Shadow Monarch: Heroines Could Hear My Thoughts?!

Chapter 94- Soul Eater Awakening (Part 3)

The injury inflicted on The Man of The Lake was deep. So deep in fact that it penetrated the flesh and dug deep into its insides. The huge amount of blood that gushed out of the injury was so huge that Elise's vision was covered because of the blood.

Even though she inflicted a lethal injury on it, Elise was sure that it won't die instantly and that it will resist madly. Most of the beasts she fought in this world were extremely tenacious and hard to kill. The reason for that is the mana cores inside of them that made their vitality way stronger than a normal creature.

Quickly dispersing the fog of red blood that covered her vision, she found herself face to face with a huge hand coming right toward her.

The time to dodge was extremely tight so she could only use the sword as a shield and get ready for the impact.

*BANG*

The hit sent Elise flying back a few tens of meters. It was akin to a huge train smashing into her at full speed. The strength was simply monstrous.

'It's going mad.'

The creature had indeed done what she anticipated as it started moving crazily and swinging its long arms and legs everywhere. Its mouth was endlessly oozing out the mucus that increase the level of the lake so much.

Outside, a good part of the forest vicinities was eaten by the increasing water level. It was slowly but surely creeping out and eating the area around it.

Elise found herself in a problem. She couldn't get far enough from the monster to avoid its rampage but she also can't fight it when it's being this violent and unpredictable.

*BANG* *BANG* *BANG*

One smash after the other, Elise had to tank all of those hits and end up getting thrown back again and again. Her arms were getting numb.

She tried to use her skill 'Blink' to avoid the attacks and even alter them with Gravity Manipulation. But, her already low mana pool depleted even further and eventually emptied completely. The mana fatigue hit her strong and almost made her lose consciousness.

'Even though I dealt a lethal hit to it. Somehow things became even worse than before. How long will it take for it to die?' She asked as she bit her tongue strongly to jolt her mind awake. The sour taste of blood filled her mouth and made her squint her eyes.

*Swish*

Another hit came down on her like a falling meteor, using the sword to slice the arm, she found that her strength was already weakening and she could barely slice its fingers any deeper than before.

What she didn't expect however was the leg that also approached her at the same time.

Her hazy vision betrayed her and the hit connected.

*BANG*

"Ugh…"

A groan escaped her mouth in the form of air bubbles. The hit was so strong that it made her bones tremble and her muscles spasm from pain.

But, that wasn't the end of it as the monster hit Elise again with the palm of its hand sending her down deeper into the lake.

*BOOOM*

Hitting the bottom of the lake, Elise tried to wake up and avoid the upcoming attack she knew will eventually come.

'Ugh, my leg is broken. My arm is also not moving.' She analyzed her state and instantly knew the huge trouble she was in.

Looking to the side, she saw her sword, Soul Eater thrown on the ground. Its shiny blade and plain appearance were somehow more beautiful than ever.

Extending her arm, she grabbed the sword in her hand. As she tried to stand up again, a trickle of blood from a small cut on her hand leaked out and then dispersed in the water. As she was moving, the small diluted drop of blood touched the blade of the Soul Eater.

Suddenly, the blade started emitting a faint white light.

'Huh?' Elise's eyes squinted as she looked at the shining blade. She didn't know what happened at all for it to give such a reaction. But, she knew to some extent what was happening.

She had played the game till the main character got his hands on the Soul Eater and he awakened it. The same thing that happened in the game happened here.

'Why is it awakening right now? Did I trigger it with something?' She asked herself.

[Soul Eater has sensed the host's attempt for soul linking.]

[Soul eater accepts the host as its master.]

[Soul eater accepted the soul linking.]

[New skill triggered: Soul Harvester.]

A string of notifications assaulted her retina one after the other. She had no time to read all of that as her whole focus was on the sword's change.

The blade's color started changing from its plain stainless steel look to an extremely white color that almost made it look like milk.

But the change didn't stop at that, the shaft and the hilt of the sword also started changing in appearance. They all turned into different shades of grey and white. A mix between the two colors created a slightly less pronounced white color that somehow mixed perfectly with the white blade.

*Swish*

Without knowing what was happening, the monster's hand smashed where Elise was standing. The hit made the sand accumulate at the bottom to explode everywhere, creating a screen of sand that covered Elise.

To make sure that she was dead, the monster smashed the place again and again endlessly with whatever was left of its life energy.

Then, when it thought that was enough, it finally stopped and rested its back at the bottom of the lake. Most of the blood has seeped out of its body and what was left wasn't able to sustain its body heat.

But, out of nowhere, a figure flashed out of nowhere right in the face of the monster. Elise eyed the deep black colors coldly as she quickly plunged the sword into its forehead.

'Soul harvester.'

The moment she pronounced those words in her head, a white light emitted from the sword and quickly passed to the monster's body.

Trying to resist as a last resort, the monster failed miserably since in less than a second, its arms that were extending to Elise went limp and then fell down lifelessly. Its black eyes also stopped looking around frantically. The creature finally died.

Even though Elise should've been dead for sure after the countless hits she sustained, she somehow got out of that unscathed. The reason for that is very simple yet also complicated. The reason for that was the notifications that appeared right in front of her.

[Ten souls have been detected in the host's inventory.]

[Due to the unstable state of the host, the Soul Eater has consumed the five souls.]

[Souls have been successfully converted into healing points.]

[Host's body is regenerating...]

[Host's body has been fully healed.]

The ten monsters that she stored disintegrated and then vanished from her inventory.

The moment those notifications appeared, Elise's crushed body started healing quickly using the souls of the bodies she gathered during her hunt as mana that was able to heal her quickly. Elise didn't want to waste time thinking about how or why this happened as she found this precious opportunity to kill the monster once and for all.

'Sigh, that was extremely close.' She thought to herself.

Another pop-up appeared in front of her.

[Soul has been harvested successfully.]

[Soul Eater has consumed the soul.]

[Soul has been stored successfully.]

Ignoring those notifications, Elise quickly started swimming to the surface again.

"Hah… Haha…" When her face popped out of the water, she took deep and long breaths one after the other. Her beautiful white hair was damp and sticking to her face and her clothes were completely wet and cold as they stuck to her curvaceous body seductively.

Her appearance now was so mind-boggling that it could make even the purest of humans look at her with lustful eyes.

Laying on the ground, she tried to rest and restore some of her energy.

'That was pure luck that I survived. If the soul eater didn't awaken… I would've died.'

Clenching her fist, Elise felt extremely frustrated with herself. Many would be surprised that she wasn't happy that she somehow survived. However, for Elise, this was as tough as she got defeated in the worst possible way.

'I'm still weak. Way too weak! Without the system supporting me, I am nothing but a puny creature that can easily be killed. I don't want that! I don't want to rely on anything to save me. I want to grasp my own fate with my hands! But, I'm still way too weak to do that. I must get stronger faster!'

Even though she should've celebrated this win, she instead turned it into self-blaming and then into a strong determination to work harder and harder until she's able to do what she wants without anything stopping her.

'I don't want to fall short of Rin. I don't want to become a hindrance to him.'

(A//N: Our Elise is very prideful. Expect another chapter in a few more hours.)

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