I am the God of Games

Chapter 169

Chapter 169: Trouble At The Hunting Grounds

The nobles’ hunting grounds at the outskirts of Lancaster.

Given that the hunting grounds were set up specially for the nobility, there naturally was a sturdy wooden hut that was decorated exquisitely as a resting stop, aside from the rich variety of game.

With the fine environment, beautiful sceneries and the constant patrols that kept it free from monsters, there would always be nobles bringing their families even outside of hunting season for a stroll.

The hut had a single door, and while it was very convenient for the patrols to keep watch from, things were very different at the moment.

“Mommy, I’m scared…” A girl was shaking in her mother’s arms.

“It’s going to be alright, Gwendolyn… Your grandfather will come for us.” The gentle noblewoman was gently patting her head and consoling the girl repeatedly.

Meanwhile, a massive head was stuffed into the hut where the head had been: a frightening head that had both the features of human and fish.

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Having received highborn education since she was a child, the noblewoman had read through the encyclopedia of magical beasts written by a Lancaster peasant scholar, and knew a thing or two about the creatures that appeared around the city.

Even so, she knew that a monster like this existed nearby.

At the moment, two lightbulbs were protruding out of the fish head with a human face, its eyes that could swivel freely over three hundred and sixty degrees glaring tightly at the few humans left in the hut.

Previously, a soldier had thought that the monster could not move when he saw that it was caught in the door frame. He tried to blind it and then cut off its head, only to be caught in a jet stream of water it breathed out and washed right down its gaping jaws.

Even the soldiers’ heavy armor that was sturdy enough to easily guard against the sharpest blades was no different from a bean. The poor soldier could only scream once, and was then chewed with loud crunching sounds, a dish of mince meat blended with steel chunks and gulped down soon enough.

The remaining soldiers, unable to bear with the mountainous pressure of the monster fish’s glare crumbled entirely in spirit. Believing that death was certain, they cornered themselves in the delusion of having a taste of the noblewoman and the heiress apparent of Lancaster in her arms—only to be slain by the noblewomen’s two battle-maids who were skilled with the sword and becoming fish food.

But after that, there was even greater desperation in the air within the hut.

While the building was definitely sturdy and exquisite, there wasn’t any food or water stored here since no one stayed the night here.

Not to mention that there were up to seven of those monster fishes nearby when they fled inside the hut!

The noblewoman did not know how the monster fishes attacked, but they must be omnivorous from the look of their jaws.

In fact, the noblewoman could hear them gnawing at the wooden walls from the outside.

To tell the truth, the so-called ‘sturdy wooden-walls’ did not really instill confidence.

Moreover, their deaths appeared fated with the single way out of the hut being blocked by one of those monsters.

At the same time, the noblewoman knew very well that Mayor Corinth was having a serious shortage of manpower. If that wasn’t the case, Corinth wouldn’t have braved the risk of wronging others when he sought out the churches and force them to dispatch the Holy Corps to help cull the gathering swamp fishmen.