Chapter 11 – Cockatrice Hunt

With that kind of feeling, we went further into the forest again. It was possible to encounter other monsters, but there was nothing to be seen, probably because of the appearance of a cockatrice, a powerful predator. I guess they all ran away

There was nothing there, so I was mistaken for a moment that I had gone hiking in the mountain behind the neighborhood. The journey was so peaceful. If I had brought a mat and a basket of sandwiches, it would have been a perfect picnic.

“…”

After the battle with the wisp, it was as if there was nothing to do but chase after William. However, the reason this quest was truly SsipHell was Winia’s thirst.

If I didn’t clean her mouth for a moment, she must have suffered from a disease that would cause her intestines to rot. It’s about to turn around She was willing to pay any price if she could stop her mouth.

“…”
“Bastard, are you deaf? Can I pierce you? I’ve got a needle.”
“How can people eat their ears?”
“Do you want to talk bullshit? Am I bothering you? Huh?”
“Sorry.”

If there were even monsters, there would be no need to fight. Fucked up, really fucked up. For now, I just want Mr. William to find the cockatrice quickly. It was so hateful that the monsters couldn’t be seen because of this cockatrice bastard.

“Whoa, whoa… That’s right.”

When he turned his head, Copson was spying on the chase liquor with a very happy expression on his face. Intermittent exclamation escaped from his lips.

Mr. William didn’t seem particularly concerned about it. Monster tracking is also a skill, and it’s no different from property, but seeing as he doesn’t say anything, he seems to have a pretty good personality.

“Stop.”

Mr. William, who was trying to clear the bush, spoke softly. At that, Winia, who had been chattering like a rogue bird, closed her mouth, and Copson drew her knife. He is a man who wields an ax and a sword. Tension rose. Is there a cockatrice in front of me?

My saliva was swallowed by the suddenly changed heavy atmosphere.

“I found the nest. As we agreed at the beginning, I will stand in the forefront, so you guys escort Winia.”

The smell of blood and rotten flesh flowed from the other side. I also drew my sword while smelling that strange rotten smell. Monsters’ nests usually emit that kind of unpleasant smell. This is because excrement and leftovers are deposited.

“One, two, three… The cub… Looks like six. It won’t be a very difficult opponent.”

Having said that, William passed silently through the bushes and gestured. He climbs over the bush, taking the utmost care of his steps… Indeed.

A huge cockatrice was sleeping soundly with its babies in a nest made of grass.

—-Kururu… Pururu…

Look at that terrible breathing. To be honest, I’ve never seen such an overwhelming appearance in my life. It was bigger than the drakes that pulled luxury wagons that you sometimes see, and it was the perfect monster itself.

Its large, hard-looking beak seemed strong enough to easily shatter a human skull. There was nothing to say about the ferocity of those sharp chicken feet. The D+ difficulty is fucking high, damn it. I was stunned inside, but William and Winia’s expressions when they saw him were calm.

“Cheuk… This should be some money, Winia.”
“Yes.”
“Bake it.”

At that, Winia memorized a spell. The incantation was in a magical language and was incomprehensible. Along with the spell, a red magic circle was created in front of the staff, and the vermilion mana that I could see with my own eyes began to gather. The wind rose. Winia, who was casting a spell, had a completely different serious look than when she was craving me.

ㅡ Crockery?

Sensing anomalies, the Cockatrice woke up from a deep slumber. When they saw us, they tilted their heads, then quickly came to their senses and jumped up to spread their wings.

But.

“Flame Arrow.”

Winia’s chanting had long since ended. A huge arrow of fire was created.

The blazing red projectile hit the cockatrice directly.

ㅡPergung!
ㅡCreek!

The power of Flame’s Arrow is beyond imagination.

The arrow of fire flew at an unbelievable speed, and as soon as it hit the cockatrice’s chest, it exploded. The monster screamed, and balls of fire flew. Three of the cubs were roasted covered in flames.

It was massive splash damage.

I was so surprised that I muttered the words, ‘Mother, fuck you.’ Then it calmed down a bit. This is where the battle begins. Power went into the hand holding the knife.

“Protect Winia!”

Then William blew out like the wind. Ignoring the three remaining cubs, they rushed in a straight line at the cockatrice. The cockatrice, with its feathers on fire, looked like the phoenix itself. However, William skillfully swung his longsword and severed the tip of his wing.

ㅡCreek!

That amazing body movement was like a lie. Do you really need to have that level of skill to become a C-class? I admired his lean movements and his footsteps to preoccupy the shortest route.

“Hey, Barbarian. Are those bastards coming to us?”
“Yes.”

Copson spat on the floor. The remaining three cubs rushed at us. When I looked at the other three, they were already roasted and spread out. There was a burnt smell… It must have smelled like chicken.

To say this much power with just one shot, as expected, wizards are fucking strong, so I can’t match them.

This was the reason why I couldn’t get close to Winia. I couldn’t even imagine being able to resist because I couldn’t even find a bone if I was hit by something like that.

“Bastard, I’m having a hard time.”

Winia said that and sat down playfully. She sat down, stretched out, and nudged my cheek with her cane.

“Can you handle the rest?”

I had nothing to say, but what This is sufficient. Didn’t Winia do her job in the first place? The rest of the mob handling was up to me and Copson.

“Sir, leave it to me.”

ㅡQuieeeee!

I aim my sword at those who run like ostriches. Baby Cockatrice is a trash mob. It’s a bird, so it’s stupid, and it’s a weight class. Definitely shorter than me.

The important thing in a fight against a monster was the weight class and the presence or absence of a blade. Most of the small monsters are smaller than humans, and I always carry a sword.

Holding a sword and fighting opponents weaker than me, that is the basic law of hunting. I am not intimidated because it was clear that I would win. Trash mobs can never penetrate the gap between humans with swords.

The only scary thing was the medical expenses that would go out in case of accidental injury.

ㅡ Kieek!!

The baby cockatrice, which had come close, jumped. After lowering my posture by bending my knees and body, I aimed the knife at the belly of the guy who jumped higher than me, and with the right timing, bounced and threw the knife.

ㅡKureek!

“Copson!”

Just as the knife had been driven into it, I thrust it into his shoulder his and wrapped my arms around his neck his. Their weakness is their long necks. Using his knee his as a lever, he broke his neck his.

ㅡWooddeuk!

“You asshole!”

I threw the limp guy away and ran straight to Copson. Two clung to Copson. Copson was rolling on the ground screaming unsightly. He glanced back at Winia, and he was watching the scene with interest, resting his chin on it. Her sense of crisis did not exist for her.

“Dooooo!!”
“No, you bastard!”

I ran with a laugh, hoping to make fun of Copson.

It was quite funny to see him rolling on the floor while being beaten by two bird-headed chicks. He Kicked, stabbed with a beak. Copson tried to stand up after each attack, but it seemed difficult to get up under the onslaught of two angry cockatrice chicks.

No matter how low they are in their weight class, they are monsters filled with muscles, befitting those who run on the ground.

It is clear that if you get hit wrong somewhere, you will go to the goal. I immediately tried to attack.

“Look around!”

As I pushed off the ground explosively, I stuck a knife into one of the guys’ sides with the rebound. Fu-wook, the taste of the blade that went into the cross guard in an instant was excellent. The tip of the knife pierced the other side and protruded.

ㅡKeeeee

The frozen scabbard broke into a bitter cry and collapsed. It seemed that he was too excited to attack Copson, so he could n’t see his surroundings. It was a price for not keeping in mind that if they played daguri themselves, the opponent could also hit daguri.

“Wake up, bitch!”
“Kuh… Thank you.”

He took Copson’s hand and lifted him up. As two of us, we were relentless and laid siege to the last one remaining. Only then did he spread his wings wide and scream and threaten us, but that kind of threat was laughable.

ㅡQueek! Queek!

Hehe. Funny. Very funny. Isn’t it funny? Barbarian?”
Hehe, that’s ridiculous.”

Enraged by the previous beating, Copson swung his ax, closing his distance in an instant. In that neat blow, the baby cockatrice fell as his throat her was cut in half and his blood her gushed out.

ㅡ clap clap clap!

Winia clapped as she cut the throat of the fallen guy to finish it off and let out a heavy breath. Seeing that she clapped with high tension as her eyes widened in a smile, it seemed that she had spent a satisfactory time watching.

“You’re good!”

I thought it was damn good. Well, it should be said that the difficulty level was similar to that of the kobold, but the cockatrice baby doesn’t seem to be that threatening a monster. Two or three people could easily handle it.

I went over there with Copson to help William.

William was fighting so adeptly that the cockatrice’s blood her gushed with every drop of his sweat her. When an enraged cockatrice stretches his neck and strikes with his beak her, he quickly dodges and slices his flesh her. However, if the cockatrice doesn’t go first, this time William strikes in. It was a one-sided battle.

The height of the cockatrice seemed to be 2m 50cm at first glance, but she did not seem to be able to compete with William with a longsword. To be honest, I have no idea how to kill it.

“Hey! Winia!”

When William called for Winia, Winia stood up and brushed off her skirt. She then stretched out her staff and chanted her again—

“Fire Bolt.”

She unleashed a fire bolt as it was. Unlike the Flame Arrow, a small ball-sized flame projectile is fired! Then it flew to the cockatrice’s chest and exploded.

ㅡQueueek!

That was the last Taking advantage of the moment when the cockatrice screamed at the flames burning up from his chest her, William’s longsword drew a clear trajectory and severed the wings her. William quickly retrieved his deeply entrenched blade and immediately plunged his longsword into the cutting edge.

ㅡKung!

The giant collapsed. The blade seemed to have touched the heart of his. There was a breath, but that’s it. There was nothing I could do but vomit blood and convulse. Copson and I quickly ran to William.

“You’re amazing!”
“It was amazing!”

William shook his hand once, then decapitated the cockatrice like an executioner.

—Sgung.

His head separated, and soon there was a foul smell.

“…Whoa.”

Said William, taking a breath.

“I’ll look for something worthwhile in the guy’s nest. I’ll have to dismantle these guys first.”

Copson and I brought the huge bag of courtesy. The nest was piled with all sorts of bones and half-rotting unidentified corpses, but it seemed far off to find anything worthwhile.

“Uh, fuck it. Hey Copson.”
“Why but?”

When I removed the vines that were piled up in the nest, what was there were huge eggs. As many as five eggs were hidden. If this is not gura and fertilized eggs, it is cheap. Things like monster babies and eggs can be sold in the arena at a high price.

Of course, these belong to William and Winia, so I don’t have them.

“They are precious things.”

After that, I searched around the nest, but I couldn’t find anything other than eggs. Even if I tried to get something like a bone or horn, it was all smashed because the beak was so hard.