Chapter 13
—Zieg—
Not long after Raust landed his attack, the phoenix subjugation was over .
Even after Raust’s attack cut through its head, its vitality that border abnormality kept it alive .
However, it no longer had any energy to heal its wound and in the end, its head was crushed by Narsena, killing it .
That was how the labyrinth’s lower-layer’s phoenix, a super-high difficulty monster that given a little more time, would have mutated and shaken the entire labyrinth city, met its quick end .
It was a miraculous event .
The phoenix hadn’t finished mutating and it was full of wounds .
Even so, it was strengthened to the point of absurdity .
「……To end this so easily…」
……But, despite the quest ended safely, the feeling I felt was not relief, but shock .
「Hahh~ hahh~」
With a sidelong glance, I could see Raust breathing heavily .
Easily is not a correct word to say seeing Raust’s figure whose fatigue really apparent .
Despite thinking that, I still couldn’t wipe that feeling out of my heart .
That was because the phoenix was almost completely defeated by Narsena and Raust alone .
Perhaps, as a world-class adventurer, Raust who was praised for having exceptional ability if you exclude heroes, had now stepped into the same realm as people on the same level as Master .
I was under that impression as I recalled that slash Raust did to cut through phoenix’s head .
「……You’re kidding right?」
…However, I couldn’t accept that fact .
That slash stuck in my head .
It was proof of Raust’s outstanding ability .
And yet, despite witnessing that slash with my own eyes, I still couldn’t accept that .
—Raust has no potential . It’s already good if he can become a common adventurer after spending his entire life struggling .
The reason was this Ronaldo’s words, said when he, as our master, judge the new disciple ability .
Master, unlike the world-class magician, Raisan, was more focused on training his successor .
Most knights in the country were said to have had Master trained them .
With that achievement, his ability to judge other people was certain .
…And, that Master had said that Raust had no talent .
Those words had a weight unimaginable by common people .
After all, Master had found talents in many no matter how talentless they appeared to be .
That Master had clearly stated that he had no talent .
So, when I heard about Raust defeating a mutated hydra, I became interested in this person called Raust .
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However, I still thought that Raust only had a certain degree of ability .
Defeating the mutated hydra alongside Raust was Narsena .
She was someone that Ronaldo-san said to have a talent that could lead her into becoming a world-class adventurer .
Narsena had led the mutated hydra subjugation, while Raust was at least capable enough as her support .
That was why I lost my composure from seeing Raust’s ability that far exceed my imagination and I couldn’t take my eyes off him .
Despite the fact that we were currently stripping materials from the phoenix .
I tried to focus on stripping the material, but my sight was sucked toward Raust .
「Hahh~ hahh~~~ Fuhh~~」
When I glanced at Raust for I didn’t know how many times had it been already, he stood up even though he should’ve been out of breath .
「Wh!?」
I was really surprised seeing Raust stood up .
Only a few minutes had passed since the phoenix defeated .
Naturally, Raust’s fatigue, who was about to fall anytime, was apparent .
Thinking so, I reflexively rushed to Raust’s side to support him .
「Thanks for letting me rest for a while . 」
…Contrary to my expectation, his gait was certain .
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Heavy fatigue like he had not slept for a few days floated on Raust’s face .
But that was the only indication that Raust was fatigued .
「………Huh?」
Seeing that, I couldn’t hide my surprise .
He was really tired after taking various actions with all his strength in his fight against the phoenix .
With that alone, he was tired enough he collapsed after the phoenix was defeated .
And yet, he already recovered enough to move around .
「Errr, is it fine for you to move around? You can rest if you’re tired . 」
I wasn’t the only one that wondered about that .
Laila asked Raust that while Armia looked at him anxiously .
「Eh?」
That was when Raust realized that we were worried about him .
「No, you don’t have to worry . You see, I’ve been training to some extent . 」
…However, Raust answered our worry with a laugh and somewhat off-topic answer .
Certainly, training would make fatigue recovery faster to some extent .
But that wasn’t enough to explain this, Raust’s fatigue recovery rate was abnormally fast .
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Maybe thinking that Raust was just joking, but Laila and Armia were only smiled vaguely .
Seeing them, I also tried to think that Raust was just joking .
「………!」
…It was then a certain thought came to my mind .
It was an outrageous thought .
To have fatigue recovered that quickly, he needed to have done a certain degree of training .
Normally, I wouldn’t have believed that idea .
After all, it meant that Raust had done unblievable amount of training .
But, knowing how abnormal Raust was, I couldn’t deny my imagination .
Master words came to my mind again, that Raust had no talent .
It was hard to believe considering how much strength Raust had .
How much effort did he need to reach this point?
「Maybe, it’s really his effort that…」
I muttered that as I watched Raust’s back who was walking in steady gait despite his fatigue .
That was the moment his existence inside my head changed from junior disciple from the same master to a warrior that stood side by side with Master……