We Defeated the Demon and Disbanded Without Any Conflict

14 – Cooperation_Hero_4

The path of the labyrinth usually has a higher level of difficulty and quality of loot than the existing labyrinths.

This is because a well-hidden place that monsters in the same labyrinth cannot find is suitable for storing strength and stamina.

However, it was only for experienced adventurers that they could argue about spoils like that. Nine times out of ten, untrained adventurers will die if they enter these byways.

This is because the environment is different in the first place, and cases tailored to their level do not appear.

It’s not entertainment. I don’t know if it’s a battle, but I’m the type to act with a lot of caution in exploring the labyrinth.

Adventurers receive missions tailored to their level and explore labyrinths tailored to their level.

The byways of the labyrinth are not suited to their level. Since it is a hidden space in the first place, information is not revealed. Truly an all-or-nothing. If you come back alive, you get riches and honor, but if you die, that’s it.

It might not be a big deal for a person named Lane, but for a cadet named Priersil, who has no real combat experience, this space would be a place where energy is sucked just by being still.

“Woo-wook…”

look.

It is seen in the corner gagging at the stench of rotting grass and rotting corpses.

“Hey, are you okay?”

“Are you okay, Mr. Bandage?”

“This isn’t bad enough.”

Even if you go to the beginning of the demon realm, this kind of smell is added to the basics, the screams, the devil’s gaze, and the demonic energy in the air, which builds up stress just by staying still. This really wasn’t too bad.

First of all, you get used to the smell right away, so Priersil will say it’s okay soon.

“..Ugh!”

vary This time I stumbled and was clawed at the sharp thorns of the vines on the wall.

“Be careful.”

I took the potion from my backpack and handed it to her. I don’t have any loyalty to apply, and it’s a bit dangerous for me to leave here and let Rain explore alone.

It’s not that I don’t believe in Rain, but this isn’t a labyrinth, it’s a byway in a labyrinth. There’s nothing wrong with being careful.

“Ah.. yes. Thank you.”

After roughly passing through Priersil’s thanks in a slightly warmer tone, I focused my attention on the signs.

And not long after…

“Ugh…!”

Once again scratched by vines. This time, it seems that he suddenly rose from the floor and couldn’t help it. Not to mention, it seems that there was even a paralyzing component, starting from the scratch, her body gradually hardened.

If it gets stiff like that, I have no choice but to help. I hurriedly took the paralytic medicine from my backpack and fed it directly into her mouth.

Movement returned with a gulp.

“..be careful.”

“Yes. I’m sorry…”

“You don’t have to apologize. You guys are still inexperienced cadets. Instead, take what you’ve been through as experience and focus on growing.”

Lane said calmly, glanced at me, and walked slowly. The gestures and tone of thought when thinking about something were the same as before.

I don’t know what you’re thinking, but I think it’s better to assist this lady than assist Lane now.

Because he knows he’ll do well.

That’s how I passed on various information to her while being wary of Priersil’s surroundings.

Plants that cause paralysis, how to guard your feet, and so on.

I thought that it might be objectionable to be taught by a fellow cadet, especially a dubious middle-ranking fellow, but Friersil nodded meekly and began to absorb what I had taught him.

Ugh! The sound gradually diminished, and after a while, Lane stopped walking.

I sat down and started to pay attention.

At the end of the side road is a huge humanoid monster with a square and three heads. He was repeating meaningless murmurs as if he had no intelligence, but his physical condition was too overwhelming.

After thinking for a moment, Lane moved her feet and went into the place where the monsters were. I didn’t even listen to the information I found out.

..Believe?

I was a little suspicious that she was thinking of something, but I soon dispelled my doubts. Rain is serious about his work.

“Listen well.

As for the side road, even if you are confident in your current skills, it is better not to enter it easily. I’m just showing you how dangerous that act is right now.

Even if the cadets graduate from the academy and become heroes, it’s better not to come here unless you have a scout with excellent skills.

To be honest, I’m a little nervous too.

..if you think things are going weird, run away immediately.”

What do you say like a will? In any case, it seemed that Lane was going to attack him alone. Of course, it would be Lane’s victory, but…

Even so, I couldn’t help but feel the anxiety that came from thinking about something.

Should I help? no, are you okay? Still, in case you don’t know, how about safe bread?

While I was agonizing over it, Lane walked into the plaza,

– Big!!!!

The battle has begun.

“This… this sound…”

“Hey.”

At my call, Priersil glanced at me, then withdrew his gaze again as if anxious, and moved slowly.

“When you feel anxious, do or don’t do it. What if you decide?”

At my words without a subject, Priersil speaks to me with impatience.

“What do you mean now? Hurry up and get the dean’s support…”

“Even if you go now, it won’t help much. Answer me.”

“.. if you insist on it.. wouldn’t it be better to do it than to regret not doing it.”

She acknowledged my words, ‘It’s not helpful’, and replied that way.

Actually, I decided on the answer, but I tried it once. just to get some legitimacy.

Repeat clenching and opening your fists, focusing your attention on where Lane is fighting.

As if a flower is blooming, a tingling pain spreads from the center of the fingertips, presumably where the scar of the curse is.

Along with the thumping sound, the monster’s cry spreads. Priersil slowly poked his head out into the plaza and watched the process of Lane fighting.

“..This..”

Feeling a bit of something in her words, I concentrated a little more.

But my actions stopped after a while.

“..It’s finished.”

Thanks to Priersil’s words, as if he saw that he couldn’t believe it.

He shook his head vigorously to lose his concentration. The pain that ran through every nook and cranny of my body disappeared like a flower blooming.

And I looked inside the plaza. Standing there was Lane, who had cut off the life of a giant five times his size.

“It’s over. I don’t know if you’ve seen it.”

not human

The powerlessness of the first hero, which I felt for the first time in a while, made me think of that without even realizing it. His hands trembled and tried to rise, but he suppressed them with his will and hid them behind his back.

After taking a look at me and Friersil, Lane closed her eyes for a long time before opening them.

“I took care of it this time, but it would have been a bit difficult if the two of you had come.”

Lane continued as he dismembered the giant’s corpse with his sword.

“That’s why, no matter what temptations there are on the side roads, it’s better to avoid them as much as possible. Leaving it to someone stronger is also a strategy.”

The sound of skin peeling is heard. Priersil was listening to Rain while frowning as if he felt a little bit of resistance in the process of dismantling the humanoid monster.

“..Thank you for your hard work. Practice is over. The doorway will probably be reopened.”

In a way, it can be said to be futile, and the practice that would have been an experience that no one would have had even if they gave a thousand gold was over. I didn’t do much on my own and the situation ended, so I had a little sense of incomplete combustion.

Of course, I know what a great blessing it is to return alive in the labyrinth with limbs intact.

“Anyway, I’m glad it ended safely.”

“Mr. Bandage.”

Friersil spoke to me as I spit out my thoughts and tried to erase the feeling that I was not satisfied with something.

“I think I misunderstood you. Thank you very much for today.”

“Uh. You should be grateful.”

“..I just said thank you..”

“I’m kidding. They’re the same cadets, so we have to give them this much support.”

hahahaha I laugh and tell her. It seems that Lane keeps looking this way, but I’m not sure why. Are you asking for praise? Certainly, I am grateful for letting me see the successor with such a prosperous future and for handling the work neatly, but if I praise you right now, won’t it be noticed right away, let alone suspicious?

There is nothing to use after hearing my praise in the first place. It looks like he has something to think about.

“Ugh…!”

“Dean!?”

Lane staggered for a moment, as if dizzy. Priersil hurriedly approached her, examined her condition, and explained to me that it was ‘paralysis’.

yeah i know

Once I checked that there were no signs of enemies around me, I opened my backpack and put it back on. Priersil expressed a little admiration for the neatly organized backpack, but the priority was to put out the urgent fire.

..Although I doubted that Lane showed a gap.

Anyway, I spread the paralysis medicine on my hand. Lane doesn’t like taking medicine.. It’s not a problem, but it’s almost at the level of refusal, so he always used the medicine he put on.

“Can you tell me?”

“..uh.. yes.. mi.. sorry.”

Either speak politely or respectfully, do one of the two.

“where is it?”

“I think I was stabbed in the front abdomen after…”

Received guest.

Let’s answer that inwardly and try to hold her hand like I always did before..

“Now.. wait a minute. Mr. Bandage, wouldn’t it be better to do it with the same girl..? After all, it’s the opposite sex, and putting your hands on the dean’s body…”

It makes sense. In the previous party, Lian said that you shouldn’t waste your holy power on basic status ailments like paralysis – for some reason, Lian suffered the most. Even though it was in the last place- I took care of it myself, but after all, it seems a bit like a man touching a woman’s bare skin.

It’s just fine. Shall we take a first aid class?

“Ah.. no.. Free.. Cadet Ersil.. Leave it to him..”

“Yes? Isn’t the dean a bit anxious too? What if… really, if the bandage-san touches even the bad part…”

“I’m judging.. this cadet is.. good at first aid.. I’d rather leave it to him for now..”

Are you getting less and less interrupted? Aren’t they almost all better?

Even though he thought so, he nodded to Lane and agreed with her opinion. I don’t know if It could be a paralysis poison that hasn’t been revealed yet.

So I lightly removed her top and put my hand on it. The unknown texture of smoothness and firmness at the same time came to my hand, but I didn’t particularly arouse sexual desire. We lived together for several years, and if my heart was shaken to this extent, I would have already been kicked out of the party and wandered around the slums and starved to death.

By the way..

“Ahhhhh”

why do you speak like that? Aren’t you familiar with treating abnormal conditions?

Rain’s excited voice resonates at the entrance of the labyrinth where people are rare. ..I didn’t mean it, but when I heard this sound, I unknowingly looked at Friersil.

The lady was staring at me. without saying anything