Chapter 265: Lucky Koi: Its Showtime! (2/2)

He was then instakilled handily, whereas Terrosche immediately turned and ran.

“Damn it, I was just praising his hairstyle. Does he have to be so angry?!” He rasped even as he dashed away.

Even so, he clearly wasn’t as fast as the Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior, who ejected a small burst of strength to drive himself right on Terrosche heels and aiming one almighty wallop from behind.

“Grateful Dead!” Knowing that he wasn’t getting away, Terrosche briskly casted a buff to make a stand, only to be kicked into the air like a soccer ball.

Still, since Grateful Dead grants higher buffs the user in all stats the lower their HP was, Terrosche wasn’t instakilled by the kick. After soaring through the air by over ten meters, he landed heavily on a tightly shut door.

The door collapsed with a deafening crash, revealing what was happening inside: Taiga Roar, chief of the Mountain Tigers was grabbing a smaller Tigerman by the throat and draining his blood over a stone coffin.

The corpses of several either smaller Tigermen lay lifelessly around them, all of them having a deep gash over their necks.

Still, the little Tigerman who was having his blood drained wasn’t dead yet, and was struggling albeit meekly.

Hope appeared in his face when he saw the Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior who was rushing towards them, reaching out with his hand and squeezing out the words from his throat. “Bro…ther…”

But soon his face turned gray-white and his eyes lifeless.

“What are you doing, Taiga?!” The Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior’s eyes were threatening bulge out of its sockets.

He had been fighting for the tribe so that they (mainly the children) had the time to run.

He was burning out his life to fight the Players, holding no regrets even when he knew that things wouldn’t even well for him.

Be that as it may, every child of the tribe had clearly been murdered by the mentally disturbed chief. The doors were scratched with claw marks of the children who clearly watched as their friends were each killed and having their blood drained, just as they couldn’t flee. How could Taiga have weathered through such a ritual at the sight of their infinite desperation?!

The Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior screamed as he charged.

“Why is everyone so keen on interrupting my offering… Well, whatever. It is already done.”

Even so, Taiga Roar didn’t evade or retaliate. He instead spread his hands, allowing the Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior to punch freely through his body!

“What’s going on? A fight between bosses?” Joe was at a loss even as he looked at the scene.

Meanwhile, as they drank potions to restore both HP and MP, the other players were left amazed by the good fortune of the Lucky Koi Brothers for delivering such a plot twist.

Edward, however, was frowning, having sensed that something wasn’t right.

Logically speaking, the Roaring Blaze Tiger Warrior’s body temperature had long since exceeded five thousand Celsius. Even if the punch didn’t reduce Taiga—who isn’t protected by Rule of Skill—to ashes, his blood should have evaporated instantly.

But that was not the case.

Blood so thick that it was almost black and seemingly alive in itself poured out of Taiga’s body-or was indeed drained out of his body and falling on the unusual stone coffin, absorbed within and vanishing.

In the next second, almost everyone heard a weird knocking sound from within the stone coffin.

When another second passed, even though he was some distance away, Edward realized that it wasn’t a knock.

It was a heartbeat.

[1] Nooooo not Nina again :((((( (Full Metal Alchemist’s Nina)