The moment he did appear, no the moment i noticed a flashing light flickering from under the huge piece of earth that i wanted to bury him in, i already readied myself and got in position by jumping insanely fast to the location which he should be coming out of .
And jumped in the air, the moment i jumped up i felt as if something was stinging me in the back of my head and even without knowing what it was that was giving me that creepy feeling, i titled my head a bit to the right out of instinct and it was indeed the right call to make .
The moment my head titled and without even looking back, i saw the attack that Ludo previously unleashed before once again made appearance and was aimed at the back of my head, i don't know whether he did this to finsh me off or was he able to figure out what was i planned on doing and he was just trying to hinder me from succeeding, but anyway his attack failed to hit me, but the strange beam once again dived in the space in front of me and vanished, forcing me at this point to be on high alert not to mess up the plan already in motion, so he to some extent succeed in hindering me a bit, that lousy guy still underestimate my strength too much .
I already have a counterattack in mind if that beam tried to make any more moves, but i'm not sure of what would be the results of the move that i had in mind for him .
He did made me to lose a bit of momentum due to the dodge that i was forced to make, i was now free falling before reaching my designated height in the air, but i'm already anticipating that the current height will just do fine, i can't even believe that even that far away from my old world, the law of physics is still working in a fantasy world where people can actually fly .
As i was falling, i was reminded of the amount of pain that i was forced to go through just now and even through i was a bit dejected and a bit scornful from the current power system i was connected to, i was still a bit thankful to it existence and resemblance to the video games in my old world, i have no doubt that without it, i might have already been turned to a corpse, i was a bit shaken by the sensations that i felt before, but i was able to understand one thing clearly from that state i was in .
I was still not wanting my story to end currently, meaning i didn't want to die, if i was put in a similar situation back in my old world, i would have probably decided to perish without much of a thought, after all my grandparents would be a bit saddened by me passing, but they would be somehow in a more favorable situation financially from now on, but Hana would probably cry her eyes out for a very long time .
I really held no much attachment to life back in my old world, a best friend, two loving grandparents a few kind employers, but even though i currently feel that i was with an overwhelmingly great advantage, yet if giving the choice, i would have probably considered passing away might be better for me somehow, maybe it was boredom, maybe i missed my parents, maybe i was just being a bit cheeky, but that what i previously felt but that feeling is no more .
I lost my grandparent's support, but i still have Hana, i'm now in a fantasy world with powerful strength, hoping to stop a conspiracy that might lead to the death or the enslavement of the new friends i made in this world, Regard, Liliana, Lora, Rickan, the princess, I don't know when did i start to feel that way, but one thing for certain, i was now wanting to continue going forward in a more passionate way than ever before, i don't want my story to end here, i don't want to die not now .
I was already wary of my surroundings, even though i was a bit more or less absent-minded, i was still on guard against the attack of that guy Ludo resurfacing from the void, i'm thankful to my increased sensitivity to the space, i'm indebted to my Blink Sword skill for that .
The attack surfaced but instead of choosing to come out from the left or right of my side it chose to appear from behind me, i have no doubt that guy Ludo is one cunning guy, the attack had a similar idea to what i had in mind for that team leader of his, both are keen on taking the enemy off guard, while also leaving no opening for the opponent to escape, ironically i was about to have a bitter taste of my own medicine, i couldn't help but be amused at how everything was turning out, a small smile was currently plastering my face, making me look quite carefree .
The moment that the beam appeared, i attacked it with my Blink Sword skill, the swing of my sword took much more strength than i first anticipated it will, but there's no helping it as i'm in a bit of disadvantageous situation, but even though it was a bit burdening due to the huge air resistance as i turned my whole body to be facing upward, i was still able to push most of it back and successfully launched my attack at the beam coming at me .
The mass of red light that was coming crashing at me suddenly got cut in half then it was directly swallowed by the void surrounding it, the scene exceeded my expectations a bit, but it was a welcoming development nonetheless, i readjusted my body position to face downwards and was able to feel that my speed have even accelerated a little, even though the wind was whistling hard in my ears, i was still able to hear the bunch of flying guys talking to each other about the results of what just happened, i was a bit guarded about what would that guy named Ludo do next to hinder my plan, but after hearing the conversation between them and seeing the state of that guy, my tension eased up a bit .
Voice 1 : Did mr Ludo just changed the trajectory of his attack at the last minute, but why the opponent have no way to evade and he was even foolishly brandishing his sword in the air as if that would be of any help to him .
Voice 2 : he must have his reasons, you already know how strong mr. Ludo's combat experience, so their must be a good reason to why he did so .
Oh so they saw what just happened, Demons are really something else, but they didn't witness the whole exchange clearly, they mistook the result of the exchange between the two of us to be the work of that Ludo's ability to change the trajectory of his attack and escape to the void, not it crumbling and getting obliterated through and through, they even described my attack as " foolishly brandishing my sword".
Voice 3 : hey, lookmr.Ludo complexion, what is exactly going on .
I at his words turned my head to look at the complexion of that Ludo and found that it was quite pale, the distance between us with somewhat big to see clearly, but i was able to see that a second later after i stared at his direction, he issued a cry of agony and fell down on the ground clutching his eyes and head, seeing him like that i focused more on the matters at hand before contemplating on what was exactly going on with that guy .
Voice 4 : you are right, what's going on, this is the first time i saw mr.Ludo like this, hurry up and check, if anything happened to that guy, we are doomed .
I guess that confirm my hypothesis about him being someone important, but to go to the length of saying that if something bad was to befell him, they would be doomed, is exaggerating the weight of his identity in my head, i have to contemplate a bit on because after all i might be that ominous thing that is about to befell him .
Voice 5 : his eyes are bleeding and he is clutching them and is crying in agony, what is going on here, don't stand there hurry and heal him .
Hope team leader Lorne don't hold us responsible for this, huh, right, where is he even .
So that guy name was Lorne, huh, i don't believe that i will need to remember that name after today, those was last words i heard before focusing my full attention once more on the current matters at hand, the same moment i heard that last part where one of that guy's subordinates was wondering about the whereabouts of their team leader, the man in discuss finally showed up and was able to come out of the rubble flipping his wings for one last time .
The moment he surfaced from under the rubble what came to his view was the falling me landing a kick on the top of his head, his last movements changed the trajectory of my attack, i was aiming at his chest or abdomen, but instead the attack fall directly on his head, his face had all sorts of expressions meshed up together as he got hit .
First it was the joy of finally able to get out from under the rubble that i kept sending in his way over and over and over, then when he finally able to come out, he was shocked to see me stomping him with my leg, then came bewilderment at and i'm only speculating here, but it was from either sensing the aura of the injured Ludo, or him wondering what was really going on here, or a whole mix of questions that sadly he won't have the chance nor the time to get answers for, like how did i appeared there, was it my plan all along for this to happen, will he able to survive the next attack, i believe that he got the answer he wants for that last question of his, if my speculations correct in the first place .
The last expression he made was half dread half disbelief kinda expression, that expression appeared the moment my foot made contact with his face, that was the basis for my speculation on him being able to grasp an answer for his uncertain fate after taking this attack, the attack finally hit .
I directly stomped him to the ground, his way of going up came to a halt and instead he instantly began sinking towards the earth due to how powerful the impact was .
But that wasn't all, my attack continued to thrust him forcefully through layer after layer of the earth, i wasn't aware of how many layers have i broken through with my opponent's body, but i was able to tell that most of his limbs got severed and what left of him from his calf and torso upward was dyed all red by his own blood, then we finally came to a halt, for some reason the moment we came to a halt a huge shockwave echoed just right after, obliterating everything in the vicinity and creating a much bigger crater than the one i first landed in, i guess i have underestimate my full strength attack or i may have overestimate his capabilities a bit more, the earth kept sending me a lot of feedback, signaling that the shockwaves of my last attack had caused a lot of ruckus in a wide range of areas in the surrounding, i should hurry up and finish dealing with everything here, a lot of people might come to check who or what was causing all this .
I removed my feet from over the dead guy corpse and was about to head up, but then the supposed to be dead team leader Lorne uttered his final and last words, his eyes were already rolled back from the moment that we clashed he should be very thankful for losing conscious that early on , he said with a gruff and almost inaudible voice :
Ju...s..t w...h..at ar..e y... ? .
His words were cut short and his body was already decaying in a blink of an eye then his whole body was engulfed in the same dark flames that engulfed that Gluttony from before, i looked at the scene in front of me without much of a remorse, but the only thought i had in mind was the fact that another speculation of mine turned out to be true, i was then dumbstruck by the fact that i forgot to search that guy for the spatial storing equipment he used previously, but now i have already turned my back to his ashes, all that was left to him, so i couldn't help but sulk and laminate about it a little .
His last question took me by surprise and imprinted itself deep in my mind, i had tons of answers to that very vague question, i'm a hero summoned from another world might be a good answer and could be able to summarize all that i wanted to say, but would he have believed me .
After all the people of the kingdom that summoned me didn't acknowledge me as a hero, heck some to this day didn't know that i was one even after the great efforts i made through the monster's raid and those who know, some accepted it with ease, some with ridicule and some directly plotted to kill me, each person got their own opinion on that matter and all were to be partially accepted but not me, so i guess that answer won't do .
So what might i say, what answer might i choose next, a high schooler, i have been more or less a good high school student at least from what i remember, but i bet that he probably won't understand that terminology i used, another no go answer .
I got the perfect answer in mind, thanks to all the Novels and Mangas i read, A human... He won't understand that reference either, since his ideal picture and knowledge about humans is completely different than the one i have in mind, so the possibility of them overlapping is close to zero, but with a bit of tinkering i can make do with it just fine .
By adding a meaning to my answer will get it to have a bit more in-depth to it, I'm an ambitious human, not a mere human like anyone else, no i'm an ambitious human that even Demons must be wary of, yes that is the best answer i have, sadly i don't feel like taking to the dead, or i might have yelled out my answer here and now but their is just no point in doing so, so i might as well forget about it .
The death of that guy was a reminder to me, that if i was even only a bit more stronger than my opponent, then it's idealistic to believe that the ashes would have been my ashes and not my opponent's, i was able to understand a few more things about my power system and theirs, my lacking of a proficient close combat experience .
And once again i met with another confirmation of the absolute fact which this world run by, " the fate of those who are weak is only to be determined at the whim of those who are stronger than them " .
I got a bit more or less depressed at this reminder, especially since it haven't been even a day, since my encounter with that gigantic blue creature from before, then why not set him as my target, even though it was absurdly cruel to compare my current self to that mighty figure who was capable of eating entire stars as he liked and even though the idea itself was a bit illogical in itself, i was finding it more appealing by the second, how weird .
(Internal monologue start ) :
Yes, nothing had changed, i'm merely setting him to be my first target to reach in term of strength .
Will i be really able to achieve it ?! .
( I don't care if i achieve it or not, as always i will just do my best ) .
How many sacrifices will i need to make ?! .
( Don't know maybe a few, maybe a lot, maybe there will be none, i don't know ) .
Who am i kidding, there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world, the rules of give and take will always be there .
( If that is the case, then i will just do more work to be exempted from adhering to these kind of rules ) .
What if that's wasn't enough, what then ?! .
( Then i will just have to change these rules using my utmost best efforts and will even challenge to change them by my own hands, my way is my way, my way forward is the only way, sacrifices or whatnot, i will be the one to decide, i will be the one to choose ) .
Talking big won't mean nothing if i don't have the determination nor the resolve to make it happen, let me ask again, will i be able to make it ? .
( The short answer is yes, i will make it there and go even beyond )
So much ambition, such a strong resolve, how can i tell that it will really work ? .
( I can't clearly pinpoint how but my gut is telling me that it will and how it can't work, i will be doing my best ) .
Will i stay the same even if it were to really work, will i be the person that my parents wanted me to be ?! .
( I honestly can't tell whether my characteristics would change or not, or whether my personality will change to or not as a result in my way of seeking strength, but the probability of that happening is quite high, after all i merely spent a week or so in this world and i had already changed quite a lot physically and mentally too, as for the wish of my parents, i believe that i will be honoring it as long as i happily live my life, that was their wish for me .
That's is the wish every parent have for their kid after all )
I guess we are going to succeed .
( there is no option of failing ) .
( Internal monologue end ) .