They don't want me to try anymore.

The knight was a little confused: "What's going on?"

The mage smacked his head and shouted, "The school uses the final blow to monsters as the criterion for grading! They're using us to rack up points!"

"Asshole, I..."

The knight and swordsman immediately wanted to confront Richard, but then they remembered they didn't have a horse... oh wait, they remembered they couldn't outrun him, and seeing the remaining goblins closing in, they could only rage helplessly.

Richard, who had made a fortune, had already joined up with Tom and headed deeper into the cave.

Next, Tom led the way, Richard killed the monsters, and the two split the treasure chests equally, reaping a rich harvest.

Inside St. Goethe's chapel, many people marveled at this.

Someone said irritably, "This is the first-year Targaryen? He's got some cleverness."

But some people said quite seriously, "Has anyone counted how many elemental creatures he summoned?"

"Right, isn't he only at the mid-Bronze level? Summoning so many in such a short time, his magic power must be in serious danger!"

"Did you secretly take some medicine?"

"I can't see it..."

"It seems the rumors are inaccurate. This junior's strength is definitely greater than his level!"

"As expected, there are no easy classes in the Dawn Class..."

Amidst their discussion, the trio, who had lost support and were being ganged up on by goblins, were also teleported out in a disheveled state...

In the fantasy world.

"The exploration of the fantasy world takes 24 hours in total. At this rate, we only need another four hours to get a perfect score."

Tom was in a good mood after making a great haul.

He could almost see his graduation certificate beckoning to him.

Richard was also happy to be able to help his classmate.

Boom boom boom!

The surrounding tunnels suddenly began to shake!

what happened again?

Could it be that there are earthquakes in the fantasy world?

Richard jumped to his feet and turned to look at his experienced companion.

Tom froze for a few seconds, then his face turned deathly pale, and he muttered, "This shouldn't be happening, it shouldn't be this early..."

"Senior?"

"There's no time to explain! We need to get out of here, to the surface!"

Tom suddenly pulled Richard up and they scrambled through the tunnel. Five minutes later, they finally arrived at the surface, where lava rivers flowed everywhere.

Only then did he say, panting heavily:

"You should remember that the information said there were two giant silver-tier magical beasts in the Red Prison Mine, right?"

“I remember,” Richard nodded. “Those two guys who woke up in the last hour and then chased everyone down, right? They were supposedly used to test the students’ ability to escape from the battlefield…”

"Yes, and one of them is a one-eyed ash giant."

Tom sighed and said, "The tremor just now was caused by the giant getting up."

what?

But the exploration of the fantasy world has only been going on for less than eight hours!

Just as Richard was beginning to doubt it, the dark shadows on the horizon confirmed Tom's words.

A grayish-red giant, at least twenty meters tall, emerged from the soil, swinging its arms and flinging countless magma splattering in all directions.

Right at the giant's feet, there were more than twenty Saint Goethe students fleeing in panic. Some turned around and cast spells to retaliate, while others took out their muskets and fired. However...

All to no avail.

In the curriculum design for exploring the fantasy world, this giant is invincible to the students.

At that moment, the students were reminded of the fear of being dominated by giants.

"Why did it wake up so early!"

"Run! This expedition is definitely going to fail!"

Looking at the students who had scattered, Richard spotted a familiar figure.

She seems to be my sister's best friend, right? Is her name something like Hepper?

I hadn't noticed before, but it turns out we were also entering the Red Prison Mine...

"Senior, please wait a moment."

"careful!"

Richard rode his horse closer to the giant.

At this moment, Hepel was nimbly dodging the Ash Giant's stomping feet, occasionally using the two alchemically enhanced magic spears in her hands to attack from below—it was clear that this senior was a very trendy gunfighter class that had emerged in the last two years.

Unfortunately, the caliber was insufficient, resulting in inadequate firepower.

Her bullets were like a tickle to the giant, who was about to run out of energy and was teleported away.

"This way!"

After Richard shouted, he immediately summoned two water elementals and two jungle falcons.

The former tried to freeze the giant's feet with a spell, but was instantly melted by the high temperature of the giant's body. The latter approached the giant's head from the sky, but was ignited by a wave of its arm and turned into two roasted chickens.

Even roast chicken successfully attracted the giant's attention!

Richard seized the opportunity, rushed to the giant's scorching feet, grabbed the approaching Herpel and pulled him onto the horse's back, then galloped away without looking back.

The giant, after regaining his senses...

They went to catch up with the others who were running slower.

As it turns out, when it comes to escaping for your life, all you need to do is be faster than others.

Once they were safe, Hepper, panting heavily, patted his chest and looked at Richard's retreating figure.

Just as Zoe said, he's a reliable person.

Before the blush on her face could fade, she sincerely said, "Thank you."

But as soon as she finished speaking, she heard the giant's roar in the distance again, and her delicate brows furrowed.

"This is really a difficult situation..."

Chapter Twenty-Four: Sleep? Get up and party!

Richard and Tom met up, and the three of them rested where they were.

Hepper sighed as he watched the Ash Giant chasing after others in the distance.

"With it around, we're all going to fail this time..."

Richard asked, "What do you mean?"

"The giants will attack anything that moves within their field of vision and will continuously create earthquakes, making it impossible to enter the tunnels... If we want to open treasure chests or eliminate monsters, we will inevitably be attacked by the giants."

Hepel explained, "I heard that a similar incident happened five or six years ago. That time, the giant woke up three hours later, and as a result, no one opened enough treasure chests and failed the test."

"Won't the school relax the requirements as appropriate?"

"No, accidents are inevitable in life, and Saint Goethe is a bit too serious about this."

After listening, Richard glanced at Tom out of the corner of his eye; Tom was the one who needed the most credits the most.

The older student's face was even paler and more unsightly than Hepper's.

His eyes, as if he had lost his soul, stared blankly at the patch on the hem of his trousers.

Richard had been wondering about this before. He knew that Tom's family wasn't wealthy, but they shouldn't be unable to afford even a complete pair of trousers. Now, following Tom's gaze, he immediately understood why.

The patch had very fine patterns on its four corners, showing that the person who made the patch was very careful and deliberately imitated the style common in aristocratic clothing, unlike the perfunctory work done by ordinary tailors.

In other words, it was probably sewn by Tom's mother herself.

Richard remembered the kind woman he had seen at the banquet that day.

Is that why you're unwilling to change it? Do you feel you can't fit into any of the school's circles anyway, so you might as well give up and continue wearing it to express your longing for your family?

He couldn't be sure if that was what Tom really thought, but he knew the intense emotion in his eyes wouldn't lie.

"I think there's another way we can try."

After some consideration, Richard spoke up: "Since there are two Silver-rank monsters in the illusionary realm, why don't we awaken the other one as well, let it attract the attention of the Ash Giant, and then we can take the opportunity to search for treasure chests and kill other monsters?"

The other two raised their heads.

Hepel immediately objected: "These two monsters are located at the north and south ends respectively, which is a great distance away. Even if we awaken them, they will hardly meet each other and will instead defeat us first."

As for Tom, a glimmer of hope first appeared in his eyes, but he quickly gritted his teeth and shook his head.