âYou! Do you have no pride as a Proud Wolf? You are the servant of a human!â
âOh, shut up! If you become one of Yujiâs underlings, you would know how nice it is!â
ââŚWhy, youâŚâ
âWagh!? âŚMister Yuji, this guy is scary! Please just kill him already!â
The Proud Wolf screeched as he remained firmly planted behind the tree.
The Cockatrice looked at the Proud WolfâŚand said, ââŚWhat a noisy wolf. However, I am in a good mood. After all, this seems to be my lucky day.â
âLucky day? âŚWhat happened?â
âAye. I caught some very delicious looking prey without any effort.â
âDelicious preyâŚ?â
Was he talking about the Eagle Wolf?
The meat was considered to be bad for humans, but monsters enjoyed it.
As I thought about thisâŚthe Cockatrice moved.
âYou donât know? Human meat is very tasty. EspeciallyâŚeating a human while they are kept alive by paralysis poison!â
The Cockatrice shouted. Then he spat out a stream of purple liquid.
I see.
So the delicious prey was me.
âPhysical Reflect Barrier!â
I quickly chanted to raise the defense magic.
The barrier stopped the purple liquid, butâŚit still spread out all around us.
The poison detection device started to vibrate violently.
ââŚYesâŚso itâs this guy after all.â
âŚUnfortunately, I couldnât tame a monster that had developed a taste for human flesh.
While it was a flying monster, there were too many problems with this one.
Well, at least he was also a jerkâŚ
Otherwise, it would be harder to have to kill him.
Not only that, but he had launched an attack without warning, so there was no need to hold back.
âFireball.â
I unleashed the magic towards the Cockatrice.
ButâŚThe Cockatrice quickly flapped his wings and dodged it.
The Fireball flew off and it exploded into a nearby tree.
âHeâs surprisingly fastâŚâ
I muttered as I put out the fire with water magic.
As the thing was so big, I had assumed that it would be slowâŚbut you couldnât judge monsters by appearances.
âWhatâŚwhat was with that magic! There is no way that human magic is that strong!â
âOh, you shouldnât compare Mister Yuji with your average human! Even dragons are nothing against Mister Yuji!â
ââŚI-I donât have time to deal with such a freak!â
After hearing this, the Cockatrice sounded very surprised and frantically tried to fly away.
ButâŚI wasnât about to let a man-eating monster escape.
Besides, it was the target of a hunting quest.
âMagic-Transfer â Area Freeze: Medium!â
This time, I used freezing magic so it would not be able to dodge it.
âWhaâŚimpossible!â
The Cockatriceâs wings were frozen, and it began to fall from the sky.
As it did, I followed up with more magic.
âFireball.â
âGgggâŚgraaaagghhhh!! AâŚa mere human⌠MereâŚfoooooooood!â
The wings were very flammable.
And so the fire magic spread immediatelyâŚand the Cockatrice soon breathed its last breath.
âNowâŚthe hunt is finished. I guess the taming of a new monster will have to wait until next time.â
I said as I began to walk away.
ButâŚI thought I heard a slime say something, and so I stopped in my tracks.
âHmm? Did someone say something?â
âI didnât say anything?â
âWhatâs wrong, Yuji?â
âŚSo, I guess it was just me.
It seemed to be the case, but I perked up my ears and listened, just as a precaution.
And thenâŚI heard the voice again.
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