155 Ice King (9)

"Are you sure this is a good idea, Luke?" Rina asked. "You could have taken your parents with us, at least. They leveled up a lot, thanks to you, but the more, the merrier."

"... Such naivety," Shalia said after a long sigh. "If he starts doing this now, when will he stop?"

"I am with Shalia on this one. I am doing this because they can't do it now, Rina," Luke said. "I already showed them what they need to do to be able to do what they want, and until they can do that, they can focus on building a safe base. Our roles have reversed, but I can't protect them from everything, just like they did it for me. Spoiling them by leveling up without doing anything will also be counterproductive. Besides, I already used most of my grenades, so this job will be pretty long. It won't be a good idea if they stay away from there when I want them to be the core of the camp."