A Chronicle of Life in a Different World
Episode 27: The Fight Against Kimira Part 4
Awareness fades away.
White stained vision does not show anything.
In a second, the thunderbolt will penetrate your body and you will breathe.
Reurus' thinking, which seemed like other human resources, accelerated rapidly, evoking various scenes in his brain beyond the speed of the impending lightning strike.
Is it a horse running lamp or some miracle that a dying man sees? One second is prolonged, bringing thought time that seems to be eternal to Reurus.
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The first thing that came to mind was the memory of the previous life.
Someone whose face looks crushed like a mosaic - perhaps a woman stares at herself silently.
Reurus, who saw it, painted behind his head the sights of the previous life that he had dreamed of.
In the house where I used to be.
The woman who spends time together in the house.
A sight that shows you are arguing even if you can't hear your voice.
They strangely ripple the heart of Reurus. She squeezes and tightens her chest like sadness.
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Thinking switches, and so does the sight that was painted in your brain.
What was there was what I used to look like as I scratched the waves of people going.
Probably caught up in the morning commute rush. It looked like a ghost, and the face where the cheek flesh fell off was like a dead man. A dark neighborhood floats beneath my eyes, but my eyes are really shiny just looking ahead.
Still, Reurus knew what would happen after this.
No matter how long it takes, you can't forget it, it's the moment when you were "finished.”
To prove it, your body used to shake big. He then collapsed from the foot he was stepping on, and fell on his front leg.
The movement seemed slow-motion because I felt it myself. Seeing himself once lying on the ground of the asphalt, Reus sighed deeply and shook his head.
There were so many vain thoughts about what happened when I died. In addition, it makes me angry to die twice.
After all, a new life wasn't about rock 'n' roll. It was nothing, it was just a tired life. It was an angry life that ended with "coming”.
The days I spent in the abandoned city of Laval were not bad. From now on, it was a glorious day of hope for the future.
If regret were to remain, Corona and Dominic would not have been able to repay it.
I was surprised that I was so righteous, but I couldn't help thinking that I saved my life. I was so happy that the salt soup I ate at that time was so delicious.
- I don't want to die.
I think so strongly now that death is imminent.
From now on, from now on. He was so happy that he could live as he liked and choose his own path.
If you look at yourself in the previous life, it will be a facial environment. Or you might laugh with your nose. Reurus admitted that it was a harsh and hostile environment, but it was still a day of fulfillment.
Living on your own as an adventurer is not bad as long as you get used to it. It was something I couldn't do in my previous life, such as use my life as a chip to develop my own future. I worked to polish my life and reduce it, but there was no sense of fulfillment there.
- I don't want to die.
More than that, I hope. I don't despair of life as much as I want to die here. I don't mean to say I'm immortal on a tatami mat, but at least I want to die satisfied.
Lightning strikes are imminent while I think about it. The time left is small, and its length is a moment or a short moment. After that, a lightning strike would have penetrated the body and killed it, but that was unacceptable.
It was the desire for pure life that dwelt on Reurus with death as its present form. There is a strong will to dive through this dilemma and grasp the future.
Of course, you can't get out of trouble just by will. All you need is durability enough to withstand lightning strikes or speed enough to avoid them.
On top of that, I needed enough power to defeat Kimira - I felt like I heard Gakin and the gear meshing up.
A lightning strike that filled our sights. The blow, which would surely reap life, never struck.
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I'm still alive. Unable to understand the fact, Reurus blinked his eyes.
Looking around the white flashing field of view, you can see the aftermath of the lightning strike scorching the ground at a slightly distant location. The place was where Reurus had been, and he would have died if he hadn't avoided it.
- Well, did you avoid it?
Thinking about that in vague, other HR thinking, Reurus turned to Kimira, who had fired a thunderbolt. As a Kimira, you thought your lightning strike was imperative. However, he was surprised that Reurus survived and seemed confused.
The confusion will be taken for granted. Above all, Reus himself is confused.
Reurus had avoided lightning magic before, but he couldn't avoid the lightning strike earlier. Kimira beat me to death, flashly rolling the ground and causing severe pain all over her body. It is not strange to judge that Kimira has definitely taken it down.
But as a result, Reurus was avoiding it. We have avoided the thunderbolt that could lead to death, and we are still alive.
Reurus will be the last person to believe this situation. Perhaps the lightning strike was a direct hit, and he was hallucinating as he was dying. It wasn't realistic enough to think so.
Gahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Kimira was only confused for a few seconds. If lightning strikes were averted, they would kick the ground and close the distance at once. The momentum was such that the wind would just run, but Reurus glanced blurrily at the rushing Kimira.
Until recently, Kimira was so scared that she couldn't follow Roku's movements. Now it's not as strange as it feels, and Kimira's movements look good. Reurus thought in the corner of his mind that it seemed like he was paralyzed.
The rushing Kimira jumps along the way, swinging her forefoot, covered in a black outer shell, toward the revus. Kimira's weight, the robustness of her outer shell, and the momentum of her fall will crush the Reurus.
Reurus, who realized it, jumped behind him. Stupid, honestly, if you take it from the front, it will be ground meat. Or crushed like a frog hit by a car.
Therefore, Reurus jumps back. And I opened my eyes unexpectedly.
Your body is light - too light.
The intense pain that had been running around the whole body until now has disappeared strangely, but the “shift” in body reaction and consciousness is so severe that I don't think it's my body. The intention to retreat by one meter has opened a distance of nearly five meters.
The momentum was too good to be taken by the slight ups and downs on the ground, but kicking the ground to refuse to fall turned the momentum into a rearward flip.
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Rearward leap and unintended backward flip. That alone opens a distance of about ten meters from Kimira, and Reurus remains silent and intensifies the confusion.
It's not like it's your body. Again, I think so, but at this time, there is nothing to be thankful for.
It moves faster than you think - that's good, that's very convenient.
Your body is pouring out of strength - now you can lift any weapon.
There's nothing wrong with thinking so much as you can't think of your own body - you can even read Kimira's confusion.
"Ha... haha"
The laughter unexpectedly leaked from Reurus' mouth.
The amount of information jumping out of sight is quite different than before. However, it seems that the ability to handle it is also increasing.
Your own body condition. Kimira's movements. Dominic and Bartolo look stunned in the distance. Blowing wind, moist air. I wanted to laugh at myself so that I could grasp everything at the same time.
Reurus doesn't know what happened. This is the first time this has happened to Reurus.
"Ahh... that's not the first time."
I remember when I went out to the woods to repay Dominic and Corona. At that time, I was nearly killed by an encountered horny rabbit, but at the critical juncture, I avoided the attack of the horny rabbit and killed it with stones.
The current feeling is similar at that time. “That feeling” when you avoided the horny rabbit attack that you couldn't avoid.
I couldn't understand what happened at that time either. It's still the same now. I don't understand exactly what happened to me.
What we know now is that the state of affairs lasts longer than it did then - and we have no idea how long it will last, and we can never be optimistic.
It's disgusting to think calmly while being stunned by your condition. While feeling it, Reurus can still look around.
You may be able to leave now, but that's rejected. I am here because I thought I could not abandon Dominic if I cannot escape alone.
Or maybe we can take Dominic and run. I don't know what happens if I hold onto Bartolo, but there's a chance I can get away from Kimira. Sharon's magic didn't kill him, so if we can all pull out of this place alive, we'll never get past it.
Reurus laughs bitterly at the fact that the first thing that comes to mind is the hand of escape. At the same time, she looked at Kimira, but she only roared to see if she was alert to the movements that Reurus showed.
--If you look calmly, Kimira is far from perfect.
The wounds of the other day when Nicolas and Sharon were at war are mostly blocked, but not completely healed. Besides, there was this battle.
Dominic and Bartolo fought for a hold, but not completely intact. Especially since Dominic slashed his forefoot with all his might, there's still a lot of blood. With the slashed corners as the head, there are small but carved cuts on this side of the body.
All of that is the result of Dominic and Bartolo's strangulation. In addition to that, Sharon's ice magic was not completely ineffective. Whether she suffered frostbite or necrosis, Kimira's back leg is moving unnaturally.
Running away from Kimira is not difficult - but running away means giving Kimira time to recover. I don't know how long it will take, but it's shorter than Sharon needs to fully recover his magic.
Still, we may not be able to get close to the abandoned city of Laval with this punishment. Reurus wonders if it is sweet to think so. We should have taken more certain measures than relying on such uncertainties.
"Oni-san... I'll borrow this sword."
Dominic threw a big sword to help Reurus. In the knowledge of previous generations, he rushed instantly to the location of a single-bladed dagger similar to a whale knife and picked it up with both hands.
Normally, it would be best to lift it. However, in the current state, I felt it was light enough to shake even with one hand.
It could have been a Battle Axe from Bartolo, but it is heavily damaged because it was used as a shield to prevent Kimira's attack earlier. In addition, Nicolas tells me Dominic's great sword is a magical instrument. Its robustness and sharpness will depend.
I don't know how long it will last. So take no time to finish it off. If we don't finish him off, he'll die, but he was dying a while ago.
I didn't think it was even scarier now, but Reurus ran out with his big sword swinging.