The Half-Puny Priest Hopes To Retire

208 – Rush (2)

”Off…”

As the dark shadows in my vision faded, my hazy consciousness gradually became clearer.

”What the hell is this place…”

I vaguely remembered Dauna chanting a defense spell in response to an unexpected attack.

But I couldn’t figure out anything about what happened after that.

I held my pounding head in my hands and looked around for a while.

The floor is dented as if a meteorite had fallen.

A tiny remnant of magic remaining in the air.

Dizziness becomes more vivid as consciousness becomes clearer.

By any chance, did it just fall down like that?

I thought it couldn’t be possible, but looking at the surrounding circumstances, it seemed like my first thought was correct.

”Phew…”

With a heavy sigh, I busily moved all over my body.

There was a burdensome stiffness in every joint, but fortunately, there seemed to be no damage anywhere.

However, the relief that my body was fine was washed away by the strong sense of discomfort that followed.

Something was strange.

I fell unconscious from that height, but my body wasn’t broken in any part, let alone broken into pieces.

Even if Dauna had quickly cast a defensive spell, it couldn’t have been too unnatural.

Scream.

At that moment, my consciousness, which had been relaxed for a while, suddenly snapped at the sound of metal.

”Ugh! ·····Uh? Ba, bell?’

Jalang! Jjararang!

The identity of that unfamiliar voice was none other than a bell.

I didn’t even call you, but when did it come out again?

The fact that the free-spirited Baul-gi jumps out like this is something that has happened quite often.

Even so, he probably wasn’t a guy with a bad temper to the point where he would joke around in such a serious situation.

Oh, really?

”Did you protect me?”

Jalang! Jalang!

A violent up and down movement replaced the positive response.

Now, I noticed that the saint’s stigmata, which had a total of 7 strokes, had been reduced to 5 strokes without my knowledge.

One of them is, of course, the one used to make Baeul-gi appear.

So, is it the aftermath of the auto-healing of various wounds on my body immediately after landing?

Jalang! Jjararang!

It was a hypothesis that I had only been thinking about for a while, but looking at Bell’s strong reaction, it seemed like this hypothesis was the right answer.

”Thank you.”

Sarrr.

As soon as I quietly said thank you, the bell, which had a clear shape, became a halo of light and disappeared.

I quickly checked my belongings.

Although I was very happy and thankful that her life was saved thanks to Bell’s clever response to her, I didn’t have the time to be thankful for being alive.

”The two long swords for self-defense are still there, but the holy water and the magical tools for communication are all broken. Where did you drop the holy sword?”

It took me a while to organize the situation sequentially, and before long, I realized how desperate I was now.

It was a bit of a shame to lose all the holy water I had, but it wasn’t that big of a deal.

The problem was that now that I had lost all my communication tools, there was no way to let my colleagues know that I was safe.

Dropping the holy sword didn’t bother me that much.

If it gets stuck in the ground, someone who needs it will pick it up.

”·····”

With my arms crossed, I was lost in thought for a moment.

In normal cases, it is best to stay here and wait for rescue.

Even if you don’t have the means to contact your colleagues, with the warrior’s extraordinary sense of smell, pinpointing my location will be a breeze.

I was the one who got hit by the raid a little while ago.

It was clear that his colleagues would have easily defeated him without a single casualty.

It is important not to hastily try to escape from this position.

Yes, that was the case in general.

”I’ll be amazed…”

Immediately after the words, which were almost like a sigh, came out of my mouth, the strength that had been supporting my body momentarily disappeared.

Front, back and both sides. A huge black wall that catches your eye no matter where you look.

Evil air that sticks like dirt inside the lungs.

A sky as red as blood.

Because all of the circumstances clearly indicated where I was isolated.

Inside the dungeon. That too.

”The devil…”

Excluding the elements mentioned above, it is a truly idyllic scene that is not much different from the scene in my memory.

A sacred place that was once said to be the most holy land in the system, where a saint was enshrined, has become the home of the devil, the crystal of evil.

What kind of trick of fate is this?

Strange.

Facing an unprecedented crisis, all five senses suddenly became heightened.

Right now, I felt like I could count how many strands of my hair were lifted by the howling wind.

But why?

Nothing…

I literally couldn’t see, hear or feel anything.

I couldn’t even feel the movement of a single leaf on the trees around me, let alone their branches.

The chirping of birds or the pacing of field mice.

Moreover, I couldn’t even hear the whitish noise of insects crawling.

All I can see and hear right now is a man’s frightened face and heavy breathing.

The anxiety that even this thin breath might turn into a tearing scream was tightening my breathing every moment.

Slam!

”Calm down·····. Let’s calm down…”

I grabbed the knife on my back and composed myself for a moment.

Now that I don’t know when, where, and what kind of danger will strike me, I shouldn’t neglect my guard, but I also shouldn’t be consumed by fear.

I had to keep my composition.

I am also a member of the hero party.

The position has changed from the last to the front, but the work to be done has not changed at all.

The role given to me now is to protect the protection of the warrior within me from all the dangers lurking within, even if it means losing limbs.

”Phew…”

Is it because I made up my mind?

The trembling of the hand that was tightly gripping the hilt of the sword gradually subsided.

But.

”aaahhh───!!!”

”─!?”

That crude composition was instantly shattered by someone’s scream coming from the other side.

”Is there anyone there! Eup!”

I reflexively covered my mouth to scream.

The probability that there were still survivors left in this place where the Demon King had appeared was quite slim.

Basically, a dungeon is a so-called existing hell, where the higher the danger, the more powerful monsters and supernatural phenomena infest it.

In fact, most of my colleagues had long since concluded that by the day after the Demon Lord appeared, about half of the civilians inside would have already died.

Slam!

”Huh!”

Should I go rescue him? Or should I stay where I am now?

The harsh choice that I would regret later no matter what I chose was already burning my dry lips.

The possibility that it was a trap was abundant.

Moreover, there was a high probability that this generation’s demon king was related to previous saint candidates.

Perhaps the huge black chain that dragged me here, and the disappearance of residents near the Demon King one after another, may have been touched by their dark intentions.

You must never move from this spot.

I know it’s the best decision.

You probably know.

Crack!

Even before reason could tell me anything to stop me, my foolish legs were already kicking the ground in the direction the scream came from.

◈◈◈

”Calm down! Hero!”

Huh! Boom!

Even as the bloody sound of heavy metal cutting through the air swirled, Apis’ urgent voice rang out clearly.

It’s been a while since a group of black chains erupted from a black pillar and dragged the Raiges into the dungeon.

From that moment on, the barrage of chains that erupted with the force to cover the sky did not even allow Evan, who was carrying them, to reach anywhere.

”Wrong. I can’t get close to the entrance.”

Evan flapped his wings once to regain his lost balance and solemnly rang his neck, and a dark twilight appeared on the faces of everyone who heard him.

The reason was no different.

”Everyone, please let this go. The bride is in there. ”

This was because from the moment Raiges was sucked into the dungeon, the hero’s eyes her her, which had completely lost their unique vitality her her, clearly indicated that something inside her that should not have been broken had been broken.

”Hold it straight back there Big Team! Hey! Warrior! I told you to calm down! What on earth are you going to do if you just jump into that situation now? And Dawna said it too! I put up a shield just in time before that guy fell! He’s safe! You’ll be safe! So put down that knife first!”

Apis, who said that, was also feeling great anxiety.

There was no way that she, who had a particularly strong sense of camaraderie within her warrior party, would not be worried about Reisis’ whereabouts of her.

But even in Apis’ eyes, what the hero was trying to do now seemed nothing but an act of suicide.

”Put this aside. Apis. Please. Hurry. Otherwise, I don’t know. I don’t know what I’ll do.”

”Tsk—!”

A mechanical voice dripping with dry life.

If he hadn’t been her trusted colleague

If it weren’t for her younger brother her, Big Tim, who was restraining the hero’s body her.

Apis was implicitly confident that the sword in the warrior’s hand was already pointed at their neck

It was right then.

The saint who was watching the imminent situation attentively cried out in her icy cold tone.

”Because it’s noisy. Everyone, be quiet.”

Creak.

Immediately after that, there seemed to be no doubt that the hero’s gaze was unnaturally twisted towards the saint, and that it was filled with vicious murderous intent.