With the arm and neck cut off, the Goblin King fell to the ground.
"Ugh." (Lydia)
Lydia-san looked away as she saw the Goblin King with its head cut off.
Goblin King was the enemy.
If it attacked, it's a monster that will be defeated.
I too had defeated the Goblin King.
Even humans dismantle the monsters they defeated. But they did so to survive, not as a game.
Well, there were times when I wanted the fur of a Tigerwolf, but it would attack me, or I would be asked to exterminate them.
However, the Giant Monkey used the Goblin King's corpse to test the sword.
When the Goblin King fell, the Red Monkeys nearby started cheering with joy.
Meanwhile, the Giant Monkey stabbed the sword into the fallen body of the Goblin King and pulled out something from the Goblin King's body.
For a moment I thought it was the heart, but I was wrong.
"Magic stone?" (Marne)
Marne-san muttered.
The Giant Monkey put the Goblin King's magic stone into his mouth and swallowed it.
"Did it eat the magic stone?" (Marne)
At that moment, the Giant Monkey's red fur glowed bright red, and the glow subsided after a few seconds.
"That was..."
"If I'm not imagining it, hasn't the Giant Monkey's body gotten bigger?" (Zect)
Zect-san said, looking at the Giant Monkey.
It's too far away for me to see.
"Yeah, not only has its body gotten bigger, but its arms and legs have gotten a size bigger too." (Zect)
"I'm also worried about that red glow that just appeared. I have a bad feeling about this." (Marne)
"So you're saying it has gotten stronger since it fought the Goblin King?"
"Hey, Goblin King is strong, right? Not weak, right?" (Lydia)
Lydia-san asked, trying to confirm.
"The Goblin King is strong. Not weak. Just look at the fight with the Giant Monkey and you can see it's strong. But the Giant Monkey was even stronger." (Marne)
"But the Giant Monkey ate Goblin King's magic stone and became even stronger, right?" (Lydia)
"I don't know, but I think it's best to think of it that way." (Marne)
The Giant Monkey, who was fighting the Goblin King, was already troublesome, but it had become even stronger.
"Those white things lying around the monkeys are bones, aren't they?" (Yuna)
With my eyesight, I could see that there was something white on the ground, but I couldn't tell if it's a bone.
However, it seemed that Marne-san and the others with good eyesight could see it.
"It certainly looks like a bone, huh"
"You've got to be kidding me."
"That just goes to show there was a fight and they were eating each other." (Marne)
And so perhaps that monster Giant Monkey was born.
He left behind a really troublesome magic circle as a souvenir.
Without that magic circle, the monsters would not have gathered, and if they had not gathered, there would have been no conflict. If there had been no conflict, powerful monsters might not have been born.
But, maybe it was because they were fighting that the number of monsters in the forest did not increase.
Instead, that monster was born.
"Maybe that magic circle isn't just gathering monsters together. The monsters also seem to be going berserk. Is the magic circle broken? Is that why they're going berserk? Maybe both the Goblin King and the giant Snake are growing under the influence of this magic circle, it seems." (Marne)
The Giant Monkey was grabbing the Goblin King's arm and eating it.
The Red Monkeys were eating wolves.
"This is something we need to contact the royal capital about. But will we be sending knights and soldiers this far? I wonder if we'll be sending a special unit. Or adventurers? I'll consult with Ellelaura and Sanya about that..." (Marne)
While Marne-san was talking to herself, I was watching the monkey.
At that moment, the Giant Monkey raised its head and looked my way.
The Giant Monkey's eyes met mine.
At that moment, Giant Monkey grinned.
"Everyone, the monkey noticed me!" (Yuna)
At the same time I shouted, the Giant Monkey came running towards us.
We rose up.
"Stand back!" (Yuna)
At the same time I shouted, the Giant Monkey appeared in front of me, having climbed up the cliff next to the waterfall.
I charged towards the Giant Monkey.
I launched an attack to divert the Giant Monkey's attention towards me.
My heart was telling me there's no need to go easy.
The Bear's Wind Blade flew towards the Giant Monkey.
The monkey turned around.
As soon as the Giant Monkey landed, it stepped towards me.
Fast.
Above all, it had great explosive power.
The distance between us closed in an instant.
The Giant Monkey attacked with a punch.
I blocked the punch by crossing my arms.
I was thrown backwards, but manage to land.
If it weren't for the Bear Equipment, it wouldn't have been prevented.
"Yuna!" (Marne)
"Marne-san, run!" (Yuna)
I shouted towards my back.
"Kumayuru, Kumakyu, please take care of everyone!" (Yuna)
In response to what I said, Kumayuru and Kumakyu cried "Kyuu~n".
Since I couldn't see behind me, I displayed the detection skill.
The reactions of Kumayuru, Kumakyu, and Marne-san were diverging.
This Giant Monkey was dangerous.
If you were attacked by this Giant Monkey, even Kumayuru and Kumakyu wouldn't know what's going on.
I didn't know if they would even let me have time to bring out Bear's Transfer Gate, open the door, and let everyone in through the door.
Then the only option was to fight here and defeat it.
I exhaled slowly.
"I'll play your game." (Yuna)
I summoned countless Bear's Wind Blades.
However, the monkey dodged from side to side, did backflips, and evaded the attacks in an acrobatic manner.
It's so light despite its huge size.
The monkey, having dodged all of the attacks, grinned as if to say that was all it was worth.
It was making fun of me.
As I was worrying about Marne-san and the others behind me, the Giant Monkey let out a loud "Kikikikikikii."
What?
Giant Monkey smiled.
It soon became clear why.
A little monkey climbed up the cliff next to the waterfall.
Were they really to chase Marne-san and the others?
But it's probably too late to pursue it now.
If they had just a minute, Kumayuru and Kumakyu could separate.
But, if I thought about it, I couldn't let it go through.
I sent out countless Bear's Wind Blades. Some monkeys dodged them, but others couldn't avoid.
Several monkeys that were hit by the wind magic fell to the ground.
I cast wind magic multiple times.
Blood splattered and the Red Monkeys fell.
Bad.
I was too distracted by the Red Monkeys.
A moment after I took my eyes off Giant Monkey, when I returned my eyes to where the Giant Monkey had been, it was gone.
Where?
A shadow fell from above me.
I looked up.
The Giant Monkey was jumping.
Up!
While casting wind magic at the Red Monkey, I cast wind magic upwards.
The Red Monkey attacked.
Again, for a moment, I looked away.
I heard the sound of the Giant Monkey landing behind me.
I did a roundhouse kick.
But my spin kick cut through the air.
It didn't hit.
The Giant Monkey grinned and swung the sword down.
I used the one foot that was still on the ground to jump backwards.
The ground where I had been standing a moment ago was dug up.
The Giant Monkey stopped moving.
I took a breath and checked with my detection skill.
The Red Monkeys' reactions were countless, surrounding me.
Was it your target from the start?
However, there were some reactions that seemed to be moving in pursuit of Marne-san and the others.
With that number, Kumayuru and Kumakyu should be fine.
Even if I chased after them, I would end up taking along the Giant Monkey and countless Red Monkeys with me.
That would be the worst case scenario.
Now I believed in Kumayuru and Kumakyu.
I turned off my detection skill and turned my attention to the Giant Monkey.
The Giant Monkey looked at me with amusement.
Right now, I could only think about defeating the Giant Monkey in front of me.
If the spell didn't hit, just keep firing it until it did.
I took a breath and sent the Bear's Blades flying, impossible to dodge.
They were fired indiscriminately, including wherever the Giant Monkey moved.
The Giant Monkey didn't even try to dodge. It simply swung the sword.
The Bear's Blade was slashed and a gust of wind passed by the Giant Monkey.
Definitely stronger than the Goblin King.
It moved faster than the Goblin King.
Smarter than the Goblin King.
Had more power than the Goblin King.
And like Goblin King, it could also use a sword.
The Giant Monkey was better at handling that sword.
I took out a black mithril knife from Bear Box and held it in my right hand, leaving my left hand free to use magic.
When I took out my mithril knife, the Giant Monkey looked alternately between the sword it was holding and the knife I was holding.
Then, as if thinking of something, it began laughing.
It spreads its thumb and index finger as if measuring something, and seemed to laugh at how small my knife was.
"This is the knife I'm going to cut you up with." (Yuna)
I pointed the mithril knife at the Giant Monkey.
Author's Note
The battle with Giant Monkey has begun. (I'm sorry if the next post is delayed)
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Some of the kanji have been corrected to match the book, so please understand that there are some parts that have not been corrected.
Translator's Note
I think for Kuma I decided to leave the arrangement of paragraphs as is.