Miel was in teacher mode.

"Slimes are one of the easiest monsters for a beginner ranged Adventurer to start on." She motioned at the screen on the table. "Spells always work on them, even though most melee weapons aren't a great option. But since they only have elemental attacks, someone with the correct elemental affinity can effectively cheese the fight, since you'll be immune to that element."

"We don't get an elemental affinity until Tier One though." Ether looked at her mother. "And elemental immunity isn't until one of the higher Tiers."

"There are some elements that have an immunity to another element, so you could pick up an immunity at ten." Trent cut in. "She's right, Miel, you're jumping way far ahead."

"Sorry." The older woman frowned. "It's been a while since I taught anyone this young." She looked at her CB. "From what I've seen, the best strategy is going to be to rely on Atlas and Aelin to take them down at range with elemental attacks."

"Both of us on one?" Aelin's brown eyes bulged as she looked over her shoulder at us. "But last time we each went after our own."

"Yes, and Fray's class tried to do the same thing, and students died because the teachers couldn't watch everyone." Trent grumbled as he shifted in his seat. "Your main goal is going to be the bosses since the floor monsters are going to be pointless for you to fight."

"You mean we just have to fight the bosses?" Justia's eyes filled with hope.

"The other classes are on the second and third floors, and we don't need you bothering them." Miel looked over at Trent before turning back to us. "Or teaching them your bad habits."

"But!" The older woman clapped her hands. "I've already seen you fight slimes, and you're right, you won't have a problem with them, so onto the Dispatcher's Dungeon." She changed the screen to show three bosses.

"We're doing the boss on the fourth floor?" I pointed at the third one. "I thought we weren't doing that one until we were level five."

"You can only compete in the Adventurer's Games with gear that you've looted from the Dungeon. Skills are given a little more wiggle room since those are harder to come by." She smirked. "There's nothing in the rules that says you can't use gear you bought to help you farm."

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"Gear is a crutch." Trent muttered loud enough for us to hear.

"Technique isn't everything, and these kids are already starting out better than most of their peers." Miel smiled, letting her sharp teeth show. "No reason that they shouldn't lean into it. Especially since they won't be competing this year."

"They'll still be competing." My father leaned back in his chair and rubbed his temples. "But their ranking won't be counted, so I still expect them to be able to perform exceptionally."

That was the first time I'd heard that. "Wait, I thought because of Rix—"

"The schedule was already made, and Mavery didn't want to have to explain why I was giving all the other teams byes." He let out a sigh as he closed his eyes. "It's just one other thing that slipped through the cracks while I was out."

"Sorry." I had a feeling he was holding back from complaining about some of the other calls I'd made.

"It's fine, just a lot of things to do." The white-haired man waved his hand. "Keep going."

"As I was saying..." Miel motioned at the table with her hand. "You should always go after gear drops when you can. You won't be able to use the level five gear that drops from the floor four boss, but it'll be a good challenge to go after something higher level than yourself."

I nodded, trying not to dwell on the past too much. Trent had made it, and now we would face whatever came for us next. Ether squeezed my hand, and I squeezed it back as she leaned her head on my right shoulder. The simple reassurance helped a lot.

"You've been on the first floor and seen that boss." Miel continued. But we'll still need to go over it because, from what I understand, you didn't fight it and most of your team didn't participate?"

"Sipher killed it." I nodded, looking over at Justia.

The green woman closed her eyes. Being kidnapped had weighed heavily on her. To make things worse, it had been her great uncle who had commissioned the job.

"Are you okay?" I leaned forward, reaching over the table with my left hand, since Ether was latched onto my right.

"I'm okay." Justia smiled, but there was no emotion in it. "Miel will be with us, so there's nothing to worry about."

I wondered how Gesai, Oz, and Ren were faring. They were the others who had been taken with us, but they were on the other RV. I'd have to talk with them once we got to Justia's parents' place.

"Don't worry, there's not a Bandit alive that's a Tier below me. Nothing's going to happen to any of you while I'm here." Miel folded her arms. "Now if you're done, I'd like to continue my lesson."

Justia and the others nodded.

I turned to our temporary teacher. "Sorry. We're listening now."

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