Reincarnated as the Chapter 59: An Unexpected Encounter

Chapter 59: An Unexpected Encounter

The first monster’s body slamd into the ground, while my watch rang, indicating that I had gained ten points.

The remaining four were already charging toward , their mouths stretched wide open, their screams—like nails scraping against a chalkboard—echoing through the area and irritating my ears.

The first reached , raising his long arms as if trying to pull

into a hug... then bite my head off with that wide mouth of his.

I didn’t rush.

I let him reach

and try to wrap his arms around . Then I slipped between his arms as they tried to close around my body, and at the sa ti, my sword passed through his waist, cleaving him in two.

The third had already opened his mouth toward , only for my sword to enter between his teeth and co out the other side of his grotesque head. With a bit of force, I lifted my blade, splitting his head in half as it hung there hideously. Even before his body hit the ground, I was already on the last two.

I moved in the most efficient way possible—no flashy movents, no special combat techniques.

Monts later, the remaining two fell dead. The entire fight had taken only seconds. Without sparing a glance at the bodies scattered around, I launched myself forward once more.

I ran at full speed, and with my sensing ability extending 350 ters ahead, I didn’t fear reaching dead ends and having to backtrack all the way.

Along the way, I encountered many more Rank 1 monsters, and they all shared one thing in common...

Their lives were taken by my sword.

Even when I didn’t personally kill a monster, my watch still rang from ti to ti, indicating that the rest of my team wasn’t just standing around doing nothing.

The deeper I went into the maze, the more nurous and stronger the monsters beca. Soon, I would encounter Rank 2.

I glanced at my watch:

Elapsed Ti: [21:23]

Team Points: 210

I still needed 790 points to et the requirent.

As I ran, I felt a new presence enter my range...

A Rank 2 monster.

It didn’t take long before it appeared before .

Over two ters tall, standing on bent legs like a wolf’s, its long arms hung from its body, adorned with claws dozens of centiters long. Its back was hunched, and several bone spikes protruded along its spine.

As for its face, it had no eyes—only a massive, drooling mouth occupying most of it, decorated with four sharp horns.

In short, it was ugly... like most monsters in this world.

But why were they all so ugly, as if they had co straight out of the horror movies I used to watch in my previous world? I an, most people reincarnated into new worlds encountered monsters with sowhat natural forms.

Like giant wolves, skeletons, ghouls... you know.

While these stupid thoughts crossed my mind, the monster noticed .

It turned its face toward

and opened its mouth, revealing rows of sharp teeth as its long tongue hung out. In the next mont, a deafening roar filled the walls of the tunnel.

The monster bent its legs, its muscles contracting violently, and in the next instant, it lunged at .

In the following second, it was already in front of , its dagger-like claws slashing toward

with pure killing intent. I raised my sword to block its arm.

The sound of tal colliding rang out, echoing through the cave, followed by the monster’s furious roar.

Its other arm moved to slice

apart and turn

into strips of at, but with a surge of essence, a thin layer ford around my second sword, and I perford a diagonal slash.

The blade cut through flesh and bone. The monster’s arm fell to the ground, and before it could even scream in pain, its head hit the floor, followed by its lifeless body.

I gave the corpse a brief glance before continuing onward.

It didn’t take long before I encountered another group of monsters...

Three of the sa kind as before.

I smiled as I dashed toward them.

"My beautiful points."

Ti passed as I advanced through the maze. Throughout the entire journey, I didn’t encounter a single other student...

Well, it was obvious that I was far ahead of everyone else.

There might be others with abilities that helped them traverse the maze, but without enough power to kill monsters in monts, that wouldn’t be very useful.

I looked at my watch while standing in a pool of blood. Around , grotesque limbs were scattered everywhere, along with heads of various bizarre shapes.

Elapsed Ti: [42:23]

Points: 1020

Now all that remained was to reach the center of the maze and take down the final monster—and I was certain I wasn’t far from the center.

I prepared to move again, only to feel another presence enter my range on its own...

No, two.

And I was certain they weren’t monsters. One of those presences felt familiar. Even without seeing him, I knew exactly who it was.

I didn’t wait long.

Monts later, the sound of heavy footsteps echoed from one of the tunnels behind . I turned just in ti to hear soone speak in a deep voice.

"So you’re saying he’s here."

"Yes, he’s at the end of this tunnel." That was the voice of a small girl.

With each mont, the footsteps grew closer.

Then he erged from the tunnel.

With a height close to two ters and a massive body, Garon stood there before , carrying a small girl over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. His body was bathed in blood—probably from the monsters he had torn apart on his way here.

He looked at .

"Finally found you."

Then, without a hint of care, he threw the girl off his shoulder.

She let out a small scream as she hit the ground.

"Ah..."

I didn’t need to ask to understand what was going on.

It seed Garon had tracked

using this girl’s ability, abandoning the rest of his teammates just like I did.

He stepped toward .

"Now you have nowhere to run like last ti, you coward."

It seed he was still holding a grudge against .

Well, this was Garon.

And he was right. Even if I started running now, it would be easy for him to track

down.

I smiled as I returned my swords to my ring.

"I don’t get it, Garon... are you really going through all this trouble just to catch up to ?"

He didn’t answer, only continued approaching with heavy steps.

I raised my hand toward him in a gesture of peace.

"Co on, Garon. Fighting here won’t benefit either of us, so let’s just pretend we didn’t see each other."

But as if he couldn’t hear a single word I said, the skin around his fists hardened, and in the next mont, he was already on top of .

My smile deepened, a layer of essence already coating my hand.

"stupid."