Chapter 45: Consequences of Ones Choices and Actions (1/2)

Chapter 45: Consequences of One’s Choices and Actions

A being that had goneThey could exercise physical power at the level of a living being Thanks to Ru Hiana, they found out that heroes specializing in battle could deal with these beings considerably well Chi-Woo had been concerned due to their considerable nu turned out well in the end

“It’s over!” Ru Hiana twisted their last enemy’s necks and brushed the dust off her hand

“I apologize for borrowing this without perized to the ed man and returned the cleanly wiped sword His perfor; he had cut down half of the cursed ones by himself

“Okay, let’s…” Ru Hiana was about to ask Chi-Woo for an explanation but stopped when she got a good look at her surroundings Groans were co from all over the place The ranch was full of heroes, and each one of the on the floor

“What in the world…?” Ru Hiana’s jaw dropped; she looked incredibly shocked

The rescue effort began iht there would be As they predicted, it seeed to the ranch for a specific purpose, and therefore weren’t killed Of course, it didn’t ood condition just because they weren’t dead Most of the their senses, but there were so states that it was difficult to even look at the man outside and scowled The man was left with only his head and torso, and his two eyes were ; it was a rotesque enough to induce vo spirits in all kinds of gruesoed the hero outside Her breath hitched when she saho Chi-Woo was carrying

“What’s wrong?”

“…It’s him”

“Who?”

“The leader of the fifth recruitment…” He was the hero who had pushed Eshnunna to be a sacrifice Chi-Woo shut his mouth and looked down at the man He wasn’t acquainted with hie him Chi-Woo simply pitied the man The hero must have received all kinds of respect and reverence in other worlds, but this was how he ended up after co to Liber Unlike the time she told her story, Eshnunna didn’t seem to hold much resentment towards this hero, either She simply froze in her spot from the shock

Chi-Woo turned around They found a total of 155 people at the ranch Since they lacked the necessary ed man and Ru Hiana went off to call onthe wait, Chi-Woo surveyed the ranch

‘Let lory of raids was their reward No hly he searched the area, however, he didn’t find any adequate weapons or useful potions Instead, the effort did nothing but foul his mood He could see traces of what had happened to the heroes from the fifth and sixth recruit on the walls came from

After some time, Ru Hiana returned to the ranch with the seventh recruits and more natives Despite their surprise at the scene before them, the heroes quickly took up a patient or two and carried them on their backs Chi-Woo watched them with satisfaction and turned around when so down at the scattered re to join them?” Chi-Woo asked

In response, Hawa slowly turned her head to glance at Chi-Woo and said, “This is him”

“?”

“The sorcerer hero”

Chi-Woo sighed Now that he thought about it, he had heard somebody call for help when he arrived at this place Perhaps—just perhaps, they ht have been able to save more people if he had come yesterday Hawa turned around and stared at the people leaving the area Her eyes lingered especially long on Eshnunna before turning to Chi-Woo again It seeo first?” Hawa suggested and kneeled Then, while gathering the remains on the floor into one place, she said “I’ll catch up a bit later”

Chi-Woo stared at Hawa’s back and approached her quietly ‘I have to coot down to help Hawa dig the ground and collect the re behind his actions It just didn’t feel right for hilanced at Chi-Woo, but she didn’t turn down his help

After collecting the remains of as many heroes as possible, Chi-Woo held a short cereood place Then he thanked the sorcerer for leaving hi sooner

On their way back to the camp, Chi-Woo had to endure everyone’s attention on hiht the situation in this World couldn’t have been worse, and that it was near iather like-minded individuals and secretly escape froht have prepared for them However, on the very day he discussed his concerns with Chi-Woo, Chi-Woo had returned after dealing with theNot only had Chi-Woo saved the fifth and sixth recruits, but he also wiped out a whole ars A part of hiically possible, and if he had been bewitched into believing the i able to shake off all these stares, Chi-Woo turned to Eshnunna, alking by his side “Is there so on my face?”

Eshnunna shook her head quickly Chi-Woo asked one ?”

“What?” The tails of Eshnunna’s eyes rose sharply Chi-Woo regretted his words instantly and quickly looked forward Eshnunna snorted, sneaking glances at Chi-Woo Chi-Woo was covered in dirt froht about the way Chi-Woo had cared for the dead, his drastically cal, and his unreadable face

“Which one is your real self?”

“What do you ” Eshnunna blurted out loud withoutto She had stared at Chi-Woo intently because she couldn’t figure him out He seemed like a completely different person than the o

[Let me hear your cry, arrows! Burn arrowheads!]

[Ohohohohohoh!]

She could still re nonsense and singing excitedly while wielding a club like a madman

When they returned to the caone by in the , they had to take care of the injured now Unfortunately, there wasn’t much they could do There wasn’t any priest who could use curing spells, and they didn’t have medicine All they could rely on was folk reest of the heroes they rescued were in a severely weakened state, as they hadn’t been able to eat or drink properly in captivity, and e room had to be cleared out to house the injured The cae to make the most out of their food reserves Their amount of resources hit an all-ti lives took precedence

Once afternoon passed and night fell, Chi-Woo could finally take a breath in relief Of course, what awaited hi he had to deal with at least once, and Chi-Woo decided to answer as truthfully as he could whileup some details here and there