Chapter 404 – Heartless? It's the Law of Jungle!
"Hah? Fire Weasel?" Max narrowed his eyes questionably. "Don't tell me that there is a Water Weasel or Rock Weasel too?"
— There is
— You guessed correctly
— Magical creatures are magical by nature. Of course they follow the four basic elements too!
"Damn it! That yapper is useless! Why did he keep this information hidden from me?!" He growled and lowered his sword. "And water magic? Dude, I have no water magic! Does this mean that I am fucked?
I don't think my Wind Slash will do anything to this guy."
And his earth sword was too fragile. He would get burned if he got close. Even from 5 meters away, he could feel the heat.
'Thankfully the fire didn't spread. It disappeared as soon as it appeared. I guess that's because it's caused by a magical creature.'
Now, that wasn't the main problem. The main question was…
'How do I defeat this little shit?'
If there was one way, that was to learn water magic.
'Damn, I want to save my EXP until it's 10 thousand, but I guess I have no choice. Let's crea–'
"Woah!"
Before he could even finish his thought, the fire weasel shot a fireball toward him.
He dodged readily and looked at the aftermath behind. The fireball hit the tree and burned it. The fire only stayed for 5 seconds before it disappeared, but the trunk had turned black from the attack alone.
"Holy. If I get hit by that, I will be grilled."
Taking that fireball without a protection was suicide. Max turned to the Fire Weasel again and lowered his stance.
"I guess this is the only way."
Kicking the ground, he sprinted with a low posture to decrease the area where the weasel could hit him.
Just as he thought, as he sprinted forward, the weasel spewed another fireball at him. He easily sidestepped and dodged it, increasing his speed while he was at it.
When he was close, he swung his sword. It created a beautiful arch and went directly toward the weasel's throat. But as a magical creature, it wouldn't allow itself to get cut easily. It jumped and spewed another fireball.
"Wind Blade."
Facing the fireball was a blade of wind. They clashed mid-air, and the wind scattered the flame around. Max's figure passed through right from the middle. He was already in a thrust motion, his blade went straight for the weasel's mouth and skewered it.
"Kiiieee!"
The fire weasel cried loudly. It was the first and the last one. It didn't expect its 'prey' to bare his fangs back at it.
With just that, the weasel ceased to move. The earth sword crumbled and the fire weasel's corpse fell onto the ground with a thud. Its fiery tail turned into a normal one after it took its last breath.
"Huh?"
Max was confused.
"Just like that? I thought it would be… harder."
— The enemy looks down on you. It didn't use its Fire Ring or Tail Attack at all
— Weasel actually have a low defense on their inside. Wind Weasel cover their fur with wind, that's why they are pretty strong against wind magic
— This is normal. Fire and Water Weasels aren't pretty good at defense, unlike Earth and Wind Weasels.
— Are you looking down on Weasel? Weasel family will come to you!
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"Thanks, Otter. This is why you're my mod." Max said, looking at the camera. "As for the other, fuck you! Bring all the weasels to me. I will kill them all at once!"
Who was afraid of weasels?! That was his target!
If there were a group of them, then he would deal with them at once. It would help him finish his mission easier.
"Anyway, now that I know Fire Weasel is easier to kill, I will try to follow its track and hopefully stumble upon its nest. I better target this sucker instead of the Wind Weasel that has a high defense." He said and crouched in front of the Fire Weasel.
Based on the quest's description, he had to bring a proof of subjugation. And the proof of the Fire Weasel was its tail.
"Wind Blade."
The blade of wind cut the tail easily and he stuffed it away inside his robe. Following that, Max stood up and began to track back where the weasel came from. Discover hidden content at empire
Because the magical creature burned everything in its path when it was running, finding where it came from wasn't hard. He just followed the scorching mark on the ground and tree.
At the end of the hard trail, he found something like hay being gathered under a hole in the tree. It circled the hole, creating a warm environment for whatever inside.
Looking inside the hole, he found two Fire Weasel cubs. The cubs looked like normal red weasels. They had no fiery tails or something similar. Maybe their type could control their fire at will? If not, then it couldn't explain how the hay wasn't burned by the adult weasel.
"So that weasel has a cub?" He asked no one in particular as he pulled the nest out.
The cubs looked at Max, terrified. He looked like a giant to them, the predator they usually ran away from. And their parents weren't there with them. It was normal for them to be afraid.
"Kuuu…"
— Aww, they look so cute.
— Look at their eyes! And their voices! I want to hug them
— This is bad. Their destruction level is above the rest
— I usually don't find animals cute. But small animals are exception
— Wait, Breeze. Why are you looking at them like that? Don't tell me that you would kill them?"
"Wind Blade." Max waved his wand without hesitation. The blade of wind beheaded the two cubs in their nest, killing them instantly.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
Looking at the camera, Max tilted his head slightly.
"Did you guys say something?"
— HEARTLESS!
— DEMON! He's a demon!
— How can he kill something that cute! Have mercy on them!
— The incarnation of Demon, Breeze!
"How harsh. I have an angel heart, you know? Look at my smile." He flashed the friendliest smile he could muster.
But that didn't work. The chat still blamed him for killing the Fire Weasel cubs.
"Argh! Stop that. This world has a law of the jungle! It's eat or be eaten! The stronger will survive here!"
— Then fought the Griffon. Let us know who the stronger one is!
"Cough, I mean… If I fight the Griffon, then I will definitely turn into a paste. That creature is on a different level."
He kept arguing that he was right with the chat as he collected the cubs' tails and departed from his place to find other magical creatures.
Finding them was relatively easy. Most of them were from the weasel elemental family. And this area somehow was filled with Fire Weasels. He only encountered Scythe Weasel once and killed it after a rather close fight.
Most Weasels had cubs in their hidden nest, making the job easier for him, although the chat kept calling him a demon for doing that.
After a while, he managed to kill and gather 10 tails needed as proof for Teacher Millie without needing to create a new magic.
[Quest updated!]
[Main quest: Return to the classroom and submit the proof you brought to teacher Millie.]