After-School Dungeon Diver: Level Grinding in Another World Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 5] by Hitsuji Gamei

Author:Hitsuji Gamei
Language: eng
Format: epub

Floor Fifteen: The Dangerously Good Creamy Stuff

Every Diver team wanted at least one mage in their group. Not only were they, individuals who could control the supernatural phenomena known as magic, extremely rare, but mages were an indispensable part of a Diver’s life. Mages required more EXP to level up, making it harder for them to level up in general. This may make them sound like burdens, but because of their abilities to manipulate paranormal forces, they were useful in all sorts of situations even at a low level: they could heal their companions’ wounds, reduce the labor required to carry cargo with their Dimension Bags, and so on, resolving all sorts of issues that Divers face on the daily. This was why those who strove to climb the ranks always sought to recruit mages.

Bacchus Hawks—led by my friend Miguel Hyde Junkers—had a mage in their team already, but still, Miguel has been consistently looking for more to join them. Mages greatly increased their chances of survival in the dungeon, so he wouldn’t be satisfied with just one. Even today, the area in front of the dungeon entrance and receptionist’s windows in the main hall was filled with people holding up signs to recruit mages.

“Recruiting red mages! Dungeon novices welcome. Let’s put your fire magic to good use!”

“Green mages urgently needed! You can be our team’s breath of fresh air!”

“Seeking yellow mages. Protect the team by tanking and buying time to retreat!”

“Exploring the Red Iron & Cogwheel Mine at depth level 30. Blue mages―even beginners―are very, very welcome!”

Looking at their signs, they seemed pretty desperate, but it was understandable—there simply weren’t enough mages to go around. Mages could receive preferential treatment and high salaries if they worked for the government, so they had no incentive to take up a dangerous career like a Diver instead. Everyone, including myself, just wanted to live an easy life where they could do whatever they wanted. I wished I could just freely live as I pleased for the rest of my life, though things weren’t quite that simple in reality.

Anyway, every team was suffering a severe mage shortage and fighting over what little supply there was left. This competition even broke out into wars between teams, and I wanted nothing to do with that—there was nothing more pointless than fighting other humans in the dungeon.

I stopped and stared blankly at the recruitment efforts going on when a grim-looking man glared at me.

“What do you want? You got a problem or something?” he said.

“Oh, no, it’s nothing. Sorry about that,” I apologized.

I may have been a mage, but I was a coward at heart, so it scared me whenever someone got aggressive with me like that. I’d always been that way since I was born, so I wasn’t going to change so easily.

“We’re busy recruiting mages, so get outta here and mind your own damn business,” he ordered.

“...Okay,” I said then sneaked away before I got scolded again.

I was a mage too, but no one ever tried to recruit me.

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