Re:Zero: Starting from the Great Transformation

The originally broken body was gradually filled up.

In the monster's lair at the deepest part of this maze.

Without Ron realizing it.

A black flesh cocoon slowly took shape.

The black flesh cocoon was like steel, isolating the attacking monsters from the surroundings and would not move at all no matter how hard it was bitten.

And inside the black cocoon.

That broken body, devoid of magic power and incompatible with this world...

Under the multiple influences of the high concentration of magic power unique to the labyrinth, the severe disease caused by Dulai disease, and the flesh and blood of the undead demon king.

An unknown change began.

Labyrinth: 8.9, Rebirth

I don’t know how much time passed.

One minute?

One hour?

One month or one year?

Deep in this maze where there is nothing but monsters, the concept of time seems to have lost its meaning.

Only countless monsters were wriggling their bodies and wandering deep in the cave.

And amidst the seemingly endless array of demons, a black flesh cocoon hung high on the ceiling, surrounded and constantly devoured by countless demons, yet it remained unmoved. The interior of the cocoon shook from time to time, as if something was gestating within.

How much time has passed?

I don’t know, and there’s no way of knowing.

When I regained consciousness, the pain that had penetrated my bones had disappeared.

I tried to move my body and immediately felt the cocoon of flesh that isolated me from the outside world.

I subconsciously reached out to touch the callus.

"..."

The moment my fingertips touched the callus.

The thin layer of flesh cocoon disappeared like melting ice and snow.

The next thing I saw was the seemingly endless wave of monsters outside the flesh cocoon. Noticing the cocoon's disappearance, the monsters launched a frantic attack on me once again.

The giant, crazy skeleton opened its arms and tried to grab me.

Almost subconsciously.

I leaped forward, simultaneously throwing my fist at the white skull in the mad skeleton's chest.

No swordplay, no magic.

Just a simple punch.

"boom--"

Accompanied by violent sounds.

The crazy skeleton's chest was pierced by a punch, and its huge body shattered.

I landed lightly on the shattered body of the Crazy Skeleton.

However, the battle is not over.

The moment I landed, an endless wave of monsters came rushing towards me like a flood.

I faced the wave of monsters head-on.

If you don't have a weapon in your hand, just swing your fists.

There is no need to think in the mind, the fighting spirit will naturally wrap around the whole body.

The body feels so light, as if it is floating in the air, and the original discomfort symptoms seem to have never existed.

Not only that, I even felt that the air deep in this maze was so sweet.

Something has changed.

I used to feel like I was wrapped in a layer of foam, but now I have broken free.

If you want to describe it...

It's like a fish entering the sea and a bird flying into the sky.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

I punched again and again, without any need for defense, because my body, which was wrapped in fighting spirit, seemed to be made of fine steel. No matter how the monster attacked, I was unharmed and could hardly even feel the pain.

It seems like I have endless physical strength.

Every time he punches, he gives it his all, yet he never feels tired.

It seems like there is endless energy in the body.

I vented the surging fighting spirit in my body in all directions.

No, this can't be called a fight.

It's just a game.

There has never been a moment.

This world makes me feel so happy...

……

……

When I came to my senses, all the monsters in the cave were dead or injured.

No matter how tough the monster is, it will eventually be killed by one punch from me.

With just a pair of fists, he can easily crush monsters as hard as steel.

No weapons needed.

This body is the most perfect weapon.

"……what happened?"

It was only then that I looked down at my body in a trance.

There was not the slightest disorder in his breathing, as if the intense battle he had just experienced was not even a warm-up exercise for him. The shape of his body was no different from before, his hands and feet were intact, only his clothes were torn.

I subconsciously clenched my fists.

"..."

Black veins slowly emerged from beneath the skin.

There is something flowing inside my body that brings me endless strength.

As I moved every corner of my body, the black veins continued to surge beneath the surface of my skin. As long as I tried to exert force or entangle my fighting spirit, it was as if something in my body awakened.

Even without the fighting spirit, I feel that I can smash the rock with one punch.

What is this...

In a trance, I suddenly remembered something.

I began searching the cave for the monster's corpse.

I don’t know how long it took.

Finally, I found my two magic swords and the broken black box from the belly of an iron reptile.

However, the things that were supposed to be stored in the black box disappeared at this moment.

I looked down at my body.

Look at the black veins that are faintly visible under the skin as the power surges.

Could it be...

No, this is too outrageous no matter how you look at it.

But then again…

Apart from this, there seems to be no other explanation, right?

"..."

I sat on the ground in a daze.

Although no one knows what happened, the crisis seems to have been resolved.

I have killed all the monsters around me.

However, I still haven't found a way to leave here.

This seems to be a completely independent space.

You can only enter, but cannot exit.

Such a space should not be a naturally generated maze, otherwise it would be impossible to explain where these monsters came from. But no matter what, I am now trapped in this independent space and there is no way to leave.

How to do?

I looked at the walls around me, lost in thought.

Or... why not just try to dig it out?

The moment this thought came to my mind, I was shocked by myself. If it were the old me, I would never have thought about such a thing. After all, it is not something a normal person can do.

But now I seem to be able to.

Don't know why though.

But it seems like I have endless energy now.

It just takes time.

Maybe I can dig directly into the ground...

Want to do it?

Although I don’t know if it is feasible, it is better than sitting and waiting for death.

……

……

Just as I was thinking this.

There was a faint sound of loose earth coming from the wall behind me.

Faint...really very faint.

If it hadn't been eerily quiet in the cave, I don't think I could have heard it.

I used the monster's corpse as a tool and started digging in the direction of the sound.

Just keep digging and digging.

I do not know how long it has been.

"Wow--"

The wall before him suddenly melted away like ice and snow, and then the figures of the brown-haired young man and the girl with blue pigtails came into view. Both of them looked a little dusty and dirty, almost like beggars.

I casually threw the monster's body away and grinned.

"Oh, what a coincidence?"

"..."

Rudeus said nothing.