Chapter 65 – Black Mane (1)
One.
A-class wolf-type monster, scientific name Black Mane, boasts a middle-to-higher size among beast-type beasts with an average height of 3m and a body length of 8m.
There are three main things to pay attention to when dealing with Black Mane, one is the wolf-type monster’s unique grip, and the other is a sawtooth claw that never lets go once you grab it, and lastly, leaping. It is a bridge specialized for
As for how fast the black mane jumped and rushed, there were testimonies that a black mane the size of a finger could be seen in the distance, and in the blink of an eye, the black mane opened its mouth right in front of them.
Black Mane’s jump power and instantaneous speed were among the highest among A-class monsters.
The moment that swift black mane first stepped out of the gate and set foot in the city, and rushed at the prey that howled in misery, the prey’s life was as if it had ceased to exist.
According to Blackmane’s experience and knowledge, it should have been.
However, life, no, Langsaeng (狼生), was always a law that didn’t go as planned.
Paperweight!
With the sound of sparks, the vision of the black mane reversed. It obviously ran towards its prey, but all Black Mane could see was a black asphalt road.
– Big?
Kwaaaaang!!!
The black mane didn’t have time to panic, and it landed headfirst on the road just as fast as it leaped.
Black Mane, who created a hemispherical crater as if a meteorite had fallen, did not understand what had happened to him.
I jumped forward and fell down. Also, the direction of the body itself was turned vertically. What the hell is this?
At the level of an A-class monster, even if it is a beast-type monster, its intellect is not much different from that of a human.
With his black mane head ringing from the impact, he wondered why he was banging his head on the ground as he rushed at the fragile prey.
Then, suddenly, Black Mane was able to recognize a strange point.
Having lost my prey, why am I worrying about this?
I don’t know what happened to me, but my body is fine, only my head buzzes a little. It’s not like you can’t hunt, but you’re indulging in the luxury of thinking. Sooner or later, those who have not been able to come out because of being pressed by me will crawl out one by one.
The black mane pulled out the head stuck in the ground, and then shook his body to blow away dirt and stone fragments. Again, there was nothing wrong with the body. I was just a little taken aback by the unexpected shock.
– Kreurreureu ······.
When I turned my head towards the sound, the strange creature I met as soon as I crossed the gate and the screaming prey met each other and moved their mouths.
Black Mane understood that it was communication between the two entities.
“Ai-san, he’s awake! Hurry up and put your phone away! I’ll just check and send it to you!”
“Yes? Didn’t just die from that thing… Hee, hee hee!”
“Ah, here we go again. I’ll just take care of it. Charge the lost items to the liars trap.”
While communicating, I felt annoyance and a bit of urgency from the strange creature.
You look at me and feel that way. Apparently, that strange creature had done something to me to knock me to the ground.
– Kreurreureuk…!
The wild persimmon led the black mane to the correct answer.
Convinced that Pastor had pinned him to the ground, Blackmane changed his target from screaming prey to Pastor.
Even in the gate, he had few opponents to match, and he was a top predator, black mane, so being tossed around by a creature that was nothing was very hurtful to his pride.
A strange creature is just a weak prey that can be turned into pieces with one swing of its claws.
However, even with such a pitiful physical ability, the strange creature was not frightened or crazy, and even radiated a strange energy that it had never felt before.
That’s why I didn’t attack to explore for a while, but you made me like this. I will never forgive you.
Kududeuk … Kududeuk!
With the idea that he had been beaten once, he would not be beaten twice, Black Mane, who had his whole body on edge, looked at Paster and bent his four legs to gather momentum.
The floor where the black mane was standing cracked and the ground began to vibrate due to the accumulation of power that was on a different level than when he first aimed at the screaming citizen.
Ku-gu-gu-gu-gu!
– Kreurreureureureung····!
The black mane, which resonated with the sound of the earth, radiated so much momentum that it made even an A-class Awakener nervous.
The beast’s murderous intent and hostility were directed exclusively at the F-class Awakener Paster of the Liars Trap.
– Kwoaaaaa!!!!
Touquaaaaang!!!
The black mane dragged the ground with its front feet and spurred the ground with its hind feet, releasing all of its accumulated power and leaping forward, its hostility and intent to kill became a tangible flash of black.
A powerful leap that would burst the asphalt floor made the new type of black mane reach right in front of Paster in an instant.
Wow.
Black Mane opened its mouth to devour Pastor’s upper body in one bite so that the opponent wouldn’t even be aware that it was dying.
Paper weave.
But this time, the second spark rang in Blackmane’s ears, and his gaping mouth just chewed the air.
Aaaaa!!!! Thud! Thud!
The black mane, embarrassed by the black mane and Paster who disappeared like a phantom without any warning, couldn’t control his own speed and fell, leaving a long and deep destruction mark on the asphalt road.
Whii-i-i-ing…
The night wind blew past the tip of the nose of the fallen black mane. Black mane, who had fallen down awkwardly with his belly upside down, briefly scratched his vocal chords in a sense of emptiness he had never felt in his life.
-·····Kreuk.
Roughly translated into human language, it meant something like ‘You play like a game dog.’
2.
“Uh huh? Where is it?”
“This is the entrance to the shelter. Except for the clothes and wallet, I just left it there. File a claim for damages for the rest of the lost items with Liar’s Trap. Enough then.”
“Yes, yes? What is that…”
Paperweight!
After taking the screaming citizen to the front of the shelter, I immediately moved to the place where the wolf was. The reason I asked for my phone before moving was because the citizen could have taken a picture of me.
My rabbit hole was an ability that should not be known to people.
It was a top secret about the rabbit hole, to the extent that only the S-class Awakened from Rias Trap, the doctor, a few elite guild members of Team 2, and the former retired team leader.
There is a limit to claiming that it is a unique ability of the space movement system.
In addition, as before, the A-class monster could continuously move at an unrecognizable speed and move the opponent at the same speed, the space movement-type ability did not exist in the world.
When someone asks how you moved with Scar at the restaurant tonight, you can just say, “I have the ability to teleport.”
However, the fact that she moved three times in an instant like just before was an area that could not be dismissed as ‘I have the ability to move through space’.
The ability to move in space, known by common sense, was an ability that could only be used after setting the coordinates to move to, raising the mana needed to move there, and concentrating the mind fully on movement while the mind and body were in a calm state.
It’s not a simple ability to pop in and out like my rabbit hole.
Also, if the concentration of mana is high or if the magic beast’s mana interferes with the calculation of space movement, it becomes useless immediately, so this tricky space movement ability was in fact an ability that could not be used when attacking dungeons or gates.
That’s why my rabbit hole, which can be used anytime and can go anywhere, is special.
However, no matter how great the rabbit hole was, there was no way things would work out when I, the user, was weak.
Kwaaaaang!! Bang! Bang! Kwakwang!!!
When I returned to the front of the riastrap building where it was originally, guild members on duty from the liarstrap and awakened people from other guilds had gathered to fight the werewolves.
“Eh. Look at that bastard running amok.”
Wolf was fighting quite well even among numerous awakened people with his unique speed and wild sense.
At first glance, it even looked like a werewolf was chasing the Awoken. From there, I could see that the wolf was a pretty strong witchbeast.
Seeing the Awakeners of at least B rank or higher terrified of a single werewolf made my heart heavy for no reason.
“Those people are fighting so hard over there. What am I doing here right now?”
Even though I have a good rabbit hole ability, I can’t kill the wolves rampaging there, and I don’t have the strength to close the gate.
Rather than standing still and blaming themselves for their incompetence, it would be nice to use the rabbit hole to help those awakened people and boost their self-esteem, but the rabbit hole was an ability that should not be known.
I don’t know why it shouldn’t be revealed, but the doctor, Scar, Raffy, Ianuna and everyone said no. If it becomes known, only bad things will happen.
There was no way that an F-rank like me could properly grasp the intentions of the S-class Awakeners and the world’s greatest genius. I’m just saying that.
And since I know better than anyone that I am incompetent compared to my abilities, it was clear that getting involved in that fight wouldn’t help either.
Rather, I’m glad I’m not a burden.
Just as I was licking my lips, thinking that those grapes must be sour grapes, my phone vibrated. It was a call from Ia noona.
“Hello? Sister?”
– Uh, uh, Mr. Pastor? Where are you now? It’s okay? Where, where are you sick?
As soon as I answered the phone, I reflexively frowned at the barrage of questions.
However, I immediately figured out that the questions were related to the text message I sent earlier, ‘Ia-noona, I’m sick.’ As I was about to answer that it was nothing, an Awakener who had been beaten by a wolf flew right next to me and landed on me.
Kwaaaaang!!!
“Cheer, keuchuuuuu!”
– Gee, that’s it now. Uh, what?
Seeing the Awoken coughing up blood and fainting, I thought for a moment that it would be good for Ia-nuna to come here. If she comes, the wolf will be a stuffed sad wolf.
“Ah, noona, I am in front of our guild right now. A rather strong demon came out…”
Kwagwagwang!!!! Kwaaaaang!!! Kudang-dang-dang-tang! Kwakwang!
“Damn it!”
“Quek!”
“Kuheouk!”
“Do, run away… Hit.”
“That, that black mane…You, you are too strong…”
‘Guild members and other awakened guilds are gathering to fight against the Witchbeast. If you’re not busy, please come and help me.’ The Awoken who were fighting fell towards me.
What the fuck
I paused the phone for a while and turned my head, and a familiar Awakener, perhaps an A-class guild member whose face I had only seen from our guild, flew here and there as the wolf shook his head, clutched by the wolf’s teeth. Stuck in
Whoops. Thud.
“·····It’s okay?”
It looks like he lost a lot of blood, but he didn’t seem to be dead, so I asked out of etiquette.
However, my question didn’t reach him, so the A-class guild member on duty muttered something with his whole body trembling with fear-drenched eyes.
“Alpha… It’s Alpha. All in all, Alpharani… My, the road…”
Dump.
Then he lowered his head helplessly.
When I turned my gaze away from the fainting guild member and looked at the wolf, the wolf’s two yellow eyes contained irritation, anger, and joy. The moment I saw those eyes, I knew his intentions.
“You can’t You didn’t kill these people… Did you mean to prevent me from escaping?”
At level A, even if it is a beast-type monster, its intelligence is comparable to that of a human.
Moreover, it would not be an exaggeration to say that if it was a mutant alpha, it had an intelligence that surpassed that of a human.
That’s why it wasn’t unusual for the Witchbeast to use people as hostages.
– Kreukreukreukreukreukreukreukreukreuk!
I don’t know if you understood what I was saying, but the wolf scratched his vocal chords very thickly.
Roughly, ‘You fucking rom, can’t you run away now? Ah haha perfect. You’re behind me.’ It sounded like that.
It didn’t seem like the time to keep calling.
“·····Sister. Come quickly I’m in big trouble now.”
– Yes Yes? Mr Pastor! Paster! For a moment····!
Pop.
I told my sister Ia to come quickly and hung up the phone.
No, how did this happen? To think that I would have an affair with an A-class monster, and Alpha at that. This is a real fucking plague.
“Ha·····.”
I let out a deep sigh and fixed my eyes on the wolf.