Dark could not help but sigh.
The [Dungeon Escape Device] was a single-use item, and each one was extremely expensive.
Students usually rented them when entering a dungeon.
Though upperclassmen could afford to buy them, they were unwilling to spend such a large sum of credits all at once.
They always held out hope that they would never need to use one. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a terrible loss?
As a result, not many people bought their own [Dungeon Escape Device].
And if a student with few credits accidentally triggered a [Dungeon Escape Device] inside a dungeon, that was when they ended up in debt.
[Dungeon Escape Device] purchases were made through the academy. The interest after going into debt was low, but it was not nonexistent.
Without the threat of compound interest, many students would probably default on their debts.
The academy also hoped to use this to create some pressure and urge the students to improve.
Of course, from the students' perspective, it was difficult to understand the academy's good intentions. They would only complain about why interest was being added at all.
This [Dungeon Escape Device] had been rented by Professor Nini, so naturally, she would have to pay it back.
With the [Dungeon Escape Device] in play, Dark was not overly worried about the safety of the three of them.
But Rose and Diana did not have his levelheadedness.
After Rose saw the new tentacle rush into that passage, she asked nervously, "Dark, what do we do now?"
Dark gauged the distance between the two sides, then glanced at the tentacle on their side and said in a low voice, "A lesson learned."
Besides, I'm not their babysitter.
Rose said, "That's true."
But Victor's shout as he raised his sword had stirred something within Rose. She