The Author is an Extra, The MC is a Reincarnator

We went to the waiting area to introduce ourselves to each other.

“I will reintroduce myself. I am Rai, a Sharpshooter. My main weapon is a bow. Nice to meet you.”

Following my introduction was Chloe.

“My name is Chloe. My weapon is a spear. Nice to meet you.”

Introducing ourselves to the others in the party before raiding a dungeon was necessary, especially for a newly made party like this one.

Firstly, we would become closer to each other. Secondly, knowing what our specialty was would be crucial to assign a role to the party member.

For example, my weapon was a bow, so I would be watching from the rear and scanning the enemy. Chloe, with her spear, would be in the middle. Her job would be to deliver a strong blow to the enemy.

The swordsman or those with blunt weapons usually became a vanguard. Their job was to meet the monster first, creating a way for the damage dealer or the rear attacker as well as protecting Magicians or Sharpshooters.

Gunner was a versatile role; they were usually assigned in the middle as a damage dealer or the rear as a sharpshooter, depending on what weapon they used.

And this feminine guy was one of the gunners.

“My name is Vane Yard! I am using a Mana Sub-Machine gun as my weapon. Nice to meet you too!” He introduced himself energetically with his girlish voice. I couldn’t see him as a boy. How could there be a 19 years old boy this cute? This was a sin. Even some of the heroines were lost to him in terms of cuteness.

His weapon was nowhere to be seen, but seeing that there was a bag on his waist, I quickly knew that he already had a magic bag, which was supposed to be expensive for a beginner like him.

The next one who introduced himself was a man with brown hair. He was a head taller than Vane Yard, and he had short brown hair. He looked like he was in his early twenties. He wasn’t holding any weapon; even his clothes looked casual, and he had no magic bag with him.

But, there was no way Vane Yard would allow anybody to join his party. Even if he looked cute on the outside, this boy was one of the important characters in my novel. If I chose a person to join my Mercenary Group besides Chloe, he would be the first person that I reached out to.

“I am Alba Misani. My specialty is Wind Magic. Nice to meet you.”

As expected, a magician. The wand that Magician used was expensive, around five times the price of a normal sword in the Awakener Store. That was why beginner Magicians usually didn’t bring anything with them.

Also, as a beginner who had no money, even buying defensive types of equipment was too much for them. So I could at least understand if he didn’t bring anything with him when he introduced himself as Magician.

The last to introduce himself was our boy, Zaiden. He had recovered from his shock and put on a gentle expression as always._-.

“My name is Zaiden Archman. I just registered today, but please take care of me in this dungeon raid. Also, my weapon is a sword.” He tapped the sword that was strapped on his waist. It was just a normal steel sword, and from its look, it seems that the sword had been used a few times. Maybe he had tried a real sword when he was training in his own training facility.

“I know about you. I saw you when you registered earlier. You are the second person that I know of who has triple S Rank Talents.” I said to Zaiden as I pointed at Chloe.

He appeared to be embarrassed for being compared to Chloe, but that didn’t matter. I looked at our requester, Vane, and clapped my hands.

“Alright. As we have introduced ourselves, let me tell you what you need to prepare before raiding the dungeons.”

The atmosphere suddenly turned serious as they nodded their heads.

“Firstly, all of you must follow my or Chloe’s command without asking anything. Having a leader in the party is crucial when raiding an empty dungeon as there will be no other people inside.”

“Secondly, don’t ever think of attacking a monster by yourself. Have teamwork and talk to each other.”

“Thirdly, don’t ever expect us to rescue you unless the situation is really dire. We are instructors, not babysitters. Do you understand?”

“Yes!”

“Understood.”

Vane and Zaiden answered loudly while Alba nodded his head. He was a man without many words, huh.

“Alright, then let me tell you the party lineups. Zaiden will be in the front as the vanguard, followed by Vane in the middle, and lastly, Alba as the magician will look at the rear, okay?”

“Alright!”

Unexpectedly, they didn’t even question my instructions. I was a new Awakener who only had registered a month ago. It was a bit strange, but Vane somehow looked at me with a gaze full of respect.

I thought that he chose Annihilator because Chloe was a member of my Mercenary Group, but… it seemed like I was wrong?

“Is there anyone who’d like to ask a question?” I glanced over the three of them, and all of them shook their heads.

“Alright, then, as a sharpshooter, take this, Vane.” I took out a grenade and a smoke bomb that I bought from the Awakener Store that day and handed them to Vane.

“This is?” He asked me while he took the bombs.

“A grenade and a smoke bomb. Only use them when necessary.”

“Ah! Yes!” His face brightened up, and he put the bombs in his magic bag. He looked at me with sparkly eyes. “This is for emergency retreat, right?!”

I nodded my head. “Yeah. As a sharpshooter, you are the one who can judge the situation better than anyone. Whatever your Talent was, Gunmanship or Archery, both of them increased your dynamic vision and your senses. My Talent is a combination from both, so my senses were better than someone with just Gunmanship or Archery Talent. So you must stay alert, even more than your party members.”

“Alright, instructor! Thank you!” He exclaimed as he smiled brightly.

I then turned to Zaiden next.

“Also, Zaiden, was it?”

“Yes.” He answered with a nod.

“I am watching you. You should be able to clear this dungeon easily with your Talents. I know about it because I also have good Talents, and I am confident of clearing a dungeon with the same rank as me alone.” I put more force in my words. Of all the three, Zaiden stood out the most.

How could I say it? I didn’t feel it before he was Awakened or when we sparred, but… his motivation was nowhere to be seen. I knew that he wanted to save the heroines, but there seemed to be hesitation in his eyes when he was standing here right now.

‘This guy is fucking troublesome when I think about it again.’

I clearly said that I wouldn’t help them if the situation was not dire, and later, the situation would turn dire.

“Huh? Yes. I will not be careless.” He replied to me with a confused tone. Did he think that I was jealous of his Talents? That was far from the truth.

In the novel, there were a lot of people with a personality similar to what I personalized right now. Rai was someone prideful, as well as merciless. I was Rai now, so I acted like my character.

“Alright. Vane, did you bring the [Party Bracelets]?”

“Of course!” He dug his hand in his magic bag and took out five [Party Bracelets] with the same code. “I have prepared it.”

“Good. Then give it to your party member. As we are instructors, we will not wear your [Party Bracelet], so we won’t get a share of Mana of the monster that you guys kill later.”

“Are you sure?” Vane asked curiously.

“Yeah. I have already reached D-Rank, so I don’t need Mana from F-Rank monsters. It’s useless for us, right, Chloe?”

“Yes. It’s better if the three of you wear it yourself and get more Mana from killing monsters. So you guys can advance faster.” Added Chloe.

“Uuhh… Alright, if you say so.” Vane then handed the bracelet to Alba and Zaiden before putting back the rest into his magic bag.

They wore it without saying anything, and we were ready to raid the dungeon.

“Then, let’s go!”

“Yes!” This time the three of them answered at the same time.

***

The Hollywood dungeon’s interior was like a cave and had only one floor, but it was bigger than the goblin dungeon that I often visited. The three new Awakeners were proceeding carefully as soon as we entered the dungeon.

Chloe and I were watching them from behind. We were just at the entrance, but they were already stiff from nervousness.

Even Zaiden, a reincarnator, was shaking in his feet. However, I knew why he was nervous and scared. I was a sadistic author. Yes, I came to terms with that. So, I always put Zaiden in a difficult position, even when in his first dungeon raid.

So he was expecting the first difficulty that he would face later. Even if Chloe and I were here, he was still scared of his first real battle.

My role in this raid was as an instructor. So I would only watch, at least, I wouldn’t do anything until he was begging for help and on the verge of death. But, because I was an instructor, it was also my job to reassure them.

“Don’t worry. The monsters in this dungeon are only Goblins; it will be an easy enemy for F-Rank Awakeners.”

They answered me with a nervous nod. This couldn’t do; should I give them an example? I really should, didn’t I? In the novel, even the instructor killed one goblin to show them how to hunt a goblin.

“It seems that you are still nervous.” I shook my head, disappointed.

Vane turned to me, crestfallen. But that was natural. The news always told the citizens that the dungeons were dangerous, and the citizens who had never entered a dungeon before still had that way of thinking. I couldn’t blame them.

“Well, then let us show you an example of how to hunt goblins when we meet one, okay? For now, just go inside and look around your surroundings.”

“Alright.” Answered Vane.

Their nervousness lessened after I told them that we would show them an example. We began to proceed inside the dungeon carefully. Our walking speed was slow because they were cautious of their surroundings.

Zaiden unsheathed his sword after they began to walk, and Vane took out his Mana Sub-Machine gun that somehow looked like an MP5 from Earth. The bullets of that gun was Mana, created thanks to the Magic-Science. The magazine was made from something called Mana Crystal, a crystallization of Mana that could only be found inside B-Rank dungeons or above. I wasn’t really sure how it worked, but at least, Awakener’s Mana would be siphoned when they pushed the trigger and that created a Mana Bullet that flew at fast speed.

That made the Mana Gun’s price soar, but many still used them because it was convenient and strong.

After walking for a few minutes, I spotted two goblins walking in the distance.

“Chloe,” I whispered at Chloe and pointed in the direction of the goblins.

“Yes. I noticed them too. Shall we kill them first?”

“No, wait a minute. Let’s wait until they notice it.”

A few seconds after I shut my mouth, Vane raised his voice.

“Stop.” He gave out a command and stopped in his tracks.

Because he was the leader of the party, Zaiden and Alba followed his command and stopped. They looked at him questioningly.

“There are two goblins ahead.” He informed them.

“He’s good.” I praised him quietly. For an F-Rank Awakener, he had good senses.

I noticed the goblins earlier because of my sunglasses too. Even though it was sunglasses, I could see inside the dark with no problem thanks to its effect, which was cool.

Vane turned toward me and asked, “What should we do, instructor? Are you going to give us an example first?”

This was time. I nodded my head at him and answered. “Yes.”

I took out [Arash Bow] from my magic bag and held it in my left hand. It was mainly to flex in front of Zaiden and make him question his decision as well as give him a hint.

‘You should know, for now, Zaiden. I mentioned an Unknown Master Sharpshooter a few times in the novel already.’

I glanced at him and caught him narrowing his eyes curiously. Well, at least he was not a fool.

“Let me show you how to deal with a goblin.” I took a stance and pointed my bow at the goblin on the right. “As a sharpshooter, you must deal the damage first and trust your companion to do the rest while supporting them from the back.”

I pulled the bowstring and created a Mana Arrow. It was a small arrow that focused on speed and piercing ability as my enemy was just a goblin. Well, even though I said that, it was normal Mana Arrow with only a little bit of Mana infused into it.

“If you trust your companion… and they respond to your trust…” I paused a little as Chloe took out Gae Bolg from her magic bag. She nodded her head at me, and I released the arrow. “You can do this.”

Tang– Swoosh!

At the same time I released my arrow, Chloe dashed toward the goblin, following my arrow from behind.

The arrow flew at a fast speed and pierced the first goblin’s head without giving it a chance to react.

“Keuhk?!” The second goblin yelped when it saw the first goblin die. It turned toward me, but it was too late.

Chloe had already made her move and thrust her spear toward its head. It pierced cleanly even when she didn’t infuse Mana into her spear, killing the goblin instantly.

“Kurr…”

She swung her spear to clean the blood that stuck into it before walking back to me.

“It’s done.” She declared with a small smile.

“That’s how you hunt a goblin, easy, right?” I smiled at them, though they couldn’t see it because of my mask.

They had disbelief expressions, especially Alba and Zaiden. Their faces were a sight to behold. But, Vane, he was a strange one. His eyes sparkled, and then he exclaimed.

“Amazing! You’re so amazing, instructor!”

This guy understood, huh. Should I just invite him to my Mercenary Group? I quite like a guy that understood my good points.

“Of course. I am hoping you can show me a similar result later.”

“Yes, instructor! I will not disappoint you!” Vane answered as he saluted at me with a bright smile.

It seemed like I gained my first fan.