The Villainous Me Turned the Losers into Blackened Bosses-Chapter 108 - Novice Town

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Stepping out of the dungeon, the group was greeted by the scorching summer heat. The ground shimmered with heatwaves, distorting the air.

The Adventurer’s Guild in Novice Town was packed with people. The line to get inside stretched for over a kilometer. Despite the oppressive heat, the enthusiasm of the crowd remained undiminished.

The guild building itself looked like it had seen better days. The doorframe was worn, and the main hall bore the marks of countless drinking sessions—fresh imprints of table legs stood out against the older, scuffed floor.

However…

The adventurers inside were clearly rookies.

Many wore brand-new adventurer outfits, some decked out in flashy but impractical gear, and a few even showed up in school uniforms.

Their weapons ranged from freshly purchased beginner silver swords to household frying pans—an eclectic mix that clashed with the old, seasoned atmosphere of the guild.

The noise inside reflected the inexperience of the crowd:

“What’s going on? This question isn’t C?”

“The dungeon boss only appears every ten floors!”

“Huh? If you don’t take the loot from the dungeon, it disappears next time? That’s so unfair!”

“No kidding! You want to leave it for the next group to loot?”

“What’s the dungeon with the most floors right now? Who even knows that?”

“Yeah, I’m just here for fun. I’m not gonna reach the deepest dungeon anyway.”

“The Hall of Death. Answer C. You’re welcome.”

Will couldn’t stand it anymore. As he passed by two particularly clueless adventurers, he gave them the answer.

“Oh, the next question is probably about floor count. It’s 150 floors.”

“Th-thanks?”

Will had initially thought that his team, made up of a student-teacher combo, would be the least experienced group here.

Clearly, that wasn’t the case!

The town was overflowing with all sorts of people forming new adventurer teams, many of whom looked more like tourists. Compared to them, Will’s group was by far the most normal and serious.

The sheer number of people in the small town reminded Will of viral tourist spots from his previous life.

It was hard to believe that just a year ago, this town had been a forgotten, desolate border village.

Even though the influx of people was a good thing, the town was struggling to handle the sudden surge in traffic.

Fortunately, not far from the town, new land was being cleared to build a commercial district specifically for adventurers.

The reason for all this…

Was the appearance of the “Green Wild Maze” dungeon just two kilometers outside Novice Town a year ago. While researchers had written papers on it, no one could definitively explain why dungeons appeared.

Within a month of its discovery, the Adventurer’s Guild headquarters declared the Green Wild Maze a mandatory “trial dungeon” for new adventurer teams. Any newly formed team had to clear the first ten floors of this dungeon to be officially recognized.

This decision turned Novice Town into the guild’s designated “beginner village.”

And as everyone knows, beginner villages are always the most crowded places.

For the town, it was like striking gold overnight.

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“It’s so crowded… so hot… I can’t take it anymore… We’ve been waiting outside for so long, and there’s still…”

Among the group, Leah was the one struggling the most with the heat and the crowd.

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She tugged at her robe, trying to get some air in the stifling atmosphere.

“Leah-sensei, you can take off your hat. It’ll help you cool down.”

“This hat is a symbol of pride as a witch… Fine, I’ll take it off. Much better.”

Without her magic hat, Leah seemed noticeably shorter. But with her full head and twin-tails now visible, she looked even cuter.

“Young Master… it does seem a bit rough here.”

Eir! The goddess of heat resistance!

She had seen worse.

Though the heat was oppressive, the crowd suffocating, and the oxygen scarce, she remained completely unaffected.

“Eir, don’t you need to stick out your tongue to cool down?”

“Huh? Why would I? It’s not that bad. Though… I used to stick my tongue out sometimes in saunas.”

“Wolves really are part of the canine family. It’s all the same.”

“What?! Wolves are canines… Does that mean I’ve been the Young Master’s… dog this whole time?!”

While Leah struggled and Eir remained unfazed, Will turned his attention to Treya, concerned.

“Treya, how are you holding up?”

Treya carried herself with none of the airs of royalty. Before they set out, she had told Will not to treat her like a princess. Until she proved herself, it was best to keep her identity hidden.

Will knew she was incredibly resilient.

But her light armor was still heavier and thicker than what the others wore.

“I’m fine.”

Though sweat trickled down her face and disappeared into the crevice of her chest, she remained composed.

Looking down, Will noticed her stockings… one side was soaked, the other damp, with the wetness slowly spreading.

Hot!

No, wait—This isn’t good!

She was sweating too much. Her condition might be worse than Leah’s.

“Uh… in that case…”

Will hesitated.

His hand gripped the card in his pocket tightly.

Carver had given him a green card—literally a green card, embossed with the Hysterm family crest and issued by the Adventurer’s Guild.

According to Carver, if Will wanted, he could skip the trial entirely and form his adventurer team on the spot.

All he had to do was show the card to the staff, and he’d be escorted straight into an air-conditioned office to handle the paperwork.

But…

Will didn’t want to do that.

Normally, he was all about convenience, leveraging every connection and resource to its fullest.

In this case, skipping the dungeon trial and heading straight to the office would’ve been the easiest, most comfortable option.

But!

This was about pride.

Because!

In the original story, the cowardly, useless, weak, and idiotic Will Hysterm…

Even he didn’t use the green card!

Back then, he relied on his own abilities—and a team of half-baked misfits—to scrape through the beginner village trial and form his adventurer team through sheer effort.

So how could this Will, who had painstakingly trained his teammates, honed his skills, and studied diligently, lose to the original?

Will felt a strange sense of competitiveness.

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“Young Master… they’re not doing well!”

“Mom, it’s been so long since I’ve seen you. How are you?”

“I… I can hold on…”

In the original story, the adventurer team formation scene only described Will’s decision. Since the original Eir hadn’t received special training, it stood to reason that…

Could the others have actually suffered heatstroke?!

To be fair, Will had already seen several people in line faint from the heat and get carried away.

As someone who often slacked off and didn’t wear heavy gear, Will had it much easier than his fully-equipped teammates, who had just come out of a dungeon.

If the original Will Hysterm had let his teammates suffer heatstroke for the sake of his pride… that would’ve been downright inhumane.

Will’s mindset was completely different.

He couldn’t bear to see these three “losers” suffer or struggle. Not even a little.

He had worked so hard to nurture them! It would all go to waste!

Was pride more important than their well-being? Absolutely not!

Taking a deep breath, as if steeling himself, Will pulled the green card from his pocket.

“Excuse me, staff? I have something to show you~”