Chapter 93 – Memoirs (3)

One.

The bombardment of colorful elements embroidered the field of vision towards the tidal wave of fire as the flame giants advanced.

Kwagwagwagwang!!!!!

Even in the giant guild Liar’s Trap, the 2 teams of A-class Awakeners, who were called the most elite, launched their own bombardment of elements, stopping the tidal wave of fire that seemed to engulf the whole world for a moment.
However, due to the nature of Class A monsters and flame giants, which quickly regenerate any damage or shock unless the core is destroyed or the flame completely extinguished, their attacks only halted their advance for a while, but did not deliver significant damage.
Normal flame giants are one to two. At most, there are about three groups, but the number of giants now advancing toward us is five hundred. It was not something that could be knocked down by artillery fire from only 15 A-class Awakeners.
But none of them expressed disapproval. In the first place, they stopped the advance of the flame giant for a while because it was enough.
In the first place, if only A-class Awakeners had tried to quell that tidal wave of fire, they wouldn’t have done anything to disperse firepower by lining up in a row.
With single-point, single-point bombardment, we can punch a hole in the tidal wave, and if we repeat it a few times before the fire giants reach us, the number of enemies will be reduced.
Due to the nature of the flame giants, the strength of the flames increases as the number increases, so a decrease in the number means a decrease in power, so even if the weaker ones approach close, they should be able to finish in close combat.

However, there was one reason why he did not use such a sure method and spent such meaningless mana.

“The enemies are neatly lined up left and right, and besides, do they even stand still? This is just a spoonful, and that’s it.”

This is because Team 2 has an S-class Awakened Exit Line.
She held her composure as always, her left and right hands outstretched, as if drawing a great bow.
Then, a gust of green wind whirled in her left hand, which had not heard anything, creating a gigantic pole, and a gust of wind blew out of the pole and became a protest, caught in her right hand as she pulled it inwards.

“Sueuuuuu.”

The unique weapon that made Exitrine an S-Class Awakener, the Storm Bow Daedalus.
In the exit line, she hung an arrow made using all 10% of her mana on the bow she drew with all her might, and she let out half of her breath before stopping and immediately raised the bow toward the sky.

“Now then, let’s put a spoon on it beautifully!”

Immediately after, Excitraine clenched her fist with her cheery cry and opened her right hand, which had been pulling on her string, and her single gust of wind soared into the sky and pierced her dark red cloud.
Even though she did something incomprehensible to common sense, such as shooting arrows made using her mana, not at the enemy, but at the empty sky, none of the Awakeners under her command expressed any doubts.
Instead, she only offered a small condolence to the five hundred flame giants who had just begun to move.

Ku-gu-gu-gu-gu…!

The sky trembled, and dark red clouds began to stir.
It was such a powerful reverberation that even the flame giants, who had rushed out to wipe out the enemies invading their kingdom, took their eyes off the enemies for a moment and looked up at the sky.
That’s when they looked at the sky filled with dark red clouds. One of the giants saw a very small hole pierced in the cloud.

Perseok.

Almost at the same time, a very small sound pierced the flame giant from the top of his head to his crotch.

Wedge love!

Belatedly, the sound of the wind splitting was heard, and one flame giant collapsed powerlessly.
And that was the beginning of the killing.

Paba Baba Baba Park!

The rain-like arrows of the compressed storm pierced the tops of the giants without missing a single shot.
The heavy rain of the storm, which did not take the slightest resistance and made a deep hole in the ground as soon as it was pierced, was an unavoidable disaster for the flame giants.
In about 12 seconds from the moment Excitrine pulled Daedalus, the Storm Bow, the Vanguard of Five Hundreds belonging to the Kingdom of Fire was completely annihilated leaving no survivors.
An Awakener who transcends humanity. The S-Class Awakeners who have surpassed those Awoken are called great disasters in human form even among the Awoken.
Excitrain, who proved why he had such a violent nickname, smiled contentedly at his men who stopped the enemy’s advance by becoming his hands and feet, congratulating them for their hard work.

“Well done! Thanks to you, I really sucked honey! After all, it’s our two teams. The reason I’m called a spoon is because you guys are so good at it. Take it easy so that I can stand out more.Hehe.”
“If the team leader did it with a spoon, there would be less than 10 people in the world who could use a spoon! We were just buying time!”
“That’s right, chief! Because the team leader exists, we exist too!”
“Exy Punch! Exy Punch!”
“Ahahaha guys! Where did you learn how to suck your boss!”

A beautiful sight was unfolding in front of my eyes, where the boss and his subordinates, who had finished a great battle, praised each other, comforted each other, and boosted morale.

“······ But why the hell am I doing this here?”

The flame giant rushes like a tidal wave, pours elemental bombardment to block the tidal wave, and takes advantage of the short gap to pour down storm rain to annihilate it. At that time, a legendary death fight that could only be seen in a dream takes place, I am at the back I just blankly watched them.
Of course, it wasn’t that I was dereliction of duty, nor was I avoiding the great responsibility that came with the great power I possessed.
Just because I was given another mission, I couldn’t join them.

“Hey, I’m really fine. You can go and help. You can’t hold back a promising junior by becoming a senior.”
“…”

Yes, in order to protect this weak man who is talking nonsense next to me again.

“Haa… Mr. Pastor, please don’t say that? I’m going to die of annoyance! If you talk nonsense like that one more time, I’ll make your lips stick together and then freeze them so you can’t open your mouth. I know that.”
“That, yes…”

In the end, it was Paster who made him speak such violent language.

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Even back in the academy, he had a history of kicking really reasonable opportunities that I gave him without any inspiration.

I kicked off the thought-provoking offer after being flattered by even an idiot to follow Lapis Julie of the Julie family, who rewards you for your dedication, not the scar rate that only deals damage. To that extent, this person was an idiot with an intelligence below that of an idiot who couldn’t make sense of reason. A handsome, well-built idiot.

At that time, he had never had a direct relationship with Pastor since he had been beaten once… No, given the opportunity, but had not been accepted.

I’m not a narrow-minded person enough to retaliate for hurting my pride, and he didn’t look pretty enough to dissuade someone from choosing a difficult life for themselves.

After so many years, when Pastor was about to be completely forgotten, Paster greeted me when I joined the Liar’s Trap 2 team. Even with the ridiculous title of search leader.
Considering that Scar Raitt was also in the Liar’s Trap, it was clear that he had entered the Rait family’s backyard.
I had no idea how much resources I would have to invest to get a search leader position in a guild of the size of the liars trap, but in fact, until then, it didn’t really matter whether a person named Paster was in the liars trap or not.

The guild is a place where I can prove my skills, and I don’t have a sense of belonging, so whether or not someone like Paster exists won’t adversely affect me.

That thought had been going on until just three months after he entered the Liar’s Trap, but it seemed like that thought would be shattered when he stood next to him and looked at the guild members who were leading the way.

If it wasn’t for this man, I would be doing a great job by now.

Actually, I know it’s not Pastor’s fault.
I know better than anyone that Exit Line, who forcibly brought him in, made a fundamental mistake.
So, it was wrong to have such thoughts, but I am also a human being, so it was inevitable that I would have these thoughts when I saw the team members who were having fun.

“Ha·····.”
“Tiring? Would you like some water?”

As I let out a sigh of frustration, I heard a voice from behind asking me if I wanted to drink water.
Hearing that, I looked at the mana gong tumbler hung on my waist, and it was already empty. I was definitely a little thirsty, perhaps because the air was hot and dry, befitting the name Fire Kingdom.
However, I refused without looking back because I, the successor of the Julie family, Lapis Julie, did not drink water and only drank Manaral water, which was of the highest quality.

“Water? That’s Okay. I only drink that Manalal water.”
“Manaral water? Wait a minute.”

Dismissal.

····Dismissal?

With the words “Wait a minute,” There was the sound of sparks flying.
As we were walking, this place was in the heart of the fiery realm covered in flames, so it wasn’t unusual to hear such a sound, so I just assumed it would be so.
I was constantly supplying cold air to the team members who went first so that everyone would not get tired, and at the same time I and Paster’s temperature was adjusted while walking, but I couldn’t help it being hot.
It was great to lower the temperature to a level that would burn my skin if I stayed still, but I really hated being hot.

“It seems to be getting hotter and hotter…”

True to its name, the Kingdom of Fire, this place was filthy and large, and it was so harsh that approaching the core of the dungeon felt more difficult than fighting demons.
In addition, the dungeon core that makes up the kingdom of fire itself had atrocious heat, so the closer it got, the higher the temperature around it.

“If only I could drink a sip of cool Manalal water at a time like this…”

Manalal water, which had a deep, mellow flavor of pure mana and a refreshing feeling that made the whole body feel cool, flickered in front of their eyes.

If I had just one sip, I would have lived a lot longer…

However, manaral water, which is so precious even outside that it is untouchable unless you are a member of a high family or a high-level Awakener, could not spring up in a dungeon of extreme heat like this, so you had to give up the delusion that caused a decrease in morale.

Ugh… It’s all because of that guy Pastor who suddenly asked if I was going to drink water…!

Dismissal.

Just as I was about to quibble with Paster, I heard the sound of sparks splashing again, and at the same time, something cool and hard touched my cheek.

“Hyak?!”

Surprised by the cold feeling that I thought I would never feel in this land of flames, I shrugged his shoulders and turned around to see Paster holding the Mana Ral Water I longed for.
Stunned by the absurd sight, he handed me a bottle of manaral water with a very calm face.

“Come on, Manalal Water. I only got one because I stole it from Scar Rate’s refrigerator. That’s why I secretly eat it without the knowledge of the team members in front of me.”
“·····Yes?”
“You have a lot of trouble because of me. Shouldn’t you be a senior at least like this?”
“Yes? No… Uh?!”

I accidentally received the manaral water, but I couldn’t understand it at all.
This situation and the person called Paster.