The Child Hunter Little Red Riding Hood (6)
When Grandmother was removing her red hood and preparing dinner in the evening.
A loud noise suddenly rang out from outside the hut, and I opened the door.
“It seems Little Red Riding Hood has come back,” I said.
But instead of Little Red Riding Hood, there was only a blood-soaked wolf staring at Grandmother.
Grandmother was startled.
“What a pathetic wolf. You don’t even try to deceive people anymore?”
“I never thought there would be such a bold wolf.”
Little Red Riding Hood Grandmother placed red energy in her right hand instead of greeting me.
And to steal the mobility of this bloodied wolf I didn’t know what to do with, she shattered its legs.
Looking at the wounds that weren’t from Little Red Riding Hood, it seemed two wolves had come in and fought each other.
This one was probably the loser, dying while its head had gone weird.
Grandmother wrapped the hood around her head and extended her large hand to smash the wolf’s head.
At that moment!
The wolf, in the brief moment its vision was blocked by the hand, lunged and bit Grandmother’s shin!
With such force that it could crack a jaw, the tough Grandmother’s skin tore and blood droplets welled up.
“Kihik, kihek, kihekh!”
Even if the head is shattered, holes are punched, and the body is split in half.
Bit by bit, very little red energy drips into the body.
“This has become so strong…!”
**
How delicious.
Some become wolves from humans overnight without knowing why.
Some become humans from wolves.
No, is that a werewolf?
“Why are you doing this, friend? You won’t try to pin me to a tree like before?”
The weight-class advantage had flipped.
Even the difference was massive.
Now this wolf was at the level where it could match Little Red Riding Hood Grandmother in weight class.
“Grandmother! Is there no way to bring it down?”
“Who are you calling Grandmother, you wolf brat! I’m still young!”
“Grandmother. It’s not Grandmother?”
“Aigoo, it’s Grandmother for our little one. But that one isn’t.
This wolf! What are you doing!”
“That one and the red!”
I didn’t have time for a long, flowery introduction about being human.
How to deal with this immortal werewolf that wouldn’t die.
Which one was more urgent was obvious to anyone.
“Hmph! Don’t think I’ll believe in this wolf.”
“We’ll talk about that later. Anyway, if I don’t do something about that guy, I’ll die too. It seems he has it in for pinning me to a tree.”
“Oh, of course, friend. I haven’t felt such humiliation in my life.
After eating Grandmother and the kid, I’ll tear you apart and throw you to the dogs as food….”
The mad brown wolf’s mouth gaped wide. Was it happy to have such thoughts?
I was sure.
“As expected, you’re a being that shouldn’t exist.”
“Good words, friend. You’re an existence that can’t be a wolf. From today on.”
After swearing mutual killing intent, the conversation ended.
The wolf that had been smiling disgustingly opened its huge mouth and charged.
Its eyes still wickedly smiling while looking at me.
It bit at the injured Grandmother.
“This kid, not me…”
“Where!”
The wolf’s surprise attack, even considering the line of sight, didn’t go well.
The uppercut of Grandmother with red energy hit with a violent sound below the jaw and closed the open mouth.
It was a powerful punch that must have shattered the jawbone.
If it could end there, it would have been good.
“It’s dangerous! The hand…!”
The wolf’s weapon was not just teeth!
If it didn’t die, this wolf would attack. And it wouldn’t die no matter what.
Instead, it seemed the teeth had been a trick. The wolf’s sharp claws attacked Grandmother.
“Do you think I’ll just watch!”
Koong!
I tackled the wolf with all my strength.
The tackle that had broken the tree and nearly killed that wolf.
“Friend… why did you become so weak…?”
Failed.
The brown wolf that had been about to get hit and reached out had only a momentary shake and was safe.
“Grandmother! No!!”
“Kueuk… this wolf brat…!”
Grandmother’s hand trying to block the attack was futilely bounced back. She couldn’t stop the evil wolf’s hand stabbing into her chest.
Why did this happen?
Was the wolf too tough?
“Why only this…!”
No. I was weak.
I knew myself. The power from earlier didn’t come out at all.
Even if the side hurt, it was better than before, but why?
Was it that I couldn’t hold back even in this situation?
Was I not relieved because the teeth hadn’t pierced my body?
“Uwaa!!”
Koong!
Missed. No power came out like before.
With this unsatisfying tackle, it couldn’t reach the brown wolf that had grown too big.
He received my attack as if it was pitiful and licked the blood on his hand.
Bubbling
Was it because it was small? The tongue swelled for a moment then returned to normal.
“Friend. Honestly, the you from before was really scary. I saw wolves often, but most of them got stuck and died soon. I never saw a monster wolf like you.”
“This…!”
“But the you now is not scary at all.”
“Uwaak!”
Koong!!
It hurts like the side is about to burst.
Don’t laugh. What does that have to do with it.
If it hurts, squeeze the strength like before!
“Even if I do that, it’s useless.”
The brown wolf lightly caught my tackle.
My feet left the ground, and the wolf’s two hands lifted me and pressed.
“Kueuk…! Let go of this!”
“Don’t worry. I was going to let go soon anyway.”
“What? Then why…”
Why?
The wolf swung my body lifted high.
And it was towards the place where the breathing-hard Grandmother was.
“Uwaak!”
“Kheuk!”
Throwing people, no, wolves?
Insane strength. The thrown body felt more pain than when it was pinned to a tree.
But I wasn’t the problem now.
“Grandmother!”
“Ugh… are you okay, Grandmother?”
“If you have time to worry, move! Little one. What are you doing instead of running away!”
“But…”
The Grandmother lying below was covered in blood.
Stabbed in the chest near the heart. And my body was pinned with huge strength there again.
Even yesterday, it was a person who thought he was invincible, but now every time he breathed, blood spurted and he was dying.
“How did this happen…?”
Clearly yesterday,
Only when I beat that wolf somehow, it wouldn’t have happened.
“Kihek! How is it, friend… does ignoring my proposal make you regret it now? So we should have killed and eaten those two together.”
“If we did… I would have become like you and died. You bastard. From the beginning, I was going to kill you?”
“You should have wanted an immortal body too… Wasting the witch’s power just to grow in size. Idiot, aren’t you?”
I.
Never met a witch!
What is this wolf? How can I kill it!
“Grandmother! Is there no way! It’s an immortal monster, that’s impossible!”
“There is a way….”
“Really?”
As expected, fantasy world!
If there is an immortal monster, there must be a way to kill it. Otherwise, the world won’t turn?
“It’s not that he can handle red qi. He just maintained the forcibly amplified body. If I can pour a large amount of red qi into his body, I can kill him…!”
“Then what should I do. If I can buy time, is that okay? I probably can’t hold on long…”
“Even if I try that, it’s useless… I can’t do it. With the red talent I have, I can’t withstand that much power. What I can do is…”
Grandmother’s eyes looked behind her.
What was there…
“Grandmother… wolf…”
Not only my Grandmother but also the girl in red clothes crying while looking at me.
The shotgun she was holding couldn’t aim at where we were, so she turned the barrel to the floor.
“Is it that Little Red Riding Hood can do it…?”
“If you put as much red as possible into the gun the kid is holding and hit it, it can be done. But…”
“What else is the problem!”
“You probably noticed. That kid… can’t shoot the gun well.”
This damn.
I knew. Because I ran away without getting hit once.
It seemed the problem was that the kid couldn’t shoot well, but right now, that wasn’t important.
I had to get close to attack against that wolf.
“… I don’t plan to leave such a task to that kid.”
“But if I don’t use my strength somehow…”
“Don’t worry about that. Just think about surviving.”
“Of course… you?”
Although fighting together against the wolf,
It felt strange that Grandmother, who was clearly suspicious of me, said such words.
“Grandmother…?”
“I don’t want to believe in the wolf, but now I have no choice… Take my granddaughter and get out of this forest. If you just go outside, you can live.”
“What does that mean…”
Grandmother had a determined expression and unwound the hood wrapped around her head.
“It means I can kill it if I use power that my body can’t withstand.”
“… You’re going to die?”
“I’m trying to protect.”
Grandmother adjusted her breathing.
It was already hard to breathe because the neck had been cut before we came.
“This is a monster I made with my power, so I have to take responsibility. Hurry up. I don’t know if I can finish this. If I die, you can’t deal with it alone anyway.”
Go?
Leaving Grandmother who was spitting blood and red energy with every breath?
“It’s not helpful…”
I knew.
It was much better to take Little Red Riding Hood and run away than to boast.
If I could use that power from earlier, would it have helped?
No. Anyway, I couldn’t kill that wolf alone, so it wouldn’t help.
Running away was right.
If I ran away now, I could save Little Red Riding Hood at least.
“Grandmother…”
“…!”
Yes. That kid…
The innocent kid who believed her Grandmother was the second strongest in the world without doubt…
“Grandmother… I want to help too… Grandmother can’t be hurt…”
-‘Grandmother, I can’t live here…? I don’t want to go home…’
“… Don’t worry, little one. Grandmother will finish it quickly. You wait at home with this wolf.”
-‘Who are you my Grandmother! I don’t want to see your face, so get out of their house!’
“Ha, haha…”
I knew.
Even if the world worked hard, it didn’t solve things.
“Wolf… what are you doing now…”
I knew.
Good things were stupid things.
“Grandmother. This is embarrassing.”
I wasn’t stupid. I was an evil wolf.
So from now on, I would do very evil and selfish things.
“As a young man from the East, I can’t leave an old and sick Grandmother behind.”
“What are you saying! Do as I said!”
I couldn’t do that.
If I ran away from here, I would really want to die then.
“Wolf…”
Instead, I would rather stall for time,
And let the two escape, it would be much better.
“Did the strategy meeting end well? You waited a long time.”
“It would have been better if you waited until the sun rises.”
“That’s not possible.”
The side hurt. More unpleasant than when bitten.
If I knew this, I should have complained to fix it.
A feeling of something ringing inside. It seemed like it was going to burst from shaking.
“You waited a lot. Now there’s no reason to save you?”
“!”
The wolf rushed at us again.
Once.
Like before. Once more, that power!
At least to knock it down!
Take a deep breath again.
From the four legs, gather the full body strength.
Exhale!
Koong!!!
The injured side hurt.
Frontal body check on the charging wolf’s body, reviving the same technique as before.
Clearly the principle was the same.
“Friend… this one was a little scary. I thought I was being pinned again.”
“Ugh…!”
The wolf’s charge stopped.
The all-out charge pushed the body of this huge werewolf a little.
But that was it.
“You have no learning ability, friend.”
He grabbed me rushing and lifted me up.
The sigh from Grandmother and the scream from Little Red Riding Hood behind.
The bloodied werewolf with breathing room, while drooling, didn’t think to bite my head immediately. He approached my body disgustingly.
“Friend. Do you know why I still call you friend?”
“That’s unpleasant. Can’t you not call me?”
“Ki hi hi… I knew you would. Actually, I was human originally.”
“I knew that.”
I felt a few times that it was human-like.
Although it was a wicked wolf or something, the analogy was oddly based on human standards. Most of all, the witch story.
“Even though you were human. Are you eating people because you became a wolf?”
“No, friend. I became a wolf because I wanted to. Wolves eat, kill, and devour people! It became as I wanted…!”
“… Crazy.”
Just a moment ago, a person who was human could say ‘Now that I’m a wolf, I have to eat humans!’
If that was possible, that wasn’t a human.
This guy was not human. He wasn’t human even before becoming a wolf.
“I should have cut your belly…!”
“Finally, you’re speaking like a wolf!”
“Is that true?”
“…?”
The side hurt. It had been hot since earlier.
Inside, something was burning.
Yes. This feeling.
Sense of burning life.
The safety device broke and the power came out. This was lacking!
“This bite, you think there’s only you!”
“!”
Crack!
I was careless. This wolf was careless.
To show dominance, to show superiority.
Arms spread wide without dropping, putting my head right in front.
Still okay?
But this time it would be different.
“This… stupid friend! Trying to bite the neck! Even if I do that, I won’t die…!”
And this stupid one.
Has he forgotten that I was human?
“Wolf Kick!”
Grabbing the neck with teeth.
This time, drop kick from head to toe with full power!
Koong!
The werewolf’s body lost balance for a moment.
And my body was in contact with the area that lost balance.
Push the belly.
Pull the neck down!
Koong!!
Done.
Pinned the werewolf to the ground!
“Kueuk… where did this power come from…!”
“Little Red Riding Hood! I’ll hold it, so shoot! Burst this guy with red qi or magical power!”
“!”
The side hurt. And that pain drew my strength.
Maybe when healing, red power flowed into my body too?
A power that didn’t seem believable was flowing from me.
“Shoot quickly!”
“H, but wolf… I’m…”
“You wolf brat! If you hold the neck, even if it misses, your head will explode too!”
“Anyway, do it! Quickly!”
And I felt this power wouldn’t last long.
“Wolf… why…?”
“Yes! Come to your senses, friend! You’re not in your right mind! Why do you have to take such a risk? Look at that kid! Can that be your friend? That kid who was going to take you to a dark place and shoot you dead!”
It would be strange.
There couldn’t be a wolf that risked its life for a kid and Grandmother it saw for the first time today.
Well, it would be strange to those people.
“I told you, you bastard. In this era, fairy tales where kids die are censored.”
“… What kind of nonsense is that!”
“It’s not nonsense. It’s wolf talk.”
It wasn’t that complicated a story.
I just didn’t want to see Little Red Riding Hood and Grandmother being eaten by the wolf.
“Shoot!”
Little Red Riding Hood was sobbing while loading the gun.
Grandmother was helping with aiming with a pained expression.
What. There was no difference.
Those people were also grieving for the wolf they saw for the first time today.
“Move! Damn! Why do I have to die here! I still have more to kill! Humans…!”
“Yeah yeah. Good and evil retribution and karma clearing are essential elements of fairy tales.”
“Shut up you bastard! Do you think I’ll die alone? Even if I die, I’ll drag your soul to hell!”
“Try it.”
Was it death.
The first death didn’t hurt at all. This one hurt before dying, so no matter.
When I woke up in the morning, I was complaining why this happened to me.
Maybe tonight. Was it that the god sent me here to protect those two for this day?
-“I know that young people these days like ironic things like cruel fairy tales. They have to do such pranks even in announcements?”
Ah, that’s right.
Professor. At that lecture hall, I couldn’t say it boldly then.
Cruel fairy tales. I didn’t like them either.
No matter how to give lessons.
Stories where innocent little kids and kind grandmothers were eaten by wolves.
They couldn’t like that kind of thing.
Stories where the hunter cut the wolf’s belly and Little Red Riding Hood and Grandmother were alive and well.
Even if it was forced. I liked such stories.
A good wolf suddenly appearing from somewhere fighting an evil wolf and dying together.
Such unbelievable stories.
I liked such stories.
Tang!!