Arifureta Vol 1 Chapter 8 (2/2)
When he noticed it, he juht
The place where he was just at exploded like a cannonball had just struck it It gouged out the ground as it detonated Hajime rolled while the earth rumbled, and stopped with his backside on the floor He retreated from the epicenter with a pale face
Slowly the rabbit stood up with a slack attitude, after it continued its assault Hajime quickly constructed a stone ith his transmutation Stone wall h it By pure reflex he brought up his left ar his face was not crushed, but the ih his left arathered himself
“Augh”
When he looked at his left forearle Looks like it was totally crushed Crouching in pain, he desperately sought out the rabbit What he found was the rabbit walking in a relaxed manner, a total inverse of its earlier attitude Itat hi with him
Since he was on his backside, he couldn’t even retreat that well There standing in front of Hajime was the rabbit It looked down on hi on the earth The rabbit brandished its foot to show it off
(…I wonder if this is the end…)
Despair assailed Hajiave up as he stared at the rabbit’s feet Eventually the kick of instant death ung
Haji doom
…
No matter how much time passed, the expected blow never came He fearfully opened his eyes and in front of his face was the rabbit’s foot The kick was stopped just before itwith hiuish in hih, when he looked closely the rabbit was tre
(W-What? Why is it tre…it seems scared…)
No, not “seeht passage, but he caught sight of a new demon
Huge, was a word that could describe it The beast was 2 m tall and its whole frame covered in white fur Like all the otherdark red lines wrapping its body If he could compare it to another animal then a bear came to mind One differences were that its arm extended all the way down to its feet, and these ar out almost 30 cm
Before he knew it that bear was nearby, while it glared at its prey Silence surrounded the area Both Hajime and the rabbit was frozen and could not move No, would not move Just like how Hajime was earlier The bear’s stare had stopped them
“…Gururu”
Tired of the situation, the bear started to growl
“Tsu!”
This caused the rabbit to return to reality It quickly turned tail and instantly retreated at top speed All that speed it used to crush its eneht
Using speed that didn’t suit its size, the bear aiility to twist his body to dodge the blow Hajiet, and he saw the rabbit finish dodging
When it landed, blood started to gush froed on its body More and more blood poured out of its wound until Hajime noticed that its body wasn’t whole anymore Piece by piece sections of the rabbit slipped off in different direction and a fountain of blood sprayed when the largest section was set free
The gore show disgusted Hajime A rabbit de able to do anything Now he knehy it was so scared That bear deuy would destroy any person Hajime knew of
Lue body, the bear approached the fresh corpse Sounds of gorging could be heard from the bear
Hajime could not move Still consumed by fear, the beast eyes pin down Hajime with its eyes
Nothing was left of the rabbit after the bear took 3 rowled at Hajime The beast’s eyes said it all, “You are next”
Presented with the eyes of a predator all he could do was despair
“Uwaaa-” [Ah!]
Hajiabout his broken arm
If so like that rabbit couldn’t escape then it did not look good for Hajime The wind howl and froainst the wall
“Gah!”
The blow had knocked all the air out of his lungs He trailed down the wall as he collapsed into a fit of coughs Haji from the impact but he kept his eyes on the bear Then he noticed the bear was chewing on so
What the hell was it chewing on? The rabbit was already consu was very fahter on his left side To be precise, his left arm…
“A-Are?” [What]
Hajime’s face stiffened Why is there no ar out? He tilt his head Hajime could not make sense of what happened The reality of the situation finally hit him Pain was the reminder that this was no dream
“Ahhhhhhh!!!!”
His shriek echoed in the passage Everything below his left elbow had disappeared
The beast still had its Special Magic His three claere able to create blades of wind that could extend up to 30 c just one ared the question if Haji that the rabbit earlier had been dealt with so quickly
After he was finished with his meal, the bear advanced towards Haji like the rabbit’s The beast just looked at Hajime as food
The beast extended its foreli to eat Hajime alive
“A, A, Guu, Re “Rensei”!” [Transmute]
While tears and mucus flowed, drool escaped from his mouth, he transmuted the ith his only arm It was an unconscious action The only power that was available to the Hajiic that is usually only used to process weapons This class ithout a doubt a crafting class Thought of as useless in cohts a new application for its skill A skill that saved the lives of his classmate On the brink of death, he choose to rely on that skill, and it answered him with a means of escape
A hole 50 cht, 120 c in width, and 2m in depth formed in the wall Hajime rolled into the hole and narrowly escaped the bears paws reaching towards him
It was overwhel a prey
“Guruaa!!”
The beast casted its Special Magic while it roared It aiic towards the hole Hajime made A terrible destruction followed as the as shaved off my the powerful claws
“Ahhhh–! “Rensei”! “Rensei”! “Rensei”!”
Pancing fro closer, Haji and delved deeper into the wall He did not even bother to look back Recklessly he repeated the ic, and advanced with a crawl All his pains or any other thoughts were put in the backseat Mana was consuain as his survival instinct had control over him
How ress? Hajime did not know, but he couldn’t hear the terrible sounds In reality, he did not progress that much Each cast of his “Rensei” allowed hi as his earlier days) The , he would not be able to move soon
His awareness was already gone fro Still his body pushed forward
“”Rensei”… “Rensei”… “Rensei”… “Rensei”…”
No e His ave out Exhausted, his hands fell from the wall
Hajioing out He just aimlessly started to the heavens, but all he saas darkness
Hajime at this ti Lantern() His life flashed before his eyes His nursery and eleh school days Various memories flooded his mind until his last ht The chat he had with a Goddess and the pro face
[ Revolving Lantern is a shohere a lantern has soht source is placed The shadow casted by the light and cutouts could provide a show Usually the light is directed to one direction so a story could be told]
After reulfed him Just before sleep claimed him, he felt a drop of water on his cheek Like someone had shed a tear for him