บท 114: Tom's (un)heartless request

'And that's the last of them,' Tom thought, pulling his spear out of the last remaining monster in the area. With how swift this movement was, all the blood stuck to the blade fell to the ground, forming fat drops as it fell. 

"Please, wake up!" Then, behind him, one of the men that Tom saved with Claudia cried out, desperately shaking at the lifeless body of the girl that got her throat cut open. 

'Doesn't he realize that it's futile?' Tom thought, puzzled by the situation. Even though he never directly experienced a death of a fellow human, not to speak about someone close to him, his extensive training was more than sufficient to make up for this lack of experience. 

On the other hand, the party that Tom just saved shouldn't really have problems like that. While the death of a companion was always a tragedy, for someone clearly making a living by touring the dungeon, death should be no stranger.