Novel Boss
Chapter 43: Fucked!!
SCREEEEEECCHHHH
ROOOOOOOOOARRR
BOOOOOOOOOOOOM
"SHIT!"
Nolan cursed loudly as he sprinted through the icy field.
A powerful shockwave undulated from where he had been standing just five seconds ago, leaving nothing but a massive, unending crater.
Like a specter, something appeared before Nolan's face, roughly slashing forth.
Nolan quickly slashed out with his dagger, the sound of a metallic collision ringing out—clearly, this was only the beginning.
CLAAANG
CLAAANG
CLAAAANG
Unending clashing noises resounded as Nolan sprinted through the icy landscape.
Shadow stalkers weaved in and out of existence around his figure, as Nolan slashed out with as much speed as he could while making sure he ran as fast as possible.
Yet, he still couldn't avoid various cuts that tore into his skin.
TWUUUUUAK
An especially loud sound was made as Nolan instinctively darted away from where he stood.
In the next instant, a large drill-like ice stalk slammed into a behemoth that was catching up to Nolan, ripping a hole through its massive bulk.
But what was even more mind-numbing was the fact that the hole in the behemoth's stomach quickly began closing up by gathering the power from the ice below.
Soon, it was back to full health and began chasing Nolan once more.
That was the true horror of them.
Nolan could confidently say he had killed almost ten of these creatures from both groups, yet the fact was that exactly thirty were chasing him right now.
The creatures were undying!!
They simply healed back, and before Nolan could wipe them out completely, he would be forced to evade another attack.
Then the one he had just almost wiped out would simply come back to life.
Knowing that, Nolan had turned this into a chase, sprinting as fast as he could while trying to block the attacks.
The most horrific fact was that the behemoth's single stroke was enough to leave a gigantic crater on the ground, and Nolan knew well that if it dared to slam down on him, he would be more than dead.
That was why he didn't dare to stop at all.
Immediately, he dashed to the side.
He could see the head of the serpent and, intently, he sprinted before it, his dagger cleaving forth and slicing its head off.
The serpent's body dropped limply on the ground, yet barely five seconds passed when another head began forming, and it dove into the icy arena, rapidly chasing after Nolan.
"What the hell is this even!?"
"The creatures can't die! And they outnumber me and are stronger than me! How am I supposed to complete such a trial!?"
Nolan roared in his head as he dodged an ice stalk that dug a hole through his shoulder, blood spraying all over the ice.
He dodged his face to the side as three claws appeared, coming from another Hollow Stalker that had inched close enough to him.
RIIIIIIP
RIIIIIIP
Instantly, Nolan slashed out twice toward the stalker's head, cleaving it in two as its upper body fell.
Yet, turning his head backward, he could see the stalker already regenerating while chasing after him.
The truth was, the creatures didn't even dodge Nolan's strikes at all, almost like they knew it was useless, and therefore they simply focused on trying to damage him as much as possible.
He was now stuck in a battle with immortal devilish creatures, with a half-broken knee, a hole in his shoulder, a blood-blinded left eye, and deep cuts that penetrated as deep as his skull.
His heart was furiously pumping blood and so was adrenaline, yet it had been more than a few days since Nolan felt like he had been stuck in this endless loop of suffering, and the beating of his heart was now starting to slow.
His steps were getting heavier, his vision more blurry than ever, and his bones were slowly freezing due to the cold environment.
Yet he had no choice, no choice but to keep fighting, unless he was willing to swallow death!
"Tch, why!? Why did I even sign up for this!? Why am I even here at all!?" Nolan wondered as he felt the soaring sound of something approaching from behind.
He leaned to the side, the side rib of his clothes getting ripped apart along with a part of his skin as a large ice stalk shot past, tearing with it Nolan's own skin and muscles, leaving ghastly white bones that soon became covered with blood peeking out.
"Tch," With an inability to resolve the situation, what quickly followed for Nolan was self-doubt.
There was no way he could solve this madness of a situation he was in.
Even if he paused to completely eliminate one of these creatures, he could be gravely injured by the others, and then what?
He eliminated one out of thirty in exchange for a grievous injury. He wouldn't even eliminate the second one before he died.
Then what was the point?
He couldn't run forever, as his body was starting to give up on him, and he couldn't turn back in anger, as there lay death behind him!
So what should he do?
Why had he even bothered to agree with the system to come to the trial ground? He should have just tried to talk it out with his bullies or looked for another way.
At least, he would still be able to live a little longer than now.
"No! No!" Nolan roared out in his head as a claw flashed from the side.
He slashed forth, both of the creatures, knocking each other back as Nolan rolled in the icy arena.
He quickly jumped up to the ground as a serpent tore through his side, diving out from the ground, only to have its body separated into two by Nolan's dagger.
SOOOOOAAARRRR
BOOOOOOOOOM
The sound of something soaring forth with speed resounded as Nolan turned to the distance and saw a gigantic axe flying toward his face.
Instinctively, he raised the dagger before him, and the axe knocked into it, sending him flying with fierce speed into the far distance.
BAAANG
BAAAANG
BAAAANG
His body repeatedly carved abyssal craters into the icy ground before finally, Nolan came to a screeching halt inside a crater which quickly filled up with red blood.
His eyes slowly lost their light, but he reaffirmed one thing in his mind...
"No one forced me here. I had to do this... to be free."