Chapter 46: Pushed to the Limit

Chapter 46: Pushed to the Limit

So in the end, Lily did heal Maya.

For free.

What the heck!

Venom? Yeah, it either got dissolved by Lily's healing or wasn't strong enough to pose a problem for Maya. Or maybe the Matriarch didn't have venom? Are there spiders without it?nôvel binz was the first platform to present this chapter.

Well, whatever. The woman could have been fine even if Lily hadn't healed her, but it sure helps speed up the process.

Right now, we are walking away from our last camp, and every few minutes, a small group of monsters attacks us.

Currently, the sky is without its phony suns, and beautiful aurora-like lights shine in the sky, which somehow makes every monster suicidal.

It's even worse than before.

Sure, some confidence is nice, but can you imagine attacking our group as two level-two goblins?

Well, that's what happened a few times.

What legends.

Sophie sometimes gets too annoyed with dealing with low-level monsters and tries to send them away, but every time a stone flies as fast as a bullet, it crashes through their heads and kills them.

Kim doesn't care about it not being worth it. Even if he doesn't get much out of it, he continues to snipe them down.

The look Sophie gives him...

(Food. Food!) Biscuit continues to scream in my head.

Dang it, Biscuit, you just ate.

Our little doggo seems to be confused about why we are leaving behind such an amazing amount of food and once in a while takes a few bites before running back to us in his wobbly way.

At some point we split from the group and hunt the same way we used to do it before. Tess and I walk in front of the group and focus on taking down higher-leveled targets.

Up until now, we haven't encountered any "named" monsters, as we started calling them. The monsters such as Cinderbear, Crimsonwolf, BattleTroll, and Spider Matriarch.

But there are so many of them.

I pull my dagger out of the troll's head and jump down, ignoring the notification about the kill.

Immediately after, I let my mana flare up and dash towards another troll.

I slide on the ground past his swing, and when I am closer, I jump back up, high enough to reach his head and slash across his neck while using [Oscillation].

Another notification about a kill.

I continue and dash at a group of three goblin warriors.

He roars, staggers backward, and kicks at me. I can only dodge it because I am trying to read his movements; he is just that fast.

I absorb some kinetic energy as the kick passes by me and use it to propel myself under his legs. While passing, I leave a deep wound on his calves. My dagger doesn't break, thanks only to the [Oscillation] coating it.

Good, it's doable.

We can do it.

I turn around to dash again, but the troll is gone.

Huh?

I hear Tess scream and feel mana behind my back.

Damn.

With speed I didn't know I was capable of, I activate [Kinetic Redistribution] and use it on my back. The entirety of my mana rushes there, and my body burns, unable to handle such an amount so quickly.

Then, even while using the skill, I get hit and find myself crashing through the trees. I roll into a ball, let go of the absorbed kinetic energy to slow myself down and focus my mana on strengthening my body.

Yet, I still get hurt.

I feel my right-hand bleeding. My left leg twists in a weird direction. I almost lose consciousness, and a piece of wood stabs through my right shoulder.

I continue to roll, adding scratches and bruises to my body. I absorb as much of the energy as I can and push it in the direction where I am rolling to slow myself down.

Then the world finally stops spinning.

I feel a huge mana signature approaching and the ground shaking.

Not good.

I try to get on my legs and almost fall down.

NOT GOOD!

I [Focus], and in desperation, I stop trying to limit my mana and let it freely ravage my body. Immediately, I feel my muscles burning, and some of my capillary veins explode from the pressure.

My Mana Circuit feels as if someone is using white-hot iron to mark my body repeatedly.

The troll is dashing at me, really close, while ignoring multiple spears hitting him. I even feel the full force of Tess's [Psychokinesis] explode into the surroundings.

Tess screams something and trees bend and tear from the ground; the earth flies up in the air. I can see the terrible pressure she is trying to put on the Battle Troll, but he doesn't slow down.

He rushes through all of it while his tattoos shine with beautiful white light.

I [Focus] and forcefully take control over my vast mana, moving it, molding it in the way I want.

I hear the notification, and the world loses even more of its colors, and I don't hear anything anymore.

Then my mana flares up.