"My Destined One" • Tensura x Arifureta

Ch.7: The Monster of the Abyss

Hajime woke up with the water hitting his face.

"What? I thought I was dead."

He looked around. He was in a river with a relatively strong current. "This river was probably my salvation." He muttered as he looked up. He saw a rounded stone ceiling, it was probably a cave.

"Looks like the current carried me away."

When he got a better look he was in an underground cave lit by crystals of green light.

The cave had many plants but Hajime didn't see any animals or monsters. This cave was very different from the other floors of the maze, it was less artificial with rounded walls and vegetation.

"Looks like I got lucky. Is there any way I can go back?"

Hajime encouraged himself to continue forward to look for a way back.

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30 minutes later Hajime heard a sound and hid behind a rock.

He spied the place where the sound came from and there he saw a small red-eyed rabbit.

Aren't there supposed to be super strong monsters down here? Hajime thought.

A gray wolf with gray and red details approached the rabbit as red colored electric sparks came out of its back and attacked it.

Totally against Hajime's expectations the rabbit dodged easily, but the wolf used its 'electrical discharge' ability to attack while the rabbit was in the air, so to yet another surprise the rabbit propelled itself onto an invisible platform in the air. It was his 'aerodynamics' skill he used aerodynamics once again and kicked the wolf which killed it on the spot.

"Hugh!" Hajime put his hand in front of his mouth to cover his cry, but it didn't work and the white rabbit took off to attack them. It delivered a flying kick at Hajime who defended it with his left arm.

"Shit!" Hajime was thinking about how to survive while the rabbit seemed to be having fun. The rabbit was about to go on the attack once again, but then he stopped. It stared at the top of Hajime's head, or so it seemed, but Hajime noticed. The rabbit was looking at something behind him.

When Hajime turned around he saw a white bear with huge claws and red eyes, it was walking in a bipedal fashion while looking at Hajime and the rabbit as if choosing its prey.

Hajime realized that this bear in front of him was not normal, it had an overwhelming pressure that far surpassed the Behemoth.

The Rabbit attacked and was torn apart by the bear's claws in seconds. Meanwhile Hajime stared

That kicking Rabbit could easily kill the Behemoth with the force of his kick but the bear in front of him treated him as a nuisance at best. Hajime couldn't move, because of that look in his eyes. A terrifying look that the bear gave him as it ate the rabbit.

The bear swallowed the rabbit whole and stood up slowly walking towards him. The bear seemed to say "You're next."

"Ahhhhhhhhh!"

Hajime used all his strength to run but it was useless. The bear's claws glowed and it made a vertical slash in the air. And when it did that three lights went straight at Hajime that were similar to Kouki's light swords but they were smaller and there were 3. The curved claws went towards Hajime and hit his left arm.

"Guah!"

Hajime fell with the impact. He coughed to try to catch his breath. He was already dazed from the pain and the fall, but what he saw in front of him made him forget all that. The bear was eating something.