Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
At this moment, Megumi felt the weightlessness of his surroundings, his heart tensed to the extreme.
Because after struggling to open his eyes, he saw the scenery below.
The green mountains and rivers were indeed beautiful, but Megumi had no time to appreciate the view; he was currently plummeting downward from high altitude at high speed!
“That damn goddess!”
After a loud roar in the air, he instinctively crossed his hands upward, assuming the posture of a bird spreading its wings to fly.
The Ten Shadows Technique—the knowledge of this cheat ability had already been completely etched into Megumi’s mind during his fall.
Using shadows as a medium, he would form his hands into the shape of the Shikigami he wanted to summon from the Shadow Technique, much like playing hand shadow games as a child.
Finally, calling out the name of the Shikigami he wished to summon would result in success.
“Nue!”
Swoosh!
As Megumi called out the name of that Shikigami, a rapid figure indeed charged toward him.
It was a giant owl wearing a bone-white mask; it was the Shikigami Megumi had summoned.
If he could have it grab his arms to act as a paraglider for a slow descent, Megumi would be able to survive safely.
But…
“Screech!”
Judging by the momentum of its cry and the speed at which it charged, it seemed this visitor had ill intentions…
“Tsk!”
Megumi naturally knew this as well.
A sorcerer with the Ten Shadows Technique who wants to use a summoned Shikigami must first “exorcise” it.
But right now, Megumi couldn’t care about that; he had to use the opponent first.
“Come here! You beast!”
Roaring, Megumi reached out his arms toward the giant orange-red owl.
“Screech!”
Slash!
Finally, Megumi’s entire hand was pierced and firmly clamped by the other’s sharp claws, blood scattering in the air, but this was exactly what he wanted.
At the cost of some pain, he would cling to the opponent; with luck, he could stay entangled like this until they hit the ground, and if luck was bad…
Zzzzt—
Just as Megumi was thinking about what to do next, purple electricity surged from Nue’s body.
Seeing this, a drop of cold sweat trickled down the side of Megumi’s forehead.
That was Nue’s ability—it could generate electric shocks.
At this moment, Megumi had no foothold in the air to run, and besides, his hand was firmly clamped by the opponent; he couldn’t run even if he wanted to.
I’m going to die…
This thought suddenly popped into Megumi’s head.
He found it somewhat ridiculous.
What “lucky one out of billions”?
In the end, it just let him die ten minutes later, and even then, by being electrocuted to death by his own summon?
He wouldn’t accept it.
He didn’t want to accept it.
After having died once, he understood the beauty of living more than ever and wanted to live even more.
Megumi had never had the thought of calmly going to his death.
Because once you’re dead, everything is gone.
So what if people in later generations boast about how great you were?
Once he’s dead, he won’t be able to feel anything.
Don’t…
“I will definitely survive!”
A desperate conviction ignited in Megumi’s heart, and energy like blue flames surged on his lowered left fist.
Cursed Energy—energy transformed from human negative emotions.
At this moment, Megumi’s Cursed Energy increased greatly due to fear and resentment, and finally, he condensed all the Cursed Energy in his body onto his uninjured left fist.
“Behave yourself!”
Bang!
Then, Megumi smashed his fist, imbued with Cursed Energy, directly onto Nue’s mask.
“Screech!”
Not only did this cause the opponent to let out a mournful cry, but the purple electricity it was charging was also forced to stop.
“Not enough!”
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
After the first hit succeeded, Megumi did not choose to stop or continue the stalemate in mid-air; he had decided.
To survive at this altitude, he had to completely exorcise the opponent and make this Shikigami his property.
So he poured his fists, wrapped in Cursed Energy, onto the opponent without mercy.
“Screech!”
Finally, Nue was the first to give in and released its sharp claws, intending to let Megumi fall to his death.
But this instead gave Megumi an opportunity.
Because his right hand was now free from the opponent’s grip, meaning he could use both hands to make signs again.
Clap!
So Megumi brought his hands together in the air with a crisp sound, formed a gesture resembling a dog’s head, and shouted loudly:
“Jade Dog!”
Jade Dog is the only Shikigami in the Ten Shadows Technique that can be directly commanded without needing to be exorcised first; at this moment, it was summoned by Megumi onto Nue’s back.
“Awoo!”
After the large white dog appeared, it went straight for Nue’s throat and bit down.
Because Nue itself had been heavily injured by Megumi earlier, it had no strength left to shake off Jade Dog.
Rip!
Whoosh!
Seeing Nue’s neck crushed by Jade Dog and it turning into shadows and disappearing, Megumi knew this Exorcism was successful.
So he immediately withdrew Jade Dog and then made the gesture to summon Nue again.
“Nue.”
Swoosh!
This time, the Nue that appeared in the air did not rapidly collide with Megumi or attack him with its claws; instead, it carefully held Megumi’s uninjured left arm and began to descend slowly.
During the descent, Megumi looked at his right arm, which had several bloody holes poked in it.
Fortunately, he had learned how to roughly use Cursed Energy for self-defense in that life-or-death crisis; otherwise, he would probably be dead by now…
Then, he looked at where he was now.
A vast green plain, with something like a huge city in the distance.
“As long as there are people…”
Megumi sighed somewhat weakly.
Who would have thought the first thing after transmigrating would be a life-or-death match, and against his own summoned Shikigami at that…
After landing, he would first recover some strength and then go to that futuristic-looking city to find someone for help; that should be fine.
While in mid-air, Megumi also discovered that the animals in this place looked a bit strange.
They were actually all composed of mechanical parts.
What was this?
Could it be that Wuthering Waves is some kind of wholesome, cyber-ascension sci-fi game after human technology achieved major development?
Tsk, that goddess didn’t even tell him the general setting of this world.
Megumi spat at that goddess in his heart.
However, remembering how that fellow had thrown him from a high altitude without a word, nearly falling to his death, not giving him a world-view briefing was a minor matter in comparison.
“Forget it, I’ll take it one step at a…”
Hum—
Just as Megumi was about to land, he saw something.
A portal-style thing actually appeared out of thin air not far from him?
And out of it came a black-haired, golden-eyed woman hanging from a paraglider with one hand?
However, after making eye contact with her, Megumi noticed her pupils suddenly shrink, as if there was something bad beside him.
“Watch out!”
Vroom vroom vroom!
Bang!
Finally, all Megumi could hear was the roar of a motorcycle engine.