The Half-Puny Priest Hopes To Retire - The Half-Puny Priest Hopes To Retire chapter 241

241 – A Song for the Burned Ashes (12)

I have longed for such clichés.

A situation in which two people who fight as if they are losing every time they meet face to face join forces to fight against a common powerful enemy.

This is a temporary alliance! I haven’t forgiven you yet!

Okay. Well, roughly something like this.

It is said that any man has no choice but to burn out. At least I think so.

In fact, it was not uncommon to hear stories about party members who had previously had a rough relationship becoming closer after going through several rounds of conflict.

Dauna and Apis fell into exactly that category.

Although they usually bicker, when they are on the battlefield, it is always cool to see them fighting with each other’s backs without a single thought.

Is that why?

There was always a small piece of hope sitting in a corner of my heart.

Perhaps, just like Apis and Dauna did in the past.

Wouldn’t the day come when the warrior and the saint, who are currently anxious because they can’t catch each other, will be able to hold hands?

Kwaang!

There was a time when I thought that way too.

Paang! Sigh!

The sting that passed through the saintess’s hair like a bullet soon penetrated her monster’s ankle.

Coogung!

Eventually, the monster lost its balance and made a loud noise and fell to her knees.

A golden opportunity that will never come again.

At that moment, the first to move was the saint.

Sigh!

When the saintess spread her arms wide, she lunged at the monster like a snake that had captured its prey her, a bundle of chains each as thick as her torso her her her her.

Power and speed. A flawless follow-up attack.

If there was only one flaw, it was that there was a warrior standing in the line of attack.

”Huh!”

Chuck!

The warrior, who twisted his body to evade the fierce attack of dozens of chains in the air with nowhere to avoid, landed lightly on the ground.

The place the chain reached without encountering any obstacles was a monster just getting ready to rise.

The Quagga River!

”────!!!”’

It seems like there are no vocal cords. The monster, which had never let out a measly roar until now, let out a faint howl for the first time.

It seems that the unintentional joint attack between the hero and the saint worked.

”It works! Look over there! Regeneration has become noticeably weaker!”

When I paid attention to what Dawna said, it was exactly as it was said.

The chain of the saintess, which had cruelly squeezed through the hole made by the warrior, was firmly holding on to the flesh of the monster that was trying to cling to it unpleasantly.

A hopeful situation where a major breakthrough was seen in the subjugation that had been making no progress.

Thanks to this, what needs to be done has become clear.

”Hey—!”

Apis rang her neck urgently.

It was a single word that was difficult to convey meaning, but I was able to recognize exactly what Apis was trying to convey.

Just make that connection one more time!

It was clear that both Downa, who was preparing for the next spell, and Big Team, who was protecting her, were thinking that way in their hearts, just because they didn’t have time to talk.

But now, there was a problem I had to address one step ahead of that.

”Did I clearly tell you not to fight!?”

”Sigh, Father! Misunderstanding! It’s a misunderstanding! It’s just that there happened to be a saint where I swung my sword! No personal feelings at all! Ah! Ahhh──!”

”Well, there’s nothing wrong with me. He did it first. Ah. Brother. Wellna. It hurts. Ahhh──.”

I grabbed each of the two people’s sharp noses with tongs made from my fingers and squeezed them harshly.

I didn’t want to use violence as much as possible.

Because the situation was the way it was, and it was clear that if these two people were left alone like this, an even bigger disaster would happen. I decided to eat hard.

”Sorry! Apis! Please buy me some time!”

”Hey! Let’s go!”

Although he swore harshly, he eventually continued his conversation, expressing his gratitude to Apis, who took care of everything.

”Hero. Holy woman. You know what the situation is and what we are doing, right?”

”Well, that’s…”

”·····”

As my words and actions sunk in, deep embarrassment began to appear on the warrior’s face.

The saintess’s expression didn’t change at all, but seeing her her her her eyebrows her her her trembled slightly, it seemed like her inner thoughts her her her she were no different from the hero’s.

”Haa…”

Immediately after sighing as if the ground was about to disappear, two people looked at me at the same time.

I didn’t even want to get along well.

As long as the two people don’t try to kill each other over me, that’s enough.

Moreover, aren’t we currently in a desperate struggle for the fate of this world?

Even if I could give in a hundred steps and tolerate a slight argument, I could not tolerate fighting at this moment and in this place.

”Yong~sa~nim!”

”Heeeuuuy!”

As I frowned and pinched the bridge of the warrior’s nose, a groan filled with sorrow filled my ears.

It was not because of the pain, but rather that the warrior seemed unable to endure this harsh atmosphere.

Both of them were at fault, but the reason I singled out the warrior and reprimanded him was no different.

Because it was the warrior who touched it first.

Moreover, since the saintess had initially tried to help the warrior, her responsibility was clear.

Of course, the saintess slightly provoked the hero, but it was my opinion that it was not enough of a reason to swing her sword at her companion during the war.

”Hero. Is it really going to be like this…?”

”That’s right…”

”Brother. The dog cries. The dog is crying.”

”Profit!”

”Saint. Please stay still for a moment…”

When the warrior, whose eyes were filled with tears, was harsher than usual, the saintess intervened again, perhaps thinking it was time.

These immature girls are saints and warriors who carry the fate of the world.

”Hot.”

Even if I looked intently, I couldn’t help but burst into laughter at the sight of a surreal reality that was completely unfamiliar to my eyes.

”Hey you b*stards! Don’t do it quickly—!?”

It was right then.

The lightbulb of consciousness that had been extinguished for a while due to Apis’ anger suddenly lit up.

Okay. My role now is to get these two people to join the battlefield as quickly as possible while my colleagues are buying time.

Completely eradicate elements that could start a fight, and allow the two people to focus only on that monster, not on each other.

It was a difficult problem that made me dizzy, but fortunately I had a secret strategy to overcome this difficult situation.

The hint is what Apis cried out when the warrior who lost his temper and Dauna went on a rampage over me.

Whisper.

I hugged the warrior and the saint who were hesitant in their place at the same time.

Both of them seemed quite surprised by my sudden action, but they did not try to resist the hand that hugged them.

”Hero. Holy woman. How much do you love me?”

A voice that is not only pitiful, but even pitiful.

But in order to reach the souls of these two people, it was better this way.

”Si, bride! Father…?”

The warrior blushed and rolled his eyes at my unpredictable behavior and couldn’t help but feel embarrassed.

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I fully expected the warrior to react like this.

There was no need to say anything about the saint.

”I am well like this—!!!”

Churrrr!

The saint raised her arms high in the sky, the sun ringing her neck clearly.

Immediately after that, the feast of countless chains sticking out from behind the saintess was so magnificent that it was incomparable to what it had been just a moment ago.

”Huh! Well, then I am!”

The warrior’s neck suddenly twisted in the direction of the saint. A passionate fighting spirit began to appear in her eyes.

If we’ve come this far, the plan has worked more than halfway.

”Hey! Let’s go there!”

Thud! Thud! Thud! Boom!

When I shifted my gaze at Apis’ call, I saw a huge monster rushing towards us.

In all likelihood, the saint must have instinctively sensed the danger of the miracle she just revealed.

The judgment itself was extremely good, but that monster seemed to only know one thing and not the other.

”I have a big forehead───!!!”

Buuung! Kwaaang──!

The warrior loudly swung his sword with a shout that sounded as if he had boiled a train firebox.

The body of the monster, defenseless from that sword strike, hovered in the sky for a moment.

”Well then! Hmm!”

As if she could not lose, the saintess took another breath and gathered up her holy power.

”Imaaa!!!”

Spurr rrrr!

Unlike the times when nothing was spewing out into the air, the movements of the chains with a clear sense of purpose were lifelike at a glance.

Kwasik! Kwasik! Kwazijijik──!

The monster, whose body was pierced by the saint’s chain and suddenly turned into a beehive, was hanging in the air.

It felt quite strange that I had not yet lost my breath at that point, but that was all.

”Then! Me!”

”Well then!”

Looking at the two people gathering their breath and energy again for the next battle, I slowly exhaled with a mixture of relief and despair.

”Phew…”

”Good job! Now leave the rest to us! Downa! One more support spell!”

”I know!”

Apis passes by me as I collapse helplessly on the floor, relaxed. Downa. Big team.

In the eyes of all of them, this unique solemnness of an opportunity just around the corner was clearly flashing.

How long has it been like that?

A monster that was pierced by Apis’ arrows, boiled by Dauna’s magic, and whose resistance was repeatedly blocked by Big Team’s defenses.

Rough cracks of destruction began to appear throughout its gigantic body.

Damn it! Damn it!

And when those cracks hit the fist that the hero, whose sword was broken, swung bravely, they turned into pure white dust and scattered in the air.

”Hero’s Punch──!!!”

A first-class dungeon disaster suddenly struck the capital of this island.

The attack on the Demon King was successfully completed.

With this, the external danger was safely eliminated.

Now there is only one task left for us.

That’s it—