Chapter 16 (1/2)
Ossan, studies the ecology DISCLAIMER: I DON'T REALLY KNOW japANESE, THESE ARE MACHINE TRANSLATIONS THAT I TRY TO PUT INTO PROPER ENGLISH READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION
The Crazy Ape, the white-haired natural enemy of all men This monster attacks human males and performs the so-called(-TN: censored in the raws)
It's uncertain why it has such habits, but at thetheir chastity
”I can't help it… Let me kill it, I hate it”
”Well, at least you have your sanity Zeros-dono… he is…”
”A hero… here is a hero”
”Oh… God”
”You guys, just fight…”
”Are you even acoldly at their co-workers However, they weren't brave enough to accept their opinions
If their opponents are bandits, they at least can stick with their own pride as knights But, the Crazy Apes are dangerous creatures in a different sense It's not wonder why they're so terrified
Their captain, Alev, is also ahts
”What the hell?!… It's discris we're scared of!”
”It's… It's the worse! You guys fight it, I don't want to!”
””These guys…””
The knights were useless… in a different way
In reality, Zeros didn't want to be the only one fighting this e will expand in various way, because the level of the Crazy Ape was the problem
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”Its level is higher than the Chimera but its HP is lower… What does it mean?”
”Maybe it's a pre-evolutionary sub-species? From there, they'll probably evolve into a different creature”
In other words, if they becoher species their level will be reset to 1, and in exchange, their strength will be leagues above what it was before evolving
Since the Chier than the Crazy Ape, it probably had evolved at least once After all, despite the fact that it was being attacked by a large nunificant
(Monster evolution exists? I thought it was quite a game-like world, but it looks like it was because of the Goddess)
Zeros did not fully believe ritten in the Goddess' email from when he arrived to this world
That is, because there's a condition for living beings to suddenly evolve, and a world that immediately makes you evolve once you reach a certain level cap, is far froame worlds, evolution is a phenomenon in which creatures who have accumulated experience points and met certain conditions turn into more powerful monsters
In this world, evolution is likely to depend on the environmental conditions in place, Zeros considers based on this world's reality
If the levels are the condition, it'd be strange if there are not 's deep greenbelt is ho a fierce cost themselves Weak creatures can't possibly survive here
”In other words, the average level of monsters here is between 100 and 300…”
(Then… if I don't raise hts' levels they won't survive Well, in the next four days that won't be a problem)
Further problehts who leveled up had a severe fatigue
That is a side-effect of a fast level-up, and it occurs because of the rapid increase in pohich, the body can't catch up with Levelling-up is a phenomenon in which, part of the soul of the defeated monster is taken in by the individual who defeated it The body grows stronger accordingly, but rapid changes would affect it in that way
They are now exhausted to the extent of not being able to protect themselves if they were attacked, and at the same time, because of the continuous forced level-up, their bodies are not responding freely to their will
”Even so…”
Zeros looks at the Crazy Ape(feht now…)
…It was a lost hope
The Crazy Ape wipes out the drool co out of its mouth and crosses its ar is ready, the Crazy Ape is like a oing”
As he said that, he puts his hand on the handle of the sword hanging on his waist… gradually increasing his speed and rushi+ng towards the Crazy Ape
The Crazy Apes juth characteristic of its race, trying to widen the distance between the two in a panic However, Zeros didn'tSlash!+”
Flying in the air can be advantageous depending of the situation but it can't be said it's very effective in a 1v1 combat
That's why, an attack that could've been avoided with a simple back-step, it's unavoidable while in
Before touching the ground, the Crazy Ape is hit with Zeros' Flying Slash, a flying bladeits internal organs and scattering blood everywhere
Luckily for Zeros, he stayed still avoiding getting showered by the gruesome body fluids
”I'd like to disher price…”
”””Ohhhh!!! Hero banzai!!”””
Without realizing the feelings of the person hihts They were so terrified of the Crazy Ape that feelings of deep admiration flowed towards hi depressed
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【White ape fur】
The Crazy Ape's fur is of the highest quality and sold at a high price
Pri coats for the nobility, it is especially popular ast the noblewolossy hair and pristine white color
Tobecause of the unstable supply of it, being out of stock et rich quick are fa back
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”Its main feature is its pure white hair without impurities…?”
(I'd like to add a tsukkomi to the appraisal…)
The fur, the main commodity of the Ape, seems to have a different value from the creature itself
It's a product thatblood, but it seems they don't know that this 【White ape fur】 comes from the Crazy Ape On the contrary, they often live in places with few e of them should be quite scarce
In addition, the Crazy Ape doesn't co, so there's no way they would know And, as a result, et this fur but they don't come back
Sporadically, there are people who sell this fur to e in the forest So, merchants have no choice but to bundle up the fur they've ed to obtain and process it to make a new commodity
Because of this, mercenary delivery quests of 【White ape fur】 are fa the devil's quest
”That 【White ape fur】, no way… it was from such a monster”
”I was envious of that person ore a white fur coat at the academy… but I don't think it's that enviable anymore”
”The reason mercenaries don't come back… they're all eaten by thelad I becaht”
”Indeed, at least my salary is stable, I don't have to worry about h of relief for the fact that they were knights
So mercenaries with a certain aorous examination and assessment of academic abilities
If they were to take this job ashell… They've never been hts' selection test
But the knights have forgotten… This is the demonic forest where the Crazy Ape lives
”But… we're in trouble There's almost no food left”
”I don't think that Ape lived alone Where did it coan to exas of the base And, after a while, he found that a hole was dug from the outside of the wall They carefully filled up the holes to destroy the evidence and fled with the food They were smart monkeys despite its outward retarded appearance
”These guys… they filled up the holes”
”Did they co across theroup of monkeys is called a troop)
”Rather than that, What about the food!?”
”We're getting picked up in four days, right?”
”With nothing to eat and drink until then!!?”
”Ouch… can you not hiton the second day already
Looking at the knights, Zeros had a cheerful s from the bottom of his heart…
”Hey, Sensei? Why do you look so happy?
”Huh? Did I have that expression?
”shi+shou… you, are you really enjoying this situation?”
”That's… well no, it's just that I've never really had anyone whom I'd consider a coo Zeros andering in this vast forest Although there ater, the only thing to eat was
(It's good that I was lucky enough to find a highway, but if I didn't, there's a high possibility that I would still be trying to survive in this forest…Incidentally, I was one step froenuinely happy to have been able to hts, including the two disciples, would live froh, they still didn't know that
”You are rotten…”
”Sensei… that's terrible”
Their cold gazes sting but Zeros keeps s
”So… let's all share our misfortune, shall we?”
“””No way, You have to be kidding , awaken thee”
(TN: No clue what this is, I guess it's like gibberish or justrandom words: アナタニモ、コノフコウ……ワケテアゲタイ I just erous!!… his eyes are serious!!”””
Because of his week of survival in the forest, he became emotionally unstable like this This transforical state of hi called ‘Zeros of that ti around in the forest for a week' in a couple of days
And the knights were already determined to follow the sa and live a life of survival in the forest
On this day, Zeros had the best s
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Two days after that, the knights are living in hell…
Go find prey, kill it and then eat it… A primitive, more barbaric life ensued
They'll awaken to their wild natures by the fourth day on this harsh forest They beat Wild Wolves that tried to take their preys, slaughtered the Goblins that tried to attack the woainst the Orcs that considered them their prey
Their eyes have no sanity in thelint dwells in the back of their eyes, fighting only to secure food When they catch prey they raise their cries, share a small amount of food with each other, and dance around the flames
The monsters that attacked the base exposed them to their primitive instincts to such an extent, that they started an excessive counter-attack on the's endless and dense woodlands were so dangerous that, they could not survive otherwise
In the two days they've been surviving in this forest overrun with dangerous predators, they have realized that they are lucky to have survived thus far
There's no roohts' hearts to be upset now
―――― Zash!+ !
A single arrow pierces the body of the Slasher Rabbit It convulses and leaks a single shallow breath
”Ufufufu… I got meat”
”Tch… Where's the next prey?”
”There's meat over here!”
”Yossha!”
This is the edge of a relatively safe area in this boundless forest
They should no harsh was the environhts, who fell into these extreme conditions, realized that they could not survive without exposing their bare instincts No, they had to realize
A carnivorous hly every hour, andthey There's no time to rest and take it easy either, thein waves
This situation is repeated constantly in a short aer exploded all at once They've become crazed warriors
”S-scary… what happened to you guys?
”I've adapted to this vast forest I realized I can't survive without being ruthless… kukuku…”
”… You too… that's unexpected…”
”Ufufu… after all, in this world the strong devour the weak Ordinary people used to the conveniences of civilization won't be able to survive in this harsh forest”