The World Is Overflowing with Monster, I'm Taking a Liking to This Life

85. Fight despair.

"... Momo?

I stare at where Momo was until recently.

There was a darkness spreading like a build-up of water.

The surface is waving small.

"Uh... oh, uh...?

What the fuck happened?

I don't know.

I don't understand.

My brain refuses to understand.

- Momo, swallowed by darkness.

".................. ah"

It took a few seconds to understand that simple fact.

"Momo......"

My heart stains black.

I collapse on the spot without power.

"Wow, wow, wow!"

Dark Wolf howls high.

The voice felt a mix of joyful emotions for some reason.

…………

Flirting, getting up like a ghost, I stare at Dark Wolf.

Physical tremors stopped at some point.

Yet my heart is bitter, trembling with all the straining.

I wanted to get away with it so much, but now I can't even feel that dust on me.

"- Give it back..."

"Certain conditions have been met."

"You have earned the skill 'Anger':

"Proficiency reached a certain level."

"Skill 'Anger' has gone up from LV1 to 2."

"Proficiency reached a certain level."

"Skill 'Anger' has gone up from LV2 to 3."

"Proficiency reached a certain level."

"Skill 'Anger' has gone up from LV3 to 4:

"Proficiency reached a certain level."

"Skill 'Anger' has gone up from LV4 to 5:

"Give me the momomo...... give it back!!!!!!!"

The moment I screamed like that, what in me was so pretty.

My emotions explode and my head turns white.

Fear blows up, and power overflows from the inside of your body.

Grab the weapon and I'll set up an assault on Dark Wolf.

It moved incredibly fast.

But Dark Wolf doesn't move.

I just moved my front leg small.

As if to say "no lower".

The darkness around him spreads as if linked to the movement.

What showed up was a giant wax.

A giant darkness is coming at me, dripping black mud with a bump.

What's wrong with that?

"Out of the way."

At the same time I jump, I make a scrap car appear directly above the wagon.

And it also creates scrap cars in the air, creating scaffolding. Step on it and accelerate it as much as you want. Beat that kick, in the abandoned car, to the jaw of darkness.

"Huh!?"

"Crush it."

Shatter the darkness, scaffold the abandoned car, and go under Dark Wolf.

He still doesn't want to move.

I just tried to breathe.

- You'll eat the same hand twice.

I was alarmed earlier, but not this time.

Thoughts were calmly 'observing' the situation and 'predicting' the opponent's movements, even though his brain was floating with so much heat that it boiled down with guts.

Throw in the 'Just a Knife' you took out on hand.

If his screaming is the same skill as Momo or High Oak, then his weakness should be the same.

The skill has a 'stockpile'. And in the meantime, if you let them take another action, 'scream' skills will be cancelled.

Dark Wolf plays my thrown knife in the dark. As expected, 'Scream' skills were deactivated.

"Whoa, whoa!

Grip the oak knife (upper) and flesh to Dark Wolf.

No tactics, no shit, just a serial slaughter I left to my skills and status.

But it doesn't reach Dark Wolf.

Automatic defense by darkness prevents slashing. What's wrong with that!

Don't loosen the attack.

"Maturation level reached constant:

"Skill 'Swordsmanship' LV has gone from 4 to 5."

"Proficiency reached a certain level."

"Skill 'Rapid Poke' has gone up from LV3 to 4."

Increases the level of skills.

Thank you. More sharpness is added to the attack.

Rip the darkness apart and approach Dark Wolf.

"Wow, wow, wow!!"

As he screams, a dark thorn emerges from my feet.

Tearing meat from the back of his leg, choosing his arm, blood erupting. What's wrong with that?

Use the 'shadow' to snap and pull through the pricked thorns.

The pain was so paralyzed.

Never mind, I'll continue the attack on him.

"Give it back...!

Crisis Sensing and Hostility Sensing are activated.

Dark arms from all directions, jaws, spears approaching me. What's wrong with that?

"Give me a mo...!

Create an impromptu wall and scaffold around you to continue the attack. It won't hold for a second.

So what's up? Before you do, all you have to do is kill him.

"Give it back, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!!"

What did I look like then?

I got eyes on Dark Wolf.

"- Ah."

At that moment, Dark Wolf, who had not moved a single step until then, moved.

He jumped back and distance himself from me.

"Ha... ha... run, don't"

Give me back my momo.

With his bloody body, he stares at him.

…………

He doesn't get out of sight.

But for the first time, Dark Wolf's eyes felt like they contained a color other than 'hostility', yes... 'interest'.

Ripples float at his feet.

Momo, captured by darkness, appeared.

"Momo!"

Momo doesn't move.

But he's not dead.

Looks like he's just losing his mind.

"... what are you going to do?

Hostage...... no, are you going to be a dog hostage?

"... Wong"

Dark Wolf barks small.

That seemed to be asking something.

"What do you want to say...?

Dark Wolf hoists Momo high and barks low again.

"Wong......"

In communicating with Momo and Aka, my outdoor conversation skills were built up, somehow, but he told me what he wanted to say.

Dark Wolf probably said this.

- What do you think he is?

That's what I'm asking.

- It's my partner.

I answer without hesitation.

That expression gets the firmest.

The expression companion would fit if it represented Mr Ichinose or Aka.

But if Momo asks, the answer is' buddy '.

Before the world was like this, it was just one thing that mattered to me that I had no family, no close friends to say this -,

"It's important... it's my partner"

……

Did you get my word, Dark Wolf? I just rounded my eyes a little.

After staring at me, I slowly put Momo on the darkness about what I thought.

Like earlier, I don't take it into the dark. Just lie quietly and stand in front of it.

I don't know why, but it seems Dark Wolf isn't going to kill Momo.

It's like a guardian protecting a treasure.

And Dark Wolf looks at me. That's a gaze as if provoking.

"Gah."

If it's that important, I felt like I was telling you to take it back.

"Oh, of course..."

To be honest, the winner will be thin.

Fight it. Clear. Okay.

This Dark Wolf is much stronger than before.

But... what's wrong with that?

I don't have the option to leave my momomo and run.

The feeling that my life is the best remains the same.

But still, there's about one thing I can't even give away.

If I run away here, I'll regret it.

"Wow, wow, wow!"

Dark Wolf barks at me, poking at me.

- Quick! Like dancing through the universe, I can instantly pack my distance.

In a moment, his wrapped darkness turned into two giant hook claws.

"Gwah!"

A black hook claw that makes a roar and wields.

Push the blade forward and be attacked.

"Gahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

- Heavy.

An incredible shock strikes me. I can't prevent it!

"~ ~ ~ (sighs)!

For a moment, the acorn, which is smaller and leaves only a small amount of power, changes the flesh and envelops my body.

Diffuse shocks and slow momentum.

In that gap, I try to escape.

But there were two claws.

From the side, another hook claw approaches me.

At that time, a continuous small firing noise sounded, slightly scattering the hook toenail tip, off track.

I don't have to look.

It's Mr. Itinose's backup fire.

I was able to take a second shot, even though my arm was shallow and slit open.

(- Leave the backup to me!

(Thank you, Mr. Ichinose!

I don't look back.

I can't afford that. But even if you don't see him, you don't have to exchange words to convey your thoughts.

Focus. Don't look away for a moment.

Otherwise, all I'm waiting for is' death '.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Again, toward the giant hook claw to be wielded, I lay my hands on the knife, forcefully deflecting the attack. Heavy shocks strike. Bikiri and his arms swell and blood erupts.

The ground is determined by the aftermath of that shock, which also propagates to the school building, making ragged noises and collapsing.

"Gallulululululululu!"

Dark Wolf groans, waving his hook paws over and over.

For him, this attack is not a special blow or anything.

It's a regular move that can be repeated as much as you want.

The overwhelming difference in force that no is also reminded of in response.

"…, … (Furu, Furu)"

Aka trembles painfully.

Impact absorption of acorns and not omnipresent.

There is always an absorption limit.

Keep it up, even Momo and Aka......

"Knock..."

I bite my teeth, but I can't afford any more.

Not like this - get hit.

But Dark Wolf will not loosen his hand in the attack.

On the contrary, two more giant hook claws were created.

Simply double. Double Attack.

"Damn, damn...... ugh!

Four hook claws looming.

You don't...? Not me, not us, you can't beat him...? Can't you help Momo? Run, run, run...

Only for a moment, such an idea crosses my mind.

But still,

"... give up... stop!

No kidding!

Who runs away!

Think! Think! Think!

Look forward! Find your way!

Don't be cowardly! Stimulate your heart!

Don't give in! Keep exploring the possibilities!

Just now.

I want power. Momo, the power to get your partner back.

We all have the strength to survive.

Moment after moment, my voice echoed in my head...

Skill application accepted.

We have confirmed the death of the previous holder.

Change the unique skill '■ ■ ■ ■' to a usable state.

"Unique Skill 'Vocational Enhancement' is now available."

Heavenly voice echoing in my head.

At the same time, power overflows from within your body.

What... what's this?

Visible, "Five Senses" is enhanced, and the track of the attack can be "predicted".

"Agility" is enhanced and runs through the gap of attack like a wind.

"Gaw!?"

I guess I didn't think I could.

For the first time, a confusing color came to Dark Wolf's face.

But the confusion is, I'm the same.

What's this all about?

What the hell is that? What the hell is this overflowing power?

I open the status screen.

And I looked in the section on unique skills, and I was surprised.

Unique Skills

premature ripening

Vocational enhancement

A place I've never been able to read by typing.

There, new skills were noted.

"Why...?

Mysterious intrinsic skills that never made any sense before: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■.

Why is that now available?

No, remember.

Sure, I think the heavenly voice confirmed the death of the previous holder, or something.

Even before that, there must have been such a heavenly voice.

- I'm currently applying for skills, he said.

I couldn't afford it and I was listening, but was that what I was talking about?

Could the skill section have been typed because there were other owners?

Does that mean that holders of unique skills do not duplicate?

Assuming that there were two persons who fulfilled the conditions for acquiring unique skills, the first person who fulfilled the conditions would be given unique skills, while the other person would be given the skills of '■ ■ ■ ■' in the form of a reservation.

And at the same time as the previous holder dies, the other is given that skill.

If you think about it, Tsujitsu fits.

But why at this time...?

What the hell is the previous holder......

- I can 'enhance' that skill, can't I?

Unexpectedly, I recall her - demon dialogue.

... Could it be that the previous owner was her?

"Vocational Enhancement". Perhaps the effect is a skill that strengthens the profession, as its name suggests.

To be precise, it is probably an enhancement of the ancillary skills acquired during vocational choices.

Because it also explains why she could have followed all those monsters.

She had the same unique skills as me. This skill is the root of her strength.

Well, was that what you said...