Second chance swordsman.., p.48
Second Chance Swordsman (A LitRPG Adventure, Book 1), page 48
Any normal human would have been crushed and killed by that many trunks falling on them. The fact that she was even still alive was impressive.
The climber lady squirmed and cried out, but her gasps were feeble and weak due to the minotaur pushing the trunks against her lungs.
The minotaur snarled as it held the trunks over the woman, deadly focused on ending her life.
“...Hrlg...”
The woman was in bad shape. Max had to do something to help her.
But what?
What could he do?
“HEY OVER HERE!!”
He yelled at the minotaur, hoping to get its attention. But it was so focused on killing the woman, it ignored him.
Crap.
What else could he do, but distract the creature?
He was weak, he realized.
Voices echoed in his head. Painful quotations he didn’t want to hear.
Psycho-Cripple.
Weakling.
Useless.
Max wiped tears from his eyes.
He started dragging himself across the mud once more.
Stretch, pull, stretch, pull.
The climber lady squirmed and groaned beneath the fallen tree trunks.
The voices in Max’s head got louder. Mr. Grimes. Seth. Everyone who didn’t believe in him. Who thought he was too weak to do anything, too pitiful to even acknowledge his existence.
He kept dragging himself across the ground and his bloody immobile legs behind him.
He was halfway across the ground towards the minotaur.
The woman kept squirming. She didn’t have much longer to live.
Psycho-cripple.
Weakling.
Useless.
The words became a mantra in his head, a marching drum, propelling Max forward.
He wouldn’t let those who didn’t care for him bring him down anymore. If he died here, fine. He didn’t care anymore. But he wasn’t going to sit there and bleed to death while someone who actually tried to help him died for her actions.
A powerful rage swirled in his body, energizing him. His heart beat rapidly as he dragged himself forward.
The adrenaline pulsed through his veins. He suddenly felt unshackled. His mind clear. His determination fierce.
He got to the foot of the minotaur.
The woman was barely making any noise now.
It was now or never.
If yelling at this monster wouldn’t distract it from its murderous intent, maybe something physical might do the trick.
Max lifted up his right arm. He clenched his fingers into a fist.
One punch. That was all he had. Hopefully, it would be enough to distract the monster for even a moment. Enough time for the woman to catch her breath. Maybe even free herself.
He held his fist up and suddenly a yellow glow surrounded his arm and hand similar to when the minotaur had attacked him.
What’s this?
He didn’t dwell on it. There was no time.
He slammed his glowing fist into the minotaur’s leg.
“ARGGGHHH!!”
The minotaur shot across the park. The creature flew with such force in the air, it smashed through trees, breaking down the trunks.
With the lower half of his body limp and still bleeding out on the ground, Max stared at his fist. The yellow energy still burning off it.
The minotaur was stunned across the park.
I...
Max couldn’t believe it.
I...did...that?
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