The Survival of the Third-rate Villain

-...

Chris was speechless, looking at Raye with wide eyes opened.

And then, looking at the Wallace Family Treasure in Raye's hand...

-That's mine, give it back!

Chris exclaimed that.

And looking at him with a frown...

"The fuck are you talking about?"

Raye responded to him.

-Give it back!

Chris shouted.

Bam!

And then he rushed at Raye!

Chris' nails then grew out and turned into claws, and his eyes became really red!

And entering Raye's range...

SWISH—

He slashed his right claw diagonally down!

"?!"

Raye, holding the white spear in his right...

THUCK—!

Had no choice but to block Chris' attack using the spear's body!

'Ugh, I don't know how to wield a spear...'

He thought.

All he could do was stab with it, but because Chris was too close, he couldn't even do that!

And so...

"Hup!"

Fwish-

Raye decided to throw the spear in the air!

And just an idiot he was...

-Huh?!

Chris looked up and followed it with his eyes!

And as soon as his eyes were off him...

"Fucking idiot."

BAM!

Raye went and punched Chris in the jaw with his right hand engulfed in mana!

-Gurgh?!

Chris stumbled back with that.

Fwip-

And Raye caught the spear again with both hands!

And following that...

FWISH—

He thrust the spear forward, directly at Chris' face!

-Ugh!

Chris forcefully tilted his head to the side, avoiding it...

Fwiit—

But it still hit his left cheek, completely destroying his skin there!

It revealed the rotting flesh inside his face!

-GRAAAHHH!!!

Swoosh—

But Chris just ignored that and launched a counter with his left claw!

And seeing this...

Phuck—

"Urgh!!"

Raye let himself be hit with it!

-?!

This surprised Chris, he noticed that Raye made no effort to avoid his attack!

And then, with a devilish smirk on his face...

"[Wind Blade]!"

FWISH—

Raye cut off Chris' left arm by casting that spell with his left hand!

Thud-

Chris' arm fell on the ground behind him.

And realizing what happened...

-GRAAAWAHHH!

He screamed in pain!

Bam!

Chris kicked off the ground and jumped backwards in order to retreat.

But just like before...

"[Flash]"

Bam!

Raye followed after him!

-Fuck!!

Chris cursed.

And looking at him with cold eyes...

"You're a disappointment."

Phuck—!

Raye said that and stabbed the spear in Chris' chest!

-Gurg...?!

And as usual, to make sure he dies...

"[Lit On]"

SWAAAA—

Raye engulfed the spearhead with fire and burned Chris' insides!

-GRAAAAAAAAAAHHH—!

Chris shrieked in pain, he spasmed around, trying to get Raye and make him stop.

Though, because of the length of the spear dividing them...

"..."

He wasn't even able to reach Raye!

And so, looking at Chris slowly dies with no remorse or whatsoever...

"For someone weak, you did a lot of unspeakable things, huh."

Raye muttered that.

And seeing Raye's emotionless face, right in front of him...

'Ah, I'm dead.'n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Chris thought of that.

"Rot in hell, if there's one."

He heard Raye said.

And that's the last thing in his memory.

He lost consciousness after that...

...

*****

(Raye's POV)

'He's dead.'

I thought, looking at the burning Chris in front of me.

I didn't take my eyes off him as undead monsters sometimes still rise from the dead.

And so...

"..."

I just stood there, watching his body burn in cinder.

"Ugh..."

I groaned, holding the left side of my body with my left hand.

It was where Chris stabbed his claw, the wound was shallow, fortunately.

But I'm still feeling sharp pain and aching from it...

I let Chris attack me earlier to keep him in place, and instead of dodging, I used the split second I had casting the spell.

'I let him wound me in exchange for his left arm.'

Not a bad exchange if you ask me.

Anyway, as I was watching the final boss burn...

-Meep!

-...

Pyro and Zephyrus appeared and approached me.

"Oh, hello."

I greeted them.

-Meep meep meep!

Pyro was singing my praises, hearing him do that put a smile on my face.

"Haha, thanks."

I said to him.

On the other hand...

-...

Zephyrus was just quietly staring at me.

"What?"

I asked him.

And then, slightly shaking his head...

-Nothing, I just didn't expect for you to kill the boss monster this fast and easy.

Zephyrus said that.

-How do I say this, it's kinda anticlimactic?

He added.

Looking at him and shrugging my shoulders...

"I'm sorry for not being flashy."

I sarcastically said that.

Though, I do get what he meant...

I also think it's kinda boring how things ended with the final boss.

'I trained so hard to face him, after all.'

I thought.

Then, slightly opening my mouth...

"Status."

I opened my status window.

Swoosh—

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Name: Raye Alvah

Age: 18

Year Level: 1

Race: Human

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Stamina: 38

Intellect: 37

Mana: 30

Strength: 39

Speed: 38

Talent: 39

Luck: 40

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Wind Element: Level 14 (88%)

Fire Element: Level 15 (12%)

Spirit Magic: Level 13 (96%)

Bow: Level 12 (73%)

Dagger: Level 12 (50%)

Sword: Level 11 (6%)

Cooking: Level 11 (99%)

...

...

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Overall Grade: E-

Growth Rate: S

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"Maybe I got too strong."

I mumbled, looking at my stats.

*****

After a few minutes...

"..."

Chris' body became ash.

And immediately after that...

Swoosh—

A magic formula written on the floor appeared in the middle of the room.

And seeing that...

'That's the exit to this shithole, huh.'

Raye immediately concluded that in his head.

He had seen this scene from numerous games, after all. Even in [Brave Hearts].

"I guess it's finally over."

Raye stood up from the ground and patted his clothes clean.

He was resting while keeping an eye on the final boss' body earlier.

Anyway...

"Hmm."

Raye then looked at the white spear he was holding with his right hand.

"What do I do with this?"

He asked himself.

He doesn't know how to use a spear.

But just then...

-Why not transform it into a sword?

Zephyrus butted in and asked him that.

"Huh?"

Raye responded in confusion.

And to clear things for him...

-That's the family treasure of the Wallace family, it's an artifact that can change its form into anything. You saw it earlier first-hand.

Zephyrus simply explained.

-Remove all the lingering mana in it.

And then he followed.

"Right."

Raye immediately complied, trying to absorb out the mana inside the spear.

It was Chris' leftover mana in it.

And then, as soon as he cleared off the mana from the spear...

Fwish-

It became small and turned into an elegant silver ring!

"Wha..."

Raye was surprised to see this.

But there's more to come! Explore stories on empire

-Pour your mana in it and try to think of anything you want to transform it into.

Zephyrus ordered.

"Okay."

And Raye immediately followed!

He was completely fascinated by the artifact in his hand!

Raye started giving his mana into the ring.

And after a while...

'A sword.'

He thought of that.

Swoosh—

And then the ring immediately transformed into an elegant white one-handed sword!

Raye, holding the sword...

"..."

Stared at it in disbelief.

But after a few seconds...

"Hah..."

A laugh escaped his mouth and his lips started bending upward into a smile!

And silently...

'What a great reward.'

Raye thought of that to himself.

*****

(Raye's POV)

Except for transforming itself to anything...

The Wallace Family Treasure has a lot more abilities according to Zephyrus.

And that fact excited me!

Though, I decided to check and study about them later.

Also, I didn't step into the magic formula that leads outside yet.

After all...

'I need to tell Ivan this good news.'

And so...

Tap- tap- tap—

I started walking toward the door of this room.

-Let's go see Ivan!

-Meep!

Zephyrus and Pyro are with me, they're resting on my body, on their usual place.

Ando so with that...

Creak—

Thud-

We left the room.

I retrieved my sword on the floor on my way out.

...

...

Arriving in front of the room where Ivan is...

A smile rested on my face.

'He will be so happy.'

I thought.

Creak—

And then I opened the door.

Inside...

I saw Ivan sitting on a broken chair.

"Hey, I have good news!"

I shouted to him.

-...

But he didn't respond.

'Did he not hear me?'

I asked in my head.

Tap—

I stepped inside the room.

And as soon as I did...

-Grr?

Ivan finally turned to look at me.

"Bastard, so you did hear me."

I grumbled with a slight frown on my face.

-...

But Ivan still didn't say anything.

Annoyed...

Tap- tap- tap—

I started walking toward him.

But before I could get close...

-Something's weird.

Zephyrus said that.

-Meep...

And Pyro agreed with him.

They're both looking at Ivan.

"What's wrong with him?"

I asked them, pointing at Ivan.

Though, before I could even receive an answer...

-GRAAAAAHH!!!

BAM!

Ivan rushed at me!

And when he got near...

Swoosh—

He swung his sword horizontally!

"?!"

I was surprised.

Fwip—

THANG—!

But I was able to block Ivan's attack by raising my own sword and clashing with him!

BAM!

I kicked Ivan away from me.

And with an annoyed expression on my face...

"What's your problem?"

I asked him.

But then...

-He's not Ivan anymore, he's just a normal ghoul now.

I received my answer from Zephyrus.

And after hearing his words...

"Huh?"

A stupid questioning noise came out of my mouth. I couldn't believe it.

And following his words...

-Looks like this will be your final fight.

Zephyrus said that.