"Absolutely not!!"
Daru was taken aback by the rather overenergetic response from both Lesha and Ascalon.
"What…do you mean?" he asked in utter puzzlement.
Do they not want him to represent his class in the competition? Or perhaps they wanted to prepare for a few days before attacking again?
"You are not allowed to go with us to the cemetery, is what we mean." the young female, S-ranker Veshari clarified, with Ascalon scrambling to add more details.
"You're an S-ranker, so I'm pretty sure you're strong to a degree, brother Onimaru, but look at me, I'm an SS-ranker, yet I still got buried by those abominations. We can't let anything happen to you. I can die or get buried or whatever, Lesha, too, but absolutely not you! You're Egress Haven's only hope. We can't lose you."
A deep frown appeared on Daru's face.
That…is a problem for him.
Not one to hold back in letting people know how he truly felt, Daru replied in a stubborn and simple: "No."
"What…do you mean?"
