Chapter 53 - v2c14 - Further Growth (1/2)

—Raust—

In one of the deserted vacant land, I, alone, quietly stood there with my eyes closed.

In my mind was yesterday’s phoenix subjugation.

Thanks to that quest, my and Zieg-san’s party earned a lot of money.

However, I couldn’t honestly rejoice with that.

The reason was the presence of the mutated phoenix.

Now that I’ve calmed down, I don’t think the phoenix had reached the stage where it could be called a mutation.

Even I could clearly assert that, its inability to take different action and just fully focusing to heal itself despite under attack and the intimidating air I could feel from it was clearly inferior compared to the mutated hydra.

…Nevertheless, the phoenix was definitely trying to mutate.

Rapid regeneration from dying state.

The sight at that time was the best proof.

Also, now that two super-high difficulty monsters mutated at an abnormal speed, the possibility of the hydra’s mutation being a coincidence has disappeared.

Obvious anomalies are taking place in this labyrinth city.

According to Zieg-san, apparently, the news of the mutation will also be reported to the adventurer guild headquarter in the royal capital.

Within a few days, masters will visit labyrinth city again to investigate.

However, I don’t think the labyrinth city guild, which is hostile toward the capital’s guild, will quietly let the investigation proceed.

…Probably, the labyrinth city will be turbulent from now on.

With that in mind, I unintentionally let out a wry smile.

I could only imagine the future where I would be used when Master came.

「Ahaha would be great if Ronaldo-san can come along to become Master’s stopper……」

Also, I whispered such words.

But, I thought about these only for a short time.

「Fuhh…」

The next moment, I switched gear.

After phoenix subjugation, various troubles occurred.

It was cumbersome, and some of them plagued my mind.

But that wasn’t the most memorable thing about phoenix subjugation.

Immediately after closing my eyes, I recalled the moment I cut the phoenix’s head with my dagger.

No, not exactly.

What I remembered wasn’t the appearance of the phoenix, but my state as I did that.

I could picture my state at that time in my head just by simply closing my eyes.

The extraordinary lightness of my body, the power that overflowed from it.

—— And the feeling of crossing the wall.

「-!」

To reproduce that image, I combined magic power and ki and reinforced my body.

「…Just as I thought…….」

The next moment, while moving my body to test the body strengthening, I muttered those words.

It was just a whisper to suppress my inevitably rising emotions.

However, there was joy and excitement that couldn’t be hidden in my voice.

「I’m finally over the wall…」

A large wall that had hindered my growth for one year.

With that mutter, the feeling of getting over the wall seeped into my mind again.

The smile that floated on my mouth represented my delight.

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