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After another two hours or so of walking, the entire forest was suddenly dyed red. Earthquakes followed one after another, and it truly seemed like the end of the world.
Hajime: Take that, you bastards! Burn with the whole goddamn forest!
The owner of the crude voice that rang out was naturally none other than Hajime, because he was carpet bombing the forest. He mercilessly fired rockets from his rocket launchers he held in both hands. Something had clearly gotten him riled up.
Nhazul: ...-_-...
Shea: U-Umm, Hajime, don't you think that's enough...?
Kaori: Y-Yeah, Hajime. I'm sure all the monsters are dead by now...
Shea and Kaori timidly tried to stop him as they watched him fire hundreds of missiles and use his [Cross Bits] to unleash a truckload of cluster bombs on the ground below. Hajime turned to them.
Hajime: Hm?!
Shea: Oh, it's nothing...
Kaori: We're sorry for bothering you...
The moment they saw his bloodshot eyes, the two of them hurriedly backed off back towards Nhazul.
Suzu: Aww... I'm scared. Shizushizu, stop hiiim....!
Shizuku: You're asking for too much, Suzu. I don't want to die just yet... Besides, I don't blame him for being angry...
Suzu hid behind Shizuku, tears in her eyes. In response, Shizuku just sighed and patted Suzu's head to calm her down. She did this, all while standing behind the barrier Tusk had made for Nhazul and the others.
Shizuku: Hatake, don't you think you should probably step in and stop him...?
Nhazul: I could. But we're just going to let him get this out of his system.
Shizuku: I see...
She glanced over her shoulder and saw that Kouki was still squatting on the ground and covering his eyes with his hands.
Kouki: My eyeeeeees! Damn you, Nagumo! What the hell was that for!?
Kouki's current appearance resembled that of a certain colonel who loses his sight near the end of a certain series. Incidentally, the one who'd poked him in the eyes was Hajime. As for why Hajime had nearly left Kouki blind and started burning down the forest in a crazed frenzy... The answer had to do with the monkey-like monsters he'd encountered a few minutes prior. They'd been armed with stone knives and clubs, and had used their superior dexterity to leap between the trees and run circles around Kouki, Suzu, and Shizuku.
Like the bee monsters, they hadn't been any match for Nhazul, Hajime and the others, and they'd easily dispatched any monsters foolish enough to attack them. The remaining monkeys had been scared off by that and had changed tactics. Unfortunately, that crude intelligence of theirs became their downfall.
In an attempt to outsmart Nhazul's group, they made a most unwise choice. Their unique magic was the same as the rust slimes Hajime and Nhazul had killed before, mimicry. And they'd possessed same memories of Hajime and his comrades that the slimes had.
With their limited knowledge, they'd decided to transform into the person they thought would most rattle Hajime's psyche...Yue.
One of them had transformed into a beaten, disheveled Yue, and the other monkey monsters had dragged her fake out for Hajime to see. As with the slimes, the fake Yue's appearance looked every bit like the real thing. But of course, Hajime was still able to tell with just a glance that the Yue they'd brought out was not the real Yue.
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Arise From Weakness (OC/ Male Reader x Arifureta)
Fiksi PenggemarNhazul Hatake did not start out as a cold and violent individual, only through the act of pain, agony, weakness and betrayal, did he start to become cold...In order to return home to his sister. He swore he won't let anyone or anything stand in his...
