I knew that if that attack hit me I would die immediately, but what was I able to do in that exact moment?
That lightning finger was extremely fast, and even if I could avoid it, my mind was not able to send orders to the rest of my body for that…
I had no choice but to accept death, and only hope that I would not lose any useful memories after it.
The lightning finger became at a distance of one meter from me, and was about to hit me, before a huge figure suddenly appeared in front of me blocking my vision completely, and at the same moment I heard the sound of the lightning colliding with his body.
And in that exact moment… my mind returned to work.
I moved away quickly, then I raised my head and looked at that huge figure that saved me.
The fat bear. He saved me for the second time.
Hmm… is his affinity the tank?
Well, that suits him somewhat, he is like a bear after all. But maybe he is not a tank most likely… and why did I think of that in the first place?
Anyway, he did not suffer severe damage, except for a small burn in his belly. I took a deep breath, then I decided to at least thank him, he indeed saved my life twice.
"Hey bear, thank you for the help. I will repay the favor later, and I will bring you a deer to eat as soon as I get one." I said that in a loud voice, so the bear trembled a little, then looked at me with a face devoid of joking and said seriously:
"I do not eat humans, and I do not like joking,
and I do not talk with the skinny ones. Move away from your place before you turn into a meat sandwich, I only helped you because you are the weak one who does not eat, and you were giving your food to me…
did you forget that?"
"…"
I stared for a moment at the bear, then sighed in annoyance. Ugh… it seems that this bear only thinks about his stomach, he must want to preserve his main resource, and I who thought he was kind-hearted… or maybe he is like that in his own way.
"Ah!"
I quickly jumped behind the bear, for at the same moment the lightning strike launched from the front and collided with him, so his body shook a little, while I sighed in relief.
"A good wall… well done fat one."
But I soon noticed that his body started to shake more, before he turned his head toward me slowly with an angry look.
"You weak insect, do not dirty my beautiful body more, move away from here before I lose my nerves. Come to me later so I can show you what it means to have a real stomach."
"Wait, he is attacking you… be careful!"
I warned the bear while I was retreating away from him, but he did not even turn to the back, as the blue-haired child rushed toward him while hitting with all his strength, and yet the bear did not seem as if the blow hurt him much, he grabbed him with his big hand easily and lifted him high into the air, then threw him upward, and after that he struck with both his hands on his head as if he was clapping slowly and heavily.
— Takh!
The child's head shattered into scattered pieces, and his body fell to the ground without movement. After that, the bear shook his hand and flicked the blood off it carelessly, then looked around searching for me before saying in a loud voice:
"If you do not give me your share of the food completely, I will make you instead my dinner dough."
Fortunately, I had moved away from the bear's place a little, it seems that I will remain hungry for a long time, but why is he so angry? Is all this just because I touched him? Ah… maybe this is the right time to see how I can control my abilities.
After that I summoned my status, and it appeared in front of me again, and I was very nervous while doing that, because at any moment I might be attacked suddenly, but after a short moment my eyes stopped at a certain ability.
[Blood Network] networks of blood that you can protect yourself with or use them as traps, where the network is similar to a spider web, and—
I read half the description quickly while frowning in annoyance; first the insect, and now I have become a spider? My God, what is happening to me? Damn, stop these thoughts, this is not their time. I alerted myself with that, then I tried to focus on using the ability.
I had a strange intuition about how to do that, as if my body knew the method beforehand, so I was about to execute it, but suddenly two figures appeared within my field of vision fighting violently, and as soon as they noticed me standing without doing anything they stopped fighting and stared at me directly.
"Damn… are you tempted by me? Aren't you supposed not to have emotions? Leave me to my business and finish what you are doing first."
But instead of that, each of them looked at the other for a moment, then they made the same decision at the same time… attacking me.
"Damn the hatred of the miserable…"
I stopped in my place until they became close to me, then I rushed toward them suddenly. I knew that this was a gamble, but I had to surprise them even a little, and also I was not bad at fighting… rather I was good.
So I directed a swift strike toward the nearest one of them, but he raised his hand in front of him quickly and blocked it, then he leaned his body to the side, which made me lose my balance for a short moment, and in that moment I saw a high kick heading directly toward me.
I lowered myself quickly and slid on the ground, then I leaned on my hand and pushed my body upward, regaining my balance again.
"I have to use the damned blood network"
I tried to focus on the blood scattered around me, it was a lot everywhere, and very slowly the threads of the network began to form around me, while I was watching them as they rushed toward me without hesitation.
They approached me until they were directly in front of me, and the blood network had not been fully completed yet, but that was sufficient to a reasonable extent, so I directed it toward them suddenly, and it launched quickly and wrapped around their bodies, to seize them and suspend them in the air.
I advanced toward them quickly, fearing that they might manage to free themselves.
"Blame yourselves, you are the ones who attacked me first. You could have stayed alive for a longer time if you did not do that, but it does not matter… I hope you reincarnate in your next life as sons of a rich family. Ah, haha… you cannot do that, can you? For you will be returned to life once again, so do not forget me when you come back."
I said that while I was crushing the neck of one of them with my hand, then I twisted the neck of the other strongly until their bodies fell without movement.
After I finished, I took a deep breath trying to regain my calm, but I did not allow myself to rest for long. This time I decided something different; instead of being attacked every time, why not be the one who starts the attack?
So I sneaked quietly to the back, approaching a group that was fighting among themselves violently, but am I stupid to interfere in their fight directly? Of course not. I was waiting for the right moment to pounce, while watching them with cautious silence.
Their fight was intense, so I looked at them while analyzing their abilities in my mind:
"Two possess external affinity: the duelist and the trickster, and the others possess the paths of wind, metal, and fog… hmm, weaken each other more, then I will come without any watcher or overseer and eliminate you all… what beautiful souls you are."
Their fight intensified violently, before a person with gray hair raised his hands high toward the sky suddenly, and at the same moment several blades of air formed above their heads, and without them having enough time even to react to it, those air blades fell upon them all at once, causing severe and painful injuries.
But meanwhile I had completed forming the blood network completely, so I directed it toward them in the next moment directly, to stick their bodies to it while they resisted violently trying to get out, while I advanced toward them with fast steps, and I was about to end their lives and kill them quickly before they get a chance to survive.
But in the very next moment… a strong voice rang throughout the barn, shaking the whole place, saying:
"Let everyone stop fighting immediately. Whoever does not respond will be punished. It is over. Take some rest for a while… the nightly training will begin shortly."
When I heard those words, I fell to the ground without resistance, and released a long exhale from my chest, while my whole body was trembling from exhaustion. It is finally over…
I truly survived. I did not think that I would do it,
but I did it. And suddenly I felt as if my mind would explode from pain and in the next moment I vomited a lot of blood.