Jobless Reincarnation: Sword, Magic Hat and Romance System

Chapter 72 Who is seeking advantage and avoiding harm? The victims

In a split second of assessing the situation, the fighting spirit swirling around his feet gave Allen a final burst of strength. He managed to twist his body in mid-air, turning his back to the leaping monster, and wrapped his arms tightly around Rudy and Sylphie, protecting them both.

His fighting spirit concentrated on his back, his momentum undiminished!

Immediately afterward, amidst Rudy and Hilfi's screams, Allen shot like a cannonball towards the densely packed monsters swarming in the air.

The sea of ​​monsters bulged out from the middle, then exploded, and a figure emerged from it.

The setting sun in the valley was reduced to a sliver of embers. Flesh and blood fragments flowed down his body like streams of blood, and the shattered fangs of the demon were shimmering and glowing in the rosy light.

Allen's back was torn apart by the monster's fangs, and blood-stained strips of cloth fluttered and danced in the air.

Dragon Saint's battle aura is ultimately just a nascent core. Even though it can strengthen the power of his battle aura protection, it still cannot completely prevent him from being injured by simply using battle aura to defend himself among the densely packed monsters.

His eyes were lowered in mid-air.

Thankfully, they are all safe and sound.

Hilfi and Rudy, who were in his arms, crawled out and looked at his face in shock. The feeling of falling just now had made the two inexperienced people lose their composure. At this moment, the instant Allen broke through the monster net, Rudy immediately reached out and released a blowing magic spell.

A gust of wind swept around them, slightly suspending the three figures in mid-air. However, after Rudy finished releasing his breath magic, he immediately became helpless, staring at the abyss below with a deathly pale face.

"Allen! What do we do?! Think of something quick!!"

Rudy continued to release the air magic, but the group's figures were like floating leaves in the air, barely able to maintain their balance, but unable to stop their fall.

As they spoke, Allen, still immersed in the profound meaning of "Flow of Sensation," shifted his gaze away from him and exchanged a glance with Paul and Roltz, who were clinging to the edge of the broken ridge not far away.

Three pairs of eyes locked in a fierce exchange.

However, they were more than ten meters apart.

Allen successfully protected the two people in his arms, but as a price, the way he twisted his body to adjust his posture caused his original momentum to be reversed. What was supposed to be a jump onto the cliff to meet up with Paul and the other person turned into a straight charge towards the top of the cliff.

Allen hovered in mid-air, his hair flying, the wind flowing through his clothes.

The setting sun behind them sank completely into the mountains in that instant, and darkness swept in from afar like flowing water, about to engulf the figures of Allen and his companions.

The roars of Rudy, Roltz, and Paul, whose origins are completely different, seem very distant in the state of "flow," with large intervals between syllables.

In that instant, he saw clearly the expressions on Roltz's and Paul's faces.

Allen squinted, carefully observing the two elderly fathers' behavior, his thoughts overloaded.

"These parents are so worried about their children. What should we do now?"

A glint flashed in Allen's eyes, and in the blink of an eye, he came up with the most suitable solution for the current situation.

Allen is Allen after all; the instinct to "seek advantage and avoid harm" is ingrained in his mind, as defined by the system. So, what should he do in the current situation?

The corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

"There's no way to get a foothold in mid-air, so it seems like there aren't many options. It's alright, although there was a slight mishap, the situation isn't the worst it could have been. With Paul's skills, he should be able to reach a height of ten meters or so."

Allen blinked, pulling himself out of the sensation!

The ambient sounds returned! The wind howled! Monsters wailed! Night swallowed Allen's figure!

Allen tossed Hilfi and Rudy, whom he was carrying, towards Roltz and Paul, who were about ten meters away! The sound shattered the darkness!

"Here you go, Uncle!!!"

Rudy and Sylphy were thrown out by Allen in an instant, their expressions filled with panic!

No foothold in the air? I can use my arms as a springboard to launch the people in my arms, right? Since all three can't escape together, I'll save two first!

Too rational? Focused on achievements? Seeking advantage and avoiding harm?

So, is sacrificing one to save two enough of a meritorious act?

Caught off guard, Rudy was thrown by Allen's precisely controlled Kitakami-ryu throwing technique, flying in an arc through the air and hurtling towards Paul at the edge of the cliff. However, Allen, who was immersed in the mental activity of turning the tide with the system's words, suddenly froze the smile on his face.

Because only Rudy was thrown into the air; as for the other person...

He felt his right arm being pulled hard, and stared blankly down the arm to his right hand.

Her right hand was grabbed tightly.

"Sylphie!?!"

Amidst Eren's extremely terrified, rare outburst that bordered on screaming, Sylphie, in the darkness, looked terrified, tears even welling in her eyes, but she squinted her eyes firmly, keeping her gaze fixed on Eren.

Reddish-brown eyes gleamed in the darkness.

She wasn't thrown away as Allen had expected! Instead, she immediately realized Allen's intention and grabbed his arm even tighter!

Because she had been watching Allen the whole time, just as she had every minute and second in the same space over the past year.

The next instant, due to the inertia of the recoil, Hilfi's small body bounced in front of Allen and then fell into his arms again!

Roltz's roar echoed from afar.

"Rufi! Allen!!"

Hilfi, Allen, and the monster fell into the valley together.

Below the valley, in the darkness.

Those were countless scarlet eyes.

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The avalanche finally came.

The moment Allen and Sylphie fell into the valley, the collapse of the mountain triggered a chain reaction, and the snow on the mountain swept down from the mountain like a black ocean in the darkness!

The ground collapsed around Paul and Roltz's feet. Paul stared down the cliff, his teeth practically grinding to powder. He struggled to suppress the urge to jump off the cliff, grabbing Rudy, who was thrown around in a daze and still hadn't realized what had happened, and using his fighting spirit to forcefully pull the wailing Roltz backward.

Broken trees slid down the snow past the three of them, and Paul leaped onto a tree trunk, sliding down the ridge to the bottom of the valley.

This saved the three from being buried alive in the snow. As soon as they regained their footing, Roltz rushed into the valley like a madman, while Paul just watched his back with a grim expression.

The valley floor was dark. Roltz hadn't taken more than a few steps when he opened his mouth in despair and burst into tears. His once neatly styled blond hair was now completely disheveled.

Rudy looked around and finally understood the situation. He knelt on the ground, his face pale, clutching his hair in despair, unable to speak.

In front of them.

In the darkness, the only opening in the valley, which resembled a cloth bag, was completely blocked by the swirling snow.

Of the three who died, only Rudy was rescued.

Only.

(End of this chapter)