Gazing into the depths of the ruins, one can vaguely see...
I saw something leap out from the depths, flashing across the battlefield at an astonishing speed. Amidst the clash of swords and the shadows of blades, one Calo snake after another fell heavily to the ground.
ah……
The sharp whistling sound rang out again, but this time it wasn't aimed at us.
"..."
At that moment, a magic spell resembling a giant fireball appeared out of thin air and struck the Calo snakes. Who was it?
The only magicians present are me and Keles. Are there any other people here?
They're reinforcements... that's how I instinctively thought.
I glanced at Pro, who seemed to share my thoughts, and nodded slightly in agreement that I should follow.
"Leah, cover me!"
At the same time, we didn't forget to call on Leah to cover us. After all, she's the captain, and we need to be prepared for any unforeseen circumstances.
Leading the charge was Pro, while I was responsible for knocking down the remaining Carlo snakes on the archway. He then used his superb swordsmanship to dismember them into pieces.
Several more blurry objects fell from the depths, probably the arriving reinforcements.
Pro and I entered the archway. The Carlo snakes near the statues had already fled deeper into the area. I could clearly see that what had just fallen down was a swordsman and a magician.
There were three other people behind them, but they didn't join the battle; they watched from a distance, probably providing cover.
I looked at the swordsman and found his swordsmanship very familiar.
"Is that the Water God Style swordsmanship?"
The swordsman, who was about the same age as Pro, was from the Water God Style, the same school as Faithhill. In terms of power and speed, he was undoubtedly the best!
Pro and I rushed up too. If it really was reinforcements, that would be great.
...
Pro was the one who defeated the last Calo snake.
Although I roasted it until it was charred on the outside and tender on the inside with lightning, it miraculously tried to escape, and Pro immediately chopped off its head.
"Phew... Is it over?"
I looked at the battlefield strewn with corpses and thought to myself.
The ability to quickly eliminate the remaining Carlo snakes was inseparable from the perfect teamwork between the swordsman and the mage, just like Mud Swamp and Pro.
Lia arrived from the broken bridge at this time, seemingly out of arrows. Although she had prepared some explosive arrowheads, they appeared to be useless.
Keira came with him; after a short rest, she was able to stand up, but...
Using magic is still a bit difficult...
I carefully checked the ceiling and dark areas, worried that I might have missed any Kalo snakes, but I found nothing. There were no more Kalo snakes moving on the battlefield.
The figures in the depths approached us, with the swordsman and the mage leading the way.
"Um……?"
When I saw the swordsman's appearance clearly, he looked somewhat familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had seen him before.
"Probably other adventurers from the guild?"
I didn't think much of it. After all, I'd been in the guild for half a year, and there were just too many faces, both unfamiliar and familiar.
"Hey...kid, we meet again!"
The swordsman seemed to recognize me and greeted me...
"Um……!"
I looked him over carefully and then it suddenly dawned on me that he was the very same robber who had almost killed me!
"A giant fireball..."
My face turned pale, and the thought of this man triggered a reflexive attack...
"Damn it! Are they enemies?"
Pro believed I wouldn't attack indiscriminately, and got into position, while signaling to Lia and Keles to prepare for battle.
The middle-aged man's swordsmanship seemed to have improved even further. With just one move, he cleaved my fireball in two, causing it to explode on both sides at a speed I couldn't even see.
"Leon! Use the mud!"
Pro rushed up to me and yelled at me.
...
"Hey, kid! I'm not here to fight you!"
Seeing the formation of me and Pro, the middle-aged man seemed to start to panic and waved to us.
"...?"
Pro stopped at this moment, turned to look at me, his eyes filled with confusion and doubt...
"..."
Looking at Pro's expression, I didn't know what to do.
What were my feelings when I faced that middle-aged man again?
...
For a moment, our eyes met those of the group that emerged from the depths of the ruins.
Neither of them intended to speak first...
"Hey! Leon! What exactly do you mean?!"
The first to speak was Leah, who asked me in a tone that made my skin crawl.
I turned my gaze to Pro, and he also gave me a look that suggested I explain myself.
"I……"
I really don't know what to say. The robbers I encountered before almost killed me...
We met again in this dark ruin, and they became our so-called reinforcements?
That's absolutely absurd!
...
In the end, it was still that middle-aged man who explained...
From what he said, it seems that after meeting me and Martha, they turned to being adventurers, after all, they suffered a great loss at the hands of a 9-year-old child.
After joining the Adventurers' Guild, his superb swordsmanship led him to meet many people and further understand the truth that there are always people more skilled than you, and there is always something beyond your understanding.
"the Robber's Repentance"
This is their team name, which, literally, suggests they've reformed.
The captain was Lople, the middle-aged man who fought Martha that day, and the vice-captain was Philip, the guy I fought.
In addition, "the Robber's Repentance" also recruited a magician, the man who previously used the giant fireball.
The remaining two women, one a spearman and the other a swordswoman, appeared to be "Severing Water Flow," judging from the two daggers in their hands.
They came to the Perio ruins because they had this request:
[Rank B: Collect the horns from the heads of 20 Carlo snakes. This quest carries some risk; it is recommended to accept it in a team of five or more.]
To my surprise, the two of them became a C-level team in just six months.
However, given Philip's swordsmanship, it's not surprising that he's been promoted to a C-rank squad.
They seemed to have entered the ruins from another route, and the reason they met us was entirely because they had been chasing the Calo Serpent.
"No wonder the Calo snake was worried about something!"
It seems we've run into each other on the same commission. This is quite rare; at least, it's the first time I've ever encountered something like this.
"It's great that no conflict occurred!"
Fortunately, we needed different materials, otherwise it would have been a real problem.
Well, the feeling of turning enemies into friends isn't too bad. Right now, nothing sends chills down your spine more than Leah's gaze.
It seems like they feel even worse when they look at me...
never mind……
I don't necessarily need her to have particularly good feelings for me...
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