Chapter 304 – Just Shut Up.
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<<...Yeah... Just like before.>>
<<...Fuck.>>
<<...>>
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<<...Still, I cannot let my guard down.>>
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<<...And there is also that possibility.>>
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<<...Honestly, I’m already scared after facing the B-rank.>>
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"...S-rank... Huh..." – said Porai.
"Ariava is definitely S-rank in terms of danger."
"I don’t know how she is compare to the other S-rank monsters... Maybe she is above many of them."
"...Maybe she is even SS."
"?"
{"SS?"}
"Yeah... SS are the ranks given to those who are beyond monsters that are already beyond."
"There are not many beings out there that reached that kind of rank, to the point people just call it made up rank."
"..."
"But I know one of the being from the history book."
"The Graveyard Spider."
"A giant spider like monster made out of countless bones. A living graveyard that in a form of a spider."
"This giant was apparently so large and tall that it stood above the entire cities."
"It was a pure death."
"Those who were caught in its shadows were devoured by its legions of death and then turned into its slaves."
"I’ve read records of that monstrosity and read how it ended up swallowing most of the continent it was in."
"I’ve read even stories where the legendries heroes were devoured by that creature."
"They were probably A-ranks and S-ranks that fell victim to that creature."
"I can tell you with certainty after what I’ve read and what records I’ve managed to obtain.
"That monstrosity wasn’t just a legend."
"It was a real thing."
"And there is also that monstrosity."
"Ariava."
"Honestly, I’m terrified of her."
"I thought at first that she was a fake when we fought."
"I mean, we were somewhat fighting good back then."
"I wasn’t going all out on my end just yet as I was wary of her."
"...But then she shown us all."
"Her presence."
"She let me and the people with me know that she could had easily exterminated us all."
"That she was playing with us."
"...But honestly speaking? That was a lie."
"No."
"I knew she was hiding even more."
"She could had exterminated us all with ease, even when holding back."
"I don’t fucking know if she is SS or not, but she is definitely S-rank."
"At very fucking least."
"..."
"Still... Never mind." – said Porai as she stopped herself from asking a question while looking directly at Thauma, before then looking away from the golem after changing her mind.
"..."
{"Do you think we will be attacked again soon?"}
"Probably not."
"It may look like a perfect opportunity to strike the dungeon now, since you had lost a large number of golems and there is extremely large number of damaged golems."
"However, right now the empire is supporting us directly once again."
"...Still... It honestly won’t be easy to recover mate." – said Porai as she held a sheet of paper in her hand that held the records of the losses and the estimated number of damaged golems.
"Your golems do not possess the self-restorative ability, expect for the special and elite golems."
"Meaning that the large number of golems that were injured will need to be repaired manually."
"However-"
{"The repair factory aren’t finished yet."}
"Exactly."
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{"I understand the importance of the repair golems, but preparing them and the suitable facility will take time."}
"Yeah... I know... But again, things are so chaotic that you need them... But at the same time, you need to focus on restoring your army... Which will be a massive pain in the ass."
"..."
"Still, I can’t say I’m looking at this with optimistic view."
"This is just prediction, but other nations may soon start acting up."
"Worst case scenario, they may end up forming alliances in order to stop the empire from growing."
"That was always a possibility... But now?"
"The fucking chances had increased to the alarming level."
{"Then we just what we did before."}
{"Honestly it annoys me, but we really have no choice here, don’t we?"}
"Nope. We never had."
"..."
(Again, a lack of a choice.) – thought Thauma.
(I can’t say that I’m not angry about this... But... Fuck.)
(This is way too freaking annoying.)
(A freaking repeat once again.)
(...)
(No.)
(It ain’t a repeat.)
(It is different this time.)
(True, I maybe once again fighting the enemy that is beyond me.)
(But so what?)
(I’ve was already stuck in that bullshit situation several times over.)
(But I never truly gave up.)
(I’ve already learned that being a freaking coward about it or letting panic take me over was most retarded decision there was to take.)
(So... Just shut up.)
(Shut up and work.)
(Don’t complain.)
(Don’t stop.)
(Only way forward to survive is to shut up and focus on your own work, Thauma.)
(This is the reality.)
(And you know it perfectly.)
(Just shut up.)
{{End Of Volume: 4}}