Chapter 351 - I Will Go Save Him! (1/2)

Chapter 351: I Will Go Save Him!

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

All the Winged Howlers and Misamier chased after Link. The ruins of the sentinel’s cabin were suddenly silent. It was silent as death until one hour later when a hesitant bird started calling.

Crack. The crack of wood sounded abruptly. A wooden board in the ruins suddenly cracked, and a dirty little hand reached out.

The commotion scared the bird that thought everything was over. It snuck back in fright.

The little hand reached around on the board and clung onto something. With a big push, a small hole appeared in the board. What followed immediately after was the muzzle of the musket.

After a while, a little girl climbed out from the hole. Her hair and face were all streaked with dirt. Her leg seemed hurt too, and she had to walk.

It was Melinda, the Yabba woman who had hid in the cellar.

The surroundings were all ruined, and all the trees had fallen. Smoke rose from the dirt, and the demon bodies were like burnt cinder. The air was filled with a faint acrid odor.

Melinda was completely shocked. What happened here? Where’s Master Link? Where’s Skinorse? Where’s Nana?

Before she’d passed out, she heard Master Link choose death and order Nana to commit suicide but other than the dead demons; everyone else was gone.

Melinda walked around the ruins, trying to find some clues but to no avail. While in a daze, she suddenly heard weak meows.

“Meow.” The breath was rapid yet weak and came from under a fallen tree more than 60 feet away. Frightened, Melinda crouched down and propped up her musket. She looked side to side cautiously.

“Meow.” Here it was again. This time, Melinda heard it clearly. She timidly walked towards the source.

One minute later, she saw the pitiful black cat trapped by the tree. There was a sturdy slab of stone under the tree and the tiny crack it created helped the cat escape from being turned into a meat pie. Even so, it still looked tragic.

The shiny dark blueish fur now looked dirty from the blood and was rumpled. Its two hind legs had turned into mush, and only a bloody piece of skin was still connected to the body.

The cat had closed its eyes earlier but cracked them open at the commotion. After seeing Melinda, joy flashed past its eyes. It meowed quietly, appearing extremely pitiful.

Crack! Melinda forced the muzzle of the musket to the black cat’s head. She wasn’t stupid. They could have escaped safely but were forced into this situation because of this horrible black cat.

She was going to kill this cute but demonic little thing.

“Melinda, don’t shoot yet. I have something to tell you.” The black cat’s voice was very weak.

“What do you have to say? Traitor! Demon! Bastard! Master Link treated you so well!” Melinda yelled though she still didn’t pull the trigger.

“As long as you save me, I can give you the power to overlook the entire world,” the cat said softly.

But as soon as it finished, Melinda started laughing. “You’re all talk but you can’t even save yourself, and you want to give me power? Go die, liar!”

She really did pull the trigger decisively. With a muffled bang, the bullet shot out. However, it hit the dirt. The black cat moved its head aside at the last moment and escaped from the fatal hit.

It wouldn’t die if its physical body was ruined but it would still be tragic to become a wandering soul. Its soul would still be imprisoned, and it wouldn’t even be able to leave this body. It could only watch as the body decayed and rotted.

It had already experienced this disgusting thing 300 years ago, and it didn’t want to do it again.

After dodging the bullet, it was entirely freaked out. It immediately realized that it wasn’t easy to fool this Yabba woman. “Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot!” it yelled. “Master Link is in danger now. He’s being pursued by demons, and only I can save him!”

Melinda fell silent. The surrounding ruins and dead demons made her believe the black cat. After she’d fallen unconscious, Master Link definitely attacked and escaped after killing a portion of the demons.

This explained why the bodies of Skinorse and the others weren’t here. They were probably fine. Master Link had saved them again!

But even though Master Link was powerful, he was still a mortal, and his strength was limited. With so many demons here, he must be in danger now.

At this moment, Melinda thought of Link’s care for them along the way, how he’d comforted her when she cried, and his gentleness when he tended to her wound. Despite the fact that she was a burden, Link had never abandoned her, even at the most dangerous times. He didn’t even show any thought of that. Now, he was in danger.

Melinda suddenly felt that she wasn’t scared anymore!

A resolute decision grew in her. She must go help him—save him—even if it meant giving up her life.

Half a year ago, she was just a regular Yabba girl. Now, she was a soldier, a musketeer!