Chapter 5


SPEAR MASTER AND THE BLACK CAT 5


Fifth Episode 〜 New Power and a Determined Heart


I was able to obtain the skills and .


I was able to understand, but as for , I haven’t felt it so far……


“The inside of my body feels like its changing……”


My voice is excited, and it leaks out .


In this world skills seem to be acquired by one’s actions .


I pick up the torch I had thrown, and bring the flame closer to my own body, look at my feet and hands, touching my face .


Nothing has changed, they look the same .


……


It’s an ability that raises my speed limit .


I can intuitively understand the skill, I’ll try confirming it .


“Skill Status . ”


A semi-transparent skill appears before my eyes .


Skill Status .


Acquired Skills:

Permanent Skills::<Demonic Charm Eyes>:<Natural Demon Ability>:

Extra Skills:<Language Comprehension>:<Crest of Light>:<Chain Factor>:<Cerebral Demon Spine Revolution>


While playing with the status screen is derivative, it’s related to the extra skill .


※Cerebral Demon Spine Revolution※


→<Cerebral Demon Speed>


→???


??? is the same as , is there something I can learn after this?


I touch . I look at the details .


※<Cerebral Demon Speed>※


Certain conditions are required to activate .


Constant noradrenaline and adrenaline secretion are required in the brain .


Permanent brain and spinal nerve network grows and blood vessels continue to increase, explosive physical speed is obtained .


After using the skill, physical speed is drastically increased for 20 seconds .


Consecutive use is impossible, there is a 20 second time lag .


An explanation was provided regarding the skill .


So I close the translucent window .


After all it seems to be a speed increasing skill . There’s a 20 second time lag .


Even so, blood is clinging to my right hand .


I try to shake it off blood but the blood clings stickily .


“–Blood, speaking of blood……”


I observed the blood coating my right hand as I mutter quietly .


For me, this “blood” is necessary .


“If I don’t consume blood, I’ll eventually mummify . ”


Possibly, even if it’s monster blood, is it all right?


I try licking the blood on my finger as a trial .


“……Un . ”


Except–it’s delicious .


I quickly lick up my finger .


The blood makes a good feast like this……


I feel that blood is supposed to be “tasty . ”


That means, in the end, it probably effects my mind and thinking?


Probably, it will be so .


As I was able to replenish the blood, after the five days my ability will begin to fall, so it’s necessary for me to replenish to “blood” from monsters and even animals .


Speaking of vampires, if I want to unlock the permanent skill I need to drink “virgin blood . ”


I confirmed it before transmigration, and I check it again .


I touched under permanent skills .


※True s.h.i.+nso Bloodline※


→???


The liberation condition of ※True s.h.i.+nso Bloodline※, requires virgin blood .


The power of the true vampire ancestor is released by drinking virgin’s blood . In doing so the two phases evolution of “Ultimate Magical Power” is completed on this occasion .


A true ancestor suggests a founder with those words……


When transmigrating, it also mentioned the blood sucking G.o.d .


Apart from that, a simple question pa.s.ses through my head .


Is only one drop of virgin blood enough?


Does the person I drink from die?


Does the person I drink from become underlings?


Or else a little blood is extracted, even if blood is sucked I may be okay .


And, it’s simple, but various question are floating through my mind .


It’ll be understood if I suck blood, I think .


Ma, first of all, get someone who is ready to die……


The first person you try to suck blood from “May die”……


So, the partner might die .


“……Haha . ”


I seize my face with my hand, and leaked a dry laughter .


I’m half disgusted with the cruel thought I had .


……As I thought, my mind seems to be changing little by little .


“Is it because I tasted blood?”


I asked the dark cave .


Of course, the dark cave does not answer .


Tsu, at this late hour . It was me who chose it in the first place .


Furrowing my brow, I open my eyes wide .


First I clench my fist tight and put power into my arm, I strike the wall next to me with my fist .


A dull sound echoes in the cave .


A small stone falls from the light shock .


My hand hurts……


There’s a trace of bright red blood on the wall where I struck my fist, cracks spread out from the area I hit .


It’s an enormous power . The power of the vampire lineage .


Though the current family is the Lucivault .


But, there’s pain in my fist, and I’m bleeding .


In order to experience the sense of pain .


……My first is sore and aches .


However, the reality is that the wound on my fist is quickly healed .


It all happens in front of my eyes, it’s genuine reality .


There’s only me in the darkness, I stare ahead into the cave .


I stretch my hand out in the darkness, again, I close my fingers into a fist like I’m taking hold of something .


And, again, when I open my palm, I make a fist .


If blood is necessary I’ll take it in .


This isn’t the old me anymore . Even more I’ll “Become Stronger . ”


In this dark place, in this unknown world, I do not change .


What I imagined, was it considerably different?


I will adapt to this dark underground world, not giving up……


“I’ll survive–”


I don’t know whether it is the result of repeated thoughts, but I felt greatly refreshed .


I grasp the torch, and advance into the depths of the dark cave .


◇◇◇◇


It showed up as 6:00 when I looked at my watch .


There’s rocks and stones scattered in large quant.i.ties here .


I pick it up .


When I pick up the stone, I try to get the feel of it by throwing it using .


I try throwing while running, and extending the chain .


However, the dark cave still spreads out further .


The torch light, behind…… . I wonder how long it is?


I walk while carrying such a worry .


The cave gently slopes down .


I noticed it being slanted .


I go down the slanted slope .


The light of the torch illuminates the area around me .


Hoo, it’s man-made .


Advancing along the slope, the design of the walls and floor of the cave changed .


I want to see it more clearly .


Bring the torch close to the wall, I stare .


This is certainly made by an intellectual being .


There are traces of chiseled portions and having dug .


I go down the slope touching the wall which is changing every moment .


I walk for a while, and the cave changed to a completely stone corridor .


The ceiling and floor is composed of square stones, closely packed without a gap . The stone walls are similar to j.a.panese castles .


Furthermore, the stone pa.s.sage advances forward . Then, I discover that there’s a shelf carved on the right hand wall . A small and a finely worked artistic figure are on the shelf .


It’s similar to the ancient Egypt of earth, Mesopotamia, stuff which harks back to Sumerian civilization .


It’s surely is the trace of “some civilization . ”


I pick up the small statue with my hand, and get a little excitement .


When I was going to return the statue to the shelf, a light was seen in the back .


“Oh . ”


I leaked a sound .


Do creatures live there?


While ruminating such a question over in my head, I toss away the statue I picked up, and run there with the torch . There’s a small groove on the wall, torches are inserted into the grooves at fixed intervals .


The torch light illuminates the corridor clearly .


Gently sloping down, it feels like continuing down in a spiral .


The torch I have seems to have burn out, and I throw it away .


It’s bright here .


I descend the revolving corridor rotating around in a spiral .


But, this corridor……if it’s like an illusion like walking inside a snail’s cochlea then I’ll be walking for eternity .


There’s no fatigue, but like this, walking round and round, I’m getting tired of it .


Then it changed .


The spiral stair case which seemed to continue endlessly, in order to comply with my wish, changed from a gentle slant to a steep slope .


But, it changed too much .


Before sliding……the steep slope changes going down .


Because the uneven ground goes down more here and there it become like steps, so I go down using the steps .


A few slide down like Is.h.i.+zaka, I discovered an iron door on the inner side .


An old rusted iron door .


There’s a handle to open the iron door, but it seems to be locked and no matter how much power I use it doesn’t budge and inch .


The door won’t open .


“It can’t be helped . ”


With words of acceptance, I give to iron door a kick with the bottom of my foot .


The hollow iron became dented, and a hole the size of my foot appears . A large gush of sand flows out from there . As the sand flows the force increases .


–Oh, dangerous .


The force of the sand continues to increase . In the end the iron door is defeated by the pressure of the sand and bursts open . A great deal of sand flows out then, and a fast flowing stream of sand has been born .


I’m submerged in the sand, I repet.i.tively pierce the chain above, and somehow manage to keep my posture . But, I can’t go against the flow of the sand, it flowed down the spiral corridor so that I surfed down on my b.u.t.t .


On the way, I discover additional doors—yet the river of sand doesn’t stop .


But, being the state where I’m being pushed by such a force, all of a sudden the spiral corridor came to an end .


With a *don* I fell onto the hard ground with my b.u.t.t .


Itetetete .


As for the place I was pushed from…there’s no slope, on the way it became appearance like a cut corridor .


The exit makes a heavy thunk sound, it’s filled with a large amount of sand .


It’s dangerous . (Or isn’t . ) I recovered my vigor at the thought of being buried alive .


Therefore I look back behind .


And, here–


“Aah, it’s wide……”


A large s.p.a.ce spread out there .


It’s ancient shrine-like remains .


The ceiling on this side is low but rises as it goes deeper . If I went inside the structure would gradually spread out diagonally .


Deeper in the shrine where the ceiling rises, I can see a lot of big stone pillars lined up in order to support the pressure from above .


The resemble big Greek columns at the same level as the Parthenon .


A red light illuminates the pillar .


The light of a torch .


……Mm? A sound……


A sound like a bunch of footsteps comes from the right .


I see a wall, but I hear footsteps coming from the other side of the wall .


It’s it an echo?


Judging from here, I suspect this place is the entrance of the shrine, now, I am at the position of the bottom of the round u-shape?


From where I am, there’s a s.p.a.ce ahead, and a wall goes on to the left and right . As I though, it’s U-shaped .


For now, I look to the right side where I heard footsteps .


Let’s move along the right wall……


I approach the wall at a jog .


A relief was carved on the wall .


Eeh, it’s amazing modeling . (TN: I wanted to say something better, but that’s how the author worded it . )


A person, with long elf ears, over flowing with fantasy world elements like the short figures of dwarfs with weapons, in the relief they fought against monsters and evil spirits .


As most of it has faded away I don’t understand the details, but the color and shape barely remain .


I walk alongside the wall while observing the relief .


I arrive at the corner, and quietly face the way I heard the sound come from, I peek out and see what is on the other side .


“……”


Uwa, it’s them again .


…I understood the true nature of the group making the sound .


It’s the green monsters .


Because what they’re wearing is different from the group I saw fighting the red monster, the green skinned monsters may be another monster .


Well, it seems that group of monsters is inspecting this area on foot .


Five of them . Nope, seven, eight of them .


The group of green monsters went out of sight around the wall to the other sight .


Facing near where I poured the sand into, is it the same figure?


That many is dangerous .


Let’s be careful in order to not be found .


Because in the depths it’s a large s.p.a.ce with the pillars lined up, I look around the left side .


The complete picture of the ruins is square, from the underside I suspect the form is UU . By way of the upper part of the large s.p.a.ce with pillars, first of all I want to grasp to terrain . There’s no doorways when I search .


Now, the place where I am is the right wall of the U-shape .


I look to the center from here .


Ah, there’s a green monster in the middle .


It stands like a sentry between the pillars .


In this situation is it good to do a surprise attack?


But, I don’t want the group of green monster to return and it not be there .


Nevertheless, well, that green monster .


It looks just like goblins commonly found in game and movies of the fantasy genre .


“It’s small fry-ish……”


Unless it’s strong?


, , and should go well here?


However, I’ll stop in the center .


A little more, I want to see what is going on the left side .


“I can’t see well from here–”


I move my eyes to the back left edge .


Since there are several large pillars, the view is restricted .


It’s difficult to see from here, I want to understand the overall layout better .


Let’s check whether the left is safe .


Conscious of staying hiden–I detour to the left . Moving from pillar to pillar and looking around restlessly, I move using the shadow of the pillar .


There’s no torch on the left hand pillar and it’s dim .


This is convenient .


There’s only the wall in the left hand corner of the ruins, there’s nothing there .


As is I go to the upper right corner along the wall from the left corner .


Walking along the wall, moving .


A light is seen at one point on the wall . There seems to be a hollow .


Here is the inside of the upper right portion of the ruins .


Another one over there, it looks like there’s a doorway……along the wall, the red light is reflected in the shadow the center pillar, I lean in in order to hide for a moment .


From here, I’m able to see there’s a doorway from this angle .


Then, as expected .


I discover another doorway in the place where it seemed to sink in .


I feel like the group of goblins went away in the opposite direction .


Two torches are burning on pedestals on either side of the door, and two goblins stood guard there .


With this, I grasped the general location of the remaining goblins .


I see now, two of them which stand to protect the open door remain in the upper part .


Two more standing between the center pillars of the ruin where I looked a while ago .


I can’t tell from here, but in the lower ruins I a.s.sume that a group of goblins are inside the right U-shape .


First of all, I aim at the two guarding the door .


Using the shadow of the pillar, again I approach .


From the shadow of the pillar nearest to *gobu*, I look a little, and peeped out .


It’s two goblins .


They don’t wear helmets but wear leather armor . After all it’s the face of a goblin .


It’s a square green face . Large eyes are sunken deep into the face .


They have think green uni-brows but no hair .


I stop observing the appearance of the monster that’s appearance I watched carefully .


Named Gobutaro and Gobuemon .


Gobutaro has a weapon like a short spear .


Gobuemon has a thing like a club .


Of course, they don’t notice me .


I have a stone in both my hands . Two in total .


Since there’s no stones in this area, I have to aim carefully……


I *goku* swallowed my saliva while taking aim and hiding .


Focusing on the goblin closest to this side I aim for the head, I let the wrist snap do its work–and hurled it .


The stone collides with the head–with a dull sound it’s crushed .


The head of the goblin collapses on this side, and it fell to the ground .


With the help of the skill, it went smoothly .


Again, I immediately hurl it–


I aim at the back of the other goblin’s head, but the stone veers of the mark, and hits the neck .


Chii, missed!


“Goobatsu!”


The goblin hit in the neck emits a strange voice, and collapses as a result of the hit . The aim was off but did it work out in the end?


“Hyuhhooo, it’s amazing, throwing . ”


※Pikon※ ※ Skill Acquired※


A sound was heard in my head and I also saw in my view .


I must have acquire the reclusive body hide skill because I attacked while hiding .


Is such a thing learned immediately?


Furthermore, this . I’m able to use it from the moment I got the skill .


I intuitively understood the action for reclusive body for some time .


It’s strange .


However, words for “Skill” exist in reality, it’s displayed in front of me,


How does it work?


Is it engraved in my genetic blueprint?


I understand it’s a natural phenomenon . Recognized in my brain and understood .


With and , I accept it as a natural event .


However, I remember before the transmigration .


Different world, to the extent of being fantasy .


For me who experiences reality, I understand the feeling of acquiring and learning a new skill is natural, however there’s a sense of incongruity……


–A strange feeling .


It’s too strange, but I can only accept it .


Nodding several times, I accept one .


I try once .


I start to stoop over similar like I’m squatting .


When I use , movements are smooth when hiding . (TN:Not quite sure . )


Earlier with I was able to naturally throw . Like this, I can use an effective wrist snap, there’s a feeling of it being more precise .


I repeat the stealthy movements in the shadow of the pillar .


My suspicious movements weren’t noticed by the goblin between the central pillars .


So far so good I’m quietly sneaking up the place where the goblin corpse fell while rejoicing .


The goblin that had its neck crushed is still breathing . But, when I see the face of the goblin, the breathing peters out and it stops moving . From the neck of the body, I collect the b.l.o.o.d.y stone, and put it in my pocket . I got a short spear as the reward from the victim . It has no money .


The difference in the size of the leather armor is too much, I leave it as is . Because there is a dirty cloth tied around the waste with a string, I took it .


I endure the faint smell of the cloth .


Also, just to be safe, I have to hide this body .


I move it to the shadow of a pillar in the left corner……


As I hid the body of the goblin in shadow of the pillar, I advance towards the inside of the door to the two goblins I killed were protecting . I entered and immediately there were stairs going down .


I go down the stairs .


There was a pa.s.sage before the stairs went down .


It leads to the lower right from the upper right corner .


From the front and back . It’s the one in front .


I choose the pa.s.sage in front of me . I walked carefully next to the right hand wall .


While bending down and using hiding, I arrive at a corner .


–I look ahead from the corner .


There’s no one there .


There’s only a similar pa.s.sage, there seems to be no presence .


I turn at the corner, and advance along the small pa.s.sage .


Then, I discovered a door on the left .


I can advance ahead, first, I decide to examine the door here .


I grasp the old red iron handle and break it .


It’s an old room .


There’s a strange circular silver container on the slant, a faint white light leaking from inside .


It’s probably the source of light . A magic light .


I search the room using its light .


There are clouded spider’s webs throughout . The smell of mold is present as well .


There’s a stone chair and desk, and a bookshelf further in .


Somehow or other, this place seems to be an ancient library .


The books on the book shelf have rotted away and gathered dust, so I’m able to figure this room was used a considerably long time ago .


The bookshelf is made of some kind of building stone and extends lengthwise deeper into the room .


The bookshelf made of stone was built firmly . I grasp the short spear, and look to the interior of the bookshelfs . I confirm no one is there .


There’s no one there .


I return to the place close to the entrance and sit down, deciding to take a little break .


I bite the fruit like peach I got a little while ago .


–It’s delicious . It tastes like a mango and pear were put together .


Chewing *munch munch*, I eat .


Which reminds me, I haven’t eaten anything yet……


When I look at the clock, it shows 11:00 .


Today, for the whole day, I walked and ran in the cave .


I, even then, experienced no fatigue .


Did my appet.i.te decrease somewhat?


After all, the stamina doesn’t seem to be ordinary .


I’m free so I’d like something to read, I looked for a book .


On the bookshelf, “Life of the Arotoshu Tree”, “Sword of the Weiss”, “Baptism of Orimiru”, “Ashura Calendar”, and, I found many readable books with the t.i.tle written on the cover, I stretched out a finger to the book .


–But, the moment my finger touched the book, the book quickly crumbled to dust .


It’s rotted away .


Although the words stayed readable, it was in vain .


There’s no helping it .


I give up and go further along the book shelf .


I decide to take a rest in the corner .


With my back at the corner of the wall, I close my eyes, and motionlessly for a while, I calmed myself .


Naturally closing my eyes, I fall asleep .


◇◇◇◇


“–Tsu . ”


While exhaling, I woke up .


When I check my watch it’s 3:00 in the morning .


Fortunately, the green monsters resembling goblins don’t seem to have come to this room .


Moving, there’s no helping it even if I’m here .


I have to escape from this ruins-like place .


I grasped the short spear and left the ancient library .


Again, I open an old iron door .


I returned to the small pa.s.sage .


For the time being, I choose to go left .


Right is the way I came from .


The pa.s.sage became wider as I advance .


Suddenly I come upon a crossroads .


There’s pa.s.sages going left right and forwards .


I choose to go strait, and advance .


Then, again the pa.s.sage becomes small . When I pa.s.s through the small pa.s.sage, I came into a big bright hall .


A huge red curtain is raised up coming from the walls .


Oh, an emblem?


The emblem is made of three intersected bars with an ax in the middle .


–Huh?


Uhyu, there was a group of goblins further in the hall .


Moreover, their figures were *chichikuri* embracing each other .


“Ugee, oh what?”


I unintentional speak after seeing the unpleasant figures of the goblins .


Tsu, s.h.i.+, oops .


“Giyago! Nu?”


“Getsu . ”


“Gotsu!?” “Ningenda!” “Why, Human gaa!””Gorose!”


“Eh……tsu . ”


My eyes swim quickly as I take in the hall . There was a pa.s.sage to the left and right, in an instant I choose the left pa.s.sage and use .


I activate the skill .


–And escape .


I run . Run .


“Gunuootsu . ” “Get him!” “Oe!”


Goblin voices . I think there were nearly ten of them? I can’t look back .


I run through the pa.s.sage .


Around the corner is a door with what appear to be strange old markings on it .


There’s no time to open it .


I hurl my shoulder at it–and break down the door .


I rush into the room while rolling .


There’s a shock to my shoulder, but it’s not painful .


The runs out now .


A cloud of dust rises up .


“Cough, cough . ”


Grit whirls up into my mouth, and gives me a coughing fit .


While twisting my face I check the surroundings .


Excepting the low round column in the middle of the room–


“It’s just, a wall . ”


The room I knocked the door of down and invaded, was a circular room with mysterious symbols carved along the walls .


The pattern is countless thin lines like the veins of a leaf .


The sealed s.p.a.ce was surrounded with a strange atmosphere .


If I need it, this is a dead end .


The effect of already ended long ago .


“Itazooo . ” “This human, fast . ” “I found him, here-su . ”


Meanwhile, the goblins that ran after me came into the circular room .


I’m trapped .


Only three of them……can I kill them?


Short spear in hand, a stone in my pocket .


Surrounded, dangerous……


The time lag for is just a little longer .


There’s the skill too, I’ll survive .


The goblin smiles, comes approaching me……


I withdrew backing up .


My back leg hits the central pillar of the room .


“Long time-ro, Human . ” “Demon, guuu . ”


Reinforcement Goblins enter the room one after the other .


I put my foot up the central column, the moment my weight moved to the pillar–the ground shakes?


–Eh?


–The ground is shaking!?


No, falling–Rururuuuu–


I immediately eject . But, the chain doesn’t reach the ceiling .


The earsplitting sound of howling wind .


Time, it’s already too late…… . I fall head over heel……


Uheeeeeee, I say such a thing .


I fall, falling .


The goblins seem to fall, too .


Serves you right, I cannot say .


Well that room .


The whole room seems to have been a hexagonal pitfall trap .


–s.h.i.+t, I extend the chain to the side–but there’s no wall .


Easily, it proves right without minding it, I produced the chain .


The chain penetrates through several goblins in the midst of falling, but it was just that .


The wind blows up vigorously, I feel like my body is falling like an arrow .


I’m skydiving with no parachute .


An unpleasant thought crosses my mind .


This, if I arrive below, will my body be destroyed?


Eeeeh, I don’t want that


Chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, chain, chain .


I repeatedly eject many times, but the width seems considerably wide too–in vain, the chain shoots into the sky .


My body is of Vampire lineage . I don’t think I’ll die even if it’s crushed, but… it will hurt first .


It’s for so long I’m able to think to that extent, I still admire it while in the middle of falling .


Suddenly–with a *bua*, the sensation of piercing something .


I felt the sense of the air clogging up my ears . Did the atmospheric pressure even change?


This, how far will I fall……


I up the repeated ejection of .


Many times, many times, many times, is shot out, then–


A whole bunch of chain–did it get stuck!?


The chain bends and doesn’t break off, carrying me to the wall in one go . Feeling to chain for how many second, I rejoice, but, the though ends there, it broke .


–I crash into to wall with awful force .


The sound of the impact as my head is smashed, my brain shakes .


–The side of the wall collapsed .


Blood seeps into the cracks on the wall, it collapses .


Half of my left shoulder is torn off, instantly adhering, repeatedly tearing–the broken ribs are healed, the bones protruding from my chest also .


I reel at such extraordinary pain and shock several times, I completely black out . The disappeared automatically when I blacked out .


Completely exhausted, blood sprays out from everywhere on my body .


I do a nose dive in one breath .


Dooooon, dogoootsuntsu!


A dull crash resounds and echoes .


Pieces of bone are scattered .


From the shock of the impact at the bottom, my consciousness is restored, but, I was attacked by an undetermined fierce pain in my body .


As if I promote such pain, I rolled down bone mountain .


The long pit I fell from fortunately led to this “Skeleton Mountain . ” The many bones became a cus.h.i.+on, I fell on the heap of skeletons and while it absorbed the impact my body rolls


I finish rolling when I arrive at the bottom of bone mountain .


A twitch, my body doesn’t move .


I arrived……


I feel relieved, then, again I fainted .


After a while, how much time pa.s.sed–


At last, I wake up .


“Itetete . My entire body hurts . ”


Haha, there’s too much pain .


On my chest and thigh, splintered bones stick out here and there .


From a laying down posture, I pull out bone fragments I don’t think are mine, and a sharp pain runs through my body .


Bururi, my whole body shook, and muscles relaxed .


“Guaa, sigh……ite . ”


While biting my lip to suppress the pain, I look at the wound I remove the bone shard from . Blood overflows from the wound, but the wound closes up in an instant .


I’m stunned at the recovery abilities of the vampire lineage .


“Su, amazing……”


Well, is it all right? I……


The pain is now a more common pain .


Yes I’ll be paralyzed while I recover like this .


But even if I say paralyzed, I fainted from the extreme pain earlier .


Immortal, but the sense of pain is normal .


By the way, other than such a thing, where am I?


I stand up unsteadily, and look at the bone mountain before me–


Like the remains of a battlefield and a landfill . It’s probably the bones of humans and monster acc.u.mulated in large numbers .


Just above, a huge pit opens .


This, is it the hole I fell from?


I look into the hole . Pitch-darkness .


Well, by cras.h.i.+ng from such a height, okay, well, I was saved .


A normal human would have had their left arm torn off first, having both the chest and head destroyed would have been “Instant Death . ”


Speaking of pitch-darkness, it’s bright here .


The sources of light emit bright light, I turn to face it .


–There seems to be light everywhere .


Is there a large cauldron hanging from the ceiling by chains?


A strange orange flame burns in the pot .


“It’s totally the pit of h.e.l.l……”


I look around the area but there’s only bones .


There are scattered old spears, swords, and armor among the bones too .


“Is anything here usable?”


I lost the spear I picked up a while ago .


Then, while cautiously stepping on the bones on the ground, there might be a weapon that seems usable or an armor that could be worn, the search begins .


The huge bone mountain before my eyes, there seem to be many of them, but because the bone mountain seems unstable I detour around it .


“Ooh, does the size match?”


Then I discover a cuira.s.s that seems usable .


It covers everything above my thighs .


I attach the cuira.s.s with green scales and red from my bloodied jeans . The jeans are bloodied and tattered full of holes, but because this fits, I decide it’s good .


It just fits .


Searching for other armor, moving bones aside, I move forward . (TN: Not really sure . )


I pick up a rusted brown sword this time .


Using the sword, I pushed a bone aside and looked .


I’m able to find armor equipment, but the only things I can find are broken things that were crushed and full of holes .


However, I found a good looking gauntlet that seemed to fit .


It’s only the right hand, but the grey armor seemed to have some green scales mixed in with a darkish firm metal on the back .


It seems to be old, but it’s better than nothing at all .


I stretch the clothe out into a string and attach it to the claps on the back of the cuira.s.s to bind it together .


I fitted it to my wrist .


I check my watch then . The watch was broken . The face is badly cracked and the needle is bent, it has completely stopped .


Aaaaahhh, the precious light, the power of civilization……


–I should throw it away .


I throw my watch away into the bone mountain .


–The legacy of civilization, taken away!


I continue going around bone mountain .


As usual, the bone are piled up in large quant.i.ties on the ground . It was hard to walk .


Jumping ahead from the middle to walk, already playing, I decide to move .


There it is, at last!


As my jumping power also rose considerably, I was able to jump considerably far .


But, the scene continues to not change at all .


This bone place is a huge cave, it’s nothing but an ocean of bones . Where ever I look, the horizon is covered by the sea of bones .


Luckily, it’s bright so I can advance easily……


Intently, running across the sea of bones, walking, jumping, I continue .


One or two days have probably already pa.s.sed .


I’m thirsty . I want water .


But, in here it doesn’t seem likely to find food or water .


Also, there are bone mountain .


On top of it, there’s also a huge pit .


There seems to be a bone mountain under the huge pit like the once I fell through .


If I can get high, I may be able to understand the layout of this place……


“Let’s try it . ”


Muttering so, I look up the bone mountain in front of me .


Yos.h.i.+, let’s do it in one go .


I put strength into my legs and run .


At first I was able to climb with a good feeling .


But, my feet are immediately caught by the sea of bones even if I jump, I’m then buried and swallowed up by a whirlpool of bones . My feet rapidly sank into the bone mountain as it collapsed and my body spilled down .


Since there’s no helping it, I advance along the side of the bone mountain .


Small bones, are crushed underfoot while I walk .


The sword I take hold of in my hand is subst.i.tuted for a walking stick .


In such a way, I pa.s.s several bone mountains .


Another bone mountain……is what I though then .


Slowly, zoazoa, and, it is a group of moving people? But I saw it .


I approached .


Hm? Huh, oh, it’s a group of corpses .


Zombies . The living dead are moving corpses .


There’s skeletons made of only bones too .


I took care to slowly walk around the group of corpses .


Part of the group, noticed me .


The decomposed zombie corpses all moaned, and came this way .


Uhyu, don’t come here!


I turn my left left wrist towards a zombie, and extend .


–The aim is the head .


The chain makes a swish sound as it advances, piercing through the head of the zombie .


The zombie who lost its head collapsed weakly to the ground .


–I did it .


I was terribly idle in my previous life .


I remember that I loved drama, movies and games were zombies came out .


While remembering the scene I enjoyed in my previous life, I ejected and reeled in the chain, slaughtering the slow zombies .


But, if they were the serious heinous running zombies, I don’t think I would have such a composed att.i.tude .


With a rusted sword equipped in my right hand and the chain in the left, I stick the sword into the head of a zombie, killing it .


As I don’t know how to use a sword, I just use it by stabbing with the sharp end .


The zombies stop moving if I smash their head, it also works on the skeletons even if they’re only made of bones . Yet, in addition to being slow, shaking and clattering, I was able to kill them by destroying the bleached skeletons with my chain .


When I finish killing several zombies and skeletons, is the source of the zombies the white fog surrounding the bone mountain? That sort of thing can be confirmed by sight .


Oi, a ghost?


That’s probably what it is, I approach and observe the white fog……


If I think it’s shaped like a person, it’s a ladybug?


It s.h.i.+nes . Is it a group of s.h.i.+ning lady bugs?


Why? s.h.i.+ning with a white light, the group of ladybugs float like fireflies .


“Why here?”


When I’m going to touch with my hand, the ladybugs swiftly moved nose diving in a fine zig-zag .


Curiously, I tried feeling around on the ground .


“Otsu . ”


On the ground there was a blurred hard to read character written on the ground .


Re, Te, Ta, Wa, Me, Su, Mu .


Different world characters . They can be read, but several placed have been worn down .


White light s.h.i.+nes under the characters, there was a necklace decorated with big beautiful ladybugs .


The ladybugs are beautiful crafted like a work of art .


A chain of gold is on the end of the decoration .


On the backside of the ladybug, there seem to be several lines of grooves like an ordinary necklace .


However, the light just now? The fog? Sort of……


『……』


“Mm?”


When I hold it in my hand, a faint wind blows .


The ladybug pendant s.h.i.+ned white for an instant .


“Being an insect, foreboding? For the time being, let’s take it……”


Muttering so, I hang the necklace around my neck .


The necklace stops s.h.i.+ning then .


Leaving that place, again, I begin to advice along the side of bone mountain .


I walk determined .


The sea of bones spread out like an infinite h.e.l.l .


Haa, how long will it take?


My sense of time is already completely out of order .


Only the sound of bones crunching echoes .



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