Chapter 172 A Little Bit Of Reminisce



They need to spend about fifteen minutes peeling the giant scorpion's shell because of its size. With this many shells, Hammer can certainly make strong armor for the six of them.

Leyan, Kiara, Kei, and Haru admit that they lack good equipment. But with all the expeditions demanding their full attention, they couldn't afford to spend time scavenging for materials.

But once they saw this opportunity right before their eyes, of course, they wouldn't miss it. Especially when Clyde had killed this giant scorpion first without causing them any trouble.

Leyan didn't see any problem with that. However, Kiara and Kei felt something else.

"Is it okay, Clyde?" Kei asked while looking at Clyde who was busy piling up the pieces of shells he had collected.

"What?" Clyde asked, he glanced slightly at Kei but then continued his work.

"You're doing all the work now. You even killed those worms alone before."

"It's fine," said Clyde. 'After all, I gained a lot of experience from them.'

Hearing Kei's words, Leyan and Samuel turned to Clyde.

"You sure?" Leyan asked. "You make us feel in debt."

"Don't mind it. If I need help later, I can just ask for your help, right?" Clyde said it to make the situation easier for him. If he didn't say that then he thought they would continue to feel uncomfortable because of that indebted feeling.

So he said that he would ask for their help someday. That way they can feel that they will have a chance to repay that feeling of indebtedness.

While in fact, Clyde doesn't mind at all about their feelings. He only killed those monsters out of his own will and for his own personal gain.

"We'll pile the shells here first. Then we'll pick them up when we get home," said Samuel.

"That's a good idea," said Clyde, nodding.

They collected all the shells they had peeled from the giant scorpion. It left the scorpion naked and showing dry flesh blackened by Clyde's roasting lightning.

Samuel took a glance one more time at the scorpion's charred body. He saw the amount of damage that Clyde had caused to it.

His eyes narrowed calculatingly. Just how did he get this kind of power? Samuel thought that if he wanted to know about it, Clyde would never tell him.

So he had to ask people who knew him from the Selection Stage.

'I have to ask them.'

Samuel walked after his friends towards the city and they started again the same process as yesterday.

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A long sigh escaped from her mouth. Her breath turned into a mist in the morning that was not too bright. 

Her eyes stared towards the horizon ahead where all she could see were gardens of flowers and lush green plains.

This sight is very beautiful, for Asqa all of this will always be beautiful. However, her sight seemed to have only been filled with black-and-white scenery ever since she left the Selection Stage.

At that time she and Sonya waited in a room that looked like a temple. The room was composed of brownstones that looked very old.

That time the two of them came earlier than the others. When Asqa expresses her concern about why Clyde and the others didn't come right behind them, Sonya tells her that she doesn't have to worry because it's all over.

So Asqa dispelled her worries. A moment after that a double door also made of stone opened in front of them. From outside there is bright sunlight in the room.

They both decide to leave the room. As soon as they came out, what greeted them was the scene of an empty and vast plain.

However, the vacancy did not last long. Figures descended from the sky in front of the two of them. And since then their lives have changed.

"Asqa!"

A voice came from behind her along with fast approaching footsteps.

Asqa woke up from her daydream about the past. She turned her head and found the figure of a tall man with blond hair approaching her.

"What are you doing here?" asked the man.

"Joshua." Asqa smiled faintly. "I didn't do anything, really. You know this view is good so I just enjoyed it."

Joshua looked ahead, in the direction where Asqa's eyes had been. The sight of the plains and flower gardens was something he had seen for so long that he no longer felt anything when he saw them.

But of course, it was different from Asqa who had just arrived here.

"What are you thinking?" Joshua asked, not believing her answer before. 

Asqa was silent for a few moments while staring at the ground. Then she answered. "Nothing."

Joshua stared at her silently with his blue eyes, trying to see into her thoughts. However, he couldn't find anything.

Joshua knows a little bit about Asqa's past. He knew she must be thinking about that man who suddenly failed to get out of the Selection Stage due to the betrayal committed by the people who were supposed to be his comrades.

It made Archangel Uriel so angry that she destroyed some part of her domain when she arrived back here.

The Archangel couldn't kill them right away when the man who betrayed Clyde was recruited by a powerful Celestials from Olympus. At least not openly.

But the Archangel saw Asqa. Based on reasons that Joshua doesn't know about, Uriel chooses Asqa to recruit her.

And here she is, becoming one of the Servant Archangel Uriel that she relies on the most. Asqa was able to show how capable she was during the one month time since she arrived. Therefore, making her a servant that Uriel acknowledges.

Joshua, as the Archangel's most loyal servant and have been serving her for so long will support whatever his master does. So he also acknowledges Asqa and treats her well.

"You have a task to do. It's an order from the Archangel," Joshua said. 

Asqa frowned. "Task?"

"Yes." Josh nodded. "This task is important, so prepare yourself."

Asqa swallowed. She realized the scale of the task Joshua called 'important'. So she can't help but feel nervous.

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