Capítulo 119: A New Monster in Town
[Lucy's POV]
I was terrified, but not for my life, for Brand's.
Everything I could see in front of me was how the boy I loved with madness recklessly faced a monster that could easily tower over a building and looked as hideous as the ones in the worst horror movies. He's one to do nonsensical stuff every so often, but this was over the top.
I was reloading my rocket launcher as fast as possible, but deep inside I knew I wasn't gonna make it. Deep powerlessness like the one I have been feeling recently, like this world is toppling over me and I don't find a way to catch a breath before yet another monster is looming above us.
A red aura started shrouding Brand's body. But at the time my panic was so abysmal that I didn't notice.
"BRAND!!"
I thought everything was lost but then the system which I was just starting to become acquainted with, showed up a notification.
[WARNING! DELTA-LEVEL PROTOTYPE DETECTED!]
This time it didn't say infection; it said 'prototype'.
The next second, the gigantic worm swallowed Brand as effortlessly as we humans eat peanuts, with a single munch. It kept its trail coming towards us. But the next thing I saw was a ray of light, followed by a shower of blood.
*SLASH!!*
*GROWLLL!!*
Blood rained on all of us, the gigantic worm had been sliced in half and we saw how its insides parted into two massive chunks, avoiding us by mere luck and crashing heavily against the buildings around us, leaving a bloody flesh mess. We covered ourselves from the blood and dust but it was fruitless, in no time we were coated in what was likely an extremely infectious blood shower.
[+200 gacha points]
He received his reward, but that was the least important detail in this whole carnage.
A dead silence engulfed the world right after, followed by pants and small growls that could send goosebumps up one's skin, the source... my boyfriend.
"UGH! UWAAA!! *GROWL!*"
*BANG!*
Brand Mercer was in front of us, right there less than ten metres away, showered in blood but something had changed. He seemingly fell on his knees after the clash and on his right hand, there was no longer just a hand holding a gallant sword, instead, something I had never seen in my life… not even the futuristic night city.
His arm had transformed into… something bloody red with shining veins and was enclasping the handle of his new sword, Clarent. In my dialect, It was as if his arm and the sword had become one big bionic appendage, but this is not chrome, this is flesh.
"UGH!!"
"BRAND!" I jumped from the vehicle intending to run towards him but Saya held me in a stopping motion.
"Stop Lucy, don't go!"
I pushed her away in utter disregard and ran towards my shaking lover; staggering and seeing how the red goo and shining veins of his arm continued to expand, eventually engulfing the whole sword and crafting something gigantic, dangerous and hideous.
The red aura all around him only turned more intense.
"Please tell me what's wrong!" I fell on my knees beside him, unaware of whether it was wise or not to touch him.
"D-don't touch... t-this shit, hurts… so bad" His voice no longer sounded human but I could tell he is still my boyfriend. Not some creature. If anything I detected overwhelming pain in there as he groaned. He didn't provide me with an explanation.
In no time Shizuka, Saya and Saeko were beside me, I remember hearing shouts from behind us. Rei, Higuchi and Kyoko were yelling, but I was so focused on him that I didn't pay attention to them. Thankfully, the mysterious lady entity showed up in the chat.
[Chiyo: His instincts are trying to devour that sword… but he's not strong enough yet to do so, hence the pain… you all should leave or you'll become the first ones he devours]
"How do you want me to-" I couldn't possibly leave him here, however, Brand didn't agree, and the next thing I knew was that we were all pushed away by him, falling roughly on the bloodied ground without any compassion.
"You all quickly go!" Whatever remained of Brand's humanity spoke to us one last time before he once again succumbed to a fit of groaning, each noise more hideous than the last.
!!!
"L-Leave now, I feel… really… HuNGrY HUNGRY!"
*BOOOMMMM!!*
An explosion of dust was all I saw, he had stepped harshly on the ground and jumped towards the men of Blackwatch with a single leap, those men had been aiming at us and incoming from the distance, but when Brand leapt, it was as if all their senses flared.
*PA!* *PA!*
*PA!* *PA!*
Gunshots started to shake the scene like a rain of thunder the officers fired at my seemingly flying boyfriend, he was gliding through the air leaving a red aura on his wake; I couldn't see his expression from this distance, but... the way he glided was so natural it made me believe this wasn't the first time he did this.
*BOOOMMMMM!*
The landing just created another explosion of dust, all I could do was stare at the massacre in front of me with a mixture of awe and fear.
He was my boyfriend for a second prior, but that 'thing' is no longer my Brand.
"HAHAHAHA!!!"
While blood splattered all over, he swung his sword amidst crazy laughter that made all of us gasp, Rei walked beside us seemingly intending to tell me something, and that was when she caught a glimpse of the current Brand as well. Whatever she was going to tell me just died off into the wilderness of her mind as she found herself enthralled in fear at the spectacle of livers before us.
His sword cut down flesh like the sharpest of knives, from the beginning that sword wasn't normal, but coupled with the ridiculous strength and speed he displayed, he became nothing short of a chainsaw.
Limbs sliced, blood splattered, despaired yelling, even the guns were cut... that was what definitely settled it for me, this is not Brand... he'd never get rid of such valuable equipment.
This monster in front of us didn't care about anything other than killing.
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