Chapter 121 – 121.Red Infection (2)
“It’s in that direction.”
I took a step toward the direction Lucas pointed.
And after a short while of walking, we realized that Lucas’ intuition was not wrong.
I saw plants dyed dark red.
The further we went, the more dying plants and plants with a more dark red color were discovered.
At that destination.
“That…”
“I know that one! It’s Giant Trento!”
A monster that can be said to be the leader of Trento.
There was Giant Trento.
For reference, the name of the executive level is Hughes Trento.
The Giant Trento is three times the size of an ordinary Trento, and its most notable feature is that it has abundant leaves, unlike the originally bare branches of the Trento.
However, perhaps due to the influence of the chaos stone, all the leaves on the branches had eroded to a dark red color.
“Sihan, Sihan! Behind! Behind Giant Trento, there is a tree with a chaos stone!”
A tree with a chaos stone embedded in it was also found near the clearly corrupted monster.
The Giant Trento was at close range as if guarding a tree with a chaos stone embedded in it, and 5 Trentos were wandering nearby.
With new points earned, a golden opportunity has come to completely bring Lucas into the Fortis Group.
“Quickly subdue the monsters and purify the chaos stone. Myka, activate the Golden Rage in advance. Give the Giant Treant a blow.”
“Yes! Captain! Geumrangi!”
While Myka used Geumranggi to apply a self-buff, I gave instructions to everyone to quickly kill the monsters, including the Giant Treant.
Adelia and Lucas apply buffs, Yeonhwa spreads her protection, and Pamela restrains the enemy and inflicts a debuff at the same time.
The moment Pamela’s debuff hit, the monsters looked towards us, but by then we had already started attacking.
“I’ll deal with the poor guys at once! Prison of punishment!”
A ball made of blue electricity struck the Trento group and splattered with electricity.
The power of the skill, combined with the blessing of inclusion and Lucas’s buff, was powerful enough to instantly defeat a group of Trentos whose defenses were reduced due to a debuff.
“Come on! Go! Myka!”
“Awwwww!”
At the signal from Atsubal, who was in a good mood after making a great first attack, Maika threw her kick at Giant Trento, who had not yet fallen.
“Geumrangak!”
Oh my gosh! With a sound, half of Giant Trento’s pillar caved in.
Giant Trento stretched out the branches from her pillar towards Myka, as if she had no intention of being treated gently.
Myka pricked her ears and spurred the pillar of her Giant Trento with her opposite foot to avoid the branches and Adelia stepped forward, alternating with her retreating Maika.
“Dance of water flowers!”
Showing off his dazzling sword skills, numerous water sword strikes cut down the branches of the Giant Torrent.
“Time limit!”
At her cue, she sprang up on her spurs and hurled her spear at the pillars that Myka had failed to break with her chariot.
“Screw Sting!”
[Pierced through Corrupted Giant Trento.]
With a notification sound, Giant Trento fell to the floor with a loud cry as the remaining part was completely pierced and there was no longer a connection.
However, the notification did not appear.
Since he didn’t even use a chant, there’s no way a boss-level monster could fall with just a broken pillar.
“I haven’t fallen yet! Attack again before I regenerate!”
We all attacked together towards the fallen Giant Trento.
I penetrate with a spear, Pamela alternates between the nail of destruction and the sword of loss, Yeonhwa also throws a kick, and Lucas also throws a shining ray.
Atsubal and Adelia similarly used their skills and attacked.
Giant Trento was long and large, so we were able to attack by dividing the space evenly.
And after a while.
[Achievement: Defeated the Fallen Giant Trento.]
[Achievement Reward: Points 4, Reputation 5]
A notification sound appeared and my remaining points reached 17.
“I think this is enough.”
“It’s considerably more persistent than other monsters.”
“Because it was big.”
“Even so, you were no match for my magic!”
“I hit him so hard! Yay!”
“Whoo, whoo.”
“Lou, Mr. Lucas, are you okay?”
“Yes. Since we said we were going to attack together, we ended up using more magic power than usual.”
“I know that feeling too. I was really nervous when I first joined forces with Sihan.”
“Still… It feels good to do something with everyone.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
First, he took out Giant Trento’s magic stone by stabbing it with a spear and recovered it along with the body.
And then I walked towards the tree with the chaos stone embedded in it.
“Lucas, you still have enough divine power, right?”
“Oh, yes!”
“Then please.”
“… I’ll do my best!”
Lucas stepped in front of the Chaos Stone and stretched out his staff.
“…”
As Lucas closed his eyes and concentrated, white light, thought to be divine power, extended towards the chaos stone.
The moment the divine power touched the chaos stone, a crackling, burning sound was heard and dark red smoke rose from the chaos stone.
Only after the state lasted for one minute did the chaos stone lose its light.
“Phew… I think it’s done. I don’t feel any reaction anymore.”
“This is a moment of purification.”
“It’s mysterious when I see it in person.”
“Good job, Lucas.”
“No! I was just doing my job.”
We approached the tree and retrieved the chaos stone, which had now lost its power, from the tree and then decided to return to Suzar.
Inside the horse-drawn carriage.
[Strike down lightning~ Burning lightning~ Hmm, is scorching thunder better? However, it is difficult to give up the feeling of lightning…]
Separate windows are installed inside the carriage to communicate with the coachman.
And since I usually sit close to the window, I could hear Atsval humming his own song and thinking about the lyrics.
This is not the first time that Atsbal has hummed her own song of hers, so I am looking forward to seeing what kind of song she will complete.
To me, it was like a character song that could be said to be 100% pure.
It was then.
“Mr. Sihan.”
Lucas spoke to me.
“What is it?”
“I… Have decided.”
Lucas looked at me with the expression of a determined man.
“I was anxious. I was anxious about whether I could keep up with you and whether I would cause trouble… But I realized. I did as you and Sihan told me from the beginning. Instead of being caught up in my own shortcomings, I could help you all. “I want to work harder now so that I can fulfill my role! Together with you! So.”
Lucas held his staff tightly and spoke with his will.
“I want to remain in this Fortis Group and become stronger with you all. I want to become stronger… ! I want to shine more bright light on this world created by the Goddess of Creation.”
Finally, Lucas clearly expressed his desire to join our group.
There is a certain thing to say to Lucas.
“Welcome, Lucas. Please continue to treat us well.”
“… ! Yes!”
Lucas smiled brightly.
Squeak.
“Wow, I want to bring a brilliant light to the world. That’s a great idea.”
As if Lucas’ words had been heard by the coachman, Atzbal, who was driving the carriage, opened the window.
“You can look forward to it, Lucas Pond! According to what I learned when I joined this group, the manager of our group is this glutton and a slut! He has a lot of money, but he pursues strength to the point that he sends out requests almost every day! If you hang out with a guy like this, you will definitely become stronger. The goal will be achieved!”
I understand that you are a glutton, but what does natural color bone mean?
I asked, very embarrassed, whether I was the only one who had such doubts.
“S-Si-han is a glutton and a loser? What do you mean?”
“I guess you haven’t noticed since it’s only been a week! You know it anyway, so I’ll tell you!”
Atsubal must have been bored sitting alone in the coach seat and spoke in a very happy voice.
“First of all, this guy can’t be bothered when it comes to delicious food! First of all, if he goes into a store he’s never seen before, he won’t be satisfied unless he tastes the entire menu!”
“I don’t know which menu will suit my taste, so isn’t it natural to satisfy my curiosity?”
“Look at this.”
“Well… In that case, wouldn’t it be more appropriate to be a gourmet rather than a glutton?”
“If this guy puts his mind to it, he can eat everything on the menu in that store in one go. It’s a group holiday! I witnessed it while taking a walk!”
When did you see that again?
“I’m usually very active, so I just get in easily.”
I didn’t really deny it.
It wasn’t once or twice that he caught me and went into the store on my day off and conquered a menu I hadn’t tried yet.
“Really? But you never did that when we ate together.”
I actually didn’t understand why Lucas looked puzzled and asked the reason.
“Well, I can’t make the members wait just because I eat more. In the first place, I can only eat more, but if I don’t eat more, it’s not to the point where I can’t move because I’m hungry.”
Sometimes I just feel like my body in this world is strange, but now I’m used to it.
“Ah… No, wait a minute! Still, I still can’t believe that Mr. Sihan is a natural person! Isn’t Mr. Sihan always a cool-headed and honest person?!”
Is there something like a saint inside Lucas?”
“That’s right, everyone!”
Lucas turned his head and tried to get the support of not only Atsubal, who expressed his opinion, but also the women.
By the way.
“Naturally colored bone… Hmm, maybe it’s surprisingly true?”
“Do you think Si-han is just being honest?”
“That’s magnanimity… Yes, magnanimity. To others and to oneself…”
“What is a lewd bone? Is it the captain’s lewd bone?”
“Everyone?!”