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32.6% Reincarnated as a Grunt No. 703 / Chapter 29: Dodge-Cannon-Ball

Capítulo 29: Dodge-Cannon-Ball

As I stood in the middle of the long path, a sense of unease suddenly washed over me. The mechanical whirring and clanking grew louder with each second, echoing through the empty platform that should have been just a simple, harmless walkway. Then, suddenly, five large boxes emerged from the steel platform the edge of the path, blocking my way toward the finish line platform.

"What the-?!" I exclaimed in disbelief. My heart quickened as the boxes opened up, revealing ominous cannon-like tubes extending from within. I watched in horror as all five cannons quickly took aim at me. This was no longer a simple long path... it had become a shooting range for these cannons, and I was their target!

Without warning, the cannons unleashed a barrage of steel balls towards me. The steel balls were almost the size of wrecking balls, and they were all hurtling towards me fast!

As those large steel balls hurtled towards me, my instincts kicked in. Without a second thought, I dropped to the floor, narrowly avoiding the onslaught of cannonballs. My heart pounded hard in my chest as the projectiles whizzed dangerously close above my head, the air filled with the sound of their deadly trajectory.

Soon after, the sound of steel balls thunking behind me echoed through the air. I looked back towards where the steel balls had hit and found a large steel wall had erected, blocking the entrance to the long path where I had entered from. A few dented marks from where the steel balls had struck could be seen on its surface, and the steel balls rolled harmlessly and fell off to the side of the path. This steel wall was now effectively blocking me from going back, as if telling me that there was no turning back anymore.

It was either now or never.

Suddenly, another loud mechanical sound could be heard from underneath me, quickly shifting towards the box-cannons' position at the edge of the long path. It didn't take me long to realize that they were quickly reloading another round of steel balls, aiming towards me as I was still lying on the ground after dodging the first volley of the cannonball onslaught.

"Shit!" I loudly cursed as I quickly got up from my prone position. As I got up, the cannons immediately fired another volley of cannonballs toward the spot where I had been lying. With quick reflexes, I stepped back and away as far as I could. The cannonballs hit that spot with deadly thunks on the steel platform. But it wasn't over, as those steel balls bounced around and two of them came towards me with almost the same deadly velocity as before!

With another quick reaction, I dodged aside from those two bouncing steel balls in quick succession, each miss by a hair's breadth. I could hear the two sounds of metal thunking against the large steel wall blockade behind me.

I was slightly relieved that I had dodged the second cannonball onslaught... but then I realized that I was near the edge of the long path, where I could see the dry, arid land far beneath the steel platform. I gulped as I realized how close I was to falling off the platform...

But the onslaught wasn't over. Another loud mechanical sound was heard once again from beneath me, shifting towards the box-cannons at the edge of the path. This dreadful mechanical sound was now my only signal that they were reloading another round of cannonballs and would immediately shoot out another cannonball onslaught!

I quickly tried to position myself back in the middle of the long path, but soon the sound of cannon fire could be heard, and I saw another volley of cannonballs hurtling towards me fast. I gritted my teeth and prepared myself to dodge the incoming cannonballs. One by one, in quick succession, I kept dodging and dodging each of the cannonballs... until the very last fifth one, which caught me off guard!

Out of defensive instinct, I subconsciously put up my arms to shield myself from the incoming cannonball, and then... it hit me hard! I could feel the impact of the cannonball through my arms, and the force pushed me back quite far. My arms didn't break, but the pain of the impact was excruciating. Not just the pain, but the impact also left me disoriented.

Unfortunately, I was not given time to recover as another mechanical sound could be heard, meaning... another cannonball onslaught was about to begin! I already heard the sound of cannon fire once again, and I had only a few seconds to react to the incoming cannonballs hurtling towards me! Without much of a choice, I put my arms in a defensive state and readied myself to receive the incoming cannonball onslaught.

First hit. I was pushed back. Second hit. I was pushed back further. Third hit. I was pushed back even further! Fourth hit. Not only was I pushed back, but the impact also broke my defensive stance, my arms screaming in pain. Fifth hit... the last cannonball struck me square in the chest. The impact didn't just push me back; it lifted me off my feet and carried me along with its trajectory. I flew through the air, helplessly hurtling backward until I collided with the steel wall behind me with a resounding crash.

The air was forcefully expelled from my lungs upon impact, leaving me gasping for breath. Dizziness clouded my vision, and I teetered on the edge of consciousness, my body screaming in agony. I slowly slid down the wall, about to fall to my knees, but...

I managed to stand up on one leg. My heartbeat quickened, and I could feel the adrenaline pumping through my entire body as I stood up from where I had almost passed out. But that wasn't all that was happening inside my body. I could feel something else...

I could feel a burning sensation... and deep-seated anger.


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Capítulo 30: Burning Flame

A deep burning sensation welled up inside of me... along with a deep-seated anger. Both sensations ignited within my body... burning in my soul. I slowly stood up, almost falling to my knees. I hung my head low as I felt those burning sensations...

I could hear another mechanical sound coming from beneath the steel platform... the signal of another cannonball onslaught about to begin. Then... the sound of cannon firing echoed, but... I didn't bother reacting. I didn't even bother looking up at the upcoming cannonballs hurtling toward me...

First hit. I was pushed into the wall. Second hit. Embedded deeper. Third hit. Embedded even deeper. Fourth hit. Even deeper. Fifth hit... the fifth didn't hit me.

I had anticipated the fifth cannonball hitting me, but the impact never came. How? It was simple, really... because the fifth cannonball... was destroyed... by me.

I suddenly realized what I had done. Before the fifth cannonball could hit me, my right arm had subconsciously thrown a punch into it, shattering it into a burst of metallic fragments. The force of my punch caused the steel ball to explode into a shower of twisted metal shards, spraying in all directions. The remnants of the cannonball flew apart, pieces clattering to the ground like shattered glass. I looked at my fist, now surrounded by a cloud of metallic dust, the heat from the impact still radiating from my knuckles.

I slowly pulled myself out of the wall. I could still feel the burning sensation inside my body... and it was growing stronger by the second... the burning sensation of anger that had been welling up inside me all this time. But suddenly... a voice could be heard, speaking directly in my head. A familiar voice...

"Unleash your anger."

I heard a familiar voice. It was the voice that I still vividly remembered... a familiar voice that had destroyed the normalcy of my life... The wicked and mischievous entity that had plunged me into this new, unfamiliar, cruel world...

"Unleash your desire."

The voice... it was the voice of the 'Witch'... the 'Witch' from the dark alleyway. The same 'Witch' that had given me a "token" through her "branding," with searing, burning flame... the same burning sensation I was feeling right now. The same painful burning sensation welling up inside me, within my chest... and I did not reject it.

Another set of mechanical sounds could be heard, signaling another impending cannonball onslaught. But... I did not care or worry a single bit about them. In fact, I welcomed them to try. Then, the sound of cannon firing could be heard yet again.

"Unleash your flame."

The burning sensation spread throughout my whole body. I could feel the searing sensation all over... I looked down at my body... and realized it was enveloped by flame... dark flame. I could feel the searing, painful sensation of them... but it did not bother me. Not one bit.

I finally lifted my head... and saw the cannonball onslaught that should have been hitting me by now was slowly approaching me instead. It was like seeing a bunch of hovering balls slowly floating in the air. It was almost comical how slow they seemed to be hovering towards me. I soon realized... rather than the cannonballs moving slowly... it was me moving fast. Fast enough that those balls, which had been impossible for me to dodge before, now looked like a row of giant metallic balloons hovering.

I began to casually walk forward toward the cannonballs heading slowly toward me. As I finally reached them, I casually swiped my fist at the first cannonball, shattering it into a million steel fragments. The shards floated in mid-air as if confused about why they had suddenly turned into pieces. Then, I moved forward to the second cannonball and swiped my fist again, and it suffered the same fate as the first.

The third cannonball received another swipe of my fist and shattered just like the first and second. The fourth cannonball met the same fate as the previous three with a casual swipe of my fist. Then, the fifth cannonball... I channeled all my anger into my right fist and punched it. It shattered not just into a million pieces but into a fine dust that floated in mid-air.

I walked past all of them, and then the speed of the world suddenly felt normal. I heard the sound of steel fragments & shards scattering and dropping onto the steel platform behind me. Then, I heard the familiar mechanical sound reminding me that another cannonball onslaught was incoming. But as I said before: it didn't matter anymore.

The sound of cannon firing could be heard once again, and I saw another barrage of cannonballs hurtling fast toward me. Just as those cannonballs were about to hit me, they suddenly began to slow down. The same fate as the previous cannonballs as I began to move with extreme speed. But instead of destroying them like before, I had another idea in mind.

I touched the nearest cannonball and lifted it with one arm. It was so light that it felt like I was holding a large ball made of solid rubber. I felt the light cannonball in my hand... then I threw it towards one of the box-cannons. It flew quite fast. Maybe even faster in reality if not for my sped-up perception. Regardless, the steel cannonball crashed into the box-cannon, and they both shattered into a million pieces. I could see a small fireball forming in the middle of the crash, as if it was about to explode.

Then, I continued with the second cannonball. I lifted it playfully before chucking it into another box-cannon, crashing it and shattering them both. Then the third one met the same fate as the previous two. Then the fourth one, also the same fate as the 1st, the 2nd, and the 3rd cannonballs.

And now... the last cannonball. The fifth cannonball. I lifted it casually, even spinning it on my fingers as if it was a basketball. For this one, I did not just instantly throw it into the last box-cannon sitting in the middle of the path, no.

Instead, I casually brought the cannonball along with me toward it. It was a casual walk that felt like a few seconds of walking. But eventually, I reached the last box-cannon. I let out a snort of laughter, finding humor in what I was about to do with this last box-cannon.

Then... I slammed the last cannonball in my hand into the last box-cannon. Both of them shattered into a million pieces, just like the other four sets of box-cannons and their cannonballs. The shards remained suspended in mid-air as I casually walked past them. When I finally planted my feet on the other side of the long, narrow path, I felt the speed of the world gradually returning to normal. Then... a multitude of explosions erupted behind me. I didn't bother looking back at them as they were now meaningless to me.

I had finally reached the finish line platform. I could see the large finish line arch with a cartoonish drawing of Max Brain on top. As if my desire had been satisfied, I felt the burning sensation that had enveloped my whole body gradually fade away. I looked down and saw the dark flames covering my body slowly dying down as well.

Eventually, the burning within my chest was replaced by a feeling of happiness, as if I had entered into a "sage mode."

I began to walk casually toward the finish line... but then I noticed a few people waiting there. These people were most likely the ones the mad scientist Victoria had mentioned—those who knew me well and would greet me with my reward. I couldn't see them clearly, because an intense light was shining through the entire finish line platform, as if welcoming a champion. Thinking that way made me feel good about myself as I continued moving closer.

There, I finally saw that three people were waiting at the finish line. They were still obscured, not just by the intense light slightly blinding my vision, but also by the shadows under the arch bridge, effectively hiding their identities but not their silhouettes. But eventually... as I got a few inches closer to the finish line, I finally saw who these three people were.

The standing-up straight grunt lieutenant, Lieutenant Grunt No. 443, the mad scientist Victoria "Mad Star" whom I had just mentioned before, and then the last person... a quite unexpected person...

The infamous No. 1 supervillain, Max Brain.

I was confused. I had never thought that these three people would be the ones to greet me personally, especially the last one, who was supposed to be the top leader and owner of this Evil Empire bit. Was he here to greet me personally too?

"Well done, my loyal grunt," Max Brain suddenly praised me with a wide grin on his face. I had never expected that he would actually go out of his way to praise a newbie grunt like me. It was... nice to know.

"Thanks... I guess," I replied awkwardly, which earned another huge grin from him and even a giggle from Victoria. The lieutenant, however, remained silent throughout this whole exchange.

Then Max Brain cleared his throat to get my attention. "Now then... take a break for a moment, my loyal grunt," he calmly ordered with a smile.

"... huh?" I responded, dumbfounded, not understanding what he was saying.

I heard another giggle from Victoria. "Hehe~, good night, Grunt No. 703~," she suddenly bid me good night out of nowhere, which further confused me.

But then I realized too late... as I saw the lieutenant Grunt No. 443 pointing something at my head... and it was a gun. With a few sharp clicks coming from it, the lieutenant then pulled the trigger.

And everything turned dark once again.


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Finally... we have reached the 30th chapter. This marks the end of the first opening arc, and I'm quite happy that I was able to write this far.

Thank you to those who have gone out of their way to see and read my webnovel up to this point. I hope that you will continue reading this novel of mine.

Stay tuned for more~.

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