Otherworld Company Chapter 16.2: Thank you for visiting the workplace when you grow up

For a change, I was standing in the training facility in my normal work clothes.

“Senior, why are we in such a place with our full gear? I’m off today, right?” (Kaido)

Next to me is my junior who I had woken up despite his day off.

“Oh? You said you wanted a female colleague, so I prepared you such a colleague. So is that something to say to your kind Senior?” (Jiro)

“I love you Senior! So where is she!? Where’s the cutie!?” (Kaido)

Even though no one said it’s a cutie or beautiful, let’s not ruin the moment.

Recognizing that he is such a man, I rechecked my equipment with Kaido looking around excitedly.

“I don’t see anyone Senior!” (Kaido)

“Oh, they are above us.” (Jiro)

I point to the upper section of the bleachers, pushing down the desire to mention that it is natural that there would be no humans without a Magic Crest with us.

“Oh, you’re a college student, is it her brother next to her?” (Kaido)

If you’ve got similar physical abilities that are enhanced by a Magic Crest, you may not be able to see every detail, but you can at least get a vague idea of what they look like from a distance of about 20 meters.

A first-class Archer can find a toothpick far on the horizon.

“Depending on the presentation, those two may join us on a part-time basis.” (Jiro)

“I haven’t heard anything about a presentation. I was just woken up by Senior and only told to come with my full equipment.” (Kaido)

“You should know why when you are fully equipped. We’ll be fighting. In an actual battle.” (Jiro)

What we’re going to do is the mid-term examination that I received during the training.

The participants are me and Kaido.

And this time.

“Well, it also serves as a test for a pseudo dungeon, an experimental space made by the Demon King Army.” (Jiro)

It includes a different kind of battle than the last time, as well as a check of Kaido’s current abilities, but I won’t say anything about that.

“A-a, dungeon?” (Kaido)

“It seems that it is supposed to be for heroes. If you are not careful, you will die.” (Jiro)

“What?” (Kaido)

“Suela, We’re ready.” (Jiro)

“Confirmed. Expanding the pseudo dungeon. Good luck!” (Suela)

“Wa-wait!? What do you mean die—Senior!?” (Kaido)

The space is distorted around Kaido and me.

And we can see the scenery changing in just a few seconds.

“Is it a rocky area?” (Jiro)

“Eh? Aaaaah!? This was the training room until a while ago? There is now a sky and a rocky mountain, what!?” (Kaido)

“So noisy. Shut up.” (Jiro)

“Uh, right.” (Kaido)

A rocky mountain made up of rocks, stones, and gravel, it is possible for people to walk on, but the ground is not prepared and the footholds are not good.

In addition, it has the same atmosphere as a dungeon.

I became more cautious about the tense atmosphere that seemed to be a mixture of magical power and hostility, and when I looked around, I saw a shadow moving about.

“Don’t be afraid Kaido! It’s coming!” (Jiro)

“Wha–?” (Kaido)

Kaido has not yet been able to keep up with sudden changes in location.

The dungeon isn’t sweet enough to miss such a perfect prey.

“Ueeeeee!!!” (Jiro)

Whether it was called by Kaido’s screams or was it placed there from the beginning? A creature with the total length of an adult male’s height jumped out of the rock’s shadow, and a black scale lizard, a dragon-type, is cut off in two.

You can hear the sound of heavy objects falling and sliding on the grounds.

I didn’t check my back, I didn’t have time to worry about that.

“Lesser-Dragons. A dragon-type is the first one that appeared!! Get ready Kaido!” (Jiro)

“Uh, yeah!” (Kaido)

The last one was goblins, but this time they are stronger due to the change of race.

Suddenly raising the rank to a dragon species raises the alert level like skipping floors.

Kaido, who later realized that this was a dangerous area, pulled out the twin swords he had on his back.

“Follow me after me! Let’s reduce the numbers before we get surrounded!” (Jiro)

“Ro-roger!!” (Kaido)

I also didn’t have time to pause.

My ears caught the footsteps of a group that was already taking action to charge.

The predator’s gaze, which clings to me, confirms this.

“Good! Don’t overdo it, I’ll attract most of the enemy’s attention. You should stay behind me and protect yourself.” (Jiro)

“Ro-roger!” (Kaido)

“What, rest assured, they are definitely weak compared to your instructors.” (Jiro)

That’s not good.

You can see at a glance that Kaido’s body is tense and stiff. You can’t use your full strength with that.

Kaido, who is sprinting with all his might, has not been able to properly pace his stamina with me, someone who can move further.

We need to be careful here.

There is a feeling that this will be a tough battle.

Supervisor Evia, you’re pretty crazy.

Considering the process leading up to this point, it is a reasonable response.

The face of the supervisor with a sadistic smile on her face at the end passes through my mind.