Recently, I have been fighting with my colleagues all the time.
The comrades I met at the knight academy were strong. And he followed my command perfectly.
But every time I felt like something was missing.
“Come, come.”
In fact, I, Mikhail- basically because he is a loner.
“I’m enough for you guys.”
He was hungry to fight alone.
At the same time as I pointed my sword and spoke as if urging, the undead rushed at me all at once.
“It should be.”
I electrified my sword. and slashed the front.
“… … !!”
The undead, almost like skeletons, who were running in front of them were electrocuted by the electricity flowing through the ground. I knew that even skeletons could be electrocuted.
I ran out and kicked the skull. The skeleton was shattered and scattered with a single kick wearing military boots.
“Ahhhhh… … .”
“Goooooo!!”
The undead made a sound like air leaking and rushed at me as I belatedly approached. I swung the sword that was flowing with lightning wide. At once, the waists of the three undead were split in two.
“You are too weak, you guys!”
Annoyance soared for a moment, but fortunately there were still plenty of undead left in the aisle. I can fight some more.
“Come to think of it, I just wanted to write.”
Looking at the remaining undead, I came up with a skill I had learned a long time ago, but had never been able to use in actual combat.
“I don’t know if it’s okay to synchronize with the magic here.”
I murmured, closing my eyes and concentrating on the tips of my feet on the ground. The ground shook and I felt the undead running towards me. When the movement reached right in front of me-
“Rise up!”
I opened my eyes. At the same time, a sharp stalactite-like spear of earth rose right in front of me and pierced the undead from the groin to the top of the head. And without stopping there, it continued to rise and pierced the ankles and thighs of the undead behind them.
‘Isn’t this better than I thought?’
After a little practice, I couldn’t use it properly, so I worried about what would happen if I didn’t go out properly, but it was over. Did strengthening the senses of the body help? The response was much better than before.
“now. no more? Even if it’s fresh, it’s too fresh! It can’t even compare to the army of the dead!”
I shouted into the aisle, kicking the spear of the earth with my foot and stepping on the undead who were now almost immobilized. No answer came back.
“Hmm.”
A little steamed up. To say that he had expected them to keep pouring in like this, but it ended so easily that it became futile.
‘… … What was I expecting?’
Perhaps it was what he hoped for, a life-and-death fight that crosses the boundary between life and death. The thought just passed by. Sometimes it was like this.
‘It’s not some kind of Berserker… … .’
Maybe it’s Mikhail’s personality. The final fight in the original story had a similar feeling.
‘not good.’
I don’t know if it’s Mikhail, who lost everything to lose and was cornered in the original work, but now I shouldn’t risk my life so easily. Because there are many things to protect.
‘Is it time for shift? Now that I’ve warmed up, I’ll be able to sleep comfortably.’
Feeling a bit of incomplete combustion, I returned from the aisle to the base, the plaza. On the way, the strewn undead swept them with their feet and pushed them into a corner. It was fortunate that the smell was unlikely to come out because it was already rotten.
“… … what.”
When I returned to the plaza, I felt something different. The ominous magic still remained.
‘I’m sure he would have defeated all the undead.’
I calmly looked around. The concentration was too thick to dismiss as the black energy leaking from the fallen undead. It was to the extent that I wondered if it would have an adverse effect on the body if it was slightly darker.
‘The barriers that Ver put up are still reacting. There is still something.’
I clicked my tongue. If I had known it would be like this, I would not have pursued the undead all the way to the aisle.
“… … Woo woo woo.”
“!”
I heard something like the cry of an animal. I hurriedly looked around, but there was nothing.
Embarrassed, I belatedly recalled that there was another passage leading to this plaza, and turned my gaze there.
“Boo… … .”
There, a little black beast was looking down at me.
‘I said there was a possibility that there would be multiple objects… … I never thought they’d show up so quickly.’
As Borland called it, it vaguely resembled a dog. But it wasn’t a dog.
“Ooh, ooh, ooh… … .”
beast.
It had an ambiguous form that could only be expressed like that. The only thing that was certain was that it was black and that it was looking this way.
“Are you going to try it?”
“right… … . Woo woo woo.”
I talked to the beast. The beast just stared at me without any reaction. It was an unpleasant gaze, as if penetrating the inside. I’m short of breath
“Did you command the undead?”
I felt like I was about to be swallowed if I stared at him quietly, so I forced my mouth open.
“… … .”
Of course, no answer came back. A stifling silence lingers in the midst of the confrontation.
“!”
The black beast jumped down. And slowly came towards me.
There was something that made people shrink from their movements, which were contrary to the screaming undead. It was a predator’s approach, like observing prey, without the need to rush.
“Are you looking at me lightly, on the topic of beasts… … .”
The black beast stopped slightly in front of me. I put strength into the hand I gave to the sword and was ready to cut it at any moment.
How many seconds did they confront each other like that?
Just as I was thinking of attacking first, the black beast opened its mouth.
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Reflexively, I swung my sword at the black beast’s jaw.
aaa!
“Kuh… … !”
At the same time as I cut the black beast, a black mist spewed out like an explosion. I covered my nose and mouth and rolled on the floor, widening the distance, prepared to fall.
“Ooh ooh… … .”
“Damn it, is it not going to work?”
The black beast was staring at me with eyes that had no light. The mouth, which must have been cut obliquely some time ago, was moving like fog as if nothing had happened.
No, I didn’t even feel the sense of being cut in the first place.
“It’s a lot more monstrous than I thought.”
It was obviously a very difficult situation. but-
“Then let’s try it.”
For some reason, I couldn’t contain my excitement.
“Well, this side also has some equipment.”
I rummaged through the pockets I had tucked away near the tent and pulled out a gas mask and put it on. Breathing was a bit uncomfortable, but it was much better than constantly holding my breath and fighting.
“Boo.”
The black beast made a sound as if affirming – and turned into a gale.
“!”
It was not the movement of a beast at all. No, it wasn’t even the movement of a creature.
It was a bizarre movement with no prior motion – like clicking and dragging an icon.
While shocked by the move, the black beast’s claws rushed right in front of me,
Kaaang!
I reflexively blocked it with my sword. There was a certain shock that was different from the feeling of cutting through the air a while ago.
“Oh my. It must be nothing but fog!”
There is an entity. If there is a substance, it can be cut. I was delighted with that fact.
“If you attack, you must be prepared to be attacked. Keep running!”
He swung his sword wide and shook off the black beast. The black beast that was pushed away floated in the air for a while and then flew to me without any prior movement. It was like a flurry of speed.
but,
“… … Lightning petrification!”
Lightning is faster than that.
Before the black beast’s claws dared to reach me, I maxed out my boost as if it were about to explode. The electricity flowing through the body is amplified, causing the senses to run out of control.
I could clearly see the materialized claws of the black beast flying towards me in the rush of sensation.
I stretched out the sword that was tingling and pulsing with electric current toward that claw at the fastest speed I had ever seen before, prepared for my muscles to burst.
“… … Woooo!”
As soon as I heard the black beast’s death, the boost was canceled immediately due to overload. The body’s electricity, which had been running around the body like a runaway, was released at the tip of the sword, and the white sight slowly returned as if it had been discharged for an instant.
“Ooh, ooh… … .”
The black beast was split in two and lay unsightly on the floor. A black mist flowed from the cut surface.
“Whoa, hahahaha. Ha ha ha ha ha… … .”
A laugh came out. I feel pretty good.
If the previous blow had failed, I would probably have died. But he succeeded and survived.
My body trembled with excitement and relief, as if I had won a lot of money in gambling.
“Ooooh.”
“… … .”
As if trying to ruin my mood, the black beast roared again. Even when he was like that, he didn’t die at all. They were moving toward each other, wriggling as if they were trying to get back to normal.
“Is this what it means to not die?”
Then, thinking that it would be fine to divide it into as little as possible, I lowered my sword, but it dispersed like fog and passed. It was unreasonable to cut with a sword unless materialized from the other side.
‘It’s annoying. If that’s the case, if you set it on fire or lightning… … .’
“Arthur. You can’t kill it in the normal way.”
As I was gathering power in my sword, I heard a voice from behind.
“Still, that’s great. That I could cut it like that in an instant. admired.”
It was Ethel.
“Were you watching?”
“okay. I’ve been watching it ever since I was excited to beat the undead.”
“… … Aren’t you sleeping?”
“Didn’t I tell you? I have slept enough.”
Ethel said triumphantly. Then I decided to leave this guy on the night watch the whole time.
“It was very interesting. I was prepared to help in case of danger, but you managed to do it well.”
Ethel patted me on the back as if it was a feat. It didn’t hurt, but it was a subtle feeling that was hard to describe. It only makes me upset when I get compliments from someone who looks much younger than me despite my outward appearance.
“So what about that? I don’t think he’ll die easily.”
“Well, there are many things, but the simplest thing is to absorb it into other chaos.”
Ethel calmly answered my question and moved towards the black beast. Then he crouched down and looked at the dismembered black beast like a child staring at the carcass of a dead animal on the road.
“Another chaos?”
“okay. Speaking of the nearest chaos… … . I am right there.”
Ethel grabbed the black beast. and lifted I was speechless at the unexpected action.
“Then let’s have a bite. I don’t like raw food that much.”
“Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh… … !!”
The black beast in Ethel’s hand howled. It struggled and trembled like an ordinary animal.
“thank you for this food.”