

It was a bonus that the screams of the goblins erupted from all directions.

With the effect of < Blood Impulse >, he passed the gentleman in an instant and punched a goblin in the face.

At the same time, the image of Damian jumping into the middle of the goblin group was reminiscent of a shark piercing a group of killifish somewhere.

“Wait, wait a minute!”

bang! bang! bang! Bang! Bang!

Regardless of the man with gentle manners, a group of goblins were being devoured.

[Notice: < Goblin Illusion 1 > has been eliminated!]

[Notification: < Goblin Illusion 2 > has been eliminated!]

....

[Notification: < Goblin Illusion 10 > has been eliminated!]

While the gentleman is flustered, the system A window popped up.

It was a message saying that the goblin had been defeated.

I don’t know what happened, but it happened in the blink of an eye anyway.

And the man who ate up all the goblins shook his hands as if he had finished his warm-up and started walking towards the arched door before the gentleman and the users of the test site could react.

– End of the first phase of the test.

– Calculate test results.

– Calculating the test...

– Adventurer < Demian > got 10 points.

– Open the second stage of the test.

The test was over.