NOVEL NEXT Chapter 39: Chapter 39
After taking a breath, I charged forward to continue fighting.
-Bang! Bang! Sizzle!
The flames on the Xuanyuan Sword suddenly evaporated into frost, causing the surrounding temperature to drop dramatically.
-Swoosh!
With a swing, the Xuanyuan Sword created a wave of frost that shot towards me.
-Crack! Crack!
The wet ground quickly turned into pieces of ice. In order to cope with the oncoming snowstorm, I quickly bent down and grabbed a handful of sand and threw it away to defend myself.
Under the influence of the cloud flame, the sand exploded like fireworks, forming a heat shield that protected me from the cold.
"...."
Realizing that the attack was ineffective, the red beast Himeko swung the Xuanyuan Sword down, creating a hurricane.
-Swish! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The tornado tore through the wind and rushed towards me, unable to dodge, so I gritted my teeth and used Boost to increase my endurance and charged into the storm.
-Swish! Swish!
The wind swirled like sharp blades cutting into my flesh.
"Hmph!"
Gritting my teeth in pain, I activated the Cloud Flame, causing the heat pressure to instantly increase, causing a pressure explosion that dispersed the hurricane.
The force from the explosion sent me flying into the air, and I closed the distance with Himeko, but then....
-Swish! Swish!
The crackling sound of sparks coming from the tip of the Xuan Yuan sword hit my ears.
'Oh no...'
-Boomm!!
A terrifying lightning bolt immediately struck me. Since I was in the air, there was no way I could dodge it.
"Guuahhh!!!"
A scream escaped my throat, my bones and muscles were paralyzed, a heat began to rise and burn my skin.
Receiving the electric shock, my heartbeat also began to become unstable.
"Cough! Haa!"
Gritting my teeth, I gathered the inflammation in my palm to create a jet force that pushed me to the ground, quickly stabbing the sword in my hand down to create a lightning rod to collect the electricity.
"Cough! Cough!"
My body was still in convulsions and I felt a little short of breath, I collapsed, my hands shaking non-stop. I had fallen into a state of paralysis.
My vision was blurry and inconsistent, in that limited vision, I saw Himeko approaching me.
The death knell rang in my mind, I struggled to look up with slightly trembling eyes.
'Still not okay?'
"Boom! Gulp! Slurp!"
The sound of bubbles rising from the sea of water reverberated and shook my brain.
'It's here!'
Just as I thought that, Himeko coldly swung the Xuanyuan's sword towards me.
Before the sword could strike me, time seemed to freeze in my vision and my consciousness sank into an unknown place.
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An unpleasant, irritable voice shook my consciousness. And, 'I' woke up.
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In the infinite and endless space, where the sky and earth merged into one in blue, a boy was sitting there staring blankly at them, then suddenly squinted his eyes at the appearance of an uninvited guest.
The boy looked up, who was falling aimlessly in the absolute void in this place where there was no concept of up or down.
His sparkling blue eyes narrowed in annoyance, then a door appeared in the void for the boy to fall into and brought him to him.
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I opened my eyes and what entered my vision was an endless void filled with only blue, I looked around and I found myself in a place where the concepts of location and direction were meaningless.
'I' started to stand up or at least I tried to do something similar
I currently looked like a floating humanoid mass of air or a floating consciousness so I couldn't do almost any complex human actions right now, all I could do was think, because I had a feeling that if I stopped doing that even for 1 second, I would die.
And that 'I' was falling aimlessly into the sky or more precisely, falling into nothingness because I couldn't feel the concept of up and down in this place.
As 'I' continued to float, falling into nothingness like that, a door suddenly appeared and sucked me in.
No, instead of calling it a door, calling it a giant keyhole would be more correct.
It sucked me in like a black hole, as my consciousness was stretched and moved towards a certain area.
Towards the only milestone that shone brightly in this indefinite place.
And then an irritated voice hit my ears.
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'I' opened my eyes again but this time, I was able to confirm my existence and took the action of standing up.
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I immediately turned around and backed away when I heard that brat's voice.
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The boy laughed heartily at 'me'.
I didn't respond and looked around, everything was vague and unclear before, but now I could confirm a few things.
It was the endless sky above me and the transparent sea that perfectly reflected it below.
Finally, I realized that the boy and I were standing on a raft floating in the middle of the ocean.
"...."
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The boy sat dejectedly on the raft and said.
"...I won't be here for long."
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The boy sat with his chin resting on his hand and fishing, although I had no idea where the fishing rod came from.
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"That's my business, you don't need to mind it"
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I kept silent for a while and then said:
"I didn't come here for your power"
Immediately, the boy threw away his fishing rod and glared at me.
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I turned my eyes to the endless sea in front of me and swallowed my saliva.
From the moment I saw it when I entered here, I was completely terrified, a fear that was evoked from the bottom of my soul.
Definitely dead. No need to think too much, that's what I felt when I saw this 'big sea'.
But even so, I also knew one more thing, that I would achieve everything if I immersed myself in it.
The boy's turquoise blue eyes became sharper, and he revealed an annoyed expression as he spoke.
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I turned back to look at the boy and thought that everything was really as he said. What I was going to do was like saying you wanted to go get the legendary holy sword to go cut vegetables, it was a stupid and ridiculous choice when you had to pay too much for the job you wanted to do.
"Yes, it would be much simpler"
Although I didn't know who this boy was, I knew that he could grant all my wishes with just a wave of his hand.
"But in return, I'll become your puppet."
Ever since I received the divine power last month, I've been immersed in the madness of self-satisfaction as soon as I received its power.
Everything will be successful.
It sounds great, but this brat's power will corrupt me.
<<....So you think 'that thing' won't? How shallow, brother. If you blend into that thing, you, won't even know who you are>>
I was silent, he was right. So this was a gamble.
If I received the brat's power, I would become a useless protagonist in the story that brat wrote.
But what if I chose the other?
I didn't know the answer, but it was worth a try. Especially when that brat made such an uneasy face.
I smiled and said.
"....Let's make a bet, you cheeky brat."
And I jumped in.
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Distorted sounds hit my ears, just as I started to sink. Rather than being dragged down, countless hands with formatting errors, blurs and interferences grabbed me and pulled me deeper.
My consciousness immediately disappeared, instead knowledge filled my mind endlessly.
Although I didn't see, I thought, I felt and saw everything from every angle of the world.
The feeling of being the vapor that turned into rain and fell.
The feeling of being the branch and blade of grass that received that raindrop.
The feeling of blending into nature by hiding, changing the heat to change the color of the gecko's skin.
The heavy feeling of hunger, as I lick my lips and glare at my prey.
The feeling of anticipation when waiting for something.
A slight feeling of warmth on my skin.
A feeling of joy filling me when I eat popcorn while sitting in a movie theater.
The feeling of near death when the air is taken from my lungs and my throat is choked when I am strangled.
The feeling of freedom when I take flight into the endless sky.
The strange sticky feeling when I find my hand holding a knife stained crimson.
The feeling of...
The feeling of....
The feeling of....
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The feeling of....
The feeling of...
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I feel.....
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-BAANGGG!!!
The terrifying sound struck down, creating a storm that blew '...?...' out of the 'World'.
Flying into the air aimlessly, '...?..' had a lifeless gaze before feeling a horrifying pain in his stomach.
-BOOMMM!!!!
A small fist smashed into '...?.'s stomach. with terrifying force.
More punches followed in succession.
'...?' Vomiting began!.
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Another powerful punch was swung straight at the face.
Something began to pour out of '..?..'s mouth
It was thick and shapeless and squirming like a collection of billions of black bugs..
But if you looked closely, they were 'words', were texts.
They began to pour out like vomit along with a blue slimy liquid.
The boy continued to swing his punches even harder!
Every blow sent '..t?..' flying high away from the place below.
Flying into the unknown.
'..t?...' began to feel uncomfortable.
'...t?i' began to scream.
'..t??' Started to groan in pain...
'...I...i....' it hurts so much!!
The pain gradually took over and pulled someone's consciousness back
The pain of contact became more and more violent, the sparkling water flowed down.
'...I.', .....'....I.', ....'I.',....and then...'I' woke up.
As soon as my consciousness partially returned, a terrible suction force began to pull me down, and I returned to the raft from earlier.
Drenched in sweat, I bent down and began to vomit.
In a pitiful state, I looked up and saw the boy grimacing at me.
Seeing that, I smiled lightly and said
"I won. I win this bet."
The boy looked at me, stunned.
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Before the boy could finish his sentence, the string of text that was still squirming and lingering on my hand began to curl and spread out to form alphabetic characters.
.....[[ R....E.....T...U...R...N]]
And I disappeared...
No, to be more precise, my consciousness returned to the Real World.
When my consciousness had just partially recovered, time immediately started moving again, leaving me no time to turn around and do anything. And then...
-Swish!
The sharp blade cut deep into my flesh and mercilessly tore my flesh and blood down.
The blade still strongly cut deep into my flesh
It deeply cut away a few pieces of flesh on my right shoulder and then went further to cut my chest, the slash continued until it cut to my left hip.
-Stinging!
The pain that came to me was hard to describe in words, it was painful enough to make me faint but I still tried my best to hold on to the thin thread of my consciousness that was gradually sinking into the darkness.
-Phut!
Ignoring the blood that was continuously flowing out, I still boldly used my bare hands to grab the Xuanyuan sword blade that was buried deep into my flesh.
Himeko frowned and tried to pull the sword back but failed.
I admit that the strength of someone pushed to the brink of death is terrifying, although I don't enjoy using my body to test this fact.
Seeing that I couldn't pull back, Himeko tried to burn my hand with fire, but before she could do so, I forcefully pulled the sword back, causing Himeko to momentarily lose her balance and fall towards me.
At this moment!
*Flash!*
My eyes immediately lit up with a turquoise color, looking directly into Himeko's lifeless eyes.
-Tick! Tick!!
Blue-white sparks danced endlessly throughout the space, rotating and surrounding Himeko and me.
The light of the sparks and the turquoise light seemed to bewitch the minds of the onlookers, making them feel as if they were far away from reality and deep into a dream.
"Yumeji!!"
As Kiana's scream rang out, the scenery in my field of vision changed.
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The sound disappeared, and everything sank into an unreal silence.
I also had difficulty confirming myself when everything around me became pitch black.
*Flash*
Like a lighthouse in the dark night, the beams of light weaved jade-colored constellations on the pitch black ground to guide me.
'So this is Himeko-sensei's mental world'
Yes, this was the strategy I had woven in my head from the very beginning so as not to hurt Himeko-sensei.