I was wrong to assume it was done. I was dead . Again.
How do you feel now?
A guy was before me. He had a serene but pale look. Like he was dead.
I'm Rane, the soul of the body you took over.
"Can I leave then?"
Where?
"I don't know thought you'd tell me"
Here's the deal. You get to keep any three skills and reincarnate in a random world and keep the mana too. I get the rest of them and reincarnate to mine. Fair deal?
"Fair enough. I'll keep Interpreter, Philosopher and Speedster"
You must be a fool desperate to live, don't you?
"Not more than a guy who went to war with his wife"
Heh
"Finish this"
I will.
***
(Kar)
Never thought a mercenary like me would be fighting for people's lives. I'd be usually on the life harvesting shit but well, here I am.
The monster raid began nearly a week ago. Holding down an army of a million monsters with scrawny town adventures is quite a feat in its own right. We all were fighting without a small break. Our mana was being constantly disturbed and many misfired. You might have this question. How did everyone survive this long? Of course it's because of me. I was healing people to save them, not for torture. Its quite an experience we were having. All I had to (or i thought so) was to scout the mana calamity in Ord. The mana wasn't the only calamity here.
It was blood everywhere. Literal rivers of blood were running. Dismembered monster and human parts were common among the most. We managed to cut down the army by half, thanks to the deaths on our side.
Then something weird occurred. Every monster gained intelligence. At the same time. It was like something dangerous was released. They pincered us. We were sure to die.
"Lightning flash"
"Heal"
"Thunderbird"
"Mud wall"
"Enhance"
You can hear this from the both sides.
It was getting worse. Worser by the minute. I wasn't paid for this shit. I was just fighting to save my home. My beautiful home city of Ord. Didn't know I loved this place so much.
Yes, I was abused. Yes, I was sold as a slave. But my mother was here. I simply want to protect her memory.
"Keeeeel doooosssseeee hooooommmaaannnnsss", screamed the monster leader and the minions followed suit. It was scary, not gonna lie.
The weather was changing for some reason. It got dark. Maybe because of the mana calamity, I guess?
Monsters charged at us. Again. Eagle opened the formation and fired gazillion fire bombs. I cast a light healing spell. Nine-tenths of the monster force was reduced, but we were still outnumbered. almost the same ratio of the forces were reduced on our side. It is considered a great honour to die on the battlefield. No use in dying if the other guy's breathing.
'Miss Kar'
'Report, Grunt'
'I've been observing their movements for days. it has been noticed that more people they kill, more int-'
My telepathy net's been cut? Need to shout then. Hello!
Look!!!
Something erected a sound barrier. Who was it? The Monster leader of course. How did I not know this? Grunt's report was cut. Now, we know nothing. All we can do is pray.
The farms where we all had fun as kids will be our graveyards. The only thing I felt was regret, not guilt. I smiled in hopelessness. Anybody normal would've thought I was crazy, as if there's anybody normal around to pass the verdict. There's monsters around me. I can't hear them. I saw them tear Eagle limb to limb. I saw them heal the joints. I saw him screaming in pain. They flogged him with his own cut limbs. After those things were bored flogging him, They tore him up, and put his innards like garlands and danced around what was once a majestic example of a human, I saw his life slip out of his eyes. Even in that state, He cast a healing spell at me. They killed him without mercy. They ate him. I might as well as kill myself at this point.
From the heavens, a lightning bolt struck. Struck a human and a monster corpse at the same time. It was weird and scary at the same time. The bolt was blue. Both the corpses fused into something ghastly. It wasn't an undead. I was able to hear and the monsters were distracted for a moment. When I ran, the monsters followed suit. For some reason, the fused corpse was near me. It slowly gained a more human look. 'WhAHt HwappEn-D". It didn't hurt me. I was simply in shock. The monsters behind me were splattered like fresh grapes in a mill.
"Whuuuuu eeesss yuuuu, dddddiiiieeedddmmaaaannnnssss"
asked the leader out of genuine curiosity( It ain't curiosity, it was pure fear)
"WisH I KNEw THat". The corpse was facing the leader directly. Like he was in a staring contest. He tried to ram into it, but the leader's skin was too hard for that. Ah, I get it now. He runs superfast, and for some reason he has a humane look. Watching the fight was lovel-
He slipped.
'...'
was the combined reaction of all the people and even the monster leader witnessing the battle.
He stood up again, spun his fist real fast and smashed the monster's face. The once imposing body of the great monster leader now wobbled around like a beheaded goat and fell. It was over. The guy who punched it now looks human and continued to fall flat on the ground. His hand was raised with his fists clenched, doing some sort of a victory pose.