Concrete_Jungle Dungeon Day 7 Part 2

"Gold-Puro!... Why?!... Where did you go?!... What about your promise of giving me your golden arm?!... Sob...Sob..."

"Gold-Puro is not yours, Vier."

"Enough with your drama, Vier-chan!"

..."""What the heck did just happen!!!"""...

While I'm picking up my dignity as a senpai that falls into the ground due to Felin's slap landing into my face, Gold-Puro, the Golden_Golem, went inside the Magic_Barrier of the Dungeon_Core area and disappeared like a bubble popping out in the air.

Then as I cried my heart out to the broken promise of the golden arm that I will never have, one of the people who tried to harm Gold-Puro earlier approached our group.

"Young girls... Can you tell us who you are and what happened exactly?..."

Seeing me still kneeling on the ground with my little drama and Felin who is trying to console me and help me stand up, Mifumi-sama stands in front of us and answers that inquiry.

"We're the Adventurers' Party Dwarf_Cat-Eared_Elf... We're among the group of Adventurers' Party taking the entrance exam... Ummm... Can you also tell us who you are, Sir..."

"Right... I'm sorry for not introducing myself first... I'm Jack a Steel_Rank Adventurer and one of the Examiners for the Adventurers' Academy Entrance Exam."

So Mr. Jack is an Adventurer and one of the Examiners for the entrance exam... Now that he has said it, his other companions also look like Adventurers, and behind them, I can see other people who look like Adventurers examinees like us... Ohh!... I can see our friends... I mean acquaintances among those groups too.

The Adventurers' Party Oreo_Sky, Aurikal_Sword, and Arachne_Star. They all look confused looking at us with surprise written all over their face...

WAIT!!!...

"""Entrance Exam???!!!..."""

Mifumi-sama, Felin and I all look surprised upon realizing what Mr. Jack has said. After all...

"Does that mean we made it to the meeting place?!"

"Does that mean we pass?!"

"Mhm!... We win! Right, Mister?!"

I, Mifumi-sama, and Felin stood in front of Mr. Jack asking for our expectations with a hopeful look in our eyes.

"Ack!... Right... Dwarf_Cat-Eared_Elf... Dwarf_Cat-Eared_Elf..."

Mr. Jack hurriedly looked into his list looking for our Adventurers' Party name.

"What a weird name though... Ohh!... Here is it. Your group is listed as one of the examinees..."

"""Mhm!, mhm!, mhm!..."""

"Ahem!..."

Understanding our anticipation for his answer, Mr. Jack cleared his voice to proclaim the results of our exam.

"Since the sun has still not set, you Adventurers' Party Dwarf_Cat-Eared_Elf has arrived at the meeting place before the time limit. Therefore I hereby congratulate your group on passing the Adventurers' Academy Entrance Exam.

"""YEAH!!!..."""

We said our cheers as Mr. Jack proclaimed our group had passed the entrance exam.

After all that has happened, encountering and fighting Gold-Puro, falling into the underground depths, fighting the never-ending battle against the endless Undead_Skeletons, being saved by Gold-Puro, traveling within the darkness of the underground depths, and finally getting back to the surface here at Dungeon_Core area, the thought of passing the entrance exam has already been forgotten in our minds.

Although, now that we're here at the meeting place before the time limit, there's nothing more hindering us from passing... the... entrance... exam...

"WE'RE STILL MISSING ONE EXAM COIN!!!..."

"Ugh!... You're right, Vier-chan!"

"Mhm!... Not enough coin!"

"What?..."

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There are only a few minutes left before the sun sets to mark the end of the entrance exam.

With that little amount of time left, there is no way we could go back to the third layer of the old ruins and look for those Exam coins...

"I guess we're really failing this exam after all..."

""Mhm...""

With disappointment painted all over our faces, Mr Jack asked another question for our group.

"So how many Exam coins did your group manage to find?"

"We only managed to find two, Sir."

"I'm sorry I couldn't find the coins, Vier, Mifumi-sama."

"It's not your fault, Felin-chan."

I told Mr. Jack how many Exam coins we managed to find while Felin apologized to Mifumi-sama and me thinking it was her fault that we were unable to find the other Exam coins. Mifumi-sama consoles Felin telling her it's not her fault which is definitely true. After all, it's all that Guild's staff's fault... No!... It's all that immature old man's fault!

"Ummm... I understand that you all feel sad about missing one exam coin... What I don't understand is why one of you is glaring at me like it's all my fault."

"Vier-chan, stop doing that. It's not Mr. Jack's fault."

"Mhm... Don't get mad, Vier."

"Argh!... Fine..."

"Anyway... About the exam coin... Didn't the Vise Guild Master tell every examinee about their reward if they successfully reached the Dungeon_Core area?"

"""What???..."""

"Every group will receive an extra exam coin once they successfully reach the meeting place here at Observation_Area of the Dungeon_Core."

"""Then that means..."""

"That's right!... You Dwarf_Cat-Eared_Elf successfully passed the Adventurers' Academy Entrance Exam..."

""Yeah...""

"You freaking immature old man!..."

"What the heck, young girl?!"

""Vier / Vier-chan!!... Language!!""

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After giving us the extra exam coin that would prove our passing for the entrance exam, Mr. Jack continued to ask questions about what happened to our group.

What are we doing together with the Golden_Golem?

Why do we come out from the collapsed ground following behind the Golden_Golem?

What happened to our group since encountering the Golden_Golem?

Where did we encounter the Golden_Golem?

What happened to the Guild's staff following our group and where is she now?

What exactly is a Dwarf_Cat-Eared_Elf?

Okay... The last question is clearly unrelated but he seriously asked that.

Mifumi-sama, as our leader, answers all of Mr. Jack's questions.

Mr. Jack has this ...'what the heck is your group doing'... look while listening to Mifumi-sama's explanations. Especially when the part about the never-ending battle against the endless Undead_Skeletons came up. He just slammed his hands on his face and looked above as he exclaimed... 'what the heck, I can't believe this!'...

However, Mr. Jack's funny face became pale as a white sheet after Mifumi-sama told her about our encounter with Mr. Mikael, the Guild's staff assigned to follow our group behind.

"What?... Mikael, you said?... Are you sure it's not Lizzy the one following your group?"

"Of course, we're sure... That guy with an irritating face and shoulder-length red hair introduces himself to us as Mr. Mikael... Besides we can tell the difference between a guy and a girl."

""Mhm!!...""

It's just me telling my irritation about Mr. Mikael and making sarcasm joke...

"Oi!!!... Does anyone still have enough provisions to go back and search the Dungeon?!... I need four more people to come with me for search and rescue!!!..."

"Wait!... What's happening?"