Chapter 82 – A Fellow Adventurer Passing by
What is that bead… ?
I don’t know how to use it, but I can definitely feel the uneasiness.
I guess it’s a woman’s instinctive feeling. A terrifying sensation screamed not to leave Chloe alone.
“Chloe… !”
“Did I tell you that? People’s lives are in your hands.”
Clink-
The glass marble left Chloe’s hand and fell to the floor and shattered. There were no immediate changes that could be felt.
Chloe just stared at the broken glass indifferently.
“What was that? What did you do… !”
“… “
“Answer me!”
There was also no answer to be heard. Instead, the two green eyes peered out through the open wall.
Towards the church in the center of the village.
I followed her gaze and looked there, and soon I could see black smoke rising high into the sky.
It wasn’t too hard to realize what she was up to.
“If things go wrong… She said she would break the crystal ball. That signal must have been delivered to the knight commander.”
“Then… “
“What, you know what’s going to happen?”
It wasn’t the time to be like this. Right now, I had to run to the church and save people.
I hurriedly turned around and tried to leave the room, but I couldn’t.
It was because my body froze with the brisk sound of snapping fingers. As I’ve experienced many times, I couldn’t do anything as I was helplessly in that position.
The only things that move are the two eyes and mouth. I grunted and struggled to move my body.
“Oops, oops… In action! Tell me to move… !”
“…Honestly, I didn’t intend to go this far. I thought that with just the two of Rafe and Jihyun, I would be able to overpower them.”
Since the physical time stopped, the mana under its control also faded.
Jihyun unnie who was struggling in the air. The drop of water that was holding her up was slowly reduced to mana and disappeared.
The restraints on her body were gone, and she landed lightly on the floor. Then she creaked and untied the joints in her neck as she came towards me.
“Hehe… Rainier, did you think it would be okay to do something like this to your sister?”
“Wait. Your turn is later… “
“No. I and the horse foal did all the hard work, but are you going to hit the last one? Go away, because I have to see Rainier first.”
“Yeah, you were and still are as you please… !”
I have to go right now… If I don’t go, everyone will die because of me.
Unlike the eager mind, the body shows no signs of listening to commands. Is it fortunate that the atmosphere between Unni and Chloe is unusual?
“…Jihyun. Will you give me enough time later?”
“Later and shit. Now, I’ll do it first, and later on, I’ll be the only one who makes love with Rainier. Got it, you thick bitch? If you twist it, attack me!”
“…I was a fool for trying to convince you. That’s okay, you’re going to clean it up anyway anyway… Just change the order a little bit.”
Jihyun unnie knew Chloe’s abilities, but she was smiling brightly. Is she thinking of something?
Chloe raises her hand and presses her middle finger and thumb together. And just before the sound of her two fingers slipping apart, Jihyun, who disappeared slowly, reappeared right in front of Chloe’s nose.
She grinned and grabbed Chloe’s finger, lifting another dagger from her waistband.
“Flaw… There’s no way there’s no flaws with this ability. Type stop, isn’t the activation condition finger snapping? Is not it?”
As she said, her movements were free. Unlike me, he was fine without any restrictions.
If finger snapping is really the condition for the power to be activated, Jihyun, who can move faster than that, could be said to be Chloe’s nemesis.
I see hope. This… She hopes she can get out…
“Kyaaaaa!! Let go! Let go!!”
“Ugh! Damn, that’s noisy… !”
The sound of her desperate screams heard in the midst of her thinking about how to roast and boil her while rolling the thoughts in her brain.
Chloe screamed as her hand was held by her older sister Jihyun.
Pale face and eyes that constantly fluctuated like madmen.
Not normal. Chloe… He struggled as if in a fit.
“Sir, I don’t like it… ! Don’t touch me! Stop, please stop… Whoa, whoops… !”
“Why, why are you doing this year… ? Rainier, why is he doing this?”
“…”
Embarrassed Jihyun let go of her hand, but Chloe just sat there and trembled. Her finger snap was something she hadn’t even thought about.
Her eyes, which always looked down at me with a smile on her face, were shaking like a frightened deer, and when Ji-hyeon’s hand approached her, it made a fluttering sound and repeatedly retreated behind her.
Seeing Chloe for the first time. But for some reason, it felt familiar and familiar.
The reflection of me as I slashed her clerk’s hand in fear of her… It must be because of the mood.
“…Oh.”
Only then did I realize that my body was moving freely. Her concentration was broken, and her powers were broken.
In the meantime, Chloe clung to her wall and could no longer back away from her.
Unfocused, blurry eyes flicker to put Ji-Hyeon unnie in her field of vision. Then, Chloe prayed for her palm and started licking Jihyun’s fingers.
“Haha, no… I don’t like it anymore… Well, I’ll listen to you… Little bit… “
“…Upset. What are you doing really?”
Her older sister trembled and pulled her hand away. It caused Chloe to fall on her floor, but she didn’t seem to care.
“Wrong… Ugh… “
“Hmm. Hey, how are you? In Rainier? Shall we finish talking about what we were talking about with my sister?”
I don’t know what it is, but maybe this is the last chance.
This was a genius opportunity. Being a completely defenseless Chloe, now she should be able to properly avenge what she’s been through.
I gathered mana into her hands, but gave up shaking her head.
“…Not now.”
The desire to do so is like a chimney, but… Now the townsfolk are in urgent need. I can’t let innocent villagers and my parents die just to avenge me.
“Lenny… “
“Sister, please listen to me. Go to church now… “
“Hehe. Why do I have to listen to a year to stab me in the back? Isn’t that right, Rainier?”
“Are you going to let people die?”
“It’s not like I’m killing you. Hehe… “
Is it also not possible to say it?
“You’ve been hurt before, right? This time, will you submerge your face in the water?”
“Oh my… She doesn’t think that what I saw was her skill, right? Rainie?”
Earlier, because she was careless, she was able to subdue him easily, but now it is different.
If Assassin makes up his mind and concentrates only on avoiding… I don’t know how long it will take to subdue.
That’s why I wanted to solve it with words. My stomach burns when I think of the villagers who must be shivering in fear as they are trapped in the acrid smoke.
I let her drool and drained her mana to subdue her with her speed.
“Chit, [Bubble Expansion…”
“…Lena.”
I froze at the sound of a voice behind me.
The mana that took her form was scattered through the cracks in her hand. I slowly turned my head towards the place where the voice came from.
“Ah, ab…”
“Huh. It’s me, Lena.”
Wide open door. Standing there was Ab, awkwardly raising the corner of his mouth.
Ab. My dear ab
I really loved him deeply, but he left me in the end.
I thought we would meet, but… Bad timing. Really.
“Hahap…!”
“Jihyun, stop.”
“Moose… Kyaaaaa?!”
Her sister lunged at her frozen me, but Ab snatched her and slammed her to the floor with a speed she couldn’t see.
Kwajik!
The wooden floor was dented, and after receiving considerable damage, she wriggled and then slumped.
You’ve gotten stronger… Ab.
It was an overwhelming force, to the point where it seemed funny to compare him with Lemarque even for a moment.
I watched the scene blankly, then remembered what I had to do and shouted at Ab.
“Ab get out of the way… ! Now, you have to run and rescue the villagers!”
“…”
“Ab! My parents are there… !”
My figure is reflected in Ab’s eyes, which are engraved with complex emotions.
As she was about to push him away and run away, she said in a voice that he was crawling.
“It’s the princess’s royal name and the goddess’s quest… I can’t disobey it.”
“Ab… Uncle Ben, Aunt Chris, Uncle Adena are all there… You know they’re innocent…!”
“…If I don’t follow through, I’ll be stripped of my hero status. In that case, the empire won’t be able to stop the demon lord’s attack. A certain amount of sacrifice… Will have to be endured.”
“Ahhh!”
It was sophistry and bullshit.
To think that a warrior who always stands on the side of the weak and fights for justice abandons innocent citizens. That’s not a warrior, just a hypocrite.
Ab pushed me into a corner and walked over to Chloe. She was still sobbing and afraid of something unknown.
“Huh, uhhh… Me, i… What’s wrong…”
“After… Chloe, calm down.”
“Warrior… Ah, uh… Help… “
“…Okay.”
As he was accustomed to her, he took her in his arms and laid her down on her bed. Exhausted, Chloe quickly closed her eyes and fell asleep.
And through that natural act, I was able to realize that the ab I knew no longer existed.
“…Abel Netori.”
“I’m sorry, Lena. For now, please follow us. Please.”
“Be friendly, don’t call me Lena! Ask… ? Please… ? Abel, how did you… !”
Surprise attack. It is the only hope to deal with Abel who has awakened the power of the holy sword.
He is versatile and omnipotent.
However, he doesn’t boast of being impregnable like Rafe, can’t use speed like Jihyun, and doesn’t have the power of Chloe.
A perfect but flawed warrior. That contradictory existence was the enemy I had to deal with.
“Hot!”
A sudden stream of water was directed at his face, but he lightly tilted his head to the side to avoid the attack.
“Lena, you wouldn’t know if it was before I woke up. Now you can’t beat me.”
A single slash followed with those words.
It was a slash, but Abel did not draw his sword. He just put a blade in his hand and swung it at me.
However, that one swing became a slash that slashed everything, and it flew fiercely and broke the barrier created in haste.
I was horrified to see the barrier shattered.
“Ha, in one room…!”
“It will sting a little.”
He ducked low and in an instant moved close to me.
He tried to throw me at me with his fists clenched, but then he changed his mind and grabbed my arm and threw me into the wall.
Kwajak! Koo Woo-
“Kheuk! Big, heo… !”
My body, which floated and flew away, smashed the fragile tree as it was. As if it wasn’t just the trees that were smashed, every bone, every joint screamed.
Is this the feeling of being hurt?
I was scratched by the sharp end of the tree, blood dripping down, and I couldn’t get up because my leg was broken.
“Huh, fha… “
It hurts like a thorn in the lungs. The breath he had been holding in burst out with a painful moan.
I couldn’t just lie down like this, so I lifted myself up with water droplets made using mana.
Since I couldn’t get up, that was the best decision for me.
“…Lena, if we cooperate now, we can save the villagers.”
“No… This is wrong… Why the hell… “
“Stop. The condition of your fingers is also serious. If you don’t get treatment right away, you’ll be in big trouble.”
Finger? What’s wrong with your finger
At that, I slowly lower my hand.
The fingers of the right hand were twisted unsightly, as if they had been beaten with a weapon. The directions are also bent in different directions.
“…Ah?”
At the moment, I couldn’t understand what was happening, so I made a stupid sound, but the overwhelming pain I felt immediately forced me to understand the current situation.
“Eww… Kyaaaaa!!”
“Ha… Lena.”
It hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts
Are you going to die? Like this? Loved… To a person?
Can’t anyone save me?
Tears and runny nose flowed from the intense pain I felt for the first time in my life. I didn’t even think to clean it and just cried like a little child.
“…Sorry. I won’t hurt you anymore… “
Abel, who walked towards her, raised her hand blades as if she had slashed her.
Are you comfortable now?
Let people die, just me… ?
Swoop-
Maybe I thought I wouldn’t be able to resist any longer, so I flew at a slower speed than before.
That thought was correct. He didn’t even have the strength to lift a hand. I was so tired.
I did my best, but in the end… It didn’t do anything.
I closed my eyes and waited for the moment to subside.
However.
Caan-!
A heavy crashing sound, like metal colliding with metal.
When I slowly opened my eyes, what I saw was Abel’s hand that had stopped around my neck and a white hand holding it.
“Ugh… “
“…I’m sorry. You’re a little late. It should have taken a long time to find Alphonse.”
“It was LeMarque who asked me to go back and see him… I feel sorry for Schonne.”
Familiar voices. As one of them finished a short chant, the burning pain through his body subsided. I no longer had to writhe in pain.
Abel frowned at the unexpected intrusion of an uninvited guest, and hurriedly retrieved the water supply and asked a question.
“…Who?”
“Hmm… We are talking.”
I raised my head and looked at the owner of the voice. And he, who felt my gaze, smiled at me and gently stroked his hair.
He paused for a while, then took out a familiar adventurer card from his pocket and said.
“These are the same class adventurers passing by. This, meeting a hero is a great honor in an adventurer’s life. Haha!”
