Chapter 49: Trust


    “I will never betray your feelings, Remia.”


    After Remia’s words, Alex immediately spoke up.


    At first, he found it difficult to talk in his current predicament as one wrong word could turn Remia against him. But she believed in him!


    Alex and Remia looked into each other’s eyes.


    He broadly smiled, “We like and trust each other. We share the same feelings, so doesn’t it make us the same?”


    “Alex…” Remia’s eyes shook, and tears slowly welled up. Her vision blurred, and she couldn’t properly see her good friend.


    In a different scenario, Alex would wipe out those tears. s, the enemy yer didn’t allow him more talk.


    The enemyughed, “You speak so well that you even touched my heart, brother cat!”


    Alex clicked his tongue, “If you are my brother, I guess I have to impose some rules on you, little brother!”


    With his Ice Breath, Alex drew a wide arc. He applied his [Chilling sh] to that move, yet the swords collided like equals.


    Alex red into the viin’s eyes, then their weapons bounced back.


    He let Remia go, “I will go all out. Support me, Remia.”


    Remia wiped off her tears and nodded, “Yes!”


    After Alex rushed in, Remia locked her eyes on the enemy. Her hatred toward him dimmed a little as he deepened her rtionship with Alex. Still, Remia’s anger red within her heart.


    From his words, it seemed like the enemy yer would kill anyone. And she had heard that some forest fairies had gone missing. If that yer was the reason for their deaths, her hatred would bloom anew with much more ire!


    For now, Remia wanted to defeat him and have him questioned.


    Therefore, the forest moved as she wished.


    But as she used her technique, Remia’s eyes suddenly noticed a flying coin. That coin flew as if in slow motion, taking all her attention.


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    “You were faster… It seems like you really have the skill to protect girls. If you pick up too much of them, you no longer will understand the meaning of love,” the viin chuckled, his sword parrying all Alex’s shes.


    But for each parry, Alex applied some of his coldness.


    The viin noticed that, so he quickly formed a n in his mind.


    Alex narrowed his eyes, “Speaking from an experience?”


    “Yes and no,” the viin grinned.


    His smile turned victorious after Remia’s skill had failed.


    Alex gasped in shock, “Remia has missed?”


    He had never seen her miss after getting a close connection with the forest. In both cases, her connection was wless. It was like she became one with the forest, so missing her opponent was clearly unexpected.


    It threw Alex off-guard.


    [You have lost -230 HP!]


    [A minor bleeding has been applied to your body.]


    “What have you done?” Alex genuinely asked after seeing the enemy’s smile growing wider.


    The viin sighed, “Magicians don’t reveal their tricks, do they?”


    Their sh continued. The speed at which they fought had vastly increased. They were going at each other with everything they got. Yet, the enemy viin somehow managed to keep himself close to Alex.


    ‘His equipment is for his level… Otherwise, I can’t exin why my S-ss Swordsmanship is equal to his,’ Alex inwardly thought.


    BANG! BANG! BANG!


    “If it was one versus one, you would’ve lost, brother cat,” the viin said confidently, “Sigh… If you were just alone, I would’ve gotten that ice sword and sold it for a good sum.”


    That was when Remia’s voice echoed throughout the forest, “So how about you find a girl for yourself?!”


    Her new skill, [Berserker Curse], pped the viin’s hand.


    The viin squinted his eyes. He checked his system, but all he had received was the name of the skill that had touched him. He couldn’t get any new information other than the name, which left him speechless.


    He nced at his hand, and he saw the ck tattoo. The tattoo represented the maddened eyes and wicked smile of some unknown creature.


    After he recorded that image, the forest shook…


    The earthquake swept through thend. As if the giant wasing, loud steps kept heightening, which meant something significant wasing their way.


    Atst, Alex, Remia, and the third yer saw what had arrived.


    It was a group of more than a hundred monsters. At first, it seemed like the giant wasing, but that was because all those creatures moved simultaneously.


    And the reason for that was naturally the curse that Remia had applied on the enemy viin.


    “She… can control those monsters?” the viin spoke with a shocked face.


    He then turned around and ran away.


    s, the Bush Ball monsters turned into balls, running after him. In their current state, they were beyond maddened. Their speed reached unprecedented levels as if they were the bosses!


    “Fuck!” the viin cursed.


    Those creatures mmed their bodies into him, stopping the yer in track. The man had fallen onto the ground, his limbs sprawled.


    His hiding techniques were deemed useless!


    Then, the root worms rose from the ground. Their forms wrapped around the yer, trapping him in one ce.


    Atst, the tree monsters stepped forward.


    Alex had never seen those monsters, so he was surprised by their appearance.


    Those monsters were the biggest creatures so far. One of them would be enough to stomp the yer to death. Thus, as they had circled around the viin, only one of them lifted his humanoid leg.


    BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!


    And in his maddened state, the tree monster stomped on the viin like a demon. He was so fast, decisive, and strong that Remia and Alex took a few steps back.


    Alex whispered, “This is a powerful skill. Won’t they turn at us after that guy dies?”


    “They will… probably…” Remia replied slowly.


    “Shouldn’t we run then?” Alex chuckled.


    “Yes,” Remia nodded.


    After a few breaths, the duo had received the new message.


    [The yer, Dor, has been killed by your party.]


    [You have received 3200 XP and two gold coins.]


    Since it was a two-member party, Remia and Alex received one gold each. And then, their experience bars shot up!


    [Dor has dropped an epic item!]


    “Epic item! We should head back!” Remia gasped.


    Alex nodded, “But carefully… We can’t risk our lives for one item.”


    As Alex spoke those words, Remia’s heart shook.


    She grasped his hand and stopped him, “Alex… I want to talk… now…”


    Alex stopped and nodded gravely. He knew that Remia wanted to talk about the topic the viin had brought out. In this case, the epic item held no meaning.


    Remia’s feelings took priority.