Anime: About That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

In the twisted shadows, pairs of scarlet pupils lit up, and three shadow guards silently appeared behind Gordon and his group.

At the exit, Gordon was carefully observing the outside, checking for any remaining magical creatures. Suddenly, Gordon instinctively sensed an unusual feeling behind him and quickly turned his head to look back.

"Nina, be careful!"

The next moment, Gordon saw the three magical creatures that had appeared behind him at some point. With a roar, he rushed towards Nina without hesitation.

Puchi!

A warm spray of blood splattered on Gordon's face. Nina's body flew out amidst Gordon's angry and helpless roar, while Keith, who was on Nina's back, was instantly torn into four pieces, crashing heavily in front of him.

"Ahhh! Damn monsters!"

Looking at the fallen Nina and Keith's shattered body in front of him, Gordon couldn't hold back any longer. Images of Tuka patting his shoulder and entrusting the others to him kept flashing through his mind, but now Nina and Keith had died in front of him.

"Cough... cough!"

Just then, Nina, whom Gordon had thought was dead, struggled to get up, coughing up mouthfuls of blood. A deep, bone-exposing wound on her back was clearly visible, and a large amount of blood flowed continuously, dyeing the sewage beneath her red.

"Sister Nina!"

Nearby, Tuka's son saw Nina sit up and hurriedly ran forward to help her up. Tuka's wife also promptly took out a healing potion, poured half of it on the wound, and then poured the rest into Nina's mouth.

"...Take Nina and leave first. You must survive and not let our efforts be in vain!"

Gordon saw that Nina was still alive and finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then, with a determined look, he stepped forward to block the shadow guards who were slowly walking out of the darkness. This time, it was his turn... Just as well. Dying here, with those two noisy guys, Keith and Tuka, he shouldn't feel lonely.

"Gordon..."

Tuka's wife looked at Gordon's determined back, then looked at her son and the seriously injured Nina beside her. She bit her lip tightly, directly carried Nina on her back, and pulled her son as she jumped down from the sewer exit.

Bang!

Hearing the sound from behind, a smile appeared on Gordon's face. The next moment, he rushed towards the three shadow guards in front of him without hesitation, forcefully throwing two daggers coated with poison towards the two shadow guards on the left and right.

Immediately after, Gordon, with a grin, hugged the last shadow guard in front of him. One hand tightly gripped the shadow guard's neck, while the other hand tore off the pouch from his waist. He knew that with his strength, he couldn't stop these monsters at all, so...

"Die with me!"

Gordon smiled and threw the bag in his hand up. Instantly, the contents shattered, and the gray cloth bag was instantly corroded away. A black mist spread out, and the sewer walls were instantly corroded with large holes by the black mist.

Gordon, who was enveloped in the black mist, had already become a bloody mess, and his exposed white bones were covered with black spots. As for the shadow guard that Gordon was holding, its body was also mostly dissolved at this time, and drops of black liquid kept dripping from its body.

Pa!

The next moment, Gordon and the shadow guard turned into a pool of thick liquid, mixed with a few gray-black bones, and flowed into the river outside the exit with the water. At the sewer exit, two shadow guards with bodies corroded with potholes jumped into the river.

.....

In the evening, the sky was dyed blood-red by the setting sun, and peach-colored clouds were reflected on the river, turning the entire river surface blood-red, as if a raging fire was burning on the river.

Splash!

Suddenly, several figures climbed out of the river on the riverbank. Tuka's wife tightly held Nina on her back with one hand, and dragged her pale-faced son out of the cold river with the other.

When she jumped into the river from the sewer, Tuka's wife knew that if they went ashore directly, they would definitely not be able to escape the pursuit of those monsters with their speed. Therefore, she directly carried Nina and her son and drifted along the river all the way until they were almost exhausted and their bodies were shivering from the cold river water before they struggled to get ashore.

"Not enough, we have to escape further..."

Tuka's wife looked back at the direction of Airez Qiya, muttered to herself, and then carried Nina on her back, pulled her son, and staggered into the forest. She knew that with Gordon's strength, he definitely couldn't hold those monsters for too long.

In order not to let Gordon and her husband, as well as Keith, die in vain, she must take the remaining people and survive.

"Mom, it's those monsters!"

Suddenly, Tuka's son pointed to the distant river surface with his whole body trembling. Two shadow guards were floating on it, constantly advancing in the direction they were in, and would soon catch up with them.

"...Come with me!"

Tuka's wife looked back at the two shadow guards on the river, gritted her teeth, and continued to walk forward, while carefully observing the surrounding environment. A low, dense, but inconspicuous bush appeared in front of her after a few minutes.

Seeing this, a smile appeared on Tuka's wife's face. She gently put Nina down from her back, then stuffed Nina into the bush. After confirming that there were no traces from the outside, she let her son climb in, and asked him to take off the pouch from Nina's waist and hand it to her.

"Kainas, stay here obediently, be sure to protect Sister Nina. Also, you are already a man, and you must learn to take good care of yourself in the future."

After speaking, Tuka's wife cleaned up the last trace, clenched Nina's pouch in her hand, and turned to run into the depths of the forest in the opposite direction. This time, she didn't advance quietly, but deliberately made all kinds of noises to attract the attention of the two shadow guards.

As Tuka's wife thought, the two shadow guards who had just landed noticed the noise she made for the first time, turned into shadows and chased after her directly. Without any wisdom, they were simply carrying out Dicas's order to kill all the humans they encountered.

"Mom!"

Inside the bush, Tuka's son, Kainas, understood what she was planning to do when he saw his mother leaving, but he had no choice but to hide here, praying for his mother, praying that she could escape successfully... Although he also knew that this possibility was almost zero.

Boom!

A few minutes later, a loud explosion suddenly came from a distance, and the raging fire illuminated the forest. This ray of fire also extinguished the only trace of hope in the boy's heart, and tears couldn't help but drip from his eyes. He knew that his mother was dead, like his father, died to protect them.

"Kainas... don't cry..."

At that moment, an icy hand rested on the head of Tuka's son, Cainas. Nina struggled to sit up, her eyes burning as she looked towards the source of the distant explosion. In truth, Nina had been awake the entire journey, but her injuries were too severe, making even speaking difficult.

Even now, Nina could feel the intense stinging pain from the wound on her back, but compared to the raging flames of vengeance burning in her soul, the pain was insignificant.

"Nina..." Cainas looked at Nina, who had awakened beside him, and couldn't help but hug her tightly and burst into tears. The past day had been a torment and a nightmare for the eleven-year-old Cainas.

The sudden appearance of the demonic creatures had slaughtered his friends and neighbors, and then his parents and Uncle Gordon had died in front of him to protect him. His former home, Eretz, had been transformed into a living hell.

Snap!

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound from the bushes. Cainas, who had been crying, quickly released Nina and cautiously looked outside. A rodent-like face, with only half of its head remaining and flames still burning on its body, appeared before him.

"Ah!"

Faced with the Shadow Guard's head so close, with its grotesque and terrifying appearance, Cainas screamed and quickly retreated into the bushes. The Shadow Guard outside, with most of its body mangled, a large hole in its abdomen, and only its two front paws remaining, began to tear frantically at the bushes upon hearing the sound from within.

"Nina, what do we do?"

Inside the bushes, Cainas looked at Nina beside him with a terrified expression. He hadn't expected that a demonic creature would survive and even find them here.

"Cainas, I'll hold this demonic creature back for a while. You run, run as far as you can!"

Nina glanced at Cainas beside her, who was trembling all over with fear, and after instructing him, grabbed her bow and arrow and crawled towards the bushes. Although she didn't want to die, Nina knew that her body had reached a point where even walking was difficult, and escaping from the demonic creature's pursuit was impossible.

In that case, it would be better to sacrifice herself to hold back the demonic creature and let Cainas, who still had strength, escape... Moreover, Nina had also discovered through the gaps in the bushes that the demonic creature's condition was no better than hers. At least she could kill one demonic creature before she died, which would be a form of revenge, however small.

Snap!

Just as Nina had crawled less than two meters, a hand suddenly pressed down on her shoulder. When Nina looked up, she realized that Cainas hadn't run away. Instead, he had pulled out a dagger, his face filled with a terrified expression, but his eyes were incredibly determined as he looked at her.

"Nina, I'm going too. I promised Mom that I would protect you!"

After saying that, Cainas directly held the dagger in his hand in front of him, bent over, and roared at the Shadow Guard that was tearing at the bushes, charging forward. The silver blade directly pierced into the Shadow Guard's body, all the way to the hilt.

Seeing that his attack had succeeded, a hint of excitement appeared on Cainas's face. Just as he was about to pull out the dagger to continue attacking the Shadow Guard, a sharp pain suddenly came from his chest. A pitch-black claw had pierced through his stomach.

"Cainas!"

Nina looked at the claw piercing through Cainas's stomach and quickly accelerated her crawl towards the outside, but her severely injured body was completely unable to exert any strength. In addition, the obstruction of the bushes caused a large amount of blood to seep from the wound with each step, staining Nina's clothes red.

"Nina, I'm okay. Dad said I'm a man! I want to protect Nina!"

Cainas, spitting out large mouthfuls of blood, turned his head to look at Nina lying on the ground, a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth. Then, one hand tightly grasped the Shadow Guard's body, and the other pulled out the dagger and stabbed it frantically towards the Shadow Guard.

As a being born specifically for war, the Shadow Guard was also the most frantic when nearing death, completely disregarding Cainas's attack, its claws lashing out at Cainas's chest like a storm, a large amount of blood mixed with shattered internal organs flowing all over the ground.

Thus, the severely injured Nina could only watch helplessly as the most primitive and cruel battle between a person and a Shadow Guard unfolded before her eyes, tears streaming down her cheeks.

Bang!

Suddenly, as Cainas's dagger pierced the Shadow Guard's heart, the Shadow Guard, which had been attacking frantically, stopped directly. The shadow-constructed body exploded and disappeared bit by bit, and after the Shadow Guard's death, Cainas, who had been holding on by a thread, could no longer hold on, and his body crashed heavily to the ground.

Large holes had been torn in his tender chest, and blood mixed with internal organs flowed out continuously. His brown-black pupils also began to dissipate.

"Cainas! Cainas!"

Nina's eyes were filled with tears as she moved towards Cainas, using her arms and chin, looking at his tattered body and dissipated eyes, and quickly called out.

"Cough... Cough... Nina, am I a man? I promised Mom that I would protect you... Nina, you have to live well... I'm going to see Dad and Mom..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cainas's breathing completely stopped. His tender face had his eyes tightly closed, a smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he really saw his dead parents, telling them that he was already a man...

"Ahhhhh!"

Looking at the dead Cainas, Nina only felt that something in her heart had completely collapsed. The image of her sister being decapitated and lying in a pool of blood at the door, the image of the captain's charred and mangled body, the image of Case being cut into pieces... Until just now, the image of Cainas being slowly hollowed out by the demonic creature in front of her.

Countless images of death appeared in Nina's mind. Amidst the wails of pain, anger, despair, and hatred, a line of blood-colored tears flowed down Nina's cheeks, and black flames ignited little by little, completely engulfing Nina.

In the last second before Nina fainted, she seemed to hear something.

"Acquired unique skill [Vengeful Witch]: Endless rage and hatred have transformed into flames that burn the soul. The flames of vengeance will burn everything... until eternity."

In the dim and quiet bushes, black flames began to burn everything around them, the magical elements in the air, the trees beside Nina, the soil beneath her... everything was turned into fuel for the flames, but when the black flames touched Cainas's corpse, they avoided him.

In the flames, the injuries on Nina's body were rapidly recovering, her long black hair was constantly growing, and even her petite body was changing. Her legs became slender, the clothes on her chest began to bulge, and the aura she emitted became cold but also scorching to the point of being terrifying... That was the anger and hatred of a witch.