By rotating the rear guard and dispersing fatigue and magic power consumption, Kelpie's attack continued uninterrupted for three hours.

Kelpie's magic power was exhausting, and she was bleeding from the wounds she had received in her body, looking like she was in pain.

Of course, Kelpie also had intelligence, so she tried to tear us apart, shoot us with magic, and many other things. However, I dealt with everything by interfering with the Kelpie who was about to run out and nailing him or avoiding the magic.

These actions of Kelpie are all in the Kelpie information gathered by the players.

I thought I could crush Kelpie with these six because I had this information in my head. If this was not Kelpie, but another SS ranked monster with no information, I would have chosen to flee immediately. That's how dangerous SS rank monsters are.

Over the course of three hours, Kelpie managed to deal damage to the opponent, and the accumulated damage finally began to reach Kelpie.

”Hah... hah...”

”Hah... hah... the kelpie is the boulder...”

Now Heine and Pilate are in the back.

In a situation that can be called instant death with a single blow, even though we have been fighting for three hours while taking turns, we are also very drained, and everyone's health is approaching the limit. Surakutan, who seemed to have room at first, was already breathing on his shoulder. It's the same for all of us, including me.

"Ahh... but it's about time..."

When I looked up at Kelpie, I saw the scratches we had on her, and both her front legs were crumpled. My legs are shaking, and I'm barely standing.

"Almost there! Don't be discouraged!"

I whip my tired body and raise my voice to everyone.

"Huh... yes..."

The only people who managed to reply to me were Nil and Sura. Although the other three nodded, they seemed to be doing their best because they breathed.

Looking like this, I was just about to say that I would attack one or two more times...

As far as Kelpie was concerned, it was rather subtle which one would be stuck first. In the worst case scenario, I'll have to do my best to take out the damage.

”Hah... hah...”

Heehee!

Kelpie also felt that the settlement was approaching, and once he let out a loud chirp.

"... incoming!"

"Heehee!!"

Kelpie lifts her legs high before she trembles.

I-I 'll cum!

Goww!

In response to Kelpie's attack, Pilate's Flamespear flies in from behind.

Pilates looks pretty hard, too.

In order not to waste that magic, we must definitely do damage here.

”Haa... haa... haaaaaa!!”

Basha!

Effe squeezes out the remaining strength and raises the splash of water.

In this way, the water on the ground is very depressing. Even though there is almost no depth, it feels like your running legs are too heavy.

I think it has something to do with the weight of your clothes sucking on water... but your body feels heavy as if you're wearing an iron armor.

Still, we're blowing that fatigue with our energy, and we're putting our feet forward.

”Hee-hee!!”

Bashaaaa!!

Kelpie's front legs are knocked down, and the water on the ground jumps up hard.

However, Kelpie's movements were also very slow, and it was not so difficult to avoid the attack.

Ju!!

Flamespear flying from behind evaporates the splashed droplets as they head toward Kelpie.

Goww!

Kelpie's black Moya and the flames mingled and disappeared.

Now!!

”” ”Haha!” ”

Me, Nil, Suratan, and Effe shake their weapons at Kelpie.

Shush, shush, shush, shush, shush, shush!!

In a row, the four of us slash into Kelpie's right front leg. Everyone, this was an attack that came to the forefront of their desire to end it.

"Hiiiiiiiii!!"

Zgaan!!

Kelpie can no longer support his weight, and he breaks his legs and drops his body to the ground. Still, it's the SS rank monster's pride that keeps his body in a prone state without knocking him down. No, in the first place, the rank of the monster was set to make it easier for humans to understand the danger. It probably had nothing to do with monsters, and if I had pride, I would be a stronger pride.

That said, when this big creature falls to the ground, a huge shock will run to the ground. The ground was shaken so much that it collapsed.

"Not yet! Be careful!"

Kelpie broke her leg and fell, but she didn't die on her own. I just couldn't run around or step on it with my feet.

Don't be shy until you completely take it down!!

”Still... hah... hah... are you going to fight...?”

”Hah... hah... ahh... I wonder if it's a weak tone...?”

Even Heine and Efu, who are always fiercely arguing, have no power in their words this time. No... shouldn't we be surprised that we're even arguing at a time like this...?

Well... if you're happy to argue, you'll be fine.

"From here on out, we're all going to attack!" Watch out for magic and bite attacks! Attack from the side or the back! "

Let's go!

Huh… yes!

Heine and Pilte were the first to pop out. Then Efraim, Sulatan, and Nil ran out.

Match me!

Goww!

Activate the magic circle I prepared for you. It was an advanced fire magic, a flame wave. If it was a fan-shaped range of attack fire magic, and it was against Kelpie who was prone and unable to move, it would be the fire magic that I would bring as a trigger to launch an attack at once.

The flames that spread in front of me. It wrapped around Kelpie's right abdomen and disappeared with the black Moya.

Haaa!

Nooooo!

Shh, shh, shh, shh!

While raising the splash of water with Basha Basha, the five ran to Kelpie from the side and attacked her right abdomen.

First, Heine and Pilté stuck out their crimson claws at the same time.

"Ahhh!!"

Shh!!

Effe jumps up and runs his dagger vertically, slitting his abdomen.

”Haaaaaaa!!”

Za, za, za, za, za, shh!

Slash Tongue, with its superhuman speed and two daggers, slashes in a row.

”Haaaaaaa!!”

”Nooooooo!!”

And then Nil and I slashed in at the same time.

If I have the time to attack, of course I will.

Shh, shh, shh, shh!

Diagonally slash where Nil slashed the three, and I slash from there to the same spot.

Kelpie is already quite weak, so black Moya's momentum is loosening. Nil slashes at Kelpie's flesh, and my slashes at Kelpie's ribs.

"HIHIHI!!"

Zugagagaga!!

Until now, there were no injuries that could be called fatal injuries, but this is definitely fatal injuries.

Kelpie tries to bite us, but everyone is already away.

”Hah... hah... how about this big pig!”

Efu shouted at Kelpie with his dagger.

Kelpie's pale eyes turned toward such a foe, and it looked like she was staring...

Already, you can say that you have decided the battle.

Apparently, Kelpie didn't have any health left to attack us, and the magic power seemed to have dried up. The black Moya that was wrapped around her gradually faded and disappeared.

Kelpie's whole body is covered in black hair, and a pale pupil is stretched from the tip of her head to her neck.

Me and Surakutan have seen the figure through the screen, but it is completely different from seeing it through the screen.

I can instinctively understand that the creature Kelpie is a very powerful creature.

Kelpie doesn't make a scene after he finds out he lost to us, he just looks at us.

Kelpie, who has lived in a world of weak and strong predators, seems to have realized that he is now on the side of being hunted, and he accepts it...

Is this the style of a strong man?

We're not trying to kill Kelpie because he hates us. It was just a fight between hunting and being hunted.

Therefore, I don't want to make Kelpie suffer.

"I'll end it with a single blow."

I didn't expect Kelpie to understand people's language, but I did leave Kelpie alone.

…………………

………………

Kelpie looks me in the eye and slowly lowers his head and pulls it down in front of me.

"Sue..."

I took a narrow breath and gathered as much power as I could to the Purple Phoenix Sword with both hands.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Zaah!!!

The purple phoenix sword that I pushed down with all my strength, along with the blade of divine power, penetrated deeply into Kelpie's brain.

Kelpie once opened her eyes wide, then slowly closed her eyelids and relaxed her body.

"Even though you're a monster... you're dying like a human..."

Looking at the end of Kelpie, Efu said such a thing with an indescribable expression, wondering if it was different from what he expected.

"Monsters are creatures, too." If you live longer and have more intelligence, you may end up dying just like people do. ”

……………

The Heine vampire tribe was originally treated as a monster in the past, and because of that, there was a conflict with the demon tribe, so it can be seen that monsters are enemies to the demon tribe as well. And perhaps the monsters are just creatures that attack people, and I think most people think that there are no other emotions there.

In fact, most monsters come to see and attack people, and they're not mistaken. If your hands are blunted by strange emotions, you will die.

However, we know that not all monsters are.

Rat, Ricka, and Pure Slime were monsters in the first place. Although it was an individual who had undergone a change unlike an ordinary monster called the Holy Beast, it must have been a monster.

And if you listen to the stories of Lato's past, you can see that monsters also have feelings as creatures.

That's why I won't let you out... but just like the NPCs in this world, monsters have emotions and are not created to just kill people.

"Don't think too much." If you don't, they'll kill you. It's a fact that doesn't change. ”

"... I know. I'm no different from being an enemy."

"Even so... you can really defeat me..."

Heine looks up at the breath-taking Kelpie and says as she regains her breath. He said it was unbelievable.

"I can't believe you defeated Kelpie with only six people... even if you go back to the demon world and talk to someone, you won't believe it."

"That's right... even if you bring in the material, you probably won't believe it." Well, I don't want you to want to tell anyone or believe me. "

"I'll let you use Kelpie's materials properly."

So... this size will also go into the inventory...? "

At first glance, the carriage was confirmed to be in the inventory, but Kelpie's size was not twice that of the carriage.

"I guess I'll just have to try..."

From the results... nothing in particular, it was stored in the inventory. When Kelpie enters the room, there is probably no limit to the size.

It's just that even though there's so much big stuff in there, it says "Kelpie's corpse" in the notation. That makes me feel lonely.

"But... I'm tired..."

”If I keep fighting the boulder for three hours, I don't want to move anymore...”

"It looks like this was Kelpie's territory, and I don't think any other monsters will come by today or tomorrow, so it should be safe for a while."

"There is no problem even if you take enough time to rest your body."

"Yes. The problem is..."

"This water..."

I tried to take down Kelpie, but the place we're in is flooded. I can't sit down and take a break from the boulders.

"I'll build a place where I can rest with earth magic, so let's rest there today." Just give me a minute. ”

"Master, I too..."

"Nil, take a rest, too. There wasn't any magic left. It's no waste to use magic medicine to rest from now on."

"I-I see..."

Nil herself knew that her magic power was about to be exhausted. Nil nods when I tell him to do it right.

Don't worry, I'll stroke your head, and you'll be all right.

So we managed to beat Kelpie to the brink of a night out in front of the lake.

As Heine said, there were no monsters coming from the surrounding area, and everyone could rest until they were completely revived.

And the next day.

Is it possible to cross the lake?

"Yes, I think the water level is about the knee at the deepest point."

Heine and Pilte looked into the depths of the lake and concluded that it was possible to cross it on foot.

"Good. Then we'll cross the lake and head north."

"Do I have to go through that Monster House Modoki again..."

"I know how you feel, but since you came out once, you don't have to go far, and you don't have any other choice?"

I know, but...

"It's okay. By the time we get through the other side of the lake, the density of monsters will have eased a bit."

Come on! Let's go! "

"Yes..."

Heine rushes his legs toward the lake.

The lake seems to be on a fairly gentle slope, and it gradually deepens.

"It's a beautiful place..."

As you put your feet forward in the lake, the ripples slowly spread, and the light of the sun reflected on the waves glitter in your eyes.

Inside the lake, small fish are swimming, and when the ripples pass, they go swimming somewhere in a hurry. The water is clear enough to see it.

"Without monsters, it's not a strange place to be."

We were jabbing and making water noises, but there was no sign of any monsters from around us, and we were talking in peace and moving forward.

I thought about building a boat and crossing it, but it was too shallow and I was walking.

"Because you defeated Kelpie, it may be the first and last time you see this lake without monsters."

"If you ask me... take a screenshot..."

"Ahahaha! Haha!"

Our feelings are somewhat softened by the spectacle of too much beauty in an area called the Tsubaki of Chaos.

Effe-san? Is something wrong?

Walking north, Nil noticed a quiet Effe and called out.

"Ah. No. It's not like something happened."



"However... when I was moving around as a black dog, I didn't particularly think of anything when I saw this kind of sight... but now that I've given up the role of a black dog... somewhere, it looks a little different..."

Don't you like the landscape?

No, no!

So, what do you like about the landscape?

"I like it... honestly, I don't know. It's just... it has to be bad..."

"Fufufu. Isn't that bad? Looks like Efu-san."

I-Is that you...?

"I think Efu-san has lived a world where he was killed and killed as a black dog. If I were to borrow your master's words, would it be the environment that was killed...?"

……………

We listen only to Nil and Effe's conversation.

"As you can see from the shackles, I have been in a deadly environment for a long time."

Nil put her hands on her shackles and slightly clouded her expression.

"However, I met your mistress and took her out of such a world."

Since then, the scenery, the people and everything in front of me have become beautiful. It's not so bad what Efu-san said... ”

That said, Nil's smile shows that it's beautiful without having to look at it.

"I was also confused at first, but that's how I gradually saw something different in my eyes, and I noticed it at some point.

Ah... this must be a treasure for me... "

"Treasure..."

"I think that all of them, including those that are in shape and those that are not, shape my existence.

Even if it's not a bad feeling now, it will definitely be important to you someday. That's why I thought this sight wasn't bad. Take care of it now. "

I didn't know Nil was thinking that... but I'm going to cry a little...

"Take care of what I thought wasn't bad..."

Hearing Nil's words, Efraim turns his attention to his surroundings once more.

I don't know what kind of life Effe lived, and I don't want to know. Maybe Effe doesn't want to talk about it.

However, I think that the EF is moving away from such a life and gradually changing in various parts. I think it's up to her to decide whether it's a good change or a bad change... I'm sure it's not a bad change.

While listening to the conversation between the two of us, we also look around and enjoy the view.

I can't take pictures, but I can burn them to my eyes. Another scenery I wanted to keep in my head.