novelraw Chapter 39 Three transfer students arrived at once.
Chapter 39 Three transfer students arrived at once.
Late at night, in a remote and deserted suburb.
Heavy breathing and hurried running echoed in the dark night.
Nozaki Umetarou was frantically fleeing for his life, running in a panic.
Because his editor, Mr. Jian, said that his drawing of the test of courage lacked atmosphere, he, who greatly respected Mr. Jian, immediately went online to search for haunted locations in Tokyo.
Then they chose a location to take pictures.
After all, his principle is to create more perfect works through firsthand experience.
Who would have thought that they would actually encounter a man-eating monster!
These things actually exist!
He thought these were things that only existed in comics!
hateful!
Why didn't anyone tell him this?!
A sharp claw-like wind attacked from behind, making Nozaki's hair stand on end. He twisted his waist to dodge and then pushed off with his feet.
Then, putting all his strength into it, he ran even faster.
At this moment, he felt incredibly grateful that he had participated in the basketball team in junior high school and had gone through rigorous training.
Although he is now a cartoonist and suffers from occupational diseases, his physical strength is still impeccable.
Otherwise, it would probably already be inside that monster's stomach.
Recalling the bloody scene he had just witnessed, he couldn't help but shudder.
Finally, after narrowly dodging the attacks of the monsters behind him for what seemed like the umpteenth time, he saw the dazzling neon lights in the distance.
I could vaguely hear the sound of police cars.
This filled him with immense joy.
Just then, a dark shadow flashed in front of him.
Nozaki couldn't dodge in time and crashed into it.
A tremendous force rebounded, causing him to fall to the ground with a thud.
He raised his head and looked at the monster blocking his way.
The light shone from behind it.
This hid its expression in the shadows.
But a mocking smile flickered in those golden vertical pupils.
At that moment, Nozaki suddenly understood something.
"What a wicked monster."
He had reason to believe that if he shouted for help at that moment, he would probably die instantly.
"I wonder what it feels like to be eaten."
"Little mouse, is it fun?"
The demon let out a sharp laugh, extended its sharp claws, and grabbed at Nozaki's head.
When he saw the claws coming at him, a primal instinct for survival surged up again.
Nozaki immediately tried to get up, turn around, and continue his escape.
But then a flash of sword light appeared before them.
Immediately afterwards, accompanied by a scream, the monster's arm fell to the ground with a "thud".
The cut is as smooth as a mirror.
You can even clearly see the flat cross-section of the arm bone.
Blood spurted out instantly, splashing all over Nozaki's face and body.
A strong, pungent smell of blood assaulted my nostrils.
"clatter."
A soft sound.
Nozaki instinctively turned his head to look.
A tall, blonde woman landed gently on the ground beside her.
She was dressed in a silver military uniform and held a huge longsword, looking very heroic.
Although she wore a fox demon mask, just by looking at her graceful figure and the cool and aloof temperament that she exuded, Nozaki felt that she must be an extraordinary beauty.
But soon, he was attracted to another person.
It was a man, also wearing a mask.
Amazingly, he was actually floating in the air.
It has a pair of red and black wings on its back.
The wings have no fixed shape and drift about, like flames burning fiercely in the air.
The man was carrying a sword, but the sword was not drawn.
Nozaki felt the other person glance at him, but quickly looked away, raised his right hand, made a sword shape with his fingers, and lightly slashed at the monster a few times.
He vaguely saw a flash of light disappear.
In the next instant, the monster that was so terrifying to him was easily severed from its limbs.
The man had appeared beside the monster without anyone noticing, and gently struck its throat with his hand.
So the monster couldn't even let out a scream.
Then, the wings on the man's back suddenly disappeared, and a small metal ball appeared in his hand.
He casually tossed the ball over.
The small metal ball opened its gaping maw in mid-air and swallowed the monster's limbs that had fallen to the ground.
Then it swallowed the monster's body.
Then it flew back into the man's hand.
The man stood still, holding the small metal ball.
He didn't speak or make any other movements, as if he was waiting for something.
The woman stood leaning against the wall without saying a word.
"Um... thank you."
Nozaki Umetarou felt he should say something.
Unfortunately, no one paid him any attention.
The atmosphere fell into a slightly eerie silence.
After a while, the blood that the monster had spilled suddenly disappeared.
Nozaki looked at the ground in surprise, then at himself. The blood that had been stained with the monster was now completely clean.
At that moment, he seemed to sense something and raised his head.
But then the man picked up the woman, flapped his wings, soared into the sky, and quickly disappeared into the horizon.
He didn't say a single word to him from beginning to end.
Nozaki Umetarou scratched his head.
I felt both relieved to have escaped death and excited to have witnessed an extraordinary scene.
Speaking of which, that was... Xu Yuan?
What Xu Yuan didn't know was that Nozaki Umetarou was a manga artist, and a professional one at that.
The kind of work serialized in a monthly magazine.
He is very sensitive to things like body shape and lines.
This is also a basic quality of a professional cartoonist.
Men who are over 1.8 meters tall are very rare in Japan.
Most importantly, Nozaki Umetarou has recently been secretly creating new manga characters based on Xu Yuan and Jinshiro Nagiyuki...
The reason he asked him about his dating experiences was actually to gather material and find inspiration.
It can be said that although Xu Yuan was wearing a mask, Nozaki felt that he looked very familiar at first glance.
To say it's 100% certain wouldn't be an overstatement.
Nozaki just instinctively felt that the person from earlier was Xu Yuan from his class.
Recalling what had just happened, he couldn't help but get excited. He took out his phone and called his editor, saying excitedly, "Mr. Jian, I want to draw a battle manga!"
Upon hearing this, the person on the other end of the phone was stunned.
Nozaki continued excitedly, "The protagonist is just an ordinary high school student."
"But at night, he would start slaying monsters everywhere, secretly maintaining the peace of the city!"
"He has to wear a mask to avoid being recognized."
"In addition, he also has a pair of wings!"
"How about those wings that have no fixed shape and look like flames?"
"But red alone isn't cool enough."
"So let's add some black to the wings!"
Whenever a monster appears and causes trouble, he will descend from the sky with the female protagonist in his arms!
"In order to avoid reader fatigue, I plan to have him fall from the sky each time carrying a different female character."
"If readers get tired of it, he can also fall from the sky carrying two or three female characters."
"But carrying four is a bit excessive."
"In conclusion, Mr. Jian, what do you think?"
"ha……"
A long sigh came from the other end of the phone.
There was a hint of weariness in his voice.
After hearing this, one can't help but imagine the other person rubbing their forehead and frowning.
Is Ms. Yumeno planning to switch to another magazine?
"How could that be! I've decided to follow Master Jian for the rest of my life! Wherever Master Jian is, I will be there!"
"Ms. Yumeno shouldn't have forgotten that we're a shoujo manga magazine, right?"
"..."
"Besides, all you can draw are shoujo manga, right? Don't underestimate manga."
"Hmm... Does Mr. Ken mean to guide me towards the pinnacle of shoujo manga?"
"..."
"As expected of Mr. Sword! Focus is very important! I understand, thank you very much!"
"...You know that's good. Go revise the draft."
"Don't worry, Mr. Sword! I now have a very thorough understanding of the atmosphere of terror and the feeling of constantly facing death!"
"Well, anyway, good luck."
……
Meanwhile, high in the sky.
A biting, fierce wind howled in my face.
The brightly lit city shrank beneath my feet, eventually transforming into a sea of light.
The view from the air is breathtaking.
That was bustling Tokyo under the night sky.
Theresa took off her mask and cheered wildly in Xu Yuan's arms.
"Don't move around," Xu Yuan said, bowing his head.
If someone fell from that height, even Theresa would probably die, right?
"Hey, can you fly a little higher?"
"Alright."
Xu Yuan flapped his wings and flew straight upwards.
Soon, he plunged into the clouds.
The resistance in the clouds was slightly greater, and a wave of moisture hit my face, bringing a cool and damp feeling.
He quickly broke through the clouds and appeared above them.
Having reached this point, Xu Yuan did not continue upwards.
The scenery here is completely different from what I just saw.
Tokyo was very quiet under the night sky just now.
It was a kind of artificial clamor that, when distanced, revealed a unique tranquility under the night.
And now, it is just as quiet above the clouds.
But it was a vast and boundless tranquility that I witnessed amidst the magnificent world.
It makes one feel infinitely insignificant.
"So beautiful..."
Theresa gazed in awe at the view above the clouds.
She gently closed her eyes, savoring the moment.
"It's so quiet here... so peaceful and relaxing. It's as if all my worries have vanished. It's wonderful."
Xu Yuan didn't say anything; he understood her feelings.
When he first flew up here, he was also awestruck by the magnificent tranquility.
Suddenly, Theresa opened her eyes.
She tightened her grip around Xu Yuan's neck slightly, pulled him closer, and gently kissed his mask.
Xu Yuan was slightly taken aback.
Theresa, however, didn't seem to mind and smiled, saying, "Let's watch a little longer, then we'll go find the demons."
Xu Yuan paused for a moment, then said, "Alright."
However, demons are not so easy to find.
The two searched until three or four in the morning but couldn't find a second one, so they had to return to their apartment.
"Nothing has changed?" Theresa asked.
Xu Yuan shook his head: "It's probably because the quantity is too small."
Theresa told him that when a demon is slain, it will disappear as points of light, including severed limbs and blood.
I never expected it to actually be like that.
At that time, the bloodstains left on the ground had all disappeared.
Based on the subtle emotions transmitted back by [Wing], the demon corpses it devoured have probably also disappeared.
Swallowing it doesn't prevent it from disappearing.
Therefore, the [wing] only absorbed a portion of the power.
Xu Yuan didn't know the exact amount.
Anyway, nothing has changed yet.
"That's a bit of a waste," Xu Yuan couldn't help but think.
The power contained within the demon is not weak.
By fusing the flesh and blood of the Dragon's Descendant before and after awakening, a mutation occurs, creating a wriggling parasite that does not decay.
To allow it to parasitize the human brain is to create a demon.
Implanting the flesh and blood of demons into the human body creates a greatsword.
It can be said that the power of both demons and greatswords originates from the mixed flesh and blood of the dragon's descendants.
The former has more flesh and blood, but is much weaker.
According to Xu Yuan's speculation, it should be because the human body is too weak to exert its strength.
This can also explain why, once a demon releases its demonic power and causes the human body to deform excessively, the body will continue to deteriorate and can only be replaced by a new host.
Because the human body cannot withstand that force.
The greatsword, having fused with the flesh and blood of demons, was essentially diluted, achieving a certain balance that allowed it to adapt to, be used, and develop the power within.
So how far can a greatsword grow?
According to information mentioned in the manga, the Greatsword, after awakening (when its demonic power goes out of control and it becomes a demon, its strength will increase dramatically), can fight against the Dragon's Descendant.
Furthermore, the Abyss Ones who have awakened after being the No. 1 in each generation are far superior to the Awakened Ones.
After Priscilla awakened, she far surpassed the Abyss Ones.
In the story, Theresa was killed by Priscilla, who suddenly awakened, due to a moment of carelessness.
Of course, that part had a bit of a plot twist.
After all, how would the story begin if Theresa didn't die?
(The female protagonist is a little girl that Theresa saved. After Theresa died, she joined the Claymore organization to seek revenge on Priscilla and had Theresa's flesh and blood implanted into her body.)
Theresa's role in "Claymore" is similar to Yoriichi Tsugikuni in "Demon Slayer".
It represents an absolute, overwhelming ceiling.
In the side story, when she attacked the awakened form of the former No. 1 who had been dethroned by her, she only unleashed 10% of her demonic power and instantly killed him.
However, when reporting, she concealed the fact that the other party had already awakened and hid her own strength.
Therefore, the Claymore organization only knew that Theresa was very strong, the strongest in history, but they didn't know just how strong she was.
In the end, she was briefly resurrected as a thought entity, and awakened by her own will, transforming into a four-winged archangel.
Then they instantly killed the final boss, Priscilla.
Of course, according to her own account, because she is a thought entity, and because in the heroine's heart, she is stronger than anyone else, she was able to instantly kill Priscilla.
Originally, she did not have the "strength to suppress Priscilla to that extent after she awakened".
It basically means that you can win, but you can't win instantly.
In short, the greatsword's strength is enough to prove that the power contained within the demon's flesh and blood is not weak.
It's just that the demons themselves are unable to exert their power.
It's such a waste that the body disappeared.
After thinking for a moment, Xu Yuan looked at Theresa and said, "What do you think, should we try raising livestock?"
Theresa was taken aback: "Raise what?"
"Of course they are demons," Xu Yuan said.
Theresa: "???"
She had heard of raising chickens, ducks, cattle, and sheep, but she had never heard of anyone wanting to raise demons.
"We can't exactly feed them human organs, can we?"
"What are you thinking?" Xu Yuan was speechless. "I'm not some kind of demon."
"What I mean is, cut off one of their arms and see if it grows back."
"Of course, you have to cut it."
"If I cut them down, they definitely won't grow back."
……
In the morning, Xu Yuan went to class as usual.
"Good morning."
Kandai Nagiyuki nodded at him with a cool expression.
Xu Yuan nodded in return, "Good morning."
"..." Nagiyuki Kamishiro was somewhat speechless.
Why is this guy so cold and indifferent to his girlfriend?
Jing said we should keep our distance, is that really the right thing to do?
Just before the first class started, Reiko Orito walked into the classroom and announced, "Nozaki-kun isn't feeling well and has taken half a day off. Also, there are three transfer students today."
The classroom erupted in an uproar.
For students, anything special can spark heated discussions.
What's more, three transfer students came at once.
They all got into their class?!
"Please come in and introduce yourselves to everyone." Reiko Orito looked towards the classroom door and smiled, "Makase-san, Okabe-san, Hashida-san."