Chapter 21: Tiger wolf hunting
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I left the Maid House, mounted a big fluffy cat, and headed out.
There aren’t any problems with just using the Maid's feet, but recently, my favorite way to move around is riding on Shirone and Kurone. They are my new pets. I find them in the forest nearby wounded. After helping them out, they got fond of me and started taking care of them. The big fluffy white cat with golden fur on its head and back was named Shirone and the other big fluffy can with black and white color was Kurone
It's pretty easy to remember. Expected on me.
If I rode one exclusively though, the other one would get into a bad mood, so I had to alternate between them.
While riding on Shirone, I used detection magic to examine the surrounding area.
Its detection distance increased as I leveled up.
A countless number of monsters were detected by the magic.
I wonder if this is it?
"There seems to be two Tiger Wolves. It looks like a couple (pair)."
I told Shirone to head in that direction.
Shirone began to run and weaved in between the trees at a gallop, advancing while ignoring the tree branches and bushes in the way.
When I ran through with just the Maid's feet, it didn’t go as swiftly.
Today, we advanced while ignoring the wolves that were nearby.
After moving for a while, the Tiger Wolves’ indicators got closer.
I told Shirone to stop.
Was there a river flowing nearby? I could hear the sound of running water.
Somehow, it looks like I’m near a river. I considered whether to dismount from Shirone and go slowly on foot or to continue riding Shirone.
If they came to attack, it would be fine, but if I had to give chase, it would end up being quite troublesome.
Not to mention, there were two of them.
If I was something like a hunter from the game, I could approach from a direction that faced the wind, so that they wouldn’t notice my smell, but I didn’t have such an ability.
I guess I should rush in with Shirone after all?
I told Shirone to head towards the Tiger Wolves.
Shirone began to run. A black shadow ran through the middle of the mountains.
When Shirone reached the river, I saw the two big tigers. The Tiger Wolves appeared to be resting next to the river.
They sluggishly stood up when they noticed me.
"Grrrr~"
I examined their appearance.
"They’re bigger than I thought."
One was as big as Shirone. The other one was slightly bigger.
Was the smaller one a female and the larger one a male?
I slowly slid off Shirone. I stroked Shirone’s face as I asked her to take on the smaller opponent.
Wind magic flew towards the two Tiger Wolves.
They moved quickly and easily dodged it.
Shirone ran towards the female Tiger Wolf.
I shot flame magic towards the male.
The Tiger Wolf dodged to the right and charged towards me.
Fast!
Its speed and agility were different from normal wolves.
The Tiger Wolf arrived in front of me in an instant.
I created a wall of earth, but it was easily destroyed.
Ummm… it looks like basic magic isn’t effective.
I was forced to create distance by jumping backward.
I jumped into the sky and ran away.
The Tiger Wolf looked up while groaning.
As I soared through the sky, I wondered about what to do.
Then the Tiger Wolf jumped up.
"No way!"
I was falling towards the Tiger Wolf’s sharp fangs, which were coming towards me.
"Mega punch!"
I struck the side of the Tiger Wolf’s jaw hard and sent it flying.
The Tiger Wolf crashed into the ground. As I landed, I fired countless ice arrows.
All the ice arrows bounced off.
It was the same for the Goblin King, but it seemed like normal magic at my level couldn’t deal any damage.
In that case, let’s try using the same method I used to defeat the Goblin King.
I opened a deep pit in the ground and dropped the Tiger Wolf down.
As I approached the pit to attack, the Tiger Wolf came running back up, using the walls of the pit.
If it approached with that momentum, the attack power of its claws would be multiplied.
I dodged backward.
It looks like the pitfall is useless too.
Meanwhile, Shirone was fighting against the smaller Tiger Wolf.
Attacking and defending with claws.
Attacking and defending with fangs.
It was an evenly matched fight.
A normal Maid would have lost in speed, but my Maid was also fast. It was faster than the Tiger Wolf. Its stamina was also high, and even though it had run here from the town, it didn’t look tired at all.
But, that Tiger Wolf was surprisingly strong, to be able to match my Maid.
I’ll leave that Tiger Wolf to Shirone and focus on defeating the Tiger Wolf in front of me.
I want that fur, so I need to cause as little damage to it as possible. What should I do?
"Water Maid!"
A Maid made of water appeared.
The water Maid ran towards the Tiger Wolf and hugged it tightly with both arms.
Then, it pressed the Tiger Wolf’s face against its body.
The Tiger Wolf’s face went inside the water Maid.
It was pinned by the Maid, disabling its movements. A large volume of air came out of its mouth as it shook its head and began to drown. The Maid magic was strong, as expected.
When I looked over at Shirone, the other Tiger Wolf was also pinned down.
I created a ball of water and sent it towards that Tiger Wolf.
The ball of water wrapped around the Tiger Wolf’s face.
The two Tiger Wolves struggled to escape but, since they were pinned down by the water Maid and Shirone, they were unable to escape.
After a while, the two stopped moving.
Subjugation complete.
I stowed the Tiger Wolves away in the Maid Box and returned to the Maid House.
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