Volume 2 Chapter 31 (1/2)

Volume 2 Chapter 31: Negligence is one’s greatest enemy

The man, that was holding a corpse and the leather bag in one hand, looked at us, and made a very annoyed expression which greatly distorted his scar.

「Another merchant lured by curiosity… Doesn’t seem that way. That’s what I arranged jackalopes for.」

The scarred man grumbled while poking the bleeding carcass with a foot.

「Me-Merchant…? What are you talking about?」

「Well, it doesn’t matter. Two greenhorns and one weak carrier will hardly pose a challenge, but at least you can serve as a gift for my beloved children. I shall gladly accept it.」

The man instilled an overwhelming sense of dread.

「It’s new fodder. Eat them along with these legs. Blood Shark.」

Saying that, he lifted the corpse with one leg and threw it toward us. A moment later—

「AaaaAh……!」

「——?!」

A large shark suddenly jumped out from the waters nearby.

As it swallowed the tossed leg with its large jaws, it flew with that momentum toward us, clearly intending to devour us as well.

「Wha-what is this shark!」

「Defend yourself before you act surprised!」

「Yes!」

George and I readied our weapons and while syncing our movements stopped the blow of the so-called blood shark, the shark type monster.

「Ooh, since you can stop this charge…… I guess you are combat-oriented adventurers?」

Even after seeing that, the man was still full of composure.

But of course. After all—

「This monster, is strong……!」

「Why is this shark still so stupidly strong on land……?!」

Because the strength of the unknown monster that emerged from the water is immense.

Unless we act together to block the attack, there was a good chance we would get overpowered.

「You damn… !」

Even so, we defended against the natural weapon of the shark with its dangerously wide-open jaws and knocked it back into the water.

「So you withstood the first attack. Looks like there is some good texture to your muscles, I’m quite pleased.」

「Kuh…… Acting all high and mighty. Where did he tame such a huge beast……!」

「Yes. Since he can control monsters, he should be《Monster Tamer》- Beastmaster, but……To think someone could control such a huge monster in such a fashion……!」

With a nod, I muttered in reply to the words George spat while frowning.

With the use of skills, it was indeed possible for a monster tamer to enslave a magical beast. But—

……If it’s controlled by the skills of a monster tamer then it absolutely should’ve had「Collar of Enslavement」on it…

It was proof of a monster being under the control of a tamer.

I’ve seen them even in my hometown. Controlled monsters all without exception have that common feature.

But none of the monsters before us had such a collar.

Yet, only that man received no hostility from them as they bared their fangs solely at us. I don’t understand what this means though.

「tch……Just how… Which guild trained you as a tamer……?!」

As I gritted my teeth, wondering which guild could’ve hidden such a technique, the man only snorted and laughed with disdain.

「Guild? Monster tamer? ……And here I was wondering what you were mumbling about there… Don’t lump me together with those weaklings wagging their tails before the gods…」