Reincarnated in the game world ~ A gamer's beginning to [Dungeon job hunting recommendation]

"It's time to settle all things for once huh. Let me take this burden off you."

"Trying to be Mr. Cool?! But smartass, I am coming along with you."

"This one has been revived! And you're not going anywhere without this venerable!!"

<Best of the Best, the Great Star> appeared excessively excited, as if adrenaline literally was pumping through their veins, as they made a charge toward the base of Class-45. 

After receiving Karua's report that their base had barely any defence force, we set our target on them.

It was a huge opportunity, after all. And I was no saint to refuse what was presented to us on silver platter.

"Fufufu, behold for I am the first spear of our squad!"

"Dream on, you're not me!"

"Aren't you underestimating this venerable too much!?"

The three broke into a rapid dash as we captured our target in sight. For them, it was their comeback chance, to make themselves the star of the match. 

Good luck! I mentally cheered on them. Well, they better make a haste, 'cause if we overtake them, they might not even have leftover to themselves.

"Nooo!! Defend, defend! The enemy is upon us! Defend the base at any cost!"

"Grrrrrr!!"

"Aaargh!! Hurry up, leader, before we lose everything!"

The stay-home, or stay-base?, members of Class-45 showed a desperate look of struggle as they led a defensive battle against our charge. Considering they'd managed to sustain themselves so far in our first block, one that was said to be most competitive among all, it was given they would want to keep going still. 

However, their reaction was the epitome of carrying anxiety in their sleeves, and in their current state, the defense force, composed of 9 members, were barely a hurdle to Jilong and his team. In bare moments, Jilong and team brought them down. 

But man, I gotta say, the quartet were really capable fellas if they seriously put their heart in... but a pity their goofiness in normal times override all their pros.

"We will pin down the guardian monsters. Your enthusiasm is good, but we don't have time for the world in our hands. Make haste before they return—«Lightning Burst»!!"

"Roger. «Full Throttle Drive»! «<Raging Spear War Dance>!"

"Here I come, slicing everyone! «Gigantic Shuriken Art»!"

"Then I shall take birdie down. —«Shogun's Burst»!"

"Hn, «Delta Stream»!"

"Don't worry about getting hurt, I have it all covered! «Protection Barrier»! «High Heal»!"

*Crash!*

Seeing as the <Best of the Best, the Great Star> were occupied with Class-45's members, we took it in our hands to settle out guardian monsters. But they were mere counterparts of regular monsters, something you could obtain from «Silver Chest», unlike Class-58 who at least had deployed a boss monster, so they were instantly decimated under our assault. 

We were done in no time, but it seems <Best of the Best, the Great Star> were still dealing with members so we finally took the matter in our hands as well. We're in a race against time after all.

"Good, now target the base everyone! Just attack at your own pace, we only need to quickly delete its HP! —«Brave Slash»!!"

"I concur. —«Triple Shot»! «Flash Point»!"

"Hn, no holding back? —«Sixty-Four Force»!"

Immediately, mine, Ester and Karua's attack slammed against the base's wall, jolting it and chipping away its HP at gradual rate.

"N-Not ouuur chanceeeeee!! —«Icicle Javelin»!"

"We were, we were just that close to taking them down! I will not fall here after coming so far!! «Spinning Axe»!"

"We got it, alright. Let me first bolster your defense—«Multi-Barrier»!"

"Ah, it seems the enemy has caught up-desu. Rika, Misato, let's stop them! —«Dark Art»!"

"You're not getting in the way of Zephyr! «Parallel Slash»! «Swallow-Flip»!"

"Aaarrghh!"

We had just begun when the defense members of Class-45 tried to rush in our direction, their faces twisted in a frantic hurriedness. But the tag-team of Misato, Pamela and Rika easily warded off their attacks, even opening the gap to launch a counterattack. 

In the meanwhile, we continued our assault on the base and before long, its HP plummeted to zero.

"N-Noo wayyy! How could it beeee!?"

"Why when we're so close tooo——!"

The Class-45 members watched dumbfoundedly as their base fell down, an incredulous expression twisting their beginning to the end as the magic circle deported them out. 

In the end, Jilong and team couldn't clear out the force of Class-45 in time, so we took the matter in our hand. It would've been a futile effort if we couldn't make it out before their army comes back. It was totally circumstantial. 

Anyway—we got the whooping 400 points on our scorecard!!

A wave of excitement coursed through my body. Hmm, what about the ashen faces of Jilong and his team from losing the chance? No, no. We need to focus on the present you see!

After our movement at Class-45, we next turned to Class-116. Karua had already investigated the route, so it didn't look before we broke through their defense. 

At arrival, we only saw two members on the base. They had a blank expression on their face as they faced us. It was more of an in-daze blank expression, like, our assault was completely unexpected, than of a vigilante one. 

They were wide open, taking no defensive stance. I was surprised at the lack of any resistance compared to Class-45.

We were honestly a bit taken back by their reaction. While we were contemplating should we deliver a quick judgement to them or not, the usual 'I can't read the vibe' <Best of the Best, the Great Star> charged at the base.

"Fufufu, you're so wide opeeen!"

"Behold our unstoppable combination!"

"We will definitely grab this base in our contribution! Now fall back, open the path for this Venerable!!"

"Eeeek! Y-Yes, please come in!"n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

A strange scene follows. Much to our surprise, the two people raised the white flag of surrender instead, and beckoned to come inside like this was actually our base. 

Huh, no wait. This was a supposedly highly competitive match, wasn't iiiit??

"Fufufu, your arm may be puny, but your wit is admirable."

"Uh-huh, did my muscles scare you? If so, I get it."

"Ah, finally sensible lads who fear our presence."

Regardless, <Best of the Best, the Great Star> didn't even take note of it. In fact, they took their surrender in stride, as if that was a due respect they deserve, and launched their attack on the unguarded base. We, the «Eden» members, were too bewildered to take any action.

"Hmm, someone is coming."

Karua's voice echoed, guiding our focus toward the group of people coming from the mountain range direction. 

Since Class-45 was long deported, it must be the troop of Class-99 and Class-116. But, they were slow. Like, turtle slow. I concluded they wouldn't arrive in time. 

"I guess, it wouldn't hurt to take some preventing act—"

"Ah."

I mean, it wouldn’t hurt to be prepared just in case, right? But before I could voice out my command, Karua's exclamation interrupted me. 

Apparently, they really couldn’t make it in time before being deported away. 

Class-1 earned another round of 300 points. With that, we had the top two classes of our first block decided.

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The match came to an end.

Immediately, the venue erupted with a huge roar of cheer and excitement. Caught in the excessive heat of the moment, some had even fainted. The teachers' squad ran around tirelessly to keep the order in control.

Ordinarily, the matches within «Capture the Base» format often doesn't end till the whole duration was used upm but the match was concluded in, like, 42 minutes top since it started. Such a swift result wasn't expected by anyone. 

A lot happened, Plus, while the arena was crawling with formidable classes, aside from 1st ranker Class-1 that no one was surprised at, Class-99, a mid-ranking class, actually emerged as an unexpected dark horse to hit the 2nd rank.

The messages and words of the excited audience momentarily spread out, remarking  'the first-year's «Inter-Class Battle» in an absolute blockbuster.' The words of the mouth prompted even the major companies and VIPs to attend the matches from here onward; a situation that would have only been present during the finale.

But for the day, the only news worth was Class-1 and Class-99 had advanced for the semi-final.

—————Scoreboard————— 

Remaining Time - 3 hours 17 minutes and 21 seconds. 

«Class 1-1» «Members Left: 26» «Point: 2303» 

«Class 1-99» «Members Left: 25» «Point: 12» 

«Class1-116» «Members Left: —» «Point: 0» 

«Class 1-45» «Members Left: —» «Point: 0» 

«Class 1-15» «Members Left: —» «Point: 0» 

«Class 1-58» «Members Left: —» «Point: 0» 

«Class 1-24» «Members Left: —» «Point: 0» 

«Class 1-2» «Members Left: —» «Point: 0»