chapter 5
5 – Meanwhile, the runaway hero…
“Does that mean Enain ran away?”
“Yes…”
I really couldn’t believe it when I heard it again.
Now, hearing that, my feelings are miserable.
I am speechless because of such great disappointment.
Still… I thought you would do something like a hero.
To be honest, I didn’t expect much from E9.
Of course, blocking this gate by E9 alone is not enough.
It was quite predictable that it would be delayed to some extent.
But…
But… Running away was the worst of the worst.
I thought that no matter how weak E-9 was, he would at least have a sense of justice.
I didn’t think she would abandon people even if she was at least harsh with me, given her position as a hero.
She always said that although she did not go to the front line of battle, she was still Ena she was full of justice.
I knew he would at least half of what he said.
However, when she faced danger… She was the first to run away.
“After…”
Honestly, I understand being scared and scared.
However, as a hero, there are things you shouldn’t do and things you shouldn’t do.
A hero who should be everyone’s hope runs away…
Seeing her disappointed in the warrior she trusted… Her head hurts from frustration.
“Enine did not run away.”
However, I had to hide this stuffy feeling.
I am so frustrated that I know about E9, but how frustrating can a person who doesn’t know about E9 be?
At least ordinary citizens know that E9 is at least a hero.
I couldn’t let the story spread that such a hero had escaped.
“We are operating now.”
Now, the hero is quite symbolic. A symbolic existence that cannot be abandoned to protect mankind against the demon king’s army.
If it were known that such a hero had fled, it was clear that the morale of the soldiers would drop all at once.
And not only the soldiers, but many people now believe in the hero. It shouldn’t have been known that such Enine had run away.
Where is that? Among the Demon King’s army, there are quite a few beings who are afraid of the hero.
If Enine’s ugliness is exposed, the real thing is bound to escalate.
“Ah… That was it. I must have misunderstood. I’m sorry.”
Of course I don’t want to help E9.
A warrior who runs away without being able to protect the citizens… It’s been a long time since I’ve explained it.
But as I said again, E9 is a symbolic figure. And now it is an exhibition situation. Can not help it. First off, this is the best.
“No. Can you stand up for now?”
“Yes… I’m fine now.”
For now, leaving E9 alone, I intend to stop the demon king’s army.
Luru is blocking the gate, but there will be no end unless the demon army outside is defeated.
“Geoffrey, you must hurry up and escort the wounded. We will block this place.”
“Yes… I understand. Mr. Dogram.”
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After Enain escaped, she passed through the castle gate and was walking in the woods.
In a forest street with a long river beside it, she walked incessantly and fell asleep in her thoughts.
The thoughts were mainly about the reasons she had to run away.
I’m no help.
Enain knows her situation better than anyone else. A warrior who has not awakened. Because that’s the current situation of Enine.
Apparently, she has no strength to fight because she hasn’t awakened yet.
In such a state, if she fights against the orc soldiers, not only can she not be assured of victory, but she is in a situation where if she does something wrong, it could even lead to her death.
She must have died anyway.
Moreover, Enain is a symbolic figure that she is a hero, and in that sense, it is impossible for her to die.
Everyone knows that a hero is strong, and if the fact that such a hero is killed by the demon king’s army is known, the world’s repercussions are unspeakable.
So running away was a better situation than dying. Later, she just needs to think of an excuse for running away.
I had no choice but to run away, but I can kill them all later…! After waking up…!
Again, people are people who make mistakes. He is a person who grows up over those mistakes.
And although he was weak now, he was a warrior who would later become the strongest.
I’m running away like this now… But I didn’t intend to run away later. If you get stronger…
Besides, why are all the soldiers so weak…
Also, in Enine’s eyes, Caroline’s soldiers were all weaklings. He was weaker than himself.
For some reason, I kicked a stone far away out of desperation to think that such soldiers were guardsmen who would protect the country.
If there were strong soldiers, he wouldn’t even have to step out…
And…
Again…
Besides…
Even…
Anyway…
Let’s see…
…
“f*ck…”
The reason why he had no choice but to run away was the endlessly emerging E9. However, the more he recalled those reasons, the more he could not bear to see himself humbled.
No matter how hard he tried to rationalize it by recalling the reasons why he had no choice but to run away like this… E9 had noticed from the beginning that what he had done… Was something he shouldn’t have done.
For a hero to run away… That was unacceptable.
“It’s all because of Dogram and Lulu.”
In the end, the target of Enine’s anger naturally turned to Dogram and Lulu.
In the first place, that place was guarded by Lulu and Dogram.
I’m not wrong.
It’s their fault for abandoning me.
“Okay. I’m going to put the blame on them properly this time.”
Thought so, E9 came up with a good idea.
That was a way to get revenge on the party members who abandoned him.
Perhaps Carraine was pierced, and someone must have taken on this task.
However, he himself was a warrior. She was sure that if she testified that Dogram and Lulu were at fault, everyone else would believe her.
Since it’s their fault in the first place, shouldn’t we just cover it up like this? Even if he was free to leave the warrior party, it was impossible to abandon the hero like this.
Thinking so, Enain once again kicked her stone away, thinking that she had solved it this time.
“Kleur…”
The stone rolled towards the forest. And the Orc soldiers reacted to the boulder.
“Hey…”
Enine saw three Orc soldiers in front of her eyes.
All of the large orc soldiers were glaring at Enine.
“Even… Run away…”
And again, Enine turned her back to run away.
However, he did not move.
“Sa…Help me.”
Maybe it was because I was so surprised and embarrassed. Her legs couldn’t move because of her cramps.
Puck!
And… Gradually, the orc soldiers approached her Enain and struck her with a blunt weapon, knocking her out.
“Ugh… Uh… Is this place?”
When she finally came to her senses, Enain slowly opened her eyes.
“Ugh…”
Then, she saw the horrific sight in front of her eyes. There were a lot of Orc soldiers around.
And there were also a lot of village women who had been taken hostage in that corner.
Enine could instinctively sense what kind of place this place was.
The breeding grounds…
It was a breeding ground for orcs.
“I must…Run away…”
She had to escape somehow. She is a warrior herself, and she couldn’t be held captive by the orcs in a place like this.
So she twisted her body around, but Enain’s body, which was tightly bound with a rope, did not move.
At this rate, she would have no choice but to be beaten by the orcs along with the other women in the breeding grounds.
“Let go of this… I am a warrior. I am a warrior.”
I couldn’t do this. This situation was a situation that should not have happened to himself as a warrior.
So E9 shouted. She says she’s a warrior… She shouldn’t do this to herself, a warrior.
Someone shouted for help.
“What…? A crazy b*tch?”
While shouting that, an orc soldier approached Enain.
Basically, Orcs do not know human language, but the Orc who heard Enin’s cry was a fairly rare Orc who could speak human language.
“Please… Save me. I am a warrior. If you sell me, you will surely receive many things from the Empire.”
This was an opportunity for E9.
Enain had no choice but to pray to the orc in front of her so that at this moment she would not suffer a terrible fate.
I’m a warrior myself… But there was no way I could have been through something like this. If he said he was a hero, he wouldn’t have suffered such a terrible thing.
She can pass on the information she knows, as long as she won’t hurt herself.
No matter how important the information is, there is probably nothing more important than a hero’s life.
“hehehehe… He doesn’t look bad, but he must have lost his mind. He’s a warrior himself.”
However, the orc in front of him lightly passed over Enine’s cry.
It seemed that he did not believe that the shabby girl in front of him was a hero.
Common sense makes sense. He couldn’t believe that the hero, the hope of the humans, had come here only after being captured by Orc soldiers.
“Don’t go crazy already. I have to give birth to 50 orc children from tonight.”
The orc soldier sent a mocking laugh at Enine.
And after stroking Enine’s face once, he returned to his original position.
“5…50 People…? Poetry…I don’t like…”
Enine had no choice but to scream at this terrible situation.