Chapter 481: 【Tales of the Gods 20】Dog
The Reincarnated Extra
ãTales of the Gods 20ãDog
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Bonus 1
Itâs a two-toned world.
One color is yellow.
Itâs the color of the intense light from the setting sun.
The sky, the mountains, the city.
Everything is painted in that color.
The other color is black.
Itâs the color of the deep shadows, where the sunset doesnât reach.
âSuzudou Butcher Shopâ, in a corner of the shopping arcade, which is strangely desertedâ¦
And the alleyway extending from its sideâ¦
Itâs truly a world of shadows.
A jet-black darkness, where no one can see, spreads out.
And from that darknessâ¦
âB-Woof⦠Woof⦠B-Woofâ¦â
A dog, barking âpoorlyâ, slithered out.
Itâs an emaciated dog.
The color of darkness, jet-black.
However, if any human were to see this dogâ
âI wouldnât care about its appearanceâ,
â¦Theyâd probably say that.
Because this dog is incredibly strange, to the point where its appearance doesnât even matter.
Itâs emitting an extraordinary presence, and moving in a strange way.
By âmoving strangelyâ, I meanâ
Itâs restlessly spinning its head, looking around, all the way around⦠to an extent that would be impossible for a normal dogâ¦
And itâs moving forward, unsteadily, its four legs moving erratically.
âWoof, woof⦠Woooâ¦â
The dog stopped its âpoorâ walking and crouched down.
And then, a few seconds later.
Two heads sprouted from the trembling dogâs sides!
One on its right side, and one on its left!
The dog stopped rotating its head.
Because its vision expanded, with more heads.
âWooo, woooâ¦â
Next, the dog increased the number of its legs, from two pairs to six pairs.
And taking a posture like itâs lying on its stomach, it started moving forward, like a pillbug, moving its twelve legs!
âWoofa!â
And then, the dog, biting an empty plastic bottle that was rolling on the ground, swallowed it whole.
âWoofa!â
And thenâcigarette butts, pebbles, moss growing on the edge of the road⦠it swallowed anything it could find.
And thenâ¦
âWoofa!â
The dog looked up.
It sensed another prey.
Where the dog is lookingâ¦
On the stylish, brick-paved road of the shopping arcadeâ¦
â¦There is a human standing there.
A woman in her early twenties, wearing a black recruit suit.
âWoooooooo!â
The dog happily wagged its tail⦠or rather, it tried to, but not knowing how, it just swayed its rear end from side to side.
And then, it moved its six pairs of legs and started charging towards the woman!
Opening its mouth wide, scattering jet-black drool!
ââ¦â¦â¦â¦â
The woman, on the other hand, is silent.
It wasnât that she was frightened by the unknown monster and couldnât speakâ¦
It was that she was used to it.
Because her mission is to exterminate those⦠monsters⦠âYoumaâ.
âHaa!!â
The woman, letting out a sharp cry, her sunset-colored white hair billowing, swung the sword she was holding in her right hand.
Just a single swing.
And with just thatâ¦
The dog⦠no, the Youma, which had transformed into something that could no longer be called a dog, wasâ¦
âWoofâ¦â
Before it could even let out a proper death cry, it was cut clean in half⦠and turned into a jet-black haze, dissolving into the world.
âExtermination, complete.â
Hikari, the white-haired, white-eyed woman⦠the apprentice goddess, exhaled softly, muttered that, and sheathed her sword.