Now, this gargoyle wishes it had been born with a few more pairs of wings.

This way, we can run faster and perhaps have a chance to escape from this monster.

Yes, it's a monster. Even after seeing El in human form, he didn't think it was a person.

Just imagine, a human, who looks like a teenager, crushed these gargoyles with absolutely no effort.

In fact, according to what he just said, this guy was even planning to turn the gargoyles into food.

El looks human, and his aura is human, so to the gargoyles, he is...

"Monster!!!"

The wings on its back had stopped flapping, and the gargoyle sat on the ground, crawling backward.

"Monsters? Isn't that a bit too rude to me?"

El tried to get closer to the gargoyle, but every time he approached, the gargoyle moved away.

Its expression was extremely ferocious, and El could hear its rapidly accelerating heartbeat.

"Don't come near me!"

"Don't say that. I'm just an ordinary hunter. Monsters and such are really disrespectful to me."

Gargoyle:…

What else can it say?

In this current art style, El silently kills its companions, revealing the truth of the illusion just when it thinks it has escaped.

The brains and hearts of the other gargoyles were encased in water and floated in front of it...

This is so merciless that even the Demon King couldn't help but close his eyes.

El, of course, saw its fear, and to some extent, he did so intentionally.

Through his repeated hunting of gargoyles, he discovered that gargoyles that died in a state of fear had more delicious brains and chewier hearts.

As the level of fear increases, the food also becomes more delicious.

This gargoyle is the best quality in the team, and El wants to see where its limits lie.

"Stop yelling. Even if you scream your lungs out, no monster will come to save you."

"Break your throat! Break your throat!"

Perhaps driven by fear to lose their minds, the gargoyle leader began to roar.

Al could hear his heart pounding at its limit, with no possibility of going any further.

The water flow entangled the gargoyle's limbs and wings, but this time it didn't turn into blades. Instead, it forcefully crushed and bound the limbs, severing them.

Pain contributed to the final rapid heartbeat.

"That's enough. Say your last words so you can go on your way."

The gargoyle had lost all its strength and abilities. It raised its head and looked into El's hungry eyes.

"Your Excellency, save me!"

"Gargoyle?"

The vampire, still dormant inside the castle, seemed to hear his servant's cries for help.

But how could that be? The sound is too muffled; it must just be an illusion, right?

Before El, the gargoyle's head detached from its body, successfully leaving him completely bewildered.

Dig up your spoils; this time, the gargoyle's entire body can be kept.

"After intense exercise and extreme fear to optimize the meat quality, its appearance is at its best."

And what an unexpected surprise! That vampire was a viscount!