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
ââŠWhy, youâŠâ
âWagh!? âŠMister 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 WolfâŠand said, ââŠWhat a noisy wolf. However, I am in a good mood. After all, this seems to be my lucky day.â
âLucky day? âŠWhat happened?â
âAye. I caught some very delicious looking prey without any effort.â
âDelicious preyâŠ?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 thisâŠthe Cockatrice moved.
âYou donât know? Human meat is very tasty. EspeciallyâŠeating 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, butâŠit still spread out all around us.
The poison detection device started to vibrate violently.
ââŠYesâŠso itâs this guy after all.â
âŠUnfortunately, 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 jerkâŠ
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.
ButâŠThe Cockatrice quickly flapped his wings and dodged it.
The Fireball flew off and it exploded into a nearby tree.
âHeâs surprisingly fastâŠâ
I muttered as I put out the fire with water magic.
As the thing was so big, I had assumed that it would be slowâŠbut you couldnât judge monsters by appearances.
âWhatâŠwhat 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
ââŠI-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.
ButâŠI 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.
âWhaâŠimpossible!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
âGgggâŠgraaaagghhhh!! AâŠa mere human⊠MereâŠfoooooooood!â
The wings were very flammable.
And so the fire magic spread immediatelyâŠand the Cockatrice soon breathed its last breath.
âNowâŠthe 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.
ButâŠI 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
âŠSo, 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 thenâŠI heard the voice again.
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