The World Is Overflowing with Monster, I’m Taking a Liking to This Life

Run the bike.

The engine noise is so quiet that you can hear the noise around you.

From City Hall to its destination, the militia garrison, is approximately an hour and a half away.

The map is in my head, and I've reviewed it over and over and I remember the route just fine.

(... well, I don't expect it to go as planned)

There will definitely be some trouble along the way.

There are a number of places where that big tree can't pass by blocking the road by example, and a monster raid is expected.

I'd rather drive because I think there's something there.

I've never been cautious.

"Proficiency reached a certain level."

Skill riding has gone up from LV2 to 3.

Oh, I think I've got a higher level of riding.

He stayed LV1 because he was swinging points over other skills, but apparently he was gaining proficiency.

Skills accumulate proficiency if you continue to use them, increasing the level even if you don't shake points.

"Ride" literally seems to gain proficiency if you keep riding.

Even motorcycles I've never driven before can ride in this way, and if I get to a higher level, I guess I can ride in a different vehicle.... That's one of the purposes of this one.

"But wow, your driving skills..."

Fujita squeaks as impressed as he gets caught in the back.

'Riding' doesn't teach him, so he seems to be purely impressed with my driving.

Well, a pretty girl who's not even old enough for what I saw is riding her motorcycle more than a pro.

Is it impossible to think so?

(What about skills... well, shut up. for now)

By the way, what he's grabbing is a belt attached to the seat, not my body.

For once, you must be taking care of me now.

(Even so, this is a trip between a guy in disguise as a beautiful girl and Osama...)

It's a terrible picture.

What a gainful combination.

I'm sure the screen wouldn't hold up if it didn't look like Mr. Itinose.

"Next intersection to the right."

Copy that, sir.

Follow the instructions and turn the intersection.

So far so good.

There's no sign of a monster, and there's no such thing as a big tree in the example blocking the road from getting through.

Well, it's still near City Hall around here.

Fujita must also be choosing a relatively safe route.

(Isn't the problem since we left near the national highway...)

From around there, Fujita and the others will be out of range.

It also means it will be an unknown realm for them.

Same goes for me, though.

"It's time to get out near the national highway"

"Oh, drive with care"

With that said, the 'Crusade Zone' that the mayor was talking about was certainly up to here.

It is said that a radius of five hundred meters from City Hall and a range of approximately one kilometre in diameter makes it a 'crusade zone' for designated monsters.

(Which means if we go over there, we can at least avoid fighting that golem)

Even for me, I want to avoid the encounter, the battle, at the moment.

Though there are some newly acquired mass weapons (jetty blocks), I don't think that's all we can do to take him down.

I want something else. There's another thing that makes a decision.

(Fujita tells me that the militia base there carries out massive exercises every year, at this time of year)

It's not an open military exercise that brings together tens of thousands of people like the so-called "well." They have exercises close to it.

So it seems likely that ammunition, missiles, cannons, etc. are also in place for the exercise.

Where the hell did you get that information? It's the bureau. There will probably be exchanges with other provinces and militias.

(He said he had personal acquaintances too, and I guess he relies on that person)

I was in the middle of thinking about that, hoping it would work.

"- Huh!"

I suddenly stopped the bike.

Even with the brakes on, thanks to his skills, he remains quiet, but Fujita behind him conveyed signs of upset.

"Hey, what's up?

"... look at that one"

"Is that it?...... ugh!

Fujita also changed his expression when he saw the sight.

It was a giant crater that was there.

A huge crater that will be more than ten meters in diameter.

Further, the surrounding buildings have been knocked down, the ground has all burst up, and huge chunks of rock are rolling over there.

(... a battle trail with a monster? No, but at this scale...)

More destructive than the screams of High Oak or Dark Wolf's 'Darkness'.

If so, there is only one possible idea.

It's that golem.

That giant golem fought someone here.

It would be reasonable to think so.

"Fujita, this is..."

"Oh, I guess that golem did it..."

Fujita seems to have the same idea.

"This. Then you can't get through here... We're gonna go a little farther, but we're gonna take a detour."

"Right..."

I don't know when the Golem will show up again.

I was just going to leave this place.

"... hmm?

"What's up, Ichinose?

"... this"

I was falling at my feet. Pick it up.

Demon Stone. That's pretty big too.

Some are as big as fists.

"Is that a demon stone? That's a lot bigger."

"Right."

The purple demon stone is firmly heavy, claiming its presence in the hands.

But the next moment, I got a tingle and a crack.

"Huh?"

"Whoa?"

You shouldn't have put a lot of effort into it, but the Demon Stone quickly shattered and wore out.

"Dude, what's going on?

"Wow, I don't know. Suddenly there was a crack..."

Even as I tried to collect the fallen fragments, they now collapsed and disappeared like sand at the moment I grabbed them.

I've never seen anything like this before.

I can't believe the Demon Stone can crush...

I tried to see if I could just put the crushed sand in the item box, but I couldn't.

So you're saying the Demon Stone has to go in just the way it is? No, but...

"Ichinose, let's think about it later. Anyway, we have to leave here now."

"Right."

You're absolutely right.

Once we shelved the questions that came to mind, we immediately followed the scene.

Then about enough.

There were no alarming golem raids, and we were traveling well along the national highway.

(After all, what was that demon stone...?

While driving, I still think about the Demon Stone and that battlefield earlier.

The fact that the golem fought only with you must have made the opponent quite strong.

(But... at least I guess that golem won)

Otherwise one of the mayor's conditions should have been achieved.

I checked with Fujita, but he said the mayor's terms of expansion have no problem if someone else accidentally clears them.

This seems to have happened before, and Fujita accidentally took the action the mayor had to take, and the conditions were met.

What an ambiguity.

But it's true that the terms of this one are just described as' crusades' and nothing is described as' who '.

Coincidence or accident, if the target dies, that would certify him as a 'crusade'.

Whatever way you want, you can take it down anyway.

The process or means are irrelevant.

All you need is results.

What a simple and cruel rule.

(But they still don't tell me the penalty for failing)

Not only me, but Nishino and you seem to be concerned about the matter. He asked Fujita and Shimizu chief questions several times, but he was flabbergasted and teased each time.

No, it looked like Chief Shimizu really didn't know, but Fujita knew something and felt signs that he was hiding it.

(If I can hear it out well during this expedition...... hmm?

There was a reaction to 'Hostility Sensing'.

Thoughts are drawn back to reality.

Stop the bike immediately.

"... what's going on, Ichinoseh?

Shut Fujita in the back with his gaze and observe the surroundings.

... I'm here.

It's a sign of a monster. That's multiple, too.

(Are you hiding when you are not where you can see...)

Some places in "Sovereignty" can be narrowed down.

We're in the middle of the road right now.

There are a number of shields around that seem to be able to hide themselves from broken buildings and debris.

Still, what is this strange discomfort I feel from earlier?

I feel my body moves slightly dull......

Aka, I asked for it.

(…) sieve.

Put a pseudo acorn in your hand and I'll look around too.

Acorns in this state can be properly used as' guns'.

The bullet is made in advance by Mr. Itinose's "Bullet Creation".

Thirty shots in all. You can't shoot for nothing.

"Coming!

"Huh... ok"

Fujita also gets off the bike and sets up a handax.

Sure the profession was' Axeman '?

I'd love to see you and live, but I can't keep you out of my mind either.

"Kishaaaaaaaa!"

It was a giant spider who showed up from the rubble.

It would be easy to understand if you could imagine a tarantula the size of a lion.

(Wow, yeah! That's creepy! What the hell!

Just like a black G, you have a spine on the look of physiological disgust.

Instantly put up a gun (aka) and fire.

"Gichu!"

The giant spider was shot through the brow and deathbed.

The yellow demon stone rolls.

"You've earned experience."

All right. There are three signs left to react to 'Sovereignty'.

"Fujita! This spider, the outer shell, is not that hard. I'm coming from you!

"Leave it to me!"

Behind my back.

To Fujita's whereabouts, a giant spider who was also hiding looms.

"Nooooooooooooooooo!

Fujita goes in with an axe.

And I shook it down as much as I could toward the other guy's head.

"Giti!"

But the giant spider dodged this just before.

I try to fight back as it is, but Fujita's attack was not over yet.

The shaken axe chooses the ground wide as it is, and its fragments are scattered around it like scatterbullets.

(That's so powerful... I'm the skill 'Crushing Attack')

Fujita's profession "Axeman" has the skill "Crushing Attack".

Literally, they're skilled at 'crushing' the opponent they attacked with an axe.

"Giti!"

The giant spider flies backwards.

But that behavior is what Fujita is after.

"Wow!

Fujita threw another handax that was hanging on her hips.

The axe hits the belly of a giant spider to be sucked in.

Drops of yellow fluid overflow.

"Kiiiiiiiiiii!"

The spider makes an odd noise as he beeps and fangs.

Oh, that's disgusting!

If you're about a big rat, you still have cuteness, but a big insect is nothing but fear. Something spiritual is galloping.

"Todome!

Again, Fujita approached the giant spider and cracked its brain weather.

Yellow liquid splashes and eventually demonic stones roll at his feet.

Two more. I have a reaction to "Sovereign Enemy," but it's oddly dull.

Where the hell are you...?

"Ichinose, are you okay?

Fujita is approaching us.

At its foot.

The manhole underneath moved faintly.

"Fujita! Please leave there now!

"Huh?"

In a moment, a spider appeared about a turn smaller than the others earlier from the manhole.

(well, you were dull because you were under the ground)

Further, the spider opened his mouth wide and threw a bright white thread at Fujita.

"Oh, what the hell!?"

Fujita tries to shake it off, but the thread is sticky and can't be removed inside.

"Fujita!

I'll put up my gun right away.

But shortly afterwards - Gakun and I broke up.

"Huh...!?"

What? I can't move my body well.

'Crisis Sensing' sounds the alarm.

Take a good look at your body.

Yarn.

Thinner yarn than you can see unless you gaze at the reinforced eye with "Five Senses Enhancement".

That was tangled all over my body.

(Well, is this the identity of the discomfort I've been feeling since earlier!

Damn it. I was alarmed. Is this yarn responsible for the bluntness of the movement?

One at a time, no big deal. So much so that 'Crisis Sensing' does not react.

But over time, he shows his true worth.

A number of threads are entangled, and if they become bundles, the movement becomes duller and duller this way.

This was literally their spider's nest.

"Kissie!"

The giant spider attempts to attack Fujita, who is unable to move.

I'm not free to try to set up an acorn, either.

(Damn, don't you have time to get lost)

I just have to use the item box.

But the next moment, me and Fujita's body glowed pale.

"What?

When the light subsided, suddenly the power gushed.

Pull and chop, I put up a gun (Aka).

"Eat!"

Pa! and a dry gunshot sounds.

I had hair in between. The giant spider that was about to be eaten by Fujita died as it was.

Now what the hell is left?

Where are you? Where are you?

But wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

"Apparently, it was the last time now"

Pull the spider thread a thousand times and Fujita comes this way.

"No, please don't be alarmed. We're still close."

The 'Sovereign' reaction has not disappeared.

He's still lurking somewhere.

Being alert to your surroundings,

"Kyu...... Kyu! Kikyu!

I heard voices.

Look in that direction.

There was something in the shadow of the bush, a chunk of yarn like basketball.

From the feel of color, it would be that giant spider yarn.

"Kew! Cucumber!"

The yarn balls are rocking left and right, raising an odd voice.

"What the...?

"Come on, what is it?

That size. Maybe the spider kid or something from earlier is hiding?

"Whatever it is, it is dangerous to approach. Let's shoot from here."

"Right."

I put up my gun and try to pull the trigger.

But just before that, something jumped out of the chunk of yarn.

"Kyu! Kyu! Cucumber!"

It was a little fox.

No, something like a fox, to be exact.

(Animals......? No, it's probably a monster, that)

It's about the size of a cat, but its tail makes up half of its body.

The tail is round as a tampon's cotton wool, and its furrows gleam golden in the light of day.

And most importantly, it's the red jewel embedded in its forehead.

Characteristics unlikely to be found in ordinary animals.

She looks adorable, but that would definitely be a monster, too.

"Cucumber..."

The fox is staring at this one.

(Did those giant spiders catch you...)

I guess he got tangled up in that thread just like we did.

You mean we went through before they ate us?

Then a voice echoed in my head.

Lesser Carbuncle looks at you like he's one of us.

Do you want to be one of them?:

... Huh?