Chapter 23: Treacherous Luck (Rewritten)
’Seriously, what is my luck?’
When him and Seele had ran into the jungle, avoiding the countless predators that fought to survive in the harsh process of natural selection, he hadn’t been watching his footing. While Seele was battling against Nightmare Creatures ahead of them, he had tripped on a protruding root.
Once he hit the ground, a thorny vine suddenly slithered around his neck. It dug into his skin, pulling him into the air with drastic force as his veins were cut open.
Fortunately, he didn’t bleed. [Blood Weave] ensured that.
He had to use the Midnight Shard to cut the vine off, but had dropped it after he was slammed into a tree. In less than a second, multiple Nightmare Creatures had lunged at him, fighting with an unintelligent harmony.
Sunny wondered if they were being controlled by an external force...
Anyways, he had quickly summoned the Moonlight Shard before stabbing the closest Nightmare Creature in the skull. After that... his perception suddenly changed. He forgot everything around him, and only kept two goals in his mind.
’Kill your enemy. Prevent yourself from being killed.’
It was almost like he had retrieved a missing piece of himself. His mind was constantly processing the concept of murder — to murder his foes, and to not be murdered himself.
Everything had felt like a puzzle. At that moment, he had inserted the final piece, allowing him to fight with frightening clarity. He had to figure out how to avoid their attacks while in midair, controlling them despite his precarious situation.
It was as if he was both the puppeteer and the puppet, controlling himself and the abominations around him. As a result, his only injury was the mark on his neck from when he was grabbed by the living vine.