Chapter 63- ClashAlright, it"s a great morning.
I shall finally be entering Gorudo Forest today.
I’ll put my all into it.
I got up from the bed and lightly stretched.
There doesn’t seem to be any abnormalities in my body.
“Alright, it’s time to go.”
I got out of my room and moved downstairs to the 1st floor.
As I entered, a voice called out to me as usual.
“Yo,Yuma. Over here, over here. Let"s have breakfast together.”
Its Iguru. He was up earlier yesterday, but he seems to have woken up normally today.
“Ooh, Good morning Iguru.”
I moved over to the seat while greeting Iguru.
It’s the usual sight.
“Oh yeah, Yuma! You are heading to Gorudo forest today, right?”
“I probably might be. Well, i"ll come back here as usual after i’m finished.”
Iguru smiled when I said so,
“Wow! You seem to be quite relaxed despite the fact that you will be going up against Cyclops from Gorudo Forest. You are quite reliable though.Well, although I say that, don’t go dying on me. Yeah.”
“Ah, I know.”
Sari came over with breakfast while we were talking.
Yup, it looks delicious as usual.
“Yuma-san, Iguru-san, good morning to the both of you! Here is today"s breakfast.”
After that, the both of us had our breakfast with great relish and haste.
“Alright! Yuma, I shall be going on ahead of you.”
“Ah, I shall also head out in a little while.”
After Iguru and I parted, Iguru was the first one to depart from Zinnia.
Alright, now is the time for me to leave as well.
While I was almost out of Zinnia,
“Yu-Yuma-san.”
I could hear the voice of Sari.
“Yuma-san, that, please make sure to be careful.”
“Ah, I know.”
Sari smiled for a moment when I said that, and then her face sunk again, and she turned toward me.
I can’t let it be like this, it would be better for Sari to keep smiling.
“Sari.”
“Wa, yes. Wh-what is it?”
While smiling toward Sari to rea.s.sure her I said,
“The place I am going to today, it is going to be pretty difficult.”
“Yes….”
“Because of this, I will probably be very hungry when I return. Therefore, I will be looking forward to what Sari will have made for dinner. I shall leave this matter to you.”
When Sari heard what I had said, her original smile blossomsed.
“Wa, yes! I will make the ultimate dinner to the best of my ability! So, Yuma-san, make sure to return back here safely!”
“Ahh, Understood. I"ll make sure to come back. Then, I shall take my leave.”
After stroking the head of Sari, I left Zinnia.
Alright, it"s time to go to the guild.
I was able to arrive at the guild in just a few minutes, so I entered by going in through the familiar doors.
Fumu, there’s quite a lot of people today.
We~ll, it"s alright, I moved to the place where Meru-san was.
“Good morning, Meru-san. I think that I already know, but can you please tell me the result of the investigation of Gorudo Forest?”
“You have finally arrived, Yuma-kun. Then, I shall quickly tell you the result of the investigation. Right now, the Rare Species that are currently in Gorodo forest is, I think that you already know about it, it"s a monster called Cyclops.”
As I thought, tt"s the Cyclops.
Fortunately, from the investigation, there seems to be only one.
This is quite the good news.
“Is that so, it’s alone. Then, it’s somehow manageable.”
“Don’t let your guard down. A Cyclops is a monster which is on the same level as an S-Rank Adventurer. It may be an A-Rank monster, but its strength is infinitely close to that of an S-Rank. Villages and small cities were completely destroyed by a single one of them, there are reports of these as well.”
“It will be fine, I don’t plan on letting my guard down. I will subjugate it using my full power.”
“Then, it’s fine. Yuma-kun, please be careful. If it gets too dangerous, immediately run away from there. Even if you have to run away, its fine because there is none here who can blame you for that..”
“Understood. Then, i’m off.”
And then, I parted with Meru-san and left the guild through the exit.
As I was leaving, the surrounding Adventurers started speaking,
“Head hunter-, be careful, yo!”
“Quickly reap the neck of the Cyclops and return!”
“If it gets too dangerous, make sure to run away back here! If you"re fine, then we have confidence that this town can be protected!”
All the adventurers came towards while saying so.
Wa! These people, you were just scared of me a little while ago…., but this is fine as well.
But still, I don"t have any thoughts of dying just yet.
For the sake of all the people in this village,
“Definitely, I will definitely return after taking care of the Cyclops.”
I declared that boldly.
“““Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!”””
The inside of the guild became fired up from my response.
After that, I left the guild and headed to the exit of the city.
I was able arrive in a matter of minutes to the gate, and as usual, there stood the gatekeeper.
“Yuma-san, I heard all about it. Please make sure to be careful.”
“Thank you for worrying about me. Then, i’m off.”
I slightly shook hands with the gatekeeper.
Now, it’s finally time to head toward the Gorudo Forest.
According to the map, it seems to be that way.
Alright, let’s do this as usual!
And as usual, I ran toward there.
After a few minutes,
“This seems to be the place, it seems to be significantly larger than the Stone forest and the Ogasu forest.”
It will probably take quite a while to find a Cyclops here.
While thinking so, I headed into Gorudo forest.
After a few minutes, I was able to spot the first monster.
“That is, an Orc?”
It had a different colour from that of an Orc or an Orc King.
The size was also a little larger than an Orc.
Alright, let"s appraise it now for the time being.
{Appraisal}
High Orc
Level: 37
Strength: 87
Endurance: 76
Agility: 34
Luck: 23
{Skills}
None
{t.i.tles}
None
Fumu, it seems to have the capability between that of an Orc and an Orc King.
Come to think of it, this seems to be what Grace-san was talking about.
Well, it"s fine. For now, let’s take down the one in my sights, let’s get this over with.
“It’s in preparation for the Cyclops”
I retrieve the Demon Ripper from my Item Box, and activated Sign Isolation.
“Let"s go!”
I instantly appeared behind the High Orc while slashing at it’s neck. My slash connects, and the lifeless head of the High Orc falls near my feet without any resistance.
“Alright, today seems to be fine.”
Then, shall I move onward to find the Cyclops?
Thinking so, I went further into the forest.
After a few minutes, I was able to find the Cyclops quite easily.
Although it was easy to find,
“Ha ha, so this is a cyclops? What an amazing pressure……..”
Giant is the simplest word that could be used to explain this.
The face had a huge mouth with sharp teeth.
The height easily exceeded over four meters.
And the body seemed as if it was made of buffed muscular armor.
I’m quite sure, the creature in my current sight is stronger than anything that I have ever faced so far.
(ED: Meaning he will probably one shot it, lol)
It doesn’t even compare to an Orc King, it’s on a whole different level.
So, this is a monster that is infinitely closer to an S-Rank monster……..
Fu~u, it won’t help to get nervous now.
For now, let"s use appraisal as usual.
{Appraisal}
Cyclops
Level: 132
Strength: 480
Endurance: 450
Agility: 138
Luck: 98
{Skills}
Roar: Level 3
Intimidation: Level 4
{t.i.tles}
None
Hmm, there doesn’t seem to be anything special about it’s skills.
It’s only a little OP. Strength, Endurance, and Agility stat gains are something that I can’t increase even if I level up.
But, I’m comparatively better with my Agility stat.
If I can’t take it down with a single strike, then I can follow up with Mount-Pig’s Shock and Awe technique.
It’s fine, I can beat it.
I continued to calm myself down with that line for a few minutes,
Retrieving the Demon Ripper, I once again activated Sign Isolation.
Alright, let’s go.
First off, it"s waiting……..Well, that’s quite natural.
The aim is to go for the vital points from the start.
“Let’s go!”
I ran toward the head of the Cyclops.
And then, I jumped into range to get close to it’s neck.
“DIE!”
Infusing Magic into the Demon Ripper, and I slashed toward its neck!
This is my chance! BUT!
“GAAAAA!”
Che, this guy’s skin is too hard!
It’s not even in range of the Orc King.
I was unable to One-Hit KO even with my Magic Infused attack……..
(ED: I stand corrected)
While I was thinking that,
“Gaaaa!”
In that moment, the Cyclops swatted my side with his huge hand.
This guy is attacking everywhere since he cannot spot me!
But, what power. The fist just lightly touched a huge tree by chance and it split in two from the middle. If a normal human were to get hit by one of those fists, then all that’s left of them would be Mincemeat.
I can’t aim for the head in this kind of situation, that would be a suicidal act.
For now, let’s start with the feet.
Fortunately, the Cyclops strength is quite strong, but its speed is not that fast. I’ll be fine since I am fast enough.
Alright, let’s go.
I avoid the Cyclops attacks and go into range of its chest.
And then, I slashed its legs with full power.
“Gaaaaaaa”
The Cyclops was in a little amount of pain and started to move slower, but then it returned to its original attack pattern of the destroying the surroundings indiscriminately.
d.a.m.n, if it’s like this, then I will slash as many times as possible for as long as it takes.
After that for quite a while, I continued to slash at its legs.
And the result,
“Gaaaaa!”
It’s here. The Cyclops kneeled down and stopped attacking its surroundings indiscriminately.
CHANCE!
I thought this, so I slashed toward its neck.
“Until next time, DIE!”
To reap the Cyclops head with full power!
This time for sure! Or so I thought,
“Gu~aaahh”
When I was about to make my move, a strike from the Cyclops. .h.i.t me from the side.
The power behind it was tremendous, I was blown away as if I was a ball.
“Gouu!”
My body’s momentum finally stopped after crashing into a huge tree.
I forcefully moved my body that could not move, and used an MP potion to Recover.
And then, I kept on healing my body.
“Fu~, I think I have healed my body to the extent that I can finally move.”
But still, what power.
It’s fine since I possessed Healing Magic, if it was a Normal person, then he would be done for.
Is this the power that is possessed by an A-Rank monster close to an S-Rank.
“Alright, I was able to heal myself. Let’s quickly go back to my previous location. If it escaped, then it would be quite troublesome.”
And then, I went back to the place where I was last fighting with the Cyclops.
There,
“I see, so that was your final attack.”
In front of my eyes laid the Cyclops that was slowly losing its breath.
Probably, if I left it like this for a few minutes it would die.
But,
“I will send you on your way.”
Infusing the Demon Ripper with magic,
“See ya.”
With one slash, I cut off the Cyclops’s head.