Loop Mob – A Mob’s Interdimensional Travel Caught in a Loop

Chapter 92: Prince Richard’s Visit

“You’re Alexi, who proposed the use of earth attribute for national defense, right?”

For some reason, Prince Richard was in the reception room of the Marol Territory’s Academy. Luca-sama was there too, with an expressionless face. Yeah, Luca-sama was like this when I first met him. But as for the prince, I didn’t want to meet him again.

“It’s an honor to meet you. Forget formalities. We’re fellow students after all.”

Sigh.

“Not only did you compile an excellent report, but you also manipulated advanced earth attribute skills and actually built castle walls and forts in an instant, didn’t you? And they were just as strong as existing ones, perfectly blocking Colonel Laquell’s Great Fire and Huge Fireballs, right?”

“Um… yes, that’s correct.”

Ah, it smells like trouble.

“I have three requests for you. The first is to reproduce the same thing in front of me. The second is, if it’s possible for others, to teach the same thing to my nephew, Luca Laquell, and me. The third is, eventually, to teach it to our country’s military mages with earth attribute skills. Can you do it?”

First, the first request. I reproduced the scene in the training ground with Professor Laquell. Prince Richard, Luca-sama, and their attendant were all amazed, but what made me happy was seeing Luca-sama’s eyes light up, which usually looked dead. Then, the second request. Starting the next day, we decided to go power leveling. I didn’t want to teach them too much, but we started from the Dragonfly Room in that infamous beginner dungeon.

“Adventurers usually don’t reveal their means of making a living. But this time is special.”

Saying that, I swung the wand of the shotgun towards the dragonflies. They’re saying stuff like “Chanting” and “Holy words” from behind, but is it really necessary? Geez.

“O bountiful goddess of the earth, grant my wish in exchange for the mana I offer. O countless small stones, fly and crush the enemy, shotgun.”

“Countless small stones, fly and crush the enemy, shotgun.”

“Multiple Small, Stone, Fly, Hit, Shotgun.”

“Shotgun.”

“Fusil Shotgun.”

“Short Flint Shotgun.”

Full holy words, without modifiers, only holy words, skill names, our language, neighboring country’s language, and even no chanting.

“The speed of chanting determines life or death for adventurers. If a skill can be activated with only holy words, it might be possible to omit even that. It wouldn’t be strange for someone to attempt it.”

Accompanying us on this dungeon attack were Professor Laquell, the prince, Luca-sama, and one of the prince’s attendants. Others were asked to refrain. They can research papers or whatever they like, but I won’t explain any further. It’s time for another loop. Enter, release, exit. Enter, release, exit. This time, I decided to pick up coins and feathers later altogether. Being able to collect them all at once in the inventory is top secret.

Since it’s the first time, we took a break after about an hour. Even though it was divided among five people, it should have been a decent experience for the prince and Luca-sama, who are still level 1. Both of them seem to have leveled up and acquired the shotgun skill, firing it towards the walls. Since their intelligence stat is still lacking, only a few stones fly out.

It’s late to say this now, but I emphasized the importance of leveling up. To become stronger, you have to face strong enemies with your life on the line. That’s the general idea among adventurers in this world, and it’s not wrong. When your level increases, the required experience points skyrocket, and you may feel like you’re not getting stronger even if you defeat weak enemies. However, you still gain experience points even from weak monsters. Choose a point where monsters advantageous to your attribute spawn in large numbers and defeat them relentlessly. It may be a boring task, but the strength of the earth attribute is the willingness to patiently accumulate experience.

“Wind attribute, mass spawn, multiple or all-enemy attack skills. That’s the secret to strength.”

“I see…!”

Building a fortress in the dungeon, having tea with the royal family at a stone table set. Did I predict such a surreal scene a month ago? Fortunately, thanks to involving Professor Laquell and Prince Richard, these were treated as special classes. It’s reassuring that we were able to come for power leveling officially recognized by the academy.

We disbanded on the first day after half a day. We divided the coins equally, but I took all the feathers. At first, they hesitated to take the coins too, but I pushed them for the next adventure’s preparation money. Once money transactions start happening, it becomes difficult to refuse unreasonable requests as if it were an employment relationship. Well, it’s already difficult with teachers and royalty as the counterpart.

And two days later, I was in the carriage heading to Plebeville.

Certainly, as we were leaving, I mentioned, “Eventually, we should level up in the advanced dungeons.” Then they said, “Then let’s start the day after tomorrow.” Why, I wonder.

“Hahaha! I never expected my skills to improve like this after leaving the military and being assigned to Marol!”

“You’re quite reliable, Colonel.”

The teacher with a strong presence and the laid-back prince. The carriage was stifling. I moved to the coachman’s seat and laid stone pavement with Stone Wall next to the attendant. Occasionally, I felt eyes on my back, and Luca-sama peeked at me from the passenger compartment with sparkling eyes.

“Alexi… you’re amazing.”

During the break, Luca-sama timidly approached from behind Laquell-sensei and spoke. Cute. Remembering how he became increasingly cold in Arcart in the previous loop, it pains my heart. This time, I’ll try to manipulate things more from behind the scenes and become a man who won’t disappoint Luca-sama. Yeah.