Chapter 99: Returning Hero (4) (2/2)
Shaaaaaaaa!
The light was so intense that even Allen Leonard and Ru Hiana couldn’t bear to see it and had to cover their faces with their hands The dark energy inside the reone ht, and they returned to norround
‘What is happening…!’ He had only ever subed the club inside the pool full of holy water for a couple of days; ould’ve thought it would transforht? Carefully, Chi-Woo lifted his shi+ning club and looked at it Like iron that had just been pulled out of a burning furnace, it was completely white Froht Chi-Woo didn’t know the exact reason, but he sensed that the club had been awakened by the current situation
With the thought in h in the air An irresistible light spread froht up a fortress sunk into darkness Then, Chi-Woo clearly heard a sound
—Ah!
He heard an elegant voice froasp At the same time, the darkness around the fortress was lifted like a curtain opening up to reveal a stage right before it could close coain The darkness disappeared into the sky at a much faster speed than when it first caht
Just like that, the fortress beca had happened The storm had passed, and the at the people ere still standing in this strange atle word They all blankly stared at the saure Chi-Woo’s radiant club had reverted back to its norlow to it that illuminated the fortress The sun rose fro to deal with the invasion
Ru Hiana seemed to still be in shock An indescribable emotion filled her heart She looked up at Chi-Woo with coed to say, “Senior…”
Chi-Woo’s gaze shi+fted to her He saw Ru Hiana tightly clutch the Shahnaz’s statue and sht behind Chi-Woo seemed to form a halo-like the ones that only heroes who had risen to the ranks of Saints could have
“It’s been a while” Chi-Woo happily greeted her in that hazy circle of light “I’ve returned” He save her a wink
Aa hill Both of his shoulders were slouched over, and his face was facing the ground Surprisingly, it was Ru Aht and proper at all ti and washi+ng and eating, he was noalking with his head tilted towards the ground Recently, Ru A intense doubts about hi
[Then, why don’t you show me?]
[Prove your worth]
Ru Ahtly shut his eyes Could he say with confidence that he had proven his worth? No, he couldn’t After escaping the forest, the recruits who had been settling down bit by bit each day had becoht have even turned worse than when they were in the forest
And it all started after one person disappeared Honestly, Ru Ah he was a hero who had solved a crisis at the level of Star Cluster, he was still a hero who had only saved one world It was too much to ask of him to stabilize and norher, especially when there were so many unfavorable conditions
‘I’m tired’ Despite his best effort, he couldn’t help butin negative thoughts He hated the circumstances that rendered heroes powerless, and he hated Liber However, he couldn’t just cry and conificant achievements even under the same conditions—no, there used to be such a hero
However, Ru Areat hero like Chi-Woo and couldn’t be like hihts, the ht, ‘It would have been better if I died instead of hiht ‘No’ If he kept thinking so negatively, he would be surrendering to his opponent’s tricks No matter how difficult and painful the situation was, he had to endure it Ru A was empty because he couldn’t find any food, he raised his head and forced hiet into proper posture Then he turned on his device and looked at one of his stored ain]
Ru Ahtly clenched his teeth Chi-Woo wasn’t dead; the e had said as h there was no basis for this belief, Ru Amuh was convinced of that future It was as if he was somehow connected to Chi-Woo Before he knew it, he had surmounted the hill, and the fortress entered his view He picked up his pace
‘I hope I’m not too late’ Since he couldn’t find food no matter how hard he looked for it, he had returned later than planned He hoped that nothing much had happened as he headed towards the fortress When he approached the stone bridge, his eyes widened Soed walls were the same as before, but there were no monsters or corpses of their comrades The area looked empty like someone had cleaned it all up The rotten s the fortress had also lessened
‘Who…’ Ru A, he felt so him from his left side at a steady pace Ru Amuh stared in the direction with sharp eyes with his hand on his sword, and then he was finally able to see who it was
“One! Two! One! Two!” He saw Chi-Woo running along the walls early in the
Ru Ahtly opened; he was so shocked that no words ca hard, looked at the frozen Ru Ahtly and raised his hand before running towards Ru A, “It’s been a while! Have you been well?”
“…Uh Ah, what, what? No, yes! Sir, it’s been a while” It took a couple of seconds for Ru A
“Yes, it’s great to see you again Let’s ht now” Chi-Woo swooshed past Ru Amuh as he said so, and Ru A blankly at him
“Uh…Yes, Yes… Later…” Ru A was strange; he kneas strange But Chi-Woo had acted so naturally that he was momentarily confused Ru A several ti his walk into the fortress
“!” But then his brain caught up after blinking thrice, and he ca in shock as he whirled around to stare at Chi-Woo “Teacher?” he shouted “Teacher! Teacher!”
Chi-Woo was already far away He raised his hand and waved at Ru Ah, Ru Amuh immediately ran after Chi-Woo “Wait! No! Please wait a bit!” Ru Amuh called out repeatedly, desperate He would not ain