Strongest Hammer God

Chapter 353 Not Human

”What is wrong with him?!” Lily shouted after Kyle left the team.

”He did the right thing,” Selene answered with a neutral voice. ”We were in a dangerous location, and we should have remembered that we were not safe.”

”Thatʼs not what I meant!” Lily shouted.

Then, she pointed at Falk. ”He acted like he didnʼt care that Falk died! He didnʼt even ask if he was still alive or not! He simply told us to leave!”

”Does he not give a shit?!”

”He does!” Selene said with a strict voice. ”He fought the Holy Paladin alone. Whenever there is any danger, he is at the front lines. He always assumes the most dangerous positions himself.”

”If he didnʼt do all of that, we would have already had deaths in our team.”

Lily snorted. ”Heʼs our Shouter and leader. Heʼs supposed to do these things.”

”Thatʼs not true,” Selene said with furrowed brows. ”While he is our Shouter, his contributions go well beyond the role of Shouter. Donʼt forget that he stood between you and the Metal Elemental.”

”So?” Lily asked. ”Thatʼs his job. Heʼs supposed to protect me.”

The next moment, a disgusted expression appeared on Lilyʼs face. ”He obviously also has an Aristocratʼs Body, but he didnʼt use it to save me. He probably wouldʼve been fine with my death. He couldʼve saved me, but instead, you were the one who did.”

Selene looked at Lily with a mix of disappointment and guilt.

”What? Got no counter?” Lily asked with a snort.

Selene just kept looking at Lily. ”Do you think he should have unveiled his Aristocratʼs Body to save you?”

”Of course!” Lily said. ”We are a team! We are supposed to protect each other with all of our powers!”

”And he did just that,” Selene said.

Lily raised an annoyed eyebrow.

”I didnʼt save you,” Selene said.

”Kyle did.”

The others all looked at Selene with surprise.

”What do you mean?” Lily asked.

”Kyle created that explosion,” Selene said. ”I didnʼt use my Aristocratʼs Body.”

”I just jumped to the side and watched.”

”Wait, that wasnʼt you?” Michael asked.

”No, it was Kyle,” Selene answered.

”But you said that it was you,” Falk added.

”I did,” Selene said.

”Why?” Falk asked.

The next moment, Selene looked at Lily. ”Because we are a team. We are supposed to protect each other with all of our powers,” Selene said, using the same words as Lily used earlier.

”The world already knows about me to some degree, while Kyleʼs identity is completely hidden. I have a family to fall back on. He doesnʼt. I can take the fallout. He canʼt.”

”I protected him.”

Lily looked with betrayal at Selene. ”You wouldʼve let me die?” she asked.

Selene took a deep breath and nodded.

”Why?” Lily asked in shock.

Selene didnʼt answer for several seconds.

”Because my life is more important to me than yours, just as your life is more important to you than mine,” Selene said.

”Kyle was willing to expose his secret to the world to save you.”

”I wasnʼt.”

Lily gritted her teeth.

No one said anything for several seconds.

”I think we need to talk about something,” Michael said with a sigh.

The others looked at him.

”Kyle obviously has some… problem. Falk, youʼve been there the last time,” Michael said.

Falk sighed and nodded. ”Yes, I know. Iʼve seen this before.”

Falk and Michael told everyone about the incident with their old team, the Dwarves.

”That makes no sense!” Lily said after they were done recounting the events. ”He didnʼt grieve at all? He didnʼt care?”

”But at the same time, youʼre telling me that he is continually risking his life to keep us alive? Thatʼs contradictory!”

”Yet, it is the truth,” Michael said. ”Kyle keeps risking his life for us, but as soon as someone dies, itʼs like that person never existed in his mind.”

”Thatʼs disgusting,” Lily said with a snort.

”What do you want him to do?” Michael asked. ”What do you want him to do?”

Lily couldnʼt immediately answer.

Kyleʼs actions almost couldnʼt be better.

He supported everyone, did the most work, and risked his life all the time.

”Thatʼs what I have been thinking about for over a year now,” Michael said. ”Iʼve seen what happened the last time.”

”What could he have done better?”

”His actions were perfect.”

”There was nothing he could have done better.”

”Would I have wanted him to fake grief when he didnʼt feel anything? No.”

”Would I have wanted him to speak words of support to the survivors? Yes, but only if he actually meant them.”

Michael sighed.

”But thatʼs the thing.”

”His outward actions were perfect, but his motivations were not.”

”At least, they were not relatable to me.”

Falk nodded. ”There are just no negative emotions in him. When was the last time you saw Kyle angry?”

The people thought about that question.

Several seconds of silence passed.

”See?” Falk asked. ”Heʼs very rarely angry. Iʼve only seen him angry once, and it was when Michaelʼs old teammate almost killed him by accident.”

”When was the last time you saw him sad? Iʼve never seen him sad.”

”Itʼs almost like he doesnʼt have these emotions…”

”Or he simply buried them so deeply that they canʼt surface.”

Falk sighed.

”I canʼt imagine a better leader. When it comes to survival and accomplishing the mission, heʼs the best Iʼve ever seen.”

Then, Falk looked at the ground with a hurt expression.

”But it still hurts.”

”It hurts that he doesnʼt get hurt when I nearly died.”

”I thought we were friends.”

The others remained silent.

This was not a simple situation.

Kyle was like a perfect and reliable machine, but that was it.

He felt like a machine to the others.

He didnʼt feel human.

There was a certain sense of disconnect.

It was like Kyle was not the same as them.

For a while, the team just thought about the issue.

”What do we do?” Falk asked.

Michael took a deep breath.

”We have to make our own decisions,” Michael said.

Selene nodded.

”Letʼs split up for now. Iʼll tell Kyle that we will meet again tomorrow.”

”At that point, we can make our decisions known.”

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