Becoming Their Guiding Spirit

”Don’t say such discouraging things at a time like this. Can we say something positive? As the client, can’t you have a little more faith in your mercenaries?”

”.....”

Magallan was utterly speechless.

”I’m telling you, can we just get my name right for once, little Franka? Just once! If something really happens, I think I might not be able to rest in peace....”

”Huh?!”

Franka was stunned.

”Isn’t your name Macbeth?”

”.....You only got one character right...”

”McCree?”

”.....”

”Maltesers!”

”...”

”Oatmeal Bro!”

Lucas Reeve: ”???”

”Jay Cee!!”

After a round of guessing from Franka, she still hadn’t gotten the second character of Magallan’s name right.

Magallan was already in despair.

She suddenly didn’t want to die...

At least not until someone could say her name correctly.

”Magallan...”

Finally, Lucas couldn’t help himself.

”Hahahaha!”

Franka burst out laughing.

”That name’s even more ridiculous! How could she possibly be called Magallan...”

”*Sob sob sob*~”

Hearing ’Jessica’ actually say her name correctly, Magallan couldn’t hold it in. She felt like she could finally rest in peace.

In such a situation, an ordinary person would probably be trembling with despair or have already fainted from fear.

But Franka and the others still had the energy to guess names here, completely pushing the crisis to the back of their minds. Perhaps this was the benefit of being big-hearted.

For them, from the moment they entered this profession, they were prepared to die at any time. Basically, before every mission, they would habitually leave a new version of their will, prepared for the possibility of not returning. If they died, it wasn’t a loss; if they didn’t, it was a huge win.

”Mr. Reeve~”

Jessica, inside the necklace, was a little scared.

Lucas smiled and comforted her.

”Don’t worry, I’ll take you back to Columbia with me.”

”Mhm!! I believe in you, Mr. Reeve!”

The next second.

Lucas Reeve took a deep breath.

In an instant, a terrifying amount of air filled his lungs. Under the state of Total Concentration Breathing, Jessica’s body was also augmented to some extent.

Transparent World.

When Transparent World was activated.

The world before Lucas’s eyes changed drastically. Not only could he see the movement of muscles, but he could also clearly see the flow of energy and the trajectory of souls, including a glowing, gem-like object embedded in the center of the huge ancient tree’s trunk.

This glowing object was like a human heart, with countless ’veins’ connected to it.

He didn’t say anything.

Because he wasn’t sure if the tree monster could understand human speech, nor was he sure if it knew that he had seen through to its core. Only a sudden surprise attack had a chance of success. Only by using his strongest move could he pierce the tree monster’s core in an instant...

He let out a long breath.

Within the white mist of his breath, a faint blue lightning was wrapped.

Lucas’s right hand slowly rested on the hilt of the longsword at his waist, his body bending down, preparing to draw his sword.

[Thunder Breathing, First Form: Thunderclap and Flash!]

[Godspeed!!]

With a low rumble of thunder in the cave, the river water at Lucas’s feet splashed. His entire body once again turned into lightning, instantly reaching the tree monster. The longsword cut into the monster’s thick trunk, unstoppable.

However, as Lucas was cutting its body, the tree monster let out an incredibly shrill roar. This roar contained a powerful spiritual force, which shot directly into the depths of Lucas’s soul.

For a moment.

Lucas’s soul was severely shaken, and the hand holding the sword became unsteady, making it impossible to complete the rest of the cut. If not for the fact that the remnant soul Lucas had left in Jessica was quite strong, he would have likely fainted on the spot.

”Damn it!!!”

The tree monster seemed to have been enraged by Lucas.

Countless tree trunks, like the legs of an octopus, flailed about randomly, trying to crush this ant-like creature into smithereens.

At the same time.

The skeletal monsters that had been watching menacingly from the sidelines also roared and launched their attack.

The heavy, overlapping footsteps were enough to make even Franka’s scalp tingle.

”This money really is hard to earn... If I can get back alive after this mission, I’m contacting an agency to debut as an idol. Being a star is so much more profitable....”

Franka grumbled.

”...”

Liskarm didn’t even want to retort anymore.

Because...