episode_0116

“It’s really just reconnaissance. Okay? You can never do anything strange, right?”

“Yes, yes. All right. Don’t worry.”

Now this place is near the territory of ‘Zott’, one of the leaders of the army.

If you get tired, it’s a disaster. To catch the queen, you must first deal with the bosses, and to deal with the bosses, you need detailed information about them.

I had already heard about the leaders in detail from Liza, but there was still a big difference between what I actually saw and what I heard, so I took the risk of coming here.

Mr. Liza accompanied me under the guise of my honor.

“Do you remember what I told you about Zott before?”

“Yes. I remember it. He is quite large, has a pushing style, and has excellent regenerative powers, so even if his head is cut off, he can come back to life, right?”

“Thank goodness you remember it well. Zot is less intelligent than other bosses. Since it has excellent regenerative power and never dies, you probably don’t think much about it. For similar reasons, the detection range is also very narrow. If you’re sleeping, you probably won’t notice even if it’s right in front of you.”

I’m stupid for not keeping up. So, is Karjen stupid too?

“Liza and Jot, who will win if they fight?”

“If it’s a short fight, I’ll win. Because Jot is slow. However, since you won’t die even if you cut off your head, you have no choice but to lose in a long-term battle.”

“What is the speed of recovery?”

“It varies from as short as seconds to as long as minutes, depending on the severity of the wound. Cutting off the head takes the longest, about 2 to 3 minutes.”

2 to 3 minutes. It’s not a very long time, but it’s not a short time either.

“Then, when the time comes, Liza can just cut off her head and run away?”

“…If Zot is alone, that would be possible. If a group of Zots gather, I can’t respond by myself.”

Each leader leads his group. Thanks to this, the boss alone is annoying, but since you have to deal with the horde as well, the difficulty level of subjugation rises sharply.

“More than that, what is ‘when you have the time’? You shouldn’t do anything dangerous, right?”

“This is just an assumption. You don’t know what people do, right?”

“Phew… . is it so. If you’re ready, let’s go in.”

I entered Zott’s territory closely behind Liza.

“There aren’t as many monsters as you think, right?”

“Zott’s group are all top predators, so they don’t stay in one area. There are only a few monsters in this area right now, but the overall size of the group must be considerable.”

I’ve been walking around Zot’s territory for a long time, but the number of monsters I’ve encountered so far can be counted on one hand. The monsters I met like that were big and scary-looking, but I didn’t feel like they were that strong.

‘It would be better if the monster chasing me was stronger.’

Maybe it wasn’t that monster, the leader?

“Over there. One of Jot’s group. Be careful.”

“Yes? So what have you seen so far?”

“So far, they are just wanderers.”

“Ah… .”

In the direction Liza pointed to, there was a monster that gave off the aura of a monster all over its body.

‘It looks so fucking tough?’

The monster that was chasing me looked like a goby.

Do you think you can subdue this?

*

“That’s Jot. Fortunately, he seems to be sleeping, so I think it will be okay to just observe from here.”

“It’s definitely big.”

When we reached the center of the area, we found Zot sleeping without the world knowing.

Outwardly, it looked similar to a human being, about 4 to 5 meters tall, but it had no hair on its body, forming an uncanny valley.

‘Wow, it really looks like shit.’

Additionally, his appearance was quite ugly. If it just looked like an orc, it could be seen as macho and cool in its own way, but it just feels like a dick was stuck in the face?

‘Oh, so your name is Jot?’

Anyway, Liza says that Jakt is half-immortal, but I already know how to deal with an immortal.

Even Karjen, a thousand-year-old vampire, cannot fully recover her body if she lacks blood. Even more so, what if she’s that fucking idiot who can’t be compared to Karjen? If you just kill it until it dies, it’s obvious that you’ll die.

‘But since it’s going to be physically tough, we’ll have to form a group and take turns to pester each other.’

In addition, Zott’s group will interfere, so we need to pay attention to this part as well.

‘In the end, what you need to know is how much effort it takes to kill that bastard… .’

It’s not that difficult to check this.

“Mr. Liza. I’ll apologize later.”

“Yes? What happened suddenly… .”

“Evil!!!!!”

Liza screamed in surprise at the sudden scream.

“Are you crazy!? Then when you wake up..!”

“I will apologize later. And it looks like you’re already awake?”

“Ugh… ! No, what on earth were you thinking… !”

How easily will Liza be able to cut off Zot’s head?

*

“Churleup. Delicious looking humans! I just walked into Jot’s house.”

“Wow, that’s so fucking disgusting.”

As I regained my appetite, the already shitty things became ten times more shitty.

“Mr. Zeke? Are you on to something? You didn’t wake me up without thinking, right!? Right!?”

“Of course, everyone has their own thoughts. Please deal with Zot first.”

“If so, how long? Monsters will be coming soon!?”

“Don’t worry about that. Because there is a way to escape alive.”

While talking to Liza, Jot got very angry and kicked the ground, probably because he thought he was being bullied.

“Don’t ignore Jot! I will make you humans into minced meat!”

“You don’t know how to eat people. If you chop it like this, it will mix with the intestines and taste bitter.”

“How does Mr. Zeke know that!?”

Liza expressed her doubts as she pulled out her sword. But before I could answer that question, Zot came swinging a huge club.

Kwaang–!

I think I swung it lightly, but that alone made a hole in the ground. Of course, Liza easily avoided it, and as a bonus, she even cut off Zot’s wrist.

“Hmph! You’re quick! But it doesn’t hurt!”

The severed wrist melted like slime and flew straight towards Zot. Recycling discarded parts? It’s efficient.

Afterwards, Jot grabbed the bat and struck it at Liza as if she was catching a mole.

“Liza, hit your head.”

“That’s it! As the saying goes! It’s easy! No!”

Zot’s actions were slow and sluggish, but his reach was long and his club was large, so Liza could not approach him easily as he attacked with ignorance.

Of course, I got cut on my arm several times during that time, but the damage wasn’t significant, and it all healed in a matter of seconds.

“Hmm… . Is it okay to do it alone?”

They said they could win in a short fight, but was that a bluff? Or is it because I’m so worried that I can’t show off my skills properly?

Either way, I think you’ll need at least two to reliably kill Zot.

“Zott realized it. Quick people, I keep seeing weak people! Hehehe. The weak human is the female of the quick human!”

“No! The female is this way!”

Liza was losing her temper, perhaps because she was treating her like a man.

But you call yourself a female? That’s true, but something’s strange.

“There are two females! Jot is happy! The female meat is soft and delicious!”

“I’m a male, you idiot.”

“Ugh!? How dare a human being deceive Zot!”

“Why are you making this mistake?”

“I can’t forgive!”

“There is no idiot.”

The bat that was targeting Liza flew towards me this time.

“Avoid!”

Thanks for the warning. If I had done it 10 seconds ago, I could have avoided it.

Kang–!

The shield fell off again. I’m going to retry anyway, so it’s not a big problem.

While Jot was panicking, I aimed the pistol I had taken out of my pocket. The goal is Zot’s eyes. No matter how strong you are, you cannot train your eyes, so you can take away your eyesight, even if only for a moment.

Taang–!

The bullet I fired hit Zot cleanly in the eye.

“Ack! It stings!”

There was a bullet in my eye, and all it did was sting. It’s so fucking unfair.

Suddenly –.

Still, thanks to that moment of emptiness, Liza succeeded in cutting off Zot’s head.

Kuung–.

As the huge body fell, the ground shook.

“…is he dead?”

“No. It will wake up again soon, so you have to run away quickly.”

“You said it would take about 3 minutes, right? I want to measure it myself.”

“You have to run away!”

Liza hugged me and quickly started running away. Next time I’ll just have to throw it away.

“Kaaa!”

At that time, a crying sound was heard from behind.

“Ugh, you’re already here… !”

The group of Zotts we saw just now are following closely behind us.

‘Wow. ‘He’s pretty fast for being so big.’

Are we going to catch up at this rate? Still, since you survived, it would be better to see the next boss and retry, right?

“Drink this.”

“Yes? Well, what is this?”

“It’s an energy drink, so open your mouth quickly.”

“Now, wait a moment.”

gulp-. gulp-.

I poured the energizer I bought at the store into Liza’s mouth.

“Uh… uh… ? This is power… !”

Liza is impressed by the mulberry flavor of Energizer. Running speed increased dramatically.

“Awesome! I think I can run all day!”

“That’s not possible. Because of side effects.”

“Yes? Are there any side effects!?”

“Yes. Since the concept is to use up the future’s stamina, you probably won’t be able to last even a few hours before passing out?”

“No! Why are you saying that now!!”

Liza was frightened and ran towards the base camp as if she were going to die.

At this speed, maybe we can get there before we pass out?

go for it.