kscans

Chapter 76 - In This Game World, I'm a Sword Master?

As the reincarnator Yuto Mikazuki, I awoke in a forest.

The sky was vast, the clouds drifted slowly, and the songs of birds could be heard in the distance. But the memories of being Yuto still remained in my body, and I couldn't stand up for a while.

(Am I... alive?)

When I took a breath, the cold air seeped into my chest. I wasn't hungry. I wasn't cold. Nothing hurt.

"...So it's not a dream."

I happened to look at my hands. They were not the hands of a small child. They were slender yet toned fingers. The muscles were lean, and my whole body was sharply defined.

"This... is me?"

I had been reincarnated as a 32-year-old adult, while still retaining Yuto's memories. And this body was incredibly strong.

I first realized this just a few minutes after walking through the forest.

"Guooooh!!"

From beyond the thicket, a grotesque monster appeared. It was larger than a wolf, with a snake-like tail and a carapace. Sharp fangs and glowing red eyes. It was clearly 'something I've never seen in reality.'

(Isn't this something I saw in a game... No, this is real. I have to do it.)

The monster charged. Reacting instinctively, I reached for my waist, and there was a single black katana.

The sword, whose name I didn't even know, fit in my hand as if it was an extension of me.

"Come on... shall we test out my 'present' self."

In the instant the monster's claws closed in.

Yuto's figure vanished.

"Gessen."

One step. That was all.

The moment Yuto's foot touched the ground, space itself seemed to split.

The blade drew an arc of moonlight. A black, lightning-like afterimage tore through the darkness, passing the monster at an imperceptible speed.

When the wind blew past a moment later, a single slash line ran across the monster's body.

"Zakuri."

Without a sound, its massive body crumbled.

In the next instant, Yuto had already sheathed his sword. Just one step. Just one flash.

But that single strike ended everything.

'The moon slashes, tearing the darkness.' That was the 'Gessen' unleashed by the Black Moon Swordsman.

"...No way, what did I just do?"

Yuto was stunned. But his body had certainly moved. The name of the technique had come from his lips naturally. As if he were a swordsman who had trained for many years.

(What is this technique? No, I know it. This is a 'way of fighting.')

My brain remembers. My muscles move on their own. As if I were born to live only by honing my swordsmanship.

"In this world, am I... a sword master?"

Yuto quietly sheathed his sword.

The 'power' I once craved so much. The strength to live without relying on anyone. I certainly possessed that now.

(With this, no one will hit me anymore. I won't let anyone take anything from me.)

The moon peeked through the gaps in the trees.

It was as if it were looking down on the fate of the lonely swordsman.