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Rica opened her eyes after Alex used his refresh skill for a few seconds.

Seeing the people around her, she knows what they want to know and is waiting for her to tell them herself.

She takes a seat while Alex watches out for her.

Despite the fact that his refresh skill can heal or cure anyone as long as they can breathe, it is better to be safe than sorry.

"You want to know why, right? It is simple: I used my skill to find an answer to my question, and unfortunately, I received a backlash."

"Just do not be reckless ever again."

Alex was devastated when he saw her getting hurt again.

He recalls that the two women had been beaten by the man in the black cloak earlier, and that they had been left with bruises.

He does not want to see them that way anymore.

He needs to find the other smartphone user so that he can gain the strength to protect his loved ones.

They wanted to discuss Beatrice's problem after their conversation, but Angelina has just woken up.

"Did something happened?"

She has no idea what happened while she was unconscious, but they decided to keep it from her, so Anna decided to discuss it again after the monster wave.

Angelina has recovered, and they need to focus on their survival, so she says what she needs to say sooner.

Angelina is not completely recovered, but she can continue to fight.

Unfortunately, the majority of people are already dead or injured, and only a few can fight to the end.

Before losing consciousness, she had ordered the group to be split.

The first group will lead the civilians to the underground bunker to leave the city, while the second group will stay to buy some time before gradually retreating.

After all, they do not want to waste their lives either.

Three hours is insufficient to escape because there are thousands of people compared to the official population of 5000.

After all, May City is a city that will continue to grow, and the population of 5000 people is from the last census, which was taken about ten years ago and is still not up to date.

Angelina is aware of these details, which is why she orders them.

When he heard what Angelina said, he understood why it was quieter now.

In that case, Alex has no way of displaying his protagonist's mark.

He did not intend for anyone to witness his heroic actions... Certainly not.

Believe in him.

Anyway, he has no idea what he is thinking right now, but he does know he wants to help.

Angelina disappeared again after hearing his plea, but he was prepared this time.

He realizes he can not fight her in raw strength, but he can be tricky.

With his magic copy, he cast half of his gale witness points and pushed himself away from her.

He is taking damage right now because the refresh skill's passive is on cool down.

Fortunately, it is not too painful, but it will leave a scar on his back.

She was stunned to see that he could avoid her attack.

It is just a feeling, and she hopes it is true, but she assumed Alex was the type of person who can grow after going through something once.

And the more you corner him, the stronger he will become.

A person appeared unexpectedly in her mind.

As guild leader, she has access to various places, including the {Archive}.

Technically, every guild leader.

However, due to the Archive's history, almost no one is aware of its existence today.

The Archive has existed for over a millennium and has been forgotten by time.

Despite having access to the Archive, they have no idea why it exists at all.

However, she believes that the Archive exists to preserve the world's history.

After all, the first floor of the Archive contains many books about the events that occurred before and after "The Fall."

Angelina has no interest in reading history books so she decided to go up the stairs but a person blocks her.

This person goes by the name 001.

He or she is wearing anti-recognition magic, so she has no idea who is behind it, let alone their gender.

However, because this person is wearing light armor, she suspects that he or she is a fighter like her.

To proceed to the second floor, you must defeat this person three times without being defeated.

This person has a skinny body, so she assumed it would be a simple task.

Unfortunately, that is not the case.

When they fight in the fighting arena, you can tell that this person is a novice with no fighting experience, so she can defeat her opponent by stepping off the stage or knocking him or her out.

However, for some mysterious reason, she was unable to defeat this person whenever the third battle approached, and she was always defeated.

She tries to fight this person once a year, but he or she grows stronger with each meeting.

After all, she is not the only one who tries to get to the second floor; other guild leaders do as well, but this person became more invincible, and her fear finally arrived.

Last year, she was unable to defeat him.

Not even once, or twice.

Although it is not a good idea to make assumptions, she hopes Alex is similar to that person.

She looked at him for a second, making Alex feel strange.

"Do you actually want to fight?"

"No, but I do want to help."

At this point, Angelina found him amusing.

'Hypocrite. He clearly wanted to fight, as evidenced by his expression, but he said it in this manner? I did not expect to be amused by something like this.'

"Hahahaha…"

Alex was offended by her laughter for some reason, but that feeling did not last long because—as he now realizes—Angelina is very beautiful, just like his aunt.

He had been bothered by Beatrice's plea and the black cloak man's attack for some time, and it was only now that he realized her true beauty.

Rica and Anna noticed his stunned expression right away.

They now know that Angelina was able to enter his heart.

Whether he loves her or not, he will undoubtedly protect her at any cost.

After all, he has done it to them before, and he will undoubtedly do it to her as well.

"I made up my mind. You can fight with us, but whatever happens, do not leave or run away from me, and always follow my orders. I could not save you if you fled or disappeared from my sight. Is that clear?"

"As clear as water!"

However, he does not intend to rely on her while fighting.

He will at least demonstrate that he is capable of surviving these situations.

After all, this is a valuable experience that will help him grow in the future if he survives. 

"Good. Anyway, we only have half an hour of rest before the fourth wave arrives, so do not be too nervous, okay?"

"Got it."

Right now, Alex was ecstatic about his first city class event as the main character.