S Ranked Burden Tamer (3)

Chapter 3 The Party’s Judgement (Part 2)

[Huh!? What the…]

As soon as Feydeau entered the floor boss’s room, he froze up.

It wasn’t only Feydeau. Everyone in the party froze.

[Oi oi, the rumor definitely said the floor boss was a minotaur but…]

[This is… the god-slaying dungeon…]

[…yeah.]

There was a reason the faces of every member of the party distorted into a visage of fear even when they had as much ability as they did.

[It’s a minotaur but… 5 of them!?]

[Run away!]

[It won’t matter where we run! Were we these guys’ targets ever since we entered the floor boss’s room!?]

[We’ll be safe if we get off the fifth floor! We have to get away from here…]

[…yeah. All the same, beating five of them is impossible.]

A minotaur. A monster that has the highest A-rank for danger. A horrible monster who was able to slaughter a great number of adventurers with its overwhelmingly offensive abilities. For many adventurers, it’s the last thing they would want to fight other than a dragon. And with 5 of them here, even Feydeau’s S-ranked party had to find a way to escape however it could.

[We have to run!]

[Feydeau! What do I do with the luggage?!]

I call out to Feydeau as we start running. I carry the luggage for now, but if we left it behind, two people could probably escape while riding Rei….

[It’s obvious isn’t it?! Even if you die our stuff better be in perfect condition!]

[What are you talking about! The luggage doesn’t matter right now…!]

[Yeah… for now just run.]

Their opinions varied, but for now I decided to run with the heavy luggage of 5 people. Naturally, doing this made me slower… but I’m going to do my best for the party.

[Shiiiiit! How did this become such a disaster!? Mayle! Didn’t you say you were a genius!?]

Loig shouted while running. Mayle answered with the same disinterested voice as always even while out of breath.

[If someone… sacrifices themself, we’ll be able to survive.]

I felt her line of sight naturally turn towards me.

[Oh! Isn’t that great?! The perfect person is right here you know!]

[Huh? Are you serious!?]

[That’s right Loig-san! How could we do that?!]

[Well then Quella, will you be the one to die? Huh?]

[That’s…]

Even as she sounded apologetic, Quella only said as much and gazed at me.

Dammit… what are these guys talking about! They are seriously trying to make me be bait so they can run away… I have to do something… 

Meanwhile the three people I was talking to had quickly run even further ahead of me.

[To be honest Randall, once we were done traversing this dungeon I planned to kick you out of the party.]

[Huh?]

I guess that I was thinking this was a possibility. But why say that now?

[But Randall. There’s something you can do even now to change that view.]

[Something…?]

Rei and I are already falling behind because of the luggage. I was thinking that Feydeau had come to the back of the party as its leader, but it seems that thought was wrong. Shit! Is this guy really doing this?!

[Rei!]

[It’s no use. I will be the one to be a new hero. There’s no way you can achieve something like that.]

[Gah…]

I tried to reach out my hand to Rei and escape, but I was too late.

[This is for the good of everyone.]

The handle of Feydeau’s sword rammed into my stomach. I stopped breathing. Naturally, my feet stopped moving as well.

[Don’t feel bad… rather, you had been a burden up until now!]

Feydeau adds as he runs off.

[As it is, you’ll die as a legend in an S-ranked party. Rest assured that we’ll spread your tale far and wide.]

[Wait…]

It’s no good. I can’t speak. Dammit…. The minotaurs are drawing closer. I’m seriously done for….

 But before long, I stopped thinking about myself.

Feydeau who had betrayed and abandoned me.

Loig who hated me from the start.

Mayle who only recognized me as someone who could cook.

And even Quella who, despite her kind heart, only thought of me as a burden as well based on that final face I saw her make.

In short, none of them ever looked at me. No one recognized me. My effort, my work, it seems that as far as my party was concerned, they needed none of it. 

When I think about it, if I don’t resist and am finished off quickly, the minotaurs will be able to catch up to the place the others are at won’t they? Thoughts like that crossed my mind. It seems I had lost any lingering sentiments towards them. 

Being constantly alert of my surroundings without rest must’ve made my body tired, as I’m attacked by fatigue all at once. Well, that’s fine. I can rest now. 

Just at the moment that I thought so…

[Kyuaaaaaaa]

[!? Goyaaaaaaa]

[Rei!?]

Right in front of my eyes, Rei stopped and turned around, before rushing towards the minotaurs.

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Translator’s Note:

4-14-2020

Well that’s all I have to start this whole thing out. I left you right on a bit of a cliffhanger because this is where I really started to get interested in the novel and I thought it’d be fun to leave it here for now. I should have the fourth release out pretty shortly here (after all I’ve got a lot of time on my hands being stuck inside) regardless of if anyone is actually reading yet. Feel free to leave a comment on here or Novel Updates as well as rating the novel on Novel Updates.

I hope everyone is staying safe right now!

tom

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