MEMORIES AND ABU HORMUZ

Episode 17 - The Girl's Reason

"... Lusi and I were friends at the same party, when we were Red MooN training members. Miki and I are Warriors, Musi is Mage, Ogi is Thief, and Lusi is our Priest. Things went relatively well when we started the adventure.

Like you, we started by hunting Goblins in the Old City area of Damroww. We saved up some money, and after ten days, we were finally able to afford the Red MooN contract. We then upgraded our Equipment, learned a new skill, and began to go look for the Kobold at the Siren Mine located about five miles north of Atalante. In fact, we got ease afterwards, and never had a tough fight. At that time, I never realized that it was so strange.

Of course, Lusi was the one who stabilized our fight. Until now she has not changed, she is still beautiful as before, and she has never behaved strangely. At that time, he was always smiling and cheerful. He laughs all the time. With his existence around us, we never for a second felt moody.

He did not just memorize light magic spells. He also learned martial skills to fight enemies, shoulder to shoulder with me and Miki. Of course, he had never neglected his duty as a Party healer. He'll take care of us soon, even if we only suffer minor scratches. He even dared to fight with me and Miki on the front lines, healing when we were injured, supporting Musi and Ogi when they were in trouble.

Our party only had five members, but it really felt like seven people. We went through all the fights easily. It's even too easy.

But we didn't get much attention. Many people arrived with us, and several other parties managed to surpass our achievements. But the more fights we had, the more confidence we had.

At the time, we knew no fear at all. We never met anything that frightened us, as if everything was going according to plan. However, I now understand what fear means. But for Lusi .. she felt something different back then. Even though we always win, he

it was really scary when one of us got hurt, that's why he always healed us immediately.

Perhaps he was afraid that a scrap of scratch could tear apart a beautiful tapestry if it continued to be left, so he tried as hard as he could to patch up the scratch. I thought, Lusi understood the situation very well back then. He knows that in reality, we win every fight by a paper-thin margin. However, the four of us did not notice it at all. We have become arrogant, and overconfident.

Other parties also operate at the Siren Mine, and we don't want them to surpass us. So, with the confidence that they will not surpass us, we went deeper into the mine. It's deeper, and deeper. Finally, in the fifth layer, that's where it all happened.

You may already know, but the Kobolds are feathered humanoids, with dog-like heads. Their bodies were usually slightly shorter than the average normal human, but on the deeper layers of the Siren Mine, a Kobold with a height of 165 cm was common, and they're very strong. Although they are not as intelligent as humans in general, their population is very hierarchical, and they have the technology to process metals. They are also good at using magic.

The Kobold's skill was to move in groups, and part of the group consisted of fighters who were willing to die without any fear. We are already used to meeting the Kobolds on the way to the fifth layer. Honestly, we believe that we are stronger, and superior to them. It's not that we're careless. As long as we are not off guard, we are confident that any kind of Kobold can be dealt with.

He is called Deathspot because of the black and white dots on his hair (Spot) and because he has killed many members of Red MooN (Death). We heard that he and some of his subordinates were always wandering around the mine, and if we met them, running was the only option for survival. He had been eyeing his prey since entering the entrance gate of the mine, so we had to be careful since we were in the outermost layer.

We knew the existence of Deathspot, until then, all we had ever seen was its shadow, but not its form. So we are less careful.

When we saw Deathspot approaching, we weren't so confident as to ask him to fight, and we weren't optimistic about beating him. But we are in the fifth layer. That is, the exit is 5 levels above us, so we cannot escape easily. We thought we had no choice but to fight.

We decided to fight where Miki and I were trying to occupy Deathspot in turn, while Lusi, Ogi, and Musi handled his men. At first, everything went well. Deathspot is so powerful and tough, just like the rumors say, but Miki and I were able to hold it for a while. Lusi and the others continue to finish off Deathspot's men. And every time one of us gets hurt, Lusi will heal right away.

Eventually, all the Deathspot men died. We thought we could win this fight. We can beat Deathspot. The monster suffered some injuries, but we are still fine. No. gabe…. More precisely, we also suffered some injuries, but Lusi healed us with his best.

It is immaturity and stupidity that make us miscalculate. If only we had taken that chance to escape, and left Deathspot behind, maybe we could have healed the rest of the wounds and escaped.

Deathspot is no ordinary opponent, but we are just average fighters. Ogi go ahead first. He was slashed by Deathspot's claws, resulting in his face being torn off. While Lusi healed him, Miki's left arm was sliced with a deep wound. And while Lusi healed Miki, I was hit by the monster until it collapsed.

I felt that the time lag was only short for about 30 seconds, but that's how fast Ogi was killed and Musi suffered severe injuries. Lusi desperately tries to save their lives. Miki is injured all over the body trying to hold Deathspot alone. When I arrived, I frantically tried

against Deathspot, to let Miki rest for a moment.

With his last breath, Musi fired a magic that made Deathspot waver. That's what I see, that's what I see,

and that's what I want to believe, but it turns out that the rest of my strength is not enough to hold such a big monster.

"Lusi, Miki, hurry!" I yelled repeatedly, but I didn't realize the problem until finally Lusi yelled back at me, "Haya, I'm sorry! I-i'm sorry! My magic, this ..”

You know, magic isn't something you can use at will. Mages and Priests unleashed spirit power to summon the gods and Elementals, from which the energy came. It was basic knowledge that many people had already understood, but it turned out, I was too stupid to understand it. Although I occasionally saw Lusi or Musi mediate to recover their spirit energy, I never knew how much magic was left. I never knew if their magic was too much or too thin.

Musi and Lusi never talked about the details of such a thing to us. All I know is, Musi will cast a spell when we need him, and Lusi will heal us when we need him. I never knew how hard they were trying to gather energy. But I think that Lusi has spent a lot of his energy dealing with Deathspot's men. It was a long fight, and he had already reached his limit.

Miki saved Susi and me. Miki told us to run, and then she deployed

the last of his magic. He faced towards Deathspot, and started throwing his skills at the giant Kobold. Luci refuses to go and runs towards Deathspot, but I stop him, then drag him away.

I have no particular reason. I left Miki behind until death. He's been seriously injured and wants to use his life to give us a chance to run. As his friend, I wanted to meet his ultimate expectations.

I don't know how we made it to the surface for five levels. It took us half a day, and there were times when we thought we were going to finish. We made it out, but not for some of our colleagues.

Three of our friends, who were our most precious friends. They were gone forever in just the blink of an eye. Lusi's heart was so broken after the incident. He was a Priest, a healer who was supposed to save lives, but he let the lives of three people die to keep himself alive. Since that day, I have never seen her smile again. Sometimes, even I myself think that I have no right to see that girl's smile.

After that, the Group found us, and we joined Orion, but before long Lusi left the Clan. I think that the friendship Orion offered only caused the wounds in his heart to grow even more painful. Lusi ended up changing parties, and he never stayed long in a Party. His reputation spread, but he was no longer like the Lusi I had ever known. I was worried and I tried to talk to him, but all he said was “I'm fine…. I'm fine.”

It was like talking to a wall. It seemed, the wound in his heart grew even more painful every time he looked at me. To him, I was like evidence and a symbol of the dark past. But he had to keep going to meet a beautiful future, but I could no longer accompany him to make it happen. To him, I'm just like Miki, Musi, and Ogi. He no longer sees the future in me.

He must find his spirit again. Otherwise, he would simply sink deeper into the abyss of prophesy, without being able to move.