PAID

*Whoooosh!*

The dry wilderness of the eastern Alpharion Empire.

Chris stood alone on that vast land, her face filled with frustration.

"What on earth has she been doing these days?"

[Swordsman 'Drizzle Rain' (Currently busy with other matters)]

Even though she had left work early for once, Rain wasn’t there to greet her. She was logged into the game instead.

Chris also logged into the game. She tried to message Rain to ask where she was and what she was doing, but Rain was unavailable, marked as busy with other matters.

Leaving an offline message for Rain, Chris let out a frustrated scream at the horizon of the wide wilderness.

"Kaaargh! Just wait till I get my hands on you! That girl, I swear..."

What would she do, exactly?

Would she scold her little chick somehow?

"Maybe I’ll just give her a little smack on the butt."

All Chris could do was grumble to herself.

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I nearly screamed when I saw Nagi's small body engulfed in flames.

Chris, I’m so sorry.

Was this what you felt when you watched me fight?

Seeing a child endure pain while fighting, and being able to do nothing but watch.

I couldn’t save her. But I didn’t close my eyes.

Nagi needed to overcome this.

Future dungeons would also be full of massive area-of-effect attacks just like this one.