Shadow Monarch: Heroines Could Hear My Thoughts?!

Chapter 77- Hybrid Clawing Bird (Part1)

For some reason, Rin wasn't surprised that it was an E-Rank monster and the reason for that was that he had already met a D-Rank monster and even killed it, not that he was proud of the method he used to do such an unheard-of feat.

Normally, this was an E-Rank monster so Rin should be able to beauty quite easily since he killed a far stronger monster basically single-handedly. But, Rin himself knew that that was wrong… very wrong.

Ignoring the fact that he almost died on multiple occasions through that tedious fight, he was also under the control of the berserker skill which basically abused his body to the extreme. It even made him cut his own flesh to use in the fight which is nothing short of insanity. There were also the different natures of the two monsters.

While the other was an insane demon woman, this was a bird… a huge one at that. These small things can go unnoticed but the fact is that the ranking of a monster sometimes doesn't reflect how hard it is to kill for a certain individual to kill it.

So, by that logic, Rin can't say with confidence that he can kill this monster quite easily. It might become a hard fight for all he cares.

"Listen, Elise. On my signal, we start moving backward very slowly while keeping eye contact, ok?" He whispered near Elise.

"It will attack us at any moment."

"Just trust me. I think this bird won't attack us unless we do something eye-catching."

"Rin, what are you even saying? It has a skill called 'sharp eye' so it doesn't have bad eyesight or something like that. It will clearly attack us." Elise reasoned as she tried to pull out her sword.

"Please, Elise. I can feel something weird from this bird. It's as if it's trying to speak with me through its eyes. Let's try my idea and if it doesn't work, we will fight."

Gazing at his eyes, Elise was taken aback slightly by the sheer confidence he had in his words. She didn't know from where he got that much confidence but she sighed and nodded her head at him.

After that, the two stood up very slowly, and with very quiet steps, they started to retreat ever-so-slowly while keeping eye contact with the bird. The shocking thing was that the bird didn't attack them at all. In fact, it only kept gazing at Rin silently as it tilted its head left and right like a chicken.

The pressure from it also decreased a lot as if it was under some kind of hypnotization.

'It's…working.' Rin thought in his head as he wiped a bead of sweat trickling down his cheek. The fact that he even attempted such a risky and reckless thing amazed him. He had no idea that this was actually a possibility in the first place.

'We are getting farther and farther away.'

When Rin was starting to smile happily because his plan was a resounding success, something really stupid happened.

"I WILL SAVE YOU, YOUR HIGHNESS!!" A scream so loud that it made them flinch echoed in the whole bridge before a silhouette appeared in the air. Phillipe seemingly was trying to ambush the monster from behind and save Elise.

'I will definitely save her highness. Then, then she will definitely accept me!!' His mind was already clouded by his intense desire to get recognition from his beloved.

"No! You fucking idiot!!" Rin tried to activate his shadow manipulation again and stop him or the plan will be ruined. Rin knew how big of a disaster it will occur if they fought a creature that can fly on a fucking bridge. The worst outcome is one of them falling into the Gate Of Licaria.

But, sadly, he was very late.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" The bird turned around and used its skill 'intimidating screech'. Waves of sound erupted like a chain of explosions and smashed against Phillipe. His face turned extremely pale and his body started falling down, losing all its momentum.

"Fuck!!" Rin cursed and dashed toward the bird.

'If he dies now. We are completely and utterly fucked!!' Rin thought.

The idea of the protagonist dying at the start of the story was just too catastrophic for Rin to even imagine. Forget about changing the plot, if this moron dies, the whole world around them could crumble because of it and they won't have the chance to even do anything to change that.

Both he and Elise will be robbed of their opportunity to become stronger and may even die because of it. The consequences were numerous. That's why, Phillipe must not die at all costs, for now.

Elise didn't stand idly either, she channeled her mana and activated gravity manipulation. Then, she tried to restrain the bird before it can do anything.

"Ugh!!" Groaning painfully, Elise felt all of her muscles contracting violently because of the sheer strength of the monster. She can barely hold it for a few seconds. But, for her, that was more than enough time for Rin to reach the bird.

'I never thought I will try the Shadow Monarch Dagger in such a situation. But, Voila!'

*Swish*

Vanishing from the surface of the bridge, Rin used the bird's shadow to appear on the other side of the bridge where Phillipe was.

"RAAAAA!!!" Breaking the gravity restraints, the bird sent its claw toward Phillipe, intending to pierce his body.

*BAM*

But at the last moment, Rin appeared in front of the claw, using the dagger in his hand to clash with the claw. Metal swarf flickered everywhere as Rin used his whole body to avert the claw.

"AAAAAAAGHHH!!" Clenching his teeth to the point where they were about to crack from the pressure, he kept pushing the claw with all his strength. The veins on his arms bulged and his muscles flexed so hard that he felt as if they were about to burst out of his skin.

"JUST. GET. THE FUCK. BACK!!!" He shouted.

"RAAAAA!!!"

Meanwhile, Phillipe was still in a daze as he watched Rin's back. His eyes were wide in shock, still lingering on the moment he was about to die and Rin saved him.

*Swish*

The monster lost all of its calmness and flew in the air, creating a strong gush of air that made Rin cover his face.

Then, his eyes shifted to Elise, his mind worked quickly as he created an image in his head.

"Don't get close, Elise! Keep using your powers to break its balance in the air. Its focus is on me."

"I know," Elise replied.

"RAAAAAAAA!!!!"

After flying high enough, the monster dived again aiming for Rin. But, instead of falling on him, at the last second, it changed its direction and flew above the bridge. its beak opened wide ready to eat him whole.

"Shit!!" Rin understood its intention and tried to avoid the sharp beak.

"RAAAAA!!!"

'Fuck! The intimidating screech!' Rin's body froze for a second because of that shitty skill and he lost his opportunity to fall back into his shadow.

*Swish* *BANG*

"Fuck it!!"

The beak then caught his body and flew high in the air. The beak was already closing on him to crush him completely and render his bones into pure dust.

'No you don't!' without hesitation, Rin used the dagger and plunged it inside the bird's mouth.

"RAAAAAAA!!!"

Blood splattered from its pierced tongue along with a loud scream of pain.

The monster started shaking its head violently. The whole world around Rin started shaking as he was thrown left and right. At some point, Rin couldn't even determine left from Right at all. An urge to throw up assaulted him and made his situation even worse.

"WOAAAA! AGHHH! Fuck! This isn't fun!!!!" He cursed.

His brain was rendered into a mess because of vertigo that assaulted him. But, even then, his hand didn't stop wreaking havoc inside the monster's mouth. The dagger kept piercing and creating holes in its tongue, beak, and the other parts of its throat he can reach. The pain must've been really unbearable as the monster eventually opened its mouth and threw Rin in the air.

Looking around him, Rin found himself at least 100 meters up in the air.

"No, no, no… No!!!!" He shouted as his body started falling down.

'This bad, really fucking bad!!'

But, he had forgotten one important thing and it's that no matter how bad the situation is… It still can get worse.

"RAAAA!!!" The monster then flew toward him like an arrow. But, the moment it closed the distance between them, it changed its balance and flipped around. It wanted to grab Rin with its claws.

"You think I will die that easily! Think twice, chicken!!"

(A//N: The chance that you will get killed by a chicken is slim… But never zero.)

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