62 The Damsel in Distress, Liliruca Arde!

Chapter 62: The Damsel in Distress, Liliruca Arde!

Glancing once at Ethan, who had already disappeared, the girl turned to look at the backpack beside her.

It was filled with goods that adventurers had entrusted to her to carry.

Even so, they had abandoned her, leaving her to die in the jaws of the hellhound.

On the same day, she experienced both the 'evil' and 'good' of humanity.

(P.S.: Whether someone is good or bad often depends on their 'appearance'; both good-looking and ugly people, regardless of gender, have different subsequent effects.)

Approaching the package, she opened it to find an array of weapons inside.

All these items were weapons; even if she were killed by monsters, these weapons would not be lost.

After all, the monsters wouldn't eat these weapons.

So, they just needed to wait until everything was over and then come back to retrieve them.

Thinking this, a glint of murderous intent flashed in the girl's eyes.

As someone who had been bullied and grown up in a 'painful' environment from a young age, her heart was much more ruthless than other people's.

Liliruca Arde was born into the 'Soma Familia' because her parents were adventurers belonging to the 'Soma Familia'.

Thus, Liliruca had been a member of the 'Soma Familia' since birth.

And her parents were beguiled by the divine wine and squandered their entire fortune.

In desperate need of money, they went to the dungeon and ended up losing their lives in battle.

How a child could survive in the cruel Orario was a struggle only she knew.

Inside her Familia, she was mercilessly oppressed by her own people; outside, she was humiliated by other adventurers.

In despair and anger, Liliruca once briefly escaped from her Familia, but when the Familia members found out that a flower shop owner and his wife had taken her in, they destroyed the flower shop, indirectly leading to her being hated by the kind couple.

All these experiences made Liliruca hate adventurers very much, even leading her to degrade herself, constantly honing her thieving skills to steal from adventurers and finding solace in their anger and despair as she watched from the shadows, her heart sinking deeper into darkness.

However, this time, she had almost lost her life but for the first time, experienced kindness from an adventurer.

Even with the desire to believe the worst, a heart shrouded in darkness still yearns for light – a truth that cannot be denied.

However, while she was grateful to Ethan, she harbored a deep resentment towards the adventurers who had almost killed her.

"You abandoned me, so it should only be right that I give you a 'gift' in return."

Saying this, Liliruca took out a small package from a compartment in her backpack, revealing a small, exquisite shortsword; this is a magic sword.

In Orario, magic is a very powerful means of attack, and among all adventurers, only a small portion of talented individuals possess magic.

And among those, even fewer can wield attack magic.

This shows how rare mages are in Orario.

The magic sword, not requiring the user to have magic, was coveted by many, and due to its high cost of production, its price was naturally very high.

The magic sword she held was not of high quality, but it was still an expensive item.

She had saved money sparingly for a long time to buy this magic sword for self-defense.

Unexpectedly, when real danger came, she had no time to retrieve or use it.

Next, Liliruca tore her backpack to simulate an attack scene by hellhounds.

She took out some weapons and scattered them around.

After rummaging for a while, she found a package at the bottom.

It reminded her that this was something specifically asked to be carried by those people.

She didn't know what it was, but due to their intimidation, she hadn't dared to ask.

Now, thinking about it, there seemed to be something suspicious about this package.

Thinking this, Liliruca took out the package and quickly untied the knots.

Upon opening the cloth, she was shocked to see its contents, feeling a chill starting from her feet.

Kaenseki are extremely unstable items that can easily cause violent explosions if struck.

This package contained many Kaenseki; if something went wrong and they exploded, she would be completely annihilated.

Feeling a chill down her spine, she realized why they had always insisted she carry it and maintain a distance from them – they were afraid of them exploding.

However, after the initial shock, her anger intensified.

She couldn't believe that from the beginning, they had made her carry such dangerous items and hadn't even allowed her to know about it.

"You really wanted to kill me!!!"

Liliruca clenched her fist tightly, her anger and murderous intent towards those hateful adventurers reaching a peak.

Looking at these Kaenseki, she retied them and put them back in the backpack.

Previously, she was worried that just a magic sword might not be powerful enough, and even if she could take out one or two, dealing with all of them would be difficult.

Now, with these Kaenseki, she had no worries.

Just by detonating these stones, she could ensure all those people would perish here.

"Your wound is mine. My wound is mine. Echoing the message of midnight!"

Accompanying the chant, Liliruca's magic was activated, and her appearance began to change gradually, from a Pallum to a Beastman form.

Then, holding the magic sword, she carefully hid in a corner.

She would wait for those hateful people to return; all these weapons and the Kaenseki together were not cheap.

She did not believe they would just abandon them here.

Once they returned, she would make them realize how quick revenge will come.

Meanwhile, Ethan had already found the two fleeing Minotaurs.

Luckily, they hadn't injured anyone; otherwise, it would have been his fault.

"You two unlucky bastards, you made me look hard for you for so long, now die."

With a roar from the Minotaurs, Ethan ended their lives.

However, at that moment, at the place where the Minotaurs died, a 'horn' dropped, surprising Ethan.

Never before had a Minotaur dropped a horn after dying at his hand.

In the original story, the protagonist Bell Cranel, after killing the Minotaur trained by Ottar, obtained a horn, which was later made into a weapon.

Ethan didn't expect to obtain one himself.

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