Chapter 14：Breaking in to the Detaining Area (2/2)

”No. Thank you. I understood what you're getting at. These past few days were hard for me. Thank you for showing up, Daisuke.

This girl. She watched her family die. It's already amazing that she didn't break from it.

”Well, it might be fate but that's unexplainable. Meeting you made it easier for me as well. I even got this orb.”

”Take care of that. And your pledge to me.”

We reached the bottom of the stairs and there are rows of empty rooms lined up before us. At the end of the corridor were two Dark Soldiers standing guard. Luckily the 3rd Lady isn't here. We have a chance. But the concealment will soon run out. 1 minute.

”These rooms were made with the intention to teach us lessons. World Energy couldn't enter the room and it will slowly drain them of it so even if they're Great-class, they have no way of breaking out. And that Priest or that Lady probably turned them unconscious before detaining them.”

”So we have to break them out ourselves?”

Zerina's theory is possible. Otherwise that princess won't take being detained lying down. Yuko was probably brought to a real prison worse than here but she had something that could let her out anytime she wanted. She saw from her Foresight that I would soon contact her so she waited before breaking out. That girl. She's truly experienced.

”Yes. But those two. They're both Adept-class. I can handle one but can you hold off the other one?”

”You're talking with the Ultimate Support Character. If it's just stalling for time, I can do that.”

I have many ways to stall. Just one Adept-class, as long as he doesn't hit me, I'll be fine.

”Then, don't die, Daisuke. At least until you completed your pledge.”

”Don't worry, I don't plan to die here in this world. I still have things I want to do, maybe seeing you get out of here safely is already included in it. Make sure you don't die as well.”

Zerina took in what I said as a single line of tear run down from her left eye. After that, a smile formed from her lips.

”Thank you for your words, Mr. Support Character.”

”There. That's good, you smiled. Let's get them out of here.”

Right after I said that, the concealment aura enveloping us disappeared.

Without waiting for the two to notice us. I fired an Air Bullet to the right one while Zerina threw one of her short swords towards the left one.

Both hit by surprise attacks, the right one who was hit by me recovered immediately. Pulling out his sword, he jumped and closed the distance between us.

As if I'd let him hit me!

I immediately used Flash Step to move back and dodge him.

Zerina followed up her attack and thrust her other short sword to the still recovering Adept-class Dark Soldier.

Now that I got the focus of this guy, I couldn't watch what will happen next on Zerina's side, I have to get away so she could finish the other guy without any worry.

Only focused on dodging and escaping for a few seconds to buy time, I mostly roll around the ground. Gaining bruises all over. If not for my Adaptability, I would've died 10 times over already.

With a kick on the ground, I once again left the range of my opponent's attack.

But before I landed, a dagger was thrown towards me. Being airborne, I didn't have any way to dodge that so I forced my body to turn sideways.

Enduring the upcoming attack, I let it lodge into my shoulder.

”Huak!”

I couldn't help but drop down to the ground. Seeing that, the Adept-class smiled as he walked towards me.

He was about to finish me off when a blade appeared in the middle of his chest.

Zerina arrived at my rescue at the right time. Her smiling face when the Dark Soldier dropped to the ground greeted me.

That made me laugh as well as sigh in relief.

It's really hard to be thrust in this kind of situation when I'm still a newbie. I need to become stronger faster. Even stalling for time turned me into this mess.

”Thanks Zerina.”

”You did well stalling for time.”

She put her hand in front of me to take. I took it and I got pulled up by her. Because of my exhaustion, my body was unstable which made me fall towards her.

”You! Are you taking advantage of this situation!”

Thinking I did it on purpose, Zerina almost pushed me back down to the ground.

”No. I couldn't help it. I'm weak all over.”

Clinging to her like this, it really looks like I am taking advantage of her but yeah, I'm telling the truth. When the tension got released, the strains I got from all that dodging on kicked in now.

”Make more excuses, Daisuke. Let's get them out and leave.”

”You go, I really can't walk.”

Zerina held onto my body and when she determined I really couldn't move a muscle, she finally believed me. After putting me down on the ground, she took something out from her pocket. It looks like a potion, no, it is a potion.

She opened the bottle by herself and since I couldn't move, she helped me drank it. Looking at her somewhat embarrassed face while helping me, I determined that this girl really didn't have any experience with men. With her trembling hands, she held onto the bottle as she poured the potion in my mouth.

She put me down and hit my chest lightly before moving to the room where the three were detained.

This fate of being the Support Character. When will I escape this? Ah. Maybe there's no escaping this.