newbobooks Chapter 134 Counterattack
Chapter 134 Counterattack
"Ugh..."
I gritted my teeth, enduring the excruciating pain coursing through my body. My head was spinning, and every second was draining my magic power. The wound on my arm throbbed incessantly.
"Oh? You actually dodged it."
The pain from the dagger wound burned my arm. I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself down.
boom!
My heart was racing, and my body temperature was rising.
Calm down.
My instincts saved me from most of the harm, but I was still injured, and the danger was far from over.
I forced myself to calm down, took a few deep breaths, and channeled my magic into my blood vessels and heart to slow blood circulation and help myself regain composure.
I quickly scanned my surroundings and my gaze settled on three approaching students whose faces were full of malice.
One of them, a tall man, said with a hint of satisfaction, "You're pretty good, not bad."
He was one of the people who entered the dungeon with me, but I hadn't noticed anything unusual about him before, or even paid any attention to him.
'This is bad.'
My brain was racing, processing the information I had gathered. Although I didn't know why they were targeting me, it was clear that I was in a very precarious situation.
My senses have failed.
There's something off about these people. Although my attributes aren't as good as the higher-ranked students, my [Perception] parameter is at least enough for me to detect their presence; after all, they're just lower-ranked students in the academy.
This means...
'They are hiding their true strength.'
If they can bypass my senses and launch a surprise attack, it means they're hiding their true strength. In my experience, unless the opponent is a high-ranking figure, I can sense any hostility directed at me.
Or... there might be something else wrong.
Before I could analyze the situation further, the student in front of me had already begun to act.
He took a step forward, and a surge of black energy flowed from his hand, directly connecting to the remaining monster's body.
"Roar!"
The two surviving Ruins Screamers suddenly began to emanate dark energy from their bodies, becoming increasingly ferocious.
Their roars turned into angry screams, their eyes flashing with an eerie light. The dark energy within them surged, making them even more powerful.
boom!
As my heart raced, my body began to react to the energy permeating the surroundings.
This energy is nauseating...like the feeling I get every time I face an enemy.
"Demonic energy."
Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
As I was speaking to myself, another student in front of me suddenly started clapping. She was a girl wearing a hood that covered her face.
"You're really, really amazing." Her voice was filled with a kind of frenzied excitement.
Although most of her facial features were covered, I could still see the crazy smile on her face.
"Can you give me a great performance?"
As she finished speaking, the Ruins Screamer, enhanced by demonic energy, became even more ferocious and pounced on me.
Their movements became swifter and more unpredictable, and the pervasive aura of malice was suffocating. I forced myself to remain calm, but the pain in my body made it difficult to move.
Whoosh!
Even so, I managed to dodge the attack of one of the monsters, whose claws narrowly grazed my throat.
Clang!
Another Ruins Screamer lunged at me, its fangs nearly biting my arm. At the last moment, thanks to that feeling, I blocked the attack with my dagger.
I couldn't accurately estimate the monsters' power after their demonic energy was amplified, and my dual daggers struggled to keep up with the accelerated movements of these Ruins Screamers.
'Calm down, Morse,' I reminded myself, relying on training and experience. I can't back down now.
Even though the pain almost consumed my thoughts, and the physical pain made it difficult for me to move, I could not back down.
Because what stands before me is a half-demon.
'I at least need to see their faces clearly.'
The battle turned into a fierce dance of death.
Whoosh!
In that instant, the Ruins Screamer suddenly charged at me, leaving a trail of dark energy.
It was so fast that I didn't have time to react. No, something seemed to be interfering with my senses; my cultivated perception was failing. I couldn't even activate the [Eye of Time] and [Swiftness] skills.
prick!
The monster's claws pierced my chest, three sharp claws deeply embedded in my body. My internal organs felt like they were on fire; the monster's dark magic invaded my body, disrupting my physiological instincts.
"Ugh!"
I couldn't help but cough up blood, which rushed to my throat.
'Too fast...'
My mind was foggy, my thoughts were chaotic, and my consciousness was on the verge of collapse.
"Roar!"
With a piercing scream, another monster pounced on me, its fangs biting down hard.
At least... I can go back.
This is the midterm exam. The watches provided by the college have a teleportation function that can send students back to a safe zone if they are in mortal danger.
However, as time passed, my consciousness gradually blurred, and I could no longer sense any fluctuations in spatial magic.
'Um? '
What should have happened... didn't happen.
"Roar!"
Amidst the monsters' screams, I managed a quick glance at the watch on my wrist. It was supposed to display the number of monsters each student had killed via a server connection.
'No way...'
When I looked at my watch, the screen was blank.
'They severed the watch's connection to magic.'
"Didn't you notice?"
Just then, the tall student's voice reached my ears.
puff!
"Ugh!"
As he spoke, the first monster abruptly pulled out its claw. The wound was torn open, and blood gushed out like a fountain.
"The connection between the academy and this space has been severed," he continued, his eyes filled with mockery, as if I were just an ant at his feet. "No one will come to save you; you will die here."
boom!
Blood loss and dizziness made me unable to support myself any longer, and I collapsed heavily to the ground.
“How pathetic.” The hooded girl looked at me coldly, her smile vanishing. “End him, Reina.” She pronounced my death sentence.
"Tsk, don't order me around." The tall boy waved his hand impatiently. "I was just about to do that anyway."
"Roar!"
As he moved, the monsters let out piercing screams again, as if they had gone into a frenzy. More and more dark energy flowed into their bodies, and their aura grew stronger every second.
"Heh..." However, just as they were talking, I finally couldn't hold back anymore. My long-suppressed emotions surged out like a flood.
"Hahaha..." I burst into laughter, finally releasing the emotions that had been suppressed for so long.
"what?"
Their expressions shifted from mockery to confusion. The boy named Reina frowned, his arrogant demeanor beginning to waver. "What's so funny?"
I couldn't stop laughing. A sense of irony filled my heart. If the outside world was truly cut off, wouldn't that mean I could play my cards without restraint? The cameras monitoring me would probably be ineffective too.
"The situation has reversed..."
When I began to infuse red magic into my body, the world around me seemed to be stained with blood.
My thoughts, my vision, my feelings... everything is changing.
My senses of wounds, pain, blood loss... became blurred.
'I want blood.'
In that instant, standing on the edge of death, I felt an unprecedented clarity and joy.
"He's gone mad!" Reina shouted, taking a step back. His companion exchanged panicked glances.
However, the hooded girl maintained her twisted smile. "No, he's not crazy."
I'm pretty sure my expression is exactly the same as hers right now.
“Go to hell!” Reina roared, pointing at me.
Just then, the monsters pounced on me again.
Whoosh!Whoosh!
Driven by dark energy, the Ruins Screamers are faster and more ferocious than before. Their movements have become unpredictable, and their attacks are filled with savage fury.
Clang!
But I don't need to make predictions.
I can feel it directly.
Standing on the edge of death, when the afterlife was within reach, I gradually transformed into something.
Something... animalistic.
Blood Moon Fang
Whoosh!
In an instant, my body suddenly shot out...