Chapter 9

"Breath... breath..."

Under the steel walls of Kankin Station, Fang Li leaned against the wall, breathing heavily.

"How long has it been since I ran like this?"

Since becoming a hikikomori, Fang Li even found climbing stairs troublesome. Experiencing such an intense battle and running at full speed was something he could never have imagined before.

"It seems my stamina has improved somewhat; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to run for so long."

After all, no matter what attribute it was, it required the consumption of stamina to use.

Stamina was needed for attacks.

Stamina was needed for defense.

Stamina was needed for fleeing.

Even more so, a large amount of stamina was required during battles.

Therefore, except for INT, which represented mystery, the other three attributes would all come with varying degrees of stamina enhancement when improved.

If stamina were to be compared to units, increasing STR, which represented strength, would boost one unit of stamina, increasing VIT, which represented endurance, would boost three units of stamina, increasing AGI, which represented agility, would boost two units of stamina, and increasing INT, which represented mystery, would not boost stamina at all.

In other words, the ratio of stamina enhancement from increasing STR, VIT, AGI, and INT was 1:3:2:0.

In such a situation, Fang Li was able to fight and run for so long; otherwise, he would have collapsed from exhaustion in the forest.

"To deal with this situation, I exchanged for a stamina recovery item."

Fang Li, who had slightly recovered, touched his leg pouch but did not take out the stamina recovery potion. Instead, he quietly adjusted his breathing, allowing himself to recover naturally.

If there was an opportunity to rest, he certainly couldn't use the precious recovery item.

Otherwise, when he needed it, finding it gone would be a fatal problem.

"But, it was worth it to be this tired."

After all, in this battle, Fang Li killed twenty-four Kabane, earning 2400 exchange points.

In other words, he was only 600 exchange points away from completing the main mission three.

"It's just a matter of killing a few more Kabane."

Saying this, Fang Li turned his head and looked at the forest ahead.

The forest was no longer as peaceful as it was at the beginning; it was now filled with a restless atmosphere.

Clearly, the commotion Fang Li caused in the forest earlier, like pouring gasoline on a fire, had thoroughly activated the Kabane army inside.

"I need to get back quickly, or it will be bad."

Although he said that, the walls of Kankin Station were entirely made of steel and were so high that with Fang Li's current abilities, he couldn't possibly climb them.

Even if he could climb them, it would be best not to be noticed by the samurai guarding the walls, or he would definitely be shot in the head.

"So, let me make use of this waste."

Fang Li took something out of his leg pouch.

It was the mirror he had initially exchanged for 10 points.

After taking out the mirror, Fang Li squatted down, placed the edge of the mirror on the ground, and pushed it with force.

The mirror immediately rolled out.

The sunlight in the sky shone on the mirror, reflecting beams of light.

The samurai on the walls noticed these beams of light.

"Wh-What was that just now?"

"Why is there light?"

"Could it be that the Kabane are attacking?!"

"I've never heard of Kabane emitting light!"

"No! The hearts of Kabane glow! Those beams of light could very well be the light from the hearts of the Kabane!"

"R-Really?"

Suddenly, a restless and panicked atmosphere spread across the walls.

Clearly, the fear of the Kabane had ignited the tension on the walls.

"Quick! Go check it out!"

"There might really be Kabane climbing up!"

Amidst this chaos, a group of samurai armed with steam guns all gathered in one direction.

That direction was directly opposite where Fang Li was.

Fang Li took in this scene, feeling somewhat bewildered.

"Fear of death?"

Without a decisive means to deal with the Kabane, humans could only barely protect themselves from their attacks.

Now, the fear of the Kabane had deeply rooted itself in everyone's hearts.

Especially for these samurai who had to face the Kabane on the front lines, this fear was even more intense.

Compared to these people, Fang Li, who was just an ordinary student a day ago, delving deep into the Kabane's territory to fight those monsters, was extremely abnormal.

But, who could blame him for being unable to feel any sense of death?

"So, I can't understand this fear."

Leaving these words, Fang Li looked up at the steel wall in front of him.

His dark pupils suddenly contracted, transforming into magic eyes with a cold blue glow.

Instantly, lines like cracks appeared on the steel wall in Fang Li's vision.

"This is what they call the end of all things, right?"

Not just living things, but even inanimate objects have their end.

Fire will burn out.

Water will evaporate.

Steel will rust and decay.

These are their ends.

Since there is a day of "death," the straight death magic eyes can perceive this death.

However, compared to living things, the "death" of inanimate objects is much more difficult for the human brain to understand, causing a greater burden.

Naturally, the more abstract the death, the greater the burden.

Therefore, the "death" of living things is the easiest for those with straight death magic eyes to perceive, while the "death" of non-living things is much more difficult.

In the world of "Tsukihime," Shiki Tohno's magic eyes were specialized in dealing with living things, so he could not only see the "lines" but also the "points" that directly led to the "death" of existence.

Fang Li and Ryougi Shiki, however, could not see these death points.

However, while Shiki Tohno found it very difficult to understand the "death" of non-living things, which also caused a severe burden on his brain, Fang Li and Ryougi Shiki, though unable to see the death points, could perfectly use the abilities of the straight death magic eyes without any side effects on their brains.

"I wonder why, compared to Ryougi Shiki, I can ignore this burden."

This was a question that the newly arrived Fang Li couldn't figure out.

At the moment, Fang Li shook his head, pulled out his dagger, and with a thrust, easily pierced through the steel wall.

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