Chapter 81 (2/2)

It was a gigantic bat called a Rock Bat that was active at night, preying on small, solitary animals, such as humans.

The Shulz did not have sufficient resources to arrange for sufficient guarding, so every month, the Rock Bat would take away 2 to 3 children or elders.

Possessing a certain amount of intelligent, it wouldn’t show up when the security was tight. But when the soldiers grew tired, it would attack from an unexpected direction.

Hiding a short sword dipped in poison in her breast, the 10 year old girl crouched, alone, on a large rock at night.

The last attack had been 10 days ago. It was a night when no one else was about, when “it’s almost time for the next one” was on everyone’s mind.

As expected, the hungry demonic beast attacked the little girl.

True to its name, it was a bat with grey skin as hard as rock. However, it was a lot larger than any ordinary bat, and it possessed claws and fangs that gave it the ability to kill its prey.

Right when the bat with a wingspan of almost 2m tried to grab onto the young girl with both its legs……

“Dayaa——!”

The young girl rolled to a face up position, grabbed one of the bat’s legs and stabbed it with her short sword…… or not. Instead, she used all her strength to draw the bat’s body towards herself.

“Giii! Giii!”

The demonic beast possessed overwhelmingly greater strength, but as it was in the middle of a dive, it could not help but to be pulled along.

The grey bat and little girl were almost close enough for their noses to touch.

“Dah!”

“GIGIGiiiiiii!”

The bat opened its mouth widely to sink its fangs into the little girl’s throat, but the little girl was faster in plunging her sword into that mouth.

“GyaAHH! OW! It HURTS d.a.m.n you!”

“Giii! GIGIGii!”

Of course, the little girl did not go unscathed. The hand that was grasping onto the Rock Bat’s leg was stabbed and gouged by its other claw. She still has the scar from this wound.

The bat mustered all the strength in its wings to clobber her and wildly flailed its claws, trying desperately to tear her off.

Despite that, the little girl hung on, pus.h.i.+ng the short sword deeper and deeper into the bat’s mouth, twisting it the entire time.

In the end, the death match was over after several minutes.

The one who eventually rose from that rock that was covered in a sea of blood was the girl.

After that, she tried to sneak back into her own room the way she had sneaked out, planning to put on an innocent face while waking up the next morning……. ‘planning’ being the operative word.

Because of course, she was caught by her parents, everything came to light, and she was berated from head to toe.

It turned into one of those very rare instances when her father, who believed in letting sleeping dogs lie and rarely raised his voice, and her mother, a prideful person who only ever spoke of their tribe’s past glory, came to be in sync. To this time, the girl still remembers how they hugged her after the harsh scolding was over.

For the Shulz people, this episode became a beacon of hope.

For this people who was growing wearing from the harsh life in the hinterlands and the fruitless fighting against Filsand, the appearance of a hero was what they desired for the most.

Furthermore, several years later, she became selected to be the wielder of the Divine Sword. More and more people came to adore her, and to entrust her with their dream…… the dream of returning to the bountiful Filsand.

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