"No need. There are no monsters other than Orcs on this island." Hearing their words, Takeru directly shook his head.
"Eh, then why did you bring us here?" Hearing Takeru's words, Yusuke was stunned.
"Because there are no extra people watching here. Well then, let's head back to the starting point to level up." Looking at the curious group, Takeru stopped keeping them in suspense.
"Eh, heading back to the starting point means..."
Boom...
Before Yusuke could finish his question, a violent tremor shook the island.
"What's wrong?" Sensing the tremor, everyone showed worried expressions.
"It's just tremors from the volcano. Alright, we're leaving." Looking at them, Takeru said calmly, then directly used Teleportation Magic to envelop everyone, and in an instant, they vanished from the spot.
Although Takeru hadn't known the location of Cortonel initially and couldn't teleport there, once he had been there, he could memorize it and quickly travel there.
As for other times, although he could teleport, it was generally limited to locations he had explored. In other words, the range covered by his Observation Haki or Mana Perception, roughly about fifteen kilometers...
"We're back at the starting point!" Once their consciousness cleared, Yusuke, Kusue, and Yuka looked around dazedly at the familiar yet unfamiliar environment.
As for Mio, she remained calm. For Takeru to accomplish this was far too simple.
"Alright, there's a group of monsters gathered over there. Let's go." Saying this, Takeru used Teleportation Magic again, transporting everyone to a location within the forest.
Watching their surroundings change once more, the three were again in a daze. The nearby goblins were also dazed, looking at Takeru and the others. They quickly reacted, raising their clubs high and swinging them down at Takeru.
"Look out!" At the critical moment, Yusuke reacted swiftly, materializing his kitchen knives and placing himself in front of Kusue.
But before he could act, a stream of water swept through, directly cutting the attacking goblin in two. The scene was somewhat bloody.
The one who attacked with the water stream was naturally Mio. She had simply slightly altered the form of her newly learned Water Strike, changing it into a water blade, which produced the current power.
Only after being splashed with blood did Yusuke react dazedly, staring blankly at the cold expression of Mio. It was difficult to connect the timid, seemingly delicate girl before him with this one.
"Goblin corpses should have some value." Saying this, Takeru collected the corpses.
Seeing the goblin corpse vanish into thin air, the three stared at Takeru in shock.
At this moment, three nearby goblins, noticing their companion's death, roared in anger, brandishing their weapons and charging at Takeru and the others. Takeru casually formed a wind blade and sent it towards them.
Like a gentle breeze passing by, the three goblins also underwent a division of heads. As the three goblins fell, Takeru noticed he had even leveled up twice, directly reaching level three.
Seeing this, Takeru was somewhat surprised, realizing the experience bar for support jobs like Chef was indeed not very high.
Upon leveling up, Takeru also noticed his attributes automatically increased by one or two points, very minimal, and he couldn't even choose where to allocate them. But since it was free, it wasn't bad.
Subsequently, Takeru collected the three goblin corpses he had killed into his item inventory.
"Um, Takeru, that magic you just used..." At this moment, Yusuke Yotsuya swallowed and inquired of Takeru.
"Yes. Is there a problem?" Hearing his words, Takeru looked at him calmly.
"Did you participate in trials like this before? Or are you actually a mage in real life?" Looking at Takeru's nonchalant expression, Yusuke took a deep breath and inquired.
"This is my first time participating in such a trial." Hearing his words, Takeru said calmly.
Upon hearing this, Yusuke was again dumbfounded. Not just him, Kusue and Yuka also stared blankly at Takeru. Since Takeru was participating for the first time, only one possibility remained: Takeru originally possessed such abilities and was actually a mage in real life.
They had thought Takeru and the others were newcomers, but it turned out they were the true veterans. Moreover, being such veterans, they were far too easygoing and low-key.
"More monsters are coming. Weren't you all here to level up?" Looking at the still-dazed three, Takeru reminded them calmly.
"I'll take that goblin!" Hearing Takeru's words, Yusuke finally noticed. Soon, a goblin spotted them and was angrily charging in their direction.
Besides the goblin, there were also two white kobolds on the other side. Seeing Takeru and the others, they acted as if they had seen their family's murderer, howling and charging over.
Seeing the pincer attack, Kusue and Yuka were startled, instinctively moving closer to Takeru.
"Mio, those two kobolds are yours. Yusuke, the goblin is yours." Noticing the situation, Takeru calmly looked at Mio and Yusuke.
"Okay!" The two quickly nodded and charged towards their respective opponents.
Although kobolds seemed significantly stronger than goblins, and there were two of them, for Mio, they were still far too weak.
"Shadow Strike Magic!" With a simple concentration, Mio directly used a shadow magic spell, piercing straight through a kobold. With immense pain, the kobold fell to the ground, becoming experience points for Mio.
Compared to Mio's instant kill, Yusuke didn't have it as easy. Although the goblin's threat level was only E, and the kobold's threat level was D, the strength gap between Yusuke and Mio was also like heaven and earth.
So while Mio was instantly killing kobolds, Yusuke was locked in a struggle with his goblin. After finally kicking the goblin twice, he took his kitchen knife and slashed it across the goblin's neck.
"Shlick!" Accompanied by the sound of a sharp blade cutting flesh, blood spurted from the goblin's neck. After a painful struggle, the goblin completely fell.
"Haah, haah," Looking at the fallen goblin, Yusuke panted heavily. Although his efficiency was far inferior to Mio's, compared to the others, it was undoubtedly very good.
"Good work." After lightly praising Yusuke, Takeru turned to look at Yuka and Kusue.
"Well? Didn't you say you came here to level up? What use is it to be so afraid when you see monsters?" Looking at the two, Takeru did not soften his tone because they were girls.
Although they might die, they could resurrect. At most, they would endure some pain.
Most importantly, this was not their first time entering this world. With such behavior, even if others were capable, they couldn't help them.
"I'm... sorry." Sensing Takeru's severity, the two lowered their heads.
"Alright, continue forward. Start with actual combat. If you can't kill a healthy goblin, start with injured ones." Looking at the two, Takeru stated directly.
Since they chose to follow him, Takeru was prepared to help them improve somewhat, like he had done in the Grimgal World.
Subsequently, Takeru led the group further towards the next goblin gathering point.
Seeing three goblins, he had Yusuke deal with one, then directly injured a leg of the other two and used barriers to separately enclose Kusue and Yuka each with one goblin.
Looking at the special barriers surrounding them and the fierce-faced goblin before her, although Yuka was terrified, she gritted her teeth and faced it.
As for Kusue, seeing the goblin with reduced mobility, she raised her sword and charged at it. Timing the moment the goblin attacked, she quickly dodged.
The goblin wanted to press its advantage, but hindered by its injured leg, it could barely move. This allowed Kusue to seize the opportunity, slashing directly at its arm, leaving a not-insignificant wound.
Feeling the pain, the goblin grew angrier, limping towards Kusue, raising its club to swing at her again.
Facing its sluggish movements, the prepared Kusue dodged again and took the opportunity to slash at its abdomen, carving another wound...
In the ensuing battle, the goblin met its end at Kusue's hit-and-run tactics. After it was over, Kusue knelt on the ground, gasping heavily.
Although she had controlled the initiative throughout the fight, her intense vigilance left her feeling exhausted now that she relaxed. Seeing this, Takeru shook his head, 'Her foundation was truly too poor.'