Chapter 54 – My Hero
“W-wait a minute!”
Just a little… just a little more time…
“What is it, Elsie?”
“Hey, don’t stall, just hurry up.”
“Hehehe, I understand your eagerness, Cheetah. But today is Elsie’s last day. Don’t you think it’s okay to give her just a little bit of time? Especially…”
Gabi grabbed my chin, lifted it slightly, and smiled as he looked at my face.
“Isn’t it really exciting to see her struggling to survive, trying to buy time? This sight of her yearning for life, even knowing it’s a futile effort… Ah, it’s truly the best.
Cheetah, you also like seeing such a face distorted with pain and despair, don’t you?”
“Hmph…”
“Hehehe, well then, Elsie, what is it?”
Gabi knew from the start what my purpose was in trying to speak.
He was enjoying watching me struggle, knowing full well.
Clearly… he was sure that no matter how much time I bought, help wouldn’t arrive in time.
My body trembled.
No matter how much time I bought, the fear that I would eventually be violated and have my dignity trampled by the vile humans in front of me consumed me.
Tears welled up in my eyes from the fear.
Somewhere in my heart, I believed my death was certain.
But even so…
Lant… Noah…
I wanted to live.
I wanted to meet Lant and Noah again.
I didn’t want to die like this.
Even if love doesn’t come to fruition…
Even if Lant isn’t my hero…
At least… I want to convey this feeling to Lant.
Even if being together hurts… I want to be with Lant and Noah.
At first, I thought about leaving the party, but I didn’t want to do that after all.
Even if it hurts… that’s not all there is.
When the three of us are together, there’s also joy, happiness, and excitement.
I want to go on adventures.
I want to see more diverse landscapes… just like we promised, I want to go on more adventures together.
If we adventure together, surely… a joy even greater than the pain will come.
So, just a little…
Just a little bit…
I asked Gabi, believing in even the slightest possibility of survival.
“How… is it possible? How… did you get me here…?”
“Ah, now that you mention it, I haven’t explained that yet. Hehehe, I almost forgot. Explaining that is also part of the fun. Wolf, may I explain?”
“Yeah, do as you please. You’re the one who found this bitch.”
“Hehehe, thank you. Then, Elsie, let me explain why we were able to bring you here.”
Gabi took his hand off my chin, clapped once, and said.
“Do you know how warp devices are made, Elsie?”
I tried my best to say what I knew about warp devices.
Just a little more time…
“…After the dungeons appeared, many adventurers set out to explore them. But the distance to descend each floor was too… long, so to find an easier way to travel… the wise men combined their knowledge and created them… I heard.”
“Yes, that’s right. In fact, a warp device is a magical tool created by combining highly advanced techniques, so much so that it can be called the pinnacle of space magic.
It is said that a lot of resources and manpower were invested in creating warp devices in the distant past.
Various guilds, who would normally never cooperate, all came together as one to create them.
That’s how attractive the monsters that endlessly emerged from the dungeons, the playground of the god Bane, and the magic stones and materials they dropped were.
And somehow, they connected the warp devices to the dungeons and created a powerful barrier around them with the divine magic of high-ranking priests, allowing for safe travel. But that’s where the problem arose.”
“Problem…?”
“Yes, it’s the problem of installing new warp devices when opening new floors. The deeper the floor, the stronger the monsters become, and… many sacrifices were made to open new floors.
There were cases where the priests who went to create the barrier were annihilated. Wouldn’t that cause a lot of human loss?
That’s why, in the past, there were restrictions that only those who had reached a floor could warp to it.
Rather, after opening a floor, if even one person remained, that person would return and warp with the priests who hadn’t reached the floor yet to create the barrier.”
“Such a thing…”
“But after a certain number of floors were opened, various problems arose. For example, adventurers who weren’t yet at the appropriate level would be kidnapped to lower floors and blackmailed for money or equipment. Of course… they would be killed afterward.”
“Like you guys…”
“Hehehe, yes. That’s right. People like us started to appear. From then on, restrictions were placed on warp devices so that those who hadn’t reached a floor couldn’t warp to it.
But that can’t be the case for everyone. When opening a new floor, or when the barrier needs to be reinforced regularly, it’s necessary to call in a large number of high-ranking priests.
So, the wise men created a magical tool like a key that could temporarily lift the restrictions on warp devices.”
Gabi pointed at Wolf with both hands and said.
“And Wolf here has that device. It’s something that should originally be kept under very strict guard… but Wolf’s ancestor was one of the pioneers who opened the dungeons. He secretly stole it back when security wasn’t so strict. That’s how we’ve been able to enjoy our hobbies to our heart’s content.”
“That can’t be…”
A magical tool created by the great wise men to maintain order and safety.
These three were using it for their own vile desires.
“Hehehe, well, now that the explanation is over, shall we start having some fun?”
Gabi reached out and stroked my thigh.
“Eek!”
Scary.
Disgusting.
No!
Don’t touch me!
“Hehehe, your thighs are so smooth, Elsie… Oh, I almost forgot to mention this.”
Gabi raised the corners of his mouth like a crescent moon and gave an evil smile.
“We used a shortcut to get here, which saved us a lot of time… but it will take other adventurers at least six hours to find this place. Hehehe, ah, that magical tool on your wrist. I heard it can tell you the direction and floor your companions are on, right?”
Gabi pointed to my bound hands.
“But that magical tool is still in its early stages of development. It has a big flaw. No matter how much you know the floor and direction, if the person who knows it can’t come to this floor, it will obviously take time to search.
Hehehe, even in an emergency, the guild wouldn’t give out the key that’s kept under strict guard just to save a novice adventurer.
In the first place… to use that key in such an exceptional situation, you need approval from not only the adventurer’s guild but also the temple, the mage’s guild, and the alchemist’s guild, so it will take even more time.
Besides, you were discovered late at night. Even if you disappeared, most adventurers would be sleeping, making love, or enjoying the nightlife.
So, your companions will probably notice the anomaly around this time.
Hehehe, do you understand, Elsie? The reason we’re taking our time to introduce ourselves to you and explain things so kindly is because we have plenty of time.”
The more I listened to Gabi’s explanation, the more despair grew in my heart.
The hope, however small, that I had been clinging to in order to buy time began to fade.
Scary.
Even when I was about to be killed by the hobgoblin, I wasn’t this scared.
It’s not just about dying.
I’m going to be violated by these three, played with like a toy, and have my dignity trampled before being brutally killed.
“No…!”
The tears flowing from my eyes wouldn’t stop.
I pushed my legs back, trying to get away from Gabi.
But the distance I moved was only about 1 meter.
I hit the tree behind me, and my escape came to a halt.
“Ahhh! That’s great! That expression! That voice! When you’re sad and tense! And when you scream! I’m already looking forward to your pussy clenching my thing tightly!”
“Pfft, that guy always gets the most excited.”
“Just cum inside. If you cum outside and get your semen on my arrows instead of blood, I’ll be annoyed.”
“Hehehe, I understand. I’ll try my best.”
Gabi slowly approached me.
Ah, no!
Don’t come…
Someone… someone save me.
Someone…
“Lant…”
Lant’s name unconsciously came out of my mouth.
The hero who saved me when we first met…
Noah’s hero, not mine…
Ah, but still… one more time… even if he’s not my hero…
I want to see Lant.
I want to meet him and convey this feeling… even just once.
But even Lant can’t come to save me now.
After listening to Gabi’s explanation, I could understand, even though I didn’t want to.
Even Lant… can’t get permission from so many guilds in such a short time.
Even Lant… can’t run all the way here from the 3rd floor to find me.
Like when he kicked off the ground and flew to knock away the hobgoblin…
It’s impossible for Lant to come here.
Ah, but… if there’s a miracle…
Just once… I wanted to meet Lant and convey this feeling.
Even if Lant rejected me… I wanted to convey this feeling.
That’s when it happened.
“Hmm? Wait a minute, Gabi.”
The man called Cheetah stopped Gabi.
Gabi stopped walking towards me and turned to Cheetah.
“What is it, Cheetah? I was just about to get heated up…”
“Gabi, Wolf. Don’t you hear something?”
“Sound?”
“What sound are you talking about? There aren’t any Wolf Fangs around here, right?”
“No, it’s not the howl of a Wolf Fang, it’s… a vibration of destruction?”
Kwaaaang
I could also hear the sound of something being destroyed.
“You’re right. What is that sound? Where is it coming from…?”
I felt a sense of déjà vu.
Kwaaaaaaaang
The destructive sound was getting louder.
“It’s getting louder? Where is it coming from? It feels like it’s echoing from all directions. Hey, Cheetah! Where is this sound coming from! Are adventurers breaking through the trees to get here?”
The size and type of sound were different.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaiiaaang
But I remembered the sound I had heard back then.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang
The sound of someone kicking off the ground powerfully and closing the distance in an instant.
“No, it’s not that kind of sound. In the first place, breaking trees wouldn’t make this kind of sound. This is a much larger and more destructive sound. Besides, this sound is coming from above…”
Lant… the sound I heard when the hero I fell in love with came to save us in our time of crisis.
I looked up.
And then.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!!!!!
With a roar that echoed throughout the entire floor, the sky shattered.
“What!”
“What is it!”
“Above!”
Someone fell from the hole created by the shattered sky.
“Ah…”
A large build and thick muscles that were obvious at a glance.
Everyday clothes worn by ordinary villagers,
And short green hair.
A miracle had happened.
The person I wanted to see the most was coming down from the shattered sky.
Like a scene from a myth,
In a situation of absolute crisis,
Causing an unbelievable miracle,
“Lant…!”
“Elsieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”
Lant… my hero had appeared.
