My Guardian System: The Trader

Several minutes had passed after the mysterious boy entered the dungeon.

Outside the dungeon, the battle was still ongoing. Only three gobs left, but the situation wasn't good.

"Watch out!" With a grim expression, Meir yelled on top of her lungs. 

At the corner of her eyes, she saw Hope stumbled on the ground and fell on her butt. It happened when she tried to evade one of the attacking gobs.

Meir screamed out when she noticed one of the gobs was raising its weapon to strike Hope.

She wanted to rush over to Hope's side, but her current situation won't let her do it.

She was currently holding her weapon horizontally, trying to push back the weapons of the two gobs in front of her.

The two Green Gobs were trying to overwhelm her. They were pushing their weapons against her katana.

It was a grave situation for both of them.

Her strength was exhausted, and her hands were quivering the same with her feet.

In addition to their trouble, she noticed the effect of the reinforcement skill she applied on her body started to disappear. The glowing energy she was exuding had started to fade away. It was her ability that allowed her to increase her physical strength.

This reinforcement ability allowed her to become stronger and faster.

However, it was disappearing.

'This is bad. I've used up my ex-energy!' Meir thought worriedly.

She was only able to block the monster's attacks because of the reinforcement ability she was applying to her body. Without it, there's no way she can fight them like this.

In that brief moment, she pondered what she needed to do to escape their predicament and to avoid the tragic fate awaiting them.

Presently, Hope was in a bad situation. On the other hand, Meir used up her ex-energy.

'How futile, there's nothing we can do now,' Meir thought with a hint of resignation. She knew that it was the end of all of them. It looks like their heroism will bring them to their demise instead. She should have prevented Hope from charging here a while ago. They would never have to face a tragic fate in this place.

Meir bit her lips in frustration. Then she briefly glanced behind her and noticed the child was still crying.

She sighed.

But then she could not sleep at night because of the guilt if they did not come here to save them. And also, it was their duty as ex-humans.

Ex-human huh. The humanity's savior. What a joke. She could not even save these two. Mier was self-mocking herself. Maybe they were idiots for thinking they could have a chance to save them in their current level of strength.

If only she was a little stronger. If only she trained harder. She regretted that there was nothing that she could do in their current situation.

At that moment, something came into her mind.

'Right, what happened to that person who entered the dungeon?'

She didn't even know whether he was an ex-human like them or just a normal human only. Regardless, whether he was a human or ex-human, entering that place is a sure way towards his deathbed. Maybe he chose to die in that place.

She wondered if he was still alive at this moment? Probably already dead.

She could not understand why there are people who can easily throw their lives away. She hated their kinds. It was the same hate she felt for those people who can tolerate taking other people's lives.

Right, all of them are the same.

Meir secretly bore hatred towards that boy a while ago. How did he casually throw away his life? They, on the other hand, were struggling to survive at this moment.

He should have helped them escape in this place if it was his reason in the first place. In that regard, he would have died meaningfully

She wondered how many minutes has it been since that person entered the dungeon.

Tsk!

She reprimanded herself for thinking unnecessary things at this moment.

When she noticed the gob swinging its weapon to kill her friend, Meir strengthened her grip on her sword and pushed the two gobs in front of her with all her might.

HAAAH!

She used the ounce of ex-energy that was left inside her body. She could not let her friend died without doing anything.

Using all her strength left in the body, she pushed away the two gobs in front of her.

Fortunately, she managed to push them. The two gobs stepped back. It gave her a chance to rescue Hope.

When the gob in front of Hope noticed the approaching Mier, it was already late. The tip of her katana pierced the side of its torso.

GWAR! 

The gob cried out.

Everyone was looking with wide eyes while holding their breaths at that moment.

However, at that moment too, Meir felt something cold caress her back. Then it was followed by excruciating pain. 

Meir!

Hope called out with a pale face. Blood blurted out from Meir's mouth in that instance.

One of the Green Gobs managed to chase her and struck her at the back. 

A long diagonal wound registered on her back. Blood sprayed out from her wounds immediately after receiving it.

"H-Hope…" she called out in a weak voice, but her vision was already dimming. Her last memory was the teary eyes of Hope as she was looking at her with a shocked expression. 

Meir! Meir! Meir!

Hope called out again and again as she quickly moved towards her, but Meir could no longer hear her calls.

GWAR!

Yet, the gob once again raised its weapon to finish her for good.

Maybe fueled by anger, Hope summoned the last bit of her ex-energy and fired a Blazing Sphere at the gob's face.

Luckily, it hit and burned it on the spot.

However, Hope already exhausted her energy. She felt dizzy. Trying to fight back the dizziness, she crawled towards Meir. But there was still one gob left. Hope shielded the lying Meir using her own body.

The aged man and the child were freezing in fear at that moment.

Hope closed her eyes as she waited for her death along with Meir.

But, right at this moment, they heard an unusual sound like tearing the air.

Hope's close eyes trembled at that. In her mind, it must be the weapon of the gob coming closer to cut her.

Weirdly enough, after a few seconds, there was no pain or any sensation related to it.

She opened her eyes. She noticed there was a knife embedded in the gob's head. It fell to the ground a second later.

Ha?!

She gawked.

Then, a figure was walking towards them.