Chapter 276 - Chapter 274: Episode 274
"But Goblin, how are you going to lure the plant monsters into the trap after setting it up like this?
Wild monsters are sensitive; they'd never fall for an artificial trap like this, right?"
"There's a way. From now on, I'll make it look natural... and a trap always needs something to lure them in."
"Oh... what kind of method is it?"
"It's a secret. Husband... it'd be troublesome if you knew."
"Huh? You, by any chance...?"
"Shh. Husband, you mustn't know. It's a secret."
"Ha... you're crazy... Pfft. Heh heh. Fine. I'll keep it a secret. I'm curious to see Do-jin's expression later...♡ Heh heh♡"
"Husband was the one who suggested hunting my race first. This is minor revenge."
Jung Su-yeon and Azael whispered and chatted about something.
Then, Azael rearranged the rocks and branches here and there, saying she was making the trap look natural.
"Husband, aren't you hot? Take off these clothes."
"Is that so? Should I take them off? It's this season, so there shouldn't be any mosquitoes, right? Hmm... it's still a bit chilly, so I don't think I really need to take them off..."
"No. It's hot, so take them off. While you're at it, take them off so your armpits are fully exposed."
"...No, why... Do you really have to go that far?"
"Ssssh... take them off."
I had no choice but to take off a lot of my clothes due to Azael's demand for exposure in the forest.
Since it was late autumn and chilly, I had layered up, but Azael kept telling me to take them off, so now I was basically left in just my underwear.
Standing there in just my briefs and undershirt, I thought she might want to have sex, so I tried to perform cunnilingus, but she refused.
'Wow! This is the first time I've seen Azael refuse cunnilingus!'
"Husband, I really want to too, but... now is not the time. Sniff, sniff. Good. A perfect smell.
You purple-haired human, rub this grass here. We need to mask our scent."
"Okay. Got it. Heh heh."
"...? Hey? Azael? Why aren't you giving me that grass? The scent-masking grass?"
"Husband needs to smell more. Jump around a bit over there."
"...???"
"Husband, come here and hold out your hands."
"...Huh? My hands?"
"Yes. That's right. Good job."
"Huh? Why are you tying my hands? ...Why are you tying my legs too?"
"Husband, there are two things wild monsters are crazy about."
"...What are they? I'm starting to feel a bit ominous. I've got goosebumps all over my body right now."
"The first is the smell of prey.
And the second is... the smell of a fertile, healthy, and horny human male."
"...???"
"Husband has both.
A very horny male scent, and the scent of prey. A perfect bait."
"...Hey! Azael! Are you crazy?! Untie this right now! Ugh! Ugh! Why won't this come undone? How tightly did you tie this?!"
"Husband, don't struggle... Ah, no. Struggle more. You'll smell more.
Soon this scent will spread throughout the forest. Hehe. Husband is a perfect, high-quality bait.
And Husband, you're stupid. You should have thought it was strange that we didn't prepare bait for a trap.
This is a very amateurish method. Next time, if someone sets a trap without preparing bait, be on guard immediately.
You are the bait, Husband."
"Ah, Azael... I, I was wrong... Yeah? Please untie this... Yeah?"
"Husband, you won't die. Don't worry. I wouldn't abandon you. If a monster comes, I'll untie you and we'll run away together."
"Then why did you tie me up like this?!"
"Husband, if you knew the truth, you'd run away. You're a coward. In hunting, we have to endure risks too. That's how it works."
"...Then, when you said you caught plant monsters before... did you use other male goblins as bait like this?"
"No, why would I do that. Males are precious. I just lured them with delicious food. Ah, right. Come to think of it, I brought something."
Azael took out a smashed hamburger and french fries from her pocket and smeared them all over my body.
No... what is this... what are you doing...
"The smell of a very horny human male that also smells delicious. Monsters can't resist this. I guarantee it."
"......."
I was so dumbfounded by Azael's words that I couldn't even say anything.
"Hey Goblin. But couldn't you have lured them with something like Kim Do-jin's underwear?
It seems like you could lure them with underwear and Kim Do-jin could just erase his scent with this grass... do you really have to go that far?"
"I thought about that too. But there's a uniquely horny scent that only comes from Husband's body.
Humans call this pheromones. I experimented when Husband was sleeping.
Husband's scent doesn't go away completely. A strange thing. Irrational. I assumed it was a trait. Can't be helped.
And luring with underwear doesn't work well on sensitive monsters. They get suspicious.
Once they start being on guard, the trap doesn't work."
"...Hmm, that's a plausible argument. I understand what you mean.
It's true that Kim Do-jin has a strangely sweet and horny smell..."
"Now, hide well where you can see Husband. Monsters will definitely come."
"Okay. Let's hide. Hey, Goblin. Do you even know how to hide properly?"
"I am a master of stealth and ambush. I am a Ninja Goblin. I learned it from YouTube."
"...What are you saying, that's ridiculous."
Jung Su-yeon and Azael chatted among themselves and then disappeared from my sight.
It seemed like they concealed themselves, but they vanished from before my eyes in the blink of an eye.
"...? Eh? You tied me up like this and where did you go? Did you really leave? Using me as bait?"
A quiet space in the forest.
I was standing blankly in this chilly late autumn forest, and fear began to well up.
"...Azael, this is like a hidden camera, right? You're teasing me, right? Yeah? I was wrong... Please untie me..."
I don't know how tightly they tied me, but the bindings on my hands and feet wouldn't come undone.
Even if I tried to bite and untie them, the thick and sturdy tree vines Azael used were too thick.
And they were so damn hard that I felt like my teeth would break first.
- Chirp chirp! -
- Tweet! Tweet! Tweet! -
I could hear the sounds of bugs and birds.
Maybe the bugs were dying because winter was approaching, as their sounds lacked energy.
It seemed the bugs were still alive because this eroded space was relatively warm.
Maybe the birds survived the winter by eating those bugs?
"No, fuck. Why am I thinking about things like this? Ah, seriously... really..."
Azael and Jung Su-yeon were probably hiding somewhere watching me.
So, believing there wouldn't be any major problems, I decided to just look around and kill some time.
After spending a few minutes like that,
a bush stirred, and a woman with deep green skin and seductive beauty appeared.
"Oh... A monster?"
"Ssssseee..."
As I stared intently,
she blushed as if shy and carefully approached me...
"It's a Low-grade Alraune!"
"Husband! Now is the time! Run this way!"
"...No, never mind running, I'm tied up... huh? When did they come undone?"
At some point, the hands and feet that Azael had tied were free.
What trick did she use? Magic?
No, Azael doesn't know how to use magic. What is it?
She must have used some kind of method. Did she use a magic tool?
Anyway, I ran like hell.
The plant-type monster, a Low-grade Alraune, was momentarily flustered by the sudden appearance of Azael and Jung Su-yeon, but it immediately got on guard and took a defensive stance.
However, the trap Azael had prepared in advance began to work.
- Fwoosh! -
As if gasoline had been poured, fire soared up in an instant, enveloping the place where the Low-grade Alraune was.
The area where I'd been standing had been dug out, creating an underground space, so the firepower was concentrated and the sparks didn't fly elsewhere.
And I safely ran to where Azael and Jung Su-yeon were.
The moment I escaped the trap space, Azael pulled the tree vine, and the embers also engulfed the escape route I had come out of, blazing fiercely.
"Wow... how did you prepare this? When you pulled the tree vine, the fire just spread?"
"Husband, this is what a trap is. I prepared it so that if you pull this vine, it catches fire.
This vine was set up to untie Husband. This vine blocks the escape route.
For the fire, I prepared oily plant fruits. I also prepared fire-starting herbs. My trap is thorough.
Safety is also thorough. If it looks like the fire will spread, I prepared fire-extinguishing fruits too. Very safe."
"Ohhh...."
The Low-grade Alraune burned in agony.
But it didn't die easily, as if its vitality was tenacious.
As Azael said, it seemed it wouldn't die unless we delivered the final blow.
The suffering Low-grade Alraune looked around to survive, then threw its body toward the escape route I had used.
Even though it looked like it would die soon, engulfed in hot flames, it somehow managed to escape the fire's reach and stood before us.
"Screeeech.... Ssssseee...."
The Low-grade Alraune shed tears.
It had a human form and the appearance of a very beautiful woman, so it broke my heart.
If only its skin wasn't green, it would just look like a person.
The Low-grade Alraune cried mournfully.
It was as if it was protesting to me, asking why I was doing this to it, saying it just came because it liked me.
My conscience pricked a little and my heart ached, but Azael pulled out a hand axe and rushed at it immediately.
Seeing that, the Low-grade Alraune seemed to give up on this life, just knelt down, and cried mournfully.
"Sssscreeeech~~!! Kiiieeeeek~~!!"
- Thwack! Roll, roll, roll... -
Azael's axe struck the thin neck of the Low-grade Alraune, whose life was coming to an end.
The Low-grade Alraune's neck was severed, and its head rolled and came to a stop in front of me.
"...Something about this, this guy is pitiful.... Should I at least make a grave...."
"Husband, it's originally pitiful when hunting animals. Haven't you caught rabbits or deer, Husband?
Haven't you seen cows and pigs being killed and butchered? It's originally the way of things."
"...Is that so."
"Anyway, Husband, hurry and take the head. We're leaving here. It's dangerous here now."
"I also think it's better to leave quickly, just as that goblin said.
The sound this Low-grade Alraune made when it cried at the end. It's quite ominous.
It was packed with mana. It gave up on its final struggle or defense and cried while pouring all its mana into it.
This is definitely a signal sent to someone. Let's get out of here immediately."
"...U, uh...."
I felt a stabbing sensation in my chest, but I took the Low-grade Alraune's head for now.