@Tensei21 He fought for 10 years straight, most of that time with a sword. He couldn't have used magic for all of them, so he probably got a lot of practice with the blade, especially for the weaker ones.
"...turned the brats into food."
I get the MC's reaction, but he probably should have first asked a question like "are there any left?" Just to know if there are hostages that can be freed.
@Swift the chapter that introduced it said his power specifically affects the "boundaries of the world." Transformation would be a boundary between 2 forms, so that's covered, but just a particular species would not.
I was curious about why there were so many comments on this chapter in particular, then it made sense once I got to the last page.
Almost feels like a Shamalan-level twist.
@Kampfarsch You have a point there. I honestly didn't even notice a 4th person on that page until after I saw your comment, and they don't even seem to be on the next page.
...I guess they didn't "roll a six?"
I get he's planning to sucker punch the vampire, but then why did he bother lending her the sword? Seems like he should have just admitted it didn't work to let her have a chance to fight.
Edit: Okay, it seems I was underestimating the vampire, but only by a little bit.
She probably would have learned a bit faster if he had pointed out the disguised footprints with a leading question like "What's this?"
It won't give away the answer, and if she doesn't understand at first, she will likely understand once she sees the extra goblins and monster leading them.
I'm hoping this is basically like the author asked "What if the Doomslayer retired?"
I may have too much "Doom" on my mind, but the parts depicting his time in the rift just seemed like a perfect parallel to Doomguy staying in Hell to kill demons for all eternity.
@Darkmeep It's enchanted with magic that is (presumably) useful in battle, which is also how she seems to spend most of her time. If the chain isn't sturdy, then it would break the first time she wore it.
Plus, it's a common trope that better enchantments require larger and higher-quality gems...
@Riger and from the fact that there is only one (and it's pretty deep), looks like she never let whatever caused it happen a second time.
Based on her reaction to the mage's words, I'm guessing it was a betrayal. The traitor might have even mocked her when she asked why, by either saying she's...
I'll bet that blood was actually from her tail wound, and that tracking blood all over scared them enough to stop being noisy.
Based on the sound effects, she probably also broke the music player.
This seems like a pretty good setup and execution so far. I also think it'd be interesting to see a chapter here and there that retells previous events from Mary's perspective.
Can't wait to read more.