Volume 1
Chapter 5
I Fought a Tiger
Translator : PolterGlast
"Who?"
I didn't expect to
find anyone in this forest, so I blurted out that word.
But the woman in front
of me didn't respond. On the contrary, she gave me a condescending look. Why is
she looking at me like that?
I looked down at my
body.
"Oh..."
Ah... I see. I'm
naked. Apparently, my clothes were completely torn while I was repeatedly
injured and regenerating. ...Maybe they were already torn during the initial
battle with the monkey.
I see... I see...
Certainly, this is not good for a woman. But I don't have any clothes to
wear... Should I cover it up with leaves or something?
"Gaaaaooooooooo!!!!"
"Eek!!!!!"
While I was thinking
about that, I heard the tiger's roar and the woman's scream at the same time.
Oops... I can't, I
can't. Even though I'm having so much fun right now, it's not good to be
distracted by other things. I need to focus on this now.
The tiger appears from
the forest path it destroyed with its roar, crushing the trunks of fallen
trees.
Its eyes are
bloodshot, and it glares at me as if I were its enemy. I don't remember doing
anything to deserve that look.
Well, whatever. It's
not like we're going to stop killing each other anyway.
Let's resume. Let's
kill to our heart's content.
"Grrr..."
Suddenly, the tiger
lowered its head and took a big breath. It was inhaling an abnormally large
amount of air, and its body was swelling up.
It's obvious that it's
going to do something. And you know what, I'm not kind enough to let it happen.
I slammed my foot on
the ground as if to kick it───and at the same time, I put force on the ball of my foot to propel
myself forward.
Come to think of it...
how fast am I now? Hmm... I don't know even if I think about it.
But when I'm running,
I can't hear most sounds other than the wind.
───I must be exceeding
the speed of sound.
From the tiger's
perspective, it would feel like I suddenly appeared in front of it while it was
breathing.
I approached the
tiger's mouth and then aimed my right fist at its mouth───
Splat!
Much faster than that,
the tiger's left front paw crushed me.
Almost without any
preliminary action. As if crushing an ant, the tiger crushed me.
As a result of being
crushed, a large amount of my blood was scattered around the area. The leaves, branches,
trunk, and even the tiger's white-furred front paws were covered in a large
amount of blood.
───The tiger's attack
didn't end there.
Moving its left front
paw from where it was, the tiger released a roar wrapped in wind, as if
exhaling the breath it had inhaled.
Boom!!!!
It created a small
crater in that spot and raised a large amount of dust around it. The wind,
which radiated with enough force to crush stones, changed the vector of its
force to all directions when it hit the ground, spreading the billowing dust
around at a considerable speed.
"Kyaaaaaaaaaa!!!!"
The woman was still
nearby and, receiving the fairly fast dust, screamed while covering her face
with both hands. Her eyes were tightly closed as if she didn't want to face
such a reality.
"Grrr..."
After finishing its
roar, the tiger looked straight ahead.
───As if it knew I would
regenerate from there.
And that's right, my
flesh gathered in front of the tiger to form a lump of flesh, and it gradually
formed its original shape. I was getting stronger again, making unpleasant
gurgling sounds.
After a few dozen
seconds, when the regeneration was complete, I stood up on two legs again.
I twisted the corners
of my mouth into a grin.
This tiger is
certainly strong. It's a strong opponent that I can't even injure now. But in
proportion to that, I'm getting stronger too.
There's nothing more
enjoyable than this. This tiger is strangling itself with every fight.
"Gaaa...!"
I feel like there's
anger in the tiger's voice. Is it saying something like, "You've
regenerated again, you bastard"?
"Fufu... Yeah,
I've regenerated again."
I looked directly into
the tiger's eyes and replied so.
"Gruaaaaaaa!!!"
It looks like it's
bulging with veins. I feel like the tiger's expression has become even more
fierce.
Then, the tiger
disappeared from my vision.
That's right, this
tiger is abnormally fast for its size. It's faster than me, who is supposed to
be moving at a speed faster than sound.
My torso was slashed
by the tiger's left front paw.
The impact didn't stop
there, it collided with the group of trees ahead, splitting the thick trunks
into four.
The shock continued
for several hundred meters. Even from above the forest, the damage could be
seen clearly with the billowing dust and falling trees.
"Nooooooooo!!!!"
The woman held her
head, sat in a child's pose, and screamed again, closing her eyes as if to
escape reality. Oh dear... she should get up and run away quickly. Otherwise,
she'll be caught in the crossfire.
After all, this tiger
probably hasn't gotten serious yet.
I also regenerated,
making unpleasant gurgling noises.
This tiger goes out of
its way to make sure that its attacks are always covered with wind. Because of
that, even if I'm cut, torn apart, or crushed, I'm torn into tiny pieces by the
additional wind attack afterward. It takes forever to regenerate. Good grief...
I finished
regenerating in a few dozen seconds.
"Gaaa...
Gaaa...!"
"Fufu, don't be
so angry. Let's take our time, shall we?"
"Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!"
The tiger's roar
echoes with anger. That roar is also wrapped in a ferocious wind, as usual.
Hundreds of meters, including me, turn into dust.
I regenerate again and
charge at the tiger.
The tiger doesn't seem
to want to move from its spot.
However, it always
moves some part of its body to intercept my attacks. If I charge straight at
it, it will tear me with its left front paw, if I charge at its back left leg,
it will hit me with its tail, if I charge at its right side, it will spin and
tear me with the claws of both front paws, and if I jump up to the top of its
head and try to bump into it, it will stand on its hind legs and tear me down
by raising its right front paw. The tiger repelled all my attacks. Moreover,
each of them was wrapped in wind, and it shattered my body every time.
The surroundings are
in a terrible state, due to the wind that the tiger wraps around and my blood.
The trees are all shattered, the ground is gouged, and red blood is scattered
everywhere. Nevertheless, I stubbornly regenerate and charge forward.
And it was the tenth
charge.
My right fist, which I
thrust out from the left front of the tiger───cut through the air.
That's right, it cut
through the air.
The tiger has circled
behind me. The tiger, who had always intercepted me when I attacked, avoided my
fist.
The overwhelming
strong one avoided the fist of a weak one like me───this fact was
incredibly pleasing and stimulated my heart. A shiver ran down my spine and my
whole body was tingling.
This thrill is the essence
of battle.
"Gaaaooooo!!!"
The tiger's roar───of course, wrapped in
a destructive wind, I received it directly. Every part of my body, from my
limbs to my individual muscles, was torn apart.
But I immediately
started to regenerate───
Splat!!!!
Before I could finish
regenerating, the tiger crushed the lump of flesh that had gathered. The blood
that had accumulated below splattered, and more flesh flew around.
My body started to
regenerate again, this time a little diagonally in front of the tiger.
But as if it knew I
would regenerate there, the tiger thrust its claws into me.
This tiger doesn't
want me to regenerate.
Over and over again,
the tiger anticipated me and interfered with my regeneration.
This is troublesome. I
can't counterattack like this.
In this way, as the
tiger wounded the forest like a raging natural disaster and injured my body to
the utmost───
My body began to
regenerate right next to the tiger.
The tiger lost sight
of me for a moment.
It had misjudged───about where I would regenerate.
As soon as I finished
regenerating, I grinned and charged at the tiger.
The tiger noticed but
it was too late.
My fist plunged into
the tiger's side───
Baaam!!!!
At the moment my fist
was supposed to hit, I was blown away by something. ───No, my body was torn
to pieces by something.
I regenerated again.
I look at the tiger.
The tiger had changed
its appearance.
Except for the area
around its eyes, its whole body was covered in a light green something. The
shape isn't stable, like fog. ───No, it's wind. The wind that has been tearing me to pieces until now has
become visible. It's like a coat of wind. No wonder it's unstable.
Does this mean the
tiger has finally gotten serious? If so, I'm happy. Of course, I'm happy.
The overwhelming strong
one has acknowledged the weak one (me). What else could make me happier than
this feeling?
Oh, I want more. Let's
do more.
Let's kill each other
more.
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