'They saw me!'
Seiji was astonished to hear this.
That was because he had been nearby them from the very beginning. However, they hadn't noticed him, so he reflexively believed that they wouldn't notice him.
However, he didn't expect that the robe-wearing girl would notice him. Then, the boy in leather armor also noticed him.
'Who are you?'
Seiji wanted to answer this question.
But before he could say anything, his vision turned dark, and his consciousness became hazy again … Then, he saw a clear scene again, and his consciousness instantly returned.
He was still in the Forest Palace, and the environment was similar to what he had just seen.
Little Shi and Tomohisa were both by his side, which proved that this was Kazuko's Domain.
Tomohisa seemed rather nervous as he looked around this alternate dimension that he had just entered for the first time.
Little Shi still had a calm expression.
'Judging from their appearances, they didn't see what I just saw.' Seiji thought to himself.
'Was that an illusion?
'If I was the only one who saw an illusion, then I should have been daydreaming just now. That should have attracted Little Shi and Tomohisa's attention.
Since they didn't notice, it meant that they had just entered her Domain and hadn't noticed anything abnormal.
So, that wasn't an illusion. At the very least, it wasn't an ordinary illusion.
What exactly was that? A scene from another world? A Spirit World was actually another world? Or was it a projection from another world?
Seiji recalled his own experience traveling through Soul World. He felt that this was rather similar, yet obviously different — he wasn't experiencing life in another world. He was simply observing.
But, was he merely observing?
"It's coming," Kazuko's voice spoke up.
Black mist appeared and swiftly formed into three black wolves.
He decided to stop thinking about this for now and begin fighting.
Tomohisa gathered electricity in his hand and attacked first with a lightning bolt that accurately struck the first black wolf charging at him!
That black wolf instantly froze and rolled on the ground as dark-red mist came out of its body.
Little Shi unsheathed her sword and finished off the second wolf. Seiji immediately followed up with a third wolf.
A portion of the mist that these two black wolves transformed into drifted towards Hisashi, who was beside him, and seeped into his body!
As expected, devouring and absorbing Spirit World creatures was the basic way for an Awakened to become stronger.
Tomohisa continuously struck lightning at the black wolf that had fallen to the ground. Every time it struggled to move, it would immediately be electrocuted … or rather, it would fall into a state of paralysis, making the scene look a little comical.
After being electrocuted for the fourth time, this pitiful spiritual monster finally collapsed and transformed into mist.
"Go closer," Seiji said to Tomohisa.
Tomohisa understood. He quickly walked towards the mist and absorbed most of it.
"How do you feel?"
"I can vaguely feel that something in my body has solidified a little."
"Let's see if you can absorb more … your absorption ability clearly has an effective range. The closer you are, the more you can absorb. Be careful," Seiji said.
Tomohisa nodded.
More black wolves appeared.
Seiji and Little Shi fought calmly.
Tomohisa fought cautiously under their protection. He used lightning for long-range attacks, while using his lightning shield for melee combat.
As long as he blocked with his shield, the black wolves that attacked him would be electrocuted and paralyzed. It would be no problem for him to deal with one by himself.
To use a video game analogy, this was like two big bosses taking a noob who could only use long-range attacks and shield attacks to clear a dungeon.
After Tomohisa absorbed a large amount of mist, he felt that the depths of his body was faintly heating up. It was quite obvious that his power was increasing.
When he practiced at the dojo, he would begin to feel tired after using seven or eight lightning attacks. But now, he didn't feel tired at all even after using so many lightning attacks. In fact, he felt that it was becoming easier and easier to use his abilities!
It felt quite good.
It could even be said that it was a pleasure … no, this was a pleasure! The pleasure of becoming stronger.
It was just like killing monsters in an online game to obtain experience to level up a character. But here, he was leveling up himself, which was much more fun than in an online game!
Tomohisa was getting excited. However, he wisely maintained his caution.
'I won't be like my idiot big brother …' he thought to himself.
"The big one's coming," Kazuko, who was floating in the air, warned him.
Dense black mist formed into a gigantic black wolf with green fur. The wolf's aura far surpassed that of ordinary monsters.
Seiji recalled the large black eagle with green scales and claws that he had fought against before … Could it be that the monsters from the Forest Palace were stronger just because they had green fur on their bodies?
"Tomohisa, you have to be careful." Seiji specifically reminded his teammate who was facing a boss monster for the first time.
"I will."
Tomohisa was both nervous and excited to see such a gigantic monster that was likely capable of sending him flying with a single attack.
This was far more exciting than playing a VR game!
The green-furred black wolf glared at the three of them and slowly opened its mouth.
At this moment, Seiji suddenly saw the figures of a robed girl and a boy wearing leather armor.
Lana and Rode! These two figures were rather hazy, but Seiji was able to recognize them.
"I'll stall it! Hurry and run!! "Seiji faintly heard Rode shouting with resolution. Even though he didn't know the language of this world, Seiji mysteriously understood it.
Before Lana could react, the large black wolf attacked and spat out a gigantic dark red Mana Bullet from its mouth!
The boy and girl's hazy figures disappeared, and the gigantic red Mana Bullet flew towards him at high speed!
Seiji didn't dodge or defend. He simply cast a spell with his sword …
Reverse spell, "Dragon Counterattack"!
He blocked the gigantic Mana Bullet and swung his sword, transforming it into a golden dragon that counterattacked!!
Boom!
The golden dragon swallowed the wolf, and there was an explosion of light.
'It's not that I wanted to use an ultimate, but that opening your mouth was too obvious. It'd be uncomfortable if I didn't use it.' Seiji thought to himself.
It was also because he saw those two figures from another world.
Those were probably projections, right?
Rode and Lana had encountered a similar large wolf. Seiji saw the scene projected here.
Seiji didn't know why there were projections or why he could see them.
He just reflexively wanted to help them after seeing such a scene. Plus, the enemy monster's posture was perfect, so he used his ultimate.
He forgot to say his ultimate … forget it, there was no need to say it every time.
The green-furred black wolf was severely injured by the divine dragon the moment it appeared! Large amounts of mist came out of its body.
Little Shi went over to finish it off and took care of the wolf in just a few moves.
Tomohisa, who thought that there would be a fierce battle, didn't even have the time to react. He only hurriedly went over to absorb the wolf after it transformed into mist.
As expected, Seiji was quite strong. He was able to easily deal with such a large monster … then what was the point of telling him just now?
'Be careful'? Was he just trying to act cool?
'Actually, I didn't want to act cool. It was just a coincidence.' If he knew what Tomohisa was thinking, Seiji would probably say something like this.
At this moment, he saw Rode and Lana's figures again!
"What was that just now?" Rode was confused.
"That person helped us … I think so," Lana said as she looked all around her.
"What was that person … a ghost?" Rode knew what she was looking for. He also looked all around him.
"I don't think so. It should be some other existence …"
Lana's gaze swept past Seiji before she suddenly stopped and turned back to look at him carefully.
Seiji had a rather wondrous feeling as she looked at him.
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