Chapter 49: Consequences of Ones Choices and Actions (5) (2/2)
“What? Even at the central base?”
“The central base does fare better than this caerous” Rather than ‘safer’, the hero had described it as ‘less dangerous’ His intent was clear “However, the central base suffers from the same fundamental problem as everywhere else”
“By fundamental problem, do you hed Without a God, it was difficult for a hero to acquire any sot of backup “Not even one?”
“Yes We searched the east, wandered west, and turned the south upside down, but… All the Gods had disappeared or were in hiding so that they couldn’t be found Thus, we latched onto our last hope and barely hed deeply, and Eshnunna squeezed her eyes shut
Zelit licked his dry lips and said, “Even then, it’s a that those in the central camp were able to secure and expand the area”
“It’s because of Choi Chi-Hyun” The ist He’s earned every bit of his reputation, and it’s not an exaggeration to say that the central base re only because of him” But in other words, if Chi-Hyun fell, the central base would fall with hiuys should escape,” the fifth recruit leader continued “Retreat to the central base and plan for the future I don’t know about us or the sixth recruits, but you, the seventh recruits…” Even though he didn’t continue, everyone knehat he was trying to say
There was soed the prophecy, and it would be an enorht si the Shahnaz shaman and the statue safely to the central base, maybe they would be able to find a solution
However, if what the hero had said was true, that would be an extremely risky endeavor Even the fifth recruits who had been lucky and had done a great deal of preparations lost three-fourths of their forces during their journey The central base was not a place they could go without weapons or ar
“Is there any chance of winning the fight if it comes to that?” Zelit asked desperately “I don’t know about the broken ones, but we can defeat the cursed ones”
“I’ll say it’s difficult” Unexpectedly, it was Eshnunna who answered the question “The ular counterparts And areen-level cursed ones possess terrifying power”
“I agree,” Mua Janya said, scratching her head in frustration “Giant Fist wasn’t defeated for no reason”
Zelit asked, “Giant Fist?”
“Yep I talked to hiained consciousness”
Chi-Woo, who had been quietly listening, asked in surprise, “He woke up?”
“Ah, yes But he fell asleep again soon after”
“Why didn’t you tell me…”
“About that” Mua Janya was troubled as she recalled Giant Fist’s request Even though Chi-Woo had wanted to press further, he gestured at her to continue with her explanation because she was in theto Giant Fist, he was on full alert, but even then, he got defeated without being able to resist Although he succeeded in landing a last-et, and the figure ran aithout looking back A unique trait about this being was that, unlike the other cursed ones, its whole body was bulging with reen
At Mua Janya’s testimony, the tension in the rooe rock was pressing on theh the heroes had lost their powers, they were still heroes Moreover, Giant Fist was soreat physical prowess He had trained his body hard and become a specialist in physical coh he hadn’t lowered his guard The i, to say the least
“All the cursed ones that appeared after defeating the broken ones are ordinary cursed ones,” Ru Aed in this fashi+on… I believe it’s not that they didn’t, but they couldn’t”
He agreed with Eshnunna and Mua Janya At the end of the day, none of their options seemed viable, and they were at a loss of what to do
“Rather than certain death…won’t it be better to bet your life on a path where you’d have a chance to survive?” Seehts, the leader of the fifth recruits s, “There is a way if you want to stay here”
Zelit looked up and realized what the
“Sacrifice” The word alone was enough tothe power of one of you would make a difference In fact, I don’t expect whoever it was to be restored to their full power Still, if you slowly build up the individual’s strength and establish a foundation…”
Then there would be a possibility for the tide to be turned since every hero was qualified to receive the blessing of a God Of course, one person alone would not be able to save Liber, but at least there would be the possibility of change
Even though everyone knehat the hero was saying, they hesitated to agree with hiize to you,” the hero said in the direction he had heard Eshnunna’s voice co froround She softly replied, “…I know” She sounded co to the sixth recruit insulting her “On the other hand, I—”
“There’s no need for you to apologize, either” The fifth hero recruit spoke like what had happened between theoals Then he turned his head back and said, “This is all I have to say The choice is yours”
They had two options: to fight knowing it would ala their lives Or…
“Lady Eshnunna, I have urgent news!” The exclamation was accompanied by hurried footsteps, and the door burst open The villager who cahost, and their face was deathly pale “The Shahnaz…the Shahnaz Ca Eshnunna, stiffened when the word ‘Shahnaz’ was uttered “They escaped here!”
People looked confused by the villager’s words They had escaped here?
Eshnunna asked, “Are you saying that they fled to the ht now, outside…!”
Even before the villager could finish talking, another one caer’s e was the same as the first People from another camp had escaped here as well Disasters seemed to have befallen ers caer was about to enter—
“What are you doing?” a ed woman demanded in a tense voice “It’s been a while since I asked you to send news about us Why hasn’t there been a response?!” The person raising her voice was no other than the Shahnaz Cauard captain, Rawiya “Since the situation is dire, I’ll disregard the formalities”
Rawiya looked around and said with a loud voice, “If you have ears, listen carefully The cursed ones have begun ” She spoke simply, but the situation was not si from what I heard fro in all directions”
They were being surrounded
Zelit quickly asked, “Is it only the cursed ones? What about the ritted her teeth “Froreen-level mutated ones as well We saw one ourselves, but there are ca to the leader of the fifth recruits, the broken ones that tried to kill and use the recruits had been suppressing the cursed ones, but Chi-Woo had ruined Force B’s plan by rescuing the fifth and sixth recruits It had been six days since that happened; it was enough time for both forces to catch on As a result, Force A had sent out the cursed ones today in order to find out what exactly had transpired in the forest and to sniff out any threats
“I’hed and said, “You don’t have a choice, either…”