You didn't expect this, did you? I've time-traveled again!

"Hey, what's with the chuunibyou nonsense? Hurry up and finish it off! Is your lifelong enemy just a mere wild boar?!"

Kazuma Sato looked disgusted and loudly mocked without holding back.

And just as he had thought, Darkness was the type who was useless both inside and out.

Suoh Takeshi was also completely bewildered.

He never expected Darkness to be such a useless person.

Keep in mind that even Aqua in the squad can use her skill—Divine Light Fist—to knock down a wild boar with a single punch. Not to mention, there's also Megumin and Takeshi Suoh, who possess explosive magic.

Keknis couldn't even beat a wild boar that only knew how to charge around recklessly. She fought it for a long time and they were evenly matched!

In the end, however, Darkness won.

With her seemingly bottomless stamina, she wore the wild boar down until it collapsed from exhaustion before finally plunging her sword into its neck.

It took 5 hours to complete the lowest level of the task.

"Is Darkness really a high-level profession?"

Kazuma Sato held Darkness's adventurer card in his hand and examined it carefully. "It really is a Crusader..."

"The number is so high!"

"As expected of a superior profession, their combined stats are almost identical to mine!"

Aqua and Megumin are also advanced-level professionals, and they understand just how high Darkness's stats are as an advanced-level professional.

"But she doesn't seem like a high-level professional to me at all. Her half-baked skills are even worse than Aqua's."

"even?!"

Aqua was speechless, then shouted to vent her dissatisfaction.

Ignoring Aqua's tantrum, Kazuma Sato suddenly remembered something, "Speaking of which, how do we learn skills?"

Kazuma Sato is now level 5 and has 5 skill points. It's time for him to learn some skills to help him survive.

Let me explain.

Chris jumped in at the right moment and explained to the novice adventurer, Kazuma Sato, "You're an adventurer. To learn a skill, all you need to do is have someone demonstrate it for you once, and then the corresponding skill will appear on your adventurer card. After that, you can spend points to learn it!"

"Oh, I see."

Kazuma Sato nodded. "So, if Aqua and Megumin teach me, I can also use healing magic and explosion magic?"

That's it!

Chris nodded, with an expression that said, "This kid is teachable."

"Kazuma, Kazuma, do you want to learn Explosion Magic? Although the points required for Explosion Magic are ridiculously high, are there any other skills you can learn besides Explosion Magic? No, Explosion Magic is the only option! Come on, let's embark on the path of Explosion Magic together!"

Huihui was in high spirits and spoke very quickly, extremely excited.

"Calm down, little girl!" Kazuma Sato shoved her away in annoyance. "I'm only level 5, and I only have 5 skill points. How could I possibly learn it?"

"Well……"

Huihui let out a sob, then fell silent.

"Hey, Aqua, come in handy."

"Ok?"

"Skills, oh skills! Teach me some useful skills!"

Kazuma Sato said to Aqua, "You must have quite a few skills, right? After all, you are 'that'."

"Which one is 'that'?" Aqua thought for a moment, "Alright, since you've put it that way, I'll teach you!"

"Oh, please!"

Then, Aqua performed banquet talents such as sprinkling water on her head.

"Who told you to teach this! You useless, good-for-nothing high priest!"

Kazuma Sato was furious, then looked at Takeshi Suoh with expectant eyes, "Sou-senpai Suoh..."

Suoh Takeshi replied somewhat awkwardly and with a slightly stiff tone:

"Wh...what happened?"

"Senpai Suoh is a master swordsman, right? He must have a lot of skills. Teach me some practical skills that consume little stats."

"Ahem, Sato-kun."

Suoh Takeshi coughed. "You know about my [talent], don't you?"

"Analysis and Imitation?"

"Yes, it's [Analysis and Imitation]. Because I can learn any skill, I didn't learn the skills of a sword master."

"..."

"..."

"What about skill points?"

"I've selected [Magic Expansion]."

"..."

"..."

"Go ahead and study! Go ahead and study!"

Suoh-senpai is a swordsmanship master, isn't he? A swordsmanship master without the skills of a swordsmanship master isn't the swordsmanship master I'm looking for!

Kazuma Sato never expected that Suoh Takeshi, who seemed so reliable, could be so unreliable.

"Ahem, I'm sorry." Suoh Takeshi was also quite embarrassed.

It's really not his fault. He has the skill "Analysis and Imitation" but he still tries to learn the skill of a sword master. Isn't that a complete waste of skill points?

With this skill point, you can increase your magic power. Isn't that great?

After all, how much magic you can cast depends on how much mana you have, not to mention explosive magic whose power is directly proportional to mana.

"Pfft, hahaha~"

Chris was laughing so hard she could hardly breathe, thoroughly enjoying the whole thing. "Your team is hilarious!"

Well, now we've made a fool of ourselves...

Kazuma Sato was utterly ashamed.

"So, would you like to learn my skills?"

"Your skills?"

Chris made a suggestion to Kazuma Sato.

"My profession involves skills that are very practical and cheap in terms of skill points. For example, the skills can be learned with just 1 or 2 skill points."

"Wow! I'm fired up!"

Kazuma Sato finally saw a glimmer of hope, his eyes shining brightly, "Please teach me!"

"Oh dear, what should I do?"

Chris looked at him with a mischievous smile, twirling a strand of silver hair behind her ear with her index finger, and said meaningfully:

"What should I do about Darkness? She's my only friend, and I'm so worried about her."

Ah, if only a team she knows well would accept her!

Upon hearing this, Kazuma Sato immediately stood up straight, bowed at a 90-degree angle, and extended his right hand, almost saying, "Please go out with me."

However, what he said was:

"Lady Chris, please, please let Lady Darkness join our squad! I beg you!"

In order to learn the skills, Kazuma Sato willingly lowered his head.

And so, Darkness joined the team, and Kazuma Sato successfully learned the skills.

Congratulations! Congratulations!

Chapter 013 Five Men Set Off, Leaving Not a Blade of Grass Alive

The day after Darkness joined the party, everyone gathered at the Adventurers' Guild.

"Let's go take on the case."

Suoh Takeshi suggested.

Kazuma Sato chimed in, "Yes, the team recruitment is complete. It's time to begin our adventure."

"Huh, are we no longer recruiting companions?" Aqua asked blankly.

Kazuma Sato shrugged. "There are already too many problem children in the team. What if another one comes along?"

"Hey, who's the problem child!"

"that is!"

"Well……"

Aqua and the other two women all denied having any problems.

"We're all team members, stop arguing." Suoh Takeshi clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention. "This is our team's first time working together, so the goal is to build team cohesion. We won't take on difficult tasks, okay?"

"Agreed!" X4

Suoh Takeshi went straight to the task board, then took a task order and reported it to the union's front desk, saying, "Our team will take this task."

"Is it about purifying polluted lakes?"

"Yes."

"Okay, please allow me to make this announcement." The clerk filled out a form simply.

Suoh Takeshi returned to his squad and handed the order form to everyone for review.