"Damn you! I'm not dying in a place like this, you bastard!" The leader looking guy stands up, super-duper roasted. But, The really strange thing is, he's holding some sort of black marble in his hand.
"The hell are you holding? I though balls are supposed to be played with by kids! What are you, a child?" Despite acting real confident, I'm kinda frightened! I mean, this is a fantasy world, after all, anything could happen… Seriously, anything could. Who knows.
"How dare you… I'LL KILL YOU!" He chucked it into his mouth, swallowing…
Falling face flat on the ground right after.
...
T-the hell? Did he-- He just collapsed! What was that all about, huh? I was expecting some sort of transformation or something! And that's all? Seriously? Well, I'll take this as a stroke of luck, I guess.
"Ai, uh, let's just go, these guys are total weirdos, Driver guy's awake, right?" I ask, looking over at her.
"... Yes."
"Alrighty then." I take one more glance at Mr. Weirdo--
He's gone? Where--
A monstrous fist lands it selfs clean in the face, knocking me all the way into a nearby tree.
Why didn't-- Mana Sense didn't notice him? How in the--
"BAHAHAHAH! That cultist guy… Was right! This power is amazing! I've never felt anything like it… It's overwhelming! You… the bastard that insulted me, I'm not gonna let you get away with that!" The man-- No, more like a monster, shouted at me, completely disinformed and disfigured into a body completely different than the one he was in before. He was completely jacked, like, what kind of gym plan is he on? Not to make jokes right now, though-- But not only that, his body was surrounded by a sort of black mist, a maniacal smile plastered on his face.
I have a pretty good view of the guy, seeing how he's about to hit me again.
"GAH--" I let out a weird noise as his fist plummets into my face once again.
Damn it! That hurt! What the hell is with all these people wanting to fight, follow, and kill me?! Can't I just have one peaceful day?! I'm so mad I could-- Well I could--
Kill him! Yeah!
Ah, I mean, I wouldn't really do that to a person… is he still one though? Before anything, though, I need to appraise him.
I activate appraisal, the screen associated with it appearing in front of m-- HOLY SHIT!
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Name: Trent Tailor
Species: Human / ???
Lv: 5
Health: 226/226
Mp: 91/91
Strength: 58
Agility: 72
Vitality: 91
Defence: 85
Intelligence: 59
Wisdom: 22
Charm: 5
Skills: Mana Burst >LV 1<, Sword technique >LV 2<, Regeneration
Spells: Flare body, Fire Ball, Inferno Hail.
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How-- HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BEAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT?! 226 HEALTH?! HOW IN THE HELL IS THAT FAIR!? WHAT KINDA STATS ARE THOSE?! THEY'RE ALMOST ALL OVER 50!
Alright, me, You can do this! You just gotta think of a plan… Oh, what kinda plan could beat that monster?! I'm fucked… Gh-- I have to at least try. Giving up isn't gonna do me any good! He doesn't have that many skills… But he does know how to use some magic! So, I'll have to watch out for that, as he might use those to compensate. Fire Ball sounds like some starting spell, so the other two are probably way stronger. Alright, I've got it!
"Oh, come on! I'm getting bored here! Aren't you gonna attack me? What? Are you too scared?" He yelled out, with his increasingly annoying voice, "If you won't come to me, I'll just come to you!"
I just have to dodge one attack… He comes rushing at me again, so fast that's it's hard to even keep my eyes on him. Right when he's right in front of me…
I activate Icicle Blast, a giant piece of sharp ice appearing in front of me. I have just enough mana left to conjure one, luckily.
Yep! That's my plan! I'll use my own momentum against him! It's easy to see now that he doesn't use his head before anything, so he would never guess I could do something like this.
Hah! Just as I guessed, he jumped right into the giant icicle! It pierced his body all the way through! What an idiot!
That-- Was a bit easy, wasn't it? He didn't even try and use any magic. Man, he must be more of an idiot than I though.
"Damn, that's not a good look for you… What was that about killing me, again? I wasn't even gonna kill you or anything, man. But, then you just had to go assume stuff. Look where that got you." I kinda just, kicked him over. He fell on the ground because of that.
"You-- YOU BASTARD! I'll-- GAH--" He coughed up some blood… Ouch, that must of hurt!
"Hey, hey, Calm down, I'm not gonna kill you! It's against my morals to kill people, ya know. Noww, could you tell me what that was you ate?"
"NEVER-- I-- I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL TORTURE YOU! I'LL RIP OFF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR LIMBS!" He practically screamed as he squirmed around, but thanks to the giant icicle in his chest, moving would be really hard for him.
"Ugh… Hey, Driver guy! Do you have any rope in the back or anything?" I looked back at Mr. Carraige's driver.
"My name i-is Terry, you know--"
"Yep, yep, knew that sorry… So, do you, Terrence?"
"... Yes, yes I do."
"Great! I'll need to borrow it for a tiny bit."
…
Alright! He's all tied up now. Now I'm definitely gonna get some answers out of him!
…
Hopefully.
"Okay… Hopefully, you'd be calmed down… Unless you wanna get thrown in jail, you better answer some of my questions." I'm totally gonna get him in prison for this.
"... Fine."
"Great," I got up really close to him and looked him dead in the eyes, "What the hell was that."
"What?"
"I mean, WHY IN HELL DID YOU TRANSFORM INTO A DEMONIC HELLSPAWN, YOU GOD DAMN DIMWITTED MORON!"
He flinched a bit from my sudden outburst, that kinda scared me too! I must have a tonnn of pent up stress or somethin'.
"HOLY SHIT, I'LL TELL YOU, I'LL TELL YOU!"
"... Go on--"
"Fine, then listen up."
[Chapter 19, end.]