Chapter 393 : Little Hero
「Luard-san, are you alright?」(Mark)
「Huh…? Eh…?」(Luard)
What just happened?
Did he just… save me?
「Um, Luard-san?」(Mark)
「…..Ah. Y, yeah, I’m fine… Ukh!」(Luard)
Feeling relieved that I was still alive, I felt the intense pain in my leg again.
I kneeled on the ground and held my bleeding leg.
「I’m sorry. I want to heal you both, but I need to deal with that big guy first.」(Mark)
Saying that, the blonde, short boy took a few steps forward and faced the terrifying monster.
Hold on… Is he going to fight that thing!?
「Wait, are you insane!? There’s no way you can beat it! We have to run now!」(Luard)
I didn’t know how he did it, but he saved me with some kind of magic. Now I know that he can use magic, but I highly doubt a kid like him can defeat that monster.
Even a high-ranked magician would surely have a hard time dealing with a special variant monster of this level.
「Run? No, unfortunately, I can’t. You may find it hard to believe, but Diadoraー that pale-looking girl’s mom is living in that spring. If that monster enters this area, the barrier will be broken, and her mom will disappear. I have to stop it.」(Mark)
「What!?」(Luard)
What is he talking about? How can he talk nonsense at a time like this!?
「Weikel, he’s your friend, right? Tell him we don’t have time for nonsense!」(Luard)
「Mark-bocchan, are you really planning to stop that monster?」(Weikel)
「Yeah. I have to protect the spring.」(Mark)
「I hate to say it, but that guy is a special variant of kobold warrior. It’s on a different level from the Mother of Lizard you killed in the mine last time.」(Weikel)
「Don’t worry. I’ve been training a lot since then. I got this.」(Mark)
「Alright. Just a little advice. When you fight it, think as if you’re fighting a veteran fighter, not a mindless monster. It’s smart. It uses feint moves and has tricky techniques.」(Weikel)
「That sounds kinda troublesome, but I got it. Thanks.」(Mark)
What the hell is going on? Why is Weikel talking with him like he believes this kid will pull it off?
「Delica, can you bring them to safety?」(Mark)
「Alright. Good luck, Mark. Luard, can you walk?」(Delica)
Delica approached me, grabbed my hand, and put my arm around her shoulders.
My heart skipped a beat when the girl I loved was this close, but it’s no time to be over the moon. That thing will definitely kill that kid, and then it will kill us all!
「Wait! Are you guys crazy!? How can you entrust our lives with that kid!?」(Luard)
「You won’t believe it even if I tell you. Just shut up and trust him. Let’s go.」(Delica)
「Don’t worry, Luard-sama. He’s gonna be alright.」(Weikel)
「What!?」(Luard)
Looks like I have no choice but to listen to them.
Delica supported me as I walked toward the wooden table they had just set up. Weikel walked next to us while holding his chest. He said his ribs were broken. I couldn’t believe he ran from that monster while carrying me on his back with broken ribs. He must be enduring so much pain right now.
Waiting for us at the table were two girls. One had blonde hair and the other had long green hair.
The blonde girl seemed to be that kid’s sister. The one with green hair had pale, almost translucent skin. It was so pale that she didn’t look like a normal human being.
As Weikel and I took a seat, the blonde girl handed us two bottles of liquid that seemed to be healing potions.
「Here. It won’t heal your injuries completely, but it will stop the bleeding.」(Nicola)
「Th, thanks…」(Luard)
「Thank you, Nicola-chan~! *Gulp gulp* Phew~ I feel much better now.」(Weikel)
Weikel gulped his potion right away without hesitation. He looked so much better in no time.
Is it really that effective?
「Give me that. You’re clumsy, so I’ll do it for you.」(Delica)
「Huh!?」(Luard)
Delica snatched the potion from my hand.
She then took out a small knife from her pocket and carefully ripped my pants to expose the wound on my thigh.
It stung so much when she did that.
「Arrrghhh!!」(Luard)
「Don’t be a crybaby. Endure it like a man.」(Delica)
「H-huh!? I’m not crying! I can take a few more of this! This is nothing!」(Luard)
「Yeah, yeah. Just stay still.」(Delica)
After exposing my wound, Delica opened the bottle and slowly poured the potion into the cut.
I gritted my teeth, preparing for the stinging pain as the potion soaked my wound, but I felt nothing.
Normally, a potion will sting when you use it on a wound, but this one doesn’t.
「Wow. What is this potion?」(Luard)
「It feels good, right? It’s a high-quality potion Mark made himself.」(Delica)
「What? That kid made this? What kind of kid makes potions?」(Luard)
「You may not believe it, but he makes potions for magic training and sells them to the Merchant Guild to make a lot of money.」(Delica)
「No way…」(Luard)
Looks like that kid is really not just an ordinary kid.
Well, no ordinary kid dares to challenge a freaking special variant monster.
Perhaps Delica and Weikel were right. Perhaps I should trust him.
As the intense pain in my thigh started to subside thanks to the potion, I shifted my gaze toward the forest.
I could see the kid from here. He was stretching his arms, doing some warmups while facing the monster.
The monster still looked shocked. It must not have thought a weak-looking kid would block its boulder with magic.
That monster is smart. Perhaps its instinct told it that what it was facing was not just an ordinary kid.
「What’s wrong? You’re not attacking?」(Mark)
However, the kid provoked it.
I don’t understand why he did that.
ーGRAAAAAAAAAAA!!
He successfully made the monster angry. It raised its huge axe and charged toward him.
The fight has started. Now we’ll see how the kid will handle it.
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