A blue afterimage appeared in the eyes of the five people, and system windows appeared simultaneously. It was an alarm that popped up for everyone.

“An amethyst golem…?”

The shape, formed like a dark large stone mass, was similar to other stone golems, but it was 5M tall and had purple jewels intricately embedded here and there.

“Adrian!”

I immediately called for him.

Adrian, also sensing the situation, quickly activated his skill.

Adrian’s skill not only froze the amethyst golem to prevent it from moving, but also froze the black rock wall that was hiding it like camouflage.

I immediately fired my gun at the amethyst golem’s head.

If it had been another golem, it would have shattered along with the ice.

“Why is this…?”

Teacher Gina, standing behind me, muttered in bewilderment.

The golem was unscathed even after being hit by my magic bullet. It took no damage at all.

Yeah, I thought the boss monster would be a bit trickier than the regular mobs.

But I didn’t expect it to take no damage at all even from an A-rank skill attack.

I fired three more magic bullets afterwards, but not even a tiny scratch appeared on the amethyst golem’s head.

The creature, seemingly annoyed by my tickling, immediately swung its thick arm horizontally.

“Everyone, get down!”

[SYSTEM: ‘Amethyst Golem (D)’ activates Active Skill] [‘Heavy Arm Swing (D)’ is executed. Swings arm made of rock.]

Teacher Gina dodged the attack by falling flat on the ground, and I too slid across the stone floor. Fortunately, unlike the passageway, the floor here was smoothly cut.

After elegantly sliding across the ground with my hands bracing against the floor, I immediately fired another magic bullet, but it still had no effect.

‘Not just the head, but other parts are ineffective too. Does this mean there’s a separate part where damage can be dealt?’

The amethyst golem, seemingly fixated on me, moved its heavy feet towards me with thunderous steps.

“Glasses!”

At that moment, Victor rushed out and slid between the golem’s legs.

He slid easily because the area around the golem was all ice frozen by Adrian. Probably to divert the golem’s attention from me.

While Victor drew the amethyst golem’s attention, Adrian once again froze the golem to the wall.

The one fortunate thing is that the amethyst golem is struggling due to Adrian’s ice. Even though it’s a boss, it’s still D-rank.

Kieeeek—!

The amethyst golem, with its limbs frozen to the wall, roared and barely managed to detach one arm from the wall.

Then it immediately swung its stone fist towards Teacher Gina, but faster than that, an ice wall rose like an iceberg in front of the teacher.

Clang!

The hard stone fist couldn’t break the ice.

Adrian glanced at the amethyst golem with a cold face, then froze it again from head to toe, fixing it to the wall like a specimen.

As the golem writhed inside the ice, the cave rumbled as if an earthquake had struck, spewing stone dust.

At this rate, the cave might really collapse. The D-rank boss isn’t the problem, but being buried alive if the cave collapses is an urgent issue.

I spoke hurriedly.

“Shooting the head is useless. It doesn’t take any damage at all. That means there must be another distinct weak point. It probably has a critical weak point somewhere, even if attacking other parts doesn’t deal damage.”

I recited the basic information about boss monsters that I had read over and over before. Benjamin nodded in agreement with my words.

“Miss Juno, if I tell you the weak point, can you shoot it immediately?”

“Of course.”

At my answer, Benjamin’s green eyes glowed with a yellow light like a bird of prey.

Soon, a blue status window appeared in front of him.

[Active Skill: (A) activated.] [During activation, identify the enemy’s weak point. Can be used only once during battle.]

Benjamin, an A-rank supporter, has two usable active skills.

‘Power Increase (A)’ and ‘Eagle Eye (A)’.

While Victor, Adrian, and I each only had one active skill, looking at Benjamin, we could see that someday we too would unlock other skills.

Benjamin’s eyes, having activated the skill, thoroughly scanned the amethyst golem.

While the amethyst golem was shuddering in the ice wall, Benjamin called us three over and said.

“The boss monster’s weak point is the large amethyst in that heart area. To be precise, there’s a core directly connected to mana hidden under that jewel. If you remove the amethyst and then destroy that part, you can take down the golem.”

Victor stepped forward.

“I’ll approach and remove it. After all, even if I get hit by that rock lump, it won’t even tickle.”

“Then I’ll shoot that core.”

I said.

Benjamin looked at me and Victor, then finally turned his gaze to Adrian.

“Then melt the ice along with the signal. You can now freely melt ice as well as freeze it after training, right Adrian?”

“Of course.”

“Let’s start with the support skill on, just in case.”

Benjamin’s support skill, which had disappeared outside the cave, flew back to us. Attack power, defense, eyesight greatly increased, and our bodies felt lighter.

Looking back, the amethyst golem was still roaring and twisting its body inside the ice wall.

Due to the stone mass’s struggle, about 1/3 of Adrian’s ice had already broken.

“Be careful, Juno.”

Before we returned to our positions, Adrian lightly placed his hand on my shoulder and then removed it as he spoke. I nodded and headed towards the passage we had come through.

Benjamin, who was standing with Teacher Gina in the corner of the cave, watched the situation for a moment, then gave a hand signal to Adrian.

Adrian nodded and slowly deactivated his skill.

The ice wall firmly surrounding the amethyst golem gradually melted away.

As the ice melted slowly from the head down until only half remained, Victor, who had activated his skill, rushed in.

He climbed on the bumpy ice and clung to the amethyst golem.

And he succeeded in removing the large amethyst the size of a fist.

“Got it, Glasses!”

Victor, having succeeded in the operation, threw himself away to avoid the golem’s attack. A dark red core was briefly visible where the jewel had been removed.

Kiaaaak—!

The golem, robbed of its jewel, thrashed about even more violently. As its upper body was free due to the melted ice, the golem swung its arms in a final frenzy.

“Juno!”

I, who had been waiting with my gun loaded, widened my eyes.

Just as I was about to activate my concentration skill to hit the core, a rock thrown by the amethyst golem came flying at me.

“Ugh!”

To the left, the screams of Benjamin and Teacher Gina pierced my ears.

I rolled on the ground again. However, unlike before, I couldn’t slide gracefully and instead tumbled on the bare ground. My forehead stung, possibly grazed by the rock.

By now, all the ice surrounding the amethyst golem had melted. The golem, still seemingly fixated on me, approached in my direction.

However, the golem, which had been stomping towards the passage, suddenly stopped in its tracks.

Seeing this, I smirked.

The golem wandered around looking for me.

I approached the front of the golem slowly, muffling my footsteps.

The golem still hadn’t noticed my presence.

Soon, the skill activation status window appeared before me.

[System: Active Skill activated.] [‘Concentration (A)’ is executed. Increase aiming accuracy by concentrating.] [Average aiming accuracy, 99.99%.]

The golem exposed its dark red core, its weak point, while wandering.

I aimed precisely at the golem that had kindly revealed its weak point.

Bang, bang!

Two magic bullets fired hit the golem’s core. The golem, which had been howling like a beast and tormenting us, couldn’t even scream when the bullets pierced its core.

Groooan…

The golem, with its mana core shattered, fell with a low groan.

In the place where the fallen golem had been, our team members appeared. Benjamin and Teacher Gina, with stiff faces, searched somewhere in the air.

“Juno…?”

“Where did she go?”

While the two were wandering, I stepped over the fallen golem and stood up.

“I’m right here.”

And at the perfect timing, my passive skill wore off.

‘The Basics of an Extra (A)’.

60 seconds had passed.

The two were startled by my sudden appearance in the air, while Adrian and Victor either sighed or shook their heads.

“Did you think I’d fall for that twice?”

Especially Victor, who had witnessed me disappearing after rolling alone before, seemed to have expected it.

Fortunately, ‘The Basics of an Extra (A)’ was a skill that counted even me hitting my head on the ground and rolling as a hit, and it proved very useful in this dungeon.

“Juno! I thought you were crushed under the golem! How dare you worry your teacher!”

Among the four people, Teacher Gina was the first to run over and shout. Did I unintentionally scare them?

I got down from the golem’s body holding Adrian’s hand, who had approached by then, and comforted the teacher whose eyes had become teary. Benjamin also looked relieved.

“I’m sorry for worrying you. Let’s get out of here now. The cave seems like it’s about to collapse soon.”

“Let’s do that. Miss Juno, you’re not hurt anywhere, right?”

“No.”

Then I turned around at a low voice that sounded like a sigh.

“Not hurt anywhere, huh.”

Adrian looked at me with an unusually stiff face.

He gently rubbed my forehead with his finger.

“Your forehead is scratched, Juno.”

“Really?”

When I touched the area Adrian had brushed with my finger, it stung a little. There was a bit of blood on my fingertip.

“It’s just a scrape from the stone floor.”

Adrian looked at me with an expression that seemed to have a lot to say. I’m a bit perplexed to see him looking so shocked when he usually smiles brightly in front of me.

But getting out of the cave is the priority. Adrian muttered quietly.

“Right, for now… after we leave the cave, show the wound to Teacher Gina. That would be best.”

“Okay. Thanks for the advice.”

…Did I cause unnecessary worry?

We left the cave passage with Victor in the lead. Adrian followed, standing behind me as if to protect me.

Leaving behind the coldly fallen amethyst golem, we exited the cave.

Then we saw an unfamiliar black gate floating at the entrance of the cave.

It was the exit to leave the dungeon.