Episode 289

I've been fighting various guys until now.

But it's probably the first time you're fighting a tiger or a monster in the cat family.

Nue howls. The next action is hard to read due to the slimy and supple movement. It was furiously fast.

"Wow!"

Read through the evil claws and barely dodge by parrying the front leg.

I was used to playing cat punches in the previous life, but it may have been somewhat useful.

The aftermath of the attack grazes my black wolf's hair. The wind pressure alone had enough power to stagger humans. My arm hurts.

If you get a direct hit, even a werewolf can't move in a few shots.

Spells such as fast healing have been applied, but recovery seems to be unable to catch up.

But running away doesn't end forever. Eventually you get a clean hit.

I have to beat this guy.

Squeeze under the nail to be fed out and release the punch.

"Uoria!"

I don't know where it hit, but it was a good response. Push your fist deep and crush your bones.

"General!"

"Captain!"

Jerik's voices can be heard, but that's not the case right now.

Actually I was going to fight in cooperation, but it's safer to do it alone because Nue is quite tough. Let's just check it.

"Both of them are always behind him! I'm distracted!"

"Oh!"

But after several attacks, I noticed something strange.

The first is that Nue has no movement from behind.

As the Jerikhs approach behind Nue, the tail snake makes a scream.

Then Nue's body confirms behind.

Although she doesn't seem to share her vision and thoughts, she seems to always have a backward lookout.

Another is that the damage to Nue has not accumulated.

I have been punching and kicking Nue many times since a while ago. No matter how much monsters are beaten, the movement should slow down.

However, such a state is not felt at all. Nue's movement is as fast as a gale, and the blow is so intense that it involves wind pressure.

Looking at the flow of magic, it seems that this guy is absorbing magic from the space controlled by my "soul shaker".

It's sly. All its magic is mine.

When this happens, my tactics such as "I will infinitely suck up magical power from the surroundings and recover as much as I want, deplete the opponent's magical power and defeat it" will no longer work.

There is a very high density of magic flowing in this forest, so if your opponent is turning it into recovery, you will not be able to resolve it.

`` Hey, are you okay !? ''

"No, everything is OK ..."

I'm at a loss as I continue to bite Nue's claws and parry.

There is no such thing as a monster like this. If I'm careless, I'll be smashed in an instant, but more terrifying guys were in the past.

But how do you defeat this?

Even if you kick or hit, you will recover slimy.

I wish I had a magic gun in such a case. I didn't bring it because I didn't want to know the details, but I regret it.

With that in mind, when I started several rounds of battle, the surroundings became noisy.

"Oh, over there!"

"Weid is fighting!"

"Wow, what's that !?

"Hey scary!"

Cats, armed with scythes and hatchets, appeared in a mess. It seems he finally caught up.

But it is unlikely to be a force.

But the moment the cats appeared, Nue's movement suddenly went wrong.

Looking at the cats around him, he began to roam as if he had lost his calm. I keep fighting with me, but I'm distracted.

"what?"

I watched Nue move and noticed it.

"Really!"

If my expectation is correct, this will be buttoned.

When I jumped at Nue, I clung to Nue's flank as she rushed to escape. This is a bet.

"Kure!"

I sent one familiar spell into Nue's body.

Immediately after, Nue shakes me off and tries to attack me.

But suddenly, she screamed horribly.

"Fujiaaaa!"

Roll around and swing your limbs insanely. Bubbles were blowing from his mouth.

Apparently the prediction was successful.

"Retreat everyone! Do not approach until the movement stops!"

I let the cats go down and watch closely for Nue's movements.

Then Jerikh approached with caution.

"Well, General, what happened?"

"I cast him the magic of fast healing. It's now runaway in his body."

I laugh at my childhood friend while healing my wounds.

"His tail snake didn't share his head and will. It's another creature. It's the wings. Even if you can't fly in the sky, flapping its wings will help you jump. "

While I'm talking, Nue rolls around and knocks down the trees. Blood splatters against a rock, but Nue does not stop rolling.

"And he didn't attack the cat man, and he responded strangely to the voice of the cat man, so he noticed."

I mutter while Jerik is back half a step back.

"He's a cat-human mutant. The mutations were so advanced that they couldn't return anymore, so we accelerated the mutations with fast healing."

Cruel, but my magic didn't have anything else to use.

Nue's movement gradually slows down. The joints of the hind legs increased, and I could not walk. There are five wings on the back, but the shape is awful.

Healing magic is a general term for magic that returns the body to its original state.

However, in the case of the mutant, the "original state" is not stored in the body. Because they are constantly mutating.

The same goes for tumors, for example, so that the disease of Romund's emperor Bahasov IV could not be cured with healing magic.

Jerilik asks me, subtly blurring his sympathy.

"Oh, General, wasn't there a way to get that guy back?"

"I don't have it. I can't do anything with existing magical technology because the 'form' has been lost."

It seems that the mutation had spread to the brain, and he could not communicate with his family.

Eventually, the brain would have been completely mutated, and that nue would have attacked cats.

Healing magic is dangerous to handle, so if you violate the rules a little, this will happen immediately. The reason I got the chance in the struggle against the brave Arches was because I used the wrong healing magic.

This time, the opponent was not a “Nue race” but a “cat human variant,” so the magic of fast healing worked.

However, it is a difficult sight to look straight ahead.

Eventually, Nue twitched and became immobile.

I approached cautiously with caution, enchanting the werewolf claws. Let's end his suffering early.

"Forgive me"

The result was a blow.

But there was no joy in this victory.

"Hooray!"

"Wright is amazing!"

"Wolves are strong!"

"Hunting King!"

Cats who do not yet know the situation cheer, but honestly wonder how they conveyed this fact.

However, I need to confirm the identity of this nue, and I can't help telling it.

"Actually ..."

I tell the caretakers quietly.

The facilitators were surprised, but they all approached the dread of Nue's carcass.

After consulting Unyaunya for a while, Izushi looks back.

"It looks like Danda in the next village is like a cat man. Her fur and eyes are exactly the same. She was missing a while ago."

"……Really"

Is your name Danda?

If she could meet a little earlier, she might have been helped.

The next morning, the cats nue ... Danda, who was mutated, was mourned. The remains are buried in a communal cemetery, creating an impressive "Danda mound" for memorial service.

"Mr. Weid, Mr. Weid"

While I was at Dandazuka, Izushi and their caretakers were approaching.

They are all mourning and serious.

"Thank you last night, Mr. Weid. On behalf of the Cat race, we will give him the title of" King of Hunt. This is the most prestigious title passed down to the Cat race. "

"Thank you"

It was a prestigious title, so I'm grateful for it, but I was more pleased if it sounded a little cooler if possible.

"And I would like to hear Mr. Weid's opinion as a magician in this case."

One of the facilitators said in a modified tone, and I explained with an introductory explanation, "It's just a general matter."

"I hear that cat people are a race with a high affinity for magic. Think of them as having large vessels that can store a great deal of magic in their bodies."

Cats and magic are closely related in this world.

"And this land is overflowing with magic. It can be said that it is contaminated with high concentrations of magic. I think that mutations have occurred in cats who have accumulated a large amount of that magic."

Because magic is energy that can be anything, anything can happen.

Since it is more reactive energy than gasoline and gunpowder, it is fatal to store it lightly.

I explained so, and as an expert I had to say to the facilitators.

"Perhaps these cases will continue to happen in the future. Just because they didn't happen, the same cases would have happened in the past."

Most mutations are detrimental to survival and can easily be fatal. Most of the mutated cats would have been deadly.

In the case of Danda, the mutation happened by chance, creating a terrible monster.

That's it.

"So that's it……"

After the facilitators silenced with a difficult face, they thanked me and returned.

It was before noon that day that they offered to help, as I handed over Asson's treasure.