Chapter 2 (2/2)

I was going to die

Getting eaten by the monster, that would be the end for me

… No

I really didn’t want to die

I still had things I needed to do in life

Shaking with fear, I readied my rapier

I had to win

Even though I had no [skill]

Because, I absolutely didn’t want to die

I

I–

[Gshaaahh!!]

[Waaaaa!!!]

Figuring out theits howls, I desperately thrust forith my rapier

I felt a sharp pain in ht arm

I couldn’t feel anything belowthere [TN: As in, his arot chopped off Ouch]

[damnit!!!]

Picking up the sword I had dropped, I prepared to fight left-handed

At the saan its second attack

This tied to avoid the full brunt of its blow

So it’s like that

A sharp blade-like claw

Kicking off froain

In the last exchange, I had deflected the blow, but was still hit in the abdomen

Entrails were leaking out of my side

I stopped

Because it was time to kill

I had to live

I had to live, survive, and triumph

[Aaaaaaaaaaa!!!]

With all ht, I tried to pierce the monster’s body

At the sa tail circled behind me and wrapped me up

Withwhy

[… Haha… even though I ot in the last blow, but it looks like I’ll still be eaten]

The monster moved me towards its open mouth

My whole body was paralyzed in pain

Even if I got away, I would die fro

Laughing in resignation, I closed my eyes

…

……

I wasn’t sure how long it had been

Why hadn’t the monster eaten me yet?

I meekly opened my eyes

Theme towards its mouth

[…? Did it… die?]

No way, from that one blow?

Without even using a [skill]?

No way, that’s imp—

[Uh!]

Suddenly, a light began glowing from the center of the monster’s body

I was thrown onto the ground

What was that?

The ht—?

Well, I was already losing consciousness

My right ar out

With great sacrifice, I had beaten the monster

But, I was probably dead, anyways

I saw sorated body

Trying to see what it was, I crawled towards it

There was a single book laying on the floor

I painfully reached over and opened the book

[This… is…]

The saht from earlier flowed out from the book

And then, ht

[In my… head… what…?]

One after another, [words] were pouring into my head

It definitely wasn’t a language used in this country

Maybe there weren’t even words

But, I understood it all

This was, [The Power of God]—

Entering me was the one and only truly absolute power

[Haha… Hahaha…!]

I slowly regained consciousness

Looking down, I saw an icicle wher ht arm had been

Slowly, it gained the forenerated from ice

Similarly, my abdominal wound was covered in an icy veil

The bleeding was entirely stopped, and before I even realized, my whole body was patched up, with all my insides sealed up where they were supposed to be

[… [Magic] … This is the power of [Ice Magic] …] [TN: So here, Magic (魔法) is given a pronunciation of ディザ・ベル, or “Diza Bell” I have no idea what that ic]

I looked down at my hands

I had obtain this power–?

To be able to use such power–

[Gururu…]

Turning to the sound I heard, I saw the Sleepy Rabbit approaching ly

Although easy to slay when asleep, the Sleepy Rabbit is really quite dangerous when awoke, especially if disturbed by another

Baring its fangs, it slowly closed in

[…]

I had no way out, so I pushed ht hand forward

I already understood

With the power of [Ice Magic], I would yield to no one

[Gurururu!]

The Sleepy Rabbit e leap towards me

Unperturbed, I slowly murmured…

[Freeze]

The air itself seemed to freeze as a rush of coldness attacked the rabbit

Frozen in an instant while

[Kukuku… Hahaha!! Frozen at et! This is seriously [The Power of God]! Hahaha! Hahahahaha!]

Overfloith happiness, I couldn’t stop laughing

The thing I had obtained

The power of God–

The power of [Magic]–

My laughter echoed throughout Vizend Cave

— And that was the beginning of e]