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Chapter 138: Honor Or Foolishness?

Chapter 138: Honor Or Foolishness?

As the group of emissaries led by Candace approached the city, they noticed a gigantic shadow crossing the plain. The bright blue sky provided a stark contrast to the shadow, making it even more imposing.

Looking up, they saw a massive bird of at least 150 feet, resembling a goose with a peacock’s tail on fire. The feathers of its tail were a vibrant mix of orange, red, and yellow, giving the impression that the bird was ablaze.

The emissaries were amazed and terrified at the same time, as they had never seen such a creature before. Thanks to the arena’s strategic location, they were able to reach the monster within minutes, allowing them to observe it up close.

The group watched the sinister enter with anxiety.

"Is... Is that one of those things? A player?" asked Lisa.

Iris watched, her hand trembling on her sword.

"It’s huge... If we don’t stop him now, he will reach the city..."

She gritted her teeth, remembering Dora’s words. If this thing was a Player, they were as good as dead.

"How are you going to stop this just with stupid ideology? Don’t make me laugh!" She rushed forward, followed by a few emissaries among them, Lisa and Maxim.

Behind, Dora and Candace pursued, a little slower, the young boy noticing that no one else among the council members was following.

They chatted, apparently discussing strategy, which greatly confused Dora.

"What are they doing? We need to stay together, she’ll need more claws."

"They probably won’t move if Iris fights." said the dean, surprising Dora even more. "It’s really stupid, but after that day with Thomas, when she was so happy to see you beat three students, they started to blame her, they... Wait, wait!" She grabbed Dora’s arm as Iris jumped towards the beast.

"RAAAGH!!!!!"

She was covered in a white aura and delivered a powerful blow to the giant bird, blinding the earth with a bright light before the tremendous explosion occurred.

The resulting shockwave shook the earth and sent Dora to his knees.

Candace, frowning, smirked.

"Don’t worry about her, she not only looks like Elizabeth, she is now S-rank too."

The bird landed on the ground, on its feet, uttering a cry.

Above, the emissaries launched various attacks at the creature, exploding all over its body, and eventually, Iris reappeared from the sky and inflicted a vertical gash on the bird’s head.

The show was a great presentation of the world of Emissaries.

The warrior trained by Candace used different types of attacks, with any type of elemental for magic users or heavy attacks for physical fighters.

They moved away in unison at certain moments, and a luminous attack from Iris followed.

Candace, a little more confident, nodded.

"We have sent a report to the city, Freya and the others will arrive soon, together they are much stronger than the Holy Knights were... Besides, this thing is not..."

"Are you kidding me?"

Dora turned towards her, his eyes filled with great anger. Candace, a little surprised, let go of his arm.

"What kind of nonsense is this? She’s fighting so the others won’t help her? Because they hold grudges? And you, among others, are fine with this? What the hell is wrong with you?!" The dean flinched, feeling confused and panicked.

"I... what I meant was that if the situation isn’t that dire, it can..."

"Don’t you ever learn from your mistakes?"

The dean froze, feeling the world spinning around her.

Dora took a few steps ahead, forcing the dean to step back towards the council members. "This is the exact same mindset that motivated you to let Elizabeth fight a Player! How can you do this again?!"

"I... I never meant to! I tried to force her to leave... but... why are you so angry?! This thing isn’t even a player!" The student council interrupted their meeting and looked at them with stunned looks.

"Not a player? How come, not a player?" said Agiel.

They looked at each other and then turned towards the ongoing battle. Iris and her team were trying their best, but the reality was different, and everyone had realized it earlier. Iris managed to land direct hits, but everyone else seemed to give the monster only a little wind.

"Wait... that’s impossible... they can’t reach it... but aren’t they also S-rank? How come it’s not a player?" said another student.

Candace flinched and lowered her arms, grabbing her dress on her thigh, looking embarrassed.

"It’s... Yes, it doesn’t give the same kind of energy as Fafnir and the Whale... Besides, if it was a Player, it would hunt down Dora..." Candace said.

"But then...why can’t they touch them? I don’t see any damage," a tall student whispered. Candace wanted to respond, but meeting Dora’s gaze, she lowered her head again. She then felt a hand on her shoulder, Thomas right behind her.

"As is common, the monster is here again to threaten someone." said Thomas.

He walked until he was standing right in front of Dora, both of them looking into their eyes in a tense scene.

"Wait...you two, now’s not the time for that."

"On the contrary, Agiel, I think this is the right time to finally see who is the true hero who will fight for the people." » said Thomas looking at Dora.

Candace looked at him with clear incomprehension. Thomas took off his glasses.

"Why do you think they’re losing? They’re losing because they were training with Iris, that’s the problem. I already said Iris was a problem because she doesn’t care about anyone if you’re not strong enough. She has no desire to train the weak, so those who follow her always end up training too hard for them and can never progress. This is the fate of those who want to follow this reality, so they reap what they sow."

A burning wave crossed the field, and the bird suddenly covered in flames like a phoenix uttered a sharp cry, many emissaries fell around, but Iris passed between them without a glance and slashed the beast’s torso, the healers rushed towards their comrades.

Thomas and Dora didn’t move, the first looking confident while the second had his eyes wide open.

"What are you talking about? This isn’t a philosophy game, there’s a monster there."

"No, there are two, the most dangerous ones right in front of me."

"... Iris fights for everyone, all alone... You don’t want to help her... because you don’t love her?"

The other students lowered their heads, but Thomas, as spokesperson, nodded.

"She didn’t want our help before, she doesn’t need our help now."

".... Even if she is the strongest human in the kingdom?"

Thomas shook his head and turned to his comrade with a smile.

"Maybe she is the strongest individual, but we have something better. We are the strongest team, we are united, supportive, and honorable, we trust each other and we know how to fight together... We are a family."

He then turned to Dora with a provocative smile.

"As for the strongest, I would say you still have to see him... but I think you will regret it. There is a true hero in this world."

The burning wind crossed the field again, Candace, in shock, kept her eyes on Thomas, Dora on his side, his eyes were empty of life, but deeper, in the depths of his mind, a spark appeared.

Unforgivable.

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