48. Hecaton Kale
Hunt for specimens created by wizards.
There is a reason why Kyle Meyer took on this mission.
Silk troll hunting is difficult for expert-level knights, but not so difficult for master-level knights.
Even if you don’t use Aura Blade. In fact, didn’t Kyle simply hunt a troll without his aura blade?
By the same logic, hunting ogres and cyclops isn’t too difficult either. Gawain, who gave the mission, thought that dealing with these three at the same time was the same.
When Gawain heard that the abilities of these three monsters were all lost to one, he judged that it was not hunting a monster that was 3 times stronger, but just hunting a slightly stronger monster.
The second reason was that the magicians cheated on their performance.
Traditionally, wizards tend to inflate even small achievements in order to earn more research funds. So, it was common now for weak anti-aging magic to be reported as immortality magic.
Under such common sense, Gawain did not sincerely believe the report sent by the academy wizards who created the experiment.
A monster that was too dangerous even for Master, how could such a powerful monster come out of mixing three monsters he knew?
That’s how this mission was handled from time to time, and finally it came down to the master, Kyle.
“These trolls.”
Chow-!
Kyle, who was in charge of the task, was swinging his sword and lightly slashing the trolls’ throats. Ruby, who was nervous when raising the sword from behind, saw Kyle killing the troll very lightly and wondered if this was a monster that could be easily caught.
I know that leather doesn’t cut the blade easily, and that even a blade reinforced with an aura will break if you don’t swing it properly, but Kyle had been drawing a perfect sword path without a single mistake from a while ago.
Ruby, who wondered if catching the troll was actually easy, ran towards the troll by herself and almost died.
If Kyle hadn’t saved her, Ruby would have died on the spot.
“Thank you… … .”
“It was nothing.”
Kyle casually brushed off the blood on his knife and headed for the top of the mountain. The higher he climbed, the more Kyle felt a chill run down his spine.
‘It’s up here.’
A chimera created by academy wizards. A monster that was neglected because it was not evaluated as dangerous, and then, after growing up, turned the academy into a mess.
The good news is that this monster is still growing. That meant he could kill a monster alone that Kyle wouldn’t have been able to deal with if he was a whole.
─Ugh.
“There you are.”
Kyle grinned as he made eye contact with the giant one-eyed monster in the distance. He also found Kyle and immediately raised a huge bone club.
The two monsters ran furiously at each other.
And in the next moment, they collided.
* * *
With all the first year and third year students leaving, the academy area faced a moment of silence. The problem was that it was the night before the storm, not peaceful silence.
While the instructors and professors were nervous and taking a leisurely break so that they could jump out at any time, Gawain confronted the principal and briefed him on this mission.
“Um, so—you mean Cadet Kyle went to Troll Mountain.”
“Yes, what. because the master You can easily hunt trolls.”
“Um… … It doesn’t seem like a simple troll hunt.”
Saying that, the headmaster began to look through the reports written by the wizards. The strength of an ogre, the regenerative power of a troll, and the exorcism of a cyclops. In addition to the characteristics of various monsters.
At first glance, it looked great, but at the same time, it felt like nothing special.
Regardless of whether or not they have excellent regenerative powers, they will die anyway if their throats are cut. The strength of an ogre is great, but not as great as that of an aura blade, and the exorcism of a cyclops is not enough to stop an aura blade.
“Well, it won’t be a big deal.”
From the Master’s point of view, these monsters were nothing more than beings that they could hunt whenever they set their mind to it.
The principal thought the same and closed the report casually. Then he carefully recommended Gawain.
“I have a nice tea that came in this time. Would you like a drink?”
“Oh, that’s nice. As I got older, my body was weak… … .”
“hahahaha, no one is taking care of your health. You have to take care of yourself.”
The two of them began to enjoy a refreshment time like that of an old man in the back room. The worries about Kyle, who had already been sent to Troll Mountain, had long since disappeared.
* * *
Kwaaang-!
Huge bones from unknown sources hit the ground. It explodes as if a missile had fallen, and is terribly retrieved and swung again aiming at Kyle.
Kyle lightly jumped backwards as he watched the bones swing towards him. It was out of range, but Hecatoncale’s monstrous power made him feel a huge wind pressure.
Shivering from the strong wind pressure that blew his own head off, Kyle looked at the hecatoncale.
‘Worth a try.’
Hecatoncale in the game has leather that does not work well with Aura Blades, and has the regenerative power to regenerate in an instant even after being injured.
A monster that picks up mountains with one hand and throws rocks weighing hundreds of tons.
It didn’t seem like that now. This newly created monster is of course terrifyingly strong, but it is not yet equipped with the ability to overwhelm its master.
If you’re not careful, even the Master will go to the goal, but it’s just that level.
‘if there is a problem… … .’
Kyle glanced at Ruby, who was hiding a long way behind him. Because of her, I couldn’t use the aura blade.
Catching this monster without an aura blade seemed pretty difficult. Right now there is no way to block even the bones that the monster wields.
After thinking about it for a while, Kyle decided to just use it. The principal and the duke told them to hide, but isn’t Ruby the only one here anyway?
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No matter how much she babbles, the fact that she is a Master won’t spread.
“Ah, what a sudden realization.”
However, it was necessary to act moderately, so Kyle flirted and pulled out the blade straight away.
A superhuman ray of light that cuts everything comes out, and even though the earth is turned upside down like that, what the hell is it made of?
The moment Hecatonkale saw the aura blade, he immediately twisted the bone in his hand to minimize the damage, but Kyle’s sword slashed the bone in two much faster.
Whoop-! The bones that fell on the ground created dust, blocking his vision, and Kyle, who broke through the cloud of dust and protruded, immediately cut Hecatoncale’s Achilles tendon.
─Quooo!
The severed Achilles tendon slowly began to regenerate, but I couldn’t help but stumble and lose my balance.
Restoring his balance by resting his hands on the ground, Hecatoncale roared wildly as he saw the beam of light flying towards him.
Infrasound unique to giant monsters hit Kyle’s body, but Kyle started hitting Hecatoncale as if nothing happened.
When the flesh and blood soaked the floor, and the immortal monster intuited death from the excessive consumption— Kyle raised his sword and perfectly cut his face in half.
-Keep, ooo-!
“Shut up, child.”
Beyond the jaw split in half, Kyle, who had cut off the neck in sight, left behind Hecatoncale’s head rolling on the floor and immediately severed Hecatoncale’s limbs.
It stabs the heart, cuts off limbs, stirs the intestines.
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No matter how strong the regenerative ability of the monster was, after killing it perfectly so that it could not survive, Kyle shook off the blood on the blade.
“You, you, you… … .”
Far away, hiding behind a tree and watching Kyle and Hecatoncale fight, Ruby looked at Kyle in disbelief.
She started pointing her finger at Kyle, as if asking if what she had just seen was true.
“Bar, bar, just- oh, come. Aura Blade… … .”
“Oh, is this?”
Whii Ying- As the aura came out of the blade, Ruby began to shake her head fiercely up and down. Kyle shrugged and replied.
“I woke up while fighting.”
“That, does that make sense!? Does it make sense to awaken just for that reason!?”
“What else can I say?”
Kyle looked at Ruby as if he was going to do something. Seeing that expression, Ruby gradually regained her composure and realized that Kyle was right.
Yes. What if she said no? Actually, it was Kyle who awakened, and the awakened person claims to have awakened that way.
In the end, Ruby, who had nothing to say, looked at Kyle with eyes as if she were looking at a terrifying talent. Kyle took care of Hecatonkale’s head, ignoring his gaze.
It was an overly large object, so I cut off the ears and threw away the head.
“Let’s go.”
“… … uh, uh Kyle- That, arcane swordsmanship. Shall I teach you?”
“I do not need it.”
“Eh, ah- don’t do that—”
* * *
Hecatonkale’s corpse wriggles. Although it was said that he inflicted an injury so great that it could not be regenerated, Kyle should have been a little more careful.
The cub, which had been carefully crouching in the belly of the corpse, escapes by eating the corpse of its mother.
The offspring that emerge from the gaps in the corpse immediately begin to grow by chewing on the corpse of their mother. This is how a chimera called hecatonkale grows. It is a predatory breed.
─Ouch.
After eating all of their mother’s corpse and learning the experiences and memories, the offspring recalls the reason why their mother died and studies ways to counteract it.
The blade of light that killed her mother. To oppose the beam of light that cuts through anything, he has no choice but to use the same blade of light.
—Oh, uh uh… … .
As for what it was, the youngster who found a clue in Ruby’s story started escaping around the corpse.
Then I will try to realize the blade of light. It doesn’t matter if he fails. If he fails, his offspring, and if the offspring fails, his offspring.
If you keep growing, you will be able to reach it someday.