Log Horizon - Shiroe's sister

Chapter 20 (Edited)

"Conversation~"

Thinking thoughts

Author Note: Selamat Hari Raya ^^ This new chapter would be the gift to celebrate Hari Raya ^^ Please correct me if I have stated it wrongly ><"

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Demiqas must have adopted the same strong-arm method in ruling his guild. Some of the members bore the hope that Demiqas would be defeated in front of the crowd.

Shiroe, who sensed this atmosphere, gave Serara a signal.

Serara, who was clenching her fist so tight the nails were biting into her palms, watched Nyanta's battle carefully. She regained awareness of her surroundings when Shiroe tapped her shoulder. Serara heard the instructions 'When I give the signal, cast a Healing Pulse on everyone'.

As the healer of the party, restoring Nyanta's HP with spells was only natural.

Why was there a need to wait for a command? And why was it party-wide healing spells, not just for Nyanta? 

Serara stared with her eyes wide open as she asked herself.

As she was about to ask Shiroe, Serara heard these unbelievable words.

"Fuck this! Who wants to play this one-on-one game with you? Healers, restore the wounds on my limbs! Assassin team, surround and butcher this cat bastard!"

Demiqas, unable to take the attacks of the swordsman facing him anymore, commanded Brigandia to attack.

This angry roar stopped everyone's movement for a moment.

Even though Brigandia engaged in NPC slave trades, intimidated other players, PK'd people and took other nasty actions, this order still made them hesitate for a moment.

Brigandia was a lawless organization.

But truly lawless individuals wouldn't have been able to gather in a group. Forming a group without any guiding principles would have been meaningless. Lawless people still obeyed the reign of the powerful and violent.

The band of outlaws, Brigandia, was managed through the use of strength. As the head of the group, Demiqas had been wounded all over by the rapier he'd laughed off as a girl's weapon in this one-on-one fight. The attack power he was so proud of had been sealed away as he stood on the verge of defeat.

And when faced with the fact of being wounded, he had barked angrily for aid to destroy the enemy.

Is it really fine to listen to this order? We will be losers in life if we continue to follow this kind of leader... 

Even though they were a lawless bunch, Brigandia's members still harbored such thoughts and hesitated.

It would be lucky if we could make them uneasy, hesitate, and doubt each other with this... Rinne thought.

But they only hesitated for a moment.

Even though their leader was in a pitiful state, they still needed to keep up their reputation as a violent organization. No, their brand name was doubly important because they were a lawless group. They were able to oppress other players because of Brigandia's reputation of being a powerful and violent group.

They had to keep up the reign of terror, or else they would be the ones who were hunted.

Their feelings were more about the fear of losing their status as the ones inflicting terror rather than their desire to save their leader. All the members decided to seal the mouths of these 3 people. It took them 3 seconds to come to a consensus.