Chapter 3 – [Hero] A Bright Morning, a New Day
“Um…”
I woke up on my own because of the sunlight.
It was a nice inn, but it would have been better if there were curtains.
My body was aching as if the fatigue from yesterday was still there.
If I take one more day off, I think the fatigue will go away.
But I am a warrior. You can’t be making such a weak voice.
Goddess also said. Subdue the demon lord as soon as possible.
I can’t be idle just because I’m a little tired.
‘Good. Let’s prepare quickly and set off.’
There is a long way to go.
***
“Huh?”
I washed lightly and came down, and I was the only one on the first floor.
“Hello, warrior.”
“Oh, hello Mr. Jeren. Am I the first to come down?”
Mr. Jeren also nodded his head as if it were strange, and he said.
“Your warrior was the fastest. Originally, everyone should come down by now, but that’s strange.”
“Isn’t that right?”
Hmm. I guess I didn’t misunderstand the time.
I felt a little sorry to go up to the room where they slept, so I decided to wait while eating breakfast first.
“Mr. Master! Just make me one breakfast here!”
“Yes, coming soon!”
As I was waiting for breakfast, they came down in a hurry while laughing.
“Mi-I’m sorry, hero!”
“I’m sorry, Eric…”
“Joe, you overslept a little bit.”
Seeing that all three of them were panting, it seemed that they had come down in a hurry.
“You were worried. Everyone’s messed up. We’re going to start a little slow today, so prepare slowly and come down.”
All of them had frizzy hair and red faces.
I must have rushed down as soon as I woke up.
This is also my fault for being too greedy yesterday. As a party leader, I feel responsible.
After hesitating for a while, they finally decided to prepare and come down again.
After they went up, I heard some strange laughter next to me, so when I turned around, to my surprise, Mr. Jeren was laughing!
“Did anything interesting happen?”
“Ah, sorry about this, warrior. Seeing them flustered is a bit funny.”
I understood what you were saying, but it was a bit sarcastically to laugh at my party members like that.
“It’s because I was too overworked yesterday. If you want to laugh, laugh at me.”
“It looks like I offended the hero. I apologize if I offended you.”
“Oh, no…”
When Mr. Jeren suddenly apologized, she was a little taken aback.
Doesn’t this seem like I’m being sarcastic to him!
Should I apologize?
While I was at a loss and thinking about what to say, they dressed up and came back down.
“Mi, I’m sorry. It’s been a while since I slept at an inn, so I guess I was too careless.”
Saying so, Seria twisted her hair.
“Are you okay. I’m a little late today too.”
I was the first to come down, but in fact, strictly speaking, it was Mr. Jeren who arrived first.
He is also a diligent person.
“But it is true that I am late. It would be inconvenient if we didn’t make it clear.”
Seria jerked her whale around shyly.
“To think that the maid of the Goddess, who should be more sincere than anyone else, is late… I really have no face, warrior.”
Arin, who rarely had a somber expression on his face, said the same thing.
“Ugh… Waking up in the morning is so hard.”
Yuni grumbled.
She was always the last person to wake up in town.
Usually, my co-workers wake me up, but today I couldn’t wake up early because we all slept in late together.
Everyone seems to be clumsy and the atmosphere is too relaxed, but they are good colleagues who know how to be serious when everyone is serious.
I was truly happy to be able to go on an adventure with such good colleagues.
“Then let’s go after everyone has breakfast!”
About an hour after that, we left town.
In fact, we still have a long way to go today.
We were heading to Daeron, a border town that was said to have been attacked by demons a while ago.
According to rumors, there are also four demon kings there.
Will we be able to defeat the Four Heavenly Kings with our own skills?
I’m anxious, but I have no choice but to believe.
“Oh, there are goblins nearby! Three!”
Yuni, who received the report from the spirits, warned us all.
The relaxed atmosphere became tense in an instant, and everyone corrected their posture.
It’s a goblin Goblins were the most representative monsters.
Seeing things like this, it seemed that things were definitely not going very well.
Even at this moment, helpless villages may be being overrun by demons.
If only I, if only I had been a little stronger… !
Power goes into the hand holding the sword.
“It’s okay, warrior. Whoa… Whoa… You are working hard.”
Arin put her hand on top of hers, which gave her strength, and comforted her like that.
Her hands are warmer than usual.
“Thank you… Scale.”
I smiled at her
Arin’s face turns red… No, it was already red from a while ago.
“By the way, are you guys okay? Everyone’s face is red.”
In fact, everyone’s face was slightly red.
I suspected it was a cold, but I didn’t seem to be coughing, and I had a slight fever.
The only symptom was that he was constantly out of breath on the way.
As the head of the party, of course I was worried, but honestly, that, a little… It was hot
Somehow, everyone looked prettier than usual, and each gesture was irritating.
Even now, when I see Arin, I get a little excited.
It’s really the worst thing to be excited about seeing a colleague.
They are unselfishly sharing this risky adventure, and I am excited to see them.
Guilt rushes in.
“Ha… It’s okay, that’s about it… !”
“Yes! It’s just that I’m in a bit of a bad condition!”
Seria and Uni spoke with strength.
Okay, let’s focus on the battle right in front of us.
Rustle rustle.
Three green-skinned monsters with small clubs walked out of the bushes.
It’s a little smaller than a human, but it’s never an opponent to be taken lightly.
As you can tell by looking at their naked bodies, the power of goblins is beyond imagination.
Unlike me, the goblins armed with strong muscles approached us with big smiles.
“Seven! Seven days!”
“Seven!”
They muttered something in their own words, but I don’t know what they were saying, but it didn’t seem like a good thing.
“Kekeke!”
One of them leaned back and burst into laughter.
The wind rattled certain parts of his undressed body.
“… It’s okay.”
I heard someone gasp behind me.
Damn these nasty children!
“Guys! Let’s begin!”
But the back was strangely quiet.
“Guys?”
Looking back, their eyes were on the hideous monster.
“Ah, yes! Leave it to me!”
Surprised, Seria raised her staff and chanted her incantation.
I could feel the blazing heat gathering at the end of the staff.
“Ego! Ego!”
The goblins rushed at us with such an incomprehensible sound.
“Chu, blessings!”
Arin quickly blessed me.
I can feel my steps speeding up.
Yuni summoned an earth spirit and bound one of the goblins.
“Quek!”
With an unsightly sound, one guy fell out.
“Haa!”
With a scream, I jumped at the goblin that was charging at me and knocked him over.
“Keeek!”
As the goblin stumbled, I turned without hesitation and chased the goblin that was running towards Seria.
“Kekeruk!”
He was running towards her without even thinking about looking back.
“Haap!”
I ran to her feet, quickened by Arin’s blessing, and cut him down with her single sword.
Bane Goblin collapsed as it was.
“Eric! Back!”
When I turned around at Uni’s cry, the goblin I pushed earlier was approaching me before I knew it.
“Don’t worry! Go hot!”
Seria then aimed her staff at the goblin with her confident smile.
The heat gathered at the end of the staff was even transmitted to me.
Pop!
The heat gathered at the end of the staff flew like an arrow and hit the goblin.
“Keye! On the key! Kiek!”
The goblin struggled, feeling the pain as her skin burned in an instant.
I decapitated him, distraught.
“Kick, kick?”
There is only one goblin left. However, the goblin seemed to have lost its fighting spirit.
They look at us alternately, not knowing what to do.
“Warrior. They are monsters. I cannot forgive you.”
Perhaps he read my mind, Arin said firmly.
“If Eric can’t do it, I will.”
Seria said while raising the staff with a cold expression.
“No. I’ll do it.”
I can’t rely on them all the time.
I gathered my courage and raised my knife.
“Kik…”
The goblin made a pitiful expression.
“Kuh…”
My hands trembled.
There was no problem in an urgent situation like the one before, but the current situation was a problem.
When I got an overwhelming victory, I hesitated for some reason.
Is it because they feel like weaklings?
The fact that he unilaterally killed them bothered me.
“Kirik… Kiik…”
The goblin slowly bends over her and puts down her club.
Are you trying to surrender?
Unknowingly, the tip of the sword went down slightly.
“Kieack!”
Then the goblin suddenly changed her attitude and jumped at me.
Perong!
Before I could straighten my posture, the magic fired from Seria’s staff melted the goblin’s skin.
“Keeck!”
The goblin dropped her club and rolled on her floor before dying.
“I told you. Don’t sympathize with them They are evil monsters.”
Seria preached to me with a serious face.
It is always this pattern.
I did something stupid again.
“Sorry…”
“Oh, no. It’s because Eric is so kind.”
Uni tried to comfort me, but this is my weakness.
I was grateful for the consolation, but my heart ached instead.
“Huh… Be careful in the future.”
For some reason, Seria didn’t give a longer sermon and ended her speech.
“Ha… Oops…”
When she looked up, Seria was leaning back with her staff sandwiched between her body with a much more flushed face than before.
“Seria! Are you okay?”
