But lately I seemed to be running up against bigger, badder monsters.

Then he had learned that the worst monsters woi human form, and many of these were soldiers.

Always rolling around in self-pity, feeling sorry for yourself because you're a big bad monster?

One has to give a baby mothering no matter what, or it will grow up to be a still worse monster.

He had never encountered a worse monster than himself before.

Suddenly he faced a monster far worse than himself.

If there were any really bad monster here, they would have blocked off the tunnel, so that it couldn't come out after them.

"This close to the edge of magic, there shouldn't be any bad monsters."

Of course not the worst monster I've heard about.