Story 1: Invasion Of Monsters With Fail Skills

「I'm glad I arrived before the sun went down, now that I look it closely, it's pretty well organized......」

I muttered to myself as I arrived at the hunting lodge deep in the mountains and untied the luggage tied to the cart by ropes.

Some of the plates were damaged, as if they had been pushed too hard, and it looked like they had been rushed in.

Now I could only laugh bitterly, wondering if they really wanted me to get out of city quickly.

「But I guess I'm just glad I made it this far without running into any monsters.」

In any case, I was able to reach the lodge safely, probably due to my experience of taking the road less traveled by monsters when entering the mountains for hunting.

In the worse case scenario, I was thinking of abandoning the cart and running to the lodge by myself if I ran into a monster, so I guess you could say I was lucky.

Still, it didn't feel good to have the constant tension of possibly running into a monster lingering in my mind.

「Now, I have to get my stuff inside quickly......」

As I carried part of my luggage into the lodge, I heard a loud roar from nearby vicinity.

『GUOOOOOOO!!!』

「......!? They're already here!」

This lodge was naturally built away from the territory of the monsters living in the mountains.

Of course, if someone was attacked in their sleep, it would be a disaster.

Still, the fact that I heard a roar near this lodge means that the 【Decoy】 is still in effect.

I took out the bow, dagger, and long sword I had been using for hunting and rushed outside.

There were already a dozen or so monsters lined up in front of the lodge.

「Dark Kobold......! The 【Decoy】 can even lured out these guys!?」

『GRRRRR......!!!』

A bipedal monster with a head similar to a wolf and the height of an adult...... Dark Kobold.

It is a derivative of the Kobold with jet-black body hair.

Dark Kobolds, which use their dark body hair and night vision to operate in darkness and caves, are said to have superior physical abilities to normal Kobolds.

Rather, the variants of any monster are quite rare, and many of them are more powerful than normal species...... 【Decoy】 that attracts these people are literally the worst skill.

「Damn it, even if I run away, these numbers will catch up with me. There is no other choice!」

I draw my bow and aim my arrow at the throat of the Dark Kobold that jumped at me.

I shoot an arrow at the second one, but the Dark Kobold reacts faster than any normal Kobold I've ever seen, and the arrow ends up sticking into a tree behind the Dark Kobold.

『GUOOOOO!!!』

「Kku......!」

Before the claws of the charging Dark Kobold could reach me, I drew my long sword and took a stabbing stance to kill the second one.

However, the third and fourth one came at me one after another, and before I could defend myself, I was slammed backwards into the lodge.

The impact caused the bow to snap and break in half.

「Guaa!? Damn, they said I was the best hunter in town, and now I'm like this......!!」

Before I knew it, the title I had received from the people of the city was "the best hunter in city".

I had some training, so I didn't feel bad about it, and I was probably reasonably confident with my bow, traps, and even my hand-to-hand combat.

However, I am dealing with a pack of Dark Kobolds that have survived in the wilderness.

Even if I kill one or two of them, there's nothing I can do if I'm outnumbered.

「So this is it for me...... No, I'm not going to give up until the end! I don't want to die so easily!!」

I stood up and pulled out my dagger as well, holding it in both hands along with my long sword as I faced the Dark Kobolds.

Now, come at me from any direction......!

『GUAAAAAAA!!!』

「Raagh!」

I dodged a dark kobold that jumped and fell from above me, and stabbed another dark kobold in front of me, piercing his chest.

Next, I swing my dagger at the throat of the dark kobold that was at its side......!

「Guaa!?」

I was hit in the back, and I instantly flew through the air and crashed into a tree.

Fortunately, from the sound of it, I don't think any bones are broken, but I still feel a lot of pain with every breath I take.

......Damn it, is this really as far as it goes?

Because of these skills, I was kicked out of my hometown and attacked by monsters.

「Not yet, it's not over yet......!!!」

Yes, I don't want to die yet.

I'm not going to accept the fate that I'll end up being attacked by monsters as soon as I'm kicked out of the city.

I haven't lived long enough to die contentedly in a place like this......!!!

「like hell I'm gonna die!!!」

I stood up, using my long sword as a cane, my voice rasping so loudly that the back of my throat split open.

My vision is blurry, my legs are dizzy, the human body is not strong enough to survive repeated attacks by monsters, but still!

「I'll get through this, no matter what it takes. So I'll live through it, so that one day I can pass away peacefully!!!」

『GUOOOOOOO!!!!』

I readied my long sword as the dark kobolds roared and jumped at me in unison.

......Then a strange thing happened.

「Yes, yes, well said! Then, oniichan, I'll help you!」

『GURRRRR!!??』

As soon as I heard a light voice like the sound of a bell, the Dark Kobold in front of me collapsed at once.

A flash...... No, it was like lightning struck and scorched them all together.

......However, I was near it.

「Guu!?」

「Aah, I'm sorry!? Are you okay, oniichan?」

I was blown away by the aftermath of the impact, which was so tremendous that I re-crashed into the tree directly behind me and lost consciousness.