Chapter 9: Holiday, Defeating Monsters in the Forest
Today was the rest day, so we ca to the forest where I tad Li. We have to defeat so monsters, or else we won’t get stronger.
“Now, Li.We’re going to get stronger here today.”
“…!”purupuru!
Good thing you’re motivated. I’ll wear them down until it can’t move anymore, so eat them Li.”
“…?” purupuru?
“Well, I can use sothing like body strengthening a little, so I’ll manage. I wanted to bring Ruu, but it doesn’t look like she’d be able to hold back…That and she stands out, so monsters might not co out.”
“…” purupuru
“Alrighty, off we go!”
Things like swords, I’ve only ever used them in kendo class, but I only have this as a weapon. Just in case, I’ve been continuing my practice swings, so if I get into my kata then I can use it. Hell, I wonder why they make us practice swinging with a bladed sword. Ain’t it dangerous…Because of that though I was able to get my hands on a weapon, so I guess I can’t complain.
In terms of heaviness, I can swing it around with one hand. Shouldn’t overdo it, huh.
We entered the forest, and quickly encountered a monster. It’s a huge caterpillar. The na’s also exactly the sa, ‘Caterpillar’. Seems like villagers can also beat it easily, and it’s sothing often served on the dining table.Is it delicious…Must be full of protein.
It looks at , and suddenly springs toward . Hey hey, you’re a caterpillar aren’t you! Why’re you so violent!?
When I dodge it’s body blow, it’s back is left wide open.I quickly draw my sword, and strike it down as it is.
My sword sinks deeply into the caterpillar’s body. When I pull it out, bodily fluids fly out with a ‘busha‘! sound. The blade is even coated with fluids. But, the caterpillar doesn’t die yet. Only insects have vitality this strong.
“Oryaa!”
Before I’m attacked again, I stick my sword behind the caterpillar’s head. It looks like it’s going to die soon, so I have to make Li deal the finishing blow.
The caterpillar is reduced to squirming. S’about Li’s turn.
“Li, go ahead and dig in.”
“··· ?” purupuru ?
As if bouncing happily, Li jumps on top of the caterpillar. It spreads its body thin, and completely enveloped the caterpillar.How long will it take for it to digest?
Digestion finished in about five minutes. Looks like organic matter digests quickly. Since we were attacked by caterpillars a few tis while Li was digesting, I left them barely alive. They have a lot of vitality, so they won’t die that easily.
The caterpillars keep coming, so no matter how much Li eats the stock won’t run out. They won’t surround us so it’s not hard, but it’s gotten a little tireso.
“Hmph! Li, eat faster now. If you don’t, the caterpillars will die.”
“…” purupuru
“Hang in there hang in there. Eating caterpillars is your job.”
After continuing to beat down caterpillars for a while, they finally stopped coming. Finally a break…
Li is trying its best to eat the caterpillars, there are still so left. Gotta make it eat faster.
“Li, is it tasty?”
“…!” purupuru!
Looks like it’s delicious. It was worth it to swing my sword around that much then. Though, body strengthening is amazing. My breathing got heavy, but I can still move around.
After about an hour, all of the caterpillars were finally eaten. Now then, shall we continue beating caterpillars?As I moved to stand up, I heard a “Gurururu …”sounding low growl in my ear. When I looked in the direction of the sound,
“” Gurururu… ‘”
Two brown-furred dogs slowly approached us. Geez…it’s just one thing after another.
“Li, get behind . It’s dangerous.”
“…” purupuru…
Li hides behind and trembles. Li is really scared, huh…If I can feed them to Li, it looks like it would get a lot stronger.
Duel with the dogs, eh. From their looks, they don’t look that strong, but…As long as there is no fear of disease, then there shouldn’t be a problem even if I get bitten. Even if bitten by a dog, it doesn’t hurt that much. We’re okay as long as it doesn’t hit an artery.
” “Guaaa!” ”
The dogs jump in from both sides. I decide to beat one of the dogs first, and rush towards the one of my right. As though they didn’t think we would react, the dogs appear surprised.
I thrust my sword, and pierce the dog’s stomach. The dog on my left pounces in, so I guard with my left arm. A sharp runs through my arm, but I bear it and pull out my sword.
The dog on my arm shakes its head, and the wound slightly widens, but doesn’t do much damage. I thrust my sword through this one too, and half-kill it.
Under my feet, the dogs are writhing. Just in case, I’ll cut off their legs too…. And we’re good!
“Li, devour these guys.”
“…! … ?” purupuru! purunpurun ?
Li quivers in delight.Like an arrow, it flies into the dog. Guess I’ll treat my wounds. For now, let’s wrap it in a clean cloth. Good thing I brought one.
Li quickly finished eating the first dog, and is delightfully eating the second one. I hadn’t been feeding you at, so I wonder what you think about it?
“…. …!” purupuru. . . . purupuru!
What, you want to eat more!? Was it that good? Honestly, it’s like I’ll get injured every ti I fight so I don’t wanna but…Well, I’ll try my best, but… Don’t ask for the impossible okay?
After feeding Li six dogs, it seems that it was finally satisfied. Its body has also grown a size larger.
“…” purupuru
“Already full? Okay then, let’s go ho. I want to eat lunch too.”
I ended up with 16 wounds on my arms, but well the results were good one could say. But, the hunting up until now was a warm-up. From here on out it’s the real deal. Before that though, let’s get back to a safe spot.
“Li, we’re heading back. Let’s be careful, so that we don’t run into any caterpillars.”
“…” purupuru
After smoothly returning to school and eating lunch, Li and I face each other on the field.
“Now, Li. You ate a bunch of caterpillars and 8 dogs, so…has your body changed in any way?”
From my point of view, I can only say that it looks like it’s gotten bigger. It’d be faster if I had it tell .
“…? …!” purupuru?… purupuru!
“Oh, you got sothing? Show !”
When I say so, a string-like substance cos out from Li’s body. Although it feels soft when I try to touch it, the exterior feels hard. This is…so kind of thread?
“Hey, Li. Where does this thread co from?”
“…” purupuru
“What, you’re taking your body and turning it into thread!… Is that, are you okay? ”
“…” purupuru
“‘Your mass isn’t reduced by that much, so it’s fine’ huh….That’s fine I guess, but don’t overdo it okay.”
“…” purupuru
The thread made from Li’s body…caterpillars spat that stuff out huh. I wonder if it’s the sa thing. The reason it was kinda hard, was probably because I made it eat tal huh.
“Li, can you harden your whole body?”
“…?… ” purupuru? purupuru…
When Li answers with quiver, its surface quivers less. When I try touching it, it doesn’t have a jelly-like texture and is easy to grasp. Usually, a little bit of its gel pokes out from between my fingers. Must’ve gotten a little bit harder.
“It’d be nice if you eat more tal, and beco able to repel attacks.”
“…” purupuru
“Oh, there’s still more? Show please.”
When I say so, Li suddenly jumps at the ground. Where Li jumped, I can see that the brown earth is slightly gouged out. That movent… it’s like when the dogs attacked with their claws…Li’s form looked like that, anyways.
“A claw attack, you can do that kinda thing?”
“…. …!” purupuru. purunpurun!
Seems to be correct. It doesn’t have claws, but is hardening its body to attack. If I feed it more dogs, the mimicry proficiency might increase.
“That’s everything huh…Shall we go to the forest tomorrow too then?”
“…” purupuru
“Guaaaa!”
A familiar voice ca from the sky. When I look up, Ruu had just returned. In each leg, she’s holding one of those birds that attacked us above the sea. They’re pretty worn down, but barely breathing. Looks like she brought back a souvenir for Li.
“Guru!”
“…!” purupuru!
Ruu holds the birds down, while Li pounces on them. Its mass has increased, so it was sohow able to envelope one bird whole at a ti.
“··· ?” purupuru ?
Li continues to digest the bird in a good mood. If it keeps eating like this, I wonder if it’ll be able to make wings eventually.
“Thanks, Ruu. For looking out for us. A monster like that, we definitely couldn’t have beat it. Doing this’ll make Li’s growth faster, so could I ask you to keep bringing things from now on?”
“Guru!”
“Sorry, and thanks. I’ll make sure to pet you a bunch later.”
“Guru~u~”
After stroking her head, I move my hand under her chin. I feel as though there was one spot with a different feel than the others, but I wonder what it is. When I stroke there, she looks usually comforted…
The bird’s size is larger than a dog, so it takes ti to digest. Well, it won’t take long if I pet Ruu though.
“…” purupuru
“Finished, huh. Was it delicious?”
“…!” purun!
“That’s good. Be sure to say thank you to Ruu.”
Li gets on Ruu’s head, and hops with a ‘pon pon‘ sound. As though it were saying thank you with that, Ruu looks pleased.
From then on until dinner, I flirted with Ruu and Li. I don’t know if ‘flirted’ is the correct term for it, but Ruu is female, and Li doesn’t have a gender, so I don’t think there’s a problem.
After that a few days passed, and it’s the day of Taming class. At the Martial Arts class two days ago, many people were able to continue to do practice swings until the end. All thanks to body strengthening, yup.
Today was to be on the field, and everyone brought their monsters. I also brought Ruu and Li.
Next to that pig bastard Pig stood a small man. He’s ard with a large sword and wearing leather armor. There’s a small horn on his forehead, so I think he’s a goblin. Only him, the atmosphere’s on a different level. Why is that shitty pig able to ta such a monster?
“Now, we will start the lesson. Today is the basic of the basics, practicing the ‘link’ with your monsters.”
Dear , whatever could ‘link’ be? Then again, I feel like there might have been sothing about it in the ‘How to’ taming book.
“Link is, the mana link between the tar and the monster. Through it, the tar and monster are able to read each other’s thoughts. ”
I see I see, no wonder I was able to read Ruu and Li’s thoughts.
“In addition, by using Link to send mana to your monster, you are able to strengthen them.”
Mkay, so the reason I was able to send Ruu mana wasn’t because I had Magic Hands.
“From your body, there are mana lines which extend to your monster. Mana is sent through these lines, and therefore a slight loss will occur. Although, if you have skills such as Magic Hands, no loss occurs.”
Chira, Sasha-sensei looks towards . Don’t look at ! I ain’t gonna do nothing!
“Now then, please try it out, everyone. Feel the lines between you and your monsters, and place mana in them. With proper skinship, and a certain extent of emotional attachnt, then this exercise should not be such a difficult task.”
Well, I’ve been petting them like crazy everyday. No way I didn’t have enough skinship.
I send mana to Li. Up until now I’ve been sending mana through touch, but even if apart I was able to send it. Along the way, I feel mana diffusing into the air. In the end, probably better to send it directly.
The pig is also sending the goblin(?) mana, but most of it is lost along the way. If there is no bond between the monster and tar, I guess it’d be like that.
“All, it appears you’ve done it. Then, let us test it with duels.”
Duels, ehh. Well, not that it applies to . Maybe Li, but Ruu’s level is too different. So I was thinking but…
“Bastard, duel !”
“… Haa”
Fat arrogant little shit that the piggy is, he says sothing like that.
Reviews
All reviews (0)