FLASHBACK
“Tell me, Bin, what do you hope to achieve?”
The struggle to break the Rift and its fierce resistance forced Bin and the rest to exert all their powers, thus leaving them beyond exhausted when the danger had passed.However, their fatigue was nothing compared to the casual
“This is weak! Try again!”“B-but… I…”
Despite minor objections from Arbert and Ak’na, who were mistrustful and awfully suspicious of their new companion, the group has nevertheless agreed to bring Betelgeuse along.The black-haired youth did not refuse the &lsqu
“This is far more than simple storms.”As the group of eight stood inside a newly-conjured protective Sand Sphere made by Bin, the new addition to the party, Betelgeuse, frowned and crouched down.
“It’s no good! My arrows do nothing to it!”The archer leapt to the back, barely avoiding an attack from the strange and powerful beast. Bin tried to contain it but the Light Magic did close to no damage.Its hide was outrageously tough and the bones protruding from its back were negating almost everything that came its way.It banged its limbs on the ground, roared, then charged straight ahead,bashing its massive body against the relatively minuscule shield of the female knight.Surprisingly, the woman was able to stop its mad charge for a couple of seconds. She groaned in pain but otherwise held her ground and even managed to deliver a retaliating blow with her short sword.
“How’s your shoulder? Has it recovered?”As they were slowly descending in the seemingly bottomless trench, Bin, with a quiet voice, asked the silent female Knight.Before responding, she caressed her previously wounded shoulder.“Thanks to your timely ministrations, I’m feeling good. Let us focus on the task at hand.”“Aren’t we already doing that? It’s just that… this awkward silence is killing me.”“Hm?”The woman looked at him in confusion, clearly not sharing his thoughts. As a non-talkative person, Ak’na did not seem to mind the long si
Bin charged at the last commander pest, striking him with the blunt of his staff and blowing him to the back. Following that up, Jasbin rose from a pool of blood and diagonally slashed his sword, ending the abomination once and for all. Simultaneously, Jasmine stood in front of a medium-sized rift and used Gandar’s magic to break it into nothingness. It took them four hours to get rid of all the Rifts inside this realistic and foreign world. Fortunately, they were attacked only by the Pests and the big Rift they were looking for wasn’t here. Jasbin was still downcast and mourning his friend’s loss, but that did not stop him from aiding the rest and doing his job. At least Ak’na survived or else he wouldn’t have been able to move on and continue to fight.
It happened without their realization; they were pulled from within the paintings and appeared outside with Jasbin and the rest circled around.“...”Bin was the first to notice, but due to the shock, he sat there, dumbstruck. As for Jasmine, once she felt the chilling temperature vanish, she raised her head and saw Betelgeuse, Arbert, Lenna, Bridget, Ak’na, and Jasbin, giving her a strange look.Startled, she pushed Bin and jumped to her feet, her face flushed red and her body slightly fidgety.“Ahem!”Bin followed up and stood up, he fixed