"No matter what happens, as long as you think positively, hopelessness can never touch you!"
These words were what guided his thinking. When he faced death for the first time because of a mistake he made he was positive, and finally he survived.
When he mistakenly got associated with a perilous group of people, The Divers, he was positive, and instead of killing him they saw he had talent and allowed him to join.
Truth be told at one point he began to see himself as the MC of a story*, as long as he is positive and never gives up, he never loses. Well until now.
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" Ribbit "
" Fuck," uttering this word he stares on as the monster swallows her whole.
At this point, he knows he has two choices, both of which give him almost no chance of survival.
Both of which are either to run or to fight.
Both of which can be seen as the easy way or the hard way, respectively.
If he decides to run, it means he turns his back on the possibility of saving her. With his bloodline power, he has a slight chance of escaping the monster.
Keep in mind, when it was chasing after them, it was a little far off only visible through the forest when it hopped, now though it is right in front of him.
With it so close to him he can see the monster's details more clearly. The most notable detail is that the monster is so huge it blocks out the rays of the sun. it is a grotesquely exaggerated amphibian, a perfect representation of a freak of nature.
Its skin has sharp spikes that are just long enough to be noticeable, they are on every part of its massive frame. Its eyes bulged like overripe fruit but they didn't lose their focus on him.
Its maw stretched wide, revealing rows of razor-sharp teeth dripping with viscous saliva, but because its mouth is slightly open, he sees his girlfriend's hand slowly sinking in.
Then he notices something, something that is hard to notice if you are too struck with fear, it has a mocking smile on as if it is asking, " What are you gonna do hun? "
With this obvious taunt, can he say he loved her if he runs? If he runs is he fast enough? And what in FUCKS name was wrong with him and his companions earlier? How is this just an overgrown frog?
Oh, so many Questions.
At this point he also notices that it's saliva that is spilling has a stench, and that specific stench was very much in the swamp where he and his companions met the monster, then it dawned on him,
' We were under its control, haa~ Liz you were right ' he remembers one of his companions who died, she was the support of the group. A low-rank legend who specialized in healing and physical boost magic.
She had complained about the stench, saying it was suspicious but she was ignored. This is because earlier she had rejected the advances of the leader of the group and to not get on his bad side they ignored her as the leader did.
As a result, she died first because she was behind the group. Maybe the monster knew she was an obstacle as supports could cleanse toxins and debuffs.
And to think that he was part of those that ignored her as the leader was his good friend and it was he who encouraged him to confess to her.
' haa~ * sniff* she was a good girl. if only oh if only ' as they say, there is no medicine for regret.
With this realization, he falls to his knees, the guilt, stress, and pressure finally bring him down.
Seeing this the monster opens its mouth wide, prepared to swallow him whole but
* boom *
The monster staggers as smoke steams from its mouth, it looks at the annoying fly that hurt it the mocking smile from earlier cleanly wiped from its face.
" hoo~ you are more stupid than I thought, guess I gave you too much credit ", he says with a hand blaster in front of him and his other hand cleaning his tears.
Smoke is coming out of the barrel of the Blaser, proof that he has decided to do things the hard way. Sure it didn't do much damage but something is better than nothing, Right?
Not expecting a reply he is about to continue talking when,
" I should say those words to you, human " These words resound through the surroundings as if the forest was talking, but it was obvious to him that the monster just responded,
' Fuck it's a special breed, What else it has a human form? ' Note he didn't speak these words out, no flags raised.
" Well let's dance, " he says these words while striking the best pose he can.
*. Just to be clear he is not the Mc.