Just where the hell is she? I began searching for Na-Hee. As I walk through the forest. I looked at my palm. My clothes, what was once a green sweater. Now stained with blood.
It hurt as hell, the pain kept on stinging my palm. The wound probably opened because I crashed my palm into the Goblin's eye back then.
But back then it didn't hurt. While I was fighting those Goblins, there was no pain at all. I guess my adrenaline kicked in back then. Right, I was desperate.
I kept on walking. At this point my legs were really worn out. Should I just stop searching? I thought something like that. Until I saw, an arrow stuck onto a tree. I approached the tree.
Was she hunting another creatures? I looked at the other tree in front of me. There was another arrow. Why is she wasting so many arrows?
I approached the other one and once again another arrow could be seen, not really far from the second location. I decided to run straight ahead, pushing my legs through the limit. To my expectation, many arrows could be seen, as I passed through them.
Finally I reached the end of the forest. I looked around, there were no more arrows. I stared at the environment before me. A rocky land. It was an open place.
Well, there's no way she is going to be outside the forest. An archer going out in an open space? That seems illogical.
"I'll just go back then."
Maybe, she is not here. As I was about to turn around. I heard a noise, Coming from the open space behind me.
"i'll explain what's going to happen to you."
I looked at the direction of the sound. There, I saw Na-Hee. She was pinned to a giant rock. Someone was holding her by the neck. I can't really figure the other person out.
I can only see person's back and the rain is also blocking my vision. Now what should I do to save her? Should I just snea-
'Wait, why am I thinking of a plan to save her?'
Why must I save her? She was just a stranger to me. She also used me as bait to lure monsters back then. So, why must I save her now? Sure she helped me back then.
But, looking at this situation. It's just dangerous for me. She lost to someone, and she is definitely stronger than me. How am I supposed to save her from someone that is stronger than her?
Yeah, I'll just leave her. It's not like it's my problem. From the start this is also a survival trial. The one who lose, got eliminated. With that thought in mind I turned around.
"Firstly, I'm gonna kill you and play with your body."
My ears perked up hearing the voice. …Why does this voice sound so uncomfortable to me? And yet so familiar.
"Secondly, I'm gonna mutilate your body and use it as bait to lure monsters."
I continued to listen to the other person. My hands were shaking, my hands were tightly clenching the arrow in my right hand. Something inside me was boiling like crazy.
[Activating 'Emotion Reading' on 'Lukas Weiss']
[Target is expressing… 'Rage']
'I see.'
I slowly began to approach the person from behind. Controlling the rage in my body. Clenching hard the arrow in my hand.
***
I looked at the wound in Na-Hee's thigh. I began unwrapping the sweater in my palm and wrapped it around Na-Hee's thigh.
"Euugh, who attacked me?"
Hearing the voice that shouldn't have appeared. A voice that should've disappeared from here. I turned around, i widened my eyes looking at the scene before me.
The man in front of me, slowly standing up. While blood was still flowing down from his chest. I scanned the man carefully, noticing that the wound in his chest was slowly closing.
'Bullshit.'
He had regeneration? Dang it. This really is unfair. Our eyes met, his gray eyes looking at me, with a confused look.
"Why does your face look familiar? Hm."
The man placed his finger on the chin. Scanning my appearances.
"That scar on your mouth, it really suits you."
I said those words, as I smiled. Mocking him directly right in the face. The man stayed silent before finally widening his eyes. As if something just clicked in his mind.
"Lukas?" He said, with a surprised tone.
"Oh? You remember?"
The man laughed at me.
"Truly, just what is this situation!" He chuckled.
"I really don't know. But I really wanted to thank the gods."
I stared at him, my eyes gave a sharp glare at him. My fist tightened.
"That today, I can fucking kill you. Something that I couldn't do before."
"Is that so? But you failed, didn't you?" The man said with a mocking tone. "You missed your only chance of killing me. Should've aimed for the heart."
"I failed? And who decided that Jerry? You?"
"You can't beat me… you know that right?"
"Beating and killing is a very different thing."
I picked up a sword that was lying on the ground beside me, aiming it at Jerry.
"You should know that right? After all…"
Jerry chuckled, hearing my response.
"Very well then."
He raised his sword. I looked around to the side. Alright, let's do this. I advanced toward him, raising my sword high.
Klank!
Our faces met, while our swords clashed.
"You're going to die, right here and right now."
I smirked hearing those words.
Spit!
I spat right on his eye. He quickly pulled his head back. With that, I kicked his stomach. As he got pushed back, I grabbed his arm that was holding the sword, quickly cutting it. I kicked the sword as far as possible.
'I need to finish this as soon as possible.'
I threw my sword aside as well. I am exhausted, and if he stole my weapon that'll be a hassle. I looked at him charging at me. With his right hand, slowly regenerating.
"You! Damn bastard!"
"Didn't I tell you? You talk too much."
I mocked him. He quickly charged at me. I quickly took a step back.
Bam! Bam!
Some of his punches reached my body. He was faster than me, that's for sure. But still, if he doesn't hit my head. Everything is fine.
[Durability has been raised by 1]
I took a step back continuously.
"Hahahaha! Can't you fight back? Why are you just defending? I thought you wanted to kill me!"
He kept on attacking and attacking. Every inch of my body is feeling pain. But I need to hold on.
Tak!
I felt my back bumped into a hard structure.
"You have nowhere to run!"
Jerry quickly lunged at me, with a wide grin. I looked at him, my mouth curved up, revealing my teeth. I leaped to the side, dodging his attack. I grabbed the back of his head and slammed it into the rock.
Bam!
Blood start pouring from his face. I didn't gave him time to react as i kept on slamming his head against the rock. I thrusted my knee into his head. After that, I dragged his face across the rock. As trail of blood appeared behind it
I threw him on the ground, and i sat on top of his body.
Bam! Splat!
Punching his head continously. I kept on punching and punching.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
I screamed, shouting all the rage dwelling inside me. The water surrounding us turned red.
***
Eventually, I lowered my fist, and stopped. As I could no longer move my hand. The rage that dwells inside me has finally subsided. Yes, I felt satisfied. I looked at Jerry. His skull broke open. As blood came pouring from it.
Jerry was truly dead, no more regeneration. I fell to the ground beside him. As I sighed in relief.
"I did it."
At long last, the thing that I kept holding all this time. Had finally been freed. With that I smiled.
***
After some time, I slowly got back up. I went back to Na-Hee. She was still unconscious by the time I got there. I positioned her on my back and carried her.
'You better take care of me after this, you brat.'