Chapter 258 I, Ailin, would like to call you the strongest!
"Chi~"

Wait for the knight to come back to his senses.

Behind him, he could hear the sound of flesh being pierced and the monster's heart-wrenching screams.

The knight was about to look back when the driver of the Duke's carriage suddenly leaned forward, stretched out his right hand and waved it vigorously several times, shouting:
"Keep moving forward!"

The words have not yet fallen.

Another spear of death flew towards the carriage.

But this time, the cold cat eyes were no longer frightening, but instead gave people a sense of security of relying on the mountains.

"call out!"

"call out!"

"call out!"

……

The ice-blue spears came one after another.

After the mysterious half century, the ice spear cast by the Ice Spear Spell not only changed in size.

The elemental structure of the ice spear seemed to have undergone a qualitative change, becoming stronger and more resilient.

In less than three minutes, thirteen ice spears had been inserted into the grass on both sides of the path, and none of them broke.

There was a ghoul nailed under each one.

among them,

Most of them have been sterilized.

A few were still struggling and wailing.

That was because I was too lucky. I drew the best lot and the demon hunter did not use [Demon Hunting], but tried to aim by himself, but the movement was getting smaller and smaller.

"roar~"

"roar~"

The remaining dozen or so zombies seemed to notice that their companions were dying rapidly, and after roaring a few times, they began to change their running route.

And when they were not getting close, they would use the small patches of woods that appeared from time to time as cover.

"Smart beast..." The witcher muttered in the carriage, "What a pity it's useless..."

"call out!"

"call out!"

Two more zombies were nailed to the ground.

As long as it is within the range that the demon hunter can perceive, combined with the mind-controlled ice spear spell, Ailin can always hit the target.

The only trouble these zombies brought him was to get a few more portions of water ghost heart essence to restore the physical strength consumed in hunting demons.

And I can't practice live target shooting anymore.

in this way.

Three more zombies were shot through.

"roar~"

Faced with the most real threat of death, the group of zombies running and leaping behind finally slowed down timidly.

The distance from the speeding convoy quickly widened.

There is actually no distance limit for locking onto a target in the demon hunting state, but it requires mental power to invade the aura of favor surrounding the monster.

From invading to achieving 100% hit rate, it requires mental strength and time.

Therefore, beyond a certain range, especially as the distance is gradually increasing, the strength of the mental power will rapidly weaken and will soon fail to meet the requirement of 100% hit rate.

So the witcher also stopped chanting.

just now.

There are less than ten ghouls left.

But behind the group of zombies, there was a big guy that had never been dealt with before, hiding in the woods far away on both sides.

He was very careful in commanding the zombies in a safe place, and from time to time a dark figure would appear under the shadow of the trees.

If the witcher had not been able to hear the distinctive dull "thump" sound of the ground falling, he might not have been able to detect the monster by sight alone.

So from the moment he climbed onto the roof of the carriage, Ailin had been considering the strength of this monster and thinking about how to deal with this cunning monster.

At this moment.

"Dong Dong Dong~"

The ground suddenly began to shake with a wailing sound.

The demon hunter just looked in the direction where the vibration came from...

"Roar--"

A creepy roar was heard.

The remaining few retreating zombies seemed to be furious and kicked the ground hard to jump up.

Quickly close the gap with the knight at the end of the team at a faster speed than before.

Not only that.

The monster hiding in the shadows seemed to notice that its men had suffered heavy casualties, and after a long and violent roar, it revealed its figure.

Ailin was stunned when he saw the monster's true form.

It was on all fours like a zombie, with its front and rear legs quickly crossing each other, leaving an afterimage, and running towards the convoy.

The face that looks extremely human is covered with long, sharp black thorns that extend along the spine to the back.

It is so sharp, pointed, hideous and terrifying that it makes people feel a chill in their hearts.

"Is this... a giant ghoul?"

The demon hunter subconsciously opened his mouth in surprise.

It wasn't that he didn't recognize this kind of monster, nor was he excited because he saw it for the first time...but...but...

This is too fucking big!!!
"Dong Dong Dong~"

The ground shook more and more violently.

Ailin squatted on the carriage, and in a trance he seemed to have returned to the Killer Lake in the Alpine Trial.

then.

When the Cyclops rushed towards him, the ground trembled in fear.

The size of this "giant zombie" is no less than that of the old spearhead.

“This is outrageous…” Ailin thought.

Although the giant ghoul in the game has the word "giant" in its name, its actual size is no different from that of an ordinary ghoul.

They all look slightly heavier and stronger than the average adult.

I didn’t expect that in reality, there is a real “giant” zombie!

With this physique, it can definitely be considered a large monster.

No wonder I didn’t encounter any zombies in the previous places.

Wherever there is a giant ghoul, ordinary ghouls will instinctively gather there, just like the king of ghouls.

"Roar--"

"Roar!"

"roar~"

As the giant ghoul kept approaching and roaring, the ordinary ghouls also began to roar in response.

Coupled with the approaching aura of magical favor, the knights' horses were so frightened that they began to stir uncontrollably.

Killed two more ghouls with the Ice Spear spell.

Seeing that even the well-trained knights were beginning to be affected by the giant ghoul's aura, they began to panic.

And when the remaining seven zombies pounced on the convoy almost at the same time, the witcher knew that he could no longer play the role of a wizard here.

"Qiang~"

The silver sword is unsheathed.

next second.

The witcher glanced at the ordinary zombies and the huge monster that was less than fifty meters away from the convoy.

A slight jump.

Like a seasoned wild cat, under the knights' shocked and unbelievable gazes, he lightly stepped on the shoulders of the knight in the center of the team.

follow closely.

Before the knight under his feet had time to react, he leaped again and stood firmly on the butt of the last horse at the end of the team.

At this time, the seven zombies were less than three meters away from the ponytail flowing in the wind.

The witcher's keen vision could even capture the turbid mucus around the ghoul's mouth, which was blown into a line by the wind and scattered on the grassy ground.

"Roar--"

The seven zombies roared at the same time, leaped two meters high from the ground, and pounced on the despicable witcher who had ambushed them like giant man-eating tigers.

But the demon hunter's eyes did not change at all, staring straight at the giant zombie.

At a certain moment.

He kicked the warhorse's buttocks and then spun in mid-air.

In a flash, a reddish cold light drew a beautiful arc, and the necks of the seven ghouls were all on the trajectory of this beautiful arc.

"Pfft-"

All the ghouls were beheaded at the same time.

The muddy claws were unaware of death and were still flapping.

The ugly head had been pushed up into the air by the blood pressure in the body.

The body and head are in different places.

"Step~"

The demon hunter fell down, bent his legs slightly, and got rid of the inertia.

next second.

The ghoul's body fell to the ground with a thump.

Blood fell like rain, dyeing the light yellow soil dark red, but it avoided the position of the witcher.

Like being afraid.

……

"Goddess Meliteli, how did he jump from the carriage onto Ankh's shoulders?"

"Is this the issue we should be concerned about? Can anyone tell me, are all demon hunters so perverted? This kid doesn't even look as old as my son. My kid at this age can only crawl under women's skirts..."

"Dwarf's beard, do you want to die? Keep your voice down!"

"It's okay. The demon hunters of the Wolf School are heroes who are more upright and open-minded than the knights. They won't care about these details..."

After the demon hunter hunted down several zombies.

The knights rode their horses, disregarding the strict military discipline and aristocratic manners, and kept looking back in awkward postures.

There was a lot of talk and discussion.

Until a middle-aged knight with a gold iris on his chest appeared.

He held a dark red potion in his hand, rode his horse back to the queue from the groom, and shouted angrily:
"A child who is not even old enough to be baptized is protecting the Iris Shield of us who are old enough to be his father..."

"You guys are still in the mood for joking at this time?"

"Knights, where is your sense of shame?"

"Do you know that our master is now protected by a child!!!"

The knights in the queue, who were laughing and joking because they were safe, suddenly fell silent. Only the sound of horses' hooves trampling the ground echoed in everyone's ears.

This made the people who were fleeing in a panic even more embarrassed.

No one made excuses for the fact that the kid was a demon hunter with bloodthirsty and violent monsters behind him, rather than a well-armored rebel.

Even if they are demon hunters, they shouldn't be weaker than a child.

Although the child did not look like an ordinary person.

"Remember today's shame."

"Then……"

The middle-aged knight wearing the golden iris glanced solemnly at all the knights, then looked worriedly at the thin figure heading towards the behemoth, and said:

"Pray to Cliff for our little hero to be invincible!"

……

Of course, Ailin is invincible, otherwise he would have died long ago.

Facing the real giant ghoul, he never thought that he would lose.

After all, no matter how strong the monster is, if you face it alone, you can't kill it in seconds with the protection of Quinn's Seal.

Then [Demon Hunting] will teach the monster how to be a quiet and harmless monster.

So when faced with the giant zombie that was rushing towards him with the momentum that seemed to sweep away a mountain.

Far from being scared, Ailin was very excited.

Especially when he saw...

[Name: Giant Ghoul]

【Level: 57】

[Attributes: Strength?, Agility 39, Constitution?, Perception 33, Mysticism 21]

The level is almost ten levels higher than his, so the evaluation of the cross-level challenge will be directly maxed out when the rewards are calculated.

But the overall attributes are consistent with the strength of the Demon Hunter world and the strength of Aylin.

Before entering the indifferent state of [Demon Hunting], he even looked forward to opening the box in front of the statue of Goddess Meliteli, hoping to find a gold-quality formula in the treasure chest of the giant ghoul.

But I didn't expect...

The giant ghoul rushed to within 20 meters of the demon hunter and saw him kill its seven minions swiftly and efficiently...

He stopped immediately.

The spring sun is warm, the grass is green and the birds are singing.

A man-eating monster and a demon hunter who hunted monsters stared at each other on this path for two full seconds.

Then, under Ailin's surprised gaze, the giant ghoul, which was as big as a mountain compared to the witcher, turned around without hesitation and ran into the deep and dense forest beside the path.

Ailin was stunned by this scene.

I stood there in shock for three seconds before realizing that the monster was trying to escape.

His treasure chest and recipe are flying away!!!
"Dong Dong Dong~"

The shaking of the ground became weaker and weaker, which was the giant zombie quickly fleeing the scene.

"grass!"

"This giant ghoul is really cunning!"

Ailin spat and hurriedly ran towards the giant ghoul.

This was the first time that a monster did not drool with excitement when seeing him, but instead ran away in panic.

What a novel experience!
Although Ailin didn't want to have it.

Agility does not mean running speed.

Although the Giant Ghoul's agility is three points lower than Ailin's, his stride length makes up for the lack of stride frequency.

One step of the Giant Ghoul is equivalent to four steps of the Demon Hunter.

In addition, the demon hunter was stunned by the monster's strange behavior and released the giant ghoul for three seconds.

Therefore, it was quite difficult for Ailin to chase.

After entering the dense forest, the demon hunter who was unfamiliar with the environment was almost thrown away.

If I hadn't remembered that after completing [Demon Hunting], it would give the best path to kill the monster.

There is also an ice spear spell that can attack monsters.

Although the giant ghoul has a hard shell, it is not like the Water Ghost King and the Giant Swamp Fairy who can use magic to shield themselves.

Therefore, the accumulated progress in demon hunting is also quite considerable.

Without any of the above factors, the giant ghoul might actually escape.

But it's a pity...

After nearly half an hour of chasing, the demon hunter's breathing became a little rapid, but he stood firmly on the longest black thorn on the back of the giant ghoul.

"Roar--"

The giant ghoul roared loudly in fear.

The stench was as if raw meat that had been rotting for several days mixed with slop was overwhelming.

But the demon hunter remained expressionless.

The silver light quickly expanded in the monster's huge pupils.

"Pfft!"

The body and head are separated.

The pair of huge black claws tried to grab Ailin, but after waving a few times in the air, they slammed heavily to the ground.

Smoke and dust were everywhere.

"Ding!"

[Monster Group "Giant Ghoul" Lv57 Subjugation! ]

[Rewards: Defeat the enemy, basic rating D, kill above the enemy level +3-C, beheading deterrence +3-B, win with fewer troops +3-A]

【Final rating: A】

[Obtained loot: Giant Ghoul Heart Essence, Ghoul Heart Essence*33, Experience Beads*12, Giant Ghoul Treasure Chest*5, Ghoul Treasure Chest*5]

[Ding! Monster Encyclopedia "Giant Ghoul" has been activated]

[Ding! Hunting mission: Giant Ghoul I (Kill Giant Ghoul 0/20) has been activated, do you want to accept it? ]

“Huff—chi—huff—chi—”

After accepting the task, Ailin leaned on the corpse of the giant ghoul and took a long breath before he recovered.

I glanced at the reviews and awards with joy.

He looked at the monster that finally lay quietly on the ground with a complicated expression and sighed:
"Although there was no danger at all from the beginning to the end..."

"But you are truly the most difficult monster I have ever encountered!"

(End of this chapter)