I Became the Wrong Race

34 – Warrior (1)

Owl Bear.

It was a magical beast. It was not a natural entity.

Regardless of the original source, in this picture, the monster was a form that the shapeshifters could not take.

That monster was a fake created by the three clans. However, I did not complain about the fact that the shapeshifter in front of me was an Owl Bear.

The Transformation Tribe is made up of three clans, the Owl Bear is also a creation of the three clans, and the enemy in front of you is also a soldier of the Transformation Tribe.

It is not impossible. I just calmed down.

The characteristics of the Owl Bear are razor-sharp claws and strength that surpasses that of a bear.

High agility and health unique to avian beasts.

It is compatible with my parent. In terms of physical strength, that side has the upper hand. However, I am still superior in agility and health.

The attack power itself is not lacking. I realized that fact while holding on to the burning blade.

My victory lies in not fighting back with force.

I thought so, but the situation of the war turned out differently than expected.

The deck is split. A giant body rushing forward, scattering sharp wooden fragments.

The attack performed is a downward strike. It’s the front foot. The speed created by high strength made the attack invisible.

You can’t see it, the area is too large. On purpose. I sensed that it was inevitable and blocked it with my sword.

I thought I heard a clicking sound and my body flew up.

My head was shaking, my front teeth were broken, and I couldn’t breathe.

If it weren’t for the homunculus, I would have lost consciousness.

My flying body broke the railing and was about to fall. As I held on to the barely remaining railing, pieces of wood fell down.

I heard the sound of something falling into the sea, and when I managed to pull myself up, I saw the Owl Bear surrounded by the Imperial Army.

“Prepare your formation!”

Imperial troops gathered together following the sharp cry of what appeared to be a sergeant. They continued the battle without giving in to the sudden appearance of the enemy and fatigue.

In an instant, he takes out and stabs the assembled polearm, and the wizard fires a spell that can be easily created with his hand signs.

What illuminates the dawn is a ray of light and countless long spears. Shiny light formed on the spear blade, but all the attacks did not reach him.

Hwi oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!

The feathers were as hard as steel. Between deflected attacks, Owl Bear lowered his head to avoid the light and roared.

The roar had a paralyzing effect. The imperial soldiers collapsed without even giving a word. Owl Bear raised his paw towards the most threatening wizard among his dogs.

Wise. My country will be like that too. I ran to save the wizard, but it was impossible to get there before the front paws.

It was Isla who saved that wizard.

Wedge, grasp!

An owl bear hit on the head by a flying stone. The lead bullet penetrated even the steel-like feathers and fell into the sea, but Isla had no time to worry about that.

The exposed hand had become that of an animal. He had no time to spare.

But thanks to this, the wizard lived. He quickly finished the seal.

Then, flames filled the dim night air.

“―!”

Flame pushing away Owl Bear’s massive body along with an incomprehensible chant. The ship shook violently, and the flying Owl Bear landed and struck a nearby soldier with its beak.

Quad-de-de-de-de-deuk!

What followed was predation. Owl Bear instantly regenerated his scorched fur and threw the human he had eaten towards me.

Flying corpses. As he twists his body to avoid it, the tilted ship regains its original position. I didn’t care about the shaking platform and stabbed with the sword I held with both hands.

Did not reach. It’s a bit far. Owl Bear raised and lowered his front paw to block.

Chiiiiig!

The flames that followed the sword strike I extended pierced his eyes. An unexpected attack, an unstoppable blow. However, the effect is minimal. Rather, it had the opposite effect.

I didn’t see the Owl Bear’s paw shoot through the flames.

My world was shaken again. It was a moment, but my body did not move. It looks like his spine was injured.

Blood is leaking from my mouth due to my damaged internal organs, and the attack I was unable to block crumples the outside of my armor and pushes me away.

But it cannot be pushed out. I planted my foot on the deck with enough force, and instead of being pushed, I was able to grind the deck to a stop.

You must attack. A star blade soars through the deck from bottom to top.

It was a sharp cut, but there was no contact. Rather, Owl Bear flexibly bent his back backwards to avoid it, just like a human would.

Then, chewing the blood leaking from his mouth, he took a step forward. And stab. Even that can’t be reached. The Owl Bear’s front paw, in human terms, is hit by the area that corresponds to the back of the hand and is pushed away.

There was a counterattack in the gap created by the pushback. When the paw falling towards me hit my body.

For just a moment, I felt like I had been run over by a car.

Crushed. It’s crushed. The spine is broken, the ribs are shattering the lungs. My body trembled in pain, but I desperately moved my arms.

The feeling of slicing through flesh. Owl Bear roared as the sword pierced his front paws, raised his two front paws high, and then slashed them down.

Oh, you can’t avoid this.

When I realized it, it was too late.

Kwagwagagagagagagagagagang!

It breaks through the solid metal deck and falls to the lower deck. The world spins wildly, shakes, and trembles. I couldn’t control my anger and spit it out, and the smell of iron filled the inside of the helmet.

Hwi oh oh oh oh….

Beep, a roaring sound heard among the sounds. As I desperately threw myself forward, something hit me right where I was.

I thought it was a meteorite. Until the moment I was blown away by the explosive pressure.

It was Owl Bear. He was trying to kill me by using the weight of his entire body to kill me. Although I wasn’t happy to find out, I was relieved that my reason was at least intact.

You must not fight back with force. I have to fight with my strengths: attack power, agility, and health.

But how?

The method was inadequate. It was not realistic to compete against power with technology or speed. It was a fantasy story.

I am not a master capable of such things, and no matter how much of a master I was, there was no way for me to subdue such a large body with speed or skill.

It was like that until I finally woke up. I held the sword skeptically.

It was then that the snow leopard jumped towards the owl bear that was approaching me.

Kwao!

Isla rushes in with a roar unique to cats and wild beasts. She bit the back of Owl Bear’s neck, and Owl Bear twisted her body and threw Isla away as if nothing had happened.

And the Owl Bear didn’t even bleed. As I reflexively caught the thrown Isla, my body flew back and landed in the sailor’s bedroom.

When the room is filled with fur due to broken pillows and bedding.

Isla transformed from her snow leopard into a near-humanoid snow leopard, aimed her hand crossbow, and fired.

Thunk, thump!

It was an accurate aim. An outstanding shot that makes it hard to believe that it was shot right after it flew away.

But the arrow fired did not reach. Owl Bear raised her paw to block the shaft of her crossbow and looked up at the arrows coming at her from the deck just above her.

“Fire!”

Arrows fired all at once. The rain of arrows was too much for even me, but Owl Bear quietly raised his front paws to protect his face.

The arrows that had been pierced through the fur failed to penetrate the body, and the Owl Bear spread its front paws when the rain of arrows ended.

Hwi oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!

The third roar. Low frequencies that make listeners roar. The moment the wizard stretched out his hand to respond, Owl Bear had already jumped up.

What happened was not visible in detail, but it was obvious.

Kwasik!

The deck broke, and the crushed scum fell patter toward the lower deck.

When I saw that, I had a hunch. The magician, the greatest strength of the imperial army, has died.

The only ones left are me and Isla. Regular Imperial soldiers cannot deal effective damage to Owl Bear. I pushed Isla’s body and ran.

Kwaaa!

Isla swung his front paws and scratched him, looking like a snow leopard human.

While Owl Bear’s eyes were focused on Isla for a moment, I swung my sword and aimed at her front paw.

Suak!

I tried to cut it out entirely, but it didn’t work out that way. One of her severed toes rises and falls onto her lower deck.

And the back foot shoots towards me before the toes.

It’s a kick. This is a move that an Owl Bear cannot do.

It was a move that was possible because he was a shapeshifter. I thought, Oops.

I tried to duck, but I felt like I couldn’t avoid it. Because the attack area is too large.

Then I had no choice but to stop it. The consciousness that had been cut off the moment I picked up the knife returned as I destroyed the cargo.

Are you alive? Not yet.

What is Isla?

When I raised my head, I saw Isla growling and fighting with Owl Bear.

With each swing of the front foot, it flexibly jumps, ducks, and changes its shape to avoid.

At that time, they were trying to intensify their attacks, but it just didn’t work.

Isla clearly seemed to have the upper hand in instantaneous speed and reflexes.

Thanks to that, I can survive. I can only endure it.

I was certain that I wouldn’t be able to hold out for long.

What about the Imperial Army?

When I raised my head, I saw only those who were still paralyzed and collapsed on the floor. There were many dead.

In the end, it is me. I had to do it. So I strengthened my legs.

Full!

My body did not obey my will.

Things I see when I look at my body as it lies on the floor.

[Mourning 2/3]

[Time remaining: 0 seconds]

The mourning is over.

It was difficult to breathe. My body automatically curled up from the overwhelming pain.

It is a pain that can be accurately described as a pain that spreads throughout the entire body. The legs were completely twisted so that the toes were pointing behind the body.

Her arms were bent backwards and fell to the floor, and a fishy smell came out of her mouth every time she breathed.

It is the smell of blood. Even with the effects of blood and armor, it is a fatal wound.

If you are human, you are already dead.

Even though it is a monster, it is no different from rags.

Only then did I realize the true meaning of the proposal made by the shapeshifter.

He said he was a soldier.

It is said that there are monsters even worse than this among the three clans.

He must have been in despair.

He couldn’t have been like that from the beginning, and he wouldn’t have been a soldier from the beginning.

When he talked about going from a local collaborator to a soldier, he had a strange persuasive power. It must have been his story.

From a seasoned warrior to a soldier of three clans. From being the master of my fate to being nothing more than a pawn.

I gritted my teeth as I calculated the trajectory.

[Mourning]

[Time remaining: 60 seconds]

Isla was holding on, but her physical strength was slowly reaching its limit. The transformation was slowly unraveling, and only the arms and legs were becoming human with the shape of an animal.

“Huh, huh, huh, huh.”

If this continues, Isla will die. I hated it. I gasp, my legs give out, and I fall down a few times, but I get up again.

Isla’s attack power cannot inflict fatal wounds on Owl Bear. Isla herself knew that, and Owlbear knew it too. He was looking back at me with an annoyed look.

Did Isla realize that she was buying time? He didn’t care about Isla anymore.

Arrows and catapults were not effective opponents.

There weren’t many beings who could deal with such a monster.

I also learned why the intelligence unit that was trying to land was destroyed.

Because such a monster is holding on.

And in the eyes of that monster, the most threatening person on this ship was me.

Similar monsters Llewelyn, homunculus and man-eating baron, Starblade, slayer of warlocks.

Hero of Servan.

I thought as I looked into Owl Bear’s bright yellow eyes staring at me.

I don’t know how I can win.

Of all the things I have ever experienced, the possibility of death was vividly felt.

My hands were shaking in fear. As I forcefully grabbed it, Owl Bear took a wary stance.

He was that kind of person. A warrior who is wary of his opponent and responds with all his might, not a monster who rushes at random while drunk on power.

He was an enemy who properly understood and used his power.

The power was stronger than me.

His skills and experience were more advanced than mine.

I didn’t know how to win.

But take heart. I barely manage to force my trembling arms to move. It was when he grasped the hilt of the sword with his elbow that the regeneration had finished.

Suddenly, something passed by like a flash of light.

It was a phenomenon that reminded me of something I had seen one day.

It is said that the reason a dying person sees such things is not to look back on their life before death, but to find a way to survive.

So I gave myself over to the flood of memories.

A fond memory, a sad memory, a happy memory.

In the meantime, something clear was said.

‘Weapon skills are how to use weapons.’

A voice chattering like a bird.

‘Furthermore, it is a law to control the body holding the weapon.’

And those words are whispered.

Teachings that I just buried in my memory because I didn’t understand them.

I finally understood that.

Those words and the weapon techniques stuck in my mind were mixed together.

If you are strong, you can hit your enemy hard.

But it’s not just that.

Strength can also be used to use the body.

It was the same in games. As strength increased, not only attack power increased. The hit rate also increased.

That must mean this.

I moved my body following the posture engraved in my head.

Unlike the times when you just spread your overflowing power outwards and beat down the enemy.

I fixed the twisted leg and the broken spine by tightening them with muscles.

It stood straight like that.

Then, for the first time, the ‘posture’ was established.

A vague sense of stability and like I could do something greeted me.

The power of muscles to tighten and glue even broken bones. Pour that incredible force completely into your body.

The action did not need to be large.

If the movement is influenced by a large force, a gap is created. That’s normal.

So suppress it with force and use your force efficiently.

It was when I aimed my sword in a straight posture.

Quaaa!

Owl Bear rushed in. It lowers its posture and approaches me.

It is an attack. But my eyes don’t look blurry. Nevertheless, I stopped with my sword pointed.

It is so fast that it is invisible even if you can see it. It certainly is.

But it has a huge volume, a clear trajectory, a clear orbit.

It made me anticipate movements.

Moves quickly, anticipating an approaching attack. My agility makes that possible.

Turn your body and bend your waist to the side. Even when I lay down close to the ground, my body did not collapse.

Hold on with strength. The power that moves my entire body makes that possible.

All that’s left is to extend the sword. I pointed the sword at the trace I had read.

Squeak!

A roar followed me along with the sound of cutting.

The sound of walls breaking, floors being crushed, and cargo being crushed by a heavy weight.

As if that wasn’t enough, the sound of someone breaking the lower deck, falling further down, and then climbing out.

I ignored all of that and was just intoxicated by the feeling of my hand running down the hilt of the knife.

Soon, I realized.

This is called swordsmanship.

And now I realized that I can do more and do better.

I was overflowing with ideas along with a sense of accomplishment.

As that feeling of exhilaration took over me, I took my stance again.

When I aimed my sword at the direction in which Owl Bear flew, Owl Bear gasped, his side cracked wide open.

Owl Bear quickly erases his embarrassment and regains his stance.

The moment our eyes met, I swung my sword at the charging Owl Bear.