Returning to Phize and Hazel's conversation, she decided what to tell him."It's a secret.""Aw, but why?" Phize asked her."Reasons."Sip."You really love that coffee, don't you?""Of course, I've never tasted anything quite like it.""Ah, just how many minutes went by?""I'm not sure, I don't think we took too long though.""Wanna go exploring more?""Hm. It's a bit early but let's go back. I kinda wanna explore the rest of this city with my party members.""That's odd, I thought you didn't like either of them?" he asked."That was before, yet, not too long ago, I felt like this party could actually be fixed so that it can feel like... an actual party. In order to do that, I want to put my trust in them, so that they put their trust in me.""I don't mind, since I refrain from chatting with them. Let's go."They got up from their seats. Hazel sipped the final contents of her beverage and threw it into the trash bin nearby. She followed him.......They went to the Adventurers' Gui
The group walked out into the distance, getting farther and farther from the city. Then from their line of sight, slimes appeared, hopping from here and there, the majority of the seemingly innocent monsters were colored sky blue, others were green, and a few were yellow."Following the primary colors, I see..." Phize thought."Are those... slimes?" Hazel asked."They look weak... LET'S KILL THEM!" Trif barked.Phize replied, "Bloodthirsty as ever," he turned to Lili, "What do you say Lili?"He was astonished, "Eh?"Her tail was wagging and she stared at the hopping slimes, in admiration, that is.He asked again, "Lili?"She snapped back to her senses, "OH!"She excused herself to cover up her display of affection for said monster, "What? I-I'm not thinking of keeping those slimes. T-Those are monsters.""Oh yeah? Your tail says otherwise.""M-MY TAIL?!"She became self-conscious of her wagging tail and she tried to stop it. She noticed that all of her party members were now staring a
Lili screamed for help, "GAAAAAAAH!!! HELP ME!!!"The flock of Piphus Orgalas was chasing her. She ran toward Trif and went past him.Once she did, Trif cast a spell, "CONJURE SPIKES!"The first 5 boars ran into the spikes and panicked, the rest of the boars bumped into those 5 which killed them instantly, which in turn protected the rest, the remaining split into two directions, the left which Phize has covered, and the right with Hazel.He yelled at them, "YOU TWO DUMMIES! GO ON AND DO YOUR JOB!"7 of the boar-like creatures were chasing after Phize. He was breathing in and out rapidly.He panicked in his mind, "What's my plan? What's my plan? What's my plan? What's my plan?... Got it, I'll just do the same thing as he did."He turned to the monsters and chanted, "CONJURE SPIKES!"The ground shook and spikes formed from the ground. Little did he know, the Piphus Orgala was famous for adapting, and so it did, by going around the formed structures."CRAP!"The boars were almost near h
Damn it, I knew it would come soon, but...Phize told him, "Yeah, I'm tired of how you do things, all you do is constantly order us around, and then take all the credit for yourself."Trif went to him and confronted him, "Yeah, because I'm about the only person who takes care of things.""YOU? If it weren't for us, you would've been dead by now.""ME? I'VE BEEN CARRYING THIS USELESS TEAM! EVEN WHEN I SAID THAT I'D DITCH YOU IN AN INSTANT, I CHOSE NOT TO.""Oh, now it's a test of endurance, is it? Do you know how much I tolerated your annoying behavior, even when I did nothing?""Endurance? HAH! If anything, I'm suffering from being in this team in the first place. All I ever felt from the start of the semester was instant regret."The people were starting to take notice of them. Hazel stood from her stool.She said to them, "Guys, that's enough."Trif continued, "Look here, fucker. I kept this team together. So, it's best to shut your mouth right now, and shut the hell up."Phize yell
The receptionist left his station and went to Trif, "NO PUNCHING HERE! IF YOU TWO ARE GONNA FIGHT, DO IT OUTSI-"Trif punched him in the face, he dropped to the floor."Shut up, this is none of your business.""O-O-OKAY!"He left in a frenzy.Hazel and Lili didn't know what to do, they just stood by and watched.Phize ran to Trif. He released another punch, but Trif dodged it.Trif went for the gut and he successfully hit him."GACK!"Trif's strength was suddenly amplified, much stronger than the earlier punch to the cheek, so he got propelled to the door.Trif went to him and pushed Hazel to the side."Don't intervene."Phize coughed up blood."H-How in the," he coughed, "world..."Trif grabbed his collar and brought him to the wall."I've always wondered, what would happen if we fought without my lackeys. I always thought you were so much better than this but in the end..."He choked him.Hrrrk. Hrrrk. Hrrrk."...It's still the same result."Phize held the hand grabbing his neck and
Trif said to Phize, "Shut up... you do not know anything about me...""Keep on saying that and we will never come to a conclusion. For you to have a say in my life, you have to let me have a say in yours. That's the only way," Phize explained."Alright. If you want to know so badly, then I suppose there's nothing else to do. I hope you're ready for a beatdown.""I've already been beat, how worse can it be?""You're not making this any easier for yourself."Trif ran to him, then once he got up close, he prepared his right arm."There it is! Now I can prepare for his attack," Phize thought.But instead of his right arm extending, he changed his attack into a kick which hit Phize's left shoulder."ACK!"Phize disregarded the pain, ran to him, and readied for a strike."I'm starting to understand his moves a little bit. If my guess is right, he'll try to evade my attack and hit me from my side," he surmised.Trif slightly moved to the right."Bingo."Phize redirected his jab in the other'
Phize asked him, "Me? Who are you to call me someone who isn't hardworking? Do you see me as an easygoing person?"He pushed Trif away.He continued, "Yes, you've worked hard, I can see that and I respect that aspect of you. But I am by no means, an easygoing person? I've suffered, I've lost battles, I've even died once. I was depressed... AND NONE OF IT WAS EASY FOR ME!"He jabbed at Trif's face.Trif defended against the jab using his elbow."The power and strength I've garnered were not easy to attain, much like you, it took a while. I took my trainings very seriously. Why? Is something wrong with being happy?" he asked him.Trif grabbed his arm, "There is."He pulled Phize toward him."WOAH!"Trif released an uppercut which shot him up and let him go.Phize fell to the ground."Kkkk..."Trif told him, "How can you smile so brightly? We've both suffered, but how is it that you can be happy? Every day is hell for me, I remember that shithead every day, and it's disgusting."Phize re
Inside Trif's room.He woke up and visually, it looked like he was covered in bandages in similar areas."Ah... my head... huh? Where am I?"He looked all around and he saw Lili sleeping on his lap."What the-"He held his head."What happened?"He was gonna tap Lili to wake her up and ask but he recalled the events from the other day."Oh right, me and that brat had a duel."He leaned on his bed and stared straight at the ceiling of the room.......Back to Phize's room."Ah, I see," Phize said."Geez, I sure don't hope that whatever duel you two did, wouldn't vastly affect our rank," she worriedly him."I'm sorry for the ruckus I caused, but I think it was necessary, I'm sure I had to confront him, I think he needed someone to understand him.""Really now?" she asked sarcastically."I don't completely understand of course, but at least I gave him a piece of his mind, it's his decision if he's gonna take those words to heart.""Well, I guess it was for the sake of the team. You tot