Read Second Chance: Reincarnated Into a New World! :: The First Battle

The moment his fist is about to hit me, I dodge to the left, going backwards.

At the same time, I prepare a stone thorn behind me.

Shooting at him, the hooded man has no time to react and ends up being hit and falling to the ground.

I advance on him!

Using the little earth that exists in the partitions of the stone floor, I can create thin roots that hold the man to the ground!

"Where did you take the dog!?" I ask with the wand pointed at his face.

"I don't know anything, I swear!!" He says with his hands up.

With the hood down a little, I can see a man of around 20 years old, brown hair and blue eyes.

"Don't make me repeat myself..." I begin to form a stone spike on the tip of the wand, which begins to spin rapidly.

"I don't know anything, I'm just doing what I'm told!" The man says protecting his head.

"And who sent it!?" I increase the speed of the thorn.

"Yuri, Yuri! He's going to the Noah Kingdom to get to the Lightning Slit!" He says scared.

Noah Kingdom...

This is west of Legorio!

I leave the alley quickly.

As I leave, I come across William coming towards me with Richard behind him.

"They are taking Foguinho to the Kingdom of Noah, we have to go to the west gate!" I respond and go ahead.

"Where are you going?!" Says my father as William and I run.

"We'll explain it to you later!" I say.

"How did you find him?" I ask.

"I don't know, he was buying some fruit, and I saw him on the way. Then he started following me asking for explanations." William speaks. "I wanted to find you because I hadn't found anything." He adds as we run.

Now that I'm realizing it, my body is completely shaking.

That man... I had to threaten him to get some information; obviously, I wasn't going to kill him, but it was the first time I had to really fight.

If I had lost, maybe I would have...

No, better not think about that now. All this time, I've been training magic for this, haven't I?

I have to get used to my life being at risk...

If the guy we're going to face is strong, then it could really be the end of me...

I can't die like this, I was born again to experience everything I didn't experience in my last life, right?

Maybe I'm not ready to face someone for real yet.

Having enemies now is not a good idea...

We can simply say that we were unable to recover Foguinho.

I beat that man because of luck, if I hadn't dodged his punch, it would probably be the end of me...

In my other life, I also died because I thought I could defeat someone stronger than me.

As a result, I was shot and died...

Maybe I shouldn't put my life at risk when I don't know if I can win.

I look to the side and see William saying something to me. The words that come out of your mouth seem to be soundless, in fact, the whole world seems to be silent.

"The gate!" William shouts at me, and I see in front of me the large wooden gate open, with some guards bleeding on the ground.

This scene makes me have goosebumps all over my body.

Looking further out of the kingdom, beyond the gate, a carriage in the distance is speeding down the dirt path.

William passes me and is walking through the gate.

My body doesn't move. It's completely frozen.

The sight of the two bloodied bodies of the two guards stays in my mind. All I can see is me, like them, hurt.

"Hey brother, what are you doing!?" William stops running and looks at me. "I'm scared too, but I can't cower!" He completes.

"How do you know I'm scared?" My voice comes out shaky.

"It's written all over your face." William runs towards the wagon.

Damn, a kid has more courage than me...

You know what? Screw it.

If I am going to die, may I be reborn again.

"Let's get these suckers, William!" I run as quickly as possible out of the kingdom. "We need to catch them before they get too far!" I complement as William smiles and runs along with me.

"Relax."

William begins to have a green aura around his body.

"Get on my back!" He says, bending down.

Is this serious!?

I won't care about that now...

I climb onto William's back, and he starts running quickly.

It seems that this magic increases speed!

William runs faster than usual, we should reach the carriage in a few moments!

I'm going to throw a stone thorn at the wheel to break the vehicle, and we can rescue Foguinho without having to run!

I hold the magic wand pointed at the carriage wheel.

Aiming is being a little difficult, but I think I can do it!

Forming a stone spike at the tip of the wand, I make the object spin insanely fast and fire!

The thorn is launched as if it were a shot!

My attack hits the left wheel, causing the vehicle to stagger and stop on the dirt road!

"Good one, Light!" William says.

William deactivates the air magic that makes him faster, and I get off his back and start running.

Arriving close to the carriage, I see that the vehicle has a cabin covered with a large blue cloth, as if it were a curtain.

A man starts to come out from the side, he is bald and wearing beige clothes with a collar and loose brown pants. His physique is not muscular, but it is clearly defined. He carries a sword in its sheath.

"And who are the two brats here?" He asks, looking at us as he walks towards us.

"Have you seen any fuzzy white dogs around here?" I ask looking seriously at him.

The man approaches the blue cloth that hides the interior of the cabin.

"You mean this one?" He opens the cloth, and Foguinho is there, trapped in a cage with a rope holding his mouth.

When the dog watches us, his tail starts to wag, and he starts to let out a little cry.

"This dog already has an owner." William says.

"What do you intend to do with him?" I ask.

"I knew you would follow. I saw you following the princess." He says. "Don't you think the princess' dog is worth a lot of money? I could ask the king for some money to rescue him." The man laughs while making fun of our faces.

"You will return it!" William exclaims.

"Make me!" The man draws his sword and tries to strike William!

William jumps back and manages to dodge. He takes the dagger that was in the sheath.

"Are you that, Yuri?" I ask as I distance myself from the man.

" Hahahaha." The man just laughs.

"I knew I should have done this alone. What do you want with me, brat?" Another man got out of the carriage and walked towards me.

A tall man with a defined jaw, with messy brown hair, but partially parted in the middle. He has a scar on his left eye; his eyes are almond-shaped and thin, with the iris being brown.

He wears a gray overcoat with a high collar, with a black shirt underneath. Not only that, but he wears black pants with a brown belt. His boots are large and made of brown leather.

He has an athletic body and wears several bracelets and rings on his fingers, in addition to having a black earring in his ears.

Lastly, he has a sword stored in its sheath.

He positions himself to advance towards me.

I can't leave it!

With my free hand, I make roots come out of the ground and grab Yuri's foot!

I'm a little far away, so the magic shouldn't be that strong!

I can take this opportunity to arrest the man who is attacking William.

I look to the side, and William is dodging all the man's attacks.

Aiming at his right foot, I make a small root intertwine with the man's foot.

The man attacks, but is trapped and unable to reach William.

My brother then advances, jumps, and tries to cut the man's face with the dagger!

He dodges, and the blow grazes the cheek on the right side!