The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

10 – Mutant Orcs

To the extent that the moonlight was falling, showing the silence of the night. Lights illuminating the darkness, screams, and someone’s cry threw the village into chaos.

Pass the people running away. As they ran in the direction they came from, they heard the clank of weapons they heard in training at the academy.

As we passed the alley, we saw a mutant orc that looked twice as tall as Roel, with brown skin unlike normal orcs. It was seen that he was clashing with Roel, wielding a sledgehammer suitable for his gigantic size.

When Ellie is nowhere to be seen, she turns around to find her. On the other side of the alley, I saw a sphere of condensed demonic energy shooting towards Roel, who was fighting a power struggle with a mutant orc.

At the same time, she pulled her body back in an instant. Roel, who swung his sword and cut off the hand of the orc who was holding the hammer, blocked the warlock’s magic by releasing his sword energy, and tried to attack the warlock right away.

Roel was forced to pull his body backwards from the hammer wielded by the orc who rapidly regenerated his severed hand.

When Roel, who is in a troublesome situation of 2:1, is biting her lip, feeling embarrassed at the fact that he has no power to help her. Again, I saw the black magician emitting thick demonic energy around him and creating a sphere.

Is Roel aware of that? He hurriedly swung his sword and tried to remove the orc, but the mutant orc did not pull himself out until the end even while being hit by Roel’s sword with monstrous strength and regenerative power.

As it was originally, it was a flow of winning a 1:1 fight against a mutant orc, so I felt anxious that Roel could lose to the variable of the black mage’s pincer attack.

When I was running forward to support Roel somehow. The sphere condensed with magic escaped from the warlock’s hand and was shot towards Roel.

Roel tried to retaliate, but the mutant orc sacrificed his shoulder to block Roel’s sword.

A moment when Roel was about to be attacked by a warlock helplessly in a gap created in an instant.

Kwaang-!

Ellie appeared wielding a staff and created a barrier right in front of Roel, blocking the warlock’s attack.

Perhaps surprised by Ellie’s sudden appearance, Roel opened her mouth to Ellie without taking her eyes off the mutant orc.

“Why are you here! It’s dangerous, so stay with Ross!”

“That’s not important right now! I’ll buy you as much time as possible, so let’s catch the orcs first!”

As soon as the words were finished, Ellie, who had realized the magic by swinging her staff, poured magic into the warlock, and Roel and the mutant orcs began to collide at speed enough to leave afterimages.

As I ran to help Roel, I had no choice but to stare with the spear in my hand. If I joined there now, it would be a burden.

Even in the fight against the mutant orcs, his meager spearmanship wasn’t helpful, and he didn’t know if he would be captured by the warlock.

After entering the academy. Even though they had been training for space magic and training their physical strength, they couldn’t even help those two with a few days of hard work.

It was a known fact. It is impossible for an ordinary person who has neither talent nor innate ability to catch up with a genius through a few days of hard work.

Let’s be aware of the reality that even so, nothing helps. What is the reason why he bites his lip until it bleeds out of a rising sense of inferiority and shame?

When you are suppressing your rising emotions. Things began to change rapidly.

At first, she was Ellie who poured her magic and pressured the warlock, but as time passed, Eli’s magic was destroyed and defended in front of the warlock, and little by little the warlock began to implement more and more magic. Did.

A sphere of condensed demonic energy appeared through the gap of magic Ellie fired. She hastily swung her wand to create her barrier when Ellie raised her wand high for her next attack.

Ellie fell to the floor, spurting his blood, as if the magic shot by the warlock, who was looking ahead, exploded into the air and crushed her to the ground.

“Ellie!”

Roel, who overpowered the mutant orc, hurriedly blocked the magic that was flying towards Ellie, but her left arm was crushed as her skin was ripped off by the mutant orc’s hammer attack that was immediately after her.

When the mutant orc raised his hammer high to strike his head straight at Roel, who had lost his balance. As the orc defended the spear that was aimed at the eyes of the orc, Roel bought time to regain his balance and hurriedly swung his sword to block the attack and distanced himself from Ellie.

When Ellie was hurt. As I was already running away, I helped Ellie who was struggling to raise her body.

“Lo, Ross….”

“You really… !”

Let’s grit our teeth as we watch the blood dripping nonstop from under her chin. Ellie gave a wry smile and hurriedly swung her wand to block the warlock’s attack.

That’s a mistake. She lost her temper at the fact that Ellie was injured, and she forgot that she was in a battle.

Thinking that she would have been hurt if Ellie hadn’t stopped them, she hurriedly came to her senses and took out the potion that Rosalyn had given her as a gift from the storage room.

I wanted to give this to Ellie right away, but it’s right to give it to Roel for her victory.

“Ellie, can you buy Roel some time?”

Ellie, puzzled by my words, looked at the potion she was holding in her hand and wondered if she quickly grasped the situation. She nodded.

When the mutant orc was swinging his hammer with weight, Ellie’s magic flew in and the orc lost her balance and was driven into a house, so she hurriedly ran to Roel.

“This is the potion Rosalyn gave me.”

While making a puzzled expression at my words, Roel stuck his greatsword into the ground, hurriedly received the potion, sprayed it on his shattered left arm, and drank the rest.

As I watched Roel’s left arm, which had been crushed and torn in an instant, regenerate, I spoke urgently.

“Because I will pass the time somehow. Don’t worry about this side, deal with the orcs first.”

“Okay. I will believe you.”

Feeling a strange feeling to see Roel sincerely believe in my words without any doubt even in my words, which are no different from those of an old class. I ran to help Eli, who was struggling to block the black magician’s attack.

Just as Roel believed in me, somehow I had to repay that trust and stop the warlock.

What I can do now. Quickly organizing her thoughts, she hid behind Ellie, who was building a barrier, and whispered softly.

“To stop warlocks, we need the strongest destructive magic.”

“Among the things that can be used, the strongest is synthetic magic. But it won’t work because the warlock has already destroyed it several times. After using it, there will be no magic power left to create a barrier.”

At Eli’s negative words, I put my hand on Eli’s shoulder.

“Would you trust me?”

I can’t see the face because it’s from the back. Perhaps Ellie was wearing a worried expression.

Ross, who has no ability, no talent, and no common friends, wants you to trust him. It’s strange not to worry.

If it is the judgment of a mage who maintains reason even in a life-threatening situation, it would be more likely to survive if Roel handles the orc and expects to return while holding the warlock with a barrier.

But the injured Ellie against the warlock. It was a question of whether she could buy enough time to deal with the mutant orcs.

If things go as I planned, I’ll be able to weaken the mutant orc’s control for a while. I thought that Roel would not miss that opportunity.

The moment I try to open my mouth again to convince Ellie somehow.

“Believe me. There must be a reason you said that.”

Contrary to my expectations, Ellie answered without hesitation that she believed in me.

In the sense of joy rising from the depths of the heart rather than wondering why. The first thing I thought was that I wanted to repay that trust somehow.

“I will definitely repay your trust.”

At those words, an unexpected message popped up in front of me.

[ Gias is triggered by the oath. ]

– Repay Ellie’s trust.

I don’t know why Geas didn’t activate no matter how hard I tried, but it was more important to have a black mage who fires magic right in front of my eyes. She hurriedly waved her hand to get rid of her message and told Ellie.

“Listen up, Ellie. See the pebbles on the floor to her left? We will use magic to target that place.”

“A stone… ? Al, okay. If you block the next attack, I’ll do it right away.”

Did my faith waver for a moment at my absurd words? I stuttered as if I was embarrassed, but Ellie believed me in the end.

Composite magic, a combination of fire and wind elemental magic, appeared at the tip of the wand, drawing a spell. I immediately gathered all the mana in my body.

You can. No, I had to. I wanted to show Ellie and the Ross inside of me that I hadn’t stayed where I was.

Just before the fireball with formidable power fired from the tip of Eli’s staff hits the stone.

Recognize the spatial coordinates of stones on the floor, and use magic to create a dimensional passage.

Erase everything.

You have to focus everything on this moment.

Natural breathing and even emotions disappear in an instant.

Finally, the end of the dimensional passage created using planes and lines in mental imagery is headed.

It was behind the back of the black magician who was implementing magic.

Quaaa!

As the fireball exploded, the wind magic that surrounded it increased its power, creating a high-temperature pillar of fire that melted the surroundings, burning the space where the black magician was standing.

The formidable power reminded me of Ellie’s setting.

A genius wizard who entered the academy with brilliant talent despite being a commoner like Roel. A great sorceress who handles all elements and later unifies all elemental magic to build the Black Mage Tower, and one of Roel’s lovers.

And the only person that Ross can make him feel love for.

Look at your childhood friend with new eyes.

On the contrary, Ellie looked at me with her stupid gaze and opened her mouth as her magical energy dripped blood and saliva to the floor and chin with her eyes that were bigger than usual.

“Your room, what kind of magic was that….”

She was excited to see a new magic. When Ellie stuttered her words and smiled at her surprise.

Seeing the black orb shot towards Ellie, it hurriedly wrapped itself around Ellie’s body and threw her body aside.

Kwaaang-!

I tried to protect Ellie as much as possible, but it seemed like hydrochloric acid hit the back of the exploding magi. The pain of melting flesh came.

“Ouch… ! Okay, are you okay?”

“Lo, Ross! Your back, back… !”

I didn’t even have time to say it was okay. In order to protect Ellie, who has run out of magic from the flying sphere again. As I held her in her arms, I bit my molars in the intense pain that would come.

Kwaaang-!

I couldn’t feel the pain even though I heard her roar, so I put my head back in wonder. I met the eyes of the eyes on the wall filled with anger.

Have you dealt with mutant orcs? Roel’s blonde hair, shining bright even in the moonlight, was wet with red blood.

Just looking at the eyes in the wall containing emotions that were different from usual made me feel fear without knowing why.

I felt as if I had caught a glimpse of the small madness beneath the emotion of anger.

Roel, who was glaring at Ellie and me, turned her body with an angry expression and charged at the warlock.

It didn’t take long for the warlock to realize that Roel couldn’t stand it. He used his magic and ran away.

When Roel shouted in anger at the warlock’s escape, he let out a sigh of relief at the fact that the deviant orc attack was over. Realizing that by then she had been holding Ellie in her arms, she hurriedly tore her body away.

“Ellie, are you okay?”

“Ugh, yes. There is no problem except that the mana has run out…. Ro, what about Ross?”

I wonder if the aftereffects of magical exhaustion have appeared. Ellie’s white face turned red. Just looking at it, it was different from usual, but I was afraid that I would be worried, so I thought it was okay, so my heart hurt for no reason.

Inadvertently raise your hand and wipe it with your sleeve as blood and saliva mixed and run down your chin. Even though she would normally be frightened, Ellie shook her whole body as if convulsing, but did not avoid it.

Is it too painful? In response to her unusual reaction, she remembered that rest is the most important factor in exhausting magical energy.

“Let’s go back.”

Would it be difficult to walk? When she came to her senses and felt ashamed, she lowered her hand, which had been held out for her inadvertent worries. She was very taken aback by Ellie’s hastily grabbing my hand and leaning against her.

Did you read that gaze? Ellie stuttered as if making excuses.

“Mi-sorry. Her legs are weak….”

Could it be because of the soft touch of her hand holding her against her, or because of me reflected in Ellie’s obsidian-like eyes looking at me?

I felt strangely ashamed at the sound of her heart beating wildly, making me mistakenly thinking that she was beating a drum against my ear.

For Ellie, it may just be a moment she will never remember, but I thought I would never forget this moment for a very long time.

This feeling is not the kind that can be easily forgotten, it will be a very precious memory.