I Was Reincarnated as the Weakest Monster, but I’ll Use My ‘Return from Death’ Skill to Become the Strongest! Even as the Weakest Monster, I Want to Get Stronger, Take Human Form, and Build a Harem… But Why Do Only Yandere Non-Human Girls Keep Showing Up? - Chapter 1.18

What begins now is a desperate escape from the Nue.

“We’re getting out of here!”

“Skreeee!”

With all my strength, I sprinted forward, the spider scuttling beside me.

But behind us, the Nue was gaining ground at an alarming speed.

“Skreeee!”

The spider unleashed venomous acid from its fangs, a mix of its Deadly Poison and Paralytic Venom, hurling it toward the Nue.

“Now!”

I used psychokinesis to manipulate the toxic spray, guiding it toward our pursuer.

“GRRAAH!?”

The venom and acid were incredibly potent.

But their biggest drawback was their predictability—fired directly from the spider’s mouth, they were easy to see coming and slow-moving.

That’s where my ability came in.

“GRRAAAAAAHHH!?”

With my telekinetic control, I altered their trajectory mid-air, making them erratic and unavoidable.

The Nue couldn’t dodge in time.

“That’s it!”

Even against such an overwhelmingly powerful opponent, the poison was working.

“GRRAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!”

But despite being hit repeatedly, the Nue’s speed barely dropped.

Just slightly.

But even a small delay was crucial in a chase like this.

“Skree, skree, skreeee!”

At last, we reached a denser section of the forest, leaving behind the barren wasteland caused by the wildfire.

The spider activated Severing Strike, slicing through the surrounding trees, causing them to topple in massive numbers.

Before they could hit the ground, I manipulated them telekinetically, slamming them down around the Nue in a 360-degree barricade.

“Skree, skreeee!”

To reinforce the trap, the spider spun its web around the fallen trees, creating an additional layer of restraint.

This should hold it—

“GRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!”

Or so I thought.

With a furious roar, the Nue’s body erupted in violet lightning, reducing the wooden restraints to splinters in an instant.

“…Are you kidding me?”

Purple Lightning…

I knew the skill was powerful, but this level of destruction was absurd!

“Skree, skreeee!”

“Dammit!”

I hurled a mass of shattered wood at the Nue.

“GRRAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!”

But it didn’t even flinch—it charged straight at us, completely unfazed.

We had no way to stop its momentum.

There was no choice but to let it close the distance.

“Alright then!”

Its first target—the spider.

Realizing this, I grabbed the spider with my psychic power and flung it away.

“Skreee!?”

With the spider no longer in its direct path, the Nue’s initial strike missed.

“GRRAAH!”

“…Tch.”

That meant I was next.

The Nue turned its attention to me and swung its massive arm.

“Whoa—!”

I barely dodged.

This was the one area where I had an advantage.

As a cat, my agility was significantly higher than my other stats—

And the Nue, still suffering from the poison, wasn’t at its full speed.

“GRRAH!?”

“GAH!?”

But I couldn’t keep dodging forever.

“Now!”

The spider, now repositioned, struck back.

“Skreeee!”

Using Severing Strike, it slashed the ground, creating a deep chasm.

The Nue stumbled—its front legs caught in the crack.

“Perfect!”

I manipulated the soil, widening the gap beneath its feet—

Creating a pitfall.

“GRRAAH!?”

The ground collapsed, swallowing the Nue whole.

But—

It still tried to climb out, reaching up with its powerful limbs.

“It’s still fighting…!”

I buried it further, layering dirt over its struggling body.

But I knew—this wasn’t enough to kill it.

I had already seen it burst from the ground before—it wouldn’t be stopped just because it was buried.

“GRRAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!”

Just as expected.

“Skreeee!”

But this time—

The spider spun an enormous web, covering the Nue’s entire body, binding it in place.

And now, for the final blow—

“This is it. Time to finish this.”

If this didn’t work—

Then nothing would.

I activated my psychokinesis once more, lifting two massive trees—the same ones I had slept on before.

Before our escape, the spider had severed their roots, making them just light enough for me to move.

“Take this!”

“GRRAAAAH!?”

I slammed both trees directly onto the Nue.

“This should hold you for a while!”

Two massive trees, combined with the pitfall and web restraints—

This would buy us time to escape.

“Hah… hah… hah…”

“Skree… skreee…”

Even as we fought, we never forgot our one goal—

To keep running.

The moment the Nue stopped moving, we ceased attacking and ran as fast as we could.

With everything we had—

We would escape.

“GRRAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!”

Behind me, the Nue’s furious roar tore through the air.

“…Ah.”

I turned around—

And saw the blazing inferno forming in its open jaws.

Flamethrower.

A massive blast of flames erupted toward us—

“What—!?”

But before the fire reached us—

It exploded mid-air.

The shockwave hit before the fire itself, hurling both of us into the air.

I had prepared to withstand the heat—

But not for an explosive impact.

“Wait—there’s a river!?”

The force flung me toward a fast-moving river, one I had never seen before.

Somehow, in the chaos, we had reached an entirely different location.

“…No—!”

I had no strength left.

I had pushed my psychokinesis to its limit—

If I fell in now…

“Glub—!?”

The river swallowed me whole.

The raging currents pulled me under—

And before I could fight back—

Everything went dark.