“You can stare at me all you want! Hahahaha!”

My assumption was correct. I guess the mother didn’t expect me to take her baby hostage, as she looked confused despite her bold entrance. I was sure I looked like a scumbag for taking a baby hostage, but this situation was beautiful.

“Rooooooar…”

I noticed the mother trying to move, so when I slowly moved Juliena toward the poor baby, not only did she stop, but the other monsters she sent here stopped as well. It was as if someone had activated a restraining spell on them.

‘Is she holding them back?’

The mother was more reasonable than I thought, and thanks to her, I was able to look at her more carefully. She was bigger than I thought—she was big enough that I could see the details on her body from afar. She had horns that weren’t obviously there as decorations since she had just used that to destroy the west wall.

‘People will pay a fortune for it.’

Her horns weren’t the only expensive-looking part of her body. Her black glossy hide looked intimidating, and even from afar, I could clearly see that spells under rare-rank would simply bounce off of it. If we made a shield out...