114 – rewind_2
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They had devised a plan to put Ron’s mind at ease. A plan to create an environment where he doesn’t have to move much and at the same time train him to be strong enough not to worry him.
On the other hand, Ron is trying to make a direct move to prove his worth to them and shake off his mental problems.
Even though both sides have conflicting ideas, they did not reveal their intentions. The lack of communication was enough to become a conflict.
But Ron kept his mouth shut. If I had spoken out now, I would have been able to resolve it before it became a conflict. No matter how long it will take, someday I would have been able to see the end and be happy.
The accumulation of failures and the obsession with success to make up for them made his lips heavy.
Some might call him an asshole, some might call him a stuffy hogu bastard. Ron himself felt that way more than once or twice.
Even though he was born with below-average talent, he was a man who invested more than half of his life in adventure. It was not possible to protect both the body and mind with willpower and perseverance, and it had been a long time since such a worn out and cracked heart was shattered due to some circumstances.
Inconsistent enthusiasm leads to conflict.
Their relationship, which had not had a major conflict until they broke up after catching the demon king, was about to crack.
“It’s not in good condition. It was just one step away from opening the portal.”
Spur along with Solar’s words. What happened to the other personnel? The mana stones for communication connected to the representatives of each group that were attached before departure do not respond. Is the progress a bit ok? How far is it going?
There was nothing I could have asked for. They were fighting together, so now they should do what they can.
It was very risky for all the first warriors to spread out and break each other. The devil is an unknown being. No matter how strong they became, starting a fight without any information about the opponent was like a moth jumping into a fire.
So they chose to go together. Of course, there was also an inner meaning of making other Ron feel at ease.
“I’m a little used to this place.”
As Odrox said, the place they arrived this time was the middle of a mountain range where a razor-sharp wind was blowing. I couldn’t tell if it was the northern end or the southern end, but luckily I didn’t have to spend time finding the entrance this time.
“I’ll go right away.”
Lane said that and went right in. Others followed Lane’s opinion without disagreeing.
The entrance is wide enough for five people to enter at once, but the road gets narrower as you go deeper.
A running primate monster. I was killed by the iron-clad Rain’s kicks. Other monsters that sometimes try to jump over the lane and aim for the rear are defeated by Odrox and Solar respectively.
As we climbed over the fallen corpses, the width became completely narrow and the path became narrow enough for only one person to walk. Inevitably, Odrox’s body turned towards the line of fire. He was heading forward without hesitation, as if he wasn’t uncomfortable cramming his huge body into the narrow road.
“..Well..”
Lane, who was in the process, showed signs of worry. In front of her eyes were well over six crossroads. No matter how much scouting and reconnaissance skills were honed, there was no power to accurately detect the shortest distance to the target from such a large number of options. Even if he borrowed Solar’s magic, it would only be able to capture the results of a maximum of two paths.
Being Rain, who was determined not to borrow Ron’s help, he became more hesitant to act.
On the other hand, Solar and Rian, blocked by Odrox’s huge body and unable to see, couldn’t figure out why she suddenly stopped.
Ron was aware that there was a fork in the road, but he couldn’t do anything about it because the way forward was blocked.
What Lane chose was to turn his feet to a place where he could feel even a little bit of strong energy. It was a choice based on her own intuition, and she probably didn’t know if it was the right answer.
Seeing such an act without hesitation, Ron had no choice but to swallow his saliva even more. Because even if they didn’t have confidence, they seemed to be able to do it.
Even on the icy road, no one tripped and proceeded. Just as he was dealing with the rogues, a being with enormous magical power entered Ron’s sensory network. I saw it with my own eyes, and I was able to guess right away because I had also experienced it.
“Wyvern.”
“Yes? A wyvern?”
Lian, who was behind Ron, asked back as if responding to his voice. He knew that wyverns weren’t that common, so he asked that.
“It’s a real wyvern.”
It was a different kind back then. Although there were only a pair of legs supporting the ground, the mana emanating from the gurgling breath was stronger than before.
Ron earnestly compared the Wyvern of the time and the Wyvern of today. The wyvern, who believed only in the strength of its body and came with a strong determination without releasing magic power, was such that even Ron could somehow pass the time. Of course, I used the curse.
What if the wyvern you encountered at that time was this? Even if he used a curse, his body would have been melted away by the release of compressed mana. Thinking that way, I felt like I had done something reckless.
Ron patted Solar on the back.
“I know.”
As if waiting for him to signal her, Solar says so.
The meaning of the confident Solar’s words. That the situation has already been identified and a way to resolve it has also been found.
Since there was only one road, they had no choice but to face the wyvern. As Ron guessed, it was moving, making a thumping sound with a pair of legs and smashing through walls.
The broken wall returns to its original state as soon as the wyvern passes by, as if something had happened. It was an unusual environment that is difficult to explain with general knowledge.
As soon as it faced them, it seemed to feel instinctive anxiety, and began to gather the mana within its body.
Since they are lined up in a straight line, they can be completely destroyed. Even so, the four humans were too calm. As if a solution was already being prepared.
Before Ron could say anything, the wyvern’s accumulated magical energy was released. Even if it is narrow, a storm of concentrated magical power rushes at them with a diameter large enough to fill this road that one person can pass through.
Power enough to automatically respond to danger signals in the body. Downy hair rises perpendicularly to the skin, and muscles throughout the body stiffen.
Solar gestured. As if conducting a command, the mass of energy that could be seen with the naked eye disappeared without a trace as soon as I swung my finger in the air a couple of times. as if it never existed.
The Wyvern grunted and made a confused sound. I fired the same shot a few times, but it was only destroyed in front of her gesture.
Judging that they can’t win with this, it approaches them with footsteps that resonate with the earth. He had information based on experience that the durability of the body of a being with the same amount of magic as enough to block his own magic storm was terrible, so he intended to step on it with his own huge and strong feet.
It was a gigantic size, one and a half of the wyvern that Ron had dealt with. It was to the point where I wondered if even a gold-class adventurer would pee as soon as he encountered it.
The closer it gets, the stronger the amount of mana it emits. Green magic spreads in all directions like smoke, as if heat is emitted between the scales. A situation where you can’t even see an inch ahead. The thought of being able to eat high-quality prey full of mana for the first time in a long time made the wyvern’s mouth water.
As a sign that a drop of saliva dripped between the sharp teeth of the wyvern, the battle was over.
Folded wings extending from the shoulder. A pair of huge wings with membranes fell to the ground. A large amount of magical energy flowing inside the Wyvern gushed out from the cutting surface and began to wet the ground and walls.
It was a wyvern that instantly dropped its huge wings to the ground, but there was no sign of noticing it.
Cerro’s pupil caught a small human wizard with a particularly large amount of magical power. I was thinking of aiming for it, chewing it well, and swallowing it. However, no matter how much I ran, the distance to it did not narrow.
Only then did it become aware of its current state.
At some point, the gaze lowered. I tried to move my legs and my wings, but there was no feeling of movement, and there was no response. The legs that supported the huge body that reached the tail were gone. The wings also disappeared, and it looked like a caterpillar.
It was about to howl at the belated pain of the amputation.
Little human finger pointing. The Wyvern saw the red magic power approaching in front of his eyes and intuited death. And as if nothing happened, there was complete silence.
It took about three blinks of an eye.
A collection of powers that do not require their own weak power. Ron confirmed it again and put the dagger back in.
“It’s really no joke.”
His sentiments inadvertently spilled out of his mouth and reached the ears of the other four. They didn’t know anything else, but they had a desire to be recognized by him. Because that was one of the purposes of this trip in the first place.
They couldn’t see his face behind him, and he couldn’t see the four faces in front of him.
They thought things were going well, and he didn’t.