"..."
Airi's mockery echoed across the training ground, but this time, no one spoke. They were still immersed in the terror of having just been attacked and killed by goblins. After a while, Kaori timidly raised her hand.
"Um, Miss Airi, what exactly was that just now...?"
"All right, let's review what happened first."
Airi turned a deaf ear to Kaori's question. She merely waved her wand lightly, and an image appeared in the air before them, like footage from a movie. Drawn in by the scene, quite a few people pulled themselves together and watched it—the image showed their actions after entering the cave.
"First, your formation. No matter where you're adventuring, protecting the rear guard is essential. By common sense, aside from the vanguard, there should also be fairly capable combat classes guarding the rear. Yet you put every single melee fighter at the front..."
At that, Airi stared in disbelief, sighed, and shook her head before looking at Meld.
"Captain Meld, what exactly have you been teaching them? Outdoor barbecuing?"
"...I am deeply ashamed."
Captain Meld lowered his flushed face without saying a word. Several students also lowered their heads. It was not that they did not know this. It was simply that during their training in the Great Labyrinth, Meld had mainly assigned members of the Knight Order under his command to serve as the rear guard, causing them to forget something so obvious...
The footage continued, and Airi waved her wand again, pausing it.
"Here. You triggered a trap."
"A trap???"
Hearing Airi's words, everyone looked at one another.
"We triggered a trap?"
"Here."
Airi raised her wand again and pointed. The image enlarged, and only then did everyone notice a small, inconspicuous piece of wood on the ground.
"What is that?"
"It's an alarm