A New Life In Another World: Volume 2

Chapter 6: The Red Troll

The red troll rushed at me with killing intent. It reminded me so much of Korgan that I felt a little intimidated. Only a little, though.

Troljim closed in on me and raised his metal club over my head. Since I didn't have Thana with me, I couldn't block it like I normally would. Luckily, I didn't need Thana to fight back.

Just as the metal club was close to hitting it, it was quickly deflected by an invisible barrier. The force knocked the metal club backwards along with the S-rank Troll's arm.

While the troll stumbled backwards, I decided to attack next. I quickly extended my arm and chanted a spell.

"[Magic Arrow!]" Suddenly, five glowing blue arrows appeared and zoomed towards Troljim.

The red troll noticed my magic arrows coming at him, and he quickly deflected them with his metal club. There was a little blowback when he repelled them, but he stood his ground, nonetheless.

He's pretty tough, I'll give him that much. Usually, when I use magic like [Magic Arrow], my enemy is quickly dealt with, but it seemed Troljim here is experienced. Thankfully, that's what I was hoping for.

"You seem pretty skilled," I praised the troll. "I guess it's no wonder you evolved to an S-rank and became a Monarch."

"Hmph! You know nothing of what made me what I am! I had to endure humiliation from you humans. If it wasn't for that dying beast allowing me to slay it, I would have never gotten to this point!"

He slayed a dying beast? What the heck kind of story is that?

"What's this about a dying beast?" I asked, clearly curious.

"That's none of your business!" He spat at me. "All you need to know is that I'm not going down without a fight!"

Quite the stubborn one, aren't you? Alright, I guess I can play along for now.

I took a quick look over at where Amy and Vlad were dealing with their enemies. Vlad was taking them down one by one, and Amy struck down any that was close to hurting him.

As usual, their teamwork is pretty good. I guess it works out well since one of them is extremely OP.

"Don't ignore me, you bastard!" The Troll slammed his club at me, and I quickly moved to the side.

Hmm, my movements have been improving well. I didn't even have to focus hard enough to move. I guess all that training paid off.

"Quit moving around and fight me!" Troljim roared as he kept swinging his club around at me.

"Then give me a reason to fight back," I taunted. "Cause this is getting boring."

Troljim's yellow eyes flared when I said this. "Fine! I'll give you what you want then!"

Just as he was about to swing his club, I saw black fire ingulfing it. Oh, it seems he really is going to get serious!

Knowing what was about to happen, I activated my barrier and jumped up just as he swung his weapon at me. Just then, a wave of black fire spewed towards me.

I managed to avoid it in time, but the area around us was engulfed in fire. Does this guy not care about the forest which he lives in?

"How was that! Huh?! Are you going to tremble with fear now?" The red troll was getting all haughty after showing me his [Black Flame] skill.

To be honest though, it felt...underwhelming. I mean, the guy basically adds that special skill to his weapon and just swung it.

I honestly thought he would do something more, I don't know, creative? I mean, something better than what he just did.