Travel to another world and become a monster messenger

Heavy vibrations echoed in the forest, and the adventurers' intermittent cries continued. Fear and anxiety gradually increased, which increased the tension of the situation.

"Hey! Hurry up and move that thing over here!"

"You can do it yourself! I'm very busy here!"

"Why are you still arguing at this time! I'll move it... What the hell!"

Despite the roars of the male adventurers, no one had the time to glance at the scene. Because there was no time to spare, the battle with the Minotaur King was extremely fierce.

Its size gave it great strength, and its speed was beyond our expectations. We approached it thinking it was slow, but we easily dodged and counterattacked. Several adventurers were seriously injured. There were groans of pain everywhere, but fortunately no one was killed.

Its slow learning ability is a saving grace. Most attacks are powerful thrusts and punches, and I've seen it successfully hit with feints.

But its intuition is very sharp, and just when you think you have deceived it, it suddenly dodges or fights back, often displaying unexpected movements.

Careless thinking can stop people in their tracks, which can be a fatal flaw. No one could have predicted that the adventurers' ability to think would become their enemy.

The Minotaur King was approaching the village little by little. Greg and the others fought hard, but the situation did not improve.

"No... we..."

“It’s the only way!”

Courtney's face was distorted, and Alicia cast magic while shouting. Although it did hit, it was just a slight scratch on the King Minotaur, far from stopping its huge body.

Ridley came to support, throwing a knife at the opponent's feet to make him lose balance, and in this gap, Greg and Oliver attacked with swords.

The sword strike brought the opponent to his knees, but it only lasted for a few seconds. It stood up again and began to move in anger. This made it difficult for the adventurers to get close and lost the opportunity to attack.

"We must find a way..." Just as someone muttered in a low voice, a small red figure moved.

"squeak!"

Slakic unleashed a full-force fireball.

“Waaaaaaaaaaaa!”

The fireball hit the King Minotaur's face, and it let out a startling cry. Then Slakic and Ceci were ready to release a large ball of fire magic, but -

"Burn - my... huh?"

Perhaps because he used too much force, Ceci lost his balance at the moment of release and released the flame without proper control. Ceci sat on the ground. The flame only lightly brushed the Minotaur's arm and did not cause any substantial damage.

What's worse, this made her a target of attack.

"Cesi!" Although Greg shouted loudly, Ceci, who was sitting on the ground, was unable to move because of fear.

The Minotaur King was closing in on Cece. Neither the magic of the wind nor the thrown knives could stop the Minotaur King. Finally, the opponent's huge arm swung at Cece.

Strangely, the scene seemed to play in slow motion. The surrounding sounds also disappeared.

It was irreversible. It was all over. Cece closed her eyes and made her final preparations. The faces of the people who had always taken care of her emerged in her mind, and she silently repeated "I'm sorry" over and over in her heart.

However, she did not feel the crushing touch. She opened her eyes tremblingly and saw a figure blocking her way.

The Minotaur King's fist was blocked by a sword. The man covered in bandages and shaking violently seemed like he would fall if he lost his balance.

Oliver was stunned when he saw this scene: "Russell..."

(I don't understand why you are here.) Oliver couldn't say that sentence in the confusion on his face.

The sound of swords and fists rubbing against each other was extremely loud. Russell ignored the stunned people around him and focused on resisting the opponent's increasing attack power.

“——Ah!”

With a cry that was almost like a groan, Russell swung his sword to knock away the huge fist. He barely managed to block the attack. But at that moment -

"Goo!"

His whole body felt like it was being electrocuted. It was almost a miracle that he didn't drop the sword. Or to be more precise, he subconsciously tightened his grip.

The intense pain made Russell feel as if time had stopped. But it was just an illusion.

It was only a matter of seconds. This became a fatal flaw, giving the Minotaur the opportunity to counterattack. As he realized that he was hit by a violent left arm, the whole world began to spin.

Russell's mind went blank, unable to comprehend what was happening. He didn't realize that he had been hit hard, swept aside, and then faded in and out of consciousness.

"Ah...ah..."

Oliver trembled and looked in the direction where Russell was blown away.

“Ahhhhh——!”

His pupils dilated and he screamed as if his throat was almost crushed. Others also found it hard to believe what had just happened. The blow was like easily getting rid of a person who was in the way. The blow penetrated several bushes and finally stopped.

Surprise and fear had already gone beyond this. No one could move. But the attack of the Minotaur King did not stop. At this moment, several knives were thrown at the feet of the Minotaur King.

"Don't just stand there! The battle isn't over yet!" Ridley's scolding poured down like rain. Alicia, Greg and the others gradually came to their senses and picked up their weapons again to prepare for the battle.

Finally, Oliver's shouting subsided, and he gasped and looked at the enemy, holding the sword tightly in his right hand, staring at the opponent with clenched teeth.

At this time, the King Minotaur began to gasp. Oliver saw this scene and became even more angry. At least for them - they were despised by Russell who had just been knocked away.

"Woo woo...Aa ...

Blood gushed out from the thick legs of the Minotaur King. At this moment, he let out a shrill roar. It can be seen that the pain aroused more anger.

This attack was far from enough. Oliver and Greg both thought so. They had to deal a bigger blow to the other party in order to bring down the huge body.

So, they turned their attention to the person who seemed to have this ability. But that person was still trembling and unable to move.

"Cessi, pull yourself together!" Greg shouted. But Ceci started and the shaking intensified.

She no longer had the energy to smile. All she had left was fear. If she cast her magic again, would it fail again?

She couldn't hold on any longer. She even thought it would be best to force herself to retreat. Just as Greg was about to move -

"Crack!" Slakic yelled and rushed towards Ceci's abdomen.