Can't

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Some people complained about Yuyu because she seems to be kind, but so far, no one has done that to Shinbu. No matter how many unreasonable tests are explained to me from now on, I don't think it will change.

That's why no one has mentioned the strange gesture of wriggling her hips. I really wondered what was wrong with her. Is there something wrong with my head?

「 Now that the windows are covered, we can't see where we're going, can we? The next test is to escape safely from a certain place, that's one of the conditions for passing. The other is that I'll be judging whether you're strong enough to be A Rank when you try to escape. You should be able to figure out how to prove it by thinking about it. 」

「 So you're saying that just barely escaping unscathed is a sure-fire way to fail? 」

「 That's for me to decide. 」

Someone asked a question, but there was no clear answer. It was a little too lax to even explain where we were going or what the place was like. I didn't expect much from Shinbu, though.

It's also possible that there are some loopholes in the system that we don't expect, like Yuyu's test. On the other hand, there may be pitfalls.

「 Does that mean we're going to be taken to a Dungeon somewhere? 」

「 Come to think of it, we haven't been in many dungeons, have we? We went to the Mithril Mines when we were training soldiers, but that was just the entrance. 」

「 I hope it's not a weird place... 」

I definitely think it's a weird place. It's not normal to be keeping us in the dark until we get there, no matter what how you think about it. And according to the current explanation, this giant carriage is heading deep into the Dungeon. So it can't be a cave.

After two hours of riding in this carriage, it became clear. However, we could not see anything outside the window. No, to be precise, it was covered in white. Visible, but white, that is.

◆ Foggy Dungeon, Mist Village ◆

It was in this fog that the giant carriage was pushing forward. I can see some trees in the distance, so maybe it's a forest. And what's interesting is this muddy sludge. It looked like it had just rained. I wondered what this place was, surrounded by fog and white on the right, left and above.

「 We've arrived. 」

「 Shinbu-san, are you out of your mind? 」

「 You guys are going to be A Rank, right? If that's the case, you need to be able to get past this Mist Village. 」

Everyone in B Rank was buzzing and upset. Mist Village, that's the name of this place.

「 Well, well, this is Mist Village, as you know. It used to be a big village until more than 50 years ago, when it was suddenly destroyed by floods. None of the inhabitants survived, and it's been recorded as an unprecedented disaster on this continent. It's been more than fifty years, and the scaffolding still hasn't erased the traces of the disaster, which is strange, even at this point. 」

Shinbu looked around and then resumed his explanation. Even at a time like this, he never stopped making that wiggling motion with his hips.

「 The problem is this fog, including the strength of the monsters within. The reason why the survival rate in this dungeon is so low is because of this fog, right? In addition, the footholds are like this, and in some places it's a bottomless swamp, so be careful. 」

「 Mist Village...Danger Level is 44, and even A Rank adventurers don't come back here sometimes... 」

「 Man-eating mist... I've heard rumors about it, but is it true? 」