Previous Chapter Reminder: I am Manu… about the challenger… and a strange voice appears.
Manu (internal thought): Aahhh… ahhh… ahh…
What was that voice? Is someone watching me? Is someone listening to me?
Manu: Is there someone else with us?
NARRATOR VOICE: Manu asks the girl with a shocked expression.
[Author clarity: the unknown voice will now be referred to as "Beast Girl."]
Beast Girl: No… there is no one here except the two of us. Do you have any wrong intentions with my body?
Manu: No… I was just asking casually.
NARRATOR VOICE: Somewhere far away, challengers are fighting the boss monster, and that boss monster is moving at high speed toward Manu and Beast Girl.
Manu: Then how do we escape from here?
Beast Girl: After defeating the boss monster, a portal opens for the challengers, which can take them to the real world.
NARRATOR VOICE: Suddenly, Manu and Beast Girl hear a voice.
Beast Girl (shocking): Why is the boss monster coming toward us? Manu, run! If you want to stay alive!
NARRATOR VOICE: Before Manu and Beast Girl can run, the boss monster appears in front of them. The boss monster looks at Manu and swings a slash with its big axe…
Manu (internal thought): I can't die this early… but people who transmigrate usually get a system… I've seen it in novels…
NARRATOR VOICE: Before the boss monster's slash can hit Manu, Beast Girl takes the attack on herself. She says—take care of yourself… I will hold the boss monster until the challengers arrive.
From a distance, the challengers are watching everything. One of them says—should we help her? Let's do it… anyway, after the dungeon ends, she will automatically die…
The boss monster makes another slash at Beast Girl, but she barely manages to dodge the attack. The boss monster swings another slash with its axe.
Beast Girl: Haa… if you keep repeating the same attack, I won't get hit…
NARRATOR VOICE: But that slash was a fake attack. The boss monster suddenly throws a punch straight at Beast Girl's face. Beast Girl is thrown back and crashes into a stone.
Beast Girl (internal thought): I can't defeat this boss monster… why are the challengers taking so long… I can't hold on any longer… I have to continue fighting until they arrive…
NARRATOR VOICE: Beast Girl stands up again, but her legs are shaking. The boss monster appreciates her by clapping.
Seeing this, the challengers are shocked—"This is the first time we're seeing something like this…" Should we move now?
The boss monster swings another axe slash at Beast Girl.
Beast Girl (internal thought): Is this a fake attack?
NARRATOR VOICE: The boss monster's slash was fake, and it delivers a kick straight to her stomach. Beast Girl falls to the ground.
The boss monster prepares a brutal final attack… and strikes at Beast Girl. But before it can kill her, the challengers arrive. They barely manage to block the attack.
The challengers use an artifact to defeat the boss monster. The artifact is shaped like a bell. The boss monster is defeated, and a portal opens.
Manu goes toward Beast Girl.
Manu: Thank you… give me your hand… let's go…
NARRATOR VOICE: Manu lifts Beast Girl. "Let's go, quickly…"
But the portal fails to take Manu and Beast Girl out. Beast Girl feels pain in her chest. The portal slowly begins to collapse.
Manu and Beast Girl get stuck inside the portal.
Beast Girl takes her last breath and says—
"The one sitting at the top… this is happening because of them…"
Beast Girl dies…