All Warriors Are My Disciples

112. Cheerful

While Namgung-hyun was away for a while to bring Esther with him.

Iris stood quietly around Lily, watching her movements.

Lily was looking at a soldier who was grunting and suffering.

“Do not be afraid, but endure to the end, persevere, and finally win.”

It is neither a sanctuary nor a healing. Just whisper in a soft tone.

Still, the soldier took a deep breath and took on a very comfortable expression.

Proclamation of sanctuary is a skill that puts a lot of strain on Lily herself.

It is obviously difficult to make a region into an unconditional friendship zone.

However, in the previous battle, he even used the Absolute Sanctuary Declaration.

Right after she came, she came here again and proclaimed ministry and healed people.

No matter how divine a hero you are, even if you are revered as a saint by the church.

With this level of activity, it’s no problem even if you collapse from exhaustion.

Even so, Lily kept her nose and healed and comforted the injured.

‘As expected… She’s not called a saint for nothing.’

Even before her return, Lily Hyacinth was the same as now.

A warrior and a saint at the same time, an existence that inspires courage different from other warriors.

This is Iris, who sometimes longed for that part of Lily.

She wondered if she would be able to show herself like that in such a difficult situation.

However, even such an existence eventually faded away in the end.

Until the end, her noble mind and appearance shone, but that alone was not enough.

Little by little, little by little, things got twisted and she was finally ruined out of control.

Fear and horror that can’t be helped with swords, magic, and faith.

It was a blink of an eye for them to collapse as they encroached on the world.

The enemies knew that very precisely.

How to use it to destroy the world without fighting.

I knew perfectly well that I could tire the warriors who were willing to endure.

It can be said that now is very different from then, and there are corners where I believe.

Even so, I couldn’t help but feel worried when I thought of that time.

“It’s the first time I’ve seen you look at me like that.”

At her sudden voice, Iris turned her head.

Nam Gung-hyeon is sitting still, wearing the hoodie handed over to her.

Even though he was sitting with his gaze facing the front instead of Iris. She

She was talking as if she could see it all in her own eyes.

“I will not wonder what you are worried about. I won’t ask either. But don’t let it show.”

“Master Tae.”

“Hyeoni, didn’t your teacher tell you? You, all of you, are destined to save this world. If so, act accordingly. The clutter is enough for now.”

At those words, Iris tried to erase the anxiety that was creeping up in her.

Her naturalization, her own, as Master Tae said, now was not the time to be like this.

She is an experienced person who knows the severity of the situation better than anyone else.

Although she is the only survivor of that hell she fears appearing in her dreams.

Isn’t she also a regressor doing her best to stop that very thing?

In that case, it was better to think about what to do next than to worry.

Either by just worrying about that, or by trying to squeeze your head like that.

Because the time left for him was running out.

Around the time when Lily was comforting and healing the survivors.

Iris decided to look after those who died in this terrible yet glorious battle.

Because the battleground cleanup isn’t over yet, rather, it hasn’t progressed even halfway through.

I saw those who had lost their lives rolling around on the ground.

Even if it’s not the case, it further reduces the gloomy atmosphere.

Soldiers languidly arranging the bodies of the dead.

Iris takes a light breath and walks among them.

After that, I cleaned up the battlefield faster than anyone else and at the same time equipped with a strict example.

‘Your desperation, your sublimity. I won’t forget. So that this doesn’t happen again….’

Then, if there was a soldier who couldn’t stand this horror and drooped, he would go and comfort him.

If you feel sorry for the dead as a survivor, answer by living harder.

It is an insult to them to be so drooping and desperate.

Her one day was Iris, repeating exactly what her own mentor told people.

It’s not a pleasant thing, death is miserable no matter what.

However, if the living can survive at least because of that death.

Iris knew that the ‘world’ was the way to use it.

“Hero… Are you?”

“… Yes. I’m not as good as the senior warriors over there.”

“I saw you fighting by our side. I have many friends thanks to you.”

“I’m glad. Whom did I protect… I’m so glad.”

There are soldiers who saw Iris fighting like crazy in front of the formation.

They approached and carefully started helping Iris with her work.

The mess in front of the capital was cleaned up faster than expected.

At first, everyone sat down and didn’t say anything, but soon they were grateful that they were alive.

And they were relieved that the capital was finally safe thanks to them.

Finally, I was furious with the zealots who dared to do this.

As soon as the situation was over, Iris quietly stepped back from him.

“In the end, I’m really worried that the evil ones seem to be doing what they want.”

After a while, Lily approached Iris with a slightly tired face.

I play an active part in the battle against the fragments of the Demon God, and then I face people with large and small injuries.

Perhaps the most physically and mentally exhausted warrior.

Iris was worried that maybe this hero had a chance.

There is not a single warrior who has betrayed or been shaken in the past.

Everyone fought hard against the hostility toward the world until the moment they died.

Even though I know that at the end there is despair, not hope, and death, not life.

No one gave up their lives easily and resisted to the end.

Nevertheless, there is an “If” In the world, so we cannot be vigilant.

So Iris risked being rude and cautiously asked Lily.

“Are you okay?”

“… May I ask what you mean?”

“It’s just what it says. It’s hard for everyone who has gone through a terrible thing, but it’s also very hard for those who watch it from the side. Ah, this is what Master said.”

To be precise, these are the things Iris herself experienced before returning.

Just a short time ago, those who were determined to lay down their lives for the warriors.

Even they suddenly change their minds and fall for the devil’s worshippers and betray them.

Otherwise, there were many cases where a body was found by hanging itself the next day.

The idea that no matter what you do, no matter how hard you try, nothing will change in the end.

Conflicts, meetings, pessimism, regret, and despair come out of it.

They were things that would make even a veteran of the battlefield rust funny.

“It seems that Master was very worried. Did he even say that?”

“… He said that mentally difficult is more difficult than physically difficult.”

“Yes. I understand. Originally, people are beings who empathize with the emotions around them. Whether it’s joy or sadness, it doesn’t matter. Even if it has nothing to do with it. So it will be human. Proof that it is not a beast or a monster. Empathize, laugh together, and suffer together.”

“….”

“We can hurt together. We can cry together. But we will not fall together.”

Lily seemed to understand exactly what Iris was worried about.

Iris nodded her head at the firm look in her eyes, as if telling her not to worry.

The reason she took care of Lily like this was because she felt the vacancy in her place too great.

Before returning, the fragments of the Demon God were first removed from Lily.

The warriors tried their best to stop it, and Namgoonghyeon was seriously injured.

Nevertheless, the defense line was eventually breached, and Lily Hyacinth died just like that.

After that, the warriors had to taste hell.

As the only healer disappeared, the difficulty of the battle increased rapidly.

All-out war was no longer possible, and guerrilla tactics became the only means.

However, hit-and-run cannot turn the situation around.

All you need to have hope is a heroic victory, but that was impossible.

In the end, they were pushed back and forth until they were defeated individually.

‘It’s about getting out of the Mirror Kingdom, so I handed over one thing to not handing over the capital in the capital battle. Now, I’ll just have to prepare for the next one while protecting Lily-sama’s comfort.’

Fortunately, Namgung-hyeon, Nayeon-hwa, Garam, Xenia, and even Lily.

They finally succeeded in extinguishing the fragments of the demons that had been coming to the castle.

That means that the enemies’ subsequent actions must have been significantly restricted.

I could say it was clear that I had earned quite a lot of time.

Let’s get stronger quickly, faster, much faster than now.

So that it can be helpful in the future battle.

I’m not holding on to mid-level monsters like today, I’m fighting demons.

Furthermore, to the extent that he can engage in another bloody battle against the hostility toward the world.

“… Ah, it seems Master has returned.”

Namgung-hyeon appeared next to Iris almost immediately after Lily’s words ended.

Maybe the warriors could misunderstand that someone suspicious could approach them.

So, from the time I came near it, I deliberately let go of my own energy.

Thanks to that, neither Lily nor Iris were surprised.

“Welcome, Master!”

“Yes…. The battlefield cleanup ended earlier than expected. I thought I’d do it until evening though.”

“I persuaded them to work diligently. Everyone did well.”

“… Lily. Did you do that?”

“No, Master.”

“What is that reaction? Do you think I could have done what my sister-in-law told me to do without even thinking about that!? I am now being treated as a worthy warrior.”

At the words of Iris who shouted quite confidently, Namgoonghyun smiled.

Hey, he’s not someone else, he’s a regressor, so he’ll take care of himself.

It’s just that there are so many absurd things that have been shown so far, so I wonder if I’m implicitly suspicious.

Thinking about it, it was also acting, which made me feel a little scared.

“Stop coming out. How long do you plan to stay like that?”

“Master?”

“Should I say hello to the maknae? Hurry up and show yourself as a sister-in-law.”

At that moment, something suddenly sprang from behind Iris, who had clearly had nothing.

Then those red eyes twinkled, and then very cautious.

No, rather than being cautious, he speaks in a small voice that should be said to be timid.

“Oh, hello. No, i’m the youngest Bar, nice to meet you.”

“Huh bureee!!!”

I know. Of course I know.

That this hero is at the peak of stealth.

When she appeared, she figured she would just have to pretend to be reasonably startled.

“Whoops! Omg! Huh!”

However, Esther’s appearance was too sudden and secret for that.