He Who Fights with Monsters 3 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #3)

by Shirtaloon

“You shouldn’t be ashamed of what you like to read,” Jason said. “So long as you enjoy it, that’s what matters.”

“Then you’d best quietly take yourself to bed, then,” Humphrey said. “Because asleep or unconscious, you’re about to get laid out.”

They had nothing to do but strike out, pushing themselves harder and harder, like an adventurer surge visited upon the monsters.

“Thadwick,” Zato said with a smile. “If nothing else, I can assure you that everything you deserve is coming your way.”

“As far as you can tell, we’re all going to die, but you know so little that you might be wrong.”

I want her in my life and in my team. Neither of us are easy friends to have, but we both make good ones, I think. That’s what I want. All I want.”

“Your immediate death would have been compliment enough.”

“Anisa, if deserve had anything to do with what we get in life,” Jason said, “a meteor would have landed on your head years ago.

“In case you hadn’t noticed,” Jason called out to him, “your lord is bit of a prick.”

“He didn’t win. He endured.” “Against the Builder, that is winning. The Rejector may be a lot of things, but like us is not one of them.”

When massive death and destruction are on the line, I think it’s worth double-checking.”

“You’re saying that your thing is efficient and practical magic that’s incredibly useful to adventurers, and mine is dashing good looks and frivolous charm?”

“I’m just making sure that you’re suitably impressed when I accomplish the absurd task you’ve set before me.”

“I’m just telling you now, so you don’t say you weren’t warned: this time, I brought pants.”

“Engaging in classic hero-villain banter. I won’t lie; this is something of a dream come true for me.”

“It’s not about the reward you earned,” Humphrey told her. “It’s about the lesson you learned.”

“He did do something impossible,” Neil said, his voice hollow. “He gave us a chance to defeat the Builder.”

We understood that the seed you plant is the crop you harvest. You have sown the seeds of discord, fury, and retribution. Now the harvest has come, the yield is heavy, and there is no one to blame but yourselves.”

“but he carried the World-Phoenix’s token. Those pacts are older than you, and I will not violate them for your childish indulgence.”

“We are the rules,” the Reaper said. “To deny them is to deny ourselves.”

“Asano is going to need a companion he can trust for the tasks ahead. Where he is going, there will be those that have his trust and those that have the knowledge and power to help him. There will not be anyone with both, but I can provide such a person.”

“Uncovering hidden secrets, unravelling ancient mysteries, and exploring unseen horizons,” Brian said. “An admirable way to spend a life.”

“You don’t get it,” Neil said. “We’re here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and we never actually found out what bubblegum was.”

“She’s fought hard to realise that she’s strongest when walking on a knife edge,” Humphrey said. “I won’t tell her to throw away everything she’s gained.”

“So I’m going to try live the life he saved, in the way he’d want me to live it.”