Konosuba: A Tale of Four Bizarre Members || Kazuma x Darkness

Chapter 3

"She'll be the first to die... Are you prepared... to hear their screams of terror? Because I am..."

As blood continued to ooze from my massive gaping wound, the darkness seemed to envelop my mind and body even further, casting an eerie shadow over my thoughts.

As my vision gradually dimmed, my mind couldn't help but be preoccupied with thoughts of what might transpire after my inevitable demise.

Would the girls suffer a similar fate? Would they choose to flee in fear or muster the courage to aid me?

Suddenly, a glimmer of hope pierced the darkness as a radiant light shone into my eyes.

The light drew nearer, gradually revealing its source, and my focus shifted to discerning the identity of this illuminating figure.

To my astonishment, the source of the light became clear—it was none other than Darkness's shining crusader armor, reflecting the glow that emanated from above the stairs.

"I see you want to die first- Hm?"

The entity noticed his arm was stuck inside my body.

"Let him go!"

Darkness's voice reverberated with an intense mix of desperation, anger, and anguish that it sent shivers down my spine.

With her eyes ablaze, she unleashed a devastating liver punch, connecting with a tremendous force that struck the sinister entity lurking behind me.

"Ngh! Wh-Why you?! Why isn't my arm coming off?"

Summoning every ounce of my willpower, I fought against him the best I could to help Darkness.

Despite the overwhelming pain, I clenched onto the entity's arm that impaled me with both of my hands, using Drain Touch to weaken him even more while unable to let him defend himself from Darkness's devasting blows.

"Kazuma!"
"Kazuma!"

Aqua's and Megumin's voices echoed urgently, their footsteps resounding as they rushed toward me.

"I see now... You're trying to immobilize my arm to leave me vulnerable..."

Despite his current situation, the entity remained calm as it looked like he wasn't worried at all by the three girls charging towards him all at once.

Darkness's fist hurled towards the entity's face.

"But it's useless!-"

The entity's arm, which I had desperately clung to, slipped away from my weakening grasp with tremendous ease. My own blood, flowing freely from the wound, seemed to have helped his escape.

THUNK!!

In the blink of an eye, everything had changed.

My surroundings had shifted, and I found myself in an entirely different position, standing above Darkness who was now seated, my arms outstretched as if shielding her from an unseen threat. 

I noticed the pool of blood below me had increased in size as well.

"Eh? What just happened?" asked the bewildered Megumin.

I looked back at Darkness who was sitting in front of me, her gaze fixed on something behind me, and an ominous sense of danger sent chills down my spine.

Before I could react and turn around,

A searing pain tore through my left shoulder, as if something extremely sharp and rigid had sliced through me, all the way down to the middle of my abdomen.