The Spearmaster and the Black Cat

Fortunately, There’s countless stones and rocks which collapsed here.

「Hyah!」
(TN: Sound of him exhaling while throwing)

There’s a strange tension, But I pay no attention to it.
I pick up a rolling stone at my feet and send it hurling.
[4]

I pick up and throw, I pick up and throw, Because everything is going fine I maintain the strange atmosphere and keep throwing.

*Bushi Bushi Bushi*, The strange sound of collapsing echoed through the area.
Midway I remember I can use .
Making the chain extend, I pierce through to kill the centipede.
A hole appeared on the centipede, And white bodily fluids started to spread around where it was crushed.
Lots of corpses start piling up.

They stopped coming out of the holes on the left and right already?

Then, Feeling a little relieved–.

※Pikon※※ Skill Acquired※

Did that sound come from my mind?

The sound echoed inside my mind in a high-pitched tone and The red characters ※ Skill Acquired※ were displayed.

It was a strangely pleasant sound.
The strange sound I heard in my head… Was the sound of a skill acquisition.

It really feels like a game, But it’s real.
In my previous world, It would certainly be counted as an illusion and an auditory hallucination.

But here it’s different.

The feeling of my actions earlier comes back, And is sharpened.

Oh, This feeling…

I feel like I’ve always known the “Skill”, And I know the movements.
If that’s a way to put it…

「It’s a strange feeling」

As for the skill for throwing stones, Is it because I killed a considerable amount of centipedes?

I have lingering thoughts about it.

「Gururu」 「Garuugau」 「Shuu」

This time it’s the sound of an animal from the front and back.

Animal? The sound of an animal howling echoes from the front.
The corpses of the dead centipede seemed to have attracted animals to come and eat the dead flesh.

The animals voice from behind seems to have been aimed at me.

I pick up an extra stone and stuff it into my pocket.

I made up my mind and turned around toward the back.

One eye appeared in the darkness, And another eye appeared a little later.
The pair of eyes shined.

「Gururuu」 「Shuaa」

The animal voices and shining eyes kept increasing.

…The light of the torch illuminated the animal’s form.

The figure was of a wolf or a dog, Like a small dog in stature.
However it’s mouth stretched sideways strangely.
Like the length of a ruler could enter, And it revealed countless saw-like teeth in it’s strange mouth.
(TN: Imagine a dog with an alligator mouth… or a crocodog…)

Saliva drips from it’s teeth.
Dangerous, I wanna escape…

However, Even if I run away, It’s movement seems fast because it’s a small dog, And there’s three of them.
I hear the centipedes corpse being chewed on behind me.

I have no choice but to take the initiative with a stone here.
— Ugh, Phew, I throw it like a javelin.
However, because of the effects of the skill, There was no wasted movements in the snap throw.
(TN: I don’t know much about baseball, But I believe this is a throw they use in baseball?)

Leaving my hand smoothly, It flies.
The stone hit the first dog with the torn mouth directly in the head.

One and two.

Unlike the time the first slug was knocked down, It feels like I’ve become a professional dart player and it seems like I’ve become a professional baseball player.
Of course, It’s not because I’m a professional player, Though it feels that way because of the exquisite control in the flexible wrist snap.
(TN: Slug = Centipede)

Continuing, It hit the body of the dog next to it.

How did that happen? It was to the extent where it was able to penetrate.

Unconsciously, I took the natural posture.
(TN: For throwing)
Because of the effects of the skill.

The dog with the torn mouth which was hit on the head collapsed to the ground immediately.
And the dog with the torn mouth which was hit on the body trembled and groaned while falling down.

I succeeded in defeating two monsters.
There is only one remaining.
I had a short moment of joy.

The dog with the torn mouth arrived right beside me immediately.

Opening the torn mouth widely to bite me, It showed it’s blade-like saw teeth which piled up from the roof of it’s mouth to it’s snout.

That’s dangerous!

I quickly swing my arm.

I moved my right arm to prevent the saw teeth in it’s torn mouth, And to shake the dog off.

The rough saw teeth directly hit my right arm intensely which I shook.
It deeply cut from my right arm’s wrist to my elbow.

Blood sprayed.

Painfullll!

However, The dog with the torn mouth which hit my arm was blown off to the side and crashed into the wall, Falling to the ground.
Leaving the small body twitching.

The dog with the torn mouth stopped moving, As it died.

「Shit! Too much pain!」

My cut arm throbbed.
After letting out a pain-filled voice I picked up the torch and ran away to the depths.
It’s unrelated that I avoided the dead mouth dog.

「Painfulll!」

I let out a weird cry while running.
I clenched my teeth to endure the pain.

What, I’m a vampire… That was scary and painful, Great.

I was prepared to some degree, But pain is still pain.
Oh, Whatever, It was painful… But it’s not painful anymore?

The wound was already gone by the time I looked at the arm I felt pain in.
Swinging my arm-.

「It’s not painful…」

Blood is still there.

「Wow…」

Taking back what I just said, This Undying ability is great.

Thinking carefully, Earlier, Although I only swung my arm the dog was blown off and died.

And I’m not short of breath or out of stamina, Even after running all this way.
The Vampire lineage is too awesome.

Hyuhoo

Nevertheless, I suffered a few wounds, And my mental state… Is that of an unemployed soft-hearted Japanese.

Just in case, I’ll take a stone.

「…Hey, Its…」

After thinking in that way, Two dogs with torn mouths, Just like a little while ago appeared and blocked the way.

「Garuruu!」 「GuuuGau!」

In a hurry I stop running and promptly throw the torch I had at the dog with a torn mouth.

Simultaneously, The dog with the torn mouth sprang forward.

「Yaba!」

At the moment when I was going to try to escape to the rear and run–.

※Extra Skill※Cerebral Demon Spine Revolution derivative skill condition was satisfied※
※Pikon※ Acquired Skill Invoked※

When the words sounded in my mind–.
Is displayed in red in the top left corner of my vision.

Jumping back almost instantly, I feel the throbbing pain in my mind while simultaneously understanding the skill.

On the one hand, The dog with the torn mouth which attacked, Crashed head first into the ground, Fracturing it’s teeth and causing it’s head to twitch while it swayed.

「My head hurts, But–, I was able to avoid it.
Is my abnormal speed due to a skill?」

I under sand the skill, But I haven’t become accustomed to it yet.
The unsteady dog slightly moves.

I have no time to feel the headache, Now is a chance.
Because there’s a time limit to the speed provided by this skill, I must hurry.

I direct my left hand towards the dog with the torn mouth and take aim.

「Ikeeeee」

At the same time as my shout, The simultaneously shot from the chain mark on my left wrist.

The body of dog with the torn mouth trembled repeatedly, Bearing it’s broken fangs, Opening it’s mouth wide.

In the mouth, My was drawn in.

The chain pierced the roof of the dog’s mouth.
Penetrating the brain and continuing straight.
Shaking and rotating the dog’s body.

The brain matter scattered all over the surroundings, While the head tore off mid-air and flew somewhere.

–Still not finished.
I run

In the state where the chain is extended straight, I began running towards the other dog with the torn mouth.

I was able to understand the effect of the skill, But also, Was able to actually experience it.

The skill which I acquired a short while ago is able to raise my speed abnormally.

Approaching the dog with a torn mouth in an instant, I used the momentum of running.
Kicking the dog with a torn mouth in the belly like a soccer ball.

Due to the force of the kick, The body of the dog caved into the shape of the character ‘He’ (の).
(TN: I believe that’s it…)

The body of the dog with the torn mouth floated in the air for a little while, While letting out a voice that sounded like a small scream.
At the same time, My right arm clutched the stone from above, With all my strength, I released it from my hand vertically.

The fist sized stone sank into the head of the dog with the torn mouth.
And the head of the dog collapsed completely.
Thereupon released automatically.

「That skill, Incredible…」

An effect still remained, The thoughts in my mind became strangely clear…

While having clear thoughts, I felt heat coming from inside my head.
The heat gradually became more intense.
As I discovered that it’s being spread to the back of my neck and body.
It rapidly spread to my spine from my head, It felt like the bone was charged with heat.

Unpleasant… Rather the bone…

「More, Inside… It’s hotter inside…」

It’s a strange feeling…
The image of the bloodstream where the blood vessel was, Boiling hot energetically until it affected the sensitive nerve that connected the brain and the spine appeared in my head.

At first I had a terrible headache, But now my body aches.
Anew, My body is being changed…

While digesting such a strange feeling, I stare at both hands and think deeply about the changes happening to my body.

[1] I’ve been using the word ‘Character’ in place of letter, Seeing as it’s referring to Kanji, Comparable to a word in English, Not a letter.
Just wanted to let you guys know.
[2] Like how rope is several fibers twined around to make it sturdy and flexible, Several smaller pieces of iron (wires) twined is much stronger and flexible than a single large piece.