Every tree had fallen, as if they had been hit by a terrible storm. The trees in this Demon Forest have thick, strong trunks and shouldn’t have been toppled so easily. Among the piles of troll corpses scattered about was a giant monster. Surprisingly, it was a wolf with beautiful silver-white fur. However, it was even bigger than Kaa-chan.
『The Lord of the West……』
In the wolf’s mouth was a troll that had become like a rag. It is a troll that is several times the size of an ordinary troll, and it seems to be the boss monster that controlled this territory.
When the silver wolf noticed Kaa-chan, he threw the troll away. The troll, which has been bitten off most of its belly, crashes into a huge tree about ten meters away and collapses.
『This guy is more of a monster than I expected……』
(……It’s probably a Fenrir.)
『Fenrir? 』
(It’s a mythical monster.)
The Fenrir roared.
“Aaaoooooooo!”
The roar turned into a shockwave, blowing away the trolls that were lying around him. Kaa-chan’s body even shook.
『…… Just because it is of the same race as wolves doesn’t mean we’ll have a common ground. It’s not like the kind that can be easily talked to as well.』
(Yes. But this is strange. Fenrir is a mythical-level monster with high intelligence and dignity. It shouldn’t be eating a monster like this.)
Lindwurm agrees with me,
『That’s right. From the looks of it, this Fenrir doesn’t seem to be in a normal state. Combat is unlikely to be avoided. What do you think, Master? Shall I turn into a dragon? 』
(No, you don’t have to. I’ve regained a lot of my strength while you’ve been resting. I’m going to show you that now. But I’m going to ask for your support as a staff.)
『Got it.』
I stood up on top of Kaa-chan’s head, holding up Lindwurm.
(Kaa-chan, stay away.)
『What are you going to do?』
(Leave it to me. I’ll show you how strong I am now.)
『…… I don’t think you can beat that monster on your own though.』
(Just watch me. Here I go!)
I jumped off the top of Kaa-chan’s head and lands on the ground. Then I used body-strengthening magic on myself to the max.
『Uuh-…… W-what a tremendous magical power……』
Kaa-chan was shocked. The Fenrir, on the other hand, purrs warily and glares at me.
『I see. As expected of Master, you have the right to boast. You’ve grown so much while I’ve been sleeping.』
(How does it compare to me in the previous life?)
『Mmm, compared to Master in the previous life? ……I’d say, maybe a third of your former self.』
(A third huh…… Well, that’s enough!)
I kicked the ground and jumped on Fenrir. As I approached, I fired off a couple of shots of magic as a greeting.
Zudodooooooong!
But all of them just hit the trees behind the Fenrir. It dodged them with agility that didn’t suit its humongous size, and it easily jumped to the side.
“It’s not the time to relax because you dodged that, you know. Shrinkage!”
“~~~!?”
I closed our distance in an instant, then I swung Lindwurm, who had changed to sword mode, to the tip of Fenrir’s nose.
“Gaooon!?”
Blood splattered along with its screams. The Fenrir quickly jumped back, and I immediately slashed my sword in pursuit.
Gakiiin!
However, it was blocked by the Fenrir’s monstrous fangs. Soon after that, with its fangs, it was about to bite me down.
“Explosion!”
Zudooong!
“~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!?”
I blasted an explosion spell into its mouth.
“It’s the strategy I used against the Red Dragon…… But it won’t be that easy, isn’t it?”
“Guruaaaaaaah!”
Despite the massive explosion inside its body, it immediately attacked me with its front legs. I immediately blocked it with Lindwurm, but I was blown a few tens of meters away.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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