Chapter 568 – Side Story 71) Barbarian Knight (10)
Side Story 71) Barbarian Knight (10)
‘Why is that guy here!’
When Henry saw [Charm.Coca.Tris], He was shocked.
Other heroes, even Ice, the same monster hunter, did not know, but Henry knew about that monster well.
He would also have had a fight with that monster for a month last year. I chased after the fleeing monster to hunt it down, but it was the territory of [Charm.Coca.Tris] That I had to enter.
Henry’s prey became his prey. But as if that wasn’t enough, he started attacking Henry.
From then on, the chase between Henry and [Char.Coca.Tris] Began for a month.
At a disadvantage, of course, was Henry. Because he was his front yard. He had no time to rest, and when he tried to catch his breath for a moment, thinking that he had been bullied, he appeared like a ghost and thrust his long, repulsive head into it.
When it was more than 5 times that he faced the moment of death like that, from then on, Henry also gradually came up.
What is Monster Hunter?
A monster hunter is a hunter who hunts monsters. Not the prey, but the hunter.
Henry used his experience and knowledge to set his trap and launch a counterattack.
Usually, most monster hunters only pack the weapon and sidearm that they handle best. This is because it takes a lot of time and effort to skillfully handle multiple weapons. In addition, he focused on his main weapons and superpowers because he could fill in what he lacked with his colleagues instead.
But Henry was different. The youngest monster hunter in town learned all kinds of weapons and skills, including swords, arrows, spears, axes, throwing weapons, traps, and poison.
That’s also because Henry, unlike other monster hunters, didn’t have superpowers.
The fact that Henry was able to hunt monsters despite not having superpowers was entirely thanks to the Sanctuary Armor gifted by the Dark Knight.
Still, he couldn’t rely only on the Sanctuary Armor, so Henry focused on learning weapons and hunting.
Henry’s counterattack was fiercer than expected, and he had several opportunities to hunt down [Cheon. Coca. Tris]. However, he was also a formidable opponent for the head of the mountain.
The battle between Henry and the monster, which lasted for a month, ended in a draw.
It was because another large monster appeared in the middle and attacked [Char. Coca. Tris].
Henry, who judged that he could not kill that huge monster that was a mixture of chicken and snake with his own power, ran away while the monsters were fighting.
Still, the experience at that time served as an opportunity for Henry’s ability to hunt monsters to grow rapidly.
‘Damn!’
Looking at the hero slowly turning to stone, Henry bit his lip. The warning was delayed because I never imagined that [Cyan.Coca.Tris] Would inhabit this place.
Henry learned in great detail about his habits, characteristics, and attack patterns through a long, desperate struggle.
With a height of 8m and a body length of nearly 20m, [Charm. Coca. Tris] Was a terrifying weapon, but the most dangerous thing among them was its huge eyeballs.
When [Charm.Coca.Tris] Meets your eyes, your body hardens like a stone. Not only your body turns to stone, but everything you wear turns to stone. Henry called such a bastard’s ability [The Mystic Eye of Petrification].
In fact, if you look at his territory, you can see monsters turned to stone. The hideous monster had a very grotesque habit of turning living things into stone and eating them.
Henry also almost met eyes several times during the chase with the chicken head last year. However, Henry was able to avoid turning to stone because he was lucky enough not to see his pupils.
The head of the chicken head was as big as the eyes, and about 80% of them were occupied by the white ones.
If you only look at the whites without looking at the pupils, you will not be affected by the demonic spell of petrification.
“Eyes! Don’t look at the pupils to be precise! If you look at his pupils, you’ll turn to stone!”
Henry told the heroes what he knew. Then, the heroes who were looking down at the floor raised their heads slightly and looked at the white of the guy.
As he said, he did not turn into a stone because he did not directly look at the pupil.
“Keep tight!”
“Eww?!”
However, it was not so easy to fight only by looking at the whites. He wasn’t a motionless monster. Even if he lowered his head just a little, his eyes met with his pupils.
“Aaaaagh! My, my body!”
“Damn!”
Another hero began to turn into a stone due to the monster’s surprise eye contact attack. I already sent 2 heroes of the search team back to the pioneer base, so the number is not enough, but I already got 2 of them before I could fight properly.
Now, the remaining heroes are Arachne, the leader of the search team, Storm Shower, Big Bear, Bloodshot, and Henry and Ice as the monster hunters.
“Keep tight!”
[Charm.Coca.Tris] Pushed its head toward the stoned hero. He intended to fill his stomach and run.
Stop-!
“…”
However, the chicken head could not peck the stoned hero with its beak. It reminded me of an order my master gave me before coming here.
‘Go and play with the kids. Don’t kill me.’
The terrifying owner clearly told me not to kill him. If he disobeys orders and kills humans at will, he will have his master try to kill him.
But the Dark Knight did something unexpected,
“…Keep?”
‘Go and kill the kids. Don’t play with me.’
“… Kkokkiyooooo~!!!!!!!”
A chicken head is not a chicken head for nothing.
The chicken head, which manipulated memories arbitrarily, went on a rampage.
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“Keep on tight!!!!!”
The chicken head pushed its beak toward the heroes who had turned to stone. If you get hit by that huge beak, it will shatter!
It was then.
“Kuk!”
Before its beak pecked at the heroes, their bodies suddenly floated into the air.
Sparkle-!
Something surrounding the heroes who turned into stone shone like jewels in the sunlight. The thread spewing out of Arachne’s fingertips was launched into the air just before the chicken head’s beak touched it.
“Kkokkiyooooot~!”
The chicken head, which had lost its prey right in front of its eyes, screamed in anger. Then, he started pecking his beak at the statue of a hero floating in the air. It was a chicken head completely stuck in a stone statue of a hero.
“Sheesh!”
Seeing that, Arachne clicked her tongue and manipulated the transparent spider web to keep the hero statues from breaking. After moving to a safe place, I was planning to focus on the fight, but the monster persistently aimed only at the stone statue.
Still, thanks to her brilliant chicken head aggro, the other heroes were able to attack him.
“Uuuuu-!”
The dwarfed hero began to grow bigger and bigger. Eventually he became a bear. It was a grizzly bear reputed to be ferocious. Its size was close to 3 m.
[Big Bear], An A-class hero who turned into a bear, climbed onto the body of the chicken head and started biting at it.
Other heroes did not stand still.
“Hudadat!”
[Storm Shower], A telekinesis-type A-class hero who can move freely only with stones, moved a rock and attacked the chicken head.
“Kiyoohoh?!”
The chicken head, hit in the side by a huge rock, screamed.
Blood shot-!
“Keep tight?”
The chicken head tilted its head at the tickling feeling hitting its forehead.
“Sheesh.”
The A-class hero [Bloodshot], Who watched it from a distance through the scope, clicked his tongue.
He was a long-range sniper, but unfortunately his bullets did not work on chicken heads. Although the bullet had strong penetrating power, it could not pierce the tough skin of the chicken head.
“Sister, please step back!”
“Huh!”
Meanwhile, Henry held Ice back. Ice, who has superpowers as a healer, had a hard time doing anything in the immediate battle. If anyone was injured, he would restore them with his psychic powers, but only two heroes were injured.
It was better to hide her body in a safe place and she would step out if anyone was hurt.
Ice knew that too, so she hid herself in the place where Bloodshot was hiding in a tree without saying anything. She was safer hiding together than hiding separately.
“I will definitely kill you this time!”
Staring at the chicken head, Henry made up his mind. He was thinking of getting revenge for being chased all month before.
Of course, the object Henry dealt with then and the chicken head in front of him now were different objects, but that didn’t matter.
It was because [Char. Coca. Tris] Was the only monster Henry had not been able to hunt.
Clap-!
A hook protruded from the back of Henry’s hand. The hook flew off and caught on the crown-shaped crest above the head of the chicken head.
“Suck!”
Henry’s body floated upward as the rope attached to the hook was pulled. Because the nanoparticles were wrapped around the rope, the rope was very hard.
If he had passed by this figure, he would have been very impressed.
This is because the sanctuary armor worn by Henry was different from the sanctuary armor given to heroes. To put it simply, in addition to the supernatural ability of the body enhancer, several other functions were added.
Henry improved the Sanctuary Armor, a gift from the Dark Knight when he was young, to help him hunt monsters. Through custom functions, the usability of Sanctuary Armor was increased.
Covering the weapon with the nanoparticles that make up the Sanctuary Armor, as it is now, was one of Henry’s improved features.
“Suck!”
Henry, who skillfully bounced his back in the air and rotated his body, landed lightly on the crest of the chicken head. Aerial maneuvering was one of Henry’s specialties.
Henry pulled a dagger from his waistband. It was a dagger made by processing monster bones.
Susut-
After confirming that nanoparticles were forming at the tip of the dagger, Henry slashed the dagger at the crest. In this way, the impact applied to the dagger can be received together with the nanoparticles, preventing the dagger’s durability from falling.
Instead, the nanoparticles are damaged, but if at least one nanoparticle remains, automatic recovery is possible.
Puff-puff-!
“Kiyo oh oh oh?!”
When Henry cut the crown-shaped crest with a dagger, the chicken head, which was still chasing the hero statue, was frightened.
There is no sense of pain in the office, but the [Char. Coca. Tris] Tribe valued the office more than anything else.
For this tribe, the official rank was the standard of beauty. The bigger and more colorful the crown-shaped crest, the more popular it was.
Through the long chase, Henry knew that they valued their position.
“Keep, keep, keep!!!!!!”
“Kuk!”
The chicken head shook its head vigorously, trying to knock Henry off. However, Henry stuck the dagger into the crest and held on and endured to keep from falling.
“Good job!”
Arachne, who was moving the statues of heroes around and preventing them from getting pecked, praised Henry. Thanks to Henry’s pulling the chicken head aggro, he was able to hide the hero statues in a safe place.
It didn’t just stop at protecting colleagues.
“You’ve been looking for it, chicken head.”
It meant that Arachne, the strongest power of the search team, could participate in the battle.
Sara La La Rock-!
Transparent threads spurted from her body. The amount is invisible, but enough to wrap a huge chicken head tightly!
“Avoid Big Bear! Haaaaagh!”
“Yes!”
Big Bear, who was still clinging to the chicken head and eagerly biting off the skin, jumped down at Arachne’s cry. A transparent thread wrapped around the chicken head according to the will of the owner.
“Kokkiyo?!”
Suddenly, the body tightened tightly, and the chicken head was startled. But she wasn’t too upset about it.
“Kuk!”
It was a pity for the search team, but because it was Arachne’s thread, his body was not soft enough to burst.
“Ha!”
Realizing that Arachne had grabbed the chicken head, Henry let go of the dagger and crest and jumped up. Then, he took the long stick hung from his waist in his hand.
A thin stick could not do much damage to the chicken head, a monster.
Susut-
But what if nanoparticles clump together at the tip?
Henry concentrated most of the nanoparticles enveloping his body at the tip of the rod. Then, instead of a stick, it turned into a giant hammer.
“Haaaaagh!”
Falling towards the chicken head, Henry swung the nanoparticle hammer.
Quaang-!
“Kkokkiyoooooh clothes?!”
The hammer stuck into the chicken head.
