The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

27 – Raccoon

The goblins, armed with crude weapons, spotted us and charged at us with a roar.

“Kerreuk-!!!”

“Come!”

While Lakar was blocking the goblins’ advance, I checked to see if I could cross the bridge. It seemed impossible to go back because more than half collapsed while crossing.

A cliff so deep you can’t see the bottom behind you, and goblins rushing in front of you. Throwing a torch aside in a situation where it seemed like he had been forced into a drain, he hurriedly stepped forward to help Lakar.

While Lakar used his sword and shield to block the advance of the goblins, he stabbed and killed the goblins with a spear, ignoring Lakar and aiming for the rear.

“The magic is ready!”

Aria’s cry made Lakar and I step back at the same time. As if waiting for it, flames came out like a flamethrower from the tip of Arya’s wand.

“Kyareuk-!”

“Kyareuk-!”

As the fire burned, the dying goblins screamed in agony. Even so, the goblins didn’t stop and continued to rush at us frantically, as if they were trying to push us off a cliff.

While I was blocking the goblins with Lakar again, an arrow flew through the air from somewhere.

I couldn’t respond to the sudden surprise, but before I knew it, Luna created a wind with magic and blocked the flying arrow.

The situation was urgent, so I gave her a quick nod of thanks and shouted at Aria.

“There is a goblin archer!”

“There are so many goblins, it’s hard to get rid of them!”

Arya tried hard to create a ball of fire with her staff, but the goblin archer’s attacks continued as the goblins rushed to block the magic.

If Arya couldn’t get rid of the goblin archer, it was hard to hold out in front of her. Although Lakar was using his shield to block the attack, he struggled little by little with the goblins throwing his body.

I tried not to use magic as much as possible, but I thought it was the end for everyone if I continued like this. I couldn’t think any longer.

“Lacar buy a little time! I’ll get rid of the archers!”

“Keugh! Okay!”

Blocking the arrows flying towards me with a shield, Lakar used his large body to push back the goblins.

I recognized the space inside the cave from behind Lakar, and recognized the spatial coordinates above the head of the goblin archer.

It was a basic spatial magic imprinted on the brain through repetitive training.

Improved type created in an instant. At the same time as inserting a spear into a small dimension entrance, a dimension exit was created above the head of the goblin archer he recognized.

The head of the goblin archer who was pulling the strings was pierced by the spear. After pulling out the spear, he pierced the other archer’s head by resetting the coordinates of the dimension’s exit while inserting the spear back into the dimension.

As I pierced the heads of the five goblin archers, I heard Kane’s voice waiting for me.

“I waited so long!”

Kane, who was hiding in her corner and mixing reagents, finally completed the mixed reagent.

Kane threw a mixture of reagents into the path of the goblins. The mixed reagent exploded with a popping sound, emitting dark green smoke and creating a wall of poison.

The goblins who passed the wall of poison and rushed at us collapsed as if fainting in front of our eyes. After removing the goblin archer, we were able to easily eliminate the goblins who fell to the ground.

“Awesome Kane!”

“Good!”

Everyone shouted excitedly, and Kane smiled brightly.

“hahahaha! This is the power of an alchemist!”

After successfully blocking the goblin’s attack, we walked forward a bit and took a break away from the corpse.

“So many goblins appearing from the beginning, how hard is this practice?”

Ari let out a sigh and said. Luna and Kane nodded their heads in agreement.

“I guess he really wants to make memories properly. Like a crazy principal.”

“Well, I’m sure everyone has an idea….”

At Kane’s words, I stood up for Nelson and paused. Although Nelson’s personality is a bit eccentric, his heart for his students is genuine.

“No one was hurt, right?”

As he pulled out the arrow stuck in his shield, Lakar asked. Fortunately, no one was injured in this attack.

I praised the team members who looked tired and relieved the atmosphere.

“Still, it was the first time we worked together, and everything went well. Lakar held up well, Kanet’s reagents were excellent. Arya’s attack is excellent. Thanks to Luna’s support magic, I was able to block an archer’s attack.”

At that, everyone smiled and replied.

“It would have been difficult to hold on if you hadn’t caught the archer.”

“That’s right, it was difficult to shoot because the goblins blocked the way. Good job Ross.”

“Ross, give me time like you do now. Then I will make the best reagent for you.”

“It was amazing….”

I felt a bit embarrassed by the unexpected reaction and scratched my cheek. Is this what it means to give in return and receive in words? In the suddenly warm atmosphere, we complimented each other and took a break.

Especially, like Ellie, the magician Arya stuck close to me and asked me a lot of questions.

“It was great magic. Is that the principal’s notarized magic?”

“What if I put my hand in it? Is it possible?”

“Then, if the dimension closes in the middle, your arm might be cut off?”

Although her vigorous curiosity is the power of a wizard, Aria’s behavior of constantly asking questions did not help her relax.

Still, let’s kindly answer and solve the question. Arya snorted and looked at me curiously.

“I wonder….”

Feeling the strain in her gaze, I turned her head and heard Aria’s small talk to herself. I pretended not to hear and checked her window.

After the break, we continued walking in formation. Fortunately, there were goblins, so there were torches hanging in the cave, so the road was no longer dark.

While Lakar and Kane moved forward, wary of traps, Aria and Luna eagerly turned their heads to check if there was a bracelet.

I felt as if I was seeing a cute dog from the back of Luna, who was moving her little head vigorously, so when I felt the corner of her mouth twitch without realizing it, La Carr stopped her.

“Looks like you have reached the entrance of the maze. It is a crossroads.”

As the saying goes, the cave ended in front, and tiles were laid on the floor as if it were the entrance to a maze. In a situation where you have to choose between the left and the right to move from here. We gathered in a circle and gave our opinions.

“What should I do? I don’t see anything special about either, left or right. I guess I’ll have to choose one or the other.”

Aria answered Lakar’s words.

“This is just luck. I have no choice but to choose anywhere.”

“Certainly, at first, it seems to be left to chance.”

Kane agreed with Aria, but I knew how to get out of the maze through the setting.

“No, there is a way. Let’s go left.”

At my confident words, Arya looked at me with her questioning expression.

“How do you know?”

“There are ways to escape the maze called the left hand method and the right hand method. It is a way to keep walking with one hand on the wall, but the maze is a single plane after all. If you keep pushing against the wall, you will definitely be able to escape the maze. Since we are holding the weapon in our right hand, we can use the left-handed method to reach the wall.”

At my explanation, Arya admired how quickly she understood, and she clapped her hands.

“Right. It might take some time, but I’m sure you’ll get through. That’s great, Ross.”

Avoid Aria’s gaze, which is giving a burdensome look with her eyes shining. La Carr nodded her head and said.

“Okay, let’s go left then.”

Opinion was unified and we headed left. Except for Lakar, who was holding a shield, everyone walked with their hands on the left wall. For some reason, Luna in front of me didn’t put her hand on the wall from the beginning.

She tried to talk to her sneakily, wondering if there was something wrong, but Luna just walked away holding her book tightly in her left hand.

Are you unable to reach out because of the book? While she was thinking about that, Luna seemed to feel my gaze, so she turned her head to meet her gaze with mine, and then turned her head again as if embarrassed.

She didn’t care much about Luna, who was in the middle of the ranks, even though she didn’t do left-handed moves, so she moved on without saying anything.

Even when the road splits left and right, we continued to move with the wall on the left. After walking for a while, I finally saw the door to the room that looked like a stage.

As I cautiously opened the door and stepped onto the stage, something screamed as if I had been waiting for it.

“Kikiiik-!”

Lakar shouted at the sound of a blackboard scratching cry.

“It’s a beast rabbit!”

A black rabbit the size of a large dog was coming towards me, flashing its blade-like teeth. Just like when he blocked the goblin’s attack, Lakar stabbed and killed the demonic rabbit that flowed out in front of him with a spear.

Since there was no such thing as a rabbit that shoots arrows, it was easier for Lakar and I to buy time than for the goblins. It was also much easier thanks to the help of Luna, who supported Lakar from behind and slowed down the monster.

A fireball exploded from the tip of Arya’s cane as if it were going to burst, and it hit the monster rabbits that were rushing right in and exploded with a roar.

Bang-!

The body exploded, and the demon rabbit’s intestines and blood splattered. The flames did not stop, and they spread to the fur of the monster rabbits on either side, causing damage.

“Reagent complete!”

Finally, Kane’s reagent was completed, and the stage ended with me and Lacard finishing off the rabbit that had fallen on the wall of poison again.

After leaving the stage, we were all exhausted. He had already run out of stamina due to the goblins and monster rabbits’ supply offensive.

After confirming the safety of Lakar and the surroundings, I spoke to the crew.

“How about taking a break now? Everyone seems tired.”

Actually, I was the one who was most exhausted. Among them, I, who had the lowest physical strength, felt so tired that I could fall asleep if I closed my eyes in exchange for diligently swinging the spear.

As if waiting for my words, Arya sat down on her floor.

“Okay, let’s take a break. It’s so hard because her mana has run out….”

She sighed and looked at Aria, who looked tired as if she was going to lie down at any moment, and said La Carre.

“Then, why don’t we take a rest and eat before heading out?”

Exhausted, we sat down in agreement.

Lakar put down the survival bag he was carrying for a while and began to mend the bruised sword with the blood of goblins and beast rabbits.

Luna and Arya were gathering and taking a break, while Kane leaned against the cave wall, checking her bag of reagents and recording something about her.

I put down the exploration bag I was carrying for a while and leaned my back against the wall of the maze to take a break. I feel like I’m going to sleep if I close my eyes, when I’m shaking her head.

The back of Lakar, who is grooming his sword. I saw the survival bag, which I took off for a while to rest, moving by itself.

Did you hallucinate because you were too tired, staring blankly at it? I made eye contact with a raccoon dressed like a thief and carrying a survival bag.

Thief Raccoon… ?

In that strange situation, my brain stopped for a while, and the raccoon grinned at me, smiling the mischievous smile I had seen before. I instinctively shouted at that smile.

“I’m a thief!!!”

Lakar, who was wiping his sword with a cloth at my cry, looked at me with a puzzled face.

After 2 seconds of silence as if time stopped, Lakar threw away the sword he was grooming and at the same time the thief raccoon ran away with the survival bag at great speed.

Lacar and I quickly chased after the raccoon, but the raccoon was nowhere to be seen as it had already fled deeper into the maze.

Aria, who came later, saw the two of us standing there stupidly and sat down.

“Food, food being stolen….”

When everyone looked downcast, Kane shouted in a voice full of resentment.

“This dog-like raccoon!!!”

Everyone lost their words due to the sudden change and sat down on the floor helplessly.