Death by Aptonoth chapter 18:
Ending B

Two days after the Deviljho's death

Suddenly Joseph woke up in the hospital.

Around him there were doctors trying to save the lives of people who were caught up in this event.

Unfortunately, they didn't have many people to save.

"Oh hey… I'm not dead." He thought. He attempted to get up, but fell back. "...Guess I won't be moving for a while…"

Zach walked around, wondering what to do next.

A little bit before the Deviljho was taken down, the guild arrived. They looked around for any survivors, before retrieving what little was left of the corpse. Apparently the guild was planning on sending all the people left to Dundorma soon. The city was going to take a while to rebuild, no point in keeping people who won't be able to help that much around.

Sean still hadn't woken up. Alicia hadn't left his side the entire time. Hopefully he would live, if he hadn't gotten involved everyone else would be dead.

Two weeks after the Deviljhos death

Sean coughed and woke up.

Alicia then looked shocked and started crying. "Don't scare me like that…"

Sean just gently laughed. "I'm a hunter, right? It'd take more than that to kill me."

Two months after the Deviljho's death

Joseph stepped outside and started swinging his sword around.

"So you're using that now?" asked Ben. "Hmm… Yeah I guess I am. I want to change who I am to save more people, like Daimyo. This should do."

"That makes no sense" Callum pointed out. "Yes but shut up" Replied Joseph.

Zach looked up "Well… looks like we made it. Guess we can restart our journey to G-rank now!"

"Uh… we've almost died a load of times already and we're only on high-rank. I think it's a way better idea to just use our current money to lead a peaceful life." Callum said

"Nah, that doesn't sound cool at all." Ben argued. "Can I at least do this…?" Callum asked. Ben looked at him with a very stern face. "No." "This isn't fair…"

All three of them surrounded him and began chanting "ONE OF US! ONE OF US!"

"Yo." Anthony walked up to them, followed by Riko and Alexandra.

Zach turned to them. "Oh, you're still travelling with us." "Why wouldn't we be!?" Yelled Riko "It was so much fun!"

"You were impaled and set on fire during the same day." Alexandra pointed out.

"So!? We got to take down really strong monsters!" Riko yelled.

"Yeah!" Anthony added.

"...Why am I in a team with you people…" Alexandra muttered. She sighed and began walking off. "I'll go to the ship now."

"You tsundere." Joseph said as she walked off. "I know right." Ben added. Joseph turned to him. "So are you!"

Ben kicked him while screaming "Don't get the wrong idea! I-I-IDIOT!"

He then calmly landed and started to walk off. So did everyone else, except Joseph as he was now best friends with the ground.

A hand extended to help him up. He accepted the help. As he got up he saw Viridi.

Joseph looked unsurprised. "Oh, so you're here to finish the job. Well… It doesn't matter to me that much. Just make it quick."

"I'm not here to kill you. I'm here to apologise."

Now Joseph was surprised. "...Eh? EH!? The hell's that supposed to mean!?"

"I'm sorry. I abandoned you and your crab. If I hadn't abandoned you, it might've lived."

Joseph started to walk off "Oh well… thanks I guess. See ya."

"Wait a sec! Why didn't you fight back at all."

Joseph turned back to face her. "Honestly at this point I don't care about living that much. I don't have any objections to the alternative."

"That's stupid. What about your friends!?"

"What about them?"

"How do you think they'll feel!?"

Joseph looked surprised.

"They probably will be sad for a little bit, but I'll be forgotten soon enough."

"When I was trying to kill you, they all tried to protect you! If they didn't care about you, why would they do that!?"

Joseph realised something.

He smiled. "Thanks."

Then he began to walk off.

He caught up to the others.

"Where were you?" Ben asked. "Getting up." Joseph replied.

The ship was going to arrive at the nearest port to Dundorma, where they'd have to walk for a few days to get there.

The ship set off with about three-hundred people on it, including those called in by the guild.

Zach looked around. "This is boring." He said. He then proceeded to jump off the boat. Everyone aboard seemed shocked. Some rushed to try and help him. He surfaced, riding Zappy.

Ben and Anthony proceeded to do the same with their respective monsters.

"THAT SEEMS FUN!" Riko started running forward and also jumped off. In the process of vaulting over the rail, he accidentally kicked Callum also knocking him overboard.

Riko was able to keep up with the monsters, while Callum just flailed around, falling behind. Eventually, Sanchez, being the majestic Jaggi that he is, jumped in to save Callum.

Across the boat Alicia needed some money, so she had to borrow some from Sean. Sean then proceeded to jump off the boat and land on his Rathalos, who flew away. But Alicia followed him. "I won't give you any money! Stop following me!" Alicia looked at him with great determination "Never."

Alexandra sighed. "This always happens…"

Joseph began laughing and sat down. Finally, after two months he did something he was so used to before.

He relaxed.

END OF SERIES

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