013 (1/2)
The blazing heat from the sun
Directly clashes with the atmosphere
Contrasting the chillingbreeze
The silent space inside a forest
A circular area at its center
Usually demon beasts parade this area like it was their front yard
They attack anything and anyone who enters their domain
The place not for the weak of heart
Rouzier Forest
But strangely the entire forest is quiet
It's strangely cal
LIKE hell IT IS!!!
To to be frank, I want to leave right now!
As in, run for the hills right at this second or even sooner
My hands are sweaty
My back itches
The hairs onin attention
Ah, I'ain
But isn't it fine?
H about?
Well, first of all
I'
This is a perfectly normal reaction to have in this situation!
No, I don't have time for this
The reason for it is right in front of me
An i old man is there
Glaring with a serious face
Releasing mana like it was endless
That horrendous torrent is the main reason why the demon beasts stayed as far away as they can
I wouldn't blame them
For you see, from a third-person's perspective
This situation is just a young randfather
But you couldn't be so far from the truth
After breakfast, which I ate as slow as I can by the way
Savoring each bite and every flavor
Since it ht have been my last meal
Because I don't think that if I die a second tiain
And you didn't forget about ht?
Un, Do you get it yet?
He hasn't said a thing since after he declared that absurd word
Death Match
What is that scary thing?
Can I eat it?
”Are you prepared now?”
Scary
This old man
But he finally spoke
Well, I would have too, since we've been staring at each other for 2 hours already
This ood time to ask
”Um, why do you want to do this old man?”
A timid voice comes out of my sore throat
”Hou, nervous? No matter, it's just time to let you shohat you've learned after all these years is all”
”Then, isn't a deathtoo far?”
”No, a real person's strength comes out only at two times”
”Two?”
”U someone other than themselves and when they are in the face of death”
Iyadaa, Is this a shounen martial arts anime?
I really think this is a pain
”I-I see”
”So now, show !”
”Eh?”
I let out a stupid voice
SWOOSH
CRASH
BOOM
I barely ed to react to that
I didn't know that those words were the signal to start
I turn my head to my back and see
”It's alie right?”
The thick trees that looked like raround
The ground caved in itself and dust and sand clouds gathered to the sides
The destruction lasted for 10 e
What the heck, I could've been chopped off like butter then
This is bad, This oldaround anymore
”Oh, you dodged that huh? I would expect nothing less from my disciple!”
”Were you trying to chop my head off?!?”
”Of course not!”
”That's a lie and you know it!”
”No, I was planning to separate your torso in half you know?”
I think I'onna be sick
But this is really not good
”Well, here I go again!”
He appears in front of me in an instant
And swings his sword in rapid succession in unpredictable movements
A noroing through a cheese grater
Since ”Purgatory Style” of swordsned to deliver a swift trip to the afterlife
Such a fitting name
But I'm not an ordinary person
Even though the sword's les
I still dodge every single stroke with minimum movements
Since I learned every single e at a hair's breadth
An untrained eye couldn't even follow the speed of these movements
But I ingrained it deep into my very bones