The Examiner

Claire had little time to react and dodged out of the way. And only milliseconds later, Donadronds battleaxe hit the ground so hard that it caused a cloud of sand to lush up into the air. But with a quick reaction, Claire counterattacked.

"[Iceland]," Claire said as an icicle in the shape of a lance appeared and shot forward. Though, it was quickly taken care of by Donadrond slicing it in half.

"[Fireball]," Claire yelled; this second attack caught Donadrond off guard, giving the attack the luck of striking true.

As the fireball smashed into Donadrond, an explosion ringed out, and a cloud of gray smoke covered the area reducing visibility.

"Where is he?" Claire said out loud, not knowing her mistake of revealing her position with such simple words.

Behind her, someone whispers into her ear, "right here," as he swings his axe down hard, slashing her back. Claire screamed out in pain but quickly gathered herself, backing up and gaining a small distance. At the same time, the gray cloud of smoke diminished, and there stood Donadrond. Though he had a few scratches and burns, it seemed he wasn't nearly out of the fight.

"[PosionCloud]" Suddenly, Claire cast a spell, and a green plum of smoke spread across the area, hitting Donadrond off guard. He tried to hold his breath but couldn't and breathed in the poison, which heavily damaged him.

However, he wasn't out of the fight yet; he ran up to Claire in a ditch effort. She had no time to react as he launched a mighty punch forward. However, suddenly a red haze covered Claire; it was something he had seen before, and when he punched Claire, it was like it did nothing like she suddenly became more resistant to physical attacks.

"What?" Donadrond said in disbelief.

Claire then put her hand in front of Donadronds face

"PosionCloud" Another poison spew shot forth directly at Donadrond, taking it full force. Dondrand moved backward, but it was too late. He collapsed to the ground, coughing.

"I'm done, I'm done; good job." Donadrond said

Donadrond then got back onto his feet and started to speak.

"You did well; I didn't expect to lose to you," Donadrond said; cuts, bruises, and burns all over his body, though when he took out a healing potion and quickly used it, seems all damage was quickly healed.

"Thanks, I expected to lose, but I did better this time, controlling how much mana I used. Unfortunately, I got careless when defending myself from a group of goblins earlier and used all my mana up in just two attacks." Claire said, feeling a bit proud that she had improved and also embarrassed that she had made such a mistake in the first place.

"Haha, yeah, you have to watch that. It can lead to sticky situations once a magic caster loses their mana." Donadrond responded, giving a slight chuckle at Claire's beginner's mistake.

Donadrond then looked toward Momonga, the feeling of dread still looming over him. He took a large gulp and prepared himself mentally.

"Now… it's time for you." Donadrond looked toward Momonga.

"Mhm," Momonga responded, getting into position. But, unfortunately, he didn't take as much of a distanced stance as Claire.

'Even though Donadrond seems relatively strong, it doesn't seem like he is even close to a level 15 NPC. Which is weird; you'd think an examiner would be stronger than that.'

"Ready?" Donadrond said that even though he was not prepared for this fight.

'Hmm… how should I handle this? I don't want to seem overly strong, but I already showed a lot of power to Claire in the forest. Should I display the same power here? No, that would go wrong. I might accidentally kill the guy. So I'll just use 1st tier and 2nd tier magic and see how he does.'

"Indeed I am," Momonga responded, utterly relaxed.

"Began," Donadrond said

Donadrond tried to do the same leaping action he did against Claire. However, he didn't expect Momonga not to dodge; instead, when his axe crashed down upon Momongas head, he put up his hand and caught it.

"[Triplet: Magic Arrow]" in a sudden burst, three magic arrows appeared, striking Donadrond. Blood spews from his armor though he isn't out of the fight yet.

'Was that too much? Hm, no, it seems like he's alright for now.'

He let out a loud grunt pulling the axe away from Momonga. Although, Momonga knows he doesn't have the strength for that and merely lets it go on his initiative. Donadrond then ran around Momonga, slashing at his back, but suddenly a magic shield blocked his attack, surprising him as it was not an ordinary skill.

"What!?" Donadrond said; he tried to pull back his axe, but it was too late.

"[Paralyisis]" With one quick cast by Momonga. Donadrond fell to the ground, not being able to move. Momonga then walked above him, staring down at him.

"Do you forfeit?" Momonga asked.

Donadrond looked up in disbelief but eventually conceded.

"I do," Donadrond said as the paralysis spell released. Momonga then reached out a hand toward Donadrond.

"Huh?" Donadrond said, not expecting this type of humility.

"Well fought," Momonga replied as he helped Donadrond back onto his feet.

"Not really, haha; I knew I was going to lose that from the get-go," Donadrond said, letting out a defeated chuckle.

'Even though that was quite easy, it's better to be humble. I rather not have any enemies in the adventures guild. But, especially if I'm planning to use it as a source of information, Allies will become useful later on in that aspect.'

Claire then walked up to the two.

"So, did we pass?" Claire asked as a cocky smile could be seen on her face.

"Indeed you did. But don't expect me to go so easy on you next time." Donadrond said in a happy tone as he joked a bit.

After a bit of silence, Nell spoke up.

"If you'd follow me, I'll issue your guild IDs," Nell said as she walked Momonga and Claire over to the next room.

The three then entered a room, and Nell issued their guild ids. She handed it to both of them, and Claire seemed quite excited.

"Now that you two have your guild id, don't forget to come back and select a class once you've reached an efficient level and unlocked the right skills," Nell said, hoping they would remember.

"Okie!" Claire said, happy that she finally joined the adventures guild.

Though, Momonga didn't respond.

'Classes? Interesting, so even in this world, they have classes. I wonder if it resembles anything similar to Yggdrasil? Well, no matter; I'll have to check that out sometime later. I still need to acquire some information and see what "dungeon master" is all about.'

"Do you know the nearest place for information about the surrounding area?" Momonga asked Nell.

She thought about it for a second and responded.

"Well, the best information about the surroundings of Alessa is probably here if that's what you were wondering," Nell said.

"It is, but I'm also wondering if there is a place I can get a few books on Magic? or world history?" Momonga asked.

"Uhh… well, there are probably books about magic in the market center, but historical books, not so much," Nell responded.

'How disappointing. Though I can gather information about the city's surroundings, I can't get anything further out. I'll have to travel to other settlements, and I'll probably need money to purchase the books about magic, given that I'm broke. Ugh! If only I could use Yggdrasil gold, but it's too risky.'

"Can you tell me about the area?" Momonga asked, in-which? Nell responded by explaining the current surroundings of Alessa for three hours.

'I see; the city of Alessa is quite strategically placed. Both politically and environmentally, it's close to a garden the called Demon's Wolf's Garden; it has high-level monsters, and its recent activity has recently increased. But now, thinking about it, the Demons Wolfs Garden might be a good place to put the Great Tomb of Nazarick or test out dungeon master.'