Chapter 96: Returning Hero (2/2)
“If you don’t like your name, you could have just told me!”
“Pyu, pyu! Pyupyupyupyupyu!”
“You want to fight or so match Hawa looked at them and silently shook her head
The ure made his way to the entrance of the fortress, his nose wrinkling as a sharp, metallic smell of blood hit hiured were sprawled around the fortress Moreover, the sturdy walls were now covered in cracks and showed signs of intense battle
The figure sighed and busily moved towards the bleak and ominous fortress without any sound or presence He didn’t kno long he’d been walking, but he stopped when he passed the rock bridge across the fortress wall He saw a person fro that looked like a human It stumbled and walked unstably It sometimes couldn’t control its body and looked around with its mouth wide open Its unnatural movement made it look like an alien or e being fro close to the wall and doing his best to keep his breathing faint whileto carry out his plan, he felt a foreboding gaze on his body
Swish!+ As soon as he turned around, so that looked like cloth or fabric disappeared froht he had i with higher caution than before when—
Kyaah! With the sound of soure The figure froze; he hadn’t been mistaken The atue and hid in the darkness, quickly going deeper into the fortress After he passed the narrow alley and went into the square, he was finally able to hear other people
Even though the Shahnaz sha, this place had once been where the shaman enshrined the statue of the Goddess Dozens of people were gathered around the shrine Rather than staying inside, quite a few of the down on the street There were also ure smiled bitterly It felt like just yesterday when they all happily ure couldn’t linger outside the square forever, so he quietly h he deadened his footsteps as azes snapped to him as soon as he entered
“Ru…!” A blond woman with a ponytail rushed towards him, but stopped when she saho it was
“I’ave her a small smile and pulled down his hood “That I’m not Ru Amuh” He was no other than Allen Leonard
“No…I was also worried about you since you didn’t coh it turned dark”
“I tried to come back before sunset, but it didn’t work out like that”
Ru Hiana responded with a rueful sht”
“I’h”
“?”
“I haven’t produced any results even after going through much trouble” Allen Leonard showed his empty hands
“…It can’t be helped” Ru Hiana smacked her lips, but she soon made a soft smile and continued, “Since Ru Aht…”
“And that’s not the only thing” Allen Leonard cut her off in a grave tone “They have become more active”
“What?”
“If I’rown ency in the way they move”
“Is that really…true?”
“That’s what I felt during our trip back If it hadn’t been for Ru Amuh and the two of us, ould’ve lost another person to the ravity of his words
Allen Leonard looked around and said, “It seems the number of people has decreased…”
“…The princess has disappeared,” Ru Hiana replied with some hesitance
Allen Leonard furrowed his brows
“Not just the princess Two more recruits have also…”
“What happened?”
“I don’t know The princess left while saying that she couldn’t just stay like this, and…” Ru Hiana trailed off
“First Zelit, and now even that princess… It’s a s were quickly deteriorating at the fortress The recruits and natives were pushed to the corner and had to struggle to live day by day like refugees
“We should have saved Teacher,” Allen Leonard said
“…”
“No ht back” Allen Leonard’s words carried a hint of bla back Chi-Woo And of course, Ru Hiana knew that Leonard was referring to Chi-Woo Allen Leonard continued, “I was right Those guys hadn’t co a low profile since they were afraid of Teacher”
And they returned as soon as Chi-Woo disappeared Ru Hiana looked uilt about Chi-Woo “Yeah, you’re right It’s my fault”
“…I’ized He knew that there was nothingthemselves in a situation like this He had cast the blaer here, ill no…”
“No,” Ru Hiana said firmly “Senior isn’t dead”
“Are you sure?” Allen Leonard asked ide eyes, and Ru Hiana nodded vehemently
“How do you know?”
“That’s what Ru Amuh said,” Ru Hiana replied confidently “He said that Senior is still alive, and he’ll definitely return”
“…”
“Uh, he said that’s what he sensed…” Ru Hiana’s confidence cruave way to a bitter smile when she sa taken aback Allen Leonard looked Since neither Ru A’ ability, it was understandable that Allen Leonard would think they were just being hopeful
“…Is that so?” Allen Leonard shing “Sorry, it’s just a bit funny” When Ru Hiana stared at hi “Isn’t it funny? You and I are both heroes who have saved a World, but we’re so powerless here”
“About that—”
“Moreover, there are so many heroes here”
“…”
“But we can’t do anything, and we’re just hoping… I’ to understand what the people in the world I’ve saved hed for a while and continued, “But even then, he’s a really strange guy” He stopped laughing and sighed deeply before looking up and continuing, “It feels like if Teacher coain”
He looked up at the twinkling stars in the night sky and shtly