The Half-Puny Priest Hopes To Retire - The Half-Puny Priest Hopes To Retire chapter 232

232 – A Song for the Burned Ashes (3)

The vision that had been taken away by the strong flash of light regained its original clarity in the blink of an eye.

No, strictly speaking, this was wrong.

Because that light never took anything away from me from the beginning.

Immediately after the saint’s voice touched my head, a vast beam of light came out of nowhere and engulfed everything in the surrounding area.

The empty shell of the dead who came back from the dead and the hero they called forth.

A warrior with perfect combat readiness.

Even candidates for sainthood came from all directions.

The bombardment of light that indiscriminately struck everyone present did not discriminate between allies.

Only one person. Except me.

”Hero! Are you okay!?”

Before the dust rose up, it hurriedly hit his neck.

Just before the light struck, I reflexively took out the bell and ordered it to protect the hero.

It was because I couldn’t feel at ease until I saw with my own eyes that the hero was safe.

”Father—!”

”Whoa!”

However, those worries were completely relieved thanks to the hero’s headbutt that flew at me like a rocket.

”Are you hurt anywhere?”

It just appeared. Mainly around the waist.

I was about to say it, but I held back.

From the face of the warrior who was crying while hugging my waist tightly, a depth of water that was incomparable to what I had embraced was flashing.

Pat pat pat.

I lifted myself up little by little, comforting the warrior who had touched down exactly on my waist.

It was quite stiff, but I saw that it was moving, so luckily it didn’t seem to be broken anywhere.

”I’m OK. Are you okay, hero?”

”Yes! I am safe and without any injuries! Rather, Father! Are you sure you’re okay! You don’t seem to have a good complexity!”

Did my pale complexion look quite pitiful due to back pain?

The warrior’s behavior became even more panicked.

Hwiiing.

At that very moment, the wind blowing from beyond revealed to the world the blue landscape that had been obscured by the dust cloud.

”·····!”

My eyes suddenly widened as I saw the truth of the situation.

The woman who had suddenly come towards me, regenerating her her broken body her her her, was standing still in her her place her her her, black smoke blowing out from her mouth her her her her.

The ancestral warrior summoned by the woman plunged her sword into the ground, barely maintaining the balance of her body that seemed ready to collapse at any moment.

The ‘t seem to be any different for the group of saint candidates who surrounded the area around the hero and me in a circle situation.

Where on earth has that spirit gone that made her run towards me with a twinkle in her eye?

Everyone was completely entranced, and I couldn’t even get a glimpse of their fighting spirit from their empty expressions.

Isn’t the expression that God’s divine punishment is literally referring to this situation?

All of a sudden, such random thoughts were passing through my mind.

Kwaang!

The earth shook thanks to the deafening explosion of alcohol.

Immediately after that, sharp hostility began to stir in the blue eyes of the warrior, who had been constantly shaking with worry for me.

”·····”

It wasn’t that difficult to guess the cause.

The warrior, with his unique keen sense, was able to figure out what was causing the binge drinking.

He must have guessed ahead of time who was responsible for this series of tragedies.

”Haha…”

There was a hint of laughter in the sound of my deflated breath that escaped from the end of my dry lips.

Having experienced 100 years worth of surprising things all at once, I thought I wouldn’t be surprised anymore for today.

My mouth dropped open at the appearance of a completely unexpected person at a completely unexpected moment.

”Brother. Hello.”

A saintess calmly waving her hand at me while sitting gently on Big Tim’s large shoulders.

My brain, which had been moving smoothly for a while, paused for about 5 seconds as I watched the sight that made me laugh out loud.

◈◈◈

The first emotion I felt at that moment was intense relief.

Although I had already heard from Apis that the saint would be safe.

Because with that alone, my mental power was not strong enough to completely let go of my worries about the saint.

Even if a big team, the strongest vanguard in the system, is attached, leaving a saintess with a mental age of a child alone inside a dungeon where you never know what will happen.

It was clear that the situation was tens or thousands of times more dangerous than leaving a child at the water’s edge.

What if something happens to the saint?

Those vague worries were constantly stuck in the corners of my thoughts, like dirt that wouldn’t come off.

No matter how much I tried to throw away that position at one point, I was truly the guardian priest of the saint.

I had a mission and responsibility to ensure the safety of the saint, even if it meant exchanging my life.

Look if there is even a small scratch on the saint’s body.

It was clear that Sister Bel Thane, with the fire in her eyes, would not leave me alone.

Therefore, even in the midst of a life-threatening struggle, the urge to check whether the saintess was safe was constantly growing inside my retina.

I never dreamed that such a deep wish would be resolved in this way.

”Brother. Hi. Hi. Hello.”

Did he really disapprove of me for staring blankly into space despite his own greeting his?

The saintess’s hand greeting toward me became even more intense.

Her face was as expressionless as always, but the sight of her violently waving her arms high in the sky was indescribably lively.

”Um…”

Big Team suddenly turned his head with a look of embarrassment on his face.

”Big team!”

Big Tim’s hesitant behavior became even more severe when the warrior called him in an exalted tone.

I could guess why the warrior called the Big Team as if he was reprimanding them.

Where on earth were you doing and what did you show up now!

Since I am watching, I can barely control myself.

The warrior’s trembling lips looked like he was ready to scold me like that at any time.

It’s probably the same reason why Big Team is breaking into a cold sweat and turning their backs on the hero.

”Hmph!”

The saintess lightly climbed down from Big Tim’s shoulder onto the floor and walked towards me.

Then, the arrow of the hero’s eye, which was pointing towards Big Team, suddenly twisted towards the saintess in front.

”Grung!”

The hero’s subsequent reactions were so outrageous that I had an auditory hallucination for a moment.

The sight of him standing sternly between me and the saintess with his arms outstretched was reminiscent of a wolf facing its natural enemy her.

”Huh? Was there a dog too? Hello.”

”Warning! Don’t come any closer than that! If you come near, I will cut you down!”

Is it because of my mood?

The hero’s majestic roar felt even sharper than when he was engaged in a life-and-death struggle with an insurgent enemy just moments ago.

He was about to say he would kill me, but it seemed like he saw my way of thinking and changed his hastily to say he would cut me down. Honestly, that was it in my eyes.

”Hero. Ji. Calm down…”

With a fierce spirit that seemed to cut his skin, he carefully stopped the warrior who had already placed his hand on the sword.

It was right after that.

The saintess, who had not even paid attention to the hero’s threats, easily attacked me.

Come on!

”Huh!”

”Seo, saintess!?”

She couldn’t avoid the saint who threw her body her with all her she might her her her, so she was picked up.

”·····”

Sereung.

As soon as he saw that scene, his head became dizzy as he looked at the warrior, who was about to swing his sword after extinguishing the light from his eyes.

Hot!

”Sister. Calm down.”

The big team came out in time to stop the hero, so it’s a shame.

I almost got stabbed again.

”Seo, saintess. We promised not to do this in front of the warrior…”

Booby booby.

Regardless of whether the warrior draws his sword or not, or what I say.

The saintess who was hugging my waist tightly seemed to be busy rubbing her face against my body.

It was really fortunate that there didn’t seem to be any injuries.

If I continued like this next to the poisonous warrior, it was obvious that I would die.

Slowly and carefully, I took the saint away from me.

”Saint. Are you hurt anywhere?”

”Huh. Well, I’m fine. What about your brother?”

”As you can see, I… Haha, I’m not okay…”

”·····”

I patted his head and exchanged greetings for a moment.

Pop! Pop!

At the same time, an unusual noise was heard from the direction where the warrior was, but I was so scared that I couldn’t bear to look in that direction.

How long did that dizzying tightrope walk last?

The woman, who was constantly puffing out only scorching black smoke, cried out to the saint.

”Saint uhhh──!!!!”’

As that roar echoed everywhere, other saint candidates who had been unconscious for a while also began to regain consciousness one by one.

Hey! Let’s get together!

Like a doll waiting to be wounded, the warrior of the squadron, whose movements were noticeably sluggish, instantly regained his vitality thanks to the call.

But at that moment, I had an intuition.

All their futile struggles end in vain.

”St., Saint…”

”·····”

This was a fact that could be realized just by looking at the saintess’s red eyes, which lit up ominously, like flames poured with oil.