Chapter 406 – #407 Hunt on the Hunt (2)
#407 Hunt on the Hunt (2)
“You guys dare to do bad things I couldn’t do? I can’t stand that.”
No matter what anyone says, I am Dark City, no, the strongest villain in the universe. In fact, our relationship would have been reversed if we had met as enemies because I was a sworn brother to Thanos.
This is the Universe Cheongchuleoram!
Anyway, since the beastmen are hunting humans, I have to go hunting the beastmen too. Like a villain, let’s do bad things together.
“Are you thinking of going outside?”
“Oh, what a surprise!”
When I came out, the Dark Lady burst out of my shadow. I was so surprised that I cursed without even realizing it.
“Uh… I’m sorry, Master. I didn’t expect you to be so surprised…”
Suddenly, the Dark Lady who had been cursed by me shrank. It was shocking that I was the one who cursed at me, not anyone else, and that it was me who was cursed at.
“No. I didn’t know… I was very surprised, right? I’m sorry.”
“Oh, no, Master. I’m more sorry.”
“No. I’m more sorry.”
“No, I’m more…”
“Sweep! I say I’m more sorry, but will you keep doing that? Let’s say I’m more sorry for this and move on. Okay?”
“Yes…”
When he clicked his tongue and spoke firmly, it was the Dark Lady who nodded. However, despite my continued apologies, her shoulders were still drooping.
Oops, was it that shocking that you were scolded by me? It was a real mistake… Oh, yes.
“Liella.”
“Yes?”
“Would you like to go for a walk with me?”
“You mean a walk?”
The dark lady tilted her head, and soon after, her face turned red as if she was imagining something.
“Yes, I want to go. I definitely want to go.”
And shyly nodded her head. Even emphasize the word must. Why is he like this Ah, were you expecting the forest sec I mentioned earlier?
“But it’s not exactly a walk.”
“Yes? Then…?”
“To be precise… You can call it hunting.”
“Hunting? At this hour?”
“Uh. I’m going to suffer… No, even at this late hour. I’ll have to hunt some cubs who might be having a good time.”
“?”
The Dark Lady, unaware of the context, just put on a puzzled expression.
“I’ll tell you the details as we go. Let’s go.”
“Ah, yes. By the way, Master.”
“Huh?”
“Shouldn’t you tell others and go?”
“That’s true, but… The alter ego remains anyway, so I’ll tell you later. For now, just the two of us, let’s go. Okay?”
“… Yes. Okay.”
When I asked, poking her cheek, she smiled shyly and nodded her head.
*****
As expected by Steel Armor, the beastmen’s hunt for humans continued at night.
Aaaaa-!
“Damn!”
The tiger beastman who was searching the surroundings burst into anger at the sound of a scream coming from afar. It was already the third scream.
Tigers were not the only beasts who moved along with Zero.
Nine’s Cat Beast, Three’s Owl Beast, and finally Two’s Wolf Beast. There were prisoners who followed Won, but they headed to the Dark City on Zero’s orders.
Anyway, the absolute advantage in night hunting was the owl beastmen and cat beastmen. And among them, owls were especially advantageous.
They are nocturnal, sleeping during the day and active mainly at night, and are bright at night. In addition, owl beastmen have their own deadly weapons.
It was just the wings.
Its silent flight allows its prey to remain unaware of its approach until it is captured by an owl-man.
However, no matter how strong the owls were at night, falling behind them was unacceptable to the tigers, who prided themselves on being top predators.
Sniff-! Sniff-!
The tiger beastman continued to sniff and twitch his nose. He pursued a foreign smell that he couldn’t feel in the forest.
Sniff- sniff?
“… Flaw.”
Eventually, he succeeded in smelling the human flesh. A deep smile was drawn on the tiger’s mouth. It was a smile full of excitement about hunting.
Squeak-!
It pulled over the tiger skin that was draped over his shoulders. Instead of a human, a large yellow tiger stood on all fours.
The tiger-man quietly walked towards the place where the smell of flesh came from. If the owl-bearer was capable of noiseless flight, he himself was capable of noiseless walking.
“Ugh…”
Not long after, the tiger beastman was able to find a shivering human hiding behind a large rock. He must have been a monster hunter, and his physique was quite large compared to other prey. Perhaps he was greater than he was in his human condition.
‘What is he wearing over his head?’
The frightened human had something pulled over his head. He was made of black cloth.
‘Well, it doesn’t matter.’
The tiger beastman did not take it seriously. No matter what he’s wearing on his head, he just needs to dig his claws into human flesh and savor its screams.
He lowered himself on the rock and prepared for his hunt. The tiger beast man attacked the human without a sound.
“Ugh… Peek-a-boo!”
“…!”
No, he didn’t pounce.
The moment the tiger beastman flew away, the human turned around. As if he knew of his existence from the beginning.
In addition, the human actions that followed were very shocking to the tiger beastman. The human reached out and grabbed his own neck. The grip was so strong that the tiger beastman couldn’t breathe.
“Hey Tiger?”
“Keep, keke… Keke!”
The tiger beast man swung his legs and scratched the human body with his claws. However, whether his body was made of iron or his claws were weak, there were no scratches on his human body.
Steel Armor, a human who met eyes with a captured tiger, spoke.
“Why So Serious?”
“…!”
The moment he met the deadly eyes of the empty skeleton, the beastman of the tiger urinated. And before his urine fell to the ground, his neck snapped.
*****
[Psychic [Cloak of Thorns (Lv. 7)] Tattoo has been added.]
I removed the system phrase that appeared in front of me and put the dead tiger beast in my inventory. What is [Cloak of Thorns] A psychic power?
Like the Green Forest clan, the Beasts all had psychic powers. All the captains had the [Monster hunter] Superpower, and the subordinates had other superpowers.
I don’t know why only the captain level has [Monster Hunter]. And even if I knew why, it didn’t matter now.
“Tsk.”
He clicked his tongue at the feeling left in his hand. It was a successful lure and hunting, but the taste was bitter.
“You shouldn’t kill me so gracefully.”
I had to injure the body and inflict enough pain before killing it, but I couldn’t do that. I couldn’t waste my time torturing them unless I knew how many prisoners were currently in the forest.
The more time I waste, the more people will die fleetingly in the woods.
So, unfortunately, there was no time to waste on torture.
Aaaaa-!
A desperate scream echoed from far away.
Who was victimized? Or will the Dark Lady hunt the Beasts?
“It’s going to be a long night.”
Either way, many people will die tonight. And among those people, the beastman who considered himself a predator was no exception.
‘Hmm?’
Then, I felt something approaching from behind. I couldn’t hear any sound, but I couldn’t fool the senses of a level 11 body enhancer.
Above all, my second prey was the owl beast.
As my senses lead me, after one second, I leaned forward and at the same time lifted my legs backwards.
“Oops?!”
The legs stretched all the way up and hit the face of the owl flying towards me. He let out a moan, and those were the last words he uttered in this life.
The owl’s head exploded like a balloon and fell to the floor.
[Psychic [Steelization (Lv. 7)] Tattoo has been added.]
“Collect this too. Let’s protect nature.”
I put the corpse of the headless owl beast in the inventory and moved the location.
“Huh…”
“Huh?”
As I was walking, I heard someone sobbing. When I went in the direction of the sound, in a hole in a large tree, an old woman was trembling with her two small children in her arms. The sound was the sound of children.
“Hey grandma.”
“Haha…!”
“Quaaaaah!”
“Aaaaang!”
As they spoke, the three of them screamed at the same time.
“Whoaaaaagh!”
So I screamed in the same way. I’m a smart man who knows how to scream when others scream.
“Sa-save! Please… You can eat me, but please save the children…!”
Grandmother didn’t even check my face, got down on her knees and begged me to save her children.
“Aaaaah, don’t bully my grandma, you bad guys!
“Please save me! Please…”
The boy burst into tears and pounded her leg with her fern-like fist, while the older sister begged for her hands to be her feet.
No what did I do…!
“Hey? Granny? Guys? I’m not a bad man? Oh, of course I’m a bad person, but I’m a bad but good man who knows how to respect the elderly and protect the children.”
What bullshit am I talking about? I do not know. People I didn’t touch gathered together and shed tears like chicken poop, so I was terribly embarrassed and spit out bullshit.
“Hmm.”
But don’t be careless, I quickly checked the bodies of the grandmother and the two children for animal skins. Couldn’t it be a beastman who pretends to be weak and then hunts?
‘No.’
I don’t know if I should call this a relief, but the three of them weren’t wearing animal skins anywhere. A beastman values his hide more than anything else, so he never lets it off his body. Therefore, these three people meant that they were people.
“Huh, aren’t you Hunter?”
In any case, her grandmother, who had been planting her head on her ground, cautiously raised her head, as if she sensed no hostility from my words.
“Huh uh uh!”
“Grandma?!”
And she fainted at the sight of me. Why?!
No, I’m wearing a mask with a skull on it, but it’s not to the point of fainting!
“Grandma! Wake up! Grandma!”
“Grandma! Grandma!”
“Aaaaa,, the grandmother died.”
“You’re not dead, you little rattlesnake!”
She simply passed out, but her grandmother was not dead. She calmed her weeping baby boy and summoned his alter ego (Mark Sam) in the Dark City.
“Eutcha!”
“Kyaa! Help me!”
“Aaaaa!”
“I’ll save you, so stay calm.”
With a stunned grandmother and her two children on my side, I (Mark Sam) sprinted in the direction where the village was.
“Oh, I’m sweating.”
It seemed like a storm had raged. When the real grandmother passed out, I was frightened that she might not have passed away. She said a storm of cold sweat ran down her back!
“This won’t work.”
Even though there was a shortage of manpower, it was too short.
Hunting beastmen could be done with just me and the Dark Lady, but it was impossible to send people to Monster Hunter Village. Apart from the fact that prisoners were everywhere, it was early in the morning and I couldn’t find my way.
“How many kids should I call right now?”
It was because of Sujeongi and Alice that the two of them came out alone with the Dark Lady. Currently, the two were taking care of the injured along with the villagers.
I treated those with severe wounds, but there were so many that it was impossible to treat them all. So, patients who were not likely to die immediately were left alone.
But Sujeong and Alice must be so pretty. What if the townsfolk do bad things against their beauty?
There is no absolute strong beastman, but there were excellent monster hunters in the village who were recognized for their supernatural powers even though they were human and were given numbers by beastmen.
That’s why I left the other kids and everything and my alter ego (Maktu) in the village.
Of course, I know that if I touch Sujeongi and Alice, I will fall behind, but… Well? Aren’t human beings moths that know how to die but can’t overcome their desires?
As long as I can’t protect my women because I’m taking care of strangers, I will stop it no matter what.
