Chapter 97: Returning Hero (2) (2/2)
[Everyone has a natural inclination that they were born with Turning this girl into someone like Ru Amuh would be extreine Hawa beco as pure and noble as Ru A remarks
[But there’s a method easier than that It’s for you to becoreater than she is]
Miiant tree that she won’t dare to look up at, much less try to climb]
Chi-Woo understood now The God he served was ‘perfectly neutral’, and Gods of this disposition didn’t distinguish between good and evil If one side was gaining on the other, they would forcefully restore the balance without looking into the reasons Thus, even if Hawa becareater evil As poas the law in a world like Liber, he sih to squash her if she strayed to another path In the first place, if Chi-Woo becareat existence, Haould naturally restrain herself and refrained fro the lines he had set in place; that was just how she was
[Don’t forget This girl’s disposition is ‘Lawful Evil’]
Chi-Woo nodded quietly at her words and looked up again Haas still waiting for his response
“Let’s think about this more seriously,” he told her “It’s not bad to want to be stronger, but I think you should think about things in the long run”
“…”
“Since this decision could change the rest of your life, think about it carefully And after you make up your mind, tell me”
“Really?”
“Yes I will help you then”
Chi-Woo didn’t turn her down He only told her to think more carefully and promised to help her when the tireeable response
“Thank you, oppa” Haed in an expression of her gratitude For her to call his for the situation Then she eventually got up to patrol the area
Sitting down, Chi-Woo felt so, it seeling into his hands Chi-Woo pushed down a little harder and soundlessly laughed
While sitting on the streets, Ru Hiana dug her face into her knees She had no strength in her body, and it had been a week since she last ate They had run out of food soh they were able to secure so their stoo dream that they had once walked around the fortress freely
‘When is he coht of Ru Amuh, who still hadn’t returned yet
‘Why…?’ What led up to this? It all began after they caet the time to mourn over the loss of Chi-Woo and Hawa, because after a couple of days, the aan They were monsters the majority of the heroes had never seen before—monsters similar to the ones she had seen on the Evalaya ed all over the place in pairs or even dozens at once
The heroes didn’t back down froht of these ht Yet, even as Ru Amuh led the team, and Ru Hiana and Allen Leonard provided their support, they had their lihts they endured, there seean to fall one by one
But that wasn’t all; there were also eneet that day She had hurriedly dashed to the castle walls hearing that dozens ofunbelievable: one hero was avidly stuffing himself hat little precious food they had left, and he was using both his hands
[Hey! What are you doing?]
Gasping, she ran toward the hero and flinched when she got closer
[Kyaruh?]
[What, what…]
[Kuruhuru…!]
The hero—or what used to be a hero—smiled eerily with all his facial muscles stretched beyond their limits
[You…]
Ru Hiana had no tiate the an their offensive on the outside But the surprising part was the changed hero’s response Although he had been drooling while looking at Ru Hiana, the changed hero suddenly dashed outside as soon as he heard the noises from monsters And he wasn’t alone Several others joined and ran outside and fought, and they fought so well that it was hard to believe they were the heroes who had lost their powers
Until that point, the other heroes had been rejoicing that their coer; of course, Ru Hiana had seen the changed hero’s face distort like an evil spirit, and she had an oed heroes had been set off into a craze And it was too ed just as an especially large monster ambushed them It was an impossible occurrence unless someone had intended for it to happen
Soon, the cheering above the castle walls died down, and instead, the nu out inco the scene before her blankly, Ru Hiana felt an evil energy attack her body Thus, she quickly turned around She didn’t knohy, but at that ather as many people to where Shahnaz was as she could Heroes with quick senses followed her, and when they reached the spot, everyone realized that Ru Hiana’s hunch had been correct
The evil energy blanketing the fortress couldn’t penetrate Shahnaz’s holy surroundings As the heroes waited there, the noise fros that remained were piles of unidentifiable corpses and the heroes who had gone mad and survived the recent intense battle Froan
Heroes ere still sane didn’t try to fight the heroes who had gone ed heroes were leaving the on theer wander in the fortress or outside like before They didn’t knoaround, or when the strange, evil energy would blanket the area
However, they needed to get out, or they would starve Thus, Ru A for food Since they had awakened a tiny portion of their original powers, they at least had a better chance of returning alive than the others And the role that Ru Hiana took was to protect their last sanctuary inside the fortress Yet, Ru Hiana failed to accoot out of the protective circle saying that they couldn’t stay still like this Theforever or found wandering in a back alleyith blank looks on their faces In short, they had been captured by their enemies—just like how the fifth and sixth recruits had slowly died in the range And it was then Ru Hiana realized as behind this entire incident and their current situation, but alas, there was nothing she could do All she could do atch just like that tihts, Ru Hiana suddenly looked up at the growing co
‘What is it?’ Ru Hiana quickly got to her feet and looked appalled ‘Why are those guys suddenly…!’
The changed heroes, who had only been wandering the area they occupied until now, began to gather one by one as if they were being led by so a rest now, Allen Leonard stood next to Ru Hiana’s side and said, “It seee”
“…”
“This is bad Ru Aht now…”
Allen Leonard’s face creased with concern Then they heard Shahnaz speak up
—No…
She sounded strained, like she was barelyto speak to them
—Someone has…this…this…
Shahnaz’s voice suddenly cut off
Clang! Si break; it was the barrier that Shahnaz had created to protect the heroes
‘Who in the World…! When, why, and how?’ Ru Hiana thought She was co anything Perhaps she would becoed heroes, neither dead nor alive But of course, she would resist until the end Although Ru Amuh had told her to endure and wait for now, she had no other option
‘I’m sorry’
Ru Hiana pulled out her sword Allen Leonard also unleashed his loom that shadowed his eyes
Meanwhile, Chi-Woo stood on top of a hill and looked down at their destination, the fortress “Oh!” he exclaimed “We’re finally here”
“Byu!” The bun raised the hand it had formed and also cheered
“But by the looks of it…it seehts” Chi-Woo searched the fortress’ surroundings carefully and blinked hard Hawa did the saht sky that was filled with dark clouds and eyed the ominous fortress warily
“I think we should hurry,” she said Chi-Woo agreed,at a brisk pace with the bun on his shoulders They had finally returned, only to be greeted by a chilling energy that circled around the fortress It was a discoy
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