Me, a priest? How could that be!

Chapter 19 She is a woman who could be my mother.

Charlotte took off running as fast as she could, disappearing into the distance in the blink of an eye. Her recent physical training had paid off.

no way.

In a one-on-one situation, few people can shout "I'm going to fight ten" like Master Ye. Even if the opponent is the weakest goblin, it won't work. Even Goblin Slayer uses items and terrain to break up the enemy into 1v1 or 1v2.

Chris followed closely behind.

After seeing the two run away, Keith and Taylor, inspired by them, also started running.

But as you run...

Suddenly I realized something was wrong.

"Wait a minute, why are we running after them?" Taylor asked, puzzled. "They're just giant toads. There are quite a few of them, but not enough to make us escape."

"Well……"

Keith couldn't very well say it was just the atmosphere.

The two exchanged a glance, nodded, drew their weapons from their backs, and turned to face the giant toad.

As a Knight of the Cross, Taylor defended and protected Keith from being affected, while Keith used his bow and arrows to quickly eliminate the monsters. Chris pulled out wires and occasionally tied them to the monsters' legs to make things easier for Taylor.

The three had a clear division of labor and worked together seamlessly, as if they were the team.

The monsters were all wiped out in just a few minutes.

Several giant toads lay on the plain.

"Phew..." Taylor wiped the sweat from his forehead. "There are already so many before the breeding season even starts. Will there be hordes of monsters next year?"

"Very likely."

Keith put away his bow and arrows.

Chris, also retrieving the wire, subconsciously asked, "How many monsters did we take down?"

"Let me count... 6?"

"There's still one left!?"

Keith and Taylor tensed up immediately. Just then, a newly ordained priest let out a muffled shout.

"Help me! Help me!"

So that's where it was.

Everyone looked over speechlessly and saw Charlotte being swallowed whole by the giant toad, flailing his legs, while his weapon, a dagger, lay lying to the side. Sure enough, the iron filings method could only be used once.

Keith couldn't help but speak up: "I said, that so-called good method just now..."

I will consider it.

Taylor also felt there was a lot of room for improvement.

The three of them killed the motionless monster with little effort and dragged the somewhat exhausted Charlotte out of its mouth. Of course, they also considerately refrained from asking any inappropriate questions, such as why they had been chased and swallowed by the giant toad.

The stats displayed on the other person's adventurer card made them exclaim: They never expected that there would be people in this world with such an unbalanced stat distribution.

Charlotte, who had miraculously survived, gasped for breath.

Despite training for a period of time, his physique was still far inferior to that of the giant toad, and he was caught up in a very short time.

"Thank you all. If it weren't for you, I might be dead by now."

"Well...no need to be so polite?"

Qis scratched his head.

He didn't know whether he should accept this gratitude, because in his opinion it was really insignificant.

Taylor, unperturbed by the unpleasant, sticky stench on Charlotte's body, helped him to his feet and said earnestly, "I know you want to charge into battle, but this method clearly has significant drawbacks. If you insist on doing it... then I hope you can do it with our help."

He spoke from the heart.

After this experience, Charlotte stopped being stubborn and realized that in order to defeat the giant toad safely and without injury, she would at least have to outrun it.

Keith chuckled, "Your method seems interesting at first glance, but it's surprisingly impractical, and very few adventurers would actually use it."

"Oh?" Charlotte raised an eyebrow. "So you mean my method is bad? Then how did you guys fight the giant toad alone? Show me."

exactly.

Another giant toad appeared in the distance.

Perhaps influenced by the battle they just fought, it charged towards them alone. What a low-intelligence monster.

"Then I'll demonstrate."

Kisla nocked an arrow, aimed, and whispered, "Snipe!"

A hissing sound.

The arrow struck the giant toad precisely between the eyebrows, and then the enormous creature collapsed with a crash not far away.

Archers are just that powerful.

It can directly hit enemies at long distances, and even when being chased, you can choose to kite them, which is surprisingly a bit cheating.

It's really easy, anyone can do it.

Taylor, in particular, after defeating the monster, shrugged with an innocent expression, which was even more infuriating.

Just like that black guy online.

You designed a clever mechanism, and after passing dozens of tightly sealed checkpoints, a small ball finally turned off the room's lights.

The black guy simply stood up, turned on the light switch, and looked at you with an innocent expression, as if everything you did was in vain.

Charlotte felt very hurt.

"Don't be sad, I think there are still some advantages to it." Taylor comforted him instead, saying, "Few novice adventurers would have this kind of safety crisis. Although many novice adventurers are not afraid of giant toads, there are always unexpected times. It's always good to be prepared."

strange?

Is he really that cautious?

Charlotte knew very little about Taylor, but seeing his expression as if he were recalling and warning someone, and seeing that Keith beside him was in a similar state, she knew that they must have thought of the beginner killer.

How could it have had such a big impact on them?

……

"Thanks for your hard work!"

"Thank you for your hard work!" X3

They finished their work for the day.

Until evening, the group continued their hunt for the giant toads on the plains, reaping a bountiful harvest.

Excluding the shipping costs to the guild, each giant toad can be bought back for around 5000 Eris. A rough calculation shows that I actually made a profit of 2 Eris.

Although the bounty is slightly reduced due to being split equally, the risks are also reduced, and it won't be as tiring as before. So it seems that teaming up is more beneficial than harmful.

The four returned to town.

Charlotte had originally planned to celebrate with Taylor, Keith, and Chris at the guild after washing up. However, Chris seemed to have some urgent business and decided to part ways there.

Thinking back, she did mention yesterday that she had something to do.

Charlotte looked at her with lingering reluctance.

"We're about to part ways."

"Sorry, I still have work to do. I'll come visit you after I'm done."

"...Okay. But don't forget, whatever you do, don't forget!"

"Yes, yes, I'll remember. Goodbye."

Chris smiled and bid farewell to everyone, then left with light steps. Charlotte's gaze followed her back until the slender figure of the silver-haired thief disappeared from sight.

Turn around.

Seeing the teasing expressions on Keith and Taylor's faces.

"I see, I see, so this is the one you like."

"Indeed. Although Chris isn't as gentle and mature as other women, her cheerful personality makes her surprisingly comfortable to be around, it's just that her breasts are a bit small."

Charlotte shook her head.

No, you've misunderstood.

"Is it a misunderstanding?"

"Chris...Chris, she's the woman who could possibly be my mother!"

"...What kind of feelings do you have for her?!" x2

The two couldn't help but complain loudly.