Fate felt the air around him become frigid, stinging his lungs as he heaved in large breaths, terrified at the sudden appearance of the two crimson wisps…
He felt his legs slowly lose their strength, though he attempted to keep himself standing by use of a nearby tree, as the sinister eyes continued to grow closer and the miasma around him became stronger and thicker…
Fate was unsure of what it was, but he quickly drew a connection, however true it was, between the current state of his weapon and the sudden appearance of this malevolent force. Although the terror was overwhelming him, Fate wasn’t completely idle during this time, as he began preparations to launch an attack and was currently gathering mana at his fingertips.
-C-can’t...blow myself up-p...not again! Got-tta...use...the other method…!!!
Fate: “Hey!!! Who or what are you?!!”
He panickedly shouted into the darkness as the sinister presence continued to come ever closer, his fingers trembling as a trail of bright red, burning mana began to overwhelm the natural, blue.But even as the flames slowly crackled to life, slightly beyond the edge of his fingers, he received no answer...
Fate: “Damn it, stop coming closer or I’ll f***ing roast you!!!”
Again, his voice rang at the darkness and at the being that slowly crept from within it, but received no answer, as his eyes began to tremble and the flame at the edge of his outstretched fingers grew more fierce…
『Dude, just blow up a tree to block its way and run like hell!!! You haven’t been using『Fire Magic』mostly by itself, before, and there’s no guarantee you’ll get a solid hit on it, just combine the two types equally and bomb the f***er!!!』
Fate unsteadily began to aim the crimson flames that were steadily consuming the blue embers within, toward the tree that was closest to the disturbing presence, even as his arms shook…
His quivering eyes wandered back to the red eyes, as he barked out his last warning…
Fate: “I will not hesitate to burn you and that part of the forest to ashes, so this is your last chance to back the hell off...whatever you are!!!”
But, having been seemingly ignored for the last time, Fate’s anxiousness hit its peak, as he released the mass of red flames towards the tree, setting it ablaze as the crimson mass climbed the tree, illuminating the dark forest and exposing a ghastly, yet barely familiar figure…
[Roar!!!]
The shadows were peeled away by the roaring flames, revealing Fate’s, until recently, thought to be dead enemy, the boar, but sporting a horrific new look. Most of the hair on its body had burnt off and much of its skin had charred patches scattered across it, while the rest had become noticeably redder, almost like a ripe tomato.
The tusks that it had been so proud of and whose attack resulted in the breaking of Fate’s right arm, had now become thinned to resemble a pair of foot and half long spikes that gleamed like metal, with some traces of their organic, white ‘shells’ still being able seen, rotting away around them.
The somewhat sharp teeth that it had barely been exposed, now had become fangs that it boasted to the burning forest as it roared. However, despite most of its hair having been burned, it still sported a stiff mohawk, which had become stained with blood and now bent backwards.
Finally, its black, beady eyes which had once arrogantly looked down on Fate, had been completely consumed by an ocean of pure crimson, while a malevolent miasma seemed to leak out from every orifice in its body…
It was as if, once the moon’s light had been vanquished by the clouds, the boar had been reborn in flames…
-H-ho...holl-ly…!!!
『This is not good…!!!』
[Roar!!!]
A second roar resounded, as Fate’s terrified mind and instincts compelled him to do only one thing...run!
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