‘What is with these people?’ Michael was currently standing in the very back, watching the 3 others kill lizard monsters.
They had no form of teamwork, quite frankly, they were stealing each other’s kills and nearly injuring one another.
He had to heal Elizabeth twice because she kept trying to race Kevin for a kill and got a cut or two.
Meanwhile, Chloe, she was the fastest of the 3, she could disappear and reappear anywhere within the dungeon due to her spatial magic.
However, Michael still could not see how they got this far with ‘teamwork’ like theirs.
Strength.
‘Sure, they are strong, but let’s say a stronger opponent attacks them, what are they going to do then?’
Run.
‘…’ Michael sighed at the system’s comment, it seemed like it was finding this situation equally as bad as him.
While he could attack and stabilize their formation, he thought there was no point, these mobs were mere level 60’s, something he could kill all of them with a simple Sword of Light.
After leaving the cafe, they headed straight back to Lena to ask for a dungeon, it seemed like under the teacher’s supervision, they could enter any dungeon they liked.
Of course, it had to not be way too high of a level, she could not afford any more student casualties or else the Elite class would be disbanded.
‘On that note..’ Michael turned back to Elizabeth and Kevin, who were just about to collide with one another and cast Shield of Nourishment, he didn’t want the magic parry incident to happen again, not right now anyway.
They bumped into each other and kept going, killing the lizard monster with both of their slashes.
Kevin opted out of using a weapon, he could manipulate his shadows in any way he wanted to.
‘Say.. did they go through ascension or whatever? I sure didn’t..’ Michael thought while looking over to make sure they didn’t accidentally aim for each other’s necks.
You skipped both of them, you should be getting one every 100 levels, now your next one will be once you achieve the next tier, which from what you can see, will not be very soon. But yes, they went through something similar.
He glanced at his status and saw the flat 0%, it made his brow twitch but it was not like he had a mana core for long, it hadn’t even fully stabilized yet.
Get over it, you will have a chance to increase it faster once you begin traveling, for your first objective, go to the Daor continent.
‘You mean that super dangerous continent? Anything special there?’
There are a few gateways to other realms, it’s an interesting place in which more than a few worlds are connected, though this world’s humans think it’s some kind of a monster hotspot.
Michael tilted his head ‘Isn’t it though?’
No, if all of the monsters came from the other worlds, this particular world would have been long eradicated, the only thing coming through are strays which are not exactly the strongest.
He thought back to the history lessons he had barely paid attention to, however, from what he recalls, it took raid parties weeks to kill even one.
‘Then are the people who have mana cores in those other worlds?’
Yes.
‘I see..’ Michael cast yet another Shield of Nourishment on Elizabeth and Kevin, the previous one seemed to have broken.
‘Why are the people who have mana cores still in this world then? Isn’t it more beneficial to travel to another one?’
It is, some have certain circumstances why they can’t or won’t, some might be exiled, others are just caring for their families, as you might notice with Amanda.
Michael nodded, in exchange for getting stronger, she kept her sick father safe, it was pretty admirable.
From what he gathered, the other realms/worlds are dangerous, quite frankly, he wasn’t sure if he could do much if he went there, however, he would have to as his journey just started.
“Guys.. I think that’s enough” Michael finally interjected, from his very keen observations, he was able to tell that this party is absolutely hopeless.
Teamwork was not in their vocabulary, the only one that he might be able to work around was Chloe because she was more of a solo fighter, the others were too but just worse.
“What do you mean? The boss monster is literally in front of us” Elizabeth grumbled and pointed at the massive lizard that stood tall, spear in hand.
Michael glanced at her with a blank expression and sent 3 Swords of Light, 2 aiming for the boss monster’s heart, the last one for its brain.
It was not able to dodge in time due to the sheer difference in speed and skill, so it simply folded backwards lifelessly.
“What boss monster?”
“Pft..” Kevin almost let his laugh slip as he headed back towards the portal, Chloe following right behind him.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth stood rooted on the spot, not knowing what to say to his antics.
“Cat got your tongue?” Michael snickered and headed out of the portal, leaving her behind.
He saw Kevin standing by on his phone and walked up to him, whispering quietly “Is the dungeon break you were talking about going to happen during our escort assignment?”
He shook his head, signaling no and went back to browsing his phone, not paying any more attention to Michael.
‘Wow, finally not being annoying? About time’ He was satisfied, it seemed Kevin might have finally gotten over denial phase.
Chloe was sitting by the side, eating some kind of a sandwich, he was not sure how she managed to get that here.
However, just as he thought that, a small crack appeared in the air and out came yet another sandwich.
‘Oh right.. spatial storage or whatever’ He looked at it with interest but noticed it seemed a bit different.
Usually the items just up and appear, these ones came out of a little crack in space.
‘Will I ever get such an ability..’ He felt a little bit jealous because of how convenient it seemed.
It’s possible, however, don’t expect it to happen any time soon, you are still fairly weak in the grand scheme of things.
‘I know that.’ Just as Michael finished talking with the system, Elizabeth finally came out, a small frown still hanging on her face.
She glanced at him and her frown deepened for a moment, before walking to Chloe and beginning to talk about something he could not quite hear.
‘How do I make this party more.. party-like?’ Michael was in deep thought, as hopeless as they were, he wanted to at the very least, make them semi-functional as a party.
He called out for them, especially singling out Kevin and Elizabeth “You two.. need to get your shit together, as for Chloe, try to fight around them for now.”
They seemed a bit surprised that he cussed, however, he was no longer the Saint, why should he hold his thoughts back?
“What do you mean? I can clearly kill the monsters on my own but he keeps trying to steal my kills!” Elizabeth exclaimed in frustration while sending a glare at Kevin.
To which he simply shrugged “You are the one who is stealing my kills.”
‘…What did I sign myself up for?’
