27 Gathering forces (1/2)
Brom who was fighting the ogres in front of him was losing HP quite fast. Still, that didn't bother him as he continued to right relentlessly. When he saw that the healing spells were no longer being cast on him, Brom finally noticed that he was surrounded and that his companions have already died. He gritted his teeth and like the character description for his class, Brom never backed down as he continued getting hit and striking the monsters before him.
As his HP bar was nearing zero Brom was able to kill a dozen goblins and a few hobgoblins. He wanted to at least take down one ogre before his inevitable death. With his strength stat at an all-time high Brom charged forward.
The Goblins and Hobgoblins started blocking his path and attacked him. He endured the small hits he received from the goblins and pierced through their blockade. One of the ogres then swung his arm but Brom was faster as he punched the ogre who was attacking him making a hole in its stomach. Once that was accomplished Brom was hit by multiple objects and died.
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Raymond who was busy trying to figure out how to advertise to players, suddenly heard somebody screaming. He quickly got up from his seat and started running towards where the scream came from.
'Have monsters breached the walls?... No, that's impossible since John is still alive and his HP hasn't even decreased by a point. Also, these people wouldn't be running out, but running in instead if there were monsters.'
Raymond noticed that a few women were running out of the Guild house. As he exited the guild house he saw two men fighting. Well, to be more precise he saw one guy punching at the other guy and the other guy allowing the other to punch him freely.
”If it weren't for you we would have at least save those three women. Now none of them have been saved!” Brom shouted at Lux who had his head down. Daniel and Rei were trying their best to hold Brom back, but due to the difference in strength, they couldn't hold him back for long. Roselia, on the other hand, was shouting at her brother to calm down. Yet despite her efforts, Brom couldn't hear her.
”What's happening here!” Raymond shouted, upon hearing his voice Brom finally stopped attacking Lux. Brom and the others looked at Raymond.
”You guys tell me what's happening here.”
The group then started to explain their encounter with the ogres. When Raymond heard their story an idea popped into his head.
”I see... Brom what Lux decided to do was the right thing to do. If you're going to save someone then you must try to save them all.”
”But we weren't able to save a single person.” Brom lowered his head in regret and shame. He was granted strength by the Guild Master, and after beating the bandit leader he felt like he was pretty strong. Yet now he was once again reminded that he wasn't strong enough. Seeing him look dejected Raymond patted his shoulder.
”Don't worry we will save them, that's what the guild is for.” Raymond then opened his status screen and checked how many people he can turn into Guild Members. When he checked his status screen he saw that the Guild Members bar was different from before.
It was now separated from local and foreign. The local had 5/50 while the foreign was 0/20. He quickly understood that the local must mean people of this world while the foreign were the players from his old world.