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What are you…?
Gigas, the Lord of Hell.
Monsters targeting Luna in the darkness.
You bad guys trying to disturb my comfortable life.
The moment that guy showed his big face to me, I felt a heat surge in my head.
So it didn’t take long or take much thought before he brought the club he had been holding down down hard on the guy’s face.
“Yes, Evida, you little Gigas!”
A wooden club, approximately 1.2 meters long and 15 centimeters in diameter, swings down from above my head in a large arc.
The fear crusher, gaining momentum at a rapid pace, was not aiming for the guy’s serrated teeth or his broad forehead, but his philtrum.
Yes, I mean the philtrum.
“Get behind me, you little shit!”
bang-!
Kkeueeeeeek-!!
When the club touched the guy’s philtrum, it sent a shock and aftershock so bizarre that it was hard to believe it had hit a living thing.
A giant manticore, startled by the sight, backs away and rolls around on the ground.
The moment I let my guard down, I was hit with full force in the philtrum, a vital spot.
There is no way there will be no damage.
Honestly, it wouldn’t have been strange if it had died instantly, but is its endurance good enough for such a large body? It would have been better if its brute strength had been a bit stronger.
Kkeuieek! Kkeuieek!
The huge manticore that had been rolling around on the ground soon became hung on the cliff as if it was about to fall down the steep cliff.
Ghhhhh! How did I get up here! I can’t just fall down like this!
Its front paws, as large as those of a small car, grabbed hold of the cliff and began to scrape the cliff with its claws, making a rattling noise.
It would have been great if it had just fallen down. As I was thinking that, the skeleton knight who had been raising his shield in a corner and aiming his spear at it shouted.
Drop me into the abyss like this! I’ll take the right foreleg, you take the left, Hassan!
It seemed like the skeleton knight was planning to attack the guy’s front legs and send him falling all the way off the cliff.
I also agreed with his thoughts, so I rushed at the guy who was struggling on the cliff.
Kwaaaaah-!
A manticore roars with its huge mouth open.
The creature’s mouth was wide open, and it was absolutely horrifying, with three rows of sharp, jagged teeth. I can confidently say that they were the most grotesque teeth I have ever seen.
The only problem wasn’t the fangs as big as my torso, the horrible bad breath, or the ear-piercing screams.
Swish-.
Inside the guy’s mouth, a strange snake-like tongue was lurking and lunging at me.
Wheeeeeek. Clap-!
It wasn’t easy to get my forelegs to hit the guy’s tongue, which whipped around like a whip.
Of course, I don’t know how to dodge swords or spears, but my evasion skills were quite good, having been trained to avoid Elfriede’s whip, so I wasn’t attacked by the bastard’s tongue.
But there are those who unilaterally attack and those who unilaterally evade.
As time went by, it was clear who would be at a greater disadvantage. Since even one hit would have been fatal, I shouted at the back.
“Agumon, you take the head!”
Ugh… .
Then, the Bone Wyvern, who had been curled up in the corner and sleeping, rose from his seat with his blue eyes flashing again.
The creature clings to the manticore’s massive head, thumping its four legs.
You little punk! Just chew on it and eat it!
Geeeeeee!
Was it because the manticore’s head was so big? Even the seemingly strong Bone Wyvern faltered at the creature’s tongue and had its bones broken.
Of course, it was fortunate that I was able to take a break from whipping the guy for a while.
I took the opportunity and struck the manticore’s left front leg with all my might.
bang-!
Eeeeek!
However, perhaps because he knows that if he lets go, he will fall into an endless cliff, he shows no sign of backing down even though his front paws are crushed and blood is spurting out.
Are you going to throw me into the abyss again? No! I, I will suck the sweet honey of the world of Saba. I will go up to the surface, up to the surface, and taste fresh flesh!
Even the manticore that chewed my Agumon with a squeak and a squeak. Looking at the bloodshot eyes on its plain face, you can tell how strong its obsession with this world is.
Even though I was in a favorable position, I felt a little chilled by that sight.
Me too, I want to go outside of the abyss! I want to see the fresh wind, warmth, winter snow, and cool falling leaves!!
“Nox!!”
I spent 10 task points to put on the Night Armor. I currently have 55 task points left. It should be able to block at least five strong attacks.
This kid needs to be taken down here and now, by any means necessary.
With that feeling, I swung the club hard at the bastard’s claws.
Bam-!
When I broke the claw on the index finger like that, I felt like the guy’s body was pushed backwards.
One of the claws that was stuck into the cliff like a pin broke and it slipped because it couldn’t support the weight. If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be okay to just break all of its claws?
“Skeleton! Break the claws! Just break the claws!”
I know, it’s a claw.
So the Skeleton Knight and I struck the guy’s claws with all our might, destroying them all. The manticore seemed to struggle and resist.
The guy would eventually fall into that deep darkness.
Why, why namaaaaan-!
It was while I was looking down at the figure of the guy who disappeared into the deep darkness and the echoing screams that I heard.
The skeleton knight, who had been preparing his battle stance with his spear and shield ready, approached me and looked down at the floor.
I thought it was capable of subduing a fully grown manticore in one swing. I thought it wasn’t an ordinary club. It seems to be a weapon blessed by the goddess?
The guy seemed interested in the club I was holding. In fact, I’ve had warriors take an interest in my club quite often, so I guess that’s understandable now.
According to them, it felt like being attacked with some kind of chaos damage that ignored defense.
Of course, this time it was a trinity combination attack combining the power of my club, my dexterity in accurately striking the vital points, and my brute force.
You’re more talented than I thought. Have you received grace from the gods? It’s a strange form of grace I’ve never seen before.
Soon, it was the skeleton knight who was examining my appearance wearing the night armor.
I was worried that it might try to touch me, but fortunately, the skeleton didn’t seem to be interested in blue and didn’t extend its hand or anything.
However, after kneeling down, he simply touched the pieces of Agumon’s shattered bones.
Now that he’s been banished to the abyss, it’ll be ten years before he shows up again. At least for the time being, I’ll be able to spend my nights without any trouble. The cabin, though, is in ruins.
“I thought you knew that Gigas. Can you tell me what you know?”
Molleg of Sloth. He wanted to use me as his medium. Even though I was nothing but bones, my body, which was called a hero, seemed to be of great use to him.
“aha.”
I remembered that Gigas were after the bodies of named monsters. Was it because they wanted to use them as vessels for themselves?
Anyway, I owe you a debt. If you had taken away all the seeds I had left, I would have lost my mind and turned into a monster. Even now, I’m really tired. I’m going to sleep.
The skeleton knight dragged a chair out of his broken hut and squatted down on it like a boxer who had just completed eight rounds.
Soon, it stopped moving at all.
Looking at it like this, it really looks like a skeleton that has been abandoned for a long time after death.
Is he sleeping as he said?
It was the first time I heard that the undead could sleep. Or maybe that skeleton knight was something special.
But I was left alone in this place and was at a loss as to what to do. The purpose of my coming here was to defeat the Death Knight, a named monster.
Should I just hit that guy in the head with a club while he’s letting his guard down?
But that thought was quickly erased.
Humans are surprisingly sensitive to evil.
If you have a feeling that someone hates you or is going to harm you, you can vaguely feel it, whether you call it a feeling or an instinct.
Living in this barbaric world full of malice, I too had my own unique sense of perception. And in my opinion, even though he looked like a skeleton, he was a pretty good guy.
If he had been a mute corpse, I would have just smashed his head and gotten rid of him.
I didn’t feel like antagonizing him, perhaps because we had just been through a rough patch together and because of the conversation about his mother.
Ah, I slept well.
“No, why are you up already?”
* * *
“Well then, take care, Agumon.”
Ugh… .
I waved at the revived Agumon. It rubbed its face against my thigh as if it was sad to part with me.
Swish, swish.
Looking at this reminds me of the big dog I used to raise at home.
Spotted.
A large golden retriever.
Whenever he saw his family going out, he would always whine as if he was lonely.
Even though I knew he would come back someday, it wasn’t easy to leave him at home because he was a lonely guy.
Seeing things like that, I felt strongly that not only people but also other creatures have thoughts and emotions.
Swish-.
I couldn’t help but admit that this undead, the bone wyvern with its glowing blue eyes, had feelings of its own, just like that large golden retriever.
I thought it was necromancy, and that it was just like dealing with mindless robots. Looking at it this way, I feel like I was wrong.
This technology was about dealing with life.
Were the goblins who followed me so well like this?
They save us as they please. They disband us as they please.
When I think about it that way, I feel a little sorry for having done something to them.
Swish, swish-.
Ugh… .
But the wyvern I saw kept acting like it was going to follow me, so I had no choice but to speak to it firmly.
“If you come out, I have no choice but to destroy you. This outside world is not ready to accept you yet, Agumon. You must go to this digital world, and I must go to the real world.”
… .
Then the guy seemed to stop whining.
For this guy, the Valley of Life, full of monsters and fellow skeleton friends, would be a better place to live than the outside world.
“Sometimes you go hunting and give me task points. Got it? I’ll come see you every time the task points reach 200.”
Swish, swish.
Finally, it was Agumon who nodded.
under-.
The skeleton knight, who had been watching the scene from his chair, said.
You’re a bit different from the necromancers I’ve known, yes. I’ve never seen one give names to the dead they bring back to life.
“Wouldn’t that be the way to become close?”
Right? Yeah, he’s a strange guy. I thought he was a strange guy from the first time I saw him. The more I talk to him, the more I don’t know what he’s doing.
“Everyone says that.”
But I couldn’t help it. These days, I’m starting to get confused about what kind of person I am.
Hassan of the 21st century. Hassan the Samaritan. Hassan the necromancer. Hassan, Luna’s lover. Hassan, Hippolyte’s disciple. Hassan, the leader of the Paranois.
Even though it all feels like it’s me.
On the one hand, it didn’t seem like me.
At this age, I’m questioning my own identity. Is this not puberty or something similar to puberty or juvenile stage?
I don’t know.
When I was momentarily lost in such thoughts, the skeleton knight spoke.
Now, I’ll be lonely again. Moleg won’t be coming for a while either. The brief commotion makes the silence that will last a lifetime stand out even more.
The skeleton knight’s blue eyes were turned toward the cliff. It seemed as if he was thinking of the giant manticore that had fallen there earlier.
If you stay here with me, I can make you a hero within two years. Are you really planning on coming up to the surface?
Was this skeleton knight also unwilling to part with me?
He seemed to want to take me on as his disciple. It was a very welcome offer, but the thought of having to rot away here for two years without being able to go outside was a bit terrifying.
So I declined his offer and decided to get out of this place where I had no more business.
But he kept asking me if I would stay here, as if it was very regrettable. Even if I was reduced to nothing but bones, would I still feel lonely?
There was an expression for it – a loneliness that seeps deep into the bones.
“Please take good care of my Agumon.”
Yeah, that’s right. But come visit often. I’d like to hear some stories from above. I think there’d be a big commotion if I went up to the surface.
I thought back to the time when this skeleton knight appeared in Sodomora. It seemed like chaos would break out.
Because this world is cruel to the dead.
They’ll try to subdue you here and there. That’s what I came to this valley for.
However, I am not sure if it is right to reject someone who I can have a conversation with and who is even gentlemanly in a way, simply because he is undead.
Isn’t it just that the appearance is a little different?
Because I was treated as a savage because I looked different, I was able to think about these issues with a broader perspective.
But that doesn’t mean there was an answer.
“I’m really leaving now. And, there might be a ladies’ party coming up soon. Just give me a little bit of care and kick me out.”
A party of ladies? Are you coming to subjugate me? I hope it gets lively, yes.
The skeleton knight didn’t seem to think that he would be subdued.
I also had no idea that this experienced-looking skeleton knight would be defeated by the silver rose that seemed somewhat sloppy.
“Oh, there’s an elf there with white hair and red eyes. You could give him a little beating.”
Honey chestnut? Well, let’s do that. Well, bye.
That was the end of my story with the Skeleton Knight.
So, I got on the gondola and was about to pull the rope to go up.
I suddenly became curious.
“So, sir, what’s your name?”
My name?
“I think it’s a little unfair that only you know my name.”
Ah, that’s right. My name is… No, I’ve abandoned my name ever since I became like this. Since it’s come to this, wouldn’t you like me to give it to me?
You want me to give it a name?
At that very moment, letters appeared before my eyes.
『Pluto’s Death Knight requests a change of faction.』
『You can release the binding by consuming 10 task points.』
“I accept your request by naming your name.”
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