Chapter 52: You Dare...
Endou cut off the receptionist and shouted, "THERE ARE DEMONS IN THE DUNGEON!!!"
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Hearing Endou's shout, everyone except Rihito, Hajime and Myu narrowed their eyes at him. Feeling the pressure from their gazes he stiffened. The receptionist standing beside him started to shake almost about to pass out.
""That's enough"" Hajime and I said simultaneously, which lifted the pressure from Endou and the receptionist. But it still left guild master Roa who was still looking at Endou. He then looked at the receptionist, "You can go back, I will deal with the new guest."
The receptionist frightened, bowed at us and left shutting the door.
"Now, young man tell me, what exactly happened in the dungeon."
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After that, Endou explains the dire situation the hero's party faced. How suddenly a demon appeared out of thin air and started to attack them with many strong monsters she controlled.
"I with the help of my friends somehow managed to escape from that demon and ran to the 70th floor's teleportation point where Meld and the other knights were situated, but."
Endou's voice felt with regret continued, "That damn demon somehow followed me to the 70th floor and attacked the knights and massacre them all. Captain Meld on his last stand gave me an order to go to the guild and ask for help."
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"I see," the guild master seriously contemplated about the situation.
"How is Shizuku doing," Rihito asked from the side with a slight hint of worry.
Endou without thinking responded, "Before I left Shizuku, Kouki, Ryotaro and a few others were the only ones who were able to fight against that demon's strong monsters, and It was also her who asked me to ask for help from Captain Meld."
"I see…" I felt relief hearing that she was still fighting.
Endou snapping his head looked at me with astonishment, "Hey, how do you know that name."
He looked at me quizzically, "Now that I look at you closely, you seem familiar…" Endou wasn't sure but somehow, they seemed familiar. He was unable to put his finger on it.
Roa was slightly puzzled, "Do you have a connection with the hero's party?" he curiously asked.
"Well in a way," I said keeping it mysterious.
"Umm… guild master who are they," Endou respectively asked, he had previously felt the pressure from those girls' gazes which terrified him. He was hoping for them to be some strong adventurers who could help him.
"They are the newly risen Gold-rank adventurer, and these two men are the leaders of the party, Rihito Sakai and Hajime Nagumo."
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Endou hearing those names his eyes almost popped out.
He robotically turned around, "R…rihito, H…hajime."
"It's been what, 3 months since I have seen you, Endou," I said lazily.
"It has been a while Endou," Hajime said.
Rihito looked at Hajime, noticing the gaze Hajime shrugged, looking back at Endou, "Just because our hair colour has changed you are unable to identify us, Endou."
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"Wait…you…how?" Endou was speechless. Never in a million years, he thought he would see them again.
"We thought you two…"
"Died?" Rihito said cutting Endou off.
Endou nodded.
Hajime snorted hearing that, "I assume for some of you that outcome would have been better," he said sarcastically.
"Umm… I don't understand what you mean… wait you two are here, DOES THAT MEAN YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE LABYRINTH."
Saying that Endou in excitement jumped on top of the table, which invertedly pushed the tray full of snacks off the table. It then shattered onto the ground.
"Crack!!"
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Seeing the scattered cookies and cakes on the ground, everyone's attention shifted towards the little girl who was munching on the sweets.
Myu looked at the ground seeing her scattered sweets, tears started to pool in her eyes.
"Waa…Papa…" she clung onto Rihito's waist crying.
Endou saw the little girl crying about to apologise, but he suddenly found everyone upside down.
"Hey, why are you guys are…upside down suddenly," Endou was confused.
"Young man we aren't the one upside down, it's you who is…" Roa said sighing to himself.
"Eh!!???"
Endou suddenly found himself in this precarious situation and tried to understand what was happening to him. but to his confusion, his whole body felt constructed, except his head he was unable to move. He then felt a cold object on his neck. Checking out what it was he got chills down his spine.
"Rihito what are you doing," Endou panickingly asked Rihito who was holding a chainsaw sword.
"What am I doing? I should be the one asking, what are you doing? HOW DARE YOU MAKE MY CHILD CRY, YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH DON'T YOU." Rihito said with an 'angry scowl', which to Endou was like an angry assura glaring at him.
"Wait, wait, wait that was an accident, I am sorry that happened, please let me go…" Endou pleaded.
"FUCK NO!!! Whoever makes Myu cry must face punishment. But as someone who came from the same place, I will show you mercy and not chop your head."
Endou felt relief hearing that. But his next words made him pale again.
"I will settle with taking just a limb of yours, now choose which one."
Endou unable to convince Rihito turned towards Hajime, "Nagumo please help, Sakai has gone crazy."
Hajime in response pulled out his gun 'Schlag' and pointed it at his head, "He asked you a question, which limb? Or should I blow your head off?" Hajime said with a menacing scowl similar to Rihito's.
"Eeeeek?!!!!" Endou screamed fearing for his life.
Then again another voice was heard which took everyone's attention.
"Master"
Hearing the sudden voice from Tohru everyone looked at her.
"What is it?" I asked.
"How about for his punishment, use my fire and burn him, then use your healing magic to heal continuously," Tohru said with a smile.
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Hearing that Endou's face even more paled from fright, he then gave the guild master Roa a pleading look, which he ignored not wanting to mix himself in this mess.
Tio, Shea and Yue looked at Tohru. Tio then asked, "You said that line like you have a previous expense of doing something like that…"
"Yeah, I have done that, but instead of healing magic, it was water. You see this one time I was sleeping and then some humans came and started to attack me. Angry and annoyed at being woken up I chased them around. They then hide in a strong fortress. So, I rained fire onto the fortress while it was raining which created steam and the whole place heated. After a while, I got bored and then left the place."
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"Tohru, what happened to the people who hide in the fortress," Shea voiced all girl's curiosity.
Tohru looked at them, and shrugged her shoulder, "I don't know, I just left after that."
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While the girls were chatting Hajime and Rihito were also talking out loud, "It's a good idea don't you think," Rihito asked looking at Hajime.
"Yeah, let's implement it right away."
"Eeeek!! Hey, I already apologised, I am sorry, I am sorry, I will never do such a thing again…please forgive me."
Roa sighed seeing all this chaos and decided to intervene, "I think it's enough playing around; don't you think."
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Hajime and I stopped in the middle of deciding who would be the one delivering the punishment. We looked at each other and sat back down on our sofa.
Endou hanging upside down suddenly fell on his face. He then got on his feet and checked on himself making sure that his limbs were alright, he then bowed at Roa.
"Thank you, you saved me," he said while sniffelling.
Roa ignoring him looked at Rihito who suddenly pulled out more sweets out of nowhere and handed them to the little girl.
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"Rihito Sakai and Hajime Nagumo, from your conversation with Mr Endou here. I am assuming you two are the missing heroes who disappeared after the teleportation incident in the Dungeon that happened 3 months ago."
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"Not denying it huh? Guess that doesn't matter."
Roa then took the bearing of the guild master, "I, Roa Bawavis the guild master of 'Horaud' have a request for you…"
"You want us to rescue the heroes," Hajime said cutting off Roa.
"Exactly, from what I have seen in your track record, this shouldn't be much trouble for you guys than what you already accomplished. Of course, you guys will be appropriately rewarded, after completing the request."
"Please Sakai, Nagumo we need your help."
"I, I don't know how much longer they can survive there. If we do not hurry, they will die… so please…" Endou kneeled down.
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Hajime still thinking didn't answer.
"Fine, we will help."
Endou hearing the confirmation looked up with tears in his eyes, "Thank you, thank you…"
Rihito ignoring him, looked at Hajime, who looked at him with annoyance, "Don't give me that look, you and I both know you gonna accept it in the end. You are just overthinking it. There we both have someone we want to meet. So stop stalling."
"Fine," Hajime agreed grumbly.
Hajime looked at Endou, "Tell me, how is Shirasaki doing, is she okay?"
"Y-yes, she was doing fine. After your fall she and Yaegashi have been working extremely hard, both of them have improved and become essential members of the hero's party."
"I see" Hajime nodded.
Rihito then looks at Roa and says, "We accept the request," to which he nods.
"We will come too," the girl standing behind us says.
"Myu too wants to come," she said raising her fist cutely.
""No!!"" Hajime and I unilaterally rejected it.
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Myu who was denied so directly was shocked.
"You will be staying here with big sister Tio and Tohru," I decided and Hajime shook his head in agreement.
The mentioned girls who heard that voiced their disagreement.
"M-master I want to come with you," Tohru whined, to Which I had to convince her. The same went with Tio but a little violent.
In the end, I promised Tohru, that I would fulfil one wish, anything that is within my power that is.
With that, we headed towards the dungeon.
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"Chapter end"
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