Book 15 Chapter 48

Chapter 73

The storm of power generated by the endless entanglement and collision of lightning and flames… Finally, as the power of the two spellcasters ran out, the clash of power entered a stalemate.

“I, I won… Just give up!”

“Don't talk nonsense, it's not over yet…!”

“Pipi, Pipi won…!”

“Kyu kyu kyu, Kyu kyu kyu, Kyu kyu kyu…!”

Their stamina was exhausted, but their pride could not be bent, so at last, the final showdown between the two proud geniuses was about to begin.

“Hey, what are you doing right now?”

It was about to begin, but it stopped right away.

Stiffness.

The bodies of the two spellcasters stiffened, making it impossible for them to move. Feeling a pain as if their neck bones would break, they barely turned their heads to look at the source of the voice.

“I'm asking because I really doubt it… You weren't fighting each other like last time, were you?”

Rista smiled brightly. Fride pursed her lips into a straight line and began shaking her head.

Lin also shook her head wildly.

Pipi and Sval shook their heads, incomparably more 'madly' than their masters. Had the beast's instincts stimulated their desire for survival? It was then.

“Kuh-heuk, Priestess, Mage… To fight for us until you’re so battered!”

“I will never forget this kindness and become a new person!”

“We will pass down this event through generations. Uh-heuk!”

Weren't the participants and spectators of the naval duel arena shedding tears and wailing?!

“?”

Fride and Lin were puzzled, unable to understand the situation, but it was important to blend into this atmosphere.

For survival, it's a temporary truce.

Exchanging such glances and nodding, Fride pulled her conical hat deep over her eyes and took her kiseru (smoking pipe) in her mouth, and Lin also tied the chin-strap of her satgat (bamboo hat) and wiped under her nose.

“Oh dear, oh dear. I tried to follow the teaching that the left hand should not know what the right hand does, but it seems everyone saw everything. This is embarrassing…?!”

“Oh, Priestess!”

“Hmph, I wasn't particularly trying to help, it was just a whim…!!!”

“Kkeo-i kkeo-i, Mage!”

Then Rista, with tears stinging her eyes, ran to the two and put an arm around each of their shoulders.

“I'm really, really sorry. I thought you two were fighting again like last time… I was thinking that if I just ended it with 'attention,' my sincerity wouldn't be conveyed, so maybe I should at least have you do 'push-ups'… To think you were working so hard to help people, uh-heuk, I'm sorry for not trusting you as a comrade. I'm disqualified as a hero. I don't even deserve to be a hero. Huh-heuk.”

'Push-ups' as ordered by Rista… What is that, it's scary.

Fride and Lin, in a bone-chilling fear, exchanged glances that said they should bury today's events forever.

Amidst all this, Cecil Dyuren once again performed a surprise worship with a standing ovation of tears in her heart!

'Lin, as expected of you… Did you protect the people again this time?!'