“Goddamn…”
The thing before me was not a lowly slime anymore… not that it was ever since I laid my eyes on that gruesome pool of blood.
It was confirmed.
I was magnificently coursed.
The creature that had a jelly-like blood red membrane around a bone skeleton was now fully something that I can call a demonic beast.
Its size had reduced, and it now had a body of black, white, and red flesh.
This thing was something like the carnage.
The big white thing that looked like eyes were covering half of its face.
The long, sharp, endless teeth in his mouth and that long tongue… this was no slime.
But they were definitely smiling… a delighted, mindless smirk would be more appropriate.
“Ha…”
If not for being calm and thinking straight, I might have already thrown up just from looking at that disgusting thing.
It has shrunk down but now, there was something of big muscles on his body, that might be something that he threw this blade with.
The thing that was only a magical attacker until now could now do physical attacks.
Physical… attacks?
A horrified look suddenly clouded my face as I looked at the distinct smirk of that berserk demonic creature.
Now… it had no restraint.
No mind.
Nothing to think about.
It would go rampage with a single goal in its ‘mind’.
Destroying me.
Eradicate the target that he had set in mind before letting go of all its sanity.
[Quickstep!]
[Quickstep!!] 𝘰𝑣𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
-Swishhhhhwish.
-Swiiiiiihhhkch!
“Ahhhhh!”
I dodged the first but, the second one was more thought out than I had thought.
Berserk had increased his intel and now, it was fully accustomed to the patterns in which I avoided his attacks.
Thankfully, it was still a low-intel creature, and avoiding the future attacks might be easy… just if these cuts can heal.
The cuts were from some kind of white blood and, I can say that this contained some… (Light) properties?
That bastard?!
Did it absorb the skill stone from that wolf or something?
I didn’t know just how strong this monster was, but I knew it had crossed many limits.
Holy mother of goblins…
Why were these things happening when I had least expected them?!
The cut this time was not that deep and, with the fruit’s healing power, I can at least recover from it.
But it was still taking much longer than potions.
Biting my lips again, I jumped on a tree before me.
Now, there was an open path with trees on both sides.
This path looked natural but, that wasn’t important right now.
As I ran, I could see the outline of the creature running with its four legs after me.
This was like some kind of carnivorous creature running after its favorite prey.
It had a joyous expression and the white things he was throwing my way were generating on his back three at a time.
The creature would jump in the air and throw all three of them with its solid muscle strength.
This strength was so horrific it cut the trees I had just jumped from down into pieces.
The same trees in this great forest had unnatural strong features and were falling like sticks.
They were like a piece of simple woods cutting down against a boomerang of a chainsaw.
The blood from my wounds was giving it an even higher perception to accurately attack me.
I was able to avoid most of them but, some did grace me ‘gently’.
Those times were hellish, as the pain from these weird blades was more severe than I can take.
I didn’t have any leeway of doing deep thinking at this moment.
I have been covered in life-threatening wounds and it already painted my vision red…
All the arrows that I had wasted to find its core were now meaningless.
There was no way to win against something like this one.
Something that had a physique like something of a physical monster instead of something like a slime.
My magic arrows were doing nothing, and I knew those missile arrows will also do nothing in the face of this monster…
There was light ahead of me, light in this forest of darkness, but… I had lost too much blood.
-Thud.
I fell from the tree branch I was standing on.
I had lost all strength, and now… even my Mana was depleted.
I had little Mana to use only one skill, and after that, I would be dead.
All the scenarios I had made inside my head were on the verge of falling apart, but…
“NO!!!” I shouted and tried to get myself up.
My hands, body, legs, everything was covered in blood, scars, and god knows what.
As I fell to the ground, it didn’t take even half a minute for the ground to become fully strained by blood.
I didn’t know what this was, but I had a useless feeling of helplessness.
But I was still alive… luckily.
Looking at this monster wasn’t easy but, I was looking, and… it had slowed down.
It had a pleasing smile on its disgusting face and it was licking half of the face with that long, blood-red tongue.
Those white eyes reminded me of a fictional character from my previous world that was the same nasty looking as this monster.
This thing was still six meters in height if it stood up, but, walking on all four legs like that lizard, it was the epitome of horror.
Well, doing the last attempts to survive was important, right?
[Shadow Dive]
[Shadow curtain]
I fall back as far away as I can and, at the end of this ride, I don’t know why but, there were two peculiar trees.
I didn’t know what they were but having a tree with a white trunk, blue branches, and orange, red leaves were something I wasn’t accustomed to seeing in this black place.
But that wasn’t important right now.
-Swiiiiiiiiiiiish!
[Quickstep!!!]
I hurriedly used the quickstep but… it was too late.
“Ahhhhhh!” My left leg was now hanging by only some skin tissues.
“Fuck. Fuck, fuck, no. God damnit!”
I jumped with my remaining leg and used [Shadow dive] with my last Mana.
“When will this life-saving shield activate!?”
I shouted in the shadows and, tied the fallen leg with some glue and cloth, which was definitely the clearest idea I could think of in this situation.
I was now dead, and there was nothing ahead of me…
Would you believe someone in such a situation could survive?!
I had done my last attempt, and this was still not enough.
I am no story hero!
“Ha… sorry. Sorry, mom, I couldn’t keep the promise…”
I had no strength left in this body, and my Mana was almost rock bottom.
The skill duration ended, and I fell to the ground… lifeless.