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 2.13

To be honest, moving was becoming increasingly painful.

Although I had died several times, the pain never lasted long enough for me to truly get used to it.

Each death had come within a minute or so.

“Hah… hah… hah…”

But the continuous pain now was something I had never grown accustomed to.

Even if I repeated this cycle, I didn’t think I could ever get used to it.

“…Gah!”

Walking while bl00d poured from my body, I stumbled forward in agony, making my way through the forest.

My destination: the black shadow’s lair.

My body screamed in pain, but I couldn’t afford to stop. I couldn’t give up now.

“Damn it…”

How much longer could my body hold up?

I hadn’t done anything to treat my wounds or stop the bleeding; I was simply pushing forward, bl00d spilling from me with every step.

My vision was beginning to distort, but I couldn’t stop.

I couldn’t let Ren’s death be in vain.

The extension of this world she had created with her life—

I couldn’t just let it end as if it had been pointless.

“Hah. You really don’t react to anything, do you?”

As I drew closer to the black shadow, I could make out the figures of the Minotaurs we had fought earlier.

However, they didn’t react to me at all. They simply stood there, unmoving.

Thanks to that, I was able to move forward without having to fight.

“Here.”

I had taken longer than expected, but I had finally arrived at the black shadow’s lair.

“A fake.”

But the black shadow itself was just a puppet—nothing more than a facade. It wasn’t even a real monster.

Still, I scanned the area, activating Appraisal to see if there was anything more to this place.

The black shadow turned out to be nothing more than a decoy.

I didn’t want to believe that this was all it amounted to.

At the very least, the bird monsters had been sent from this place.

There had to be something here—there had to be.

“…Huh?”

I began to look around, scanning the surroundings carefully.

“Hahah…! Is this all you are?”

And then, something caught my attention.

When I saw the Appraisal result, I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.