Chapter 61: Begging for Life

The real threat still hadn’t shown up. The fights against the worm-men were gradually decreasing. I went about my work without ever really falling into danger. The reason was simple: Rikan, our heavy infantry, was too strong. Big and heavy is already a kind of strength on its own. Add speed and technique on top of that, and you get Rikan. His presence was absurd—laughably unfair, even. Part of it was that he started from a different baseline as a lifeform. But that only made him more…