Chapter 457: During Reincarnation (side: Partner)
…I find myself walking through a space of total darkness. It seems this is a forest. Turning my head to the side, I can just barely make out the occasional tree.
What is this place? My memory isn’t clear. For some reason, I feel irritated.
Perhaps because I zoned out, it's mostly automatic, but it seems I am the one who is moving our body. Is my partner slacking off? I look towards him, and… The space from his neck up is strangely hazy and impossible to make out.
Hey, where’d you go? Huh? Is this a dream? I don’t remember too clearly, but I’m sure I wasn’t in a situation where I should be sleeping. What happened to me? If I remember right… We were betrayed by that bitch, and then were chased by the Demon Lord bastard… We ran out of strength to run, and then… And then…
Aah, that’s right, I died.
Around me, I notice many others who are similarly walking forwards. They consist of all kinds of monsters and humans. None of them have any colour, and are entirely black and white. Perhaps they have no awareness of their surroundings, as they are single-mindedly walking forwards with hollow expressions. As they walk, their bodies seem to melt away. About half of them are shuffling forwards after having become like walking mounds of mud. A few who are unable to keep walking melt away entirely and sink into the ground.
“Gaaa, gaaaAh!”
I cry as loud as I can. But none of them show any reaction.
“GaaaaAh!”