The Dragon Soul Forging

31. Now this...

The hot air was excruciating, I felt my lungs burning while breathing. My skin was burning, as if hot iron was stuck all over my skin.

The distance between me and Wong Pute was a hundred meters, the flames burned the area where he was.

I knew there was no way I could defeat him, going closer would only end in death. I'll end up being charcoal like the rabbit meat I always cook.

But.... Look at my friends who have lost consciousness.

If this continues, no one will survive. Don't ever think I'm gonna leave them. All of this happened because of my fault, had I not hunted at night this would not have happened.

Even if they don't survive in the end, I have to stay with them.

Wong Pute's fire blast was so incredible, I don't know what the area of the explosion was, but it's certain that the whole area I saw was on fire.

I felt like I was in the middle of hell.

Looking at such an area of fire made me think there was no chance of escape. The only thing I can do is stop this heat right from the source.

“Now or nothing!.”

With all the courage I had left I started to get out from under the bridge I was taking refuge in, then ran straight towards Wong Pute.

The heat wave immediately greeted me as soon as it left under the bridge. The smell started to smell, the hair all over my body started to burn as well as the clothes I was wearing.

If only I had not used (Aura) to protect my body, then just one second after coming out from under the bridge it was certain that I would have turned into charcoal.

However the strengthening effect of the (Aura) did not sufficiently withstand all the heat of the fire.

My body felt excruciating pain but I kept running, my teeth tightened to endure the pain until my tears began to flow profusely. I've seen what might happen, the effort I put into fighting the ashes manusi only has a 0.5% success rate.

I hate to know that because I'm the one who's always unlucky. I never get the reward I want if I get it using a gambling system.

The luck I had was so bad, that if I was given ten times the chance to get ten gifts where one of them was the gift I wanted the most. Then on the tenth chance I just got the gift I want.

I had to take all the trash first before I finally got the gold. It is because of this misfortune that I very much avoid anything useful with gambling.

“But five percent chance of winning. Isn't the luckiest man in the world impossible to win if the winning percentage is that small?.”

My brain kept thinking about useless things, the heat getting stronger as I got closer to Wong Pute, making me lose focus.

‘But no matter what happens I have to step forward.’

Fuck the winning percentage, I'll keep doing it.

‘After all if you want to withdraw, everything is too late.’

The right eye is no longer usable, only the left eye can still function. My skin blackened and blistered like burnt meat, I felt my blood boil until all the pores let out smoke.

[Pain resistance level up]

[Fire resistance level up]

[Skill Aura level up]

[Fire resistance level up]

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The pain from a burn begins to decrease as the level increases. But the closer I got to Wong Pute, the hotter the fire I got into. So that the entire effect of resistance becomes useless.

It was only a hundred meters, but I felt that the distance was so far that it felt thousands of kilometers away. This is very different from what I felt when a few days ago I wanted to go to the Minimarket.

Obstacles are only monsters that I can fight many times back then. There was no fire burning around, not even the asphalt was boiling like it was happening right now.

‘Why did I fight so hard, endure all that pain. What am I really fighting for?.’

A thought suddenly popped into my head. My footsteps began to slacken, I again thought all I was doing was futility.

Am I supposed to endure all this?,

Is it because I really want to be a hero?.

But I don't even know if the world needs me or not.

I just want to save them, all the stars and Jek that I've considered family.

An answer that in an instant made me so calm, a feeling of peace as if experiencing liberation.

The pain suddenly disappeared.

Ding!

[Pain Resist Max level]

[Fire Resist level up]

I just walked without thinking about running. Asphalt road melted, not painful but still a bit hot. My gaze was fixed on the figure of Wong Pute who was only ten meters away, until I could reach it.

Seeing me who was approaching the white creature attacked me using a white flame explosion like before. I couldn't possibly avoid it with a body burning like this, as a result I could only take the attack that came just like that.

[Fire Resist level up]

Even though it was so hot but that was it, the pain could no longer hurt me.

My body was pushed away by the explosion, but I was able to hold on and move forward again. Wong Pute repeatedly threw my collar fire magic, but time and time again I was able to hold on and move on.

The face of the creature showed a smile, was he as seeing my suffering?. I'll reach him soon, then why does he seem to not care about it.

There was not the slightest fear I felt from this creature. It made me feel like something worse was going to happen.

Wong Pute pointed at me using his index finger. This was different from before where these monsters always used palms to let out bursts of fire.

Then a light shone from Wong Pute's fingertips. Then in an instant a red laser was fired at me making one of my legs cut off.

Losing one leg left me helpless, I fell on the hot asphalt. ‘After so far, is this the end?.’ I have no energy left to rise. The next laser shot cut off my right hand, gone was my hope of getting up.

This will be the end of my struggle, lying right in front of the creature. The distance between us was only three meters. Maybe it's a new teapot, because I know no one can get close to this creature less than twenty meters because it's too hot.

Even a bullet would melt before touching it.

“Distance that cannot be reached.” The gaze of the left eye that continued to stare at Wong Pute's feet, now began to close.

I'm gonna die this time....

“Kan?.”

A trickle of water soaked my face, the longer the droplet was the more swift it became. Heavy rain suddenly flushed, making the fire around extinguished.

I can breathe now, even though it won't be long until I'm killed by the burns and bleeding I've been through.

My eyes tried to look at the monster's condition, did the rain water affect it?, but it didn't seem like it was doing well as if the water wasn't its weakness.

‘Then what, is he a God to not have a single weakness?.’

No, this creature is not without weakness. The proof is I can hurt him with an attack (Airwaves). The wound was even still clearly visible, as if Wong Pute could not heal it.

“That means with (Aura) I can beat him.”

But still, there was no chance I had of counterattacking. As if understanding I could still attack him, wong Pute just stood silently looking at me who was dying.

If only he had approached just a little, I would have jumped on one leg and strangled his neck with the remaining arm. But surely such an opportunity will not happen.

The lightning that saved me from the killer spider, couldn't have come for the second time.

“Now this is.

Before I closed my eyes again, a scream was heard in the rain.

‘Maybe...’.