Splitting

"What was that sound?" Zyn asked, hearing Lilly in pain. "That kinda sounded like-" He got interrupted by Kore, who tried to speak as quietly as possible while being loud enough to not sound suspicious. "I'm sure it was some of the weird stuff on Leo's bed." It matched with the direction of the sound, so it sounded quite plausible to Zyn but not to Leo. "That stuff is not stuff and it's not weird!" Leo spoke quite loudly. "Also it doesn't sound like that!"

When another sound was about to appear from Kore's bed, he decided to change the topic to the one his friends actually came for.

" You said you wanted to go to the dungeon?" Kore was getting ready to head out. "Let's get forward in this ranking!"

"Now you speak my language!" Zyn said, who turned out to be quite dense as everything he was proud of was his look. "Let's go!"

Leo, of course, wasn't like Zyn and had a brain like a gold fish. Still, Maybe just because of that, he kept quiet. Maybe he also just couldn't handle the sudden change in what they were talking about. Anyway, it was sure that Leo knew that Kore tried to distract them from the sound they heard before. It wasn't important right now if he chose to keep quiet or didn't. Kore was just thankful for it.

When the three of them went out, Kore made sure to leave his key, in the room, in the open before Leo would lock it from the outside. The reason why he did it is pretty easy to understand, as he wanted Lilly to leave before he came back from the dungeon. If that wasn't possible due to her hangover, he might need to think of something else and maybe explain to his friends that Lilly is some kind of childhood friend or something like that. Even though the age difference would prove quite a hurdle to explain, he was sure he could do it somehow. After all, Kore never really explained to them what his family was like. It could be possible that he is some kind of noble and his family has connections with that stupid king. He didn't want to lie to his friends, but it would be even harder for him to explain the system or his original element. That's why he would choose lying over explaining in this case. Of course, it was possible he might not even need to, but it's better to be safe than sorry.

When going to the dungeon, the three of them had a nice chat. At least, that was if you counted Leo, who mostly kept quiet and was lost in his thoughts. Sometimes Kore and Zyn even spoke to Leo directly, and he didn't realize it was like if his body was on autopilot and his mind was in another world. He walked next to the other two and stopped when they stopped. He changed his speed depending on their speed, but when they spoke to him, he didn't even realise. It certainly was weird, but maybe it's just something people learn to do when they often craft stuff.

Anyway, when arriving at the dungeon, they had to wear watches once again, and they soon noticed that when putting it on, the number of kills changed from zero to one. After Kore saw that, he actually thought that maybe due to the elements in this world, the technology might actually be ahead of his world. Of course, Kore didn't know everything about his old world, but he still thought that in some ways, this world may be ahead. It didn't have cars or anything like that, but in other ways it was still ahead due to its magic. Perhaps if he tried to introduce his world's technology into this world, there would be some kind of breakthrough that would allow things that were not possible in his world. Maybe other planets could easily be made livable as well. Maybe people will find life on other planets. There were possibilities which Kore couldn't even begin to imagine. But there were still problems, like him not knowing much about how to create stuff like electricity, but the most important thing was that he was just a student right now. A student who might become stronger with every fight, but is still a student. That's why it would be something to do in the future.

When going in the dungeon, the three of them arrived in what looked like the same cave as before. The walls and the ceiling looked the same, but this time they were in one big room, with two ways for them to go. Either to the right or the left.

"Hey!" Zyn said out loud. "How about we split up?"

"Huh? Are you stupid?" Leo answered in his battle maniac mode. "You've seen it before. Kore's element needs some time to work. What if he encounters more beasts than one?" Leo let out the part of the gates to hell on purpose as he didn't want to think about it and Kore would have probably explained it himself if he wanted to let them know.

"Then how about you tag along with Kore and I go the other way?" Zyn asked, actually thinking he was fine on his own. "Or I can go with Kore if you want to."

"Do you really think your stupid face won't get scratched if you're alone in the dungeon?"Leo spoke, insulting the person whose pride comes from his face, Zyn. "I think we should go all three together." Leo was quite reasonable as it was the safest for them to go together. They wouldn't die anyway as the academy would send someone to their location, but nobody would like to get injured and maybe be bedridden depending on how good the nurse at this academy is.

"No!" Kore interrupted the two as he felt like the kid nobody wanted to take care of. "I can go alone. I want to go alone. " Kore had a bit of confidence in his healing ability as he just had to let a corpse reincarnate. The problem was that, thanks to Lilly, he realized that, at the very least, people he reincarnates will regain their memories. The system also said that she had to either serve him or become his enemy. Meaning, if he reincarnates a monster, it will most likely become his enemy when he lets it reincarnate. They also gain some sort of power due to getting reincarnated by him, but for this case, Kore had a solution. The academy often uses different dungeons, as they appear and disappear at random. It's just that the dungeon gets opened for the students when the academy opens for them.

Anyway, when Kore let the frog reincarnate, it said it would reincarnate in two months. For humans, it is nine months. Then another six years for the person to remember would be over a year for the monster. In over a year, the dungeon they were in right now would naturally close and disappear into thin air. That way he wouldn't have to face his strengthened enemies and still get healed while conquering the dungeon.

Leo sighed as he thought it over. The confident way that Kore said it was proved to him, he would be fine. Still, he didn't want to take care of Kore if he suddenly had to stay in bed for a month or something like that. But that's when Zyn came up with a solution.

"Then take this, Kore." Zyn said as he gave him a little mirror with Zyn and Leo on it. "If this mirror breaks, we will instantly get transported to your location."

"Thank you" Kore responded while putting it away in a bag.

With that, Leo and Zyn went to the left and Kore to the right, all alone. They split up.