I Was a Small Fish When I Reincarnated, but It Seems That I Can Become a Dragon, so I Will Do My Best - Extra Chapter 250
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8-23. Side -Uchikage- Next enemy
Uchikage’s kick left the sound behind.
Catching the center of gravity of the falling Altez, Uchikage firmly drove his foot into the perfect position to maximize the impact of his kick.
He could feel the sensation of Altez’s hip bones shattering.
Altez’s body, forcibly bent into a sharp angle, stalled in mid-air for just a moment before being hurled away at an invisible speed like a bullet.
No arc was drawn, and gravity was ignored as the body flew in a straight line.
Obstacles were shattered one after another, and at times the debris floated in the air.
Rather than slowing down, it seemed as if Altez’s speed was only increasing—an illusion that defied reality.
He tore through all manner of obstacles, big and small, until finally, his hand touched the ground.
Caught on something, his body was violently slammed to the ground, spinning vertically as it continued to skid forward.
Yet, finally, the momentum began to wane.
After smashing through two large trees, Altez’s body collided with a rock and came to a halt.
It was a miracle that his body wasn’t torn apart.
Despite the devastating power of the kick, Altez had not yet succumbed, and his final soul had not left him.
“Gah…! C-curse you…!”
But Altez awoke once again.
His skill, Five Souls, allowed him to survive death five times.
As a result, Uchikage would need to kill him a total of six times.
From the way Uchikage had spoken, it was clear he thought killing Altez five times would be enough.
Even if Altez’s skill stopped reviving him, his previous death experiences would still be recorded, so the same attack wouldn’t kill him again.
He struggled to rise, protecting his aching joints, but his body still wouldn’t respond well, causing him to collapse back to his knees.
“Why… is … something feels… off…?”
Five Souls preserved the cause of death.
This ability prevented him from dying the same way or by the same cause.
Altez had specifically set it up to block any attack from the Shadow Medium.
Yet, he’d been killed twice by the Shadow Medium.
“Could it be… that isn’t a skill…?”
Living beings couldn’t be registered as causes of death.
That should have been possible with a normal skill.
But the fact that it didn’t work meant that Shadow Medium was some kind of special skill tied to a soul.
If he had figured that out sooner, he might have stood a chance.
In any case, that threat was no longer present.
The small Shadow Medium entangled in his wings had also disappeared in the chaos, leaving him free to move.
“I need to replenish…”
He had no more lives left.
He had to find a fresh human heart to devour quickly.
If he could do that, then this time, he’d surely defeat Uchikage.
He had killed him so many times already.
It was hard to imagine needing to kill him five more times.
“…? Wh-What is this…?”
Something was squirming near his abdomen.
He wondered if it was an insect and reached out to feel for it, but he couldn’t touch anything.
Suddenly, he noticed a Shadow Medium hanging upside down from a tree above him.
When the figure moved its fingers ever so slightly, Altez groaned in pain.
“Ngh!? Inside… my stomach!?”
Squelch.
Thin, black needles shot out from his abdomen, back, throat, legs—piercing through different parts of his body. They retracted, only to pierce again from a different angle.
“Gaah! Guh… ghaah!!?”
“ ……. (The figure on the tree shook its head in apparent dissatisfaction.)”
“Hm, so you managed to fly all the way here. It was wise to attach a small one to you,” a voice called out.
“….. (The figure on the tree nodded.)”
“Tenda, can’t you aim for the heart?” the voice asked, with a hint of annoyance.
“…….(The figure scratched its head, as if embarrassed.)”
“Hahaha, still not used to controlling small ones, are you?”
The black needles erupted from Altez’s body several more times. Finally, one of them struck his heart. His body froze instantly, his face twisted in resentment as he stared at the one responsible.
Even though he was an archangel, he still had weaknesses. And if those were exploited, even someone as young as Uchikage, who had lived for only around 400 years, could defeat him.
(To be defeated… by this…!)
At last, Altez collapsed.
The archangel, who had long relied solely on the skill Five Souls to prolong his life, was no more.
Uchikage let out a deep sigh of relief. It was fortunate that he had been able to finish off such a troublesome opponent. While Altez had been a formidable foe, he was not a threat if he couldn’t keep up with Uchikage’s speed.
Moreover, Uchikage still had Tenda by his side. There was no way he would lose so easily.
“Still… where are we? I have yet to figure it out… Tenda? …!? Tenda!?”
Tenda, who usually expressed itself through some kind of movement or gesture, was nowhere to be seen.
Uchikage quickly turned around and scanned the surroundings, but his companion was nowhere in sight.
Following the trail of Tenda’s presence, he spotted it lifting itself up from a distant tree.
“No sound, no presence… They managed to blow Tenda away? …This is bad!”
Uchikage quickly leaped away from the spot. Just as he did, the branch he had been standing on was blown to pieces.
The force was tremendous, and there had been no sound or sign of its approach.
He had known this was enemy territory, but he hadn’t expected another threat to arrive right after Altez’s death.
He had assumed the enemy acted alone. Clearly, he had underestimated the situation.
The new enemy was still out of sight.
While Uchikage was scanning the area, the Shadow Medium returned and pointed in a certain direction.
“I see. So it’s an Assassin type.”
Finally, Uchikage could make out the figure.
The next enemy… appeared to be holding a magic tool.