The Half-Puny Priest Hopes To Retire - The Half-Puny Priest Hopes To Retire chapter 228

228 – Life Is a Flower. Love Is the Nectar of the Flower (15)

Even if we make eye contact, he tends to grow.

Without Lazys, the two were busy fighting and fighting all day long.

If you were to ask whether they truly hated and loathed each other, that was not the case.

If that were the case, there wouldn’t even be a fight between the two.

Before being an enemy of Cheolcheon, he is a trustworthy colleague who you can count on.

The fact that they were constantly fighting was proof that they were sincerely looking at each other.

Therefore, it would be more appropriate to say that the relationship between Apis and Dauna was terribly mismatched rather than that they were in fact bad.

From Dauna’s arrogant and irreverent words and her actions, Apis saw the faces of her compatriots who were persecuting her in her native village.

Her nervous and angry attitude toward everything in Apis reminded me of the behavior of the delinquent students who ridiculed her during her school days.

So, if these two people got along without any hesitation, it was even more strange.

”Now that I think about it, isn’t it the first time? Why would I get into such an innocent fistfight with you!”

”····Huh!”

As Apis spoke with her speculative smile, Dauna’s eyebrows twitched nicely.

Unlike Dauna, who clearly revealed her unpleasant feelings even though she was not fully conscious, Apis seemed to be only slightly happy about the current situation.

”Huh!”

”Ouch!”

Pow!

Downa, who narrowly blocked Apis’ kick that had a threatening trajectory, hesitated for a moment.

Strengthening physical abilities with magic does not consume as much magic as using magic directly.

This was because even such a light use of magic power was quite a challenge for Downa, who was currently complaining of severe symptoms of magic exhaustion.

The whereabouts of the fight, which at first glance appears to be Apis’s advantage

However, Apis was also facing limitations.

Kiiing! Kwaang!

”Tch!”

Dauna’s chantless magic her, aimed at a moment’s carelessness, passed by Apis ‘cheek her.

The blow was aimed precisely at her target ‘s her neck her her her her, and if Apis had not hastily twisted her her body her her her it would have pierced her her vital area her her her .

”I heard you can’t give a dog a habit! Even while you were being beaten, were you secretly preparing for something like that? This insidious…”

Whisk.

At that very moment, Apis, who was continuing her provocation toward Dowana with a lively laugh, suddenly got down on one knee.

It wasn’t because of Downa’s magic.

The problem she had been dealing with from the beginning just exploded.

Even though she received some first aid from Reijis and got some rest, there was no way she was in perfect condition as she was suffering from death just a moment ago.

Her cracked ribs were sure to break with even the slightest strain, and the tendons in her left ankle and right wrist were completely torn by the current movement.

Her left collarbone was shattered, and she could not move her left arm and could not feel anything other than pain.

It’s literally a miracle that we’re still standing.

Nevertheless, the reason Apis took the initiative to fight was no different.

Among the words that Dauna poured out with her tears, there were words that she wanted to deny even if it meant burning her soul.

A statement that most people will not understand even if they hear it, is beyond ridiculous and even absurd.

Even Apis himself was internally mocking himself, saying it was a stupid reason.

When she came to her her senses her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her her the she the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the theamaamalaws above the above, the more the senses were that they were already moving.

”Gee!”

Apis forced her to wake up by chewing on the inside of her mouth, and forced her to stand up.

Kwaang─!

As she reflexively threw her body backwards, the area where she had been standing just a moment ago disappeared without a trace.

The identity of the explosion was a magic bullet created by Dauna through her short chant.

Compared to usual, the level of magical power was poor, and there was no assistance from a staff, so the level of completion was so poor that it made you laugh.

However, even that was threatening enough for the current Apis, which was in a near-dead state.

Apis widened her eyes, suppressing her fading fighting spirit.

Then, what she saw was Dowona doing her best to squeeze out her magical power beyond the pile of stones fluttering like popcorn.

”Huh! Huh!”

The sight of her lying face down on the floor, desperately trying to stop the blood pouring out of her mouth, was clearly a corpse on the verge of death.

However, those black eyes, fixed firmly on the enemy in front of her, were shining with an incomparable intelligence.

”Lowville…! Low… Ugh! I’m going to Lowville…! Move! It’s raining there…!”

Even if I calmly catch my breath, it’s not enough.

Lazys’ name was still constantly coming up and down from Downa’s bloody mouth

Apis’ reaction, who watched the scene in amazement, could not have been more convinced.

”You’re being damned.”

”····!?”

Faaah!

Apis hit the ground roughly and flew like an arrow.

His speed was so fast that it was hard to believe that he was a person with more than half of his body

Puck!

”Ugh—!”

Dauna, who had been hit hard by Apis’ regime, rolled around on the floor like a deflated ball.

”That damn Lowville. Lowville. I can’t listen to you anymore. Really. Not some newborn duckling. Yes, you. If her mind is half-assed, at least her eyes should be wide open. Is not it? You stupid b*tch.”

Apis’ harsh remarks were hurled one after another at Dauna, who was pressed down on the floor.

”That’s right!”

Downa’s head her, which had been lying on the floor, was raised towards the sky.

Even beyond the face she stained with blood and mud, the enemy’s intent that day was frighteningly clear.

Every time Dauna’s emotions surged, the air around her vibrated with fear, making her forget for a moment that she was in a dying state.

”What on earth are you…! What do you know…! Ah, I know…!”

”Ha, I think we’re finally making sense now. Up until now, I thought we were talking through a wall. It’s because it’s so hard to see your face. I won…”

At that moment, the two people’s eyes crossed for the first time.

It was certainly a good sign that for the first time, other emotions bloomed on Dawna’s face, which had only been filled with deep sighs and despair.

Needless to say, it was a waste of time to say that those feelings were terrible and had a sharp murderous intention.

However, Apis seemed to be completely unconcerned about this miserable situation.

No, that was all.

Apis was smiling.

Yes, she is like someone who has been waiting for this situation to come.

”For someone who is said to be the strongest mage in the system, she falls for brainwashing and is doing very well. I am second to none, and even the warrior endured it! Ha, indeed. If it were me, I wouldn’t even be able to hold my face up because I was so embarrassed. I had no idea that your head was so light.”

”Now····! What····! Go…!”

Apis held her hand in the air and turned her head.

In response to that absurd and helpless reaction, the magic wrapped around her body became even stronger.

‘Good.’ Judging by your reaction to my words, I’m not completely over it yet.’

After calmly assessing her situation, Apis briefly recalled her past.

If the brainwashing measures taken against Downa were similar to those used by her candidate for sainthood earlier, there was a good chance that Downa could be restored to her original state.

This is the third time that Apis has seen this phenomenon with his own eyes.

The first was during the second attack by a group of saint candidates.

The attacker is the hero and himself. And in order to tie Downa’s feet, she tried to use a trick that seemed strange at first glance.

Fortunately, the tactic did not work on the warrior, who had already been hit by the attacker’s trick once before.

If Apis is also an elf, he was able to escape this disturbing attempt thanks to the protection of the spirit that surrounded his body without leaving anyone out.

However, for some reason, Dauna was unable to come to her senses for a while due to the hallucinations caused by the attacker.

At that time, I thought it would be because of Dow or her stubborn wife, but

Looking at Downa’s appearance now, it seems certain that she was helplessly affected by the hallucination at the time.

When I was told that mental attacks would not work on me, the best mage in the system, I was so shocked that I couldn’t even speak.

The second time was when I faced an imprisoned saint candidate in prison.

The moment the woman pretended to be Lazys to play on him, Apis actually felt something suspicious.

‘Huh? Wait a minute, now that I think about it, it’s that guy from Downa. At that time, my eyes seemed strangely blurry… Oh, I guess not. How could it be possible for him, not anyone else, to suffer from such strange hallucinations?’

Apis continued her words, trying hard to control the urge to fire an arrow of fire at her past self for making such a complacent decision.

”Why? Are you mad? Do you think you’ll get upset? Rest assured. ”

”This…!”

Kuooo.

Like the sound of drums announcing the start of a war, the disturbingly turbulent air around them gradually tightened their breathing.

Both of them had an instinctive intuition.

They don’t have much time given to them right now.

”Don’t leave me alone. What can I say? Even things that don’t sound like words should be said to the extent possible.”

”Shut up… Hit…!”

”You act like you’re left alone in the world because the guy you like is meeting another girl. Doesn’t she look ugly even when she thinks about it?”

”That…You…! What do you know! You can hold the hand of someone who approaches you without hesitation… Following the path of my heart, I formed a relationship… What on earth do you know about me when you have never felt loneliness in your life…! ”

Speech was interrupted for a moment due to the overwhelming sadness. It was a golden opportunity to take the lead in the conversation, but Apis quietly waited for Dauna to speak next.

”Without that person, I have nothing…! I can’t do anything…! I don’t want to be alone anymore…! I don’t want to be lonely anymore…! Alone… Not alone anymore… Ugh, ugh…”

”····”

It was a sad cry, as if the whole world had been lost.

The sadness, the desperation, was such that even Apis, who had studied all kinds of literary expressions of the human race through his hobby of collecting children’s books, could not find the right sentence.

How many sad tears did Dauna let out?

Apis, who had been watching the scene in silence for a while, gently touched her lips.

”Hey, Downa. I’m actually a virgin like you.”

”····Eh?”

Those low words contained such shocking content that even Downa, who was losing her senses from uncontrollable sadness, suddenly began to sigh in vain.