Chapter 284: Big Minotaur
It wasn"t a problem for us to defeat the minotaurs. Veronica can easily fly in the sky as she kills several minotaurs in one swept. Expert level mage is too powerful. And there"s also a master level in the cult. Scary…
As for Jewel, she"s doing fine in a one on one against a minotaur. I had Hannah and Sunny teamed up to support Jewel from afar.
Shelia also doing fine. She"s used to fight them in Monsters World after all.
As for me, I just shoot those who are about to escape, or those who targeting other than those three who are fighting. And I spotted a kitten in one of the houses. So cute.
Let"s kill all these minotaurs for the sake of the kitten.
The villagers heard loud noises from outside that they tried to peek outside from the window of their houses. They seem excited seeing several minotaurs died. But because the noise never stopped, they are still too afraid to go outside.
Everything is over after Jewel shocked the last minotaur to death with lightning magic. I think she can handle any monsters that can"t use magic. Minotaur is about as strong as Orc Emperor without magic. Unless her enemy is something huge like Giant Salamander, she can defeat them easily as long as they can"t use magic or have other racial skills.
As for Hannah, she"s already tired. Even though her job is just to spot an enemy and told Sunny to shoot at it, she"s spent all her mental energy just for that. This is her first battle after all, and she hasn"t manifested her magic as well.
Well, if the cult hasn"t been destroyed for a few more years, she has no choice but to get used to this since this is her choice.
I carried Hannah and Sunny down from the rooftop, and we regrouped back near the biggest house.
"Hannah, how do you feel?" I asked her who is still on my back tired.
"…mostly tired." Hannah said.
"Well, I"ll bring you back right away then. Jewel, you"re coming with her and Sunny. Explain to Penny and the others that I will be late. As for Veronica, you can decide if you want to go home right away or not."
"I"ll go back. I will leave explaining things to the villagers to you. What should we do to the minotaurs?" Veronica asked.
"Shelia said that they are delicious. Let"s bring home some, and leave three to the villagers here. It should be enough for them to last until they can get their own food." I said.
"Yeah! They are delicious even when they are raw! I"ll go ask Lina to cook them this time!" Shelia said.
I guess that mean she"s going home as well. I"m going to be alone again for a while then. Sigh…
"Then I will stay alone. I"ll open a portal over there so the villagers can"t see it."
We moved to a place where the villagers can"t see us, and I opened the portal as soon as the minotaurs are gathered.
The destination is the storage room. Jewel carried Hannah and Sunny on her back, while Veronica just entered the portal nonchalantly. Shelia and I throw the minotaurs one by one, and after leaving three for the villagers, Shelia entered the portal. I closed it after seeing her drooling while looking at the minotaurs.
"Are you sure you want to eat minotaurs?" Victoria, the only one left with me, asked.
"Why ask?"
"Well, don"t you think that they look slightly similar to human? Only the upper part of their body though. You can eat them?"
"As long as I know that they were monsters and not human, I think I can eat anything. I don"t think anyone in this world would be bothered about it like you." I said.
"…even after over a thousand years, my common sense is still that of while I"m still in my homeworld. We don"t eat animals that have similar feature as human after all. Hmm… maybe some country does, but most people don"t." Victoria explained a bit about her world.
If I was raised in her world, I think I will feel the same as well. Well, it doesn"t matter now. Delicious foods are delicious. As long as they are not human, I"m free to eat them. But I hope they are not poisonous.
Now, let"s call the village chief. I hope I"m right that person from before is the chief.
"Excuse me! We have defeated all the minotaurs here! You can come out now!" I said after knocking on the door.
"What about the big one?" The old man asked.
"What big one?"
"The three meters tall minotaur?"
"There"s one more? At least that one is not in the village."
I didn"t see any minotaur that big. Maybe that one leaves the village before we come here.
"Then kill that one first and bring back the proof! Otherwise we won"t leave!"
d.a.m.n! This old man is annoying!
"The request is just to defeat the minotaurs here! Why should we kill the minotaur who aren"t here?"
"Shut up! Or I won"t pay the reward!"
"You shut up or you will be stuck in your house until you die of starvation!"
Does logic work on this old man?
"…I"m sorry. I will give you more reward if you defeat the big one and bring back the proof. Please kill it."
Oh? It worked?
"That"s much better. I"ll go find that big one. Meanwhile, like I told you, there are no more minotaurs left in the village. We also left three of them for the village since we thought that you might lack food since you lock yourself in your house for a while. Whether you want to leave the house now or not is up to you. But once I killed the big one, you have to open the door and give me the reward you promised. See you in a while."
Now, I need to find that big minotaur. I hope this one can"t use magic like the others. What if this one is just like that Orc Emperor? That will be annoying to kill.
Since I didn"t see any minotaur other than those in the village, that mean the big one is not in the direction we came from. I"ll go search the other side then.
I guess I"ll summon Shelia again. Let"s call her once we"re outside the village.
"Why did you call me again?" Shelia asked as soon as I summoned her.
"Seems like we"re missing one. The biggest one. About three meters tall. Help me find it." I said.
"Bigger! More meat! I"ll go!"
And she left just like that. I guess she traced the smell of the big one. I"ll follow her.
She"s too focused on searching the big minotaur that I don"t have the chance to say anything to her. Each time she stopped, she started sniffing around and move quickly again.
As long as it"s related to food and battle, she will be too focused that she ignores everything else.
"I can smell it!" Shelia shouted.
I can see it as well. This one is bigger than other minotaurs we defeated. And this one is carrying a weapon as well. It"s just a wooden log, with a rock attached to the tip to make it looks like a hammer.
Shelia transformed into her werewolf form, and run as fast as she can toward the big minotaur. The minotaur finally noticed her, but it was too slow. Shelia quickly attacked the neck of the minotaur with her claws.
…that"s one thick and strong neck. The minotaur only bleeding slightly from the scratch even with Shelia"s strength.
"Big one! More meat!" Shelia said as if she was possessed.
Well, at least I don"t have to fight again. I"ll just watch and support her in case she needed one.
Just how good do they taste if she went this wild for one? Now I"m curious. Lina should be cooking it right now.
The big minotaur with its big weapon tries to fight back, but it"s way slower than Shelia. I guess this will take some time, but Shelia should be able to handle it herself.
"Shelia, do you need any help?" I asked just in case.
"No!"
"The sooner we defeat that thing, the sooner we can go home and eat!"
"Help!"
That"s quick! To change her mind just because of food. I guess she"s too hungry today.
I don"t think shooting it will do any help. I guess it"s time to use Reizpear again after a long time.
I used the technique that once used against the turtle shark. I forgot to name it.
I twisted the spear while stopped it with my other hand, then I stabbed toward the minotaur"s heart from its back while it was busy fighting Shelia.
"How should I call it? Ah, right. Twisting Spear!"
I shouted the name as I pierced its heart. The blade of the spear easily went through its chest and exit on the other side.
The minotaur dropped as it lost its strength.
"Alright, I"ll cut off its head and bring the head back to the village. You can bring the rest of the body home."
"Minomeat!" Shelia shouted as she entered the portal.
Minomeat? As in minotaur"s meat? She has similar naming sense with me. She learned from the best.
I return back to the village with the head of the big minotaur, and gave it to the old man. He"s really the village chief.
Then he gave me the reward from the quest and for the big one as well. He"s so happy that everyone can leave their home now.
I guess I"ll go home now. I need to give report to the guild as well. They will be surprised to hear that I finished their quest in less than one day.