122 – collapse_2
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Solar’s direct words became the catalyst. Just like when I first recruited her, a subtle air flows that seems like it’s about to explode, yet it’s extremely cold.
Lian, who played a role in changing the atmosphere in this situation, bowed his head and did not say anything, while Ron remained silent in the tent. No, if you listen closely, you can hear a small mumble. I didn’t know what they were saying because they focused their attention elsewhere as if they were avoiding it.
“Solar. You…”
Solar, who had been meditating at Lian’s words, muttered, slightly opening her eyes. as if making excuses.
“You guys are of the same mind. It can’t go on like this. Continuing on without knowing why is a parallel line. We can’t understand each other forever.”
“Still, wouldn’t it have been better to approach slowly?”
“Slowly? So when? Wasn’t someone waiting for the gun to be strapped on? I did it. Shouldn’t you guys have agreed with me then?”
“I think we’re too crowded right now. Solar. First of all, take a slow deep breath…”
“It’s a problem for me as well as you guys. I should have asked why and had a conversation with you earlier. I should have known at least what the reason was like that.”
“That’s what we were talking about.”
“Yes. We talked among ourselves. There was no one responsible.”
“therefore.”
Odrox drew attention by thumping his greatsword.
“What do you plan to do? Al Sola? You’ve already said everything you wanted to say, and this is the result. Is this what you wanted?”
Solar groaned and gritted her teeth. Of course, she didn’t want this outcome either. Even though he showed such a hardship, the incomprehensibility and frustration of him who kept trying to hide the truth, the demon he had missed, and other things piled up and exploded in his head.
“I’ll talk to you first. You guys should find a solution on your own.”
Odrox entered the tent, and the eyes of the three crossed. They, too, were not sure where they went wrong. The atmosphere was definitely not bad. They showed him the results of their hard training, and he smiled lightly when he saw them like that.
But why? Why did this happen?
In a situation where they couldn’t open their mouths to each other, Lane returned.
“..Where did you just go?”
“Something is spying on us from a little distance away.”
“What? I feel nothing…”
“It doesn’t matter now.”
Rihanna brought back the topic she was trying to get away from. However, there was no way to make progress by talking about it in such a situation where there was no person involved. They still didn’t know what the real reason was. I just thought it was a seizure-like symptom.
On the other hand, Odrox moved to try to talk with him. As soon as he opened the tent, he frowned involuntarily at the fishy smell.
“Calm down.”
However, knowing that there was no point in agitating here, I hurried to him and started first aid. The pouch he was carrying was full of crushed herbs, so I soaked it in water and applied it slowly to his eyes.
Ron made no resistance. It was just hanging in place like a cloth soaked in water.
“I was wrong…don’t come…I’m sorry…”
“What’s wrong? You’re doing good enough.”
“Go… go… I’m sorry… don’t go…”
“I’m not going. So be careful.”
O’Drox speaks to him while watching him repeat incomprehensible words like a broken doll. Since he was ignorant of the human mind in the first place, he couldn’t even guess what he was talking about, and since his words didn’t reach Ron, he couldn’t communicate with each other.
Attempts at further discussion were futile. It seemed that the spirit was not here. At least it wasn’t something he could solve himself. I should bring someone who can speak at least as well as others.
But I couldn’t get them to face Ron now. Can’t you just look at it and do something that will make the situation worse?
yes. During the long time we were together, it was amazing that Solar was able to bend herself. Maybe I was still sick on the inside. That’s what came and exploded. By all means, with Ron.
Odrox came out of the tent. As soon as he came out, Lian cried and asked him how Ron was.
“I don’t know. I don’t know what the problem is. I can’t even communicate.”
“Such… such a thing… I’ll go… if it’s my healing magic…”
Odrox did not stop her. It really could have been improved with healing magic. They say they can’t cure the mental part, but it’s better to hold on to what you can. Conflicts can be resolved if only words are communicated.
Ryan entered the tent. Biting my lips at the fishy smell that wafts off, I cautiously walk toward him who is crowding on the wall. Step by step, step by step, carefully, like a person afraid that his feet won’t burn out.
“Sense.. wake up..”
Wounds that must have been self-inflicted appeared in her eyes. Despite first aid, blood was leaking from the wound that had been reattached over it.
“Don’t look…”
Lian did not respond to his words, but raised his hand and wrapped a silver halo around his hand and stroked his face once. he didn’t move He just stood there blankly, as if he had become a doll.
His eyes were exposed through loose bandages. Those eyes, cast in complete, lifeless darkness, seemed to squeeze Lian’s heart.
How can the person who saved you be so broken?
Her past, which she hadn’t noticed until now, maybe pretended not to know, hangs in her head.
The self-defense instincts inherent in her head are activated. One of the blades of the accusation that was pointed at himself is directed at him. Even though I know I shouldn’t be like this, I wanted to hear the reason why I was acting like this to him.
“Why..”
say The questions that have accumulated while chasing him are fully revealed.
“Why didn’t you say it was difficult? If you just said it, we would…”
It may have been the right choice. If he had passed on without saying anything like he always did, if he had comforted him, he would have come back to square one. However, Rian was a person with a personality that could not be said firmly like Solar, so he was embarrassed by what he said out of his mouth and covered his hand.
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry… I just…”
Before the person who heard the words said anything, he bowed his head and went out to the tent. I was determined to follow whatever he did.
That reprimanding question just now was an act that completely deviated from Lian’s resolve.
“Actually you…”
Will it get better if I say it? His inner thoughts, which had come out a little, hit the closed tent and returned to his own ears. Lian didn’t hear it and came back and just hugged her face.
was going astray An effect beyond what the devil had hoped for was shaking their relationship. If the devil looked directly at Sola’s expression right now, he would be immersed in ecstasy and defenseless on the spot.
The moment Lane was about to say something, a man approached them from a distance.
Odrox pulled out his greatsword and headed towards someone. At a glance, the man trembled as the giant approached, which seemed to be 1.5 times the size of a normal person. But that’s for a while. As soon as I confirmed that it was Odrox, I sighed in relief and quietly approached him.
“Identify yourself.”
However, they are not so kind that they accept such a person blindly. It was because they had been attacked a lot by beings who imitated their allies and approached them.
In an instant, the side of the sword placed on his shoulder and strength were lowered to reveal the veins of Odrox’s arm. He struggled to open his mouth with an expression of enduring pain, as if his shoulder blades were about to fall apart if he made a mistake.
“I was betrayed!! It hurts!! I almost died, but I ran away! But you don’t know when you’ll come after me again! Please protect me! It’s a 7 star! You’re the first hero!”
Hearing the words spoken quickly as if to really save his life, Odrox stared straight into his eyes and said,
“..how can you believe that?”
“what’s the matter?”
“Super.. First Hero..!! Please save me! I’ve been betrayed!”
The appearance of a small man comes into Lane’s eyes. A small-sized man who naturally stimulates the desire for protection. At the appearance of such a handsome man, Lane…
“How can you believe that?”
His usual eyes were cold and cold. The man looks bewildered at Lane’s reaction and turns his eyes around. Then, looking straight at the image of Lian, who had followed Lane and Odrox, who suddenly disappeared, he called her with trembling hands.
“Saint.. Saint.. Please stop your colleagues.. No one trusts me..”
“You can prove it.”
The man’s teeth chatted against Lian’s demeanor, which was clearly different from the rumors about her name as a saint. I didn’t know it would be this tough. Really, really, someone attacked and barely escaped.
As if remembering the man who was perplexed by the weight of the greatsword and the cold gaze, he held out an iron plate hanging from his waist. It was a well-polished iron plate with no scratches.
“I’m this kind of person..! It’s because I was really attacked..”
Tears that had pooled and shimmered in her eyes shed a single drop, and Lane took the iron plate he had held out as if snatching it away.
There was no suspicious magic. The man’s name, identity, mercenary rank, place of origin, etc. were written on the iron plate. He was an ordinary mercenary with nothing suspicious. Lian released the magic or curse that might be hanging on the man with purification magic. After completing a series of processes, Odrox’s greatsword fell to the floor with a thud.
“When and where was it attacked? What were the other personnel doing?”
“It was too strong.. He suddenly appeared and told us to trust him, and we gave him faith by defeating the monster we were struggling with, but he stabbed me in the back… It wasn’t a human movement. Turning the joints freely…”
“Let’s go at once.”
“That… the Archmage is…”
“I need something to think for myself.”
The current solar is on the verge of exploding. A wizard in poor condition is like a bomb. Especially if it had the same level of magical power as Solar. In the current situation, leaving her alone was a much better option. There’s no way that Solar would be defeated by anyone.
“I… I’ll be here for now.”
Rian said as if he was worried about him who was left alone. Lane and O’Drox agreed with that opinion.
“Huh? The saintess too? The two of you met that person…”
“..Let’s go and decide.”
“Yes Yes.”
A man goes into the woods with a suspicious expression. There was no sound except the rustling of insects, the rustling of grass, and the low voice of a man.