Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai

There was a place similar to a joint kitchen in a few locations of the settlement; several female gomas were gathered in there, cooking something. The little gomas around them could be their children; they were either frolicking with each other or playing something like a game of tag.

「So that's what their females look like.」

The difference between the male and female goma was really obvious.

The one who we always met and killed in the field was a male goma. Going out and hunting outside of the village was the job of the male.

In short, the reason we didn't see their female counterparts was simply because we never came to their settlement. That's why this was the first time I understood the difference between male and female.

Simply put, the difference lay in their bellies.

The beer belly really stood out.

Some were so swollen that they were bigger than normal. Though it could happen if they were pregnant, their bellies were obviously bigger than their male counterparts even outside of the pregnant state.

Aside from that, their face, che$t, and butt weren't that different from the male. However, it was easy to tell them apart just by taking a glance at their belly.

「… Does that mean they're using the size of the belly as a standard of beauty?」

I saw their male counterparts every now and then walking gleefully while touching the belly of the female goma.

I kinda understand their reason though, I mean, the faces of those gomas were fugly. The male goma's action might be equal to a human male when playing with woman’s t!ts. But man, they look even more uglier than usual when doing that.

Instead of che$t or butt, the female belly was the symbol of sex appeal. Well, that might be their instinct telling them that a bigger belly meant that the female could give birth to more children in the future.

「Hu~umh, so it means that the female boss is the one with the biggest belly.」

Upon looking outside from the entrance of the tower, I saw the male gomas lining up near the gate, prepared to go hunting.

There were three govus in that team, the one in the middle being the one with the biggest head and clad in metal armour. It was really obvious from his equipment that the guy was the leader of this settlement.

Around that guy were a couple of female gomas who were cuddling up to him.

Both females obviously had a bigger belly than the other female gomas. Converted to t!ts size, they were akin to a woman with G-cup and above, a transcendence beauty.

And that armoured govu then rubbed at those two G-cup bellies with a lecherous face. That lecherous face erased all doubts– the belly of the female goma is equal to a woman’s t!ts.

「That fu*king goma is actually enjoying harem with big t!ts… Unforgivable, normie, just explode.」

The goma hunting team departed from the settlement as I glared enviously at them.

With that, most of the males had already left the settlement. Unfortunately, some remained to defend the settlement. The ones remaining in the settlement were a govu at the main gate and a goma each at important sites on the settlement.

Now, I had confirmed that there were three govus in this settlement, three went out to hunt-including the armoured govu-, one stayed behind to defend the settlement. Even the one attacked by the high-zombie in the ruined city had seven govus… Meaning that this was similar to the frontier village.

「Suppressing the settlement is easy. But…」

Let's use this chance to gain more insight into the goma-ecology.

I quickly recovered the honey as Natsukawa-san urged me to, but I told her to wait for one more day. This was a rare opportunity to observe the goma-ecology after all.

I mean, since it looked like we were going to keep meeting gomas in the future, we should use this chance to get more information about them. In that way, even if a really strong gogma appeared in the future, we could work around and use the female goma as the hostage.

In the end, she agreed to let me continue my observation for one more day.

It might be just one additional day, but I got a lot of information just from this one-day observation.

First, regarding the goma-reproduction.

The settlement was just a hamlet with a total population of 200, but there were at least two female gomas who gave birth to child gomas just on this day alone.

I didn't see the first one since it was located in the blind spot of this tower, but I saw the second one properly.

「So those guys were born in the form of an egg, huh…」

I was really shocked to know that our bad neighbour was oviparity.

The thing that female goma, who raised a hoarse and squalid voice, gave birth to was a softball-sized egg. Five or six of them came out at once.

Because they were the weakest monsters, they had a high fertility rate. It seems giving birth to five eggs at once was a normal thing for them. That was what I thought at first, but I knew later that the number of eggs was more than five.

After the egg came out, the baby goma inside broke the shell immediately.

The just-born goma looked really repulsive.

However, some eggs didn't break.

Two of the five eggs didn't break. One of them did crack, though. Alas, the baby goma inside seemed to have given up early on.

I thought the adult goma would help that baby by cracking the shell but…

Well, that trivial matter aside, the gomas had also raised livestock.

Right by the side of the fence, there was another pond surrounded by a fence. The pond looked like a muddy puddle instead of a clear pond.

I saw a few frogs with pig-like faces being raised there.

The food scrap thrown over there became the food for those pigfrogs. Meaning, they were raised as livestock.

After looking at one female goma taking out one of the pigfrogs from there, I was convinced that they were raised for their meat.

And speaking of food scrap, the baby goma who failed to be born was also included in there, meaning that they were just the perfect feed for the pigfrogs.

「Two eggs failed to be born among the five. If two female gomas give birth to an average number of that egg every day… There's an additional 6 gomas every day.」

Man, that is a terrifying birthrate, Japanese should feel ashamed of themselves.

Assuming that one among those six managed to reach adulthood, their population would literally double in just one year.

The reason these gomas existed in almost all parts of this dungeon was simply because of overpopulation. And since there were many strong monsters out there, they could calmly use the corpse of their failed babies as a feeder for their livestock.

They appeared almost anywhere in this dungeon despite being small fry, attacking anything in sight, only to get the table turned on them. Seeing their fertility rate, I guess it really wasn't a big deal if they often sold a quarrel.

「We have to crush these guys here, otherwise there'll be fierce competition for food in this resort area.」

We are going to be screwed if these guys multiplied rapidly in this resort area while we were preparing for the subjugation of Yamata no Orochi. It's not like they posed a serious threat to the members of the school tower, but an eyesore was an eyesore, we had to get rid of them sooner or later anyway.

「Kill the gomas, show no mercy to them.」

Now that I had made the decision, the one-day observation should be plenty enough.

「Raid them tomorrow night after they’ve fallen asleep… I'll use the rest of today to observe this area.」

And just as I was about to enter the vase which I used as my hiding place yesterday…

「GURUBA! ZEN, GADARAGA!」

A flock of gomas entered in succession from the entrance.

”—Darn, they found me, eh."

That was what I thought, but then I realized that they were just wanting to use the altar.

Thus, I decided to take a peek from my hiding place.

「The four govus are… Their top brass, huh.」

Standing in front of the altar, leading the other three was the armoured govu.

He placed a small vase, pelt, and basket of core on the altar— it kinda reminded me of an offering.

After placing all those offerings on the altar, the boss govu knelt.

Kneeling diagonally behind him was a female goma with a big belly (big-brea$ted in human terms). What happened to the other big-bellied-chan? Was that mean female goma his legal wife?

Behind the couple were the other three govus, and further behind were gomas wearing fairly nice clothes.

「Oumaaa!」

The boss govu shouted.

「Ouma!」

「Oumaa!」

The others then followed the boss govu, shouting the same words.

They were shouting "Ouma". Properly speaking, the way gomas spoke looked like they were shouting something, and yet, this was the first time they spoke something like a proper noun.

This "Ouma" thingy sounded like the name of the god they revered.

When I was looking at them in admiration over their devotion to their faith――

「The magic circle is… Moving?」

Yes, it was moving for sure. The magic circle's red light glowed brighter and brighter while wriggling on the stone altar.

What in the hell is happening here? It isn't a prayer ceremony, what in the world is that magic circle doing!?

「OUMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」

And then, right as their shout resounded inside the tower―― Another thing appeared right on top of the altar.

「Zebu, gura, aburadaaaa」

That was a goma. The thing projected on the lithograph was the figure of another goma.

I see, this altar was something like an LCD screen, it made it possible to communicate with other places.

「Is that, the king of gomas?」

Appearance-wise, the goma on the screen was outfitted with an attire that I had never seen before.

Is that a wig? Or real hair? He had long hair and a beard. And yet, his figure was tall and thin with obvious deep wrinkles on his face as if he were the hermit version of goma.

However, his shiny, golden crown was adorned with gems, and the pure white robe was the exact definition of a poor king.

「UGOGOO… OUMA!」

The boss govu and his subordinates along with the others were prostrating with an unmistakable tensed look on their faces before the lithograph that displayed the goma king.

I had no idea what they were talking about, but there was an obvious difference in both of their social standing.

「Zagara, bedabu, goruruboga.」

The goma king, who accepted the revere as if it was a natural thing, started talking about something.

Aah, I saw a template of a long and boring speech here.

That face… it was similar to the face of the chairman of Shiromine Academy when he gave a long-winded and boring speech in front of us, the elite students.

Yeah, I really hate that ugly look on that old man's face that is filled with satisfaction as an influential figure.

So, while I was thinking about other things as I ignored the long-winded and boring speech, not to mention it sound like a random scream, of the goma king, the speech finally came to an end.

「―― Gufu, buruga, zedo.」

With that finish, the lithograph glowed in red colour again.

What happened was obvious once the glow receeded.

「Nboo, guba! Oo~ma!」

The extremely delighted boss govu yelled upon seeing the small vase appear in front of the lithograph―― That vase was obviously different from the offering.

「Gubara!」

「Zebaaa!」

「Ouma!」

The other guys were also raising a scream.

The offering before the lithograph had vanished, replaced by a white vase.

「I see, it's some sort of transaction, huh.」

Perhaps, the content of that vase was…

「Nba~!」

The boss govu who shouted delightfully put his finger into the white vase and licked his finger after he took it out.

「That's the birthplace of sugar, huh.」

With my last question answered, the valuable observation of goma-ecology had come to an end.

Thank you very much. This is truly a nice settlement. That's why we will wipe it out from the map.

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