Strongest Alchemist System
Chapter 21: Crawling down a cruel road

—I failed.

I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed—

I have failed.

“TIDAAKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK—!!!”

As I lamented Elvy's death with an empty look, the painful sound of screams buzzing loudly deafened my ears.

As I turned to the source of the scream, I saw Mila who hysterically started running towards Elvy's upper half, crying loudly she hugged the girl's cold body.

As for me, lying on the ground, it could only stare at them from afar.

Because of Elvy's previous push, I fell down from a tree and broke a bone in my left leg, making it difficult for me to walk.

My legs continued to scream with excruciating pain as I slowly started crawling towards Elvy's body, but I didn't care about it at all. My empty eyes just kept staring at the corpse of Elvy who had been cut viciously.

I did not scream, not even a single tear came out.

This is really surprising.

When did I stop crying?

Could it be that I am not human?

Geez, what am I thinking, this is not the time to think about it. I need to get up immediately and give orders to those Elf soldiers to retreat.

—But why should I do it?

Oh yes, that's right, since I have failed, I have to retreat, and then make another plan to attack the dragon.

—Huh? What was I thinking?

Elvy is dead, and the dragon is alive.

Right, that's why we have to step back and rethink other plans.

Wait, that's not it. I have to go to Elvy's first place.

—But for what? Isn't he dead?

Can I revive him with my healing potion?

—No, that's impossible.

Then what am I supposed to do?

Elvy is dead, and the dead can never live again.

But I don't want him dead.

—What should I do?

Should I help Elvy first, or give orders to the Elf soldiers to retreat?

Wait, Elvy is dead. He's no longer helped.

That means I have to get up first and give the Elves an order to retreat. After that, I went to save Elvy.

—Huh? What did I save him for? Isn't he dead?

Then, what am I supposed to do?

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(“Riku, go and defeat that dragon!”)

“Ali... cia..”.

As I began to sink and sink into despair, with a warming light, Alicia's voice resuscitated me in that cruel darkness.

As I heard his voice, my eyes began to regain their light, and I slowly began to rise from my slump.

“Yeah, that goddess is really just taking care of her! If you have it right, I have to beat the dragon until he is finished!” I told myself, and began to rise again with all the strength I had.

I moved all the energy I had, gritted my teeth firmly and started to stand back firmly.

Then, I immediately took the healing potion from my [Item Box] and drank it quickly. At the same time, the fracture in my left leg began to heal, and I was able to move back freely.

“It's better,” my chirps.

After that, I set my breath for a while, and as soon as I started taking deep breaths, I immediately shouted as loud as possible.

“INI IS NOT OVER YET!! WE HAVEN'T LOST!! DON'T SURRENDER!! FIGHT ON!! DON'T SURRENDER!! WE STILL HAVEN'T LOST!!” scream with all my might.

“—?!”

Hearing my screaming voice, they all looked surprised.

I don't know if it's enough to make everyone regain their composure or not.

But, I don't seem to have to worry about that.

Upon hearing that, everyone began to raise their voices one by one.

“Oooohhh, we still haven't lost!!”

“Let's show the dragon our true strength!!”

“Life Captain Riku!!”

Looking at everyone who was starting to get motivated back, I smiled. At that very moment I gave my thumb to the Regime, and he also replied to me with his thumb.

All right, I think I can hand this part over to him. He is a reliable friend.

“You guys are really annoying!! Can't you die quietly!! Just interrupt!!” roden shouted as he began to rampage again and destroyed everything around him indiscriminately.

For now, the Regime group will hold the dragon, so during that time I will have to settle my affairs as soon as possible.

Making sure that everything was ready, I immediately ran.

My goal is the body of Elvy who has currently become a cold corpse. I took the lower part of her body and ran back to where the upper part was, which was currently in Mila's arms.

The woman was still weeping over Elvy's death with a terrible face, her body filled with injuries and dirt, which made her lose her elegance as an adult woman.

I immediately approached the woman and placed Elvy's lower body near her upper body. But, the moment I wanted to take her upper body from Mila, she hit my hand.

“Be away from your filthy hands from my Elvy, man,” he said without looking at me, which made me subconsciously hold my breath.

It's a threat that's not a joke. I clearly felt a great killing intent from behind his words.

Geez, this is really troublesome.

Here I have no time to take care of it. Right now everyone is struggling to hold back the dragon, so I need to do my job as quickly as possible.

“Mila-san, please listen to me for a moment!!”

“No! Go then! Leave me alone!!” mila shouted loudly.

Hearing that, I clicked my tongue in annoyance, and then—

‘Plak!’

—I slapped the woman's face hard.

“Huh?!” He looks surprised.

But, I ignored him and pulled his collar roughly.

“Hear me, Mila-san!! I have a way to bring Elvy back!! But, this is not a humane way! I don't care if you want to curse me or insult me for using this method on your brother! But, this is our only hope of winning this fight!!” I screamed as I banged my head hard at Mila's head and said it right in front of her face.

“...” At first, Mila was silent.

But, slowly, he began to regain his composure.

Then, he removed my hand from the collar of his shirt, it made my eyebrows raise in wonder. However, ignoring my reaction, she started to take deep breaths while wiping away her tears.

After that—

‘Plak! Plaque!’

“Eh?!”

—The woman suddenly slapped her own cheek and immediately stood up quickly.

“Yosh, Onee-chan will try even harder loh~!!” he shouted while clenching his hands high.

Seeing that, I could only be silent.

But, then he patted me on the shoulder, and said with a gentle smile.

“Onee-chan will trust you once again! Onee-chan doesn't know what you want to do. But, if it can save El-chan and everyone! Do it! If you are cursed because of that, Onee-chan will also carry that curse with you!!”

“….”

My eyes were wide open when I heard that.

“Then, Onee-chan will also buy time for you! Will Onee-chan make the dragon retaliate for what she did for making her sweet sister Onee-chan like that!!” he said and started walking towards the dragon.

At that very instant, Mila began to cast her magic once again, but this time it was not a mythical level magic. Since he had exhausted a lot of magic power due to the previous fight, he could only use high-level magic.

But, that alone was enough to give the dragon a wound.

“Receive the sadness of this Onee-chan, you ugly dragon!” mocked Mila, and at that very instant, dozens of magic [Wind Blast] appeared and attacked the dragon in droves.

‘Bum! Boom! Bum!’

Seeing that, my eyes were amazed.

They're all really amazing.

“Alright, I think here I will also start my task,” I said with a big smile, and started to open the status panel that I have.

There, I pressed the skill column.

At the same time, a new panel appeared and revealed the contents of my skill.

[Skill: Alchemist System (lv.100/100)]

I pressed my skill, and as soon as I opened it, I immediately pressed the new feature that had been opened from my skill.

There it clearly says—

[Creation of Homunculus]