I Got Reincarnated as the Game's Villain-Chapter 43: The Fall
"FUCK!" I scampered away as I heard the approaching sound of ryquins.
I couldn’t tell how many they were.
But…
From the loud stomping sound in the distance, I was sure of it.
They were about a hundred of them.
If I didn’t find a way out of this tunnel, I was dead.
No two ways about it.
"Think… think… think," I muttered repeatedly, cracking my brain to find a way out of this harrowing situation.
I am sure I heard the sound of gears grinding before that explosion.
I am damn sure of it.
But…
Where did it come from?
"!?"
Don’t tell me.
I looked around the metallic tunnel, but it was too dark to see anything clearly.
T-There...
There had to be a trapdoor leading to a hidden location around these corners.
Whoever tried to kill me must have been watching my every move since I stepped into this tunnel.
Alright.
Let me try something.
I dashed back a bit but stopped some distance from what I deemed the exact spot I heard that explosion.
I then turned to the corner, held the hilt of my katana, and infused it with mana.
"Huuu!" I took in oxygen, then let all the other noises in the background drown out as I concentrated deeply.
I was counting on this one thing.
This one idea which might just turn out to be spot on.
-Screech!
KREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
They’re close.
"Haa!" I breathed out, my eyes snapping open as I used every ounce of strength I could muster to draw the katana. It blurred forward in a quick slice, and then…
-Crack
-Shatters
"No…." I looked in utter horror as the katana’s blade broke into shards and fell to my feet.
No.
NO!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
-Screech!
KREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
What do I do?
What do I do?!
What do I do?!
WHAT DO I FUCKING DO?!
I was out of even an ounce of affection points, so I couldn’t buy shit from the shop.
I was screwed.
I was screwed!
-Screech!
KREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Now I could feel it close, the tremor beneath my feet.
They were right in front.
I could only stare and wait for my inevitable demise.
I was at this point… paralyzed by fear.
-Screech!
KREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Wait.
WAIT!
"I still have this," I thought, looking at the chronos lock around my neck.
I closed my eyes and instantly mana flowed into the amulet, and the world turned gray.
"Ahh… ARCK!" I coughed, my hand over my mouth.
I looked at my hand.
"Blood."
Tsk.
It seems I haven’t completely recovered from the last use of it.
"Ugh," I groaned, feeling an immense ache in my temple.
I don’t know how long I can bear this pressure.
It’s worse than I even imagined.
Alright.
Let’s go.
I rushed forward towards the direction the beasts were coming from. On reaching a certain point, my eyes finally made out distinct silhouettes from the surrounding darkness.
"Up," I said to myself, through gritted teeth, and leaped up.
-BAM!
I landed on one of the heads of the ryquins, and I felt my weight bear down on it, and even with time frozen, it began going down due to my weight. But I didn’t wait for it; I rushed onwards, leaping from head to head, my mind focused on what could lay ahead.
I have to get through every single one of them and get to a safe zone before the pressure becomes too much for me to bear.
Maybe I can survive this.
I just have to bear this a while more.
…
…
… Oh, how wrong I was….
…. It was endless.
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"Hah… hah… hah… haah!" I panted as sweat poured down my face. I don’t know how long I have been jumping. How long I have been enduring this.
But…
…. I am getting tired.
There are just too many of them.
Over a thousand or more.
Due to the direction I was leaping from, and how much I was trying my very best not to fall off one of those heads…
… I had taken the second route of the four.
But it didn’t change anything.
The heads never ended.
With each leap, I was met with another.
And the fear of falling off kept me moving forward.
But…
…. I am getting tired by the minute.
I am getting really exhausted by this.
"AHHH!" I felt as though my bone cracked as I missed a head and ran my knee into it instead.
"Fuck!" I cried, but quickly reacted in mid-air, my hand twisting as I grabbed the head of a nearby ryquin to push myself forward.
"CRAP!"
I missed again, and my head collided with another.
Even with time frozen, I felt the pain so clearly.
In fact, I felt it amplified a thousand times.
"Ugh," I groaned, grabbing its shoulder in an attempt to steady myself. I then looked up to its face, and my head went numb.
"HAH… HAH… HAH!" I panted loudly.
What’s happening to me?
Why…?
Why do I feel this way?
I pushed myself up and kicked it in the face, then propelled myself forward.
What is happening to me?
Why do I feel so…
… cold?
W-what?
"ARCK!" I coughed out a mouthful of blood and almost lost my footing once more.
"No… I can’t let it deactivate," I forced myself once more.
Running.
Running.
Running.
And running.
But there was only so much I could take anymore.
My legs felt as though they were melting, joints no different.
I was losing consciousness.
But…
… I couldn’t.
If I lose consciousness now, I am finished.
I will be killed by the stampede.
But I am out of strength.
Yet, I can’t see a way out.
Before me, at least the distance I can make out, all I see are countless silhouettes of these beasts.
I want to sleep.
To take some rest.
I am at my limit.
Please.
Someone.
Save me.
I stumbled.
My vision blurring.
In that moment, though my vision was hazy, I could see it.
Color slowly returning to the world.
No.
….. No.
AND…
… I FELL.
