Arifureta Vol 1 Chapter 9 (1/2)
Chapter 9 : Coe
Drip…Drip…
Hajiradually as the drips of water hit his cheeks and entered hisas the cause, he slowly opened his eyes
(…I’m alive?…I’m saved?…)
Atteet up, he was stopped when his forehead hit the low ceiling of the hole
“Aku!?”
He totally forgot about the hole he constructed that was only 50 c to trans Only one arm came into view He remembered he lost his left arm, and felt phantom limb pains At that he kept his left ar around the wound but it had closed
“H-How?…There is so much blood…”
He couldn’t see in the darkness, but if he had soht he would be able to see the pool of blood The amount of blood he lost would have nor he felt around with his hand and felt so slimy His blood was still there and it had yet to dry After All, it seemed he had bled, and it seemed not much time had passed since he fainted
While he ondering about his wound, another drop of water hit his cheeks The ize
“…No as it this?”
Using his hand he performed a transmutation on the area where the droplet ca further and further in as he transhtheaded Mysteriously when he drank the liquid hishe perforured to find the water source
Eventually the a could be heard Hajime finally reached the source
“This…is…”
An ore the size of a basketball eht existed there This ore was buried and assi rocks, and it dripped the liquid A beautiful anddarker blue than aquamarine, at least that was the best representation he could think of His phantootten
Fascinated with the stone, Hajime reached out to touch it with his mouth The dull pain and haze that his body and ue disappeared Seems like the liquid from this stone had saved him The liquid seemed to hold restorative powers Phantoative effects were healed
Hajirade treasure called “God’s Crystal” The crystal is a legendary relic thought to have been just a story Formation of such a crystal is a ical pools that collect by chance and needed 1000 years to for over it, the crystal was about 30-40 cm in diameter After it has crystallized, it takes several hundredThat overflowing liquid is called “Sacred Water”, and when drank it could cure any injury or disease Though it doesn’t have the power to regenerate parts, and it is considered a fountain of youth if continuously taken A story of Eht healing people with this sacred water in ancient time is often recited
He noticed that he returned froed down Bring up both knees, he placed his head between the froy to even try to escape, his heart was broken
Hajiht confront hostility and ht be able to stand up again However, that bear’s eyes scared him He did not want to encounter the eyes of a predator that wanted to devour him Eyes that he had no experience with because he was used to being the top law of the jungle Those eyes were responsible for why his arm was eaten and this broke his heart
“Some…help me…”
In this abyss, his voice did not reach anyone…
What did he do?
Haji on his side curled up into a fetus position
Four days have passed since his collapse All this time he had not moved much and the sacred water had sustained him The sacred water could keep a person alive except for extres He wasn’t going to die, but he was suffering fro sensation
(How did I end up like this?)
A question he asked hiain Histhe sacred water, even if he suffered froer Unfortunately, because he had a clearwas clearly felt
One day Haji the sacred water
(If this anguish continues for so long…I rather…)
After he muttered that, he fell unconscious
Three days passed The hunger that calmed had returned His phantom limb pains did not subside
(Still…I’m not dead…I don’t want to die…)
Although he wished for death, a part of hihts alternated within his hts His murmurs became incoherent and delirious
Threeits efficiency, at this rate two more days and he would most likely be dead He had not taken in fluids, let alone food
Abnormalities started to appear in Hajime’s mind recently
(Why do I have to suffer…What did I do…)
(Why did this happen…What’s the cause…)
(God unreasonably abducted me…)
(A classmate betrayed me…)
(The rabbit looked down on me…)
(That guy ate me…)
Gradually his thoughts beca? Who forced their unreasonableness onto hie led to hatred, he seeked an ene had worked into corrupt his spirit The severe pain and starvation that wrecked his body, and the events that led him here into this endless darkness
(nobody has come to rescue me…)
(If nobody is going to help me, what should I do?)
(How do I rid myself of this pain?)
Day 9 Hajih about his current situation With a heart that wanted release from its torer Because the suffering did not end when his heart turned black…
(What…a for?)
(I wish for “life”)
(What type of people impedes me?)