The Little Prince (4)
“He went in there?”
Kim Min-jae, the president of the Association, muttered with a curious voice.
“Yes. He jumped in without hesitation… Also, it was so crowded that I wasn’t able to catch him before he did.”
The Association staff standing in front of him answered with a scared voice and with his head bowed. Kim Min-jae’s powerful charisma was enormous enough to make even veteran hunters cower.
“I see… But you couldn’t follow him inside the crack?”
“Yes. It was a crack where the number of people is limited. There was one child trapped inside, then the cadet… it’s a two-man crack.”
“Ah, hahaha. What a coincidence. A two-man crack.”
Kim Min-jae laughed.
The Association staff didn’t know what was funny, but he managed to laugh as well. Then, he quickly bowed his head again, embarrassed.
“Don’t worry about the crack and get rid of the crowds. The people’s screaming and crying are more annoying than the monsters.”
“Yes… yes!”
The staff bowed quickly and ran off.
Kim Min-jae’s brows furrowed as he watched the staff’s back.
It was an unusual crack, but he ran to it without hesitation…
Then, he turned his gaze toward his hand.
Does he want to pretend to be a hero? He’s young enough to do that. But… his power… is interesting.
When Jeong Si-woo’s hand tried to expose him earlier, he tried to block it instinctively. That power was enough to tear the kid’s arm off. It was not an attack that could not be stopped by a cadet.
However, Jeong Si-woo’s arm ended up fine.
He looked as if he was in pain, but his bones didn’t break, nor did his arm tore off.
At that moment, Kim Min-jae saw an entity staring at him from behind Jeong Si-woo.
An old man resembling a god.
The entity was smiling at him, a smile that warned him not to touch the cadet.
He read the old man’s lips.
[Don’t you dare.]
Kim Min-jae stared at his hand for a long time, then quickly shook his head with a smile on his face.
Still, awakeners who want to play heroes are not allowed. I could not afford a loose bomb.
He looked at the scene before him. People were screaming and falling down in panic. No one even paid attention to the young hero who jumped into the rift.
When facing danger, people only think of themselves.
Kim Min-jae knows it deeply. He raised his hand and yelled to the crowd with authority.
“Everyone stay calm.”
As he did, a dark thought passed in his mind.
I’d rather he dies in that rift. Variables are dangerous.
* * *
“Huh… Heh heh… … .”
The first thing I saw upon entering the crack was a child.
Her body was full of scratches, and her face was filled with tears.
She looked about seven years old.
“Mom, mom…”
Green monsters surrounded her, and they were laughing with their ugly mouths wide open.
It was a characteristic of goblins. They toy with their prey. They don’t kill them immediately. Rather, they drive them into the point of desperation.
I counted them as I watched the grim scene.
Eight.
Can I handle that number now?
Pain was still tingling in my arm.
It would be impossible to use a bow. It was not a serious injury, but the pain does not stop.
I could not risk using it in this situation.
Then… damn it!
I flicked my finger once. Flame soared between my thumb and middle finger.
At the same time, flames erupted under the goblins’ feet.
“Kueek ueeek!”
They squealed like pigs. As I heard their cries, I charged at them. Nightmare changed its form into a sword.
『Magic should always be unstable.』
『You say you mainly use swords? I do not care. Skilled wizards can utilize magic regardless of their posture or tools. 』
『Even in the elven guardians, there were a few who used both sword and magic at the same time.』
In a heartbeat, my body filled with mana. My senses became clear, and my movements became faster.
Boo-!
A burning goblin was pierced in the nape.
Next, I turned to a goblin behind the little girl.
Elf Magic, which I learned through repeated training in the village, was now at a level that I could easily control. A green light suddenly flashed and crushed the monster.
“Huh… Oh my!”
The little girl’s body was covered in goblin’s blood. She screamed in horror, and I quickly picked her up.
There are six left. However, they were all burning up. It would not be difficult to finish them off.
I breezed through them, slashing through their necks, piercing their chests. It only happened within a few seconds.
The place that was filled with pig-like squeals suddenly turned quiet.
“Let’s go.”
It won’t end here. I can’t stop.
I placed the crying girl on my bag and quickly ran.
It wasn’t like the maze of the cadet practical exam. A real crack wasn’t that easy.
I shook my head to remove the various thoughts that lingered in my head and focused on the crack information that appeared.
[Name: Green Prison]
[A crack where many villages of green-skinned monsters are located. It is a crack that most 3rd class hunters are reluctant to do.]
[*Multiple humans cannot enter because of severe dimensional distortion.]
[*Limited number of people: 2/2]
[*Appearing monsters: Goblins, Orcs, Ogres]
It was the most common among cracks that appear without prior notice, and there are quite a few times where people have entered them in confidence because there were only a limited number of monsters.
I felt the girl’s grip tighten around my neck as I ran faster.
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