"I'm done, I'm done."

I put down the cards in my hand and said.

"Teacher, you're not playing fair, if we have another round, I'll catch up."

Ben furrowed his brow and said. It seemed like he was very dissatisfied with losing to me in the beginning.

Yes, just now me and Ben played a few rounds, and in the beginning I won five times in a row. But then, it seemed like this guy had figured out the rules of 21 points, and suddenly he caught up.

"Fair? Where's fairness when it comes to playing cards, winning is the only way. And hey, there's a saying, 'quit while you're ahead.'"

"Tch, who wants to..."

He was about to challenge someone else, but found that the others had already started playing on their own.

It seemed that Ms. Mary was a very bored person before, and she had taught them all sorts of card games like Landlords and Texas Hold'em. Suddenly, our gathering became like a casino.

Although there are similar card games in this world, they seem to be just recreational activities for mercenaries in taverns, not very popular among the nobles.

It's strange, what do these people usually do? It seems like there are not many art-related activities and card games are not popular. Casinos and such are also scarce, only hearing about some special entertainment venues.

Could they all have gone to those so-called special entertainment venues? Are you guys okay?

But, come to think of it, it doesn't seem right. After all, the people in this world are different from us, it takes them ten times or even dozens of times longer to get stronger. Except for the few acquaintances who accidentally got some cheats, other people should be working really hard.

It seems necessary to improve the entertainment level of this world, apart from the technological side, it feels like it can make a big profit.

But I'm not an expert in this area, I'll ask Lanya another day, I think she would be quite interested.

"Everyone, stop playing, we need to go."

From afar, I could see some green dots getting closer to the foot of the mountain. I thought they were moving quite slowly just now, but we were caught up with after a short rest.

Or did we play for a long time just now? Well, I didn't check the time so I don't know.

"Teacher."

Samehi next to me suddenly said.

"I think we should find a place to shelter from the rain rather than that."

I looked up at the sky, and at some point, the sun had been covered by a large cloud, and not far away, a large dark cloud was rapidly approaching.

"It's just rain..."

"Cough, teacher, you should consider the women."

Princess Annie next to me said.

"Or do you..."

"Do you actually like to see wet young girls? I didn't expect Teacher, your tastes are so unusual, but wearing armor probably won't have that effect, you might be disappointed, Teacher."

"Alyssia, can't you keep your mouth shut? Less talk means others won't take you as a mute."

I smiled wryly.

"So can you tell me where to shelter from the rain... No, I'm just a supervisor, it's up to you what you decide, it's none of my business."

With that, I summoned an ice shield to protect myself.

Ignoring the disdainful gazes from everyone, I didn't care in the slightest. It's not even worth a blink of my eye at this level of ridicule.

But...

Comparatively, I was more concerned about the cloud in the sky directly rushing towards us.

It seemed like the destination of this cloud was right here, is it really just a cloud or something else entirely?

And at that moment, suddenly, there was an explosion on the mountain above us!

In an instant, the magic within our team continuously shimmered, several magic shields directly blocking the mountainside along our path.

However, nothing happened after the explosion, no falling rocks were seen, nor did anything else appear.

"What in the world..."

Princess Cher put away her ice shield and looked at me.

"Teacher, should we go and take a look?"

"It's up to you to decide, I'm only responsible for safety in case of emergencies, you can proceed however you see fit."

"Well then, Fir, what would you do?"

"Of course, I would go in and take a look."

I shrugged.

"Otherwise, we'll just be waiting for rain, right?"

"Ugh, you're so incorrigible."

Princess Cher sighed.

"Hey hey hey, I'm thinking about your safety, trying to reduce the workload for those guarding in the shadows. Show me a little understanding, won't you?"

"Hmph, I didn't ask them to follow along."

Do you think they have a choice? Can they say no?

"But I think we should hurry up to take a look."

Kirelia said.

"I feel like someone is picking up their pace to catch up with us."

I turned around and indeed, just like the start of a race signaled by a gunshot, the scattered green dots that were previously moving in various directions suddenly found their way, converging towards us like ants seeing food.

"Then we should move quickly, or we'll lose our advantage."

Pausing for a moment, I continued.

"Be careful up ahead. It will be troublesome if there's another explosion."

"I think..."

Sally, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.

She stared at the cloud for a while, then looked in the direction of the recent explosion.

"That explosion just now... It didn't seem like a normal one, I think someone used a skill."

"A skill?"

I looked at the smoking area above and asked.

"An earth-shattering one?"

"No, that was... light magic, photon bomb."

Sally whispered, hands in her pockets, slowly walking to my side.

"Maybe this time will be quite exciting. I sensed an angelic presence inside that cloud."

"Angelic..."

Oh my, we were supposed to be dragon hunting, how did an angel come into the picture? Did the angel blast out of that hole?

"Doesn't matter, let's go, check it out first."

I had no choice, it seems these people won't move without an order.