Chapter 312: 303 The Cost of Dramatic Change
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It's hot, just plain hot.
I've been exchanging magic power with the mineral tree all my life, but never before has it been like this.
It's something different, that "something" is making me feel like my whole body is burning.
And yet, all I can hear is an explosion of numbness in my body.
The pain is so torturous that you can't think about anything.
No, the pain diminishes your thoughts.
All I can do is writhe and writhe in pain.
All I can do is produce an inarticulate sound in my throat.
■■■■■! ■■■■■!
I can hear the sound.
But I don't recognize it.
This body is supposed to be made up of magic, yet there is not a painless part of it from the tips of its toes to the top of its head, as if it were being burned in the flesh.
And best of all .
''AGAHHHHHHH!
There's something wrong with my body.
No, there is something wrong when your whole body is in pain, but your barely perceptible senses still scream out that something is wrong.
In the midst of the hot, searing pain, there is the sensation that something is eating you.
Every cell is replaced by something, and something is preying on me, trying to create that replacement space.
I can't question what.
It's as if my body is forcibly remade, forced to enjoy the pain regardless of my intentions, and it's becoming unclear what I was doing.
Jiro-san! Back!
In the midst of such pain, my vision and hearing were suddenly rebooted, as if the images were connected to each other.
As if to say that the temporary construction is over, information was suddenly supplied.
My ears picked up someone's voice, and my halting eyes caught a huge gong.
What's happening? What comes?
Before such questions could pass my mind, my body was moving on its own.
■■■■■■■■■■■■!!!
A strange voice from the back of his throat.
Then the slumped body leaps up and waves its right hand with force.
There was no technique, no nothing, just violence.
The destructive power produced by such violence would normally be of little consequence.
If it was a dragon...then it should be no big deal.
A lie!
Again.
I picked up the sound again.
Someone mumbles something impossible and I recognize the sound as a mumbled word from my ear and without understanding its meaning, I take the action.
I hold my aching forehead with what I think is my left hand and my "intact" arm, letting the noise in my vision, and I see the result of the blow.
There was a dragonbone with its jawbone shattered and its lower lip bone nearly detached.
What was that?
What happened?
The body is still hot. My body still hurts.
But the pain is slowly diminishing.
Instead, my heart is pounding in my ears.
thumping in your ears, your headache grows.
You want to silence your heart when it's too loud.
I'm tempted to do that, but it's more than that, I'm feeling lightheaded.
I feel light.
The headache continues, your body aches as hot as ever, your heart is noisy, your vision is unsteady, your ears can't pick up the sounds correctly, but you know instinctively that this is the time.
But instinctively, you know that you're feeling better than ever.
Kaja.
Someone will think you're crazy.
Jiro, Mr.?
I can hear the voice of "who".
But that's not the point.
Remnants of the memory that this place is dangerous right now are screaming at you to kill the enemy.
This voice is not the enemy.
Then where is the enemy?
Oh, okay.
"........., Katsura, we're leaving.
"Ms. Kakoi! But!
"Forget it! Now Jiro-san is crazy!
The bone that rises up, repairing its broken jaw, is the "enemy".
A small presence is leaving you, but you don't care, it seems rather convenient.
Why?
Well, good.
We gotta kill the enemy.
That's easy.
They're just a big bunch of bones.
It wobbles as it holds the object in its hand, not just with its right hand but with both hands.
Like a thumping heart, this one is as loud as a heart.
A red root is tangled in my right arm.
It's hot in there, but oh well.
Now there's something more important to beat.
"Kaja.
Why do I laugh every time I open my mouth?
Well, I'll feel better and this pain will be a little better.
"Oh.
I didn't know if I could speak with my burnt throat, but it came out naturally.
Step forward to the voice.
My legs move, though they hurt.
My arms move, even though they hurt.
My vision is ......... well, okay, although it's hazy at times and occasionally loses color.
My ears are a little deaf.
It's never good right now, and it's supposed to be bad, but I don't feel like I'm losing.
"I don't feel like losing.
I should have felt differently about the dragon in front of me a moment ago, but now I feel differently.
We need to find out.
Well, shall we go?
Doesn't fit well in the body?
No, no, this is .
"■■■■■■■■■■■！！！！
Can you afford the power? Different body sensations? You moved your body just like you usually do.
I was just going to run, but my opponent remained stationary and ended up at the base of one of my necks.
Well, it looks like I can cut ..........
You have to swing the weapon in your hand and cut off a thick head that is more than one meter long.
Oh, so cutting off the head isn't enough?
But when you see its neck just start to move independently, you realize that it's not enough to just cut it off.
Now you move your leg, hoping to move faster than before.
Your body creaks a little bit.
Then the spot where it creaked became hot and sore, and before you knew it, it wasn't anymore.
I was in front of the dragon's face when I cut it off.
I'm pretty sure it ran up my neck to feel it .........
But still, was the opponent so late?
Well, okay.
As long as the opponent is slow, no problem.
Now wave three times to cut the face with your right hand alone.
Once vertically, once to cut up to the right, and once to the left.
That's all it took for the face to fall apart.
.........
There is no emotion.
Just work, aching all over, and yet there's no sense of accomplishment.
I don't have the joy I used to feel.
So what do you do?
End.
Let's end it.
Let's end this fight.
How do I end it?
Slice off all the heads?
Do we just cut off the body?
Okay.
Let's cut everything.
We'll use one of the free-falling bones as a foothold and cast the sky over the fuselage to cut the body first.
We'll use the cut-up pieces as footholds and we'll be there in no time.
I still feel hot.
I'm starting to lose my senses.
This is all right.
Just cut and it's done.
A swing vertically...oh, this won't cut too deep.
Then let's add some magic to it.
You're in my way.
I couldn't cut it off in one go, so it was flung off my neck, but my body is fine.
So maybe that's why I simply said what I was thinking.
And if you can't take the last one, then you can suck my magic into the crimson root with a sense of mastery.
The response comes back to you with a thud.
This time you'll be able to feel it.
I'm convinced of this without any evidence and rush forward.
You break through the wall of wind and take your position in front of the opponent's body, slicing off the head that stands in your way.
In front of you is a white wall of some sort, and to cut it off you now firmly set up on the upper level ......... and swing it down.
There is no sound, just the feeling of having cut the opponent's body, and after being convinced that the opponent's life has stopped, I quietly turn around and walk away.
I wonder where the strength from before had disappeared, and it stretched out its neck to attack me with a feeble motion, but it ran out of strength a meter away and returned to its bones.
As I was thinking in my absent-minded mind, I felt something running from in front of me.
There are five of them.
What is it?
There are no enemies.
It's just a hint.
They are not the enemy, so there is no need to panic, etc. .........
"Huh?
While you're pondering these thoughts, you get a thumping headache and a loud noise in your field of vision.
The noise was like a broken TV set on the verge of collapse.
What was this, you thought, and tried to hold your head with your left hand, but your vision went dark as you heard a buzzing sound.
Senpai!
Jiro-san!
"Leader!
Oh, Kaido, Kitamiya, South, so much awateate, dousi, tan .........
And when you wake up.
......... It's a familiar ceiling.
Of course, it's a hospital room you've been in many times. You ought to look familiar.
"......... Evia?
"Oh, yes,
The familiar clean white ceiling.
And from the scene, I knew at once that I had been brought into the medical facility.
While I was thinking this, the curtain was opened and out of it appeared Evia.
How are you feeling?
Oh, strangely enough, I don't have any fatigue or anything. It's nice to know that you've treated me well.
".........
I feel like I should apologize to Suela and the others, as well as Kaido and the others, for causing them to worry again, but there's nothing wrong with me.
In fact, I'm lighter than usual.
Are the medical staff here finally getting used to my treatment? And answering Evia's question with an unlucky thought.
But instead of clearing her face, her expression became more grim.
You're not sure if your upper body is safe, but your lower body is not, so you try to move your body underneath the futon, but it works fine too.
Jiro, I want you to listen to me.
Evvia's expression did not change and she opened her mouth nonchalantly.
"You're not a person anymore,
"Huh?
"It would be more accurate to say that it's not half a person anymore, but I guess you can't call something that's been transformed to this extent a person.
She raised her pretty eyebrows and read out the chart she would have received from the doctor.
"We examined you, but did not treat your injuries. Everything healed on its own. When Kaido and the others brought you into this room in a hurry, your body was already completely healed. Normally, the feedback from the magic body returning to a live body would have a certain effect on it.
What do you mean?
I'm pretty sure I would have landed a pile rigrette and wounded both hands.
I understand better than anyone that the damage was not going to be fully healed by a potion or two.
Are the injuries healed?
As I was retracing my memory, I suddenly realized that there are parts of my memory that have been lost.
When did I fall?
When you hit the pile rigs?
No, I was in a lot of pain, but I was sure I was conscious.
I'm sure I didn't pass out.
But afterwards, my memory was hazy.
Kaido and the others reported that you began screaming as soon as you took hold of the mineral tree. It looked like you were in pain. You were writhing in pain for a few seconds before you were attacked by the dragon king's Sinz Skull Dragon, which you fought off and later defeated. They said that your movement would be nothing short of extraordinary.
"Abnormal?
He said he couldn't follow it with his eyes. I don't think you're capable of pulling off that much power with your current abilities. I didn't think Mineki gave you a reason to do anything, but I had you tested, and this is the result.
Without mentioning it, she quietly holds out a medical record in front of me, explaining the situation in a matter-of-fact manner without mentioning it.
It's like a copy, with explanations written in a way that I can easily understand, and when I look at the blood item, I'm surprised to see a red line drawn on it and a note underneath it.
"Dragon's blood?
Yes, it's something that no human being could ever have by mistake. It's in you for some reason.
Did my bloodline have a dragon in it too?
And when I think back to my mother's and father's lineage, I can't even think of the word 'dragon glue'.
It was the mineral tree.
"Ore tree?
Oh, I honestly still can't believe this is happening either. It's true that the existence of a mineral tree is still unknown, but I've never heard of giving a dragon's blood to its bearer.
Evvia looked at me and asked me to turn it over, and when I looked at the next chart, there was a brief report attached.
"I'm sorry, but I took that mineral tree that was wrapped around your arm. This is what happened, I had to do some research, and in the course of the examination, I found two types of blood, your blood and dragon's blood that is very similar to it.
"? What does that mean?
"I'm not sure. It's just that there's never been one in the past. This is what the researcher and the blacksmith said from this point forward, based on their test results. Your mineral tree took your own blood and used it to make a dragon's blood and poured it into your body.
"Huh! Is it possible!
I told you it's unprecedented. But the mineral tree has always been able to become any kind of sword. It can become a holy sword or a demon sword. If you think about it that way, it's possible because it's happening in real life.
But I'm a magical body then, right? It's not supposed to have any effect on your actual body.
"That's more or less the right idea, but I'll correct you on one point: I'm just restoring the magically reconstructed body to its original state when I leave the dungeon. Do you understand? The changes are applied to the original body, otherwise your status would not increase.
Evvia explains that things like injuries are adjusted to heal on the way out, but if you're not freaking out, you can see that something terrible has happened to your body.
......... There have been cases in the past where people who took in dragon's blood died from rejection. But in your case, you probably survived because you created the dragon's blood with your own blood. Since it's your blood, it can be reversed to some extent. The body strengthened by the magic crest and the blood it produced, that's why you only had to recoil a little. The only part of the test that is strange so far is the body strengthened by the blood.
As if to reassure me that I was still reeling inside, Evvia held out a mirror in front of me.
When I looked into the mirror, I saw that I was the same as usual.
I still need to do some tests, but if everything is OK, I'll let you know tomorrow so that you can get out of the hospital. Take a good rest today.
"Yes.
With a sigh of relief, Evvia said she was going to go back to work, but stopped at the curtain.
Ms. Evvia? What's wrong?
"......... Jiro
"Yes.
I'm glad you're okay.
With that word, I realized that even though he was resolute, he was worried about me.
"I'm sorry I've caused you concern,
You should try answering in a more concise way anyway.
She gently looked back at Evvia's face for a moment and reiterated, "I'm sorry for worrying you, and thank you for worrying me.
I'm sorry for worrying you, and thank you for worrying me, Evia.
"........., call me names, not bad, huh?
Hearing those words, she shifted with a start.
Then I fell on the bed with Bosun.
"......... human, you're so quit".
When I left the company, I didn't regret it so much, but this was the only time I was shocked.
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It's hot, just plain hot.
I've been exchanging magic power with the mineral tree all my life, but never before has it been like this.
It's something different, that "something" is making me feel like my whole body is burning.
And yet, all I can hear is an explosion of numbness in my body.
The pain is so torturous that you can't think about anything.
No, the pain diminishes your thoughts.
All I can do is writhe and writhe in pain.
All I can do is produce an inarticulate sound in my throat.
■■■■■! ■■■■■!
I can hear the sound.
But I don't recognize it.
This body is supposed to be made up of magic, yet there is not a painless part of it from the tips of its toes to the top of its head, as if it were being burned in the flesh.
And best of all .
''AGAHHHHHHH!
There's something wrong with my body.
No, there is something wrong when your whole body is in pain, but your barely perceptible senses still scream out that something is wrong.
In the midst of the hot, searing pain, there is the sensation that something is eating you.
Every cell is replaced by something, and something is preying on me, trying to create that replacement space.
I can't question what.
It's as if my body is forcibly remade, forced to enjoy the pain regardless of my intentions, and it's becoming unclear what I was doing.
Jiro-san! Back!
In the midst of such pain, my vision and hearing were suddenly rebooted, as if the images were connected to each other.
As if to say that the temporary construction is over, information was suddenly supplied.
My ears picked up someone's voice, and my halting eyes caught a huge gong.
What's happening? What comes?
Before such questions could pass my mind, my body was moving on its own.
■■■■■■■■■■■■!!!
A strange voice from the back of his throat.
Then the slumped body leaps up and waves its right hand with force.
There was no technique, no nothing, just violence.
The destructive power produced by such violence would normally be of little consequence.
If it was a dragon...then it should be no big deal.
A lie!
Again.
I picked up the sound again.
Someone mumbles something impossible and I recognize the sound as a mumbled word from my ear and without understanding its meaning, I take the action.
I hold my aching forehead with what I think is my left hand and my "intact" arm, letting the noise in my vision, and I see the result of the blow.
There was a dragonbone with its jawbone shattered and its lower lip bone nearly detached.
What was that?
What happened?
The body is still hot. My body still hurts.
But the pain is slowly diminishing.
Instead, my heart is pounding in my ears.
thumping in your ears, your headache grows.
You want to silence your heart when it's too loud.
I'm tempted to do that, but it's more than that, I'm feeling lightheaded.
I feel light.
The headache continues, your body aches as hot as ever, your heart is noisy, your vision is unsteady, your ears can't pick up the sounds correctly, but you know instinctively that this is the time.
But instinctively, you know that you're feeling better than ever.
Kaja.
Someone will think you're crazy.
Jiro, Mr.?
I can hear the voice of "who".
But that's not the point.
Remnants of the memory that this place is dangerous right now are screaming at you to kill the enemy.
This voice is not the enemy.
Then where is the enemy?
Oh, okay.
"........., Katsura, we're leaving.
"Ms. Kakoi! But!
"Forget it! Now Jiro-san is crazy!
The bone that rises up, repairing its broken jaw, is the "enemy".
A small presence is leaving you, but you don't care, it seems rather convenient.
Why?
Well, good.
We gotta kill the enemy.
That's easy.
They're just a big bunch of bones.
It wobbles as it holds the object in its hand, not just with its right hand but with both hands.
Like a thumping heart, this one is as loud as a heart.
A red root is tangled in my right arm.
It's hot in there, but oh well.
Now there's something more important to beat.
"Kaja.
Why do I laugh every time I open my mouth?
Well, I'll feel better and this pain will be a little better.
"Oh.
I didn't know if I could speak with my burnt throat, but it came out naturally.
Step forward to the voice.
My legs move, though they hurt.
My arms move, even though they hurt.
My vision is ......... well, okay, although it's hazy at times and occasionally loses color.
My ears are a little deaf.
It's never good right now, and it's supposed to be bad, but I don't feel like I'm losing.
"I don't feel like losing.
I should have felt differently about the dragon in front of me a moment ago, but now I feel differently.
We need to find out.
Well, shall we go?
Doesn't fit well in the body?
No, no, this is .
"■■■■■■■■■■■！！！！
Can you afford the power? Different body sensations? You moved your body just like you usually do.
I was just going to run, but my opponent remained stationary and ended up at the base of one of my necks.
Well, it looks like I can cut ..........
You have to swing the weapon in your hand and cut off a thick head that is more than one meter long.
Oh, so cutting off the head isn't enough?
But when you see its neck just start to move independently, you realize that it's not enough to just cut it off.
Now you move your leg, hoping to move faster than before.
Your body creaks a little bit.
Then the spot where it creaked became hot and sore, and before you knew it, it wasn't anymore.
I was in front of the dragon's face when I cut it off.
I'm pretty sure it ran up my neck to feel it .........
But still, was the opponent so late?
Well, okay.
As long as the opponent is slow, no problem.
Now wave three times to cut the face with your right hand alone.
Once vertically, once to cut up to the right, and once to the left.
That's all it took for the face to fall apart.
.........
There is no emotion.
Just work, aching all over, and yet there's no sense of accomplishment.
I don't have the joy I used to feel.
So what do you do?
End.
Let's end it.
Let's end this fight.
How do I end it?
Slice off all the heads?
Do we just cut off the body?
Okay.
Let's cut everything.
We'll use one of the free-falling bones as a foothold and cast the sky over the fuselage to cut the body first.
We'll use the cut-up pieces as footholds and we'll be there in no time.
I still feel hot.
I'm starting to lose my senses.
This is all right.
Just cut and it's done.
A swing vertically...oh, this won't cut too deep.
Then let's add some magic to it.
You're in my way.
I couldn't cut it off in one go, so it was flung off my neck, but my body is fine.
So maybe that's why I simply said what I was thinking.
And if you can't take the last one, then you can suck my magic into the crimson root with a sense of mastery.
The response comes back to you with a thud.
This time you'll be able to feel it.
I'm convinced of this without any evidence and rush forward.
You break through the wall of wind and take your position in front of the opponent's body, slicing off the head that stands in your way.
In front of you is a white wall of some sort, and to cut it off you now firmly set up on the upper level ......... and swing it down.
There is no sound, just the feeling of having cut the opponent's body, and after being convinced that the opponent's life has stopped, I quietly turn around and walk away.
I wonder where the strength from before had disappeared, and it stretched out its neck to attack me with a feeble motion, but it ran out of strength a meter away and returned to its bones.
As I was thinking in my absent-minded mind, I felt something running from in front of me.
There are five of them.
What is it?
There are no enemies.
It's just a hint.
They are not the enemy, so there is no need to panic, etc. .........
"Huh?
While you're pondering these thoughts, you get a thumping headache and a loud noise in your field of vision.
The noise was like a broken TV set on the verge of collapse.
What was this, you thought, and tried to hold your head with your left hand, but your vision went dark as you heard a buzzing sound.
Senpai!
Jiro-san!
"Leader!
Oh, Kaido, Kitamiya, South, so much awateate, dousi, tan .........
And when you wake up.
......... It's a familiar ceiling.
Of course, it's a hospital room you've been in many times. You ought to look familiar.
"......... Evia?
"Oh, yes,
The familiar clean white ceiling.
And from the scene, I knew at once that I had been brought into the medical facility.
While I was thinking this, the curtain was opened and out of it appeared Evia.
How are you feeling?
Oh, strangely enough, I don't have any fatigue or anything. It's nice to know that you've treated me well.
".........
I feel like I should apologize to Suela and the others, as well as Kaido and the others, for causing them to worry again, but there's nothing wrong with me.
In fact, I'm lighter than usual.
Are the medical staff here finally getting used to my treatment? And answering Evia's question with an unlucky thought.
But instead of clearing her face, her expression became more grim.
You're not sure if your upper body is safe, but your lower body is not, so you try to move your body underneath the futon, but it works fine too.
Jiro, I want you to listen to me.
Evvia's expression did not change and she opened her mouth nonchalantly.
"You're not a person anymore,
"Huh?
"It would be more accurate to say that it's not half a person anymore, but I guess you can't call something that's been transformed to this extent a person.
She raised her pretty eyebrows and read out the chart she would have received from the doctor.
"We examined you, but did not treat your injuries. Everything healed on its own. When Kaido and the others brought you into this room in a hurry, your body was already completely healed. Normally, the feedback from the magic body returning to a live body would have a certain effect on it.
What do you mean?
I'm pretty sure I would have landed a pile rigrette and wounded both hands.
I understand better than anyone that the damage was not going to be fully healed by a potion or two.
Are the injuries healed?
As I was retracing my memory, I suddenly realized that there are parts of my memory that have been lost.
When did I fall?
When you hit the pile rigs?
No, I was in a lot of pain, but I was sure I was conscious.
I'm sure I didn't pass out.
But afterwards, my memory was hazy.
Kaido and the others reported that you began screaming as soon as you took hold of the mineral tree. It looked like you were in pain. You were writhing in pain for a few seconds before you were attacked by the dragon king's Sinz Skull Dragon, which you fought off and later defeated. They said that your movement would be nothing short of extraordinary.
"Abnormal?
He said he couldn't follow it with his eyes. I don't think you're capable of pulling off that much power with your current abilities. I didn't think Mineki gave you a reason to do anything, but I had you tested, and this is the result.
Without mentioning it, she quietly holds out a medical record in front of me, explaining the situation in a matter-of-fact manner without mentioning it.
It's like a copy, with explanations written in a way that I can easily understand, and when I look at the blood item, I'm surprised to see a red line drawn on it and a note underneath it.
"Dragon's blood?
Yes, it's something that no human being could ever have by mistake. It's in you for some reason.
Did my bloodline have a dragon in it too?
And when I think back to my mother's and father's lineage, I can't even think of the word 'dragon glue'.
It was the mineral tree.
"Ore tree?
Oh, I honestly still can't believe this is happening either. It's true that the existence of a mineral tree is still unknown, but I've never heard of giving a dragon's blood to its bearer.
Evvia looked at me and asked me to turn it over, and when I looked at the next chart, there was a brief report attached.
"I'm sorry, but I took that mineral tree that was wrapped around your arm. This is what happened, I had to do some research, and in the course of the examination, I found two types of blood, your blood and dragon's blood that is very similar to it.
"? What does that mean?
"I'm not sure. It's just that there's never been one in the past. This is what the researcher and the blacksmith said from this point forward, based on their test results. Your mineral tree took your own blood and used it to make a dragon's blood and poured it into your body.
"Huh! Is it possible!
I told you it's unprecedented. But the mineral tree has always been able to become any kind of sword. It can become a holy sword or a demon sword. If you think about it that way, it's possible because it's happening in real life.
But I'm a magical body then, right? It's not supposed to have any effect on your actual body.
"That's more or less the right idea, but I'll correct you on one point: I'm just restoring the magically reconstructed body to its original state when I leave the dungeon. Do you understand? The changes are applied to the original body, otherwise your status would not increase.
Evvia explains that things like injuries are adjusted to heal on the way out, but if you're not freaking out, you can see that something terrible has happened to your body.
......... There have been cases in the past where people who took in dragon's blood died from rejection. But in your case, you probably survived because you created the dragon's blood with your own blood. Since it's your blood, it can be reversed to some extent. The body strengthened by the magic crest and the blood it produced, that's why you only had to recoil a little. The only part of the test that is strange so far is the body strengthened by the blood.
As if to reassure me that I was still reeling inside, Evvia held out a mirror in front of me.
When I looked into the mirror, I saw that I was the same as usual.
I still need to do some tests, but if everything is OK, I'll let you know tomorrow so that you can get out of the hospital. Take a good rest today.
"Yes.
With a sigh of relief, Evvia said she was going to go back to work, but stopped at the curtain.
Ms. Evvia? What's wrong?
"......... Jiro
"Yes.
I'm glad you're okay.
With that word, I realized that even though he was resolute, he was worried about me.
"I'm sorry I've caused you concern,
You should try answering in a more concise way anyway.
She gently looked back at Evvia's face for a moment and reiterated, "I'm sorry for worrying you, and thank you for worrying me.
I'm sorry for worrying you, and thank you for worrying me, Evia.
"........., call me names, not bad, huh?
Hearing those words, she shifted with a start.
Then I fell on the bed with Bosun.
"......... human, you're so quit".
When I left the company, I didn't regret it so much, but this was the only time I was shocked.
Word of the Day
It would be nice to be able to say that I'm glad you're safe.
It's hot, just plain hot.I've been exchanging magic power with the mineral tree all my life, but never before has it been like this.It's something different, that "something" is making me feel like my whole body is burning.And yet, all I can hear is an explosion of numbness in my body.The pain is so torturous that you can't think about anything.No, the pain diminishes your thoughts.All I can do is writhe and writhe in pain.All I can do is produce an inarticulate sound in my throat.! !I can hear the sound.But I don't recognize it.This body is supposed to be made up of magic, yet there is not a painless part of it from the tips of its toes to the top of its head, as if it were being burned in the flesh.And best of all .''AGAHHHHHHH!There's something wrong with my body.No, there is something wrong when your whole body is in pain, but your barely perceptible senses still scream out that something is wrong.In the midst of the hot, searing pain, there is the sensation that something is eating you.Every cell is replaced by something, and something is preying on me, trying to create that replacement space.I can't question what.It's as if my body is forcibly remade, forced to enjoy the pain regardless of my intentions, and it's becoming unclear what I was doing.Jiro-san!Back!In the midst of such pain, my vision and hearing were suddenly rebooted, as if the images were connected to each other.As if to say that the temporary construction is over, information was suddenly supplied.My ears picked up someone's voice, and my halting eyes caught a huge gong.What's happening?What comes?Before such questions could pass my mind, my body was moving on its own.!!!A strange voice from the back of his throat.Then the slumped body leaps up and waves its right hand with force.There was no technique, no nothing, just violence.The destructive power produced by such violence would normally be of little consequence.If it was a dragon...then it should be no big deal.A lie!Again.I picked up the sound again.Someone mumbles something impossible and I recognize the sound as a mumbled word from my ear and without understanding its meaning, I take the action.I hold my aching forehead with what I think is my left hand and my "intact" arm, letting the noise in my vision, and I see the result of the blow.There was a dragonbone with its jawbone shattered and its lower lip bone nearly detached.What was that?What happened?The body is still hot. My body still hurts.But the pain is slowly diminishing.Instead, my heart is pounding in my ears.thumping in your ears, your headache grows.You want to silence your heart when it's too loud.I'm tempted to do that, but it's more than that, I'm feeling lightheaded.I feel light.The headache continues, your body aches as hot as ever, your heart is noisy, your vision is unsteady, your ears can't pick up the sounds correctly, but you know instinctively that this is the time.But instinctively, you know that you're feeling better than ever.Kaja.Someone will think you're crazy.Jiro, Mr.?I can hear the voice of "who".But that's not the point.Remnants of the memory that this place is dangerous right now are screaming at you to kill the enemy.This voice is not the enemy.Then where is the enemy?Oh, okay."........., Katsura, we're leaving."Ms. Kakoi!But!"Forget it!Now Jiro-san is crazy!The bone that rises up, repairing its broken jaw, is the "enemy".A small presence is leaving you, but you don't care, it seems rather convenient.Why?Well, good.We gotta kill the enemy.That's easy.They're just a big bunch of bones.It wobbles as it holds the object in its hand, not just with its right hand but with both hands.Like a thumping heart, this one is as loud as a heart.A red root is tangled in my right arm.It's hot in there, but oh well.Now there's something more important to beat."Kaja.Why do I laugh every time I open my mouth?Well, I'll feel better and this pain will be a little better."Oh.I didn't know if I could speak with my burnt throat, but it came out naturally.Step forward to the voice.My legs move, though they hurt.My arms move, even though they hurt.My vision is ......... well, okay, although it's hazy at times and occasionally loses color.My ears are a little deaf.It's never good right now, and it's supposed to be bad, but I don't feel like I'm losing."I don't feel like losing.I should have felt differently about the dragon in front of me a moment ago, but now I feel differently.We need to find out.Well, shall we go?Doesn't fit well in the body?No, no, this is ."Can you afford the power?Different body sensations?You moved your body just like you usually do.I was just going to run, but my opponent remained stationary and ended up at the base of one of my necks.Well, it looks like I can cut ..........You have to swing the weapon in your hand and cut off a thick head that is more than one meter long.Oh, so cutting off the head isn't enough?But when you see its neck just start to move independently, you realize that it's not enough to just cut it off.Now you move your leg, hoping to move faster than before.Your body creaks a little bit.Then the spot where it creaked became hot and sore, and before you knew it, it wasn't anymore.I was in front of the dragon's face when I cut it off.I'm pretty sure it ran up my neck to feel it .........But still, was the opponent so late?Well, okay.As long as the opponent is slow, no problem.Now wave three times to cut the face with your right hand alone.Once vertically, once to cut up to the right, and once to the left.That's all it took for the face to fall apart..........There is no emotion.Just work, aching all over, and yet there's no sense of accomplishment.I don't have the joy I used to feel.So what do you do?End.Let's end it.Let's end this fight.How do I end it?Slice off all the heads?Do we just cut off the body?Okay.Let's cut everything.We'll use one of the free-falling bones as a foothold and cast the sky over the fuselage to cut the body first.We'll use the cut-up pieces as footholds and we'll be there in no time.I still feel hot.I'm starting to lose my senses.This is all right.Just cut and it's done.A swing vertically...oh, this won't cut too deep.Then let's add some magic to it.You're in my way.I couldn't cut it off in one go, so it was flung off my neck, but my body is fine.So maybe that's why I simply said what I was thinking.And if you can't take the last one, then you can suck my magic into the crimson root with a sense of mastery.The response comes back to you with a thud.This time you'll be able to feel it.I'm convinced of this without any evidence and rush forward.You break through the wall of wind and take your position in front of the opponent's body, slicing off the head that stands in your way.In front of you is a white wall of some sort, and to cut it off you now firmly set up on the upper level ......... and swing it down.There is no sound, just the feeling of having cut the opponent's body, and after being convinced that the opponent's life has stopped, I quietly turn around and walk away.I wonder where the strength from before had disappeared, and it stretched out its neck to attack me with a feeble motion, but it ran out of strength a meter away and returned to its bones.As I was thinking in my absent-minded mind, I felt something running from in front of me.There are five of them.What is it?There are no enemies.It's just a hint.They are not the enemy, so there is no need to panic, etc. ........."Huh?While you're pondering these thoughts, you get a thumping headache and a loud noise in your field of vision.The noise was like a broken TV set on the verge of collapse.What was this, you thought, and tried to hold your head with your left hand, but your vision went dark as you heard a buzzing sound.Senpai!Jiro-san!"Leader!Oh, Kaido, Kitamiya, South, so much awateate, dousi, tan .........And when you wake up.......... It's a familiar ceiling.Of course, it's a hospital room you've been in many times. You ought to look familiar."......... Evia?"Oh, yes,The familiar clean white ceiling.And from the scene, I knew at once that I had been brought into the medical facility.While I was thinking this, the curtain was opened and out of it appeared Evia.How are you feeling?Oh, strangely enough, I don't have any fatigue or anything. It's nice to know that you've treated me well.".........I feel like I should apologize to Suela and the others, as well as Kaido and the others, for causing them to worry again, but there's nothing wrong with me.In fact, I'm lighter than usual.Are the medical staff here finally getting used to my treatment? And answering Evia's question with an unlucky thought.But instead of clearing her face, her expression became more grim.You're not sure if your upper body is safe, but your lower body is not, so you try to move your body underneath the futon, but it works fine too.Jiro, I want you to listen to me.Evvia's expression did not change and she opened her mouth nonchalantly."You're not a person anymore,"Huh?"It would be more accurate to say that it's not half a person anymore, but I guess you can't call something that's been transformed to this extent a person.She raised her pretty eyebrows and read out the chart she would have received from the doctor."We examined you, but did not treat your injuries. Everything healed on its own. When Kaido and the others brought you into this room in a hurry, your body was already completely healed. Normally, the feedback from the magic body returning to a live body would have a certain effect on it.What do you mean?I'm pretty sure I would have landed a pile rigrette and wounded both hands.I understand better than anyone that the damage was not going to be fully healed by a potion or two.Are the injuries healed?As I was retracing my memory, I suddenly realized that there are parts of my memory that have been lost.When did I fall?When you hit the pile rigs?No, I was in a lot of pain, but I was sure I was conscious.I'm sure I didn't pass out.But afterwards, my memory was hazy.Kaido and the others reported that you began screaming as soon as you took hold of the mineral tree. It looked like you were in pain. You were writhing in pain for a few seconds before you were attacked by the dragon king's Sinz Skull Dragon, which you fought off and later defeated. They said that your movement would be nothing short of extraordinary."Abnormal?He said he couldn't follow it with his eyes. I don't think you're capable of pulling off that much power with your current abilities. I didn't think Mineki gave you a reason to do anything, but I had you tested, and this is the result.Without mentioning it, she quietly holds out a medical record in front of me, explaining the situation in a matter-of-fact manner without mentioning it.It's like a copy, with explanations written in a way that I can easily understand, and when I look at the blood item, I'm surprised to see a red line drawn on it and a note underneath it."Dragon's blood?Yes, it's something that no human being could ever have by mistake. It's in you for some reason.Did my bloodline have a dragon in it too?And when I think back to my mother's and father's lineage, I can't even think of the word 'dragon glue'.It was the mineral tree."Ore tree?Oh, I honestly still can't believe this is happening either. It's true that the existence of a mineral tree is still unknown, but I've never heard of giving a dragon's blood to its bearer.Evvia looked at me and asked me to turn it over, and when I looked at the next chart, there was a brief report attached."I'm sorry, but I took that mineral tree that was wrapped around your arm. This is what happened, I had to do some research, and in the course of the examination, I found two types of blood, your blood and dragon's blood that is very similar to it."? What does that mean?"I'm not sure. It's just that there's never been one in the past. This is what the researcher and the blacksmith said from this point forward, based on their test results. Your mineral tree took your own blood and used it to make a dragon's blood and poured it into your body."Huh!Is it possible!I told you it's unprecedented. But the mineral tree has always been able to become any kind of sword. It can become a holy sword or a demon sword. If you think about it that way, it's possible because it's happening in real life.But I'm a magical body then, right?It's not supposed to have any effect on your actual body."That's more or less the right idea, but I'll correct you on one point: I'm just restoring the magically reconstructed body to its original state when I leave the dungeon. Do you understand?The changes are applied to the original body, otherwise your status would not increase.Evvia explains that things like injuries are adjusted to heal on the way out, but if you're not freaking out, you can see that something terrible has happened to your body.......... There have been cases in the past where people who took in dragon's blood died from rejection. But in your case, you probably survived because you created the dragon's blood with your own blood. Since it's your blood, it can be reversed to some extent. The body strengthened by the magic crest and the blood it produced, that's why you only had to recoil a little. The only part of the test that is strange so far is the body strengthened by the blood.As if to reassure me that I was still reeling inside, Evvia held out a mirror in front of me.When I looked into the mirror, I saw that I was the same as usual.I still need to do some tests, but if everything is OK, I'll let you know tomorrow so that you can get out of the hospital. Take a good rest today."Yes.With a sigh of relief, Evvia said she was going to go back to work, but stopped at the curtain.Ms. Evvia?What's wrong?"......... Jiro"Yes.I'm glad you're okay.With that word, I realized that even though he was resolute, he was worried about me."I'm sorry I've caused you concern,You should try answering in a more concise way anyway.She gently looked back at Evvia's face for a moment and reiterated, "I'm sorry for worrying you, and thank you for worrying me.I'm sorry for worrying you, and thank you for worrying me, Evia."........., call me names, not bad, huh?Hearing those words, she shifted with a start.Then I fell on the bed with Bosun."......... human, you're so quit".When I left the company, I didn't regret it so much, but this was the only time I was shocked.Word of the DayIt would be nice to be able to say that I'm glad you're safe.
