Episode 257 Just Attack the Weaknesses (2)
Kaaaak!
The leader, Owlbear, also ran forward with an even more ferocious roar.
As she got closer to Owlbear, Jiselle suddenly stopped walking.
Dddddddddd!
Due to inertia, Giselle’s feet left long lines on the ground as she glided towards Owlbear.
Kaaaaaaah!
Owlbear raised his claws high and tried to strike down on the approaching Giselle.
“Ugh!”
But Giselle’s movements were faster. Before Owlbear and Giselle’s bodies could collide, his greatsword drew a large circle.
Crunch!
The head of the running monster rose high into the sky. The headless body shook for a moment before falling to the ground.
Kuung!
As Owlbear fell, Jiselle looked back and smiled brightly.
“See? If you blow off their heads, they all just die. You can get their hides cleanly, too. Most monsters die without their heads. The numbers are similar, so each person takes one.”
“… … .”
The knights had nothing to say.
If you don’t have a head, you die, even if you’re a human. No, most creatures would die that way.
If that was a weakness, then it would be the same as a dragon showing off its weakness.
I wanted to refute, but I didn’t have time to do so, because the Owlbears came running after me.
Jiselle said, stepping back.
“Okay, everyone attack! Aim for the weak point!”
“Tch! Let’s go! I can do that much!”
Kaor ran out shouting excitedly. He didn’t want to lose to anyone in a fight.
The knights also followed Kaor, carrying greatswords.
They all trained in various weapon techniques under the instruction of Jiselle. Spears and swords were their main weapons, but they also trained in the use of greatswords, so they had no trouble fighting monsters.
Kaor swung his greatsword, which had been filled with mana, towards the running Owlbear.
Kagakak!
It was a bit rough, but he managed to cut off the neck in one go. It was quite a feat to have cut off the thick and strong neck of an owlbear in one go.
“Oh!”
“Isn’t that guy amazing too?”
“Are you really going to catch them all?”
The porters who were running away stopped and started watching.
Since he had already cut off two Owlbears’ heads with a single stroke, he expected the other fifty or so knights to do the same.
“Eww!”
However, the knight who had swung his greatsword at Owlbear’s neck ended up not being able to cut off his neck and was hit once and sent flying.
The same was true for other articles. Some had their necks cut off only halfway, while others did not go in properly.
“It doesn’t cut!”
“Oh, oh! Wait a minute!”
“What kind of monster is this strong!”
If they were just attacking, it might be okay, but for these beginner knights, it was difficult to cut off the neck of a large, moving monster in one go.
Keeeeek!
Naturally, he was hit by Owlbear’s attacks, which made him even more angry due to the pain, and he would often roll around.
“Let’s run away! We were mistaken!”
“Get on the carriage! They’re gone!”
The coachman and porters, who had hidden their power, began to agitate again, and the group hurriedly climbed into the carriage.
Then Jiselle burst in again and said while slashing Owlbear’s neck.
“Tsk tsk, I knew this would happen. This is why I have to train like crazy? Get up quickly. Before I go back and start special training.”
The knights stood up in shock at the sound of a low voice.
They were all wearing armor and Blood Phyton’s inner garments, so they weren’t seriously injured. There was some shock, but they were able to move without any problems.
“Whoaap!”
“Please cut it off!”
“Die! Die!”
The Lord’s special training is scary. The knights used all their strength to attack the Owlbear.
The knights brought here are the most incompetent and lazy. Until recently, they could not even handle mana.
Even though he exploded with mana, he couldn’t properly hit the attack, so the area around Owlbear’s neck started to tear apart.
Kaaaak!
The Owlbears also screamed in pain. They were not dying but only in pain as their necks were repeatedly attacked with their poor skills.
Jiselle and Kaor had no choice but to keep interfering with the chaos that was going on.
Of course, the knights didn’t fight carelessly either. If they were directly hit by Owlbear’s attack, they could easily suffer serious injuries or even die.
Jiselle kept shouting to help the knights who were in dangerous situations.
“Straighten your stance! Hold your sword properly!”
“Your legs are weak! Why are you still like that even though I told you to!”
“Hey! What on earth have you been practicing until now!”
I’ve just been busy lately so I haven’t been paying much attention, but Jisel definitely acts like a mercenary when he needs to.
He slit Owlbear’s throat and grabbed the knights at the same time.
“Oh my! My lord! We’re in battle… … Kekeke!”
“Can’t we just lose after it’s over?”
——————
faqwiki.us
Join our Discord for new chapter updates!
https://discord.com/invite/xr7SxG5T6V
——————
“What if they attack us first! Eww!”
Despite the knights’ cries, Giselle did not stop.
“I brought you here because words alone won’t do. Practice is the key to learning.”
The knights were attacked more often by Jiselle under the pretense of training than by Owlbear.
Kaoru breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that sight.
‘Phew, I’m glad I can kill myself.’
It would be difficult if I got hit with so many people watching. I always had to look cool.
Kwah! Kwah! Kwah!
Thanks to Giselle’s help, all the Owlbears fell. And all the knights who were hit by Giselle also fell.
“Ugh… … .”
“I really feel like I’m going to die while practicing… … .”
“I’m crazy… … . I should have run away a long time ago.”
The knights were dying.
The pain I’m feeling right now is nothing. Looking at the way the lord is acting, it really feels like I have to kill 100,000 monsters to go home.
And the porters who saw all this looked in disbelief.
“What’s with that guy? He’s so strong.”
“To defeat dozens of monsters and knights all by yourself… … .”
“I think you’re the strongest hunter I’ve ever seen.”
While everyone was admiring, Jiselle was laughing and laughing while looking at the corpses of Owlbear.
“Wow, you’re lucky from the start. You’ve got this much owlbear hide.”
The body of the Owlbear resembles a bear. In short, it means that it has a lot of bear skin.
The problem is that they are so large that carrying them all into the mountain is extremely inefficient.
But since we had not yet entered the mountain, this problem was easily solved.
Giselle said to the grooms.
“Hey, I’ll roughly dismantle this, so take it to the fortress and keep it. I’ll give you some extra money in return.”
“Just leave it to us! We know how to do dismantling work.”
The grooms were so happy that they accepted it right away. It would be foolish to refuse such a sum of money.
With over a hundred porters and coachmen attached to them, the body was quickly dismembered. The more elaborate work had to be done at the fortress, but this was enough to load everything onto a cart and take it away.
“Then let’s go!”
The grooms returned loaded down with the by-products of the Owlbear.
Giselle led the remaining porters and knights into the mountains.
“Now, let’s start hunting and training again.”
At the same time, a relentless monster hunt began.
Kaaaak!
Keeeeek!
Kuoooo!
As expected from a paradise for monsters, various monsters appeared in the mountains.
There were many different types, including goblins, of course, and even bugbears with large bodies and hideous faces, with heads resembling hyenas.
But the result was the same for all of them. There was no monster that could avoid Jiselle’s sword, which thoroughly attacked only weak points.
Even while slaying monsters, Giselle never stopped guiding the knights.
“What are you doing! Attack the weak point! The weak point!”
“Where is your head!”
An unknown monster appeared. It was shaped like a round ball and had legs all over its body, making it impossible to tell where its weak points were.
Kwajik!
Jiselle just cut it in half and said.
“This is a monster called a Skutch. There’s nothing to gain by killing it. If you come across a monster whose head you can’t tell is where it is, just cut it in half.”
“… … .”
Easier said than done, not everyone can do that.
So the knights had no choice but to hunt while being continuously beaten by Giselle.
‘I want to go home… … .’
‘I should have practiced harder in the past… … .’
‘I’ll be killed by the lord before I’m killed by the monster… ‘
The knights who had been relaxed until then were filled with tension. Their concentration had no choice but to reach its peak.
Because being hit by Giselle hurt more than being hit by a monster.
Kwak! Kwak! Kwaang!
The knights’ swords became sharper and sharper. Although it was difficult, they could not neglect the battle.
The porters who followed stuck out their tongues at the sight.
The Shadow Mountains were so dangerous that they were called the scourge of the Turian kingdom. But now that I look at them, it seems like the monsters have been the ones who have brought the scourge.
“Okay, you’re doing great! Move faster, faster!”
“Ahh! Please slow down… … . Ugh!”
Once you start something, you’ll see it through to the end. The grumbling knight was hit once and dragged away.
Even with 100 porters, the dismantling process was delayed because Jiselle’s hunting speed was so fast. Later, even the knights had to join in and crouch down to dismantle the monsters.
“Over there… … . There’s too much luggage. I can’t carry any more.”
Even the porters surrendered. The hunting speed was so reckless.
Jiselle clicked her tongue and sat down on her seat.
“Hey, slow down. Let’s rest for today. Dismantle it so we can carry as much as possible.”
The porters worked hard to dismember the monster corpses. There were so many that they couldn’t finish them even before the sun completely set.
Awww!
“Ah! Here we go again!”
Even at night, the knights could not rest. They could only rest after a fight with the dire wolves that were approaching.
“Oh, I can’t take it all.”
Even with 100 porters and knights carrying a load of monster byproducts on their backs, there was still quite a bit left.
“There’s nothing we can do. Let’s come again next time.”
Jiselle felt a little sorry, but the porters and knights were cheerful. Only one day had passed, but they felt as tired as if they had been hunting for a month.
There was no carriage anymore. I had to carry a heavy load, but it was nice just to go back.
And those who saw Giselle and her party enter the fortress were astonished.
“Crazy… … . You hunted all that in one day?”
The porters and knights came in with their backs heavily laden. It was as if a large merchant ship had entered the fortress.
No party in history has ever hunted so many monsters in a single day, even with more people than Jiselle and her party.
People all just stared at the procession, dumbfounded.
One of the hunters, who was counting the number of people coming in out of curiosity, muttered with an expression of disbelief.
“Not a single person… died?”
People had already seen the grooms bring in a lot of owlbear skins. And that aside, they must have killed hundreds of them in just one day.
It makes no sense that they caught so many and not a single one died. To catch that many, they had to fight without resting for a moment.
If people keep fighting without resting, it’s normal for at least a few of them to die.
“The number of people is the same as when we left. Does that make sense?”
“Still, everyone got hurt here and there… …Why does it look like they got hit by someone?”
“Did a lot of humanoid monsters appear?”
The knights swallowed their tears as they overheard the people muttering. They were hit by humans, not humanoid monsters.
No, it’s clearly a monster in human skin.
People looked in disbelief at the achievements of Giselle and the knights. But then something unbelievable happened again.
The next day, Giselle disappeared again, leading a large group of porters. When she returned, she brought back a lot of loot, similar to the day before.
“Does this make sense? No matter how strong you are, it’ll be hard if you don’t know the terrain and the characteristics of the monsters.”
“I knew you were pretty strong, but is this your first time hunting? You’re too fast.”
“Isn’t this a total veteran hunter?”
Even the most skilled hunters wouldn’t hunt so ignorantly.
Rather, skilled hunters do not get greedy and stop hunting at an appropriate point. That is the way to live long.
But the new guys didn’t seem to know anything about that and were just ruthlessly destroying the monsters.
Now the porters who had followed also returned with a proud expression on their face. For some reason, they felt like they had also contributed to the cause.
As this happened several times, the hunters began to get greedy.
“They’ve been hunting for so long. Is there any way to take it away from them?”
“It won’t work with force. What if the money card comes out? The workshop is taking care of it, right?”
“We won’t benefit from touching that.”
Hunters fight with their lives at stake, so it would be a loss if they just kill monsters and leave. Naturally, they have to extract the marrow and turn it into money.
So in the fortress, such work was very developed. Workshops that took care of everything from deboning to tanning the corpses and even storing them were popular.
Hunters also rarely touched this workshop. Not only was the security quite high, but if it became known that they had attacked this workshop, other workshops would not accept them either.
Jiselle smiled happily as she looked at the things piled up in the workshop’s storage room.
“Wow, there’s nothing better than making money while working out.”
Every time I saw the leather and bones piled up in the warehouse, I couldn’t help but be amazed. There were even monsters that took out the internal organs separately. Some of them were used as medicine or food ingredients.
The knights were tired from fighting every day, but they were breathtaking whenever they looked at the warehouse.
“Wow, isn’t this all money?”
“If our lord really needs it, he will somehow get it.”
“But now I have to catch 100,000 of these and send them… … .”
When someone said that, everyone’s expression turned gloomy. They realized clearly why they came here.
I was rolling around like I was going to die for a few days. No, honestly, I thought it would be better to die.
It’s sad to be hit by a monster, but to be hit by an ally too? The knights had long since lost their humanity.
‘But… … it’s getting faster and faster.’
‘Does this really work?’
‘Thanks to the lord, it’s incredibly fast… … but how can we achieve this speed on our own?’
Jiselle’s monster hunting speed was truly beyond imagination. No monster was able to defend its own weakness(?).
The knights just followed behind them without thinking, but at some point, the speed at which they were catching monsters started to increase.
But the knights were not at all happy.
‘My skills have improved, but why do I keep crying?’
To catch 100,000 of them, you had to fight every day, risking your life. There could be no such harsh training.
As Jiselle’s hunt continued, complaints began to pour out among the hunters.
“That bastard is sweeping the entire hunting grounds. He started out a little way away, but now he’s come all the way to where we’re hunting.”
“Shouldn’t we establish some discipline? We might have to kill them outside.”
“Who’s going to do that?”
It’s like putting a bell around a cat’s neck. Looking at the skills and records he’s shown so far, it’s very burdensome to pick a fight.
In the end, the one the hunters believed in was Donkad, the ‘King of Ironcliff’, who boasted the strongest force in this fortress.
“I guess the money card has to move?”
“That’s right. I think it would be difficult without the money card. There are quite a few people.”
“But why is Doncard just sitting there? Those guys aren’t even paying their membership fees.”
“You wiped out Arnold’s gang at the inn. Your hunting skills are also famous. Even if you’re a Donkad, it’s bound to be a burden.”
“Still, I guess I have no choice but to move.”
“Yeah, I heard those guys messed with Donkadne’s hunting grounds yesterday. They’re probably going to make a decision soon.”
An ominous rumor was spreading within the fortress. It was said that Donkad, who led the most powerful force in the fortress, would not stay still.
The atmosphere eventually flowed like that. Even as a Donkad, he couldn’t just leave alone those who had disturbed his hunting ground.
“It’s a money card! The money card has arrived!”
A group of people came to the inn accompanied by someone’s shout.
