bookpower Chapter 42 – Stay
Chapter 42 – Stay
"Yeah, I just died a lot, like I said. Then, after taking down Arutol, my level shot up, boosting my stats significantly," Van explained.
"I'm curious how often you died to get such a huge boost. But killing Arutol must have pushed your stats to 999, huh?" Marcilla surmised confidently. "He must have been weaker than Yagun if he went down that easily, right?" Her speculation met nods from the group. Except Lalyn who simply met her gaze.
"Solid," Van simply nodded.
"Oh, I see! That makes sense," Marcilla said, pleased with her conclusion.
"So, that would make you the same rank as Magus, right?" She continued.
"Hm, unsure. My stats are really strong in only three areas, and I don't really have anything amazing aside from my Dark Soul... so maybe not..." Van said, his eyes looking to the stars as he was deep in thought.
"However, I'm still curious about what caused you to die so often and how your stats increased so drastically..." Lalyn mused, her gaze piercing.
Van gulped.
"We'll save that for another time," she decided, much to Van's relief.
"Anyway, Van," Amoria picked up, her demeanor both calm and determined.
"The Goddess also sent me a vision about the Academy after Magus's passing in addition. I think it means whatever The Dragon King wants with us... It must be related to the Academy." she added.
"I was really concerned something dangerous might happen there, so we kept Liz, Marcy's, and Lalyn's daughters away for a month just to be safe. When nothing suspicious occurred, we let them return. Everything seemed normal, except for the usual dragon attacks... until Arutol appeared," Amoria concluded.
"We knew we were basically counting our days after that guy died. Counting our days until a dragon like Yagun came along." Marcilla sighed heavily.
"But then, you showed up, meatshield," Lalyn added, her tone mixing respect with a hint of forced ambivalence.
"So now... Van. I come to you with a plea..." she continued, taking his palms in hers and locking eyes with him.
"Please... Stay with us and prot—"
"Stop," Van interrupted, his confusion evident, catching everyone off guard.
"W-what...?" Lalyn whispered, her eyes wide as she
'Haaah...' Van sighed internally.