“First the boars, now there’s a mass outbreak of ‘Lizardmen,’ huh?”
Today, I found myself in the valley region.
“Hey, Chick-kun, do you know what Lizardmen are?”
“Piyo Piyo Piyo Piyo piyoo.”
“What?”
Yeah, I didn’t think you’d know, so let me explain.
“They’re bipedal lizard people. They have the nerve to throw punches despite being reptiles.”
As I searched for them, I walked along a rocky path.
Other adventurers from the guild were here too, but everyone had spread out on purpose.
“They’re not that strong. Unlike the pig trolls, they lack power, and unlike the charging boars, they’re not tough, so they die pretty quickly.”
However…
“They can camouflage themselves like reptiles.”
So, I activated my skill ≪Storage Space Item Box≫ and opened it.
I pulled out my chain-attached, large boomerang, “Pomera,” and threw it at a nearby rock wall.
Suddenly,
“Hissss!?”
“Gotcha.”
Blood and a scream erupted from the rock face.
In an instant, the spot where the boomerang hit changed color, revealing the skewered corpse of a Lizardman.
“The special ability 【Environmental Camouflage】. This power is annoying. Plus, they attack in groups on narrow valley paths, making them perfect for ambushing.”
First, the sudden ambush startles you.
Your body freezes for a moment.
When you try to move, the presence of your comrades makes it hard to dodge or draw your sword.
As a result, you take a clean hit.
“And that’s why it’s now better to move somewhat spread out. Well, people with good eyes like me can detect and deal with them in advance.”
I pulled on the chain to retrieve my boomerang, “Pomera-kun.”
With its black appearance and an eyeball, it’s a somewhat creepy weapon.
By the way, this weapon…
It’s made from fragments of the monster “Armored Wraith Living Weapon,” which means its ferocity has returned…
“――Hissss!”
“Oh, it’s acting up again.”
As you can see, it’s become a weapon that screams and thrashes on its own.
“Hissss hiss hiss!”
“Piyo Piyo Piyo Piyo Piyo!”
“Hissss!”
“Stop yelling, both of you.”
Since it turned into such a rabid boomerang, I modified it by attaching a chain.
The end of the chain has a bracelet that fits on my arm when I manifest it from the storage space, allowing me to pull it back.
It’d be best if it returned calmly on its own, though.
“Hey, Pomera-kun. Can you stop being so stubborn? I want to get along with you.”
“Hissss!”
“I used to be just a run-of-the-mill monster called the ‘Dark Destruction Dragon Genocide Dragon.’ Well, now my cells have been transformed into human ones, so I’m seen as an enemy by monsters like you.”
“Hissss!”
“Let’s have fun together, okay? Fighting is just tiring. Let’s be friendly and peaceful. Our hands are meant to hold each other, not for violence. Our mouths are meant to speak words of love, not insults.”
“Hissss!”
“Shut up, or I’ll kill you, inferior species.”
I lightly infused it with my dragon power and threw it at the rock wall.
Instantly, the boomerang broke the sound barrier and struck the rock face, causing more than ten Lizardmen clinging to the wall to fall, screeching.
Oh, lucky.
“Good job, Pomera-kun. That was the power of friendship.”
“Hisss…?”
I pulled the boomerang back again.
It was almost shattered, but with the skill ≪Auto Repair≫, it was good as new.
Alright.
“Friendship truly is great.”
“Hisss…?”
“It’s a power we could only display because we’re friends.”
“Hisss…?”
“We’re friends, right?”
“Hissss!?”
It nodded vigorously.
Yeah, yeah. Let’s stop biting the hand that says ‘let’s get along,’ okay?
“Now then. The Lizardmen that were clinging to the wall have fallen.”
With Pomera-kun in one hand, I took out the skull hammer “Fried Rice” from the charging boar with the other.
“For the sake of my house-building fund, let’s go on a hunting spree!”
