109 – overprotection_2
There is no time to slack off like ‘I’m useless’ before starting work.
If you just sit still and wait, nothing will be solved. Isn’t it a natural flow that you have to act because you made a choice?
I’m different from the past when I didn’t wear my head and only rolled my body.
I was able to think about how they would act because I personally experienced their attitude towards me as if I were dealing with a fragile object because they regarded me as weak.
I did not rule out the possibility that I had something to replace my role. Of course, what I just thought of and what I actually experienced were different, but it seemed that thinking in advance was helpful.
“That’s good. You don’t have to do it yourself. Where did you find it?”
“..Yeah! I learned it myself, learned it from Merlin, and strengthened it! It’s all for you!”
That confident tone was a little stingy.
I don’t know how to react when the answer is full of goodwill. I couldn’t do anything like spit on a smiling face.
I haven’t been told anything yet. And I won’t tell you anything. Recognition received through acting like a play is nothing more than self-defense.
“okay, thanks.”
“I’m glad you said thank you.”
Solar let out an awkward laugh while concentrating on controlling her familiar again. I can’t see it closely, but I can see humanoid monsters that walk on two legs, about half my height, walking around.
The guys walking around near the entrance are holding crude blades one by one.
Deep inside, a gigantic monster that looked three times taller than that humanoid monster both horizontally and vertically sat down. It’s probably the host of this labyrinth.
Aside from the way he violently rips raw uncooked meat, there is an ill-fitting necklace hanging around his neck.
An egg is attached to the tip of a necklace made of thin leather that seems to have been randomly beaten.
Maybe that’s the dimensional door. I don’t know when and in what form the dimension gate opens and summons the demon, but it seemed better to rush in quickly.
Even if my familiar did scouting, I have no intention of handing over my position at the front line. Because I was the one who excelled at killing signs here.
In order to raise my self-esteem a little, I tried to raise my strengths.
“I’ll go in first.”
“No. I think I’d better go in first.”
As I was about to enter, Lane’s hand suddenly came in front of me.
Why? It was an environment where demons could be summoned no matter how low the level of monsters seemed. Here’s to keep the formation as always…
“I can scout now too.”
Rain’s voice shatters the meaning of my existence from the front.
But it didn’t shake. Pretending to be as good as possible is not enough for me. He repeated the mental victory based on his inferiority complex.
yes. No matter how talented Lane is, he can’t catch up with the tower I’ve built over decades of painstaking work in an instant.
I assigned her the role of reconnaissance. My position naturally became the last seat next to Lian.
I feel very sorry for Lian, who has always been in charge of the back end, but for some reason, I felt like I was pushed back because I was not good at it.
Know. That the rear guard is as important as scouting the front. However, the stage where I was mainly active was the front line, and I was confident that the best role I could play was to face all kinds of dangers on a street where I could not easily get help from my colleagues and inform them.
“Please take care of me.”
“Yes. I will try my best.”
Lian clenched his fists, strengthening his will.
yes. Let’s think calmly. From the start of the journey, touring the continent, and subjugating the Demon King in the Demon Realm, I was hurt and hurt countless times. There was no news from them even after the breakup, and when they met again, they were full of scars from cutting themselves around their eyes. No wonder they couldn’t help but react like this.
There is a lot of time. The area outside the border is vast, and the area where magic power is concentrated is also innumerable.
You just have to solve it slowly. You will do well.
Being patient was all I could do.
After Lane’s advance, we waited for her signal to return.
“Come to think of it, what wind blew all of a sudden and you asked us to get together again. Ron.”
“I just want to try traveling with you guys again.”
“Um… I thought so too! It seems like we’re in common!”
As soon as I said it directly without thinking about making excuses, Lian raised his hand and agreed with my opinion. The thick ring – made of a necklace – on the index finger of his left hand stood out in particular.
Solar, who was watching that scene, was about to say something when she said that Lane, who had entered the labyrinth, was safe.
Odrox descended, followed by Solar and Lian, who threw themselves into the pit.
Finally, in preparation for an unexpected situation, everyone threw themselves into the pit after covering it up.
landed We were welcomed by a pit divided into several forks along with a dirt floor that held our feet together without any hint of slipperiness.
If it wasn’t for the information, we would have invested a little time, but we have already confirmed the passage with the dimension gate through Sola’s familiar.
Apart from that, several signs are felt. Whether they were aware of the existence of the familiar or the existence of Reign, there were well over 20 monsters gathered in the passage leading to that huge monster.
It’s easy to understand, so it seems like they’re advertising in the neighborhood that that side is the correct answer.
Anyway, the number of monsters over 20 might be difficult for the cadets, but for us… not exactly for them.
Five will be swept away by Odrox’s blade, and after Solar’s magic dissipates the heat, Rain will take down five last.
Even if you get hurt, Lian will heal you.
Originally, I would have had my role in the meantime, but now I really have nothing to do.
The entrance was concealed, and it was a hidden place from the beginning, and I looked behind it just in case, but there was no sign of an attack.
Lane’s reconnaissance was well polished and in a state of high perfection. It was a figure that killed footsteps and presence, moved swiftly as if it had become one with the background, and was wary of both the footsteps and the far distance at the same time.
It was like watching me move from the point of view of a spectator.
I couldn’t speak. Even if I had to say it here, I couldn’t even hear where Rain was.
I thought the tower I had built was high, but when I looked around, that talented warrior was already building bricks right next to me.
everything was perfect
Without a single hesitation, he took on the role of reconnaissance while cutting down monsters that came in front of him in one blow.
What if it were me? They probably alerted the frontlines of the danger and started fighting together. It would have been difficult to catch three of them even if he had to work hard with the knife.
Because I was in the rear, I could see the battlefield.
Lane moved.
Without a single unnecessary movement, it burrows between monsters like running water and cuts only the vital points with simple movements.
The intentional twist in the swinging sword is noticeable. He twisted his wrist while cutting, intentionally dulling the cut surface.
Even with the armor on, there is not a single rattling sound. In one breath, he knocked out several flying blades targeting vital points and joints.
Two blades escaped from the monster’s hand and rotated in the air.
As she hit it like a hammer, the two hit the monster’s vitals and cut off the owner’s breath.
less than 5 seconds. A lane that subdued 1/3 of over 20 monsters.
If I had been there, would I have acted the same as Lane?
I compared the image of myself trying to reduce the number somehow by rolling on the floor desperately and the image of Rain not kneeling on the ground.
For a moment, he remembered how he had fought to the death against several rodents.
Other monsters rushed behind her. The swollen muscles that did not match his size were quite menacing, but Rain, let alone moving, did not even look back, just staring straight ahead.
But there was no need to worry. It was thanks to the Odrox that jumped out like a tank while knocking out all the monsters that rushed at it.
Even though it was only to bounce back with a shield as it ran, the momentum of the monsters being hit was unusual.
The monsters that spurred the ground were not enough to get stuck in the wall, they penetrated it and disappeared leaving only holes.
The others, stuck to the ground, chose to remain as a stain on Odrox’s shield, leaving only two legs.
Odrox, who came running, shook off the shield with pieces of flesh, organs, and bones attached to it, and then swung his greatsword wide.
Reign bent down in line with the movement and aimed at the legs of the monsters from below.
Rain’s swordsman who cut off several pairs of legs at once, and Odrox’s swordsman who separated the upper and lower bodies of monsters with a majestic sound.
The monsters who survived the sword dance realized the situation and turned their backs and tried to run away, but were shot down by Solar’s magic that reduced the range and disappeared.
To be honest, there was no discussion whatsoever. We only talked about the type and number of enemies and the destination.
Even so, they matched each other without interfering with each other’s movements.
It seemed to brag.
Like, ‘I don’t feel your empty seat.’
the group goes Occasionally, the smell of scorched smoke wafts through the bloody smell.
The amount of corpses scattered increases with each step.
The source was in a state of pooling blood in all directions, and the limbs of monsters were scattered here and there like twigs that had fallen into a swamp.
“..ugh..”
Ryan let out a sob. Because there was a difference between what I was used to and what I could endure.
Without saying anything else, he gently held Lian’s shoulder.
There was only so much I could do now.
As if becoming a spectator, he repeated the act of walking on an open road.
Far from disappearing, as we walked along the path of blood and corpses that increased in number, the leader of the party stopped in place.
The appearance of the host monster observed with Solar’s familiar caught my eye at first glance. The dimensional door hanging around his neck was shaking and glowing.