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 27
I think you all can guess when is the perspective change from 1st person to different pov.
2-12. Dripping Blood
With a swift motion, Amariaz covered the wound and attempted to escape unnoticed.
As long as the bleeding remained undetected, there would be no need for the use of magic against him.
Leaving Yuuzen alone would be a consequence, but once Bechinu exploded the blood, it was certain that the situation would become fatal for Amariaz.
Even if he survived, it was a certainty that at least one arm would be blown off.
However, there was one thing they had overlooked.
Bechinu… had no eyes.
Creatures like that often excelled in other senses.
In Bechinu’s case, its sense of hearing was exceptionally advanced, emitting ultrasonic waves to locate enemies…
…And its sense of smell was equally impressive.
“KHUAAAAAAA!!”
Bang!
The blood dripping from Amariaz’ left arm burst.
It wasn’t a powerful impact due to the small amount of blood, but it placed a considerable burden on the body of a five-year-old, causing him to collapse to the ground.
“Ugh!”
“!? Amariaz!?”
“KHUAAAAAA!!”
Bang!
Once again, the left arm burst.
Although he should have been on the ground, the force caused his body to rise, rolling a little distance away.
Bechinu’s magic, Blood Burst.
A magic that could explode its own or the target’s flowing blood.
The blood used for the explosion would evaporate and become unusable, but newly spilled blood could be used immediately.
Once blood started flowing, unless there was rapid regeneration, it wouldn’t stop immediately.
Amariaz didn’t possess such regenerative abilities, so each blood explosion widened the wound, causing more blood to flow for subsequent explosions.
He would continue to explode until he died… no, until the blood no longer spurted.
Then it burst again.
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Amariaz’ agonizing voice reached my ears.
This couldn’t go on.
I couldn’t let my precious friend die because of this strange creature!
I absolutely couldn’t allow that!!
“Take this!!”
“KHA!!? GHUGHU……!!”
In the heat of the moment, I approached Bechinu in an instant and grabbed its mouth with all my strength.
The loud noise from earlier was heard when this monster screamed!
If I could do something about this mouth, it should be fine!
Fortunately, Bechinu’s killing intent was distinctive and easy to grasp. With clear contours and restrained movement, I was able to immediately grip its mouth. And gradually, I applied more force.
“Grnnnnnghhh!!”
“Ghaa!! Ghakha… Ghuu!!”
Bechinu, hanging in the air, swung its front legs vigorously, attacking me. Powerful kicks that should have dented the ground were coming, but it didn’t bother me. Unable to spit blood due to the pressure on its mouth, Bechinu frantically struck at me with its front legs.
Squelch.
Slish slish slish.
The long mouth was surprisingly hard, and it was not easy to bend. However, my skill “Herculean Fist” seemed to strengthen my power, and finally, an unpleasant sound began to emanate.
Perhaps due to pain and frustration, Bechinu continued to move its legs to attack, but it had no effect on me.
“You…!! You hurt my… friend…!! I won’t… forgive…!!”
“??!! ??!!”
Begyoaah!
Bechinu’s nose was snapped off, and bones protruded from the skin. It emitted a high-pitched scream close to a death rattle, but it didn’t seem to have the force to burst its blood.
Ignoring the thrashing Bechinu bleeding profusely, I quickly rushed to Amariaz.
Since it couldn’t make that sound anymore, it probably couldn’t attack anymore. But now, I was worried about Amariaz.
“Amariaz!! Are you okay!?”
“……u…”
“Hey! Hey!”
“……”
Seemingly conscious but unable to stand up anymore. I had never heard what to do in such a situation!
What should I do…
Then, Amariaz strained to hand me something.
When I took it, I realized it was a dagger.
“Eh? What should I do!?”
“……u…ah”
“Don’t talk anymore! Uh, um…”
Amariaz must have a reason for handing me this!
What is this!?
How did you make this dagger!?
…Ah!!
I got it!
When we caught fish in the river, Amariaz used this when cooking the fish!
So, if I disassemble that monster, is it fine!?
Yes, that’s it, right?
Well, I don’t have time to think, so I’ll try with this!!
…Wait, I don’t know how to disassemble animals!!
Oh well!
Let’s stab it where there’s a lot of meat!!
Yaaa!
Zakku.
Without thinking, I stabbed the translucent dagger into Bechinu’s side.
As I lowered it and cut the meat, a terrible smell assaulted my nose. It seemed that I had damaged the internal organs, but not knowing the first thing about disassembling, I just kept stabbing and somehow managed my first disassembly attempt.
But at the moment I inserted the translucent dagger three times, it suddenly burst.
Paaann!
“What the hell!?”
It seemed that the translucent dagger had burst with the same power as the dangerous presence I felt in the river. Thanks to that, I was blown far away, hit a large tree, and finally stopped.
I feel like I’ve been blown away a lot recently.
Wait, where’s Amariaz!?
I stood up and ran in the direction where I sensed Amariaz.
Fortunately, I was able to reach there quickly, and there lay the mutilated corpse of Bechinu, its presence completely gone, and Amariaz, who was stretching as if nothing happened.
“Phew! That was close!!”
“…Eh? Amariaz?”
“Ah, Yuzen-kun! Thank you for saving me!”
“Huh? Hah? What do you mean?”
“Ahaha. Well, actually, I have a recovery magic called ‘Death Absorption’, right? It’s a technique that allows me to recover by killing an enemy. And by the way, what I gave you was the ‘Air Compressed Sword’ .A technique that allows me to explode it at any time I like. It can also be used as a dagger or a regular sword! Then, when you stab Bechinu’s body with the ‘Air Compressed Sword’, it explodes and ‘Death Absorption’’ is activated. That’s why I recovered!”
“…?”
“Hold on, so you don’t know?!”
There were many difficult words, and I didn’t understand. But what I understand now is that Amariaz is completely healthy without a scratch.
Although the clothes were covered in blood, the arm was cleanly healed.
“Um, so, are you okay for now…?”
“Of course! Oh, Yuuzen-kun, you saved me, thanks!”
“……”
“Yuuzen-kun?”
Amariaz, who couldn’t even speak properly before, was now speaking normally.
It was very reassuring, but a different fear attacked me.
If I hadn’t noticed anything, Amariaz might have died.
That thought was terrifying.
“Uu…waaah!”
“What!? Why are you crying!?”
“Ugh, I thought Amariaz was going to die! Waaaah!”
“Ahh!! I see! It was dangerous, but look, everything’s okay now! See!?”
“Waaah!”
“Ahaha. This won’t do.”
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Amariaz scratched his head as he looked at Yuuzen, waiting for him to stop crying.