Vol 1 Chapter 4 (1/2)

Chapter 4 Human And Monster

A short while after leaving the cave, I had come to a place that was located near a road

In complete contrast to the trackless paths of that forest, here lay grasslands that stretched far and wide, and there lay a single well furbished road that was like a line stretching straight without end through it This too was soame

There, now lying hidden in the bushes near this road, were just me and the rest of the slimes Our numbers were now clearly different from what they’d been before The reason was simple On the way here they’d all just advanced at their own convenience towards whatever direction they’d felt like going Though they called it “hunting” it was not seeroup

Even now, the sli any particular signs of planning a coordinated effort I noondered if perhaps they just weren’t sh

I began to get a really bad feeling about this as I held ence was they weren’t just gonna rush their prey like this were they?

So like the absolute weakestin without any plans whatsoever on a suicide attack and having any chance of winning at all… was just plain unthinkable

Or perhaps, since our color and shape is different than what I know of, ht be unexpectedly strong monsters?

As I pondered that question with no anshile I waited for a bit…

“Preeyyyy’s, comeee”

Was what Slime A said to me

As I thought “Finally”, I followed Sliht and the prey came into view I became speechless

The reason: as there was a group of humans

When you really think about it, there’s nothing else besides humans at the top spot of what opponents a monster will rush at, is there? I’d unintentionally associated the word “hunting” with ani to happen It’s because these things attack humans that they’re called mamono or monsters in the first place

T/N: I know mamono can also lish orz - indra13

And with that, I didn’t feel like taking part in this hunt any to kill huot reincarnated as a slime, nor did I want to

Besides, as the opponents were human, I didn’t think a sliroup was outfitted with swords and defensive iteements to be ready for battle

It wouldn’t be so bad if it was a villager without any sort of weapon but, the way I was noasn’t even the least bit confident about taking on armed opponents like theh I’d evolved once, the result was clear as day for the slimes that were below me

But even with all that, all the other sliht out from the bushes with absolutely no hesitation at all Given the present situation, could it be they weren’t justout on sheer instinct? Even if they were, it was still nothing but suicide