Ch 72 -- b.l.o.o.d.y Horn Bulls

　　We arrived at a wide area of open gra.s.sland on the west side of the city, ready to subjugate the b.l.o.o.d.y Horn Bull herd which was grazing there.

　　The Guild Master had told us all about the monster known as the b.l.o.o.d.y Horn Bull. Each Bull was about the size of a rhinoceros with a temper to match. On top of that their cattle-herd instincts of cl.u.s.tering together and facing threats like a well-drilled military formation increased their danger level compared with attempting to subjugate an individual b.l.o.o.d.y Horn Bull.

　　Fer wasn't bothered by that kind of threat of course. For me, I just decided to stay out of his way while he dealt with them. But where were they?

　　"Fer, do you know where the b.l.o.o.d.y Horn Bull herd is?"

　　"Yeah, I can see them, they're not far off. Let's get closer and then I'll deal with them." Following Fer's gaze I made out some small black dots off in the distance.

　　"If that's the b.l.o.o.d.y Horn Bull over there then Sui and me will wait here." Safety first, after all.

　　"Do that. I'll head over there right now and I'll contact you by telepathy when I've killed them all."

　　"Gotcha."

　　Fer slunk off towards the b.l.o.o.d.y Horn Bulls, staying low to hide himself from their sight in the long gra.s.s.

　　I lay down and hid in the long gra.s.s too. After all I wouldn't want to spook the b.l.o.o.d.y Horn Bulls and make Fer's job harder, would I? It's not like I was scared of them or anything. Just playing my part.

　　Sui crawled out of the bag that I had placed next to my head.

　　"Where did Fer-ojichan go?-"

　　"He went off to defeat the big cow-sans." I explained.

　　"No fair-. Sui wants to defeat the cow-sans too-"

　　"Eh? There's a lot of big really scary big cow-sans out there so just wait here with me, Sui."

　　"No way no way. Sui is going to help defeat the cow-sans." Saying that Sui crawled away quickly.