A New Life In Another World

Chapter 71: The Escalated Situation

-Zemmi's POV-

Oh, shit!

My body reacted in time for me to duck.

That was close. I was almost beheaded.

I suffered many injuries and getting beheaded was my top ten worst experiences. My train of thought was out of control, and I could barely move my body the way I want.

It's like I'm insanely drunk but still have some rationality left and no control over my body. It'll just act on its own.

Anyway, after avoiding the Champion's attack, I kicked him away with all my might. Unfortunately, it felt like I kicked a brick wall, and he stood in place while I was pushed back instead.

What the hell? How did he get this strong?

His presence was too much even for me. Although I was able to overcome the pressure, I was still affected by it.

Every now and then, my body would freeze up, but I would quickly get back control over it. The problem with that is I won't be able to keep doing it forever.

It was putting a mental strain on my brain. I needed to end this fight quickly.

With all of my will power, I forced myself to go after my sword. Just as I was about to grab it, the Champion appeared and kicked it away.

He then grabbed me by my shirt and launched me at one of the trees.

"Zemmi!" I heard Lura call my name.

I turned to see her rushing towards me.

Crap, if she tries to save me, she'll be killed.

"Don't! You'll just get killed!" I shouted.

Lura stopped and stared at both me and the Champion. She got the picture and didn't try to get closer to me.

I tried to pull myself up but the Champion kicked me back down. He then pointed the sword at me.

The direction the blade was going was clear as day. He was about to stab me in the chest, just as I did with him.

I guess he wants payback, huh? That's not good.

Knowing that blade, if he stabs me, I'll be in for a lot of unimaginable pain. Getting cut was bad enough, but getting stabbed would be worse than death.

I guess I should use one of my Special Skills then.

Let's see if [Purge] will do anything to help me. Just as I was about to activate my special skill, I was unable to use it.

It felt like I lost the connection with the skill for some reason. That's when I heard the Champion laugh.

He had this demonic laugh that made it sound like he possessed or something.

Wait, he did this? How was he able to do that?!

There's no way he could stop me from using my special skill. Not even the gods are capable of such a thing.

What the hell is he?

I looked up at the Champion with a fear-stricken face. He only laughed more maniacally.

"That's a good expression. Thanks for showing me such a sight. Now die!"

He raised the sword and closed in on my chest. Just as he was about to stab me, two people jumped in and saved me.

It was the blue-haired girl and the Prince. They managed to catch the Champion off guard and pushed him away.

Huh? Why did they save me?