Sous was stunned! The Demon Beast died just like that?!

"Hahaha, my time has finally come."

Sous' heart trembled with excitement. He had not brought the sword the empress had given him. He did not think he would return alive. In his hand was the tree trunk he had picked up along the way.

From afar, Mercy could see that Sous was trembling. He suppressed his own fear and walked up to Sous. Seeing how Sous had not listened to him, Mercy roared angrily, "Sous, don't go searching for death."

If Sous died here, it would be hard for him to explain. He regretted it. He had brought Sos here because he believed that there was no danger here. Unexpectedly, a real Demon Beast had arrived.

"You get the kids out of here," Sous shouted at Mercy.

In reality, Sous wasn't afraid. He was excited. His palms were covered in sweat. Without a word, he rushed out. The wooden stick in his hand wasn't even as big as the Beast's hoof. Wouldn't he be courting death if he rushed forward?

Mercy froze. Where did you get the courage to believe you could kill a demon beast with a wooden stick?

This was a Demon Beast. The beastmen themselves fled when they met one. A human was even weaker than the beastmen, how could he actually dare to attack?

Mercy was stunned.

At this moment, the Demon Beast's attention was all on Sous. It couldn't care less. If Sous wanted to die, but Mercy himself did not. Moreover, he had brought a group of children with him.

But the children were all looking at Sous with admiration.

Who wouldn't like brave people, especially at a time like this? All of them worshipped the idea of heroes.

"Stop looking. Let's go."

…

Little did they know that, right at this moment, on a giant tree, was someone covered in wounds and severely injured. His breathing was weak, and his eyes were fixed on the Engraved Beast below.

Finally, Sous and the Orc beside him had arrived. He could not even take care of himself anymore.

He was very angry in his heart. He was actually wounded to this extent by the Engraved Beast.

He came to the Orcs Tribe originally with a heavy responsibility to carry out observations. Alas, God's plans supersede Man's own1. He had actually encountered an Engraved Beast in a godforsaken place.

How could he be a match for the Engraved Beast? He could only fight while retreating, before turning up here. He originally wanted to wait for the beastmen to turn up to help him deal with the Beast, but who knew, nobody had turned up. He could only climb up the tree and hide.

His matters were all delayed because of this Engraved Beast. How could he not be angry? Yet, he had nowhere to vent his anger.

He was unlucky, but what else could he do?

Right at this moment, he saw a human-like being — Sous — charging out.

This was bad.

He was anxious. If the Engraved Beast finished up its food, wouldn't it recover? At that time, it would be even harder to deal with it.

He was about to stop the Beast.

But he saw that Sous had an excited look on his face, as he rushed out. He was fearless.

And worthy of respect.

…

But Sous didn't know that much. He held up his wooden stick. The stick seemed to be pretty hardy, and it fit into his hands nicely.

The other end of the stick was broken and sharp.

Sous rushed out.

"Roar!!!"

The Engraved Beast let out a deafening roar.

However, what the Engraved Beast could not understand was why this mere human became even more excited even after hearing its ferocious roar.

Sous did not recognize the wooden stick in his hand, but the Beast did. It was a wooden stick made from New Wood. This kind of wood was naturally hard, and it was not rare. The beast had come across many of them in this forest.

The beastman whom the Beast had been chasing was now up on a New Tree. This was not surprising. The New Tree had a natural ability to restrain the Engravement Beast.

New Wood was also a good material for making weapons. It was cheap, and hardy, and just right for using.

Under normal circumstances, the New Tree's restraint against the Beast was weak. However, it had fought with that beastman for three days and three nights and was already exhausted. Even if it escaped, there would only be death waiting.

It needed to eat the beastman on the tree to recover its energy and survive.

Otherwise, how could the Orc hiding on the tree survive until now?

Danger!

Fatal danger!

The Engraved Beast panicked!

"Roar!!!"

What the hell was this human!

Why did he become even more excited instead of running, after it had shown his might? Was he f*cking crazy?

F*ck!

…

Then, a shocking scene appeared.

The Orc hiding on the tree watched in silence.

Mercy, who was still preparing to let the children escape, was also shocked and forgot to continue bringing the children to safety.

The children looked at Sous quietly. Worship was written on their faces.

…

Puchi!

Sous looked blankly at the dying Engraved Beast.

No!

Where did your imposing aura go?

You looked so damn awesome, how did you die so easily?

Why didn't you dodge!

Don't fucking try to scare me. At least open your mouth and swallow me whole!

I ran over so happily. I just stabbed your stomach once and you died?

Died?

You died just like that!

Sous' face was extremely ugly. It was even uglier than that of Mercy's earlier on. His face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

He couldn't figure it out. He really couldn't figure out why!

An Engraved Beast!

A dignified Engraved Beast, a well-known vicious beast! Its existence was one that caused anyone to run away when they saw him. Yet it was stabbed by Sous just like that, and now it was dead!

Dead!

Dude, are you kidding me?

Sous squatted down unwillingly and patted the Beast's head. It was lifeless.

Sous kicked its head.

Get up!

Get up, eat me before you die, why don't you?

A struggle between life and death!

Sous was about to explode!

…

In fact, the children's perspective was entirely different.

When the Engraved Beast let out a furious roar, several of the children pissed their pants.

However, the human had picked up the wooden stick and charged out bravely.

Without any hesitation, he charged forward and stabbed the Beast's stomach.

Just how valiant was Sous? Just as everyone was about to die from fear, he charged out alone, as if that terrifying Engraved Beast was nothing but trash.

They knew about the wooden stick and were very familiar with it. They had seen many adult beastmen use the stick to practice martial arts.

It seemed like just an ordinary stick, yet it had pierced into the beast's body.

The Engraved Beast fell to the ground and struggled for a moment before going limp. It stopped moving.

"So… so powerful!" The children exclaimed. That human was simply too powerful.

As for Mercy, he told them to run away when he saw the Engraved Beast. He was too cowardly.

That human was too powerful. They had to learn from that human. That human must know many ways to kill Demon Beasts.

As long as they learned, they could be like that human.

…

Less than half a minute had passed from the time Sous saw the Engraved Beast and then killed it.

Then,

The Engraved Beast was dead.

The forest, which had been quiet earlier on for a moment, suddenly erupted with the cheers from the children.