Chapter 22: Hunting competition (4)

[Physis's POV]

When I rode my horse as fast as I could and arrived at the destination where the mother monster was headed, it was the place where princesses were waiting.

The mother monster frantically thrust her head to attack a certain princess who was trembling in fear while hugging that baby monster in her arms. And Adilun was desperately using magic to protect that princess.

The good news was that it was still not too late. And as soon as I witnessed that scene, I immediately grabbed the throwing spear that was hanging from the horse’s saddle and threw it.

Wedge-!

A bloody sound piercing the air was heard, and the spear flew and stuck into the body of the monster whose head was buried in the protection magic.

Bang!

Its body bounced off from the impact of the spear, but the impact itself did not seem to be that great.

The spear, which must have been properly pierced into its torso, gradually began to protrude out of its body. It seemed to be a specie with quite a bit of self-regeneration ability.

Just in case, to confirm my doubts I examined it with my mana eyes. And the reason why the spear fell from the monster's body was as excepted. The dark and turbid airflow of mana in its body was healing its body on its own.

Not only that but mana and magic did not work on it either, as if it was the special property of its leather and fur.

And looking around, I saw signs of all sorts of magic, so it seemed that Adilun had used offensive magic to defeat it, but it didn’t seem to work.

In other words, it was a monster that was no different from a natural and worst enemy to the magicians who could not use mana to strengthen their bodies.

It was a fairly high-ranking monster, but if there were knights, it wouldn’t have been able to rampage like this. It seemed that this happened while the knights were away because something else had happened.

'If I hadn’t lost my way, I would have been in big trouble.'

It was only now that I understood that Adilun was only using protective magic and it was the best she could do. It was fortunate that she was able to distract the monster and protect everyone.

If it wasn’t for that, everyone here would be in danger.

I calmly took a stance, strengthened my body with mana, and watched all of that monster's actions with my mana eyes.

Judging from the speed at which it was running earlier, it was clear that I would not be able to keep up with its speed with my current body, so I had to aim for the moment it rushed towards me.

Fortunately, it was clear that it was looking at me as a top priority to eliminate, perhaps because I had attacked it earlier.

It will move to get rid of me and get its baby back. I had to kill it before that.

“Physis! Internal attacks using mana or magic do not work on that monster!”

I nodded my head as if to say not to worry, at Adirun’s urgent shout that I suddenly heard.

At that moment, I kicked the ground, and a golden remnant disturbed its eyes.

"Come at me!"

The figure of the monster approaching me at a creepy speed was terrifying to watch, but I was ready.

But with my current level, It was obvious to me that I will not be able to keep up with its speed, and it was normal for me not to be able to see it properly. If I had the level of my previous life, It would not have been the case.  I would not miss any of its movements and maybe I will be able to defeat it in instant.

'But now is not the time for thinking that. I should focus on dealing with its first. Yes, this will do the work...'

I saw it opening its mouth and rushing to crush me with its teeth.

Which muscles it was moving, where its feet were going, all of that information was captured by my mana eyes, so no matter how fast it was going, I knew where it is or will be going.

'Yes, this point will be the point where it and I collide.'

I put the rotation from my feet and waist on my fist and struck at that point.

Banng!

What came out was the roar of metal colliding with each other.

That monster went out again. However, as I saw earlier, its body seemed to be incomprehensible.

As expected, the monster rose up again and fired at me again with the intent to kill, but that attack never reached me. And whenever its attack misses, my fist hits its head.

No matter how hard the fabric was, if you keep hitting one point, it will break through.

Perhaps it realized that it couldn’t just aim for biting, so it tried many things, such as using its claws, changing the direction of its attack, and tricking my movements.

But all of those things didn’t even hit me in any way, and I found an opening in the monster and attack it again with more power.

Wow!

Judging from the fact that the shape of its hand was gradually changing, it seemed that its skin had been damaged considerably.

The rapid speed and sharp movements it showed earlier gradually became dull and slow, and because of that, I was able to approach it easily.

As I approached it like that, the moment I was about to finish it, a stream of black light suddenly exploded from its body, and its golden hair began to turn black.

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[Adilun's POV]

Physis’ power was astonishing.

'Is that the person I knew?'

In dealing with monsters, he did not show even a single point of shrinkage, and his posture was simple but firm. The outstretched fist was swift and powerful, and the monster couldn’t stand it and fell out.

I couldn’t even properly see the monster’s movement with my eyes, but as a matter of fact, how did he see all of that? Every time the monster rushed at him, he stretched out his fist like a thunderbolt to block the monster.

What’s even more surprising was that he was now in a simple hunting outfit. He wasn’t armed, he was hitting the monster’s strong body with his bare fists without gauntlets.

'Oops, this is not the time to be distracted like this.'

I quickly approached Princess Aristata.

“Princess! wake up! You have to go that way!”

“Ahhh…”

Princess Aristata seemed to be in a state of panic, her eyes blurred. So I forcibly grabbed her arm and led her.

“You don’t have time to be like this! Hurry up and put that baby monster down and follow me!”

Even when I pressed her, she couldn’t come to her senses. It was understandable since it was the first time she felt the threat of a monster, but as the situation was, the more she behaved like this, the more problem she will create for Physis.

It can’t go on like this. I raised mana and used magic to cancel the state of mental confusion. Commonly known as mental stimulation magic. It was magic that stimulated the mind and forcibly awakened the confused mind.

Goo!

The mana that left my hand flowed into her.

“Oh!”

For an instant, she was startled and came to her senses.

“Ahh. Sorry, sorry, Princess Rodenov.”

“Are you come to your senses now? Move quickly.”

“What about this baby monster?”

I saw the baby monster in her arms.

“Let’s put it down for now, and move that way. That mother monster is definitely aiming for its baby. If you don’t let go of the baby monster, the mother monster will continue to target you.”

“Yes Yes.”

But seeing that pitiful face of hers, I spoke to her firmly.

“Calm down. Now is not the time to feel sympathy for monsters. Princess Glosuna. You almost died because of that monster baby. So please move quickly.”

After removing the baby monster from her arms, I set it down on the ground and quickly took her away.

“I... I’m sorry.”

Princess Aristata said to me.

When we finally arrived at the place where the other princesses were, I spoke to Princess Aristata, who was still in shock.

“It’s not a bad thing to have sympathy for a poor animal. However, that was a monster, a demonic spirit which are beings that feed on human negative emotions and are born. Perhaps the reason why the mother monster bore its cubs is because of the negative emotions of humans. As such, it is extremely dangerous for humans.”

“… …Yes. Sorry, I was immature.”

“I'm glad you understand. But first of all, It is not over and I’m going to support Physis, so stay still.”

The moment I turned my gaze toward Physis, the golden hair of the monster was turning black. So I shouted in worry.

"Runaway!!"

This is a phenomenon that appears when a monster’s life is in danger, and all the dark mana remaining in the monster’s body is triggered and instantly gains overwhelming ferocity and strength.

As evidence of that, its body swelled up considerably, and even its claws and teeth began to turn black.

"That’s dangerous."

I immediately gritted my teeth and collected mana…

At that moment, I witnessed an amazing sight.

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