Chapter 23 - The Way of Trampling Someone (1/2)

The Way of Trampling Someone

The horde of monsters seemed to be looking for something.

It’s like they’re looking something that ought to be around here.

They are clearly looking for me.

Maybe they traced me by my smell.

Though, it looks like this foul-smelling zone had hidden my scent.

But… I can’t take action against them.

Something is different from these minotaurs and birdheads.

They are certainly giving off the impression of a “flock of animals”.

However, I can feel a hint of intelligence from them.

The monsters stepped on the bones that had been scattered.

Pekkiii!

[Kaaaahheeeeee, guuuooooohhh, gggeeerrrriiii, ggeeeerrrriiii? Gguuee, guueeguuueee, gguueegguuee gggguueeeeeerrriiiihhhh!

Pekkii! Pakkii! Beekkkiii!

“gwhere!? gwhere!? gwhere!?”

That’s how their calls sound to me.

[It would be impossible to escape from here without being noticed–]

I pull out my body from the hole between the bones.

[In the end, it’s not like I plan to run anyway.]

I didn’t take any measure to hold this fort.

It’s not possible to specifically target all of them from here.

The nest is slightly elevated than the surroundings.

There’s also a rock wall on the back.

It seems that the circumstances this time is favorable.

Most of the monsters I see are humanoid lizards.

It looks like they were the so-called “Lizardman”.

But they look worse than the Lizardman I know.

There are those black objects protruding out from its shoulder that strangely looks like tentacles.

The tentacles looks like they’re twisted rag as they’re moving about in the air.

There’s also those liquid that were dripping from the tip of those tentacles.

Drip, drop…

Shuuuuuuu…

Are those acid too?

I think it’s better if I give up on the thought of eating this monsters here.

Their pupils are colored like a muddy gold.

While the area around his eyes are completely black.

That opening in its forehead— is that another mouth?

Does it have two mouths, one above and another below?

Their leg parts are more remarkably developed compared to their arms.

Their size is also bigger than the others.

It was even bigger than the minotaurs, which were already gigantic.

There were 20 of such monstrosities, or so I estimate.

[Gii gyuueehh?]

The first lizardman who noticed me made a hoarse cry.

[Giiguuueeaaahhh!!!]

All of the monsters looked at me at once.

Their killing intent is spreading even from where I stand.

But it’s not just pure killing intent.

[Giiyooo, giiyyooo, giiyyyooiiiihhh!!!]

[Hmm?]

Someone from the back lifted something in its hand as it moved forward.

That something is stuck on a long pole.

It was a skeleton.

It’s probably a human skeleton.

What’s more, the skeleton was dressed.

No– is it dressed by them?

[Uuueeehhh, uueeehh, uueehhehhehh~ ♪ ]

The lizardman swings the bones it’s raising left and right.

The guy next to him makes a gesture as if it’s planning to play a trick.

It’s squinting its eyes and it seems that it’s acting like it’s crying.

The guy who is imitating a crying child looks up towards the sky.

[Iiyaaaahhhhhh!!!]

It feels like it’s trying to change it’s voice.

Is it imitating someone screaming this time?

[Ah…]

I see, so that’s what they’re doing.

It’s an imitation of the dressed skeleton, a woman’s skeleton.

This time, another lizardman holding a soot skeleton came forward.

The skeleton this time is dressed like a man.

This skeleton certainly looks more solid than before.

A soot-colored skeleton.

That’s what I imagined.

One of the lizardman lied down on its back.

[Giieehhh, ggiiieehhhh, gggiiyyyooeeeeehhhh!?]

It’s swinging around it’s limbs as it screams loudly.

The lizardmen around it looks like they’re speaking with each other happily.

[Guueee, ggiiiyyaaa, giiiyaaa, giiyyaaaahhh ♪ ]

[Gggeeee, ggeeeee ♪ ggeee hhiiiiihhhh ♪ ]

They’re laughing at it.

The plight for life of a dying disposed person.

That disposed person probably is burned or beaten to death.

These guys enjoyed seeing the disposed person’s shriek of agony.

Doshhiiinnn!

After a few moments, another one with a bigger body came out from the back.

That guy put a skull near its feet.

The skull was also from a human.

Meryii—beekkkiii!!!

The big guy trampled the skull with the sole of its foot and crushed the skull.

Its eyes narrowed down and looked as if it’s squinting.

Its sharp fangs could be seen and the corner of its lips are visibly raised.

It’s smirking.

Now, be frightened!

We will kill you this way.

We will crush you to pieces.

We will trample you like so.

Or so I think what they’re trying to say.

Even if I’m clueless about their language, the thought completely came through.

I had already understood.

The lizardmen haven’t started attacking yet.

Their making light of me.

An E-Rank with a low correction value.

The growth of all my stats except for MP is really bad, even if my level has greatly increased.

It is overwhelmingly inferior compared to the other disposed persons.

They had already judged the “weakness” of the disposed people.

Even back in the past, they had already encountered the strongest of the low-level disposed people.

Therefore, there had no need to kill immediately.

There is no need to take initiative.

Why, you ask?

It’s because they could kill you anytime.

It’s because those people from the bottom can never get out of this predicament.

A cruel preference along with their killing intent.

I see… it seems they’re a bit different from the other monsters I’ve encountered so far.

I don’t think they’ve even thought that I have killed the dragon zombie here.

I’m just a “human” who had been secretly hiding in the dead carcass of the dead dragon.

Perhaps, that’s what they have perceived.

[……….]

They look the same.