32. K: Grass Distort The World

For a moment, it felt as if time has stopped, and my awareness has spread...

And as if for that moment, I.... could feel everything..... my arms slowly moving.... my sword cutting through the air..... the purple lightning crackling around.... and even...

The things crawling toward me.... the black stagnating water drawing closer to me.... and the wraiths’ black silhouettes creeping within it...

And so, at that moment, and only at that moment, I felt everything..... slowly my sword moved... but faster their limbs reached for me..... time, the aura lightning around me bought.... but time, to break free from here, I needed.... and so, for that one moment, I felt as if that time has stopped.....

But then suddenly...

Ssssshhhh.

Air cutting sound.

I succeeded..... in cutting this place, and for the first time...

cRacK. CraCk.

The black landscape beyond me has cracked..... and with it, finally, Time has resumed...

.........

Feeling the danger of the things creeping toward me, a part of me has really thoughts it was the end, nevertheless, just as they closed through...

cRacK. CraCk.

Nevertheless, just as they closed through, it started.... and as cracks suddenly spread through the landscape in front of me, I could suddenly see...

Light.

Through the cracks, I could suddenly see light. still, before I could even smile at that, it happened...

Fuuussshh.

Strong wind sound.

As suddenly, a weird feeling of weightlessness took me by surprise, and before I could even understand its meaning, I...

cRaCk. BREAK.

I found myself pulled by a strong suction force toward those cracks and rifts, as the landscape around me has...

BOOOOM.

Shattered.... with a loud explosion, it has shattered, as I...

“huh?”

Fuuuusssh.

Suddenly found myself shooting through the air...

“Haaaaaaaaaaaa....”

Surprised screaming.

Before then...

Boom. Baam. Crash. Roll.

Baaaam.

“pffuu....”

Spitting blood.

Before then, swiftly crashing into the ground...

.......

“Ughhh... I s-should n-never....”

“try this a-again....”

“D-dammit.... ughhhhh....”

Weakly saying so, I am left with extreme pain through my body, as I...

Stare at the dark cloudy sky above me.... but Dammit...

“this hurt....”

Saying so, I feel my whole body SCREAMING of pain, but still, I have at least...

“done it....”

"I have escaped....”

“escaped immediate death, at least.”

Saying so, with whatever power I have left, I resist the dizziness and pain, and smile, as I...

“haaa....”

As I sigh, feeling my overwhelming emotion calming down a little.... just a little, but...

“It feels nice.... being alive....”

“even if... I am not sure of what’s happening here....”

Saying so, and smiling, I try relaxing while taking a deep breath calming my exhausted body and mind, as I stare...

Inhale. Exhale.

Inhale. Exhale.

As I stare at the eerily dancing grass around me.... when...

-Conditions have been met

Skill: Attack Lv2 has become Lv3-

When suddenly, some notifications appeared.

-Conditions have been met.

Lv7 have been reached.-

-Conditions have been met

Skill: Advanced sword mastery Lv1 has become Lv2-

-Conditions have been met

Skill: Attack Lv3 has become Lv4-

-Conditions have been met

Skill: Sword Arts Lv2 has become Lv3-

-Conditions have been met

Skill: Agility Lv3 has become Lv4-

-Conditions have been met

Skill: Aura Manipulation Lv1 has become Lv2-

-Conditions have been met

Skill: Analyse Lv2 has become Lv3-

-Conditions have been met.

Skill: Defence Lv1 has been acquired.-

-Conditions have been met.

Skill: Health Lv1 has been acquired.-

-Conditions have been met.

Skill: Stamina Lv1 has been acquired.-

-Conditions have been met.

Skill: Curse Tolerance Lv1 has been acquired.-

-Conditions have been met.

Skill: Pain Tolerance Lv1 has been acquired.-

-Conditions have been met.

Extra Skill: Single Absolute has been acquired.-

-Conditions have been met

Skill: Analyse Lv3 has become Lv4-

-Conditions have been met

Skill: Attack Lv4 has become Lv5-

And looking at those notifications, the only thing my tired body could do was...

“haaa....”

To sigh. No, seriously, I am already tired and exhausted to care.....

Really, with my headache? Yeah, let’s just give up.

Thinking so, and choosing to ignore my status, I close my eyes for a moment.... just one moment.... to relax.... and...

“I am really tired....”

Saying so, and feeling my weakened body, I am really tempted to nap here.... but, I don’t think I should... if I want to wake again, that is.

Sigh.

“I am really tired....”

“but guess, there is no helping it...”

Saying so, I open my eyes, and then I...

Flip to my side, as I try standing...

But.....

“what the hell is going on?”

Saying so, I look around me, at the weird grass dancing around me, as if distorted the world around it..... or is it, that the world was always distorted?

Thinking so, I finally notice..... the fact that this grass is a little too long.... about a meter and a half, I think? Maybe more? Well, anyway, the details are not important...

No, what’s important is the meaning of this.... because from what I remember, the grass at the area I was at before, was not this tall..... and so, the only possible meaning this would have is...

“that I am still at the oblivion....”

Saying so, and looking at the eerily dancing grass as it sways to the left, I am suddenly swaying with it...

To the right, and I am there, after it...

Once again to the left, an-... Okay, STOPPU.

Thinking so, I close my eyes feeling confused by my vision, nevertheless, is it me, or is this place weird?

No, I am sure it is not me, yeah... I mean, I may be tired and confused, yeah.... but even so, this weird swaying, this loss of balance, and this weird shaking..... all of them, can’t be from that, rig-... No, wait...

“Shaking?”

Weird, I didn’t feel this before.

Thinking so, I open my eyes and look below me, and then putting my hand on the ground, I...

Can feel it.... the ground shakin-...

!!!

“No way...”

Nervously saying so, I suddenly understand, and so, I quickly try standing, but...

Clumsily jump on foot.

“shi-....”

But apparently, I was late, and so, the moment I tried to walk...

The earth below me shook violently, when suddenly...

Booom.

A giant maw covered my vision.

“Gyeeeeaaaaaa....”

Gulp.