Reincarnated as a Farmer Gamer: Rising to the Top with the Evolution of the Weakest Job that Only I Know About!? - 24.2

Well, I guess that happens sometimes.

Gathering myself, I aimed for a different path.

After walking around the first floor for a while, I heard sounds of battle coming from somewhere, so I used “Shadow Shift” to advance in shadow form.

As expected, ahead of the noise, an adventurer party was fighting with deteriorated minotaurs.

“Cress! I’m ready!”

“Got it!”

It was the meddlesome adventurer party I had met before.

The woman who had helped me turned out to be a wizard as expected, with a large thunder magic circle deployed on her staff.

The two men who were in the front split up left and right to keep their distance, and the woman raised her staff high.

“Magic: Lightning Storm!”

Intense lightning was released from the staff, enveloping the deteriorated minotaur and roaring like a storm.

After about ten seconds, the lightning stopped, and the deteriorated minotaur, blackened and burnt, collapsed and disappeared into particles.

Whoa…! Magic is amazing! I want to try casting magic too!

If I could have chosen a profession at the beginning, I would have chosen a wizard without hesitation.

With the highest-ranking profession, “Sage,” you can cast magic of the five major attributes without incantation, so you have the strength to deal with any magical beast.

Well, it’s just a hindrance where there are magical beasts with reflections or resistance to magic, so it doesn’t mean you can deal with all magical beasts.

“Mint, good job.”

“We defeated quite a few today. We might be able to level up soon.”

“Yeah, there’s still plenty of time, so let’s keep hunting.”

“Yeah!”

The other two members nodded in agreement and continued hunting.

It’s my first time seeing a party fight, and it’s still a high hurdle for me.

Even when fighting with Pochi, we’re not coordinating, we’re each hunting in our own direction.

“Pochi, come here.”

“Bark!”

I stroke Pochi, who appeared from my shadow.

“Pochi, remember their scent. Let’s go hunting where they are not.”

“Bark!”

There’s no need to compete for prey in the same place, so it’s fine.

But still, this dungeon seems quite deserted.

It’s my third entry, but the only party I’ve seen fighting is that one.

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While Beryl was hunting separately from the four-person party…

The four-person party continued hunting in the dungeon for a while.

They defeated quite a few deteriorated minotaurs, confirmed the safety of the surroundings, and took a break by sitting on the ground facing each other in pairs to be ready to respond immediately to anything.

In the meantime, Mint had a slightly troubled expression.

“Mint, are you still worried?”

“Y-yeah…”

“…Maybe he managed to escape somehow? We circled around for a while, but there were no signs of anyone being attacked.”

“That’s what’s strange. That kid… he went in alone…”

“Maybe he went to the upper floor alone…”

“Alone on the upper floor…”

“We just don’t know. Maybe he’s actually an S-rank adventurer?”

“Is that even… possible? He looked like he was only about ten years old…”

“I’m sure that’s the case. If he’s deceased, there would be tattered clothes lying around, right?”

“Y-yeah. I’m sure he’s alive and well!”

She had no way of knowing about the boy who had entered the dungeon alone — defeating deteriorated minotaurs with a single strike.