Chapter 46: Rowene Dungeon(6)

The face of the wizard named Henrik seemed to be having a terrible nightmare.

The moment he noticed that, Avalli intentionally raised her voice and shouted.

“If you were going to let me pass, why did you complain so much!”

“… Huh?”

“Mr. Henrik just said, ‘You broke the barrier on your own: Right?”

The human brain is delicate.

When faced with something that is impossible to understand, it tries not to perceive reality as it is in order to protect its owner.

If you present a plausible possibility like this to a human who has lost his sense of reality-

“… Yes, it was a great magic.”

-the brain accepts the possibility as if it were true.

Of course, this quick acceptance was not only due to the resilience of Henrik’s brain.

It happened because Avalli said it.

The person who said it was not yet aware of it, but her words already had ‘power.’

“If I let go of this wizard, I’ll write a report.”

“Yay! I passed!”

Henrik got up from his seat, wiping the dirt off his butt.

His expression was still dreamy, but it was much better than the frightened face that Avalli had seen earlier.

“Wow! Congratulations!”

“Two amazing rookies came at once.”

“Can our branch finally walk around with their shoulders back?”

Those who were puzzled by the fact that Henrik’s barrier was broken in an instant seemed to have agreed after hearing their conversation.

No matter how great a rookie she was, there was no way she could break Henrik’s barrier.

That’s why Henrik acknowledged the ability of that little Avalli and gave up his stubbornness.

‘Everyone here probably thinks so, but… Lucy saw.’

‘That was Avalli’s doing just now.’

Analyzing the structure of the magic and destroying it in reverse, or destroying it with a force that the magic barrier couldn’t withstand.

Instead of using common sense strategies like that, he literally ‘erased’ Henrik’s barrier in an instant.

I don’t know how such a creepy thing could be possible, but I could tell that it actually happened.

It was possible because Lucy was the only one in the room who knew how transcendent Avalli was.

“Hey, little miss. Would you like a beer? I’ll buy it!”

“No thanks. I’m underage.”

“Underage…? You’re using difficult language because you’re not a wizard. Don’t be so picky and have a drink. At your age, it’s time to learn how to drink!”

The excited adventurers surrounded Avalli.

‘… Before you cause another accident.’

We have to bring Avalli back quickly.

The moment Lucy had that thought, Hans strode forward a beat earlier.

“Excuse me.”

Hans easily pushed his way through the crowd with incredible strength.

After a moment, he grabbed Avalli’s wrist and returned the way he came.

“I’ll definitely come visit next time!”

Avalli waved her hand as she was dragged by Hans.

Lucy felt her temples throbbing at the sight of Avalli, who was the very embodiment of calmness.

“… Good job, Hans. Let’s go back for now. You can come get your certificate when there are fewer people who need it.”

“Understood.”

“Can I come back after playing for a bit, Master?”

“Avalli…..”

Only after seeing Lucy pronounce the name one letter at a time did Avalli smile awkwardly.

“I’m joking, I’m joking.”

“Avalli… You know why we stayed here, right?”

“For bloody revenge? By your orders, Master.”

“I never gave you such an order!”

Lucy shouted, her throat bloodshot.

Naturally, the eyes of the adventurers around her turned to Lucy, and she hurriedly pulled her hat down to hide her face.

“It’s all because of Avali’s stubbornness…….Of course, it’s for my sake, but whatever it is, it’s better to finish it quickly. Mr. Arsene will be worried.”

“Understood, Master.”

Avalli shrugged her shoulders as if to tell them not to worry, and held Hans and Lucy’s hands left and right.

“Just trust me!”

She was quite excited at the moment.

And after 30 minutes.

“… Why!”

Avalli shouted while looking at the silver medal that Hans brought from the Adventurer’s Guild barracks.

“Hans, you’re a B-rank, but why am I a C-rank?”

“Well, I won in a 1:1 fight with the examiner, but the examiner let you down at the end.”

“Well… That’s true, though.”

“Well, try harder. Hard work never betrays.”

Hans spoke to Avalli with a completely serious expression.

It seemed as if he was giving sincere advice to his close younger brother.

“… Are you teasing me?”

“Not really.”

As he said that, Hans took out a shiny silver medal from his bosom.

Judging by the way he fiddled with it in front of Avalli’s eyes, it seemed like he was teasing her.

“Okay, I’ll fix your bad habits today.”

The moment Avalli decided to solidify the hierarchy among the males, Lucy, who had been silently listening to their conversation, clapped her hands together.

“Okay, Avali.”

“Huh?”

“As Avalli said, we’ve both obtained our adventurer qualifications now. That means we can officially enter dungeons.”

Lucy had already obtained her qualifications a few years ago when she went on a dungeon exploration with Professor Clearfell.

“So, what are we going to do now, Avali?”

“Let’s go to the dungeon.”

“The question is, what are we going to do when we go to the dungeon? I don’t even know what going to the dungeon has to do with showing Sophia an example.”

Avalli seemed to hesitate for a moment at Lucy’s question, then smiled brightly and opened her mouth.

“We’re going to conquer the dungeon.”

“Huh?”

“What?”

Both Lucy and Hans looked surprised at Avali’s answer.

“How can we, who have just become adventurers, conquer the dungeon? We should leave that to the knight of the conquest team.”

“That knight has been captured by an unknown monster and is attacking people.”

“That is…”

“It’s not the storyteller’s exaggeration, it’s actually happening in real time in the depths of this Rowen Dungeon.

If you hadn’t heard the news at all, there’d be nothing you could do, but now that you know, you can’t just leave it alone.

“We’re going to the depths of the dungeon to destroy the core. If only three people could clear the dungeon, it would be a major incident, right? Then, that little Sophia won’t be able to ignore the Master.”

In fact, I had thought of countless ways to harm him in secret…but after the heat cooled down, I thought it was a bit extreme.

Just because something is possible doesn’t mean you have to do it unconditionally.

The stronger the power you have, the more so.

That’s why I decided to suppress Sophia’s energy in this way.

“Sophia is older than Avalli.”

“She’s still a kid.”

“… What’s that?”

“Don’t try to understand, Lady Lucy. Sometimes I treat her like a younger sibling.”

She really is a younger sibling.

Avali may look young, but her mental age is overwhelmingly older than the others.

“What do you think?

“Good idea, huh?”

“Good idea.”

Hans shook his head immediately.

“There’s no way we can go all the way to the inner part when we first enter the dungeon.

This is a matter of life and death. Right, Lady Lucy?”

Hans said, asking for agreement from the leader of the group, Lucy.

He thought that Lucy, being a sensible wizard, would nod to his reasonable opinion, but-

“….. How long do you think it will take?”

“At most, a day?”

“If we sell our face and Aleph plots again–“

“-Trust me then, Master. There’s no need to keep hiding when you’ve done nothing wrong?”

“… I understand. They say evil spirits come out of the depths, so I should buy some holy water from the shop just in case.”

-Instead of stopping Avali, he was already making a concrete plan.

“Lady Lucy!”

“Don’t worry. It may be hard to believe, but… Avali is actually a genius.”

“Huh?”

Hans looked perplexed at Lucy’s words.

“Avalli is much stronger than all the adventurers gathered here.”

“Don’t worry. It’ll be over soon.”

Avalli, who had a playful expression as usual, nodded and added a word.

“… Are you two joking around?”

“No. I’m being serious.”

“What the heck?”

Looking at Hans, who still couldn’t figure it out, Avalli sighed deeply and patted Hans on the shoulder.

“If you don’t believe me, try it for yourself. Oh, and is it a secret from the villagers?”

“…”

“Are you trying to fight me right now?”

“What about fighting? I just want you to experience it.”

“If I win, stop talking nonsense about going into the dungeon.”

“Yes, yes. I understand.”

Avali answered absentmindedly and left the tent first, and Hans followed behind her silently.

After a short walk, she soon arrived at a place where there was no sign of people at all.

‘The way to fight a magician-‘

It is to subdue her as quickly as possible before using magic.

If that is impossible, she somehow dodges the first attack.

Remembering the method she learned from Arsene, Hans held the scabbard with both hands.

“I’m going with that?”

“I can’t fight you with a real sword.”

“What you just said might have been a little cool.”

Hans frowned as he watched Avali whistling.

Although he sometimes acts mature, he is still a child.

… I have to protect everyone.

It is a task that was asked of him by his master, Arsene.

He cannot let Avali fall into danger by giving in to his stubbornness.

He does not want to, but he must stop him here by force.

“Let’s go!”

The moment she shouted that and took a brisk step forward, Hans’s legs gave out and he fell to the floor.

“… Huh?”

His body wouldn’t move.

He couldn’t move at all, like a doll whose strings had come loose.

He couldn’t figure out the cause.

All he knew was that he couldn’t escape this state with his own strength.

‘Avali, who had approached him before she knew it, chuckled.’

“Brother Hans, you understand now, don’t you?”

She even called him “Brother” and poked Hans’ head with a thin finger as she fell.

The familiar voice teasing her felt strangely unfamiliar today.

“Am I really strong?”

As if she was a completely different person from the Avali she had seen in Asha Village.