Everyone looked around, fearing another surprise but gradually realizing that the fight was over."Is it over? We... won?" Sana whispered.Zuri and Freya turned, looking worriedly at Dora."Is that it? Is it over?"Eryl patted the dust on her suit, smiling."Lady Freya, do you sense any other remaining energy? If not, it means the boss is dead."An incredulous smile appeared on their faces and everyone jumped for joy. Morgiana lifted Zuri into a powerful hug and twirled her around, much to the latter's displeasure. Kraim sat down, morally exhausted, and Leon, with a disappointed expression, looked at the temple."Synergy: Beta-Sigma" a blue light appeared on Dora's eyes."Yeah, do that, let us clean up your mess... Oh, that reminds me..."He glanced at his quest screen.|Main quest: The frog who wanted to be as big as the ox|Complete a Rank D dungeon| Quest completed|All stats +10|+10128 Exp|Jobs have leveled up|+5 stats pointsJobsWarrior lvl1Knight lvl1Healer lvl30Swordmaste
A little later, the group was outside the rift, back at the car, with Dora taking a piggyback ride to Lilith as an apology while Hope and Cid, still unconscious, were in the car."The rift will be closed in about 30 minutes, I've called the guild and they will send some officers just to stand guard. We can finally rest... Good job everyone."Kraim bowed to the group. Marie turned to Eryl, looking worried.“Will Barron be okay?”"Don't worry, his life is not in danger. I'll make sure to take him to some people to see if they can do anything about his leg.""I see... Sorry, if my defense had been better this wouldn't have happened."Freya placed a comforting hand on her shoulder."Why are you apologizing? We are emissaries and these kinds of events are part of our world... Besides, I was the one who brought him into this. It was my fault."They lowered their heads for a moment, after which, she turned to Dora."Don't think this has anything to do with you either. Ultimately, it was my d
Night had fallen and the vehicle was transporting Cid and Freya to a nearby town, Eryl at the wheel. Freya, a little irritated, looked at one and groaned."Hmph, in the end, I lowered myself in front of him again... It's getting really annoying, this guy has no consideration."“On the contrary, my Lady, this is surprisingly the right order of things.”Freya glanced indifferently at the woman behind the wheel."So he piqued your interest? But regardless, no matter how great a person's potential, you have to have some knowledge of the world and the hierarchy, if you want to last long."She crossed her arms and looked at the passing landscape."He's not bad, but he's still far below too many people I know."“Hmhm, you don’t know how right you are, my lady and that’s why I’m telling you: it’s completely normal and even expected that you would move heaven and earth to get his services."The vehicle passed through a tunnel, and the lights of the moonlight disappeared but in this light darkn
The sun was high in the sky, illuminating the sinister sight of several Minotaur bodies scattered across a meadow. Next to a huge rock, Shining Sword, Dora, Zuri, Hope, and Mercy were facing a Centaur armed with a spear. "Mercy, blind!" "Got it, Stardust!" She brought her hands together and formed a triangle with her fingers, black stars appeared around her and converged towards her hands and then she fired a black ray directly at the centaur's head. The creature shrieked and backed away, back against the rock that jutted out slightly. "Zuri, head, defense!" "Hm~hm." She threw a black vial near the centaur and with her strange magic wand, fired a black arrow which exploded on contact with the vial and mixed into a purplish substance that poured onto the head and chest of the monster. "Dps, Leg, Chest! Lilith, get ready!" "Alright!" Everyone except the former party leader and his best friend screamed. Hope, Liliana, Morgiana, Leon, and Erick rushed toward the beast and stabbe
In the men's bath, a singular scene took place. A frail, puny, and seemingly small boy stood in front of the water, a towel tied around his hip, Hope stammered."G-Gersey?" "H-Hi, Mr. Hope." "What are you doing here?! You're supposed to be in the mansion!" Hope stood up, as if he had seen a ghost and wanted to confirm the identity of the young boy, the latter shyly hid his body and tried to make his way toward Dora, until he met his gaze. "... Um... H-Hi, Mr. Dora..." "... Do I know you?" Gersey flinched and lowered his arms, looking to the side. "N-no...I guess..." He sat down next to Hope, dejected. The latter looked at Dora, with the intention of making him change his behavior but he was too used to his temperament to know that it would be useless. For their part, the girls were surprised by Freya's unexpected return, it had been several weeks since her departure and no one thought she would return. She took a quick glance at each of them and smiled. "I see you haven't slac
The sun had risen, a new day in the best of all possible worlds, where some people's nightmares were revealed and others' suffering deepened.After breakfast, the group prepared to return to their routine, this time including Freya and Gersey, but something unexpected took place. In the inn's living room, they were gathered for an announcement from Marie. Intrigued, everyone sat in their chairs while the young girl, with a dark look, took a letter out of her pocket. "So... I requested this meeting because something happened. Something that may affect all of us." "What? The army finally decided to intern Sana?" Lilith giggled nonchalantly, to everyone's sighs and groans of boredom, but Dora, next to her, patted her head. "Come on, it's not every day that Marie gives a speech, let's honor her by listening to her. You also have an announcement to make, don't you?" Lilith flinched a little and crossed her arms, looking just a little worried. Marie sighed for a moment and continued her
"Grandma, what is a hero?"It was one of my favorite subjects since I could read and recognize images. A hero is a person with superpowers who fights evil and saves the weak. When I was little I was fascinated by these stories, the superhero comes when you need him most, saves the day, and seduces the girls, well may not be the last part, but he was still meant to be loved by everyone. "One day I will be a hero too!" What a thing to say when you're so young, but in this world miracles can happen. I was 12 when I did my appraisal, inspectors from all over the kingdom were traveling through towns to appraise future potential, in the face of the increasing number of rifts, and it was probably the happiest day of my life. "You are from the Hero branch." Dreams come true, I wanted it so much, I helped people so much, to live in the name of heroes, and finally, I was one. Hero is also the strongest class, I trained a lot alone or with other kids and never got beaten. The world is in da
“The healer is the most important role in a party.”It's a teaching I received in the orphanage where I grew up. When I was 14, the director of the orphanage explained to us that the rift situation was getting worse. I never really understood what it was, boys often use that term when playing heroes and monsters, so I just thought it was a childish game, but if the director is talking about that then should that be important?They called people in black suits, I've been here long enough to know it wasn't moms and dads coming to take us to better places, no one cares about us after all, we get old and then we leave, it has always been like that.They came with strange crystal balls to search for something in us, I just wanted to do it before lunch, there's usually not enough food for everyone so you have to hurry, but this day was very strange for me.People in suits would ask us to put our hands on the crystal balls and then usually say something like fingers or nothing, but when my t