Monster no Goshujin-sama - Volume 1 - Chapter Pr

Prologue: Incident in a Certain Cave

Humans are all scum.

Sprawled across the ground inside a cave, I continuously cursed in my mind while tormented in pain. That was all I was capable of. I could barely maintain my consciousness, seeing as I was unable to get any proper rest with my body in this state.

I was hungry enough that the acid in my stomach felt like it would burn a hole through me, and my brain was shaking with dizziness. My breath was feverish and unstable. If this was a sign of an oncoming sickness, then my end was becoming clearer and clearer. I had no choice but to accept the desperate situation I was left in.

Fuck! Goddamn it! Why do I have to die all alone in the middle of nowhere like this?!

What sin did I commit to deserve such an end? No, that wasn’t the right way to put it. I didn’t do anything. They were the ones to do this. I was nothing more than a victim. That’s why I continued silently cursing to myself.

I was able to maintain my waning consciousness that way. I believed that the moment my hatred vanished would be the same moment my existence ceased. And yet, I could hear sounds from the entrance of the cave, mocking my measly efforts. It was the sound of something dragging across the ground; an ominous abrasion that shaved away at my spirit.

Stay back! Stay back! Stay back! Stay back!

I screamed in my head, but the sound gradually grew closer. It was no good. I couldn’t run away. Still drowning in my despair, I turned my eyes toward the noise. A two-meter-tall creature made up of a viscous liquid stood before me.

“...Aah.”

A monster. That’s what we called them. They were the natural enemies of humanity. The monster—we named it a slime out of convenience—didn’t have any eyes, but it was still looking at me. With agile movements which belied its appearance, it drew closer. I had no way of escaping. I didn’t even have the strength to stand up anymore.

“You son of a—!”

I flailed my arm toward it, but its strong digestive fluids were eating my hand. The pain assaulting my skin didn’t even reach my exhausted brain. All I felt was a numbness and a sense of loss.

Aah. So, this is where my life ends. No way... No way... I don’t want it to end like this...

“...Someone... save me...”

And with those last pitiful words, my consciousness faded away. This happened on the third morning after I had lost all hope in those known as humans.