Mei-chan replied while hanging her head down in disappointment, Randou-san was puffing her cheeks, and her blockheadedness went full throttle. This could be quite a blow for them, but at least I managed to force them to retreat for now.

Sa-Safe… Had it not been for this classroom meeting, a greenhorn in romance like me would surely grind to dust in a hell called carnage.

「Well, we’re off topic just now, but let’s continue our self-introduction.」

Well then, the topic had derailed way off the course to the point that everyone had already forgotten about it, but it didn’t really matter since we had just begun the self-introduction. It could take a lot of time, and everyone could be bored if it went on for too long so we had better finish it ASAP.

Next to be introduced, after Randou-san, was Souma harem. Since I had more or less known most of their abilities, their self-introduction served only as a reminder for me.

「Let’s see, my vocation is 『Thief』 but, just to be clear, it’s definitely not that kind of bad thief all right!」

Natsukawa-san started her self-introduction while emphasizing the fact that she wasn’t a bad thief.

Next was Kenzaki Asuna, and lastly Takanashi Kotori.

Just like Class Rep, it seemed their vocations had grown properly. Their magic and martial arts were perfect. An orthodox example of the strongest party.

「Aah, my vocation is 『Swordsman』」

After that, it was the Totempole Trio + Yamada team.

After our separation, they carried out their life of hunting by mimicking me, even defeating the boss all the way to this place. They even managed to make smoked meat by themselves. But the meat was half-roasted, you know? I guess they didn’t have enough smoking equipment.

The biggest downside was the fact that their growth was far behind Souma harem. Each of them could have learnt one or two new skills, but their combat improvements weren’t that dramatic.

「My vocation is 『Healer』」

The one to give such a nonchalant introduction was Himeno Airi.

I already knew her from the information that I got from the late Yamajun.

She might’ve branching ability that came from 『Kin』 instead of a vocation.

Yokomichi had transformed into evil kin who literally ate humans. Not even I wanted to meet that disgusting fella. Kin was a truly dangerous power since there was a high possibility that they might stop being a human and transform into a monster instead.

Regarding Himeno Airi, I also know about the fact that she was the one who sucked out men’s essence like a succubus, but she had been kicked out after Reina’s arrival. Considering that fact, her danger level might be lower than that of Yokomichi but… Just to be safe, I had to keep her under observation to prevent an undesirable situation. Let’s rope in Class Rep and Mei-chan into this.

「Mine is 『Magic Swordsman』」

And the partner of that succubus was none other than Nakajima Haruma. Yamajun had also told me about Nakajima-kun.

According to him, the duo was originally a partner, but then he left the party after the Totempole Trio NTRed Himeno-san. Well, since both of them had left by the time I arrived, I missed the big drama.

Let’s ask the trio about the details of the situation back then later. Nevertheless, seeing that Himeno-san NTRed so easily, I guess Nakajima-kun’s vocation ain’t that strong but…

「Magic Swordsman sounds like the strongest kind of jack of trades master of none’s vocation.」

And according to Nakajima-kun’s himself, its skill composition was the very definition of a jack of trades master of none.

He could use both sword and magic. It was a powerful vocation, but both of his abilities were clearly lacking any finishing move. By now, he should be able to utilize at least one advanced skill in sword and magic and yet, Nakajima-kun had only managed to reach intermediate.

It might be useful to solo various small fries but, its downside would become more imminent as he fought against the boss.

「I’m 『Knight』」

「I’m 『Warrior』」

JuryMary combi whose turn came after Nakajima-kun seemed like a properly growing vanguard.

Even though it was Tendou-kun’s one-man team, they went forward with a positive attitude to fight for him, whether it was against small fries or a strong monster. And that experience was the reason they had survived thus far.

Both seemed to have mastered powerful, advanced-like skills. At least, they’re much better than when they’re scared shi*less when they fought by my side in the underground lake. Let’s congratulate them on becoming stronger.

「Ah, about me.」

And the last one was Tendou-kun. His self-introduction was the one I was most curious about.

「My vocation is 『King』. I can use a huge sword and amazing magic. The strongest opponent I’ve fought so far is the Living Armor boss.」

He confessed his vocation obediently. Was it because Souma-kun revealed his vocation too?

I see, 『King』 eh. I had thought it would be 『Demon King』. I was slightly disappointed, yet relieved at the same time.

But Tendou-kun, the most amazing power of your vocation was in fact the perfect balance of everything pushed to the limit such as a golden magic circle with a function as storage with infinite capacity, or appraisal eyes that could see through my ointment recipe.

If we include his power to synthesize, 『King』 was clearly far more excellent than 『Hero』.

But 『Hero』 had the awakening template…

「Now that everyone has introduced themselves, let’s talk about our current situation.」

Since my group was the last one to arrive, I had no idea why so many people had gathered in this place.

But I could faintly guess the current situation.

Looking at the traces in this plaza, the hero harem and Tendou Yankee team were most likely the first ones to arrive. And then, both members of the team had no grudge toward each other, not to mention that Souma-kun and Tendou-kun were BFF. There was no reason for them to not cooperate with each other.

Their team was the strongest dream team of the class and yet, even they were forced to stay in this area, meaning…Something was preventing them from moving onward.

As for what that “something” was, let’s listen to them first.

「Regarding that, let me explain.」

All the classmates who had just arrived, including me, lent our ears to Class Rep.

And then, I regretted it.

「There’s a super strong boss called Yamata no Orochi. Both our teams tried to defeat it… Alas, we failed.」

「… Seriously!」

Seriously, super boss right on the go. It was simple, and that’s why it was also the most troublesome one. Rather, it was even more despairing upon knowing that the very same boss defeated SoumaTendou’s tag team…

「Wha-What kind of a monster is that Yamata no Orochi?」

「It’s a dragon, or maybe a snake with eight heads. The only thing that came out from the giant rocky mountain were its heads, it can fire powerful magic from its mouths, and then, even if we manage to cut down its heads, it gets revived in five minutes. According to Kotori’s analysis, it’s impossible to stop the regeneration of the eight heads unless we destroy the core located in its real body.」

「Eh, what a fu*king cheating monster is that?」