Chapter 30: I Win!
Chapter 30
There was something about the creature... knight standing before him that made Megumi shiver each time he looked at it. It screamed of profound wrongness.
Perhaps it was because it was a cursed beast, one rank above him, or rather this was a presence every humanoid dark beast possessed. But more than that, what drew his attention the most was the runes on the helmet of the knight and its incandescent blade.
The runes seemed very familiar but vastly different from the ones his system used, and while the system translated the runes for him itself, he couldn’t understand one bit of what was etched onto them.
And finally, those smoldering crimson flames burning between the visage of the knight’s helmet... He hoped he was mistaken, but this creature seemed rather sentient.
While he was still thinking, the cursed knight charged forward; the screeching sound of metal hitting against metal resounded throughout the entire room as its feet moved against the floor of the room.
The knight seemed a bit slow. He already had basic knowledge of dark beasts, so he knew how deadly a beast of the third rank—a cursed beast—was supposed to be.
"So she’s trying to make it fair, huh?"
He mumbled...
In the next second, the cursed knight closed the distance between them and swung its arm.
The attack was quick, rigid, and, more than that, powerful and precise. He felt the wind from the punch as he quickly bent backward and twisted his body slightly.
With a quick twist and roll, he created distance between him and the knight once more, but it only lasted for a split second.