Episode 2.1-2-3 (2/2)
The location where the monster appeared was not far from the forest's entrance, it wasn't even 1000 steps away from the village. For victims to appear this close by, no wonder they're worried sick.
”T-th-then, best of luck to ya. Imma go back to the village now.”
”Found it.”
”Eee?”
”I found a magic beast-like thing. It might be the so called White Revenant (Zaag). Wait there a bit.”
Lecan's <Life Detection> has been showing him a blue dot located to the front since a while ago. 300 steps away from here.
Looking closer, there's something crouching inside a dense shrub near the root of a huge tree.
When Lecan drew his sword at ready, that something abruptly stood up.
I see, it does assume a human-like form. However, there's a horn on its head.
There are only holes on the places where the eyes should be. The inside is pitch black, no way to identify whether eyeballs exist there. This monster probably has some sort of ability to detect things irrespective of physical eyes.
It has a nose-like appendage, but it's questionable whether there's nostrils on it.
Its mouth is huge, but Lecan doesn't see any teeth. However, as it supposedly likes to voraciously feast on humans, it must have a way to bite things off.
BO~~O~~U~~
The White Revenant raised both its hands and screamed out loud while staring at empty space.
”Hii, hiii”
Wazz fell down in fear far in back.
Lecan didn't feel anything, no fear nothing, from the voice this Zaag let out.
The eerie scream sounds like the sound produced when winds go through a thick pipe, yet it also felt strangely melancholic somehow.
But still, it's big.
Though this individual might just be on the bigger side by chance, it's as tall as Lecan. With twice the circumference.
It almost looks like it's wrapped in worn-out rags from head to toe, but looking again, these rags appear to be some sort of skin.
Lecan slashed, cutting off the monster's left arm from the base.
The White Revenant draws near Lecan without being affected by that.
Lecan jumps back and observes the monster's movement.
It moves slowly.
Lecan cut off a branch, quickly pruned away the leaves turning it into an impromptu club and tried to thrust it toward the White Revenant.
The White Revenant shook off the club with its remaining arm.
As it moves sluggishly, nimble people should be able to easily sidestep it. However, it's strong. Enough to knock out a human depending on the hit location. Heck, you might even die from a blow at the right spot.
Afterward, Lecan experimented with the White Revenant using the club for a while.
It does nothing unexpected in particular, and if it really can only make simplistic moves like these, even dozens of this creature won't be a threat to Lecan.
It does not look like body fluid would come out of the stump on its left shoulder at all. This truly is not a living creature.
He lop off its head.
After the White Revenant fell down, Lecan searched for a magic gem with <Mana Detection>, but he couldn't find any.
Apparently, magic gems don't get generated when Apparitions die.
The monster crumbled into sand.
Lecan went back to Wazz.
”I've carried out your request.”
”Y-yees.”
”Gimme the cash.”
After getting his reward, Lecan immediately left the village.
Lecan found out that White Revenant could be detected with <Life Detection> from this experience. This probably means other apparitions can be detected too. And the color is blue. Lecan's special ability, <Life Detection> shows humans who posses mana as red dots, and those who don't posses mana as light red dots. Animals as green dots, and magic beasts as blue dots.
In other words, Zaag is displayed as a magic beast. Nonhuman beings that posses mana are probably shown as blue dots on his ability. There might be exceptions in the future so he cannot be perfectly sure, but for now, he should simply regard those detected as blue dots as enemy.