episode_0119

“Thank you, Ariando. Thanks to you, I didn’t get hurt.”

“I was really scared. Whoa…! Baine, you’re amazing too. If you hadn’t shackled me, I would have been hit by a fist bigger than my face and would have died.”

“I survived because you drew my attention.”

All three of them felt it.

The fact that the man’s breathing is gradually decreasing.

If left unattended like this, it would be Ariando’s first murder.

“Hmm, what happened to the child?”

Shine said, trying to divert Ariando’s mind.

“…I’ll be hiding alone.”

“Really? Then let’s hurry and follow. It must be scary alone.”

“huh.”

When Ariando was about to look at the man she was interested in, Baine sneakily blocked her view.

Ariando thought for a moment and decided to accept his friend’s consideration.

“Huh? Where did it go?”

“Are you here?”

When they arrived at the place where they had hidden the child, they were shocked to find it empty.

“Yeah, I told you to wait here, but he wasn’t there. I guess he left first.”

“Let’s go outside too. Let the others clean up here.”

“You mean he disappeared over there? Huh, thank goodness. It’s not too late.”

“!!!”

The moment I tried to go outside using the passage.

A man appeared, looking exhausted, as if he had been fighting somewhere else.

The large man was naturally intimidating.

For some reason, I felt uncomfortable making eye contact with him.

‘Something feels strange. ‘I think it would be best to run away.’

‘Are you anxious?’

‘huh! At least I don’t think we should fight here. As you can see, this is a passageway, so neither of us can use our abilities. ‘We are at a disadvantage here.’

‘Okay, then let’s go to a bigger place.’

The children quickly finished coordinating their opinions and started running.

Tadadadadak-!

“at there!!!”

There was nothing to say about Baine and Shine, and Ariando also had the ability to be at a disadvantage when space was narrow.

In particular, Baine was in a situation where he could not use his special move at all.

Fortunately, despite the strong sense of discomfort the man felt, he was not able to quickly follow them.

‘Aren’t you physically capable?’

But what do you believe in and why are you trying to catch us?

Why is my intuition telling me that I need to avoid that guy right now?

Ariando didn’t know, but decided to trust his intuition.

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The entire party enters the enemy camp.

After being left alone with Fran.

We were gathering all the necessary things for when Narrell was safely rescued.

“Do you think you might be hungry?”

“Wouldn’t it have been difficult to eat well after living in a place like that?”

“Then it’s okay if I feed you this much, right?”

“Where did you come from all of a sudden?!”

“I brought it in advance.”

In fact, I picked it up as an item and kept it.

In the lottery, star miscellaneous items appear.

For example, let’s say the scenario involves reminiscing about the past.

When a character was starving, their growth rate could vary depending on whether they were given a lunch box (normal) or a lunch box (highest quality).

In the case of such miscellaneous items, I could also use them, so I used them usefully during my mercenary life.

“Wait a minute, someone is out there.”

“Are you Ariando?”

We hid when we heard that someone was coming out of the enemy camp, and when we saw that the person who came out was short, we suspected Ariando.

However, the person who came out was smaller than Ariando.

“It’s Nayrel.”

I quickly got up from hiding and ran towards the child.

“Neirell!”

“Ah, uncle!!!”

Neirel found me and came running to me with tears streaming down his face.

“Thank God, are you okay? Where are you hurt?”

It seemed like the kids had rescued Narrell safely.

“Mister….sigh…sigh…!”

Nayrel held on to my collar tightly and shed tears.

“Could you show me for a moment? I’ll start with the treatment.”

“Uh, okay.”

I tried to show Nayrel to Fran, but the child grabbed my collar tightly and wouldn’t let go.

It seemed like it was because I had just escaped from a scary place and the only person I could rely on was me.

“It’s okay, I’m just trying to heal your body.”

“Can I just move my hand closer?”

Fran understood the scared child’s feelings and asked in a caring voice.

Nod-!

Fortunately, Narrell allowed Franc access.

Paaa-!

Warm white light surrounds the child’s body.

The light also had an effect on me, who was holding the child, and my condition recovered.

“uh?”

Nayrel also felt the change.

“What do you think? Are there any more uncomfortable places?”

“…I feel more comfortable.”

“Thank goodness. If you have any pain, please tell me anytime. I will make sure it doesn’t hurt.”

“It was a lot of hard work. I used to be skinny, but now I’m even skinnier.”

The already timid child became even more shy.

My condition seems to have improved thanks to Fran, but this is only a temporary measure.

Nayrel’s injuries were emotional and mental rather than physical.

You can truly get better when you recover and spend time with the people you love.

“Why did you come out alone? What about the others?”

“I told them to hide and wait, but I was so scared because I was alone… I even heard that there was a man outside…”

Nayrel answered hesitantly.

So I told him to hide and wait for a while, but it seems he was scared and ran out here on his own.

“Good job. You can do that.”

I was finally able to escape from the scary place, but I guess I was frustrated because I was told to hide alone again.

Since I succeeded in escaping safely, I thought it would be better to comfort him rather than say anything.

‘Are the kids fighting inside then?’

Using your abilities against people is not possible with an ordinary mindset.

Moreover, the children are still minors.

There would be no countermeasures against the murder at all.

I couldn’t help but be worried, but I decided to trust it and thought it was right to take care of Nayrel now.

thud! thud!! Clink! Kwaang!!

A fierce battle was still taking place inside the building.

“I guess I should get away from here. It’s too dangerous around here.”

What if you get attacked and someone tries to run away rather than fight?

As soon as we step out of the building, we will be the first thing that catches your eye.

‘There’s no way they’ll just pass us by as long as we’re with Nayrel.’

I thought it would be better to get away from this place to avoid causing trouble.

“Ugh!! Come after me?”

“No, it’s slow?”

“If it’s not physical ability, what kind of ability is it? Why do you trust it and chase after me like that? It’s so confident that it’s scary for no reason!”

At that time, noisy noises were heard from inside the building.

“I think they’re kids!”

“Maaaa!!”

Ariando was the first to jump out of the building.

Ariando, who discovered us, made a strange sound.

Shine also found me and shouted.

“Ugh! Why is he here!?”

“Boss, jump out!!!”

Shine, Ariando, and finally Vine.

They rushed out of the passage, were surprised to see us, and shouted urgently.

Anyone can see that they are running away.

“What on earth are you doing here?”

It’s a party made up of SSRs, but there’s someone who makes such a fuss and needs to run away?

‘What abilities do they have? Why are they running away?’

Vine could even destroy this building on his own, so what’s the point of running away because he’s scared?

Still, I couldn’t just ignore the kids making such a fuss, so I handed the child over to Fran.

“Fran, I’m asking you to please take the child and hide him.”

Neirel also seemed to have noticed the situation and obediently hugged Fran.

“Are you sure you don’t mind?”

“I don’t have great skills, but it will be more helpful than nothing.”

“Hey, what are you doing? I told you to hurry up!”

I asked the children who were stamping their feet.

“Tell me what’s going on. Why are you doing this?”

“A very strange man is chasing me! I feel strangely dangerous!”

“I told him to avoid it, so we just followed him.”

In an emergency situation, the correct attitude for a party member is to follow the leader without asking or questioning.

“He’s big and has knife marks on his face!! It felt like a tingling sensation.”

Ariane also appeals to the man’s fear on her own.

“It definitely had a scary-looking face. It was scary because it was chasing us and saying it was going to kill us.”

“I was looking for that kid, so I better hide him quickly. He’ll be out soon.”

The kids were talking so fast that I couldn’t concentrate at all.

Anyway, if you understand what I’m saying, there’s a man chasing me that strangely makes me feel like I want to avoid him…

“I know that person.”

At that time, Narrell was held in Franc’s arms and spoke in a low voice.

“huh?”

“You have to be careful. He’s dangerous.”

“A dangerous person?”

“Of course! My intuition was right.”

“That person is the leader. His abilities are also very dangerous.”

“And the leader?! Do you know what his ability is?”

“Seal the ability.”

“what?!”

“!!!!”

Everyone was shocked by what Narrell said.

Ability seal.

There was nothing more fearful to the awakened than the sealing of their abilities.

“So you’re not even able to use your powers right now?”

“Yes. It was like that originally, but the ability has been used again since a while ago.”

Narrell spread his palms and used his ability toward the floor.

Green light flowed out like fog, and the grass on the ground grew rapidly until it reached my waist.

Normally, when the grass grows that tall, it should bend down, but the grass that Narrell had grown was wriggling and making strange movements in the air.

“I don’t think it’s possible to permanently seal it.”

“If you get caught once, it’ll be a headache. How can you win? It’s a fight between the talented and the non-skilled.”

If I didn’t know what abilities I had in advance, it could have been really dangerous.

“Fran, you had better run away with Narrell. Right now.”

“Yes, I will. Let’s go.”

Fran ran away with Narrell, and the children each checked their weapons.

“As a leader, you can never let someone escape.”

“That’s right! We have to catch it no matter what.”

The moment you lose the leader, the results of this work will be drastically reduced.

Once you knew what its abilities were, you had to think about ways to deal with it.

“For now, let Ariando hide, and the two of us will try to attract as much aggro as possible.”

Grumbling!!! Wow!!!!!!!

At that time, flames rose from the ceiling of the building.

“It seems like the teachers are very busy.”

“…Do you think asking for help would be impossible?”

“Yeah, we have to figure it out.”

“You guys stay still.”

“yes?”

“If sealing is his ability, it would be better for me to step forward than for you to step forward.”

Just then, a man came down through the vent.

“Huh? What, there’s an additional man. He ran away so hard that I didn’t even know he was waiting here.”

Even when the man saw me, he made a sour expression.

It was as if he was confident that his win would not change no matter how many pages there were.

‘If you have the sealing ability, it’s understandable that you take your time like that.’

But that relaxed expression won’t last long.

That guy treated our kids too lightly.

“We lured you here, so don’t you know how grateful we are that you followed along so well?”

Shine said, pretending to be relaxed.

She aimed her bow at the man.

“You better not think that you can escape from my bow. I need to catch all the horrible criminals like you and put them in prison to feel better.”

“The Awakened cannot catch me.”

The man didn’t even flinch at Shine’s provocation, perhaps because he still believed in his abilities.

The man’s eyes sparkled blue.

And at that moment, the magical power in the bow burst! And it cut off.