Chapter 46: Consequences of Ones Choices and Actions (2) (1/2)
Chapter 46: Consequences of One’s Choices and Actions (2)
A day passed As soon as the dawn broke, Chi-Woo and the others split up into teah they didn’t ress, the mood around the cae First of all, it was much easier to wander around the forest now coloo air Today, the air was clean, and warht embraced them all For the first time, the forest felt like a forest to the heroes
“It feels like I’ into a haunted house yesterday”
After falling into an all-consu pit of despair where there was no room for dreams or hope, the heroes felt liberated when they finally saw the rays of light shi+ning on them Thus, everyone talked to one another with relaxed faces, and as they did, the topic of the conversation naturally steered to Chi-Woo
“It really is ah?”
“He did explain what happened It see more than meets the eyes about him”
Chi-Woo would’ve been displeased to hear it, but he had beco the natives and the seventh recruits
“But what’s his na—rather than Choi Chi-Woo—that was beco
Of course, there were still probleest threat had been taken out, the food shortage greorse day by day Ironically, saving the fifth and sixth recruits had exacerbated the shortage Not only were there significantly more mouths to feed, their new additionalfrom reatest challenge they faced With the way things were progressing, the recruits would soon have to dig up grassroots to eat
There was a silver lining, though Thanks to the natives’ ardent care, the fifth and sixth recruits had begun to wake up one by one
“Water…water…” When one hero opened his eyes and asked for water, Eshnunna quickly brought a water bottle to his lips Gulp, gulp Afterthe water, the hero finally looked around his surroundings with narrowed eyes They looked confused for a while and gasped out, “Where…?”
“We are at the main base camp”
“Main…base?”
“The seventh recruits had arrived They attacked the ranch yesterday and defeated the broken beings and saved you all”
The hero opened his eyes slightly wider “I see…Seventh recruits froh of relief and atte in pain
“Are you all right?” Eshnunna reached out to support hiled a little before nodding “Thank you…oh, by the way…” As if he had suddenly re, he turned to Eshnunna, and his whole face twisted
Upon his return froation, Chi-Woo dropped by to check on Giant Fist Giant Fist hadn’t opened his eyes since the aation He was still in a critical state After all, it had been aa hole in his sto most of his intestines destroyed Chi-Woo would’ve died if he suffered such injuries Giant Fist was only able to hold onto his dear life because he was of a different species, and his body was honed with arduous training
After bringing the almost untouched meal he had received close to the bedside, Chi-Woo stared at Giant Fist, lying on the bed so still like he was dead Perhaps Chi-Woo shouldn’t care if this person died or not In a way, it was Giant Fist who had brought Chi-Woo to this living hell Still, Chi-Woo couldn’t help but care for him Chi-Woo didn’t want Giant Fist to die so pitifully, and he knew the hero’s death would leave a mark on his heart
At first, Chi-Woo had been skeptical of Giant Fist and had suspected him to be so time, but he had become quite attached Frustration welled in him as he watched Giant Fist’s pale face He wanted to do so he could do He didn’t have healing abilities, nor could he bring so he could do Chi-Woo took out his seven-sided die and stared down at it
He felt hope rise in his heart; perhaps an alternative event could occur like that time with Ru Amuh Nevertheless, Chi-Woo hesitated to roll the World’s Milestone because there was more than a fifty percent chance that the dice would fail He had gotten ahi happened… When he rolled five and six, he got a ‘small success’ both times, and an incident beneficial to hiot a number below three, he could fail, or an incident could occur to make their predicaments worse For example, the die could cut off Giant Fist’s lifeline, as he was barely staying alive
Since Chi-Woo couldn’t manipulate the chances, he couldn’t just roll the die and see what happened At the sah everyone around hi a great feat, the reality was still grihing heavily on him
“Oh, you’re here,” said a familiar voice Chi-Woo turned around and saw Mua Janya
“Aren’t you tired froation? You should rest”
“I ondering if he ake”
“Are you worried about him?”
Chi-Woo nodded Mua Janya smiled sweetly at him and said, “Don’t worry tooif she had found a way to save Giant Fist, but she replied, “If he dies, he dies”
“…”
Chi-Woo was at a loss for words It wasn’t the first tiot this impression, but Mua Janya had a tendency to speak very bluntly at times
“He knew about Liber’s situation beforehand, and it was Giant Fist who made the decision to come to this place,” Mua Janya continued “He has to face the consequences of his choices Hehere”
Mua Janya was quite different from Ru Hiana She had already considered and accepted the possibility that Giant Fist could die “Moreover, Liber wouldn’t give us the luxury to linger around and mourn for our co rather than let their coo to waste Chi-Woo understood what she ree with her However, there was a difference between si it into action Chi-Woo let out a huh and smiled
“I envy you I wish I could think like that”
“That’s how I have survived to this point,” Mua Janya shrugged “You can’t do my line of ithout such a mindset It wouldn’t be fair otherwise”
“Fair?”
“A hero doesn’t becoreatness,” Mua Janya said in a lowered voice She looked down at Giant Fist and asked, “Do you knohy most heroes are the sole survivors of all kinds of adversaries and difficulties? It’s because their dear faers have sacrificed theiving Chi-Woo a chance to respond “Why, there’s even a terer A” Despite the ss “Who’s to say on’t turn out like thelanced sideways at Chi-Woo and added, “Especially in a world like this”
Since heroes reached their position through the sacrifices of a large number of people, they could also be sacrificed at any time When it was tinize this fact and accept their fates
Chi-Woo sical and reasonable stateht, ‘Are all heroes like this?’
If that was indeed the case, Chi-Woo was not confident that he could ever becohly selfish person full of desires
“If you’re so worried, you should rest and save your energy Wouldn’t it be better to use that energy to find food or medicine?”
“What about you, Ms Mua Janya?”
“I have a lot of experience with situations like this, and I’ate the responsibility to so Mua Janya said was reasonable, so there was nothing Chi-Woo could argue against He turned around to leave Mua Janya sighed deeply as she watched hio With a bitter expression, she said to Giant Fist, “You’re up, aren’t you?”
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