Chapter 42 – Qualifications of a Hero (1)
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“Does this make sense? How… How can something like this happen?”
Maybelle clenched her fists, shaking her body.
An adventurer who applied after seeing a recruitment advertisement after expelling Kalt.
Twin swordsman Tx.
Heavy armor warrior Rodrik.
Mutuga Dinyo.
In the Maybelle party, all three people formed a party with one person each and took the test.
And as a result, the expression on Maybelle’s face now told the answer.
Twin swordsman Tex boasted that he was confident in his speed.
However, he could not keep up with the speed of Maybelle, who was called the fastest warrior.
“Wait a minute, isn’t that too fast!”
“What? How can it be this fast?”
To check her skills, Maybelle was surprised to see that she was already weak even though she was only going at half the speed that Kalt had been following.
Even though we had only encountered three monsters, Tex was out of breath.
“I have to pay twice this speed.”
“Two times as much? How is that possible when you don’t have any protection!”
“You can do well by strengthening your body. Kalt did it.”
“I, I can’t do it!”
Twin swordsman Tex gave up on joining Maybelle’s party that day.
Next is the heavy armor warrior Rodrik.
Because his specialty was his specialty, Maybelle did not expect Rodrick to move in harmony with her.
Since there was no Kalt, he thought it would be enough to protect Ianna and Marty for a while from any monsters he might unleash.
But.
“How much are you spilling? This is too much!”
“Hold on just a moment! I’ll just kill these guys, and then I’ll be gone.”
“Wait a minute! Whoa! Hey! Don’t just look at me, hurry up and use some magic.”
“I know.”
Suddenly! Ianna’s magic cut down the monster pressuring Rodrik.
“Can’t you use a bigger spell? Don’t knock it down little by little!”
“… There’s no need to use big magic on such insignificant monsters, right?”
“What? This is nothing special! Does that make sense!”
After somehow defeating all the monsters, Maybelle complained to Roderick.
“What, I can’t even stop it that much.”
“I wish you hadn’t gotten too far ahead in the first place! Why are you moving forward unnecessarily!”
“Because it ends faster.”
“It’s going to end quickly? It’s better to think about safety even if it’s a little late.”
“It’s noisy, it’s best to defeat monsters quickly.”
“Profit! Is this what you want to do?”
Heavy armor warrior Rodrik got angry and left Maybelle’s party.
Lastly, Mutuga Dinyo.
“Please be kind to me, Lord Maybelle.”
“Uh, okay.”
Having already experienced the attitude of the two people earlier, Maybelle gave in as much as she could and subdued the monster without showing much speed or going ahead.
Although the monster itself was slow, it could be defeated smoothly.
But.
“Ha, ha, ha, ha.”
‘Really, why are you doing this? Why… Why are you doing this recently?”
The longer she had to deal with the monster, the more Maybelle felt her heart pounding, cold sweat breaking out, and some unexplainable anxiety.
But Maybelle wasn’t the only one who had problems.
“Ianna! Wipe it out at once!”
“…”
Whiuuuuung!
“No, Wind Storm is good, but why not get a bigger one?”
Obviously, the high-power magic she normally used would have wiped it out in one go, but Ianna did not use magic that exceeded mid-level power.
“This is enough, we need to see more of Dingyo’s skills.”
“Hehe, I’ll do my best!”
Because Maybelle restrained herself, Dingyao was never unable to follow in battle.
However, due to the nature of being a martial arts fighter, he directly hits monsters and is the most susceptible to damage, so he often ends up being in Marty’s favor.
“Please take care of me again this time, Prince Marti.”
“Yes…”
A wound that is worse than a minor wound, but cannot be called a major injury.
However, Dinyo, who suffered from several wounds that should not be ignored, was healed by Marti’s blessings several times.
And every time that happened, Marti’s complexion got worse and worse.
“Hmm? It’s okay, Lord Marti. You look bad.”
“It’s okay… It’s okay, so just go do your business.”
“…? Okay.”
After completing the quest to exterminate the monster, the Maybelle party secretly checked each other’s complexions and intuitively realized what each other’s condition was.
And.
“Dingyo, I’m sorry. I can’t include you in the party.”
“Hmm, I guess that’s right. I guess Lord Maybelle has noticed Soin’s skills. Furthermore, I just have to work harder in the future. Furthermore, I understand.”
Fortunately, Dinyo was able to break up with Maybell Party in the easiest way.
That night.
Maybelle’s party gathered in one room and looked serious.
“Ianna, Marti, you guys are the same… Right? That’s what I think, right?”
“… Is Maybelle like that too?”
“Two, two people, no way…”
The situation where the complexion was dark and the attitude of watching each other continued made Maybelle look at reality.
And the reality that Maybelle saw was so terrible.
“Does this make sense? How… How can something like this happen?”
Something unbelievable happened.
“Why! Our problem is coming up again! I’m sure everything will be better!”
They finally realized it.
A problem they were confident they had solved.
The fact that the problems that caused them to be labeled as a slacker party in the past are rising again and attacking them.
“How much… How much? It’s definitely not the same as the first time, is it?”
Not only Maybelle felt the same mixed and despairing feelings, but also Ian and Marti.
But the good news is.
“That’s… No.”
“Me too.”
It was better than when their problems were at their most serious before they got better.
But that was okay.
They judged their own problems.
It’s better than the first time, but if you leave it like this, it will never be possible to perform as usual.
It is difficult not only to hunt high-level monsters that have been done so far, but also to make long-term requests.
It was obvious that everyone would think it was strange if I received a request for a problem that has recurred.
“To what extent…”
Marti opened her mouth first in response to Maybelle’s question.
“Blood… I can’t pray properly if I see blood up close more than 8 times.”
Marti was a nun with a fear of blood.
Normally, unless it was a small amount of blood from a needle prick, I would feel dizzy and even faint when I saw blood flowing from a wound.
“I can use up to intermediate level magic. But when I get to advanced level, I can’t concentrate like I used to.”
Ianna had the problem that the more difficult the magic was, the lower her concentration when forming the magic.
The theory he had to use was clear, and he had enough magic power, but he just couldn’t manifest it.
When he met Kalt and Maybelle, he was unable to even use intermediate level magic.
And finally, Maybelle spoke.
“I can’t… Encounter a living monster for more than 10 minutes.”
Maybelle, the fastest hero.
What she has is a fatal problem as a hero.
It was a fear of monsters.
The problem that bothered Kalt the most at the beginning of the adventure.
Maybelle, who grew up in a peaceful village where there were epidemics but no monster attacks, was a problem that was discovered only after she went on an adventure.
Ianna and Marti joined at Kalt’s recommendation because they seemed in some trouble and at the same time had potential.
And the problems that Maybelle had, who had come along at the request of the lady next door who accepted her, were definitely on a much better level compared to the beginning.
But they could never be satisfied with that level.
There is a glory that has already been tasted.
They still remember the joy they felt when they overcame it.
But the problem is happening again.
For them, the current situation was more despairing than anything else.
At the same time, it was a problem that needed to be resolved quickly.
In her nervousness and despair, Maybelle raised her voice and shouted at Ianna.
“Ianna, can you think of anything? You’re smart! Think about why you’re doing this!”
“Be quiet! I’m thinking about it too!”
“Why on earth… Why on earth are you putting us through this ordeal… Ah, God.”
Not only Ianna, but also Maybelle and Marti desperately racked their brains to figure out why they ended up in this situation.
But no matter how much time passed, no specific cause could come to mind.
The feeling of nervousness grew, anxiety ate away at their hearts, and despair made them think of the worst situation.
Maybelle shook her head and bit her thumbnail, trying to somehow get the worst of it out of her head.
‘No, no, no, no! If it continues like this, it will be the same as before! Things will never go back to the way they were! Another day when Kalt nags me… ! Sleep… Can Kalt?’
“Kalt.”
“Huh?”
“Khalt?”
It was a vague idea.
It was a baseless guess.
But coincidentally.
“Khalt must know something!”
That was the answer closest to the truth.
“What do you mean Kalt knows?”
“Maybelle, please tell me more.”
“Woah, if you think about it, we ended up like this after Kalt left! I don’t know what they did, but what did they do to us when Kalt left!”
“What did Kalt do?”
“Maybelle, no matter what, that’s…”
Ianna and Marti couldn’t believe what Maybelle said.
That’s because after announcing Kalt’s exile, we haven’t seen him once since Kalt left the room.
After making that declaration in the first place, they immediately put out a recruitment notice and requested monster extermination, so Kalt didn’t even have time to do anything to them.
But to Maybelle, none of that mattered.
If there was even the slightest possibility, I wanted to grab it.
Even if it wasn’t the case, I didn’t want to accept my situation easily.
“Then what is it? Even Ianna! Even Marti doesn’t know! Then there is only Kalt! Now we have no choice but to go find Kalt!”
They both know that what Maybelle says is raw.
However, rather than blaming Maybelle, the nervousness, anxiety, and despair that the problem had reoccurred sympathized with her feelings.
“… Okay. It’s probably not true, but I have no choice but to look for it.”
“I agree, too. Although I have good intentions, I am reluctant to face Kalt, who kicked me out.”
Maybelle Party’s policy has been decided.