The SSS Beast King: Rebirth of the Legendary Predator
Chapter 34: Bounded Spark

Chapter 34: Bounded Spark

"You are a true prodigy! As expected from my brother." These are the words I think of when the topic of childhood is mentioned. It’s because they are the only things I remember about my older brother.

It’s funny, I don’t even know the context of those words. But keeping in mind how others always complimented me on my swordsman skill, I can only guess that is where those words spring from.

But they were different from what others usually say to me. It’s always about how my skill is just a talent I inherited from my family. And how I have done nothing to achieve it.

That’s why I never liked my other siblings, they were all cocky bastards who thought they ruled the world just because they were born into a noble family. They thought they were special.

The house was thrown into utter confusion whenever the incident happened. Whenever all my memories of my brother were stolen by this place, some still recalled some moments, but they could decipher his face as if it didn’t exist in the first place. We only saw his face again when we looked at a photo.

Truly, at first, I had no intention of going this far to avenge him. But whenever I found some photos of us in his empty room. I felt my head hurt like someone was trying to keep me from remembering. I hated this feeling of getting your memories stolen. So, that day, a pact was formed. And the proof of this pact was passive. [Selfish] to be exact.

It was from someone uncontracted to receive a passive. It was something only the luckiest had done. Many people who believe that The Core is a divinity think of the people who receive a passive as chosen ones.

So, after word spread out that I had a passive before I even turned fourteen, I was surrounded by people telling me how they knew I would turn out to be unique and how I was blessed.

But really... it feels like I was cursed.

This passive is able to alter fate. I don’t know why and how, but it can even manipulate the fate of the ones around me. I have seen many die before me, either on their own or because of me. What really hurt was knowing that they could have been alive if they hadn’t decided to follow me.

That’s why, this time, I decided to do it differently. I chose to follow instead of lead, but even that failed.

A shiver ran down my spine as I stared at Moon’s squished body. "No... not again." I sounded terrified like I had witnessed the end of humanity. This is all my fault. If only I wasn’t here, maybe you would have found a way."

A curse, I tell you, it hasn’t been and never will be a blessing. If The Core was a deity, it was the most wicked out of all.

I felt my blood boil. I was angry at The Core, the world, and even myself. Why had I been chosen? Why was I special, couldn’t I just be a normal child like any other? Living his life alongside friends and family. "Why does everyone near me die..." I closed my eyes and surrounded myself in the darkness inside my soul.

[Your skill [Thunder From Hell]has leveled up and has become the new skill [Bounded Spark]]

I felt a warm hug coming from behind as those words were whispered into my ears. When I opened my eyelids, I saw my body covered head to toe with red sparks of electricity. I felt... warm, like I could escape the world.

My heart started beating faster than usual, and I felt lighter than usual.

"You... it’s your fault!" I said while I burst into the air, landing on his legs and piercing it with my blade. I ran up his legs, my sword cutting through its skin like butter. Its scream was ineffective now, as I was going too fast to even hear something.

I started to laugh. But even I was disgusted by how it sounded. I couldn’t believe that it was coming from me, it didn’t sound like a sound any human could make.

I flinched as I suddenly stopped in my tracks. I looked down to see that my legs and sword were caught by a weird green-sticky substance. "A skill?" I looked at the head of the giant in disbelief and saw a smirk on its face.

I don’t remember what happened next, only that I found myself on the floor, leading. My bones felt like they would crumble at even the most subtle movement. "Im... Im useless!" I screamed at the top of my mouth. I can’t describe all the emotions I felt at that moment, my pride had completely left me, and I was on the verge of tears.

But I couldn’t even cry if I wanted to, my body was completely worn out to even let out a tear. It was cold. The warmth had abandoned me just like everyone else. Have I even accomplished anything? "Damn it!" I put my hand on my face as the beast slowly walked to me.

I could only watch as it raised its arm to finish me. I closed my eyes so at least I wouldn’t be alone when I died, even if it was only the darkness, it was still better than whatever was outside my eyelids.

The next second, I felt like all my pain was disappearing. I opened my eyes to see that the plan had worked.

I looked at the people of the base, who had resumed my fight and were desperately trying to find their salvation. And I was being healed by one of them. "Hey, Moon, are you seeing this? You plan, it worked!" But then I remembered. He would never know that his delusional plan worked.

... I should be happy, right? I was saved. But why did it feel like my heart was being ripped to shreds? "If only they had arrived a moment earlier... if only I lasted a little longer"

Earlier, while I was distracting the giant, I miscalculated his attack, leading me to get thrown to the ground. And that is how I found myself about to be crushed by the feet of a giant.

I looked over at the body of the giant. And with my body healed. I prepared an attack to finish it all. The red sparks appeared around my hands as I started hitting the air with my hammers. I had always thought this was a dumb process, but maybe I just don’t get it.

Then, the next second, a red beam went through the body of the giant, cutting him in half.

[You have slain a bishop class beast, Giant.]

Did I hear that right... no, I couldn’t have. This monster couldn’t have been only a bishop. The second lowest rank.