Bang, bang, bang...
The fire barrier successfully repelled some sword-tailed rats. Their hair ignited by the flames made many of them scream, but more sword-tailed rats continued to attack.
Soon the fire barrier began to crumble.
boom--!
After a few seconds, the fire barrier shattered, and several sword-tailed demon rats swung their tails and attacked Alicia.
Alicia used her swordsmanship to block all these attacks.
but,
"squeak--!"
Behind her, a sword-tailed demon rat suddenly appeared. It leaped high and stabbed its sharp tail straight towards her vitals.
It's too late to dodge.
Alicia could only watch the opponent's attack get closer and closer.
Am I going to die here...
A feeling of despair gradually enveloped her heart, and Alicia waited helplessly for death to come.
boom--!
A blazing flame suddenly erupted in front of him.
The explosive gust of air knocked Alicia to the ground.
"squeak--!!!"
And from the flames came the screams of the sword-tailed demon rat.
"What--!?"
Alicia's eyes widened.
what happened?!
I, I survived?
Boom! Boom! Boom...
Before she could react, balls of fire exploded around her one after another.
"squeak!!!"
"squeak!!!"
“… …”
The screams of the sword-tailed demon rats echoed in the flames.
The situation reversed almost in an instant.
"squeak!?"
The scarlet eyes of the remaining sword-tailed demon rats seemed to be much clearer at this moment. They originally had ferocious looks on their faces, but now they showed expressions of fear, tucked their long tails between their legs, turned around and ran away.
However, before he had taken a few steps, footsteps were heard in front of the blazing fire.
"squeak!?"
clang——!
After a flash of purple sword light, the blurry figure in front appeared behind the sword-tailed demon rats.
Squeak!!!!
In an instant, huge wounds appeared on the bodies of the remaining sword-tailed demon rats, and bright red liquid spurted out, and then the sword-tailed demon rats fell down helplessly...
"Are you okay?"
Looking at the familiar uniform in front of her, Alicia slowly raised her head and looked upwards.
“It’s you—!?”
... ...
Alicia was very shocked. She thought it was a powerful C-rank adventurer who came to the rescue, but she didn't expect it to be her peer and classmate, Hulim Hailar!
"So strong..."
Alicia sighed inwardly as she watched Hulim collecting the Swordtail Demon Rat Tail Swords.
The opponent is obviously about the same age as me, but the strength he displayed completely crushed me. Could it be that this is really the limit of my ability?
At this rate, let alone defeating those people, I might not even be able to protect my mother...
"...the last one."
Hulim used her sword to cut off the tail sword of the last sword-tailed demon rat and collected it.
The tail sword of the Sword-Tailed Demon Rat is also a very useful magical material. The Adventurer's Guild will also purchase it. Although its value is not as high as that of magic stones, it is easy to collect and does not take up much space in the backpack. If you encounter it, you will naturally choose to accept it.
"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"
After collecting the materials, Hulim saw Alicia sitting there with a lost look on her face.
Alicia shook her head. "It's okay with me. More importantly, Sir Haieral, thank you for saving my life. I will remember what happened today and will reward you handsomely in the future."
"No need for a big reward. It's just a small favor. When encountering something like this in the dungeon, lending a hand is the norm for adventurers. According to the rules of adventurers, I have already accepted the reward I deserve."
Hulim picked up the bag containing the sword tail and waved it.
"Sorry, even though there are some you defeated in there, I can't share them with you."
Alicia was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect Hulim to answer like this.
"An adventurer, huh? Sir Hyeral is quite the character."
"You don't have to call me Lord Haieral. Just call me Hulim, Your Highness."
Alicia was stunned, then smiled silently.
"Well, Hulim—"
"But... since I'm calling you by your first name, in exchange, could you please stop calling me Princess and just call me Alicia?"
"Hey, that won't do. It would be disrespectful to the royal family."
"No, as long as I approve—hiss!"
Alicia wanted to stand up, but accidentally touched the wound, and an expression of pain appeared on her face.
"Please wait a moment and don't move."
Hulim pressed Alicia back to her original position, then stretched out his hands to face her wound.
“【???????????????????????????????????????????????????】”
"cure!"
The soft white light shone on Alicia's wound. The wound, which was still bleeding, began to move rapidly and recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"...Third-level healing magic? So, Hulim, have you already broken through to the third level?"
"Um."
Hulim nodded.
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