The Half-Puny Priest Hopes To Retire - The Half-Puny Priest Hopes To Retire chapter 230

230 – A Song for the Burned Ashes (1)

The shaking of the ground stopped.

The intermittent binge drinking and tinnitus started to subside after some time.

Did Apis do it?

If not, has the two people’s struggle become so far away that no sound can be heard anymore?

In my heart, I wanted to run to the scene right now and check the truth.

Right now, I had an important mission to hold onto the hero, so I couldn’t do that.

”Father! Are you feeling better?”

”Yes yes·····. Thanks to you, I feel a lot better. Warrior…”

”If there’s anything you need from me! Please tell me anything! Artificial respiration! CPR! There are also chests here!”

The warrior, who was looking closely at my pale complexion, suddenly took off his jacket and spoke loudly.

Let alone giving artificial respiration and cardiopulmonary resuscitation to a person who is breathing normally.

What kind of unusual idea did the statement about giving up one’s breasts come from?

Could it be that he was negatively influenced by Apis’ bragging again?

Suddenly, a worried heart rose.

”If a man touches a woman’s breasts! Fatigue goes away! Life expectancy also increases! I heard about it from Apis the other day! Ruler! Don’t worry! As much as you want! I hope you know as much as you can!”

Just in case, I did it anyway.

I didn’t want to say anything about Apis sometimes pretending to be an experienced woman to her colleagues.

I asked you to refrain from instilling false common sense into the warrior.

I became somewhat resentful of Apis, who could not stand it anymore and spread unfounded rumors about the warrior.

In this case, the fact that she may not have said anything particularly wrong was even more vicious.

”Hero…”

”Huh! Why are you doing this! Father!”

She calmly stopped the warrior who was holding the lower part of her jacket with her arms crossed in the shape of an X.

I can’t believe that a person who criticizes me every time I roll up my sleeves in front of women actually has such a poor attitude.

I was so shocked that I couldn’t even speak.

”Hero. Think about it carefully. Where are we and what are we doing now…”

”·····Hmm?”

At my quiet question, the warrior’s upper body tilted like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The embarrassed silence that followed immediately afterwards did not last long.

”Huh! It was like that! Now we are in a dungeon! We were in the middle of attacking the Demon King!”

Suddenly, the warrior’s upper body spoke words of admiration, stood up straight as if he had been struck by lightning.

This candid behavior, where the body reflects what you think, is always fun to see.

Since it was a tight time, I decided to postpone the sightseeing until another opportunity.

”How are you feeling? Can you move?”

”Yes! I have no problem! In fact, it is in perfect condition thanks to being held by the priest just a moment ago!”

The warrior who pounded my chest spoke to me as if he was showing off.

It didn’t seem like he was bluffing, so it seemed like the warrior’s comment that he was in good physical condition was probably true.

If I had said that his condition was not good, I would have used the last remaining miracle to restore the warrior’s body his.

Thanks to you, I saved an hour.

”You shouldn’t stay like this, you should join your colleagues right now! First, let’s start with Apis and Dauna, which are relatively nearby! This smell! Both of you! It’s definitely not that far away!”

”Now, just a moment! Wait a minute! Hero!”

Without speaking, I hurriedly stopped the warrior who was about to head somewhere again.

The judgment itself was excellent, but as we don’t know whether Dawna’s spirit has fully returned or not, sending the hero away like this was out of the question.

”Huh? Why?”

”Well, that’s…”

The warrior’s innocent question made my heart flutter for a moment.

For a moment, I thought about honestly confessing the series of circumstances, but in the end I gave up.

I don’t know if it’s for another reason.

The story that Dauna, who secretly loved me, tried to kill her out of spite for her her her her hero her, who was especially close to her, would only lead to another disaster.

If things went wrong, the warrior might go to kill Dauna this time.

”Instead of Apis and Downa, why don’t we look for Big Team first?”

”Huh? Do you mean Big Team?”

The warrior asked me back in a very puzzled tone, and as soon as he could finish his words, he quickly opened his mouth.

”It seems like Dauna and Apis are right nearby. If you look for it, you can find it. So right now, wouldn’t the priority be to find Big Tim, whose whereabouts are unknown?”

”·····”

The warrior was lost in thought for a moment.

How long did the uncomfortable airflow from that regular breathing continue?

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Before long, the warrior’s eyes began to shine brightly and he spoke with admiration.

”Indeed! Indeed! Well sir! When eating bread! As if eating the difficult-to-eat part first! What you’re saying is that we should tackle the tasks sequentially, starting with the most difficult ones! After all, you are a priest!”

”Yes, Ma, that’s right… You saw it correctly…”

As I watched the warrior accept my flimsy excuse without a single doubt, I began to be truly worried about her future.

It was fortunate that fraud methods such as voice phishing had not yet been developed in this world.

If that were the case, the warrior’s household expenses would have been in ruins a long time ago.

”Oh, come to think of it, warrior. How do you feel? Where is the core of this dungeon? Do you have any guesses?”

”No! I have no idea!”

”Ah, yes…”

How many people can say with such confidence that they don’t know?

An emotion that I didn’t know whether it was embarrassment or awe passed through my mind for a moment.

The dungeon is essentially the center of the ley line that maintains its existence. There is a concept called the so-called nucleus.

Unless you find the core of the dungeon and destroy it, the dungeon will appear in this world forever and endlessly spit out monsters.

Therefore, it was no exaggeration to say that the level of the party was determined by how accurately and quickly the location of the nucleus could be identified.

Among them, the hero and Dauna’s detection abilities were top-notch.

When Dauna’s detection magic and the hero’s extraordinary sixth sense come together, there was nothing that couldn’t be found.

When it comes to the hero, there were even records where the exact location of the core was pinpointed as soon as you entered the dungeon.

The fact that the warrior said he had no clue at all meant that conquering this dungeon would be a long-term battle.

”Hero. Let’s hurry. I’m really sorry, but… Can you give me a piggyback ride…?”

”Yes! I am okay! Rather, if you get in close contact with the bride! My overall physical abilities have increased dramatically! It’s actually beneficial! Moreover, Apis also said it! Some men like to ride on top of women!”

”·····From now on, when you talk about things like that with Apis, please make sure to invite me too.”

After saying those words, I was lost in agony for a moment.

It is not uncommon for dungeon completion to take longer than originally expected.

But this time, many complex problems, including that, were holding us back.

The core of an ordinary dungeon can be destroyed as soon as it is discovered, but if the core of a demon king is destroyed by someone who does not wear the saint’s protection, it will immediately regenerate.

If the saint’s protection had safely resided in the warrior’s body, it would have been okay.

Now that the precious protection had already entered my body, there were many problems.

Inside this vast dungeon full of saintly candidates, you have to stay alive until you find the core whose location you don’t even know where it is.

Just thinking about the future for a moment made my head dizzy and my whole body shivered.

The unintentional joint attack between the hero and Dauna left the person presumed to be the culprit of this whole situation incapable of recovery, but that did not ease the worries.

The saintess was also a bit worried.

I heard that the saintess has a big team, the strongest vanguard in the system, so there might not be much to worry about right now.

As the place was just a place, I didn’t feel at peace at all.

”Ruler! Then, let’s get ready to leave! Please take my hand! Father! We’ll help you get up!”

”Yes. Thank you Warrior…”

With support from the warrior, I struggled to raise my body that was stuck on the floor.

My body, which had become very heavy, was constantly urging me to rest, but I gathered my mind and body with a sense of duty to serve the world.

Wiggle.

”─!”

It was right then.

All the embers of life had died out, and a horribly ominous voice quietly rose from the remains, leaving only a pile of ash.