The bells are ringing.

　A thunderous sound echoing from the bell tower.

　The sound announced a crisis.

　People are running away.

　Confusion and fright come and go on their faces.

　The sound of footsteps that could be mistaken for earthquakes.
　Something huge enough to look up from the corner of a house reveals its full majesty.

　People were running away from the giant.


　The giant was a wolf head.


　The head is reflected as that of a wolf.
　But the rest of the body was humanoid.

　Is it a sub-race?
　But the appearance of the sub-race is a bit too close to the side of monstrosity.

　Is it more of a beast than a person - or a monster?

　Or perhaps calling it a "giant beast" would be more appropriate now.

　Black skin.
　The golden fur.
　Amber eyes.
　The leg like a rock with raised muscles is reminiscent of the one-eyed giant known as a large demon.

　No, or maybe even more so.

　I'm not sure if it's more than that.
　A physique that boasts a physique that is uncommonly well-proportioned.
　His muscles are first-rate.

　A certain kind of beauty coexists with it, though it looks like a beast.
　Perhaps you could call it godlike.
　Was the god race that once ruled this land, or did they look like that?

　The giant beast had left traces of blood on the edges of its body.
　It wasn't its own blood.
　It was the blood of a human that it had killed.

　The corpses of humans whose bones seemed to have been crushed were bundled in the giant beast's hands.

It's time to get hungry. I don't want to play with them and kill them. You should be grateful to that warrior for giving you back your free will.

　The giant beast threw the corpses together over its head.
　The softening corpses were squeezed into a hollow, crushed sphere the size of a baby's head.
　The giant beast put the sphere into its mouth as if it were eating fruit.

　It chews and swallows.

　Eating.
　It's just like the scene of an ordinary meal, just like in life.

"This is such a thing. It's a problem that existence is still not stable, but eventually it will be. I'm starting to feel a lot better, but we don't have to rush into anything just yet.
d*mn you!
"M?

　A boy with an axe in his hand jumped in front of the giant beast, who was muttering something to himself.
　The one he's clutching desperately is probably a felling axe.
　At least it wasn't one for fighting.

''What the hell is wrong with you!　A demon that has escaped from an ancient ruin!

　The boy flies in a trembling voice and asks a determined question.
　Call it brave, call it brave, call it reckless, call it reckless.

''d*mn it.....You're going to capture the people of this village and eat them all together!　But I'm not gonna let you do that!　I'll protect everyone in the village.　Oooohhhh!

　The boy swung his axe at the giant beast's ankles with a chopping motion.
　But he couldn't even invade a single thin layer of the giant beast's skin.
　Super-hard skin.
　The boy was played and fell on his ass on the spot.

''d*mn it........''

　The beast's eyes shot out to the boy.

"Child I will give you the honor of knowing my name before you die.

　The giant beast seems to call his opponent "So".



"My name is Skolbanger.



　The giant beast that called itself that crushed the axe that the boy had let go with one of his feet.
　It's just as if it were a fragile wooden axe that could be crushed.

I'm not at ease enough to tolerate the recklessness of unknowing cattle. It's time for me to finish my meal. It would have been wiser for you to remain calm.

　The beast reaches out to the boy.

"Every child has a different taste. We'll have a little something to finish our meal.




Stupid.



"M?

Being smart doesn't make a good fighter.

　The giant beast stopped his hand and looked at 《here》.

I'm sure that a kid who goes up against a monster like yourself has a lot more room to grow if you look at it mentally. Can you say that he is a little bit of a gem that is too good to die?

　I found my arms trembling.
　Of course.
　It's been a long time coming.

　A meeting with what I would call a powerful opponent.

　This trembling.
　Delight is coursing through my body.

"Huh?　Besides this reckless child, there were still other reckless livestock in existence. Is So the father of this child?　So, to save my child...
You think I'm my father?　Kaka, you make me laugh this is a kid whose name I don't even know. I don't care if this village I just stopped by is wiped out or not.
Hm, interesting. I didn't think you could afford to laugh at me like that and have your hands shake like that.

　The giant beast's eyes narrowed as it observed us.

"I'm not afraid.
Oh, I see you've got a good eye.
Oh, yeah.

　As if it had forgotten its existence, the giant beast walked past the boy in a stunned state of self-doubt and approached the man with a scowling smile on his face.


''Combat madness ka.''


　The giant beast walked up to Hibigami's eyes with a well-informed review, hurting the earth with its giant feet just like Otsuchi.
　As the giant beast turned its back to the sun, Hibigami's body was covered by a large shadow.

　In the sun's light, its golden fur glowed like a flame.

　Accompanied by the style of a king, the giant beast looked down at Hibigami.

'I do not understand how it could not draw its blade even at this distance. But that doesn't mean I'm just a fool who can't imagine my power. Hm, well...

　The aspect of the beast was covered in darkness by black skin and shadows.
　Only its golden eyes were glowing with the light of reason and fighting spirit in the darkness.

"Name is not to be heard.

It's Hibigami.

I would venture to ask you further about who you are. I'm somewhat intrigued by his existence.

　Hibigami sniffs.

I don't have much of a background in life, as far as I'm concerned. Well, I'd say--

　Of the two swords - the 《No Kill》 one, Hibigami drew his sword.
　The sword that is used when Hibigami decides that it is worthy of more than a "match" fight.


''Just the loneliest and strongest.''


　The giant beast didn't move even when the sword was being drawn.

"Humm, I call myself the strongest in the world.

　The giant beast's air changed.

　He seemed to see something in it.

'Not arrogance, not conceit, not overconfidence, not baselessness, not hubris, not vanity, not recklessness, not foolishness,'

　The giant beast turned away.

　No--.


　Correctly, he went into a fighting stance.


　He twisted his body and swung his body over.
　It exudes a fighting spirit that is worthy of being called divine.


"It's rare to recognize my human as a warrior even before I fight. "It's unusual to recognize my human as a warrior before I fight him, so why not recognize him as a warrior worthy of fighting me?


Kaka, what the hell do you think you're talking about and I'm going to do what I want without your approval. Now...


　Hibigami's face was filled with evil glee, and he took a relaxed stance.


'Shall we meet in death?'