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Having said that, Flame Witch Annie resentfully tore her gaze away from the green faces of Moe Moe Saber-chan and the others, turning it toward the other side of the campfire, toward the wasteland beyond the camp's perimeter, faintly visible beneath the violet-gray night sky and aurora.
Besides being angry, protesting, and venting, she had not actually told them the real reason: she simply wanted an excuse to leave the team tomorrow because she did not want to fight anymore, and she did not seem to like fighting all that much.
At least, not lately?
The truth was, she had never wanted to be that kind of combat player who fought and killed. She only wanted to be a laid-back civilian player who relaxed and had fun!
So, she was not even planning to leave the camp so casually anymore, especially now that she knew how dangerous it was outside.
At least, she was not planning to go out anytime soon.
She had already thought it through. She would stay in the camp and see whether she could pick up some tasks, perhaps help the NPCs with odd jobs or something—be a logistics player, a general errand-runner. Earning ten or eight contribution points a day would be enough. She was not asking for much.
In short!
Anything was ten thousand times better than going out on patrol, fighting and killing, and then getting captured by those terrifying Demons!
"..."
So, she merely turned her head away and did not want to speak anymore.
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And so, the five of them sat around the campfire for a while longer, staring at one another in awkward silence as the firewood crackled in the flames and the occasional spark leaped from the fire.
After an unknown amount of