Chapter 36: Fight!

Doing nothing should have been a good thing, as that would mean nothing to worry about. 

However, in this strange and dangerous place, If he were to get stuck here forever, he would surely die from either hunger or the monster's scheme.

'I don't know if the food in this place is even edible. If I get stuck here for too long, it will be inevitable to take some risk and try one out of desperation. And I don't want that to happen.'

That's why Juan was getting impatient as time went by. He's wearing a cautious mind.

'I still have a wife waiting for me. How can I lay still waiting for death here?! But still! ' 

Looking at the surroundings around him, even if he were calm. His heart and skin would subconsciously tingle from time to time. 

Juan knew that the whole land may seem peaceful and eerily quiet, but he knew they hid countless dangers hidden along the way.

'As expected, this monster is a cunning and intelligent one. Not the kind of monster Garu has talked about.'

'Since nothing will change if I stays inside or outside the house, I might as well create a ruckus and invite the mastermind behind the scenes.'

Hehehe.

'This place is not the real village, so why should I bother being careful about it anyway? Hahahaha. Let's burn them all away! '

Juan has always been fond of burning things. However, what he likes the most is looking at the fire that burns with an artistic feeling. 

The fire burning on his torch isn't beautiful but also not ugly to look at; however, it wasn't enough. 

Without wasting time, Juan waved his hand and immediately pushed the torch fire under the house. 

He thought it would take some time for the wooden structure to burn, but who knew just a contact with it would immediately cause embers to burst out and turn the whole door ablaze?

'If I knew this would have happened, I would have done this long ago. However, if I did start a fire inside the house, I would have been burned along with it.'

Realizing this, Juan heaved a breath of relief in his heart.

'Thankfully, I'm cautious enough! I should thank my luck again this time. This time, I burned a house easily as though it were made of gasoline.'

That means burning things in this strange place is as easy as eating and drinking! 

Juan's eyes lit up; he seems to have come up with a plan after realizing this.

'There are all kinds of fire, and they burn in different colors and shapes according to the materials that fuel them. Now, let me see what kind of fire you will show me! ' 

Rumble—! Rumble—! 

The ground shook, and the sky rumbled with anger. Juan immediately stepped back a few steps behind in a hurry, avoiding the now collapsing, blazing house.

'Angry now?! Hehehe, it looks like burning anything in this place can indeed affect you! So let me burn more and show yourself in front of me! ' 

Juan felt happy—a kind of happiness he can only acquire by satisfying his inner desire. A desire to burn something and wrecked more things.

To sacrifice an object to fuel destruction and see the beauty in its creation and burn. Juan could feel something in his heart but he can't explain what it was.

'I'm not afraid anymore! You can't do anything to me! Hahahahaha! Burn! Burn! Burn! This is the only place where I can burn everything as freely as I could do!' 

Juan has already started running around with his torch and javelin in each hand. Immediately, he reached the nearest house and immediately set it aflame! 

Woosh! 

Like a snake that has smelled its pray, the fire immediately wrapped around the house like it was being crawled by thousands upon thousands of embers.

In the next moment, the whole house was set on fire with a bang! Juan was pushed back awkwardly, but he didn't care.

'Beautiful! Too beautiful! What a beautiful fire! It's a purple fire! ' 

Looking intently as it blazed, Juan felt his ever-silent heartstring tug at the same time. 

'Ah! Ahhhh!! Ahhhhhhhh! '

Juan couldn't stop himself anymore; he was going crazy. The desire that had been repressed deep inside him immediately took over his calm mind.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!"

Breathing deeply after a maniacal laughter. Juan has never felt so free in his life at this moment. 

Without things to worry about, forgetting everything, and just burning everything in sight. 

If he could see himself at this time, Juan would surely deny this person being himself. That is because how could he make such a crazy expression in his life?

"Not enough! Not enough! Not enough! I need more! More! More!" 

Looking at the two houses on fire, Juan's expression changed into menace immediately, as he wasn't satisfied! 

He doesn't care how he was running recklessly at this moment, even when the shaking of the land he was stepping on was growing stronger and stronger.

Even when the rumble of thunder above was getting louder and louder, All of them are nonexistent in his mind; the reasons are.

Those thunders aren't as loud as his heartbeat at this moment. Those earthquakes aren't as hot and boiling as his blood pumping into his vessels.

The adrenaline was pushing him to ignore everything! It not only affects his body but also his mind! 

The purple fire seems to have some sort of addictive power. It made him want to burst out the destructive desire in his heart with all his life.

What his eyes can't see behind him are shadows starting to appear, converge, and chased after him. 

Juan doesn't care! With every passing house, Juan didn't even stop running as he lit them all with the torch in hand.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" 

The unconstrained laughter and unprecedented euphoria coursing through his whole being can be said to have been shown on both his face and his actions.

Bang! 

The ground cracks! And an enormous, vicious, inked creature rose up from within. 

Immediately, a huge coercion spread out and enveloped the whole land under its two ruthless red circle eyes.

Juan was shocked! His whole body seems to have been washed by a glacier in that instant, making him stiffen as he ran.

Without any suspense, he can't react and so stumbles forward, hurting himself in the process. 

Crash! 

"Ugh—!" 

However, no matter how much his knees were grazed and bled, No matter how much he rolled from the force of motion,. 

Juan's hand didn't let the torch and his javelin leave his grasp. Because he knew they were his weapon and his assurance in this survival fight!

'I.... I'm hurt. No, I'm bleeding.' 

In the next second, Juan opened his eyes and saw his knees and arms bleeding. As well as the acute pain that registered in his brain.

"This...how could you?" 

Standing back on his feet, enduring the pain of his knees and arms as well as some dullness on his body. 

Eyes that show no fear but hatred and endless pain. The vast coercion coming from a higher life seems to have been thrown out of his mind.

"HOW COULD YOU!" 

Furious, Juan was very angry at this moment. All the repressed emotions he had been hiding deep within him all this time burst out.

Fury has long clouded his eyes; all he wants right now is to destroy and vanquish the one who made him feel pain and bleed! 

"How could you hurt me? I didn't hurt you, but you hurt me. I didn't do anything to you, but you bullied me."

Gripping the torch and javelin in both hands tightly, veins started to bulge on them. 

"At first, I'm scared of you. I can't do anything on you. That's why I run away, leaving me a scar that traumatized me in my mind." 

Juan took a deep breath and walked to the burning house. He placed the javelin's edge inside as he continued to speak.

"The second time is when I was taking a bath in the river bank. WHERE'S MY PRIVACY, YOU DAMN THING?!!". 

Hearing his roaring cry bursting with anger and grievance of a bullied child.

The shadow monster burst out into countless tentacles, each shaped differently than the others in response.

Pah! 

The javelin left a blaze of purple fire. Lifting it up, pointed the javelin's purple-red, glowing-hot blade toward those red eyes.

"You know what's the THIRD one huh?! It's that you SCARED me the moment you INVADE my wife's room and letting me feel HOPELESS in my POWERLESSNESS." 

The distance between Juan and the monster was quite far, maybe by two to three hundred meters, yet the shadow attack came so fast that it feels like it was just a blink of an eye.

However, in the face of this doomsday-like scenery, Juan was strangely calm; his mind was unperturbed once again.

Yet his heart was thumping more and more, blurring his eyes and rationality in a immediately.

With bloodshot eyes, Juan followed his instinct as he waved the torch in his hand in front of him like a flurry of sweeping and slashing.

Splash! 

When those various shapely shadows came crashing in, they were immediately burned into nothing when they came into contact with his flame.

"You know?...I'm glad you have taken me to this place. Because of that, we can finally meet face-to-face." 

Subconsciously, Juan somehow couldn't help but let a smile appear on the edge of his lips.