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Chapitre 24: Tyrant Of The West

Day 13

This morning I managed to beg Minerva to let me go out of the cave with her. You would expect that a NEET would prefer to be in the dark quiet cave away from all the monsters, but no! The cave would be too boring!

This NEET would rather plunge into the face of death than waste around in a cave.

Ok, the honest truth was that, it was simply because Minerva was an absolute beast, so I would have nothing to fear in the forest. Especially if she had the [Overlord] skill. She was practically a goddess.

My other priority was finding the remaining twigs. Not because I cared about them or anything. I just felt weird since I lost my connection with them. Apparently they were too far away from me and wouldn't receive any orders from me. That meant they would go crazy in the forest and probably get killed instantly. I couldn't sit by and just let them get killed. It might affect them seeing that two of their brothers were dead. Even if I accidentally killed the first.

Minerva and I had set out from the cave to go hunting for breakfast. Seemed like one Timber Wolf King wasn't enough to last even a night. To be honest I was happy she ate it all. I didn't want the meat to rot away in the cave. The cave was already creepy enough. She must have had a huge metabolism to consume all of that so quickly and still get hungry.

'Minerva-san, how do you go hunting?' I asked her.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that Minerva had the [Telepathy] skill, meaning she could read my mind. That meant communication between us was not going to be one sided with only me understanding. She could understand me as well. To think the first being I would have a proper conversation in my reincarnation was a hob-goblina.

"Huh? What kind of stupid question is Tori-kun asking Minerva?"

She snorted at me then looked at me from the corner of her eye. I was currently resting on her shoulder as she walked. Ah! It was nice having a friend at the top of the food ladder once again!

'It's not a stupid question! Minerva is so strong monsters run away when they just sense you! So how do you even get food?'

"Oh? Minerva just targets the monsters that stand there for Minerva. Some monsters run away from Minerva and some monsters just stand there for Minerva to kill them."

'Eh? That's… so they were just petrified with fear and you eat them? That's scary. Anyway, so you eat fanged bunnies and stuff?'

"Bunnies? Minerva hasn't eaten one of those in a long, long time! Minerva just eats wolves and giant lizards and other big creatures."

She put her pinky in her nose and dug out a booger. That was gross, but it wouldn't stray my attention.

'Oi, oi. Did you just admit to being so strong that all the predators in the forest freeze up when you get in close proximity to them?'

Minerva shrugged and her eyes went searching about for food.

'Don't just shrug it off!'

I hit her head with my wing and she giggled.

"Haha, Tori-kun is cute~"

I looked away, hiding my blushing face. Wait! Why was I blushing?! No, wait! How was I blushing? Birds shouldn't have been able to blush, right?

We kept on walking for a while, and I decided that hunting with Minerva was way more tedious than I had assumed it would be. Everything was running away from her. And she would just look on with a smile. We even got to a tree which she smacked and asked if it was faring well.

I assumed it was a Dryad, but it was a regular tree according to [Analyst]. I was getting convinced that surveying a forest on the shoulder of a six year old with power to crumble high rise buildings easily was not really the brightest or safest idea out there.

Ok, maybe I was exaggerating with the power to destroy high rise buildings. There was no way she possessed such power.

'Ne, ne, Minerva-san. You said you were the queen of goblins? So can't you just order them to go fetch food for ya?'

"Hmm, Minerva can. But Minerva will not do that."

'Eh? Why?'

"Minerva does not like other goblins. Goblins are bad."

Her tone was low and I could feel a sort of tension in it.

'You sure it's not because they just don't listen to you?'

"Haha! Tori-kun is funny! No goblin can ever disrespect Minerva! That is because Minerva is the most powerful! Hahaha!"

She started boasting loudly, her laughter echoing in the surprisingly quiet forest.

'Hmm, I'm starting to doubt that. Normally in manga, the strongest goblin stays behind and forces the others to go find food for him. Well, I guess that's just how it works in any society that has the monarchical system working.'

"Tori-kun likes to spout a lot of bullshit."

'It's not bullshit!'

She grinned widely till her mouth met her ears, giggling cutely.

'Still, why haven't we found any monsters yet?'

I looked around, but with all my skills, I couldn't see any monsters nearby. Anyway I looked at it, Minerva was too terrifying for this. How did she ever catch breakfast?

"Uwaa… Minerva is too tired for this. Minerva will come back when the sky is black."

Just like that, she had given up for the day. She turned around, walking back to the cave while yawning.

'Looks like we couldn't get any breakfast. What kind of monsters are out here that they are too scared to come out when their queen walks?'

No, no. I just asked the wrong question. I should have asked what kind of queen they have to be scared of her.

I looked at Minerva who was picking her nose with her index finger. Honestly she was quite cute, but that was gross.

"Do not worry! Most monsters on west side are weak."

She stated something that stunned me.

'Most are weak? The number of times I've almost died to their hands is frightening.'

"Hahaha! Tori-kun is weak! Hahaha!"

She started laughing at me even harder in a mocking tone.

'Tch. The west side, huh? That's right, Larm was divided, huh.'

I just thought and she picked up on that.

"Hmmm. Five."

She said.

"Five? Five divisions?"

"Hmhm. West side, ruled by Minerva. North side, ruled by Griffon. South side, ruled by Naga, East side ruled by Ogre and middle, ruled by Dragon."

She named all the sides and their rulers. It would make sense for there to be other tyrants since she was called the |Tyrant of the West|. If what she was saying was right, then she actually was a queen.

'Hmm? There's a goblin, griffon, a naga, an ogre and a dragon. So who is the strongest, I wonder?'

Obviously this wasn't even an actual question. From the names alone you could tell who was the strongest.

"Minerva is the strongest Tyrant."

'Oi, oi. You don't need to impress me. Surely you can't dream of beating the dragon tyrant.'

"It is hard, but Minerva can beat Goliath. Mother said Minerva has more potential than Goliath."

'Hehe, your mother? She was probably another goblin in the forest who wished for you to be the strongest.'

I teased.

"Mother? Tori-kun is funny. Mother disappeared for a while. Mother is the strongest in the forest."

'Is that so?'

After that we walked in silence for a bit. I just kept looking around and finding new stuff I could probably exploit later. It was weird how now I was close to probably the most dangerous creature I would find in my life, I felt safe enough to be reckless. That didn't mean I would act recklessly though.

'Ne, ne, Minerva-san. Maybe I could go out to hunt for us?'

"No."

The reply came swift and hard. It was the kind of rejection you knew wasn't going to be heard out anytime soon. Still, I would want to try it out.

'Eh? Why not?'

"Forest is too dangerous for Tori-kun. Tori-kun is safest with Minerva."

Her eyes looked weird.

'Holy… please tell me I didn't just find a yandere on my first try.'

"Yan-de-re? What is that?"

'Oh um, is that why you don't want to send the goblins to fetch food for you?'

I tried changing the topic quickly. It would be best if she didn't find out the meaning of the word, as I didn't know how she would react to it. She would have probably laughed it off though.

"No. Minerva just does not like goblins."

'Ne, ne! Just because they are weak creatures?'

"No, no! Minerva already told Tori-kun. Other goblins are bad."

'Ugh, what could they possibly do to make them so-'

Before I could finish that thought, we came to a pause in front of the cave. There was an unprecedented sight awaiting us.

Standing in front of the cave were 4 goblins, dressed in dirty rags covering their lower parts like loincloths? They prostrated themselves in front of the cave as if they were waiting for something. No. It was more like they were worshipping something.

'Your servants?'

I looked at Minerva who wore a bored expression on her face.

"No. Tori-kun is Minerva's only friend. No one else."

'Oi! A servant isn't the same thing as a friend!'

When she said that, one of the goblins turned his head towards our direction, finally noticing us. Well, they were staring at me with hungry gazes and that made me cringe a bit. It made me remember the black weaver from earlier.

"What do goblins want?"

Minerva asked in a dangerous tone.

"Queen!"

One of the goblins called. He was probably the leader this rag tag team of uglies.

"Please. Come. Rule."

I guess she wasn't kidding when she said they beg her to rule them.

"No."

She bluntly denied them, walking towards the cave. On her shoulder I could see that the goblins were looking at me, and I could hear them whispering with the agent translating for me.

"Chicken... look... nice."

"Tasty."

Minerva then glared at those 2. For a second there her golden eyes glowed, and those 2 passed out.

'Eeek! What skill was that?'

<<Notice: The skill [Demon Eye of Sleep]. A skill that will cause its target to pass out immediately>>

'That's pretty straight forward.'

"Tori-kun is Minerva's friend! If you want to eat Tori-kun, Minerva will kill you!"

She boldly declared, and the goblins backed away.

"Leave!"

She ordered, but they still stared at her, expecting something. It was actually more like they were confused. I was certain that she could use her [Overlord] skill to get them to leave, no problem. So why didn't she?

"Leave or else Minerva kill you!"

She threatened, then slammed the ground with her club. She caused a slight tremor and the goblins begun to run away, dragging their friends that had passed out. It didn't take long for all of them to disappear.

While I was looking at the forest, I noticed that Minerva was already headed back into the cave.

"Tch. Stupid goblins."

Minerva was in a bad mood. She just went to the back of the cave.

'Hey, why did you kick em out like that? You must really not like em.'

I asked, hoping not to trigger a landmine.

"Minerva doesn't like goblins."

She sounded really pissed when she said that.

"But couldn't you have been a little, you know, less threatening?"

"...."

'In fact, you should have just used your [Overlord] skill to make them leave. That would have been easiest.'

I told her. She looked at me with this cheeky grin of hers.

"Fufu. That would make Minerva lose, you stupid Tori-kun."

'Huh? How can that stupid strong skill make you lose?'

"Tori-kun is too stupid to understand, haha! Maybe one day, Tori-kun will understand."

She broke into laughter again.

What did she mean by that? Were there down sides to her using the skill? If there were wouldn't she simply build resistance to it over time? Also, this hate for the goblins. It was too absurd, especially when I think about the fact that she was an evolved version of the goblins. Well, thinking about it wouldn't get me anywhere and it looks like she has no intention of telling me. Oh well, I'm sure it'll come up sooner or later.


Chapitre 25: Goblin Village Pt.I

Later in the afternoon, Minerva decided to take a nap. I decided to use this opportunity to search the forest for my shrubs. She would probably have been pissed if she woke up and I wasn't back in the cave so I would make sure to come back very early. No more than an hour out. I had the agent acting as a timer for me.

So now, I was flying through the forest, testing how fast I could go and damn, was I fast. It was pretty cool zooming through the forest. So this was how fast I could go with 600 speed? Then how fast was Shiro? I think she had 200 plus speed. Was that average speed for humans? But that wasn't as fast this. Ah well.

How fast was Minerva? Her agility stats were crazy high. I wondered just how fast she could go, and how long it would take for me to reach that level of capability.

I decided to take a break and land somewhere on the ground so I could try using my special fusion of my perception skills. I once again tried the use of [Mana Perception], [Auto Mapping], [Goggles] and [Heat Sense]. This time, I managed to keep it up for 5 seconds before puking.

It would seem my [Mental Damage Resistance] was slowly growing stronger.

[You have acquired the skill [Mental Pain Resistance]]

I also acquired a new skill. But that was practically a ward against headaches and other stuff. I decided to ignore it and focus on my current predicament.

'Predicament? Hmm… can I call it that when I'm in literally no trouble at all?'

I avoided a stone that was thrown at my head easily.

'Hmm, should I say situation? No, that still seems like I have an issue.'

I took a step back avoiding a slash at my neck from a little green man holding a stone dagger. Obviously it was a random goblin. Its stats too weren't promising in the slightest. The goblin kept attacking me and I simply kept avoiding the stones being thrown at me.

'Um, maybe I shouldn't be thinking about this for now. It's actually getting annoying dealing with these retards.'

I was referring to the four goblins surrounding me. Two of them were hiding in the bushes, throwing rocks at me. One was attacking me up front, probably acting as a diversion and then there was the idiot trying to run away.

Normally I should be thinking that he was trying to go get more goblins to come aid, but with my new unique skill [Hunter], I could tell the character traits of various monster species and come up with the best simulated strategies to hunt them down and kill them.

What this meant was that, I could easily figure out the motives of my enemies by merely seeing them. Although I doubted that it would always be useful. According to the agent, there would certainly be moments where my guessed outcomes would fail especially on humans, since they sometimes acted out of the norm.

Still, this was a good skill. That timber wolf king had quite the ability on him. I guess that was how he managed to become the leader of a pack of crazy powerful bloodthirsty timber wolves. Ah, that's right. That damned black wolf! I would kill him.

In a rage, I cut down the annoying goblin in front of me by accident.

'Oops… ah well. I guess you guys are next.'

I glared at them through the bushes. They must have noticed because they ran like hell. I flew at them, but I didn't kill them. I simply kicked them to trees. They wouldn't get up so quickly from that. I changed my attention to the other goblin who was running away at first. He had stopped and was walking this way.

'Huh? What's he planning?'

He came out of the bushes. My [Hunter] skill wasn't working anymore, because this wasn't normal in the slightest. His hands were raised as he came out with a nervous smile on his face.

"E-easy. Easy there. No need to get violent."

He stammered.

I looked at the cheeky bastard. He was treating me like I was some kind of wild dangerous animal.

'I was a human before, you know? I'm not some wild beast you dirty goblin!'

I wanted to say this so badly to it, but I simply couldn't because I was a damned bird. I would fight the being that made me into a bird. I would kick his darn ass into oblivion.

"Hehe… C-Could you please help us?"

The goblin started pleading for help all of a sudden.

'Help?'

"Y-You see. M-My people. We are starving. Y-You can help us, right?"

'Huh? I'm supposed to help you? How and why? Wait, do you guys want to eat me?'

I drew in closer to the goblin. He shut his eyes and was shaking feverishly. It were almost like he was going to piss himself, but then

"Please! I beg you! Help my village! Or else we will starve to death! I beg of you O' powerful chicken!"

'Eh?'

***

So, the goblins were the most pathetic monster race I would probably ever see. They were so weak to the point of requesting for help from a chicken. Or what they assumed was a chicken. AKA me.

Yes, these disgusting green scum at the bottom of the food chain have deemed it fit to plead to me for help. My chance at becoming a proper Isekai protagonist had come along! I wasn't going to miss this opportunity for the world.

The problem however was the lack of food for goblins. They were so weak they weren't even able to hunt for their own food without losing several members in a single day. So, this little guy wanted me to help them by bringing them food. To be honest, I didn't kill him because of his bravery. I was sort of interested.

At least that explained why they kept going to Minerva. And that was probably the reason why Minerva didn't listen to them. They wouldn't go for food for her. Instead they wanted her to get food for them. Lazy servants were truly useless to a leader who was already too lazy. The damned retards.

The goblin race was a really annoying one filled with retarded hungry creatures.

So, to help them I decided to catch twenty rabbits for them. About fourteen horned and six fanged. I went up by two levels. I ate one of them to see if I would level up like before, but I didn't. I most likely needed a lot of food for that or maybe powerful monsters.

Nine bunnies should be enough to feed an entire tribe according to the bastard. It was probably because of their size. Like, one goblin was at least half the size of a horned rabbit. They were really tiny. It almost made no sense how they evolved into such big creatures like hob-goblins.

Anyway, we grabbed the other two goblins and headed towards the goblin's village. When we got there, there were a bunch of goblins standing out there, waiting for me. I looked at the little bastard next to me.

Had he tricked me so I could be killed? I was planning on using [Fire Breath] to burn the bastard to a crisp.

Sensing this, he walked forward and calmed down the other goblins. He explained the situation to them, but mentioned some bull about me being some sort of "Fire bird"? I had no idea what he was saying so I asked the agent. The agent said it was also unsure and that more investigation into the matter would be necessary for it to narrow down the possibilities and give me an accurate answer.

I simply shrugged it off, since it would be a headache to try to ask the goblin to tell me about the firebird or whatever nonsense that was. However, it would seem I wasn't permitted to have an enjoyable stay, as today was one that would most likely stick in my mind for the rest of my second life.

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In the west of Larm, there was a disgusting race that roamed its bushes in secrecy. They mostly appeared during the day hiding in the shadows of trees and trying to stay out of sight, but failing at that badly. They were weak and despised by all races. They were relentless, violent, rapists that just pillaged and stole food they didn't work for. They were more of an annoying pest than anything. They were little green menaces that were sometimes called devils. The only advantage they had against other races was not their brains (They were dumb as shit), not their strength (Weaker than shit), not the fastest (Slow as shit), but their number (Shit, they were a lot).

If you were to ask anyone the creatures with the most population, the first name to come to mind was goblins. However, there was an incident that took place six years ago that forever changed this. The goblins lost most of their number and their rate of reproduction went down. At the moment, there were not more than seven hundred goblins in the West of Larm.

They were weak, dumb, slow and few in number. Now they were easy pickings waiting to be wiped off the map. Back in a certain era, if you had said goblins were near extinction, anyone would have laughed at you, but now, they would simply shrug at the thought as if it were normal, which was not so.

Right now, in one tribe of goblins, there was an uproar. The goblin village was excited when three of their members returned from the forest with not one, but nineteen rabbits. That was enough to feed their entire village for a week. Two if they rationed it (They wouldn't). Even better they had brought a chicken along with them. It was bliss for them.

This news was so amazing that the others completely ignored the fact that one of their members had died. Then again, it was a normal for members of their village to die every day. Still, that didn't change the fact that some of those who had very close relationships with the deceased would be affected. Yes, as absurd as it sounded, even the goblins could forge proper relations with each other. Them being on the verge of extinction was due to a lot of reasons and this was one of the reasons why they weren't dead yet.

A young goblin had been sharpening a stone dagger very deep in the cave. He was surrounded by 3 other goblins that were like his brothers. Although they were all technically siblings, since most of them were birthed from one mother, goblins didn't think of it like that. They were just born from the same womb, that didn't mean they were related. That was their mentality. They simply didn't believe in blood relations. Although there were the rare few exceptions.

Normally, they were a group of 5, but one of them went on a hunting trip with some other goblins on this day. Goblins took daily shifts, as to who was supposed to hunt. He had no choice but to go, because it was his turn and they normally went out in fours. The reason for this? Completely stupid and unnecessary. This young goblin was not a fan of the idea of his friend going out with a bunch of weaklings, but there was nothing that could be done about it.

"WOOOOHOOO!"

"YAAAY!"

As he was sharpening his tools, screams of his people could be heard coming from the entrance.

'What? Happening?'

He turned to look at behind him curiously, but he wouldn't be able to see. He would have to get closer.

"What is going on?"

"Did something happen?"

Things like this could be heard from his companions who also took notice of the screams. All of sudden,

"You guys! You guys! They have returned!"

A younger goblin was running towards him, waving its hand.

The goblin who had been sharpening his dagger perked up when he heard that 'they' had come back. He was thinking about the chief and his crew that had gone on an expedition 2 weeks ago. The chief was known as the strongest goblin in their history, second only to his predecessor. He even managed to evolve into a hobgoblin through rigorous training and had been protecting the village for nearly 7 years. He would sometimes go on expeditions to get supplies for the goblins or would stay back and protect the goblins from other threats such as timber wolves. He was nothing like that foolish outcast that had become a Tyrant. He was certain that she didn't deserve her title as the Tyrant of the West and that the chief should rather become the Tyrant. But it had been 2 weeks since they last heard from the chief and they were getting restless.

"The chief is back?"

He grabbed the younger goblin by its shoulder and asked, not waiting patiently for it to catch its breath.

"No… The… hahaha… Other… Guys… Who… Went… Hunting… At… Noon."

He panted after each word.

"Tch!"

He clicked his tongue. He was excited for a moment because he thought that the chief had returned.

"So why is everyone excited?"

The little one had finally caught his breath and he excitedly explained the situation,

"They brought nineteen rabbits and a chicken."

"Nineteen rabbits?"

"Im-Impossible! They would have been killed by the rabbits."

The word escaped his mouth. There was no way a squad of just four goblins managed to kill nineteen rabbits. That made no sense whatsoever. And where would they get a chicken from in a damned forest?

"You better not be lying young one, or else..."

He threatened the child, but the little one responded with a smile.

"I swear on the Wicked Witch's name. They actually did."

"Yo kid! You know what you are saying?"

One of the goblins questioned.

"You can't swear on the Wicked Witch's name and lie, you know. That will curse you!"

"Oi kid! If I find out that you're lying!"

He nodded his head quickly.

"Go see."


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