Metal Slime 247.1
Chapter 247: Beyond The Despair TL : Cnine ED/PF : R1[1-2], R2[2.5-4] Part 1 「That is... The 【Green King】.」 Rui muttered while looking up at
Chapter 247: Beyond The Despair
TL : Cnine
ED/PF :
R1[1-2], R2[2.5-4]
Part 1
「That is... The 【Green King】.」
Rui muttered while looking up at the sky. Akito made a bitter face and said, "What an overwhelming presence".
Anik, who followed behind, had also noticed the presence of the 【Green King】.
「They're finally here... Since it brings this many monsters, it must've understood that the Indian seeker are gathered in this place.」
Kayla turned around with a stern look on her face.
「Are you telling me that thing has intelligence!?」
Anik nodded and looked up at the 【King】 with a composed face.
「It’s entirely possible. That creature is the leader that commands the swarm after all. There’s nothing strange about it having greater intelligence than other monsters.」
Kayla bit her lips in frustration upon hearing Anik's remark. The other seekers were also wearing a despairing look on their faces.
Amidst the despair, Rui raised his face.
「Oh right! Darsha-san, Yuuma has suffered a serious injury. Please heal him with the Messiah’s magic!」
Hearing that, Darsha cast a quick glance at Yuuma, who was being carried on Rudra’s back.
Seeing the young man's body battered and wrapped in bandages all over the place, Darsha let out a sigh and turned to face Rui.
「The Messiah's healing magic could certainly mend those wounds. But given this situation... even if the injuries are healed, there is no way to survive this predicament.」
Darsha's eyes were filled with despair. Once, inspired everyone and spoken of hope more than anyone else, yet now...
Kayla couldn't hide her shock hearing her big sister's statement, Akito couldn't hold back his anger anymore.
「Why are you talking like a loser now!? It's not over yet! If we pull back for now and regroup...」
「It's impossible.」
Darsha interrupted Akito before the latter could finish his words.
「We're besieged from all sides. We have no escape route left.」
She spoke with a pained and somewhat resigned tone. They had likely been searching for an escape route ever since the horde of monsters appeared.
On top of that, they were convinced that escape was impossible.
At this point, Rui and Akito started to grasp the severity of the situation.
「Anyhow, please heal Yuuma first! Old man!」
「Uhm, got it.」
Anik gave instructions to Rudra, who then carried Yuuma to a nearby Messiah.
A few men and women from the center of the group of seekers stepped forward. They were the Messiahs, the support group in the rear.
「Excuse me, he's seriously injured! Please... please heal him!!」
Seeing Rui make such a desperate plea, the messiahs looked at Darsha in confusion, but she said nothing and just stood there in silence.
The male messiah looked at Yuuma, who was laid on the ground, and said, "Understood. I'll give it a try", before crouching down.
Seeing this, the other messiahs also gathered around Yuuma and knelt down.
「You need to get treatment too, Akito.」
Rui worried about Akito, whose entire body was covered in burns, but Akito refused treatment, saying, "I'm fine. Just heal Yuuma first".
The messiahs then nodded at each other and then used healing magic in unison.
Each of them placed their hands over Yuuma's body and closed their eyes to focus their mind. Before long, a warm light overflowed from their palms, enveloping Yuuma.
The healing treatment was performed using recovery magic by seven messiahs.
Although not perfect, Yuuma's wounds were healed at the pace that could be seen with naked eyes. The messiahs were sweating on their foreheads.
Akito thought that the treatment must be difficult since the burns were quite severe.
Yuuma's eyelids twitched a while after that and slowly opened up.
「Yuuma!」
At Rui's shout, Yuuma's once vacant eyes opened, and his pupils focused on Rui.
「Ru... I...」
「Thank goodness... That's a relief.」
Rui patted his chest in relief.
「I see... So I collapsed on the bottom floor.」
As Yuuma's consciousness became clearer, he recalled the moment he struggled in the sea of flames, thinking he had heard Akito's voice.
He raised his upper body and looked around.
A lot of people were looking down at Yuuma. Upon realizing that they were the support team, he understood that this was the surface.
Akito snorted, and then spoke with a displeased face.
「What are you spacing out for?! Because you lost control, I went through hell! Do you even understand that it's almost impossible to save you from there?!」
Yuuma blinked in surprise and scratched his head sheepishly as he said, "S-Sorry... I couldn't stop myself either".
「Well, it's good that you woke up. You owe these Messiahs for saving you.」
Prompted by Rui, Yuuma shifted his gaze to the people around him, the men and women who were dressed distinctly differently from the other seekers.
Yuuma lowered his gaze to his own arm. The burn scars were faint but still visible.
At that moment, he realized for the first time that his life had been saved by the messiahs around him.
「I see... Thank you very much for saving my life.」
A male messiah tried to stop him in a hurry when Yuuma tried to stand up.
「W-Wait! You're in no condition for strenuous movement yet. And that's after we used healing magic on you for 10 minutes nonstop.」
Since Yuuma had lost the translator attached to his ears on the bottom floor, he couldn't understand what the other person was saying.
Thus, he asked Rui to translate for him.
「It's okay, I'll handle the rest of my injury.」
Yuuma placed his left hand on his chest and cast healing magic. A dazzling light spread from his palm, and his wounds rapidly healed.
「Eh!?」
The male messiah opened his mouth in shock, utterly astonished.
Yuuma stood up as if nothing had happened and started removing the bandages from his body.