Rare Boss Alert! 'Goblin Style: Deadly Crushing Sword'

Hanna seemed to get the hang of it quickly and made MP Potions one after another.

In just 30 minutes, she made an incredible 57 high-quality MP Potions and 22 regular MP Potions. I couldn't thank her enough.

We couldn't possibly use that many today, so we'd continue after getting back. For now, I put away the 〈Alchemy Set〉.

I gulped down a few of them, restoring almost all my MP, so I could challenge the boss without waiting for natural recovery. What a lifesaver.

Waiting for natural recovery takes forever, so MP Potions will be essential from now on.

Since this was Hanna's first time fighting the boss, I had her wait in the Safety Area while I challenged it solo.

The boss room was surrounded by vines. When I held my hand over the gate, the vines drew back, opening the way inside.

"All right, I'm off!"

"Okay. Good luck, Zephyrus-kun!"

To live up to Hanna's utterly untroubled confidence in me—and to get our guild going—I was going to make short work of an Intermediate Beginner boss...