Chapter 128 - Her Her & Her 4 (1/2)

Chapter 128 - Her Her & Her (4)

The battle had been about to reach its climax.It had been a kill or be killed situation.

However, their surrounding froze out of nowhere, and it was as if the Ice Dragon had come to some understanding.It nodded its head, and it disappeared.As a consequence, the tension that had built up was ruined.

“Uh······.”

“Flustered. Relieved. Surprised. Happy.”

“Artpe!”

“Whew.I was barely able to stop you all.”

Arpte had assessed the situation, and he had brought everything to a halt.Artpe calmly landed with two women in tow.He landed in front of three women.Sienna wanted to jump into Artpe’s arms, but she held herself back.She asked him a question..

“Oppa, what just happened?”

“I stopped the ruin from disappearing.”

“The Dragon itself was the ruin?If I killed it, wouldn’t that have solved everything?”

Etna was a little bit angry, because he had interfered in her fight.Her cheeks puffed out as she interrupted the conversation between Sienna and Artpe.Artpe wondered why Etna was here, but first, he gave her a detailed explanation.

“The Ice Dragon is the guardian of the ruin, and it is also the soul of the ruin.You can’t kill the Ice Dragon through conventional means.The way you attacked the Ice Dragon would have killed it temporarily.The only thing that would have resulted in the Ice Dragon’s death would be the early arrival of spring.”

“Why?If I kill it, its Record, Mana and loot will be granted to me.For several hundred….I lived for quite a long time, and this rule has never betrayed me.”

“However, you also know that the rule you are talking about can be circumvented through magic.”

“That is······.”

She had an idea as to what he was talking about, but Etna closed her mouth.Artpe smirked when he saw this.He gave her an additional explanation.

“You fought against the Ice Dragon.It guards the ruin, and the ruin is linked to the entire continent of Glacia.If your flame can consumed the entirety of this continent, you will be able to gain everything within the ruin.Well?Are you able to do that?”

“······no.”

“Yes.That is why I froze everything again.I’ll say this once and for all.You can’t enter this ruin.It is that type of a ruin.”

“I understand······.”

She answered him, but Etna’s cheeks remained puffed up.She looked like a child that had been scolded by her mother.Sienna snickered at the sight, but when Etna glared at her, Sienna acted dumb.

Artpe sighed as he observed all of this.

“If I knew Etna was here, I would have gotten here faster.I cleared one Dungeon on the way here, so…..”

“You stopped off somewhere on your way here!? Oppa, you are too much!Do you know how much I’ve missed you!”

At that point, Sienna had reached the end of her patience.She freed herself from all anxiety as she hugged Artpe.She clung to him.Vadinet had been calm as she stood next to Artpe.Her eyebrows twitched for a brief moment, but she didn’t do anything else.She looked as if she was suffering under a Stun spell.

Of course, Artpe knew why Vadinet was acting that way.This was why he didn’t find the sight to be amusing!

“Oppa.Oppa~”

“Yes, yes.”

In truth, Artpe was feeling complex emotions more so than anyone present here.However, he decided to take care of the urgent task first.

He thought Sienna wouldn’t be lonely since she was with Regina.However, it seemed he had been wrong.Sienna was close to tears as she rubbed her cheek against his chest.

“Oppa, you are too much.You really are too much.You are too much.”

“Yes.I’m sorry.It seems I was really late.”

The two of them had never been separated for a long period of time before.It seemed Sienna relied on Artpe.She relied on him much more than he had imagined.

Normally, Sienna acted much more mature compared to Maetel.When he saw Sienna act spoiled, it was a bit heartwarming.He felt like a dad, who got confirmation that his daughter was still young.It was a strange feeling of relief.

On the other hand, Regina was very quiet as she approached them.The whites of her eyes flashed as she spoke.

“You have more women.Rare beast.”

“I’m sick of hearing such words.I have to hurry up and bring in a male party member.”

Artpe and Maetel had started the hero’s party, and it had been the two of them for awhile.In no time, the party had expanded to five members.That wasn’t all.There was Silpennon’s party.They were operating separate from Artpe’s party.However, both party shared the same goal, so the hero’s party had nine members in total.

“I still have the problem of needing to recruit two more members.”

“Amazing ambition.Respect.However, I don’t like it.”

“They aren’t women.”

Regina was glad to see him, but she could only convey her feeling through curt replies.

However, he couldn’t be carefree right now.It wasn’t time for him to play with Regina.

“Artpe….You’ve grown up a lot.”

“Yes.I’m in the midst of my puberty.Besides that…..”

The five members of Artpe’s party was bunched together, and Etna was standing a bit away from them.She was looking at him with a vacant look.He had to take care of business with Etna.

“Why are you here, Etna?”

“I······I read that the item that I want is here…..”

“There is an item you want?Ah.”

Artpe immediately knew what was going on.He was sure she was talking about the sculpture made out of the world’s first ice.Moreover, he was sure that this item existed in the ruin that they were about to go in.

In his past life, Artpe had acquired this very item from this ruin.

Of course, his abilities were lacking then, so he couldn’t acquire anything more than that item.

“So where did you hear about it?”

“Mag······ Koo-hmmm!I found the information in a library.”

“.....at a library…...”

Artpe tilted his head.In his past life, Artpe had a very hard time finding information about this ruin.

It wasn’t as if there weren’t any hints to be found in the Demon realm.However, the hints stopped well before it mentioned the ruin. He was a bit reticent to say this, but Etna didn’t have outstanding powers of deduction or reasoning.There was no way she would have been able to come here through her own power.

“I….I did receive some help from others.”

“I see.However, it seems you didn’t find out about the fact that you cannot enter the ruin.”