Chapter 47: Chapter 47: Fortune Telling Abilities and Stitching Objects
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
“Um-Ali!”
The tendons in her foot were cut by a sharp weapon.
Ordinary people would scream in pain.
But Pasha Buhart, who has experienced a Fate event, knew that screaming is useless, and might attract other fierce insects or beasts in the Dark Moon Forest.
So, the moment her body was about to fall, she quickly tore a piece of cloth from her clothing, put it in her mouth to mute her screams.
This was the only thing she could do.
Healing the injury was impossible. Pasha had only just started learning Mysticism and had no idea how to handle such an injury.
Losing her mobility meant she became a burden to Han Dong in this test.
In matters of life and death, many people would abandon their partners.
However, Han Dong did not do that.
It wasn’t that he was exceptionally merciful or compassionate.
It’s just Han Dong considered a special circumstance and had to bring Pasha Buhart through this test.
Han Dong’s backpack was full of various items.
Among them was a linen cloth purchased from the grocery store, which was used to dress Pasha’s ankle injury.
“Thank you…”
Gratitude filled Pasha Buhart’s eyes.
However, she knew very well that without her mobility, she would just wait for her death… It was impossible to leave this open area in Dark Moon Forest. “You should… go! In this state, I definitely can’t walk out of this forest.”
Han Dong was sitting patiently in front of Pasha, revealing his plan:
“No need! I may not be able to make it out alone, either.
What happened just now confirmed you’re right!
Due to the directional divination issue, the Scissors Monster targeted you… It is now hiding underground in an area, healing its wounds.
You carry out another directional divination and let the Scissors Monster continue to target you.
With the pointer’s positioning, I will directly force it out of the ground next time… to see exactly what kind of monster it is.”
“Hmm…’
In reality, doing this was very dangerous. If Han Dong wasn’t fast enough… Pasha might be ‘strangled’ by the Scissors Monster.
But,
She had already lost her mobility, yet Han Dong chose to stay voluntarily and proposed such a plan.
She didn’t have time to express her gratitude, let alone refuse.
As long as they could kill the monster, even with an injured ankle, she could slowly leave Dark Moon Forest.
The plan was set.
Han Dong found a relatively low and dead tree nearby. With the help of the “Ghoul Arm” , he climbed up the tree while dragging his body… quietly waiting for the target to appear.
Pasha sat against the dead tree, with a torch stuck beside her, continuing to divinate the location of the monster.
Crack, crack!
Not long after, the sound of the scissors resonated again in the forest, causing Pasha to tremble.
Hiding in the nighttime shadows, Han Dong was completely focused, watching the situation below… In his right arm’s blood vessels, a clear green liquid flowed.
During the waiting period, the ticking sound of the compass in the clockwork device was particularly clear.
The ensuing actions, even a second’s delay or a misjudgment of the location could result in the plan’s failure, and Pasha’s death.
A long three minutes passed.
The divination pointer in Pasha’s hand stopped pointing in a certain direction, and began to spin rapidly in small increments… indicating that the Scissors Monster was getting close.
“Nicholas, it’s coming! ”
Crack, crack!
The scissors broke through the soil, aimed at Pasha’s waist.
At the same time, Han Dong in the tree suddenly jumped down.
Although it was the shortest withered tree nearby, it was still about four meters high.
With Han Dong’s previous physical condition, it would be certain to break a leg if he jumped down from such a height.
But it is now different.
Part of Han Dong’s body (right arm) can withstand the impact generated when descending from such a height… even transform the gravitational potential energy generated by the descent into an attack.
“Disguise Cancelled”
Han Dong seemingly thin and withered right arm.
During the descent, it quickly transformed into a disproportionally sized “Ghoul Arm”.
Bulky, green elastic skin, and five sharp curved claws endowed with plague attributes.
The scissors have pierced Pasha’s abdominal waist and is about to impale the internal organs.
Han Dong, using the impact of the fall, tore the loose soil with his sharp claws.
He made contact with the hidden form of the Scissors Monster.
Shhh! A sensation of slicing into a soft entity clearly transferred from the fingertips.
The Ghoul Arm absorbed most of the impact from the fall, allowing Han Dong to land steadily.
“Come out…
Since the claws had completely penetrated into the target’s body.
Han Dong exerted the maximum strength of the “Ghoul Arm” , and fiercely thrust upward!
The soil broke apart.
A creature was unearthed…
However.
The creature in mid-air pulled out the lethal claw inserted into its body, retreated with distance from Han Dong… and landed three meters away.
This was different from Han Dong’s imagination of some humanoid creature holding scissors.
A rotten and shriveled body, empty eye sockets, obvious stitching marks at the joints, like a long-dead corpse, resurrected by some evil witchcraft.
It also has eight ‘degenerated’ arms, each under thirty centimeters, similar to a dwarf’s arms… These seemingly small arms, however, were covered with a hard shell that allowed it to dig and crawl quickly underground.
As for the scissors.
They weren’t held in any hand.
Instead, they were wrapped up in its tongue.
The half-meter long tongue hung outside its mouth, taking hold of the scissors by the bifurcated ends of the tongue, performing accurate cuts to the target. “What the hell is this!?”
Truthfully.
This scissor-shaped creature is even more eerie than the evil spirits in the Fate Space.
Especially that half-meter tongue hanging out of its mouth, swaying in the air with the scissors… it felt like one would get impaled by the scissors as soon as they got close.
Another point.
Han Dong’s attack did not achieve the expected effect.
Although the abdomen of the Scissors Monster was pierced by the claw, the fungus infection did not spread.
It seemed that because it was made of corpses, the corrosive fungus had no effect on it.
“The product of Suturing…Teachers in the Mysterious Institute who are proficient in suturing techniques can create such manipulated creatures.” Pasha suddenly mentioned the origin of this Scissors Monster.
“How do we deal with it?”
“The core, these Stitched Monsters get their energy through the core, the core maintains their various activities. If we can destroy the core, we can kill it.”
“Core… like a cell nucleus?”
Han Dong thought the huge Ghoul Claws, once they pierced the body, would end everything by relying on the effects of the “Graveyard Fungus”.
“It seems, I thought it would be simpler… Is direct combat the only choice?” Han Dong tried to maintain a combat-ready posture.
This was some basic fighting technique he learned from the gym in his previous life… he wasn’t sure if it would work against this Stitched Monster..