The Half-Puny Priest Hopes To Retire

209 – Rush (3)

I realized this opportunity.

When people are angry to the core, they tend to calm down.

My head is cold and my chest is hot. Did you say that?

It didn’t really hit home when I heard it in words, but when I experienced it myself, I couldn’t help but say that it was an absolutely perfect expression.

”You came to save me! Underworld people!”

”·····”

Every time the holy sword hanging from a tree vine buzzed like a vibrating massager, a woman’s angry voice was heard directly in her head.

The narrowed field of vision was suddenly widened by the screams of an unknown woman.

They say it’s a scream that sounds familiar. It was that guy.

Instead of being happy when she accidentally got her lost belongings back, why does her blood pressure rise?

Actually, I already knew the answer.

”Ha, lower world person…?”

Did he sense some kind of bad energy from me as I was taking a deep breath without saying a word?

A voice that was as lively as the sun began to be filled with deep anxiety.

”Now, wait, wait a minute. Why are you coming towards me with such a scary face? You’re trying to help, right? Right? Am I right? Yes, say yes! Right now!”

Jump and jump.

Using the heavy breath that escaped from the end of my lips as a problowjobnt, I slowly walked away.

It was right after that.

The Holy Sword, which was helplessly hanging on a tree vine, started shaking like crazy up and down and left and right.

”Hee, hee hee-!! Who, is there anyone!? Me! Please save me—!!!”

Even though he hadn’t said anything yet, it was quite pitiful to see him already so scared and screaming.

However, the anger that boiled like lava inside me did not go away.

I never thought that this is how I would repay the favor I received by tearing down something that Apis wanted to melt down and make into a ladle the other day.

This anger can never be alleviated by quenching it.

With that in mind, he placed his hand on the long sword at his waist.

”Intruder.”

”─!?”

Kwaang!

A creepy voice that pierces my ears like an awl.

The bloody attack that followed immediately cooled my mind, which was engulfed in passionate emotions.

”Ugh!”

The body, swept away by the powerful force, rolled around on the floor like a fallen leaf.

I was able to correct my posture even though it was too late, thanks to using my outstretched hand as a brake and pressing down on the floor.

It looks like he hit something wrong somewhere along the way, and dark red marks of failure were oozing out from around his forehead.

It was truly a stroke of luck that we were able to prevent this unexpected attack with minimal damage.

Needless to say, my hand was already in the sheath

If I hadn’t been able to catch the murderous intent pressing down on the top of my head while feeling exalted with intense anger, I would have died without even knowing what hit me.

It was clear that the actual combat training that I decided to do while getting beaten up by Apis over the past few days would have been of great help.

”What, what!? What happened!? What the hell!?”

A series of puzzled voices came out from the holy sword that had been brought out at the epicenter of the explosion, but I decided to just ignore it.

For a moment, I felt the urge to tear this damn piece of junk apart, but I was in a situation where I was missing a weapon, so I put it away for now.

”Phew…”

I took a deep breath and urgently looked around.

Now that I had lost the option of just waiting quietly until my colleagues found me, engaging the enemy was inevitable.

I could have chosen the option of running headlong, but I soon gave up.

Escape is impossible.

No matter how much I was, once I competed for sum, I was able to guess the difference in power between me and my opponent.

”May I ask your identity…”

I tried to ask a question through the thick dust, but all I got back was an unpleasant silence that felt like my pores were filled with mud.

Again.

One drop, two drops, three drops of cold sweat trickled down from the tip of my chin and soaked into the floor.

Before long, that time has arrived.

”Intruder. Exclusion. ”

”─!”

Cheonggang!

My posture collapsed once again due to the mountain-like force coming through the hilt of the sword I was holding tightly.

Fortunately, this time I was able to block the attack without any injuries.

However, the deadly vibration coming from the blade was constantly reminding me of the terrible future that would happen if I failed to block this attack in time.

It was a good thing that I was keeping a close eye on the movement of dust.

If I had rashly tried to follow the main body’s movements, my body would have been broken in two by now.

”Oh…”

”·····Kkeuch!”

Kaduk! Get a card!

Beyond the sparks of clashing blades, the attacker’s actions, wrapped in a veil, were visible.

”─!”

I tried it just in case, but it happened as expected.

Bronze skin and pure white hair. And red eyes.

In addition, the rich holy power that was wrapped around her body was the clearest evidence of all that this girl was also one of the candidates for becoming a saint.

”That’s it!”

Thud! Kwasik!

She tried to talk, but the sudden and unexpected shock left her speechless, no, her breathing was blocked.

”Wow!”

Her body was blown up into a ball, with pain as if she had been hit with all her might in the area of her ribs by a huge hammer.

There was no blood coming out of her mouth her, so fortunately her her internal organs her she seemed unharmed, but it seemed like one or two of her ribs her her she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she her she she she she her she she she she her she her internal organs she she seemed unharmed but it seemed like one or two of her ribs her her she she was definitely broken.

Shake it up!

Her body flew away like a swallow and was thrown against a tree.

”Thank god. Intruder. Weak. Even alone. Enough. I can win.”

”Off…”

The pain in her ribs was holding back her fading consciousness.

Looking at her posture with one leg up, it seems that the unexpected shock was caused by her kick.

Never lose sight of yourself when fighting.

Fighting is not just about weapons.

Apis’ life-giving advice passed through her mind one beat later.

How can you throw a kick with such murderous power with legs like chopsticks like that?

Is that also an application of divine power?

She is also a well-established priest and adventurer, but she was helplessly defeated by a girl who was less than half her height.

Face was not a thing.

”Whoa… Sigh…”

He healed the scars on her ribs with the holy power given to her by her her saint her her her, and carefully observed her her behavior her her her.

The overall impression was quite similar to the previous saint candidate.

Only one arm of her is wearing armor.

Rather than using a chain, the part where he is directly holding and swinging a sword.

There were significant differences in one way or another.

Now that I see it, the holy power around her body is very weak compared to the girls from before.

This is just a hypothesis.

Could it be that the girl in front of me is of a lower level compared to other sainthood candidates I’ve seen so far?

If so…

Whoo!

”──Ugh!”

Bang! Kwazijic!

Without even having time to wrap up the thoughts in her head her her her, her brutal attack her her continued.

I narrowly avoided the blade aimed precisely at my head

The sword strike that I couldn’t avoid grazed my cheek, but compared to the sight of the giant tree that was completely cut in two on my back, this was a small thing.

”What? How did you avoid it?”

Did she never dream that I, who had broken her ribs, could avoid her attack like this?

Suddenly she tilted her head and expressed doubt.

As I watched a person bent on stealing my life act like an innocent child, an indescribable fear came over me.

For example, the feeling of being an insect in the hands of a curious child.

The look in her eyes as she watched my body break and misalign was very similar to that of a child just before tearing off a dragonfly’s wing.

Whoo!

”Hmph—!”

”·····!”

Taking advantage of her lack of consciousness her her, I swung my sword with all my might

Cheonggang!

That desperate sword strike was helplessly blocked by her sword, but my goal was not to attack her, but to increase the distance between her.

”Huh? Are you weak? You’re much weaker than me? Why don’t you die?”

She took the blow with my whole body without hesitation and suddenly opened her eyes wide and expressed a faint question.

It was a cheeky remark that would surely have hurt any self-respecting warrior.

Fortunately, this did not apply to me.

And I was able to intuitively realize it.

That whitish gap is the hole through which I will survive.

Boom! Cheer up!

”─!?”

As she threw the sword she was holding at her like a boomerang, the dizzying sound of her hard metal shattering echoed all around her.

Taking advantage of the commotion, I quickly hid myself in the nocturnal sound of the forest.

”Escape? Never. I can’t go.”

I know.

No matter how much I try, I can’t escape from her.

However, even if it was impossible to escape, buying time was probably within my power.

The fact that this dungeon was created based on an area I knew well served as an unexpected advantage.

If I remember correctly, this is a small forest located on the outskirts of the city walls.

If you drive down here for about 15 minutes, you will come across a door leading into the city.

Even if you can’t stay there all day, there are plenty of places to hide for a while.

The remaining miracles are just 4 strokes away.

Geographical advantage. A miracle lent by the saint.

With these two advantages, you can somehow hold on until your colleagues come.

My plan went wrong.

”Ahahaha! It’s an intruder! Intruder!”

”─!?”

It was the moment when I encountered the presence of another saint candidate who appeared right in front of me.