Chapter 115 – Mindset (8)
15. Mindset (8)
“Shay!!!”
Woo-!!
The sound of her crashing to the ground was unusual, like the roar that Shay made when she flew like a cannonball.
“Ah, ah, ah…”
“Shay!”
By all accounts, Shay, who had fallen involuntarily, was in pain with her limbs shaking. I forgot her place and her circumstances and tried to run to her, but someone blocked her way.
The feeling of intimidation I felt when I saw the buildings here.
That sense of intimidation was felt by the person.
“That one.”
“Yes?”
“Cuck!”
Could not perceive Someone got in my way, and then my body was suspended in the air.
Someone lightly grabbed my neck with one hand and held it out towards Shay.
“Wake up. Otherwise, the person you are trying to protect will die.”
“Ugh… Ah… ? Boss, sir… ?”
“Big!”
I was so strong that even when I tried to free my hand from holding my neck, I didn’t budge. Rather, it felt like my neck would snap at any moment if I made a mistake.
‘Fuck, what is this… !’
I was getting more and more short of breath. As I instinctively struggled, my lack of breath was consumed faster. The strength gradually drained from the whole body, including the hands. The image of Shay, who was coughing up her blood and trying to get herself up, grew blurry.
“Right now… Put it down right now!!!”
“Express your skills properly. Then this man will be all right.”
“No matter what, Master… No matter how much Master!”
Shay. How badly did you get hurt in that short bird? Uh? Please be okay…
Soon, even her screams became muffled, as if sinking into the deep sea.
**
Took-
Hendrick’s head, which was hanging from the warrior commander’s hand, fell helplessly.
I couldn’t believe it. It was impossible.
Shay approached, leading her creaking body. But her battle field moved as far as she approached.
“When the person you want to protect is attacked, are you going to just stare in dismay and act stupid? Shouldn’t you do something? Either revenge or keep it right.”
“Captain… Captain…”
“Tsk.”
The warrior chief looked at the man in his hand. He liked it, but he didn’t like it. It was a thankful thing to properly catch the student who was wandering here and there, but it was quite uncomfortable to become her lover.
Look at it now
Isn’t it more important to my lover who has been together for a few months at most than the teacher who has been with me for many years. He was looking at himself like a mortal enemy.
‘It’s a bit drastic, but it was for sure stimulation, but I couldn’t believe I couldn’t even tell if it was dead or alive.’
It would be to show that this man is just as precious to Shay. That’s why the warrior commander didn’t quit. Although she is a bit afraid of her aftermath, it was Shay who insisted that she learn to the end.
‘I’m single, but why do I feel like a father to a daughter?’
The warrior commander relaxed his hand that held the man’s neck. Although the unconscious man was weak, he began to breathe properly.
“That feeling now. Pour it all out. It means to create your own shield, your own fortress, not with a sword that will kill your enemies, but with a sword that will protect your allies!”
“Captain… !”
“Do you think you can be this relaxed if you get hit by a monster! What if this man was really beaten by a monster in a dungeon! He wouldn’t even be dead by now! Is it still good? Is it okay to kill the monster after the person you want to protect has already died? You didn’t like that, so you came to me!”
“Captain…”
“Wake! As you approach, only this man will become more dangerous! On the spot, remember! If you swore to keep it, keep it! Think only of what you want to protect! Before this man suffers worse!”
Shay’s Claymore flinched. The warrior commander never allowed defense through ‘attack’. In order to learn a skill to protect someone, it is not a stupid skill, but to learn a proper skill, you cannot learn it with a half-hearted mind, and even if you learn it, you will never be able to achieve your efficiency.
Those who attack enemies rather than protect their allies have the mindset of a warrior, not the mindset of someone trying to protect someone.
A strong hatred of heresy, formed from a young age, was already an important part of Shayra’s personality, and she would never be able to learn this skill if she couldn’t postpone it to the next level.
“If that doesn’t work, you can just give up the exam now. You’re a Crusader, not a Guardian. In fact, you are still a great crusader. Better than most crusaders. Even if you don’t have to learn this skill, you should be able to parry most of the attacks.”
“…”
“Rather than this skill, I would rather sharpen the things I already have…”
“I won’t give up, I won’t.”
“Then, don’t just talk, put into action. Wasn’t this man precious? He wouldn’t even waste time procrastinating like that?”
“Certainly… Certainly… !”
Shay rammed her claymore into the ground. Then he knelt down in front of her sword. Her right hand gripped the hilt of her sword and her left hand held her rosary, closing her eyes.
I want to protect that person. Want to keep want to keep want to keep want to keep want to keep want to keep
No.
Must keep.
For that, I can endure any pain.
Remember. Please remember
Killing Ethan can be done by someone else. However, protecting someone is something only I can do in the Warriors’ Team.
Captain. Kaya’s sister. And even Illumina unnie.
Is it the role of a guardian to protect others? I’m a crusader who is infinitely close to a warrior, so it’s going to be hard?
No. That’s not it.
Nashei is also a Crusader of Justinian, walking on the path of justice, but she is the first wall and the first gateway to HAT.
If the rest can be strong because of me. I was already the guardian of our warrior squad.
You don’t have a shield? Then my body itself will be my shield.
Aren’t you a real Guardian? As far as my companions are concerned, the will to protect them is comparable to that of the Guardians.
It’s good to be full of will, but you only know how to cut heresy, how can you protect it when you’re not a guardian class?
HAT is an unusual band of warriors, and I am a genius recognized by that monstrous master.
So if you don’t have any information on how to keep it…
“In my own way, I will keep it.”
Claymore and Rosario shone brightly. Shay’s body was shining brighter than both objects. Her astonishment was contained in the warrior commander’s gaze as she looked at her.
The silvery glow from Shay and her claymore and rosary united. The combined brilliance flew like a shot and stuck in Hendrick’s heart. Between the two of them, there was a faint line of light like the Milky Way.
“Shut up!”
Missing Rosario, Shay grabbed her by the throat. At the same time, Hendrick, who was hanging from the warrior commander’s hand, regained consciousness.
“Uh, uh… Uh? Shay!!”
“Captain… Let go.”
“I really can’t believe it even after seeing it with my own two eyes.”
The warrior chief shook his head and put Hendrick down. Hendrick, who stumbled for a while clearing his throat, ran straight to Shay. As he hugged her, the silver thread between them snapped and she collapsed into his arms.
“Shay! Shay!!”
Shay was stunned with a smile. Hendrick, who hastily checked her pulse by the side of her neck to confirm that she was alive, turned her head to protest the sudden violence.
[Shay has awakened her new skill, Shay’s tenacity.]
[Shay’s tenacity]
– Obtained the condition ‘Never be pushed back’
– Increases defense by 1
– Transfers the damage previously received to the designated target (you cannot transfer damage that exceeds your current HP)
– If the designated target is attacked, defend instead (defense correction -33%)
[Shay’s previous 2 skills, Crusader’s Tenacity, will disappear.]
‘This… !’
Embarrassment and anger were soon replaced by astonishment. Hendrick, who had been exchanging messages with the stunned Shay, was only able to look straight at the giant sitting right next to him.
“The kid says I’m a monster and all, but the real monster is him.”
“That.”
“I apologize for strangling you. Even if it was for the education of this child. When I wake up later, I will apologize again.”
The warrior commander lowered his head. Hendrick nodded his head bewildered. The warrior chief stroked Shay’s head a couple of times with his large hand and let out a dejected laugh.
“You talked proudly about how you had to change your mindset and that you weren’t a Guardian. I wanted to give up on my heart. It was natural that going to the dungeon was difficult, but wanting to learn this skill itself was like a declaration that you would shoulder greater pain.”
“Is that so.”
“Still, I didn’t force myself to deliberately make people not learn. In fact, he thought that it was a difficult skill to learn, and that maybe this kid would never learn it. But he’s not years, not months, not even weeks… In just two days. It’s not the original technology, so I thought I’d create it in my own way.”
The warrior commander gripped Hendrick’s shoulders. Hendrick shuddered at the feeling of his shoulder bruising, but the warrior commander did not let go.
“That’s all because of your existence, Hendrick. Learning his skills in his own way is not an area that is possible simply because that child is a genius. It means that the child’s heart to protect you was strong enough to temporarily overcome even the deep-rooted hatred. It means that you are irreplaceably precious to that child. So… I hope that the child’s mindset will not change.”
“Ah, I see. That will never happen. Never.”
As if he was satisfied with Hendrick’s answer, only then did his hand relax and the warrior’s field arose. He asked Shay to come back tomorrow because he had something to give, and to talk to her when he woke up, and then disappeared in a flash.
“Shay…”
Hendrick couldn’t get up for a while. The attitude Shay felt in her newfound skills… It’s so earnest, thankful, and heavy.
**
“Captain!”
“Okay.”
“Captain, Captain!”
“Yes, yes.”
“Captain, Captain, Captain!”
“Yes, yes, yes.”
Shay sat on my back and laughed like an idiot. She laughed at the fact that I was safe, laughed at the fact that I learned a new skill faster than expected, and laughed at the fact that the skill was created according to her own intentions.
And she was laughing now that I was carrying her. She subtly touched her butt and chastised my shoulder with her chin. It was, of course, the place where the warrior commander touched. In one second she surrendered. Shay laughed again.
“Captain.”
“Uh.”
“This is enough… Can you keep it?”
“You have taken good care of us until now.”
“I appreciate the captain saying that, but I can’t be satisfied with that. Until I fall, I don’t want to see anyone fall.”
“But you can’t fall down either.”
“Of course! Of course, I would like the captain to collapse as late as possible. Do you know how much my heart ached every time the captain fell? I will block them all.”
“Okay? Shay, you should hide behind her.”
“Sure? Hide well behind me!”
“Yes, sister.”
“Yes.”
Shay’s breathing quickened sharply. Her throat and ears were damp from her exhalation.
“Ha, one more time.”
“What?”
“That, that! That!”
“What is that?”
“Ah, the captain!”
“Yes, sister?”
“Oops! Ha, one more time.”
“One time has already passed, sister?”
“Hot! Ha, one more time!”
Turns out, Shay was the same age as me.
