Chapter 158: Chapter 158: War [19]
Once again, a beam of light that could not be seen directly with the naked eye flashed, covering the entire battlefield.
In the next moment, everything fell into silence.
Space.
Time.
...
Regulus had absolutely no intention of killing Hans at this moment.
After all, he was temporarily blinded, so the demon couldn’t determine the protagonist’s location.
Thud!
And then, as the light gradually faded away, and everything slowly returned to normal, a strange sound suddenly appeared.
Out of nowhere.
It sounded like... something had just fallen to the ground.
Not paying much attention to it, Regulus immediately glared at Hans, then pointed at him.
"Pochi, kill that bastard for me..."
The demon had not finished speaking when he was forced to stop.
And the next second, he was subjected to a piercing pain, even more painful than the previous one.
"Arghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!"
A roar filled with anguish echoed throughout the entire space, causing the entire heaven and earth to shake.
The thing that had just fallen to the ground was already obvious.
It was Regulus’s right arm.
"There is a saying that fits you very well in this situation, Regulus."
With a sarcastic smile, Hans opened his mouth.
"When you don’t pay attention to the wound, nothing will happen. But once you pay attention to it, you will be forced to experience the pain that the wound brings."
However, the demon was completely in no mood to pay attention to the protagonist’s words.
His mind was only filled with panic and excruciating pain.
Regulus tried his best to stop the bleeding.
"Stop! Stop it! Stop bleeding! I’m really going to die!"
Unfortunately, it didn’t work.
"Why is the blood still flowing? Damn it!"
After all, the demon had just had an arm severed, not a finger.
Regulus was no longer able to maintain his hovering in the air.
He no longer had the mind to maintain it.
As a result, not long after realizing that his right arm had been severed from his body, the demon slowly fell to the ground.
"Oh, you’re finally going to fall?"
Hans said, smiling.
He was just a human, not a god.
Or at least not yet.
And because he was a human, the protagonist couldn’t fly in the air, or jump to any height.
Making the fight with Commander Regulus a bit difficult.
But now, that was no longer a concern for Hans.
"Because you fell, Regulus!"
The protagonist jumped up, extending a hand towards Regulus.
The distance between the two of them gradually narrowed.
And the smile on his lips became brighter and brighter.
As long as he could catch that demon, Hans would definitely kill him.
As long as he could catch that demon, Hans would definitely let him understand what it was like to live a life worse than death.
— Roar!!!!!!!!!
But of course, the protagonist couldn’t do that.
Because Pochi was still alive.
And because Pochi wouldn’t allow that scenario to happen.
"Tsk, I forgot about that giant worm for a moment."
Boom!
A loud bang.
And then, a giant, bottomless hole appeared on the ground.
And from that hole, a worm jumped up at a speed that was more terrifying than sound and anything else combined.
Like a rocket.
Whoosh!
"Hah... I really have to kill this worm first?"
Hans muttered, stopping in mid-air, staring at Pochi’s body that was shooting up, stretching endlessly.
"What a pity."
The protagonist sighed.
Just now, he almost reached Regulus, but was then stopped by this damn worm’s body.
"Well, forget it."
With no other choice, Hans let his body fall, giving up on the idea of touching Regulus’s body with this hand.
"Hm?"
But then, suddenly, something entered his field of vision.
It was a wound.
A wound on the body of the giant worm.
The protagonist could be sure that it was a wound, since blood was flowing from it.
But...
’I didn’t cause this wound to the worm.’
Before Pochi ran away by burrowing into the ground, Hans had only chopped off the worm’s lower body.
He hadn’t touched the worm’s middle body at all.
Then why would a wound appear there?
Could it be that when it burrowed into the ground, it accidentally brushed against something?
No.
This really sounded absurd.
This worm was a creature that could easily destroy a mountain without leaving a single scratch!
Then what could possibly leave such a deep wound on Pochi?
"But no matter what..."
Hans lightly performed a spin, successfully landing on the ground.
But, even so, the worm’s body was still separating him and Regulus on the other side.
Just like when a train passes by, and the two sides of the track are divided by it.
’Should I use [Sword Saint]?’
Just as that thought appeared in Hans’s mind, the worm’s body was no longer between him and Regulus.
As if sensing his killing intent, it once again burrowed underground, fleeing.
"...What a cowardly creature."
Then, the protagonist looked towards Regulus again.
But, instead of being on the ground like he should, the demon was now floating in the air.
Still keeping that arrogant expression, as if nothing had happened just now.
"Huh?"
Hans raised his eyebrows, his head full of hundreds of different questions.
The protagonist felt confused.
But the reason he felt confused was because Regulus’s arm that should have been severed... had recovered.
’Fuck! What kind of insane recovery speed is that!?
Even the best healer, Hans’ comrade in his previous life, couldn’t heal someone at such an insane speed.
Especially when it was a serious injury.
"Wait..."
The protagonist’s body froze completely.
A thought had just appeared in his brain.
Then, a smile appeared on the corner of Hans’s lips.
"Maybe... I understand."
About the power of Commander Regulus.
And the answer to all the strange things that had happened up until now.
All the pieces had connected together.
Making a perfect picture.
But before that, to confirm his thoughts, Hans had to do an experiment.
Boom!
Pochi once again appeared on the ground.
"This is the chance!"
Not allowing himself to waste any more time, the protagonist immediately activated [Sword Saint], and swung his sword with all his might.
Whoosh!
This time, Hans’s attack only left a deep wound on the worm’s body.
Still couldn’t finish it off.
However, that wasn’t the protagonist’s intention in the first place.
He immediately strained his ears.
And then, that sound entered Hans’ eardrums.
"Arghhhh!!!!!!!"
Regulus’s painful scream.
With a smile, he said:
"As expected, I was right."