Teacher for a week(3)(corrected)

"It's amazing how a human being can adapt to things."

Waiting in front of the fountain in the vicinity of the dungeon, Mark held his hand tightly to the sword strapped to his waist. Until a few months ago, the sharpest thing he had held was a kitchen knife, but now being without a sword and armor made him feel naked.

[From my point of view, slimes are more amazing. Their evolutionary system is such that they can get used to living in space in a couple of generations].

"..."

Silently noting the fact that human evolution was inferior to that of a slime, Mark continued to look for Zoe among the crowd of adventurers. They had rendezvoused there in an hour, and it was only a little while before the time was up, when he saw her running quickly toward him.

"Haaaa, sorry I'm late Mark."

Taking a deep breath, she moved the strand of hair behind her ear.

The reason behind the delay was that she met her mother (Astraea) and had to convince her for a long time that she was okay and that she would train for 6 days in the dungeon.

"Technically it's still a little while before the scheduled time, but I bet you'd rather waste as little time as possible, wouldn't you?"

Nodding at his words, Mark and Zoe walked toward the entrance to the dungeon.

The first two floors were usually peaceful, being frequented by many adventurers, so they were proceeding fairly quickly.

As they continued, Zoe looked intricately at Mark's back as she remembered the words of Tiona and her mother when they knew it would be just her and Mark.

'Because of them, I can't stop thinking about it.'

Only now did she realize how bold she had been in accepting. Never before had she been with a boy her age alone, in the village it was either adults or children, while with Bell and Welf she had more of a brotherly relationship, so the situation was a new experience for her.

"Do you understand?"

"Yes?!"

A half cry came out of her mouth when she heard the question; she was so focused on herself that she did not hear what Mark said.

"...There's no need to be so tense. As I said, I want you to be the vanguard to see some of your fighting styles, oh and remember to use as many spells as you can." -Mark said in a calm voice to reassure Zoe.

"Okay."

Seeing how Mark tried to calm her down, Zoe realized it was time to concentrate. The person in front of her had not only rescued her but was willing to train her; if she continued to be distracted, it would be insulting to him.

Seeing Zoe become serious, Mark relaxed. He had noticed that she seemed slightly distracted, but he could not help it; if he were in her shoes, even he would feel uncomfortable with someone he barely knew, especially if he knew that such a person was stronger.

Picking up where they left off, the first monster they encountered was a goblin, but it was quickly dealt with by a wind blade thrown by Zoe. After that, other monsters began to appear more often, sometimes in groups of three or more, but by casting magic from a distance or blocking them to the ground, the monsters were quickly killed by Zoe without any problems.

Blades of wind, spears of different elements, chains of earth to block monsters, blinding magics, the further they went on the floors, the more magics Zoe cast. Mark who had been watching until then was increasingly speechless from the spectacle, wondering what kind of magic the girl in front of him had.

"Earth spike."

From the ground, an aggregate earth spike rose quickly impaling an orc in the chest that exploded in a dark mist, dropping its magic stone to the ground. Instead, Zoe wiped the sweat from her forehead, she had started fighting from the 3rd floor to the 12th so she started to feel exhausted.

Taking a Falna recovery potion, she shifted her gaze to Mark who was rubbing his chin thinking about something.

"How did I do?" -She asked as she calmed her breathing.

"...I'm amazed." -Mark said honestly, making Zoe satisfied.

Casting speed, amount of Falna, and the number of spells, all of these were above the norm, and the fact that she possessed all of them classified her as a monster of magic.

Although he was dying of curiosity to know how her magic worked, he knew that asking questions regarding status was not much appreciated, so he should continue talking.

"But at the same time I notice some problems." -Zoe's satisfaction was short-lived.

"Let me explain, having many spells makes you unpredictable, but at the same time it limits you. Let's take me as an example, my thought process when I have to cast a spell is, what should I use? Is it for attacking? Defending? Keeping the opponent occupied?

For each situation, I have a specific spell, while you in addition to choosing the type of spell, you have to filter through the various spells you know to find the most suitable one."

"Do you think I should focus on fewer spells?" -Zoe asked uncertainly.

"That's up to you, in an unexpected situation you have to think immediately about what kind of magic you should use. In case you can do such a thing even with many spells at your disposal, then it would be better for you. My advice is to divide your spells into subcategories and see which one is most useful in different situations so that you have some main spells and the others as support."

Concluding his explanation, he waited for Zoe's response. As he had said, having many spells can be both advantageous and disadvantageous, for example, if he made an effort he could create new spells, but he didn't need to, because the ones he had were more than enough to help him, plus he kept improving the spells he already possessed by making them more efficient.

"I will do my best." -She said determinedly.

"Well, then how about we continue? This time it will be me in the front, while you will take care of providing support eventually, our destination is the 18th floor."

"I've had enough rest." -Zoe said as she stood up.

Descending to the 13th floor, it did not take long to meet the first monsters. Unlike the Upper Floors, in the Middle Floors, the spawn of monsters was much higher.

'Grrr!

A group of 10 Hellhounds appeared in front of them growling menacingly, with flames blazing in their mouths.

"Flashbang."

Before the monsters could fire, they were interrupted by Mark's magic and he rushed toward them faster than ever.

'fush.'

When the sound of the sword being unsheathed was heard, silver trails created by the swing of his sword could be seen, mowing down the various monsters in a matter of seconds without problems.

'Hmmm, I still have to get used to it.'

Having not yet had a chance to experience the effects of having leveled up, he still felt strange with his new strength, but he was sure if he kept fighting he would get used to it quickly.

"Let's keep it up." -Mark said to Zoe, who was looking oddly at where the monsters were, wondering if she was actually needed for support.

The remaining monsters were no big deal with his current strength, he could kill them all in one go and occasionally let Zoe kill some of them. The only ones worth fighting were the minotaurs but even they were not a big problem.

'GROOOA!'

Seeing a minotaur charge him, Mark infused the aura into the muscles of his hand and when the monster was about to stab him, he clenched his hand around the horn, and even though he was pushed back for a while, he managed to stop the minotaur's charge.

The minotaur tried to break free from Mark's grasp, but it was useless, and what awaited it was a blade driven into its head that killed it.

'GROOOA!'

'GROOOA!'

"Electric javelin."

Two other minotaurs tried to hit him from behind, but having already spotted them with 'monster detection,' he cast a simple magic, without even looking at them, that pierced both of them together.

'GROOOA!'

It wasn't over yet, because three more minotaurs began to approach having heard all the commotion, but Mark ignored them and turned to Zoe.

"Now it's your turn, and try to be ingenious."

Nodding to Mark, Zoe brought her concentration toward the monsters and pointed her spear at them.

"Earth wall, Earth spikes."

An earth wall formed under the minotaurs, lifting them, which then disappeared, causing the monsters to fall toward the sharpened stone spikes, turning them into monster skewers.

"That's great, but couldn't you have directly created the spikes so that the monsters would run into them during their charge?"

"I wanted to be sure, with the minotaur's reflexes, I thought it would be able to react quickly and thus not only would I be wasting magic unnecessarily, but the minotaurs would be coming dangerously close toward me."

"Good reasoning, if you keep improving the use of your magic, your possibilities will be endless." -Said Mark pleased by how well she adapted.

"What are we going to do once we get to the 18th floor?"

After several hours of exploration, they reached the 17th floor and were now walking inside Goliath's room, but having been killed by Mark, there was no problem crossing it.

"First we'll find a place to stay, and then, since I've gotten an idea of how and what magics you use, we'll concentrate on fighting against a person."

"...Against you?" -She asked hesitantly.

"Yes." -Mark said nonchalantly.

Zoe had a strange feeling that the next training session would not be very pleasant.