CH 299

Name：I Was Reborn, but I Was Told That the Popular Standard Skills Were No Good, so I Chose the Skill of Collecting [Title] Author：2-jigen-kun Nijigen-kun
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“Damn ……!”

I’m trying to pull out the spear stuck in my palm, but the spear is too long to pull out.

“While I’m adjusting my body, I’ll need a protector, so I’ll make you a soldier after all.”

Is there nothing more I can do? As I was thinking, there was a slight vibration on the rock.

“Ah…”

“Ah……”

Carina peeked out a little from the gap in the rock as if she was afraid of what was going on. Then her eyes met mine.

Carina saw my battered figure and was about to scream out, but I quickly put my hand over my mouth to keep her from screaming.

“Oh, there was another one. Then I’ll make the two of you my soldiers.”

Carina had been spotted by Emperor Lich when she showed her face. Carina’s eyes locked with Emperor Lich’s and she was like a frog staring at a snake. But that was inevitable. Even I almost cowered when dealing with this guy. Carina and Emperor Lich are far apart in ability. She’s probably more scared than I was.

“Ah…”

With Carina close by, I reaffirmed that I had to defeat Emperor Lich, even if it meant stabbing him in the back. If he kills me, he will kill Sophie and the others to increase his strength. Sophie and Elira wouldn’t be able to defeat this guy, whose magic resistance is too high. Also, Shana and Carina, who are good at physical attacks, haven’t yet evolved to a level where they can fight this guy. If anyone could kill this guy, it would be me.

“Ugh!!!!”

I forcefully removed the spear from my left hand while widening the wound in my palm. Then, in order to concentrate only on what I was going to do, I removed all enhancements such as devilfication and enchantments.

“What can you do if you can only get out your left hand in such a state?”

Emperor Lich scoffed at my actions and said it was useless. I ignored him and raised my left arm. I was about to use a skill I had yet to use, yet I naturally understood how to use it. I can only hope that the repercussions from this skill are lessened since I’ve been leveling up since I defeated the demon. Worst case scenario, as long as I don’t die, it doesn’t matter.

“Divine lightning!”

As I said that, I swung my raised left arm down. At the same time, my left arm was obliterated.

As if on cue that my left arm had been obliterated, a huge lightning bolt of divine pure white lightning struck from the sky with a roar and centered on me. The lightning lightly swallowed even the huge dragon zombie. For a few seconds while the lightning was striking, the deep forest became brighter than daylight. Then, when the divine lightning disappeared, it returned to the quiet and dark deep forest again.

“If anyone is hurt, Carina, use this to heal them. …And while you’re at it, I’d like you to heal me too……”

The trees and other objects around us were unharmed, but Emperor Lich and the dragon zombie had vanished without a trace from before our eyes. Emperor Lich was seen to have dived under the dragon zombie before the divine thunderbolt came, but there was no way the divine lightning bolt could be prevented by that degree.

I put as much elixir-type recovery medicine as I could from my ring in front of Carina, who was unharmed as well as the trees and others. There, my consciousness dropped and I fell to the ground.

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[Im’s point of view]

“That was a close call…”

I was constantly watching Darling’s fight so that I could be there to help him as soon as he was about to get finished off. The moment he swung his left arm down, a certain skill of mine reacted, and I tried to escape by shifting out of the range of that skill.

“Oh no… I’ve almost lost all my stock because of darling.”

Darling’s sister, Sophia’s attack had hardly reduced my stock. But because I missed escaping that blow by a little bit, most of my stock was gone.

“I never heard of such a thing… Darling, you’re making me want you more and more!”

Darling’s status became invisible after he evolved. I didn’t even know he had a skill like that. It was nice to see that skill up close and personal.

“I really wanted to get that demon, but it was worth the experience for my darling!”

I wanted that demon in my secret plan, but it wasn’t really necessary.

“I’ll be replenishing my stock for a while now…..”

I don’t think he could unleash a big move like that many times in a row. But I’d like to build up enough stock to be able to withstand that one. So I might not see my darling for a little while. ……

“Oh, Ryu will get mad at me if I don’t get home soon!”

I thought about just seeing Darling’s face one last time before leaving, but once I see his face, I don’t think I’ll be able to resist taking him home. Besides, I don’t want to fight Sophia and the others in my current state. So, I moved on to Ryu’s place without making a detour.