Re zero 4

"Be careful"

Emilia watched as Subaru walked forward, and with worry, she called out to him, Subaru turned around and smiled as he gave her a thumbs up, tho she probably did not know what it was.

Subaru turned towards the entrance, his smile gone and replaced with a cold look, the fight with the 3 bandits made him realize that people do not care about you, only the profits you can give them.

Except maybe Emilia, she is too pure for that.

Subaru does not want to put himself in danger or maybe even die, but he also does not want to die by being frozen like a popsicle by Puck, so he has no choice.

As he walked, Subaru looked at the only thing that had any remote connection to the once-modern world he was in, he would not bargain with them, if the guy did not give it back, he would take it.

This was something he kept secret from Emilia, if she knew what he would do, then she would not allow him to do that, and she may even go in alone to get her Insignia

Subaru reached for his pocket, and he slightly patted it, when he felt the hard object in the pocket of his black pants, he nodded, he at least had something to defend himself.

"Hello, open up!"

Subaru knocked on the wooden door, he would not make it seem like he was weak, he needed to make himself seem more... stronger, or at least seem like he was not scared of the owner.

If the owner who sells sees that he has any fear, he would definitely not give him the insignia, and he could even negotiate for a price, tho he already knows that that is not gonna happen.

The insignia had a jewel on it, there is no way the owner would give it back unless he threatened him with the identity of the owner of the insignia

Seeing that no one responded, Subaru reached for the door handle and tugged on it, and the door opened, showing the dark inside as no light was lit up inside.

"Emilia, you should stay as if we go in like this, they may think we are burglars"

"Are you sure? I should be the one..."

"I already called out to the owner, so they either are hiding or not here, I have to make sure, I promised Puck to protect you, even if I am weaker than you at the moment"

Subaru gave a slight bowl to Emilia as she heard that, she reached into her robe and then took out a white crystal which she held out to him to take it.

"Here, you should have some light, and call out to me if anything is in there"

"I understand. Carefully, huh… How do I turn this thing on?"

"You don't even know how to use lagmite? You are ignorant, huh?"

She said in a tone that was both amused and surprised as she lightly struck the lagmite against the wall, causing it to produce a pale white glow. It was very dim, barely illuminating a few meters at most, but it would be enough to discern imminent danger.

"I see… Seems pretty convenient. Alright, I'll head in for a bit."

Lagmite in hand, Subaru timidly walked in. "Don't force yourself," Emilia said from behind him, and he responded by raising his hand.

As Subaru passed the entrance, a tavern-like structure greeted him, a counter that barely entered his dim view. On the other side were some broken boxes, one might guess that the owner or someone else had been sitting there.

Subaru walked towards the counter where some boxes, jars, or blades were placed down, seeing that there were better longer blades, he took one in his hand.

As Subaru went deeper into the room, the value and size of the things stored there seemed to largely increase in prize and value, the insignia should be there.

As Subaru continued walking into the room, going towards the end where the insignia would surely be held, he felt like he stepped on something slimey, he pointed to the lagmite, and he felt bile coming up his throat.

Under the dim light, what he first saw was an arm sloppily lying on the ground. Its fingers were open as if reaching for something, and strangely, there was nothing above the elbow.

He raised his light as if to look for the rest of it, and there he found a leg. Perhaps it was fortunate that the leg was still attached to the torso, and the body had most of the parts it was supposed to have.

With a torn-up neck and a missing arm, what lay before him was the corpse of a large old man.

"Aah, you saw it. I have no choice then. Yes, no choice at all."

A woman's voice, That is what he heard, he quickly activated his dash skill, and made a dash forward, his speed instantly making him turn into a blur.

It was for naught.

A figure blurred into existence in front of him, surpassing his new speed by many times, almost instantly he was blown back.

A colossal impact slammed into him, sending his body flying in the air, straight into a wall, and causing it to crack.

Subaru slowly slid down onto the floor, face first, breaking his nose, as he felt his insides spill out onto the floor, he was arrogant.

He was delusional, thinking that with his new skill, he would survive this encounter.

The blood pooled underneath him as he felt the sensation in his lower half vanish, then his fingertips.

He lifted his head slowly and met the eyes of Elsa, the killer that just attacked him.

"Y-You are fucked, hahaha!"

Subaru laughed, blood flowing out of his throat like a bottle pointing to the ground, leaving him coughing as he choked on his own blood.

"ehhh?"

Elsa was confused before she heard footsteps, Emilia walked in and called out to Subaru,

A short scream, and then the carpet of blood welcomed yet another person.

She had fallen right next to him, exactly where his arm was.

Her fair hand dropped powerlessly and intertwined with his.

After this, Subaru felt Emilia Squeeze her hand, and then his eyelids closed, but things did not end there.

A soft white glow appeared before Puck appeared, his eyes emotionless, and cold, his eyes went to Emilia, and then to Subaru who was lying on the floor.

And his body slowly began growing, until it smashed through the roof, growing to a colossal-tailed beast size, with a Cheshire-like cat grin on his face.

Elsa looked at Puck, her eyes widening, immediately she made a dash for it, her figure leaving at speeds comparable to Sound.

But Puck just grinned even wider, as the cold began surging outside from his body, immediately the whole capital including Elsa was frozen, but Elsa was not let off, easily.

Her body froze slowly, and so much so that her body literally turned into powder resembling snow.

Even her regeneration is gonna take days or weeks for her to regenerate, not to mention, that the consequences of her regeneration are gonna make her a mindless beast after she regens from this.

Puck slowly looked down towards Emilia, and a tear left his eye.

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Leave a power stone if you guys like the story so far.

Oh, and the MC is gonna get stronger, don't worry, tho he is not gonnabe god like in a day.