“M-, my, my hand!”

The large man was flung to the air.
The man’s arm was cut from the shoulder down and is rolling on the ground.
He crashed on a nearby house.

Since I’m not receiving any experience points yet, that means he’s still alive……
So, ripping your arm off wasn’t enough, eh.

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Alan Agrus
Species: Giant Huma
Status: Bleeding (large)
Lv: 41/60
HP: 28/301
MP: 31/69
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He has high physical endurance……
Even so, a direct attack from me should’ve been an instant K.O.

“M-, my arm…… me arm……”

The large man walks out of the house, staggering.
Following after him, even his large horse is flung right to him.

“Oo ooo ohh! Busca, don’t come flying here, Buscaa~a!”

The large man let out one last scream before his large horse crashes on top of him.

【Obtained 246 Experience Points.】
【〖The Walking Egg: Lv—〗skill gives you additional 246 Experience Points.】
【The Lv of〖Ouroboros〗went up from Lv 90→91.】

God’s Voice announces my level up.
Using his hand that I ripped off, I throw it back to the large man, repelling the other men along the way.

“Commander Alan is dead!”
“That powerful Alan-sama…… so easily……”
“Aargh, it’s over! We’re no match for it! I’m not dying in a place like this!”

With no leader, the rest of the cavalry are all scattering and running.
There seems to be no one among them who wants to stay here any longer.

Afterwards…… well, I don’t think I’ll have to chase after them.
With their whole plan gone to waste, I’m sure they won’t be setting foot in this place ever again.
I also don’t have to hunt each of them down one by one.

The blood stuck on my claw stops trickling down.
I’ve gotten used to killing people.
I know I don’t have time to think of stuff like that right now, but I just can’t help myself.

“Uu, u, uurk……”

I suddenly heard painful moaning in the distance.
Turning towards the sound, there was a bloodied Lithuvar man leaning tiredly on a shattered house.

I run towards him and give Partner a quick eye signal.

“Gra~a”

When Partner growled, a warm, soothing light surrounds the Lithuvar man.
His wounds gradually close and his rough breathing becomes softer.
He then slowly comes to his senses.

He’s one of the guards who received the enemy’s frontal attacks directly.
This amount of casualties on our side is nothing like before when everyone was cursed.
Surprisingly, we didn’t waste too much MP in the battle, so we still have enough to use recovery magic.

I face the direction to where Alo chased after the escaping enemy who summoned the wyverns.
I’m sorry…… but, I won’t be able to go after you yet. Don’t die on me, Alo……

I run around the village again to treat any villagers with fatal wounds.

Sorry, but for those who are severely injured, if your lives aren’t in danger, then I won’t heal you.
Having to heal tens of injured won’t bode well for my current MP.
Once everything’s over, we’ll use〖High Rest〗on all of you equally……

It should be safe to assume that this battle is almost over.
The amount of enemies I took down or frightened off were quite a lot.
If the army that attacked this village was the main force, then all the better.
They shouldn’t have any more decent fighters left.

I don’t have proof so I can’t be relieved yet…… but, if their aim was to annihilate the Lithuvar Tribe then it wouldn’t be surprising if they decide to give up now.
As I was about to finish healing up all the fatally wounded warriors, Bella, the future shrine maiden, hurries to my side.
She mutters a chant, raises her staff and closes her eyes all in a fidgety manner.

【“Ryujin-sama! C-Can I ask you to come with me, please? I did my best healing one of the wounded in the bunker, but…… his pulse keeps getting weaker……”】

Bunker……?
Aah, the basements where they hide from Abyss raids.
Bella leads me to one of them in the village.

She then goes inside a partially destroyed building.
This must lead to one of their bunkers.

I can’t fit inside, so I was left waiting at the entrance, and after a while, they brought over a man lying on a flat wood and wrapped in bandages.
The man was topless and some parts of his upper body was covered in green liquid.
He’s severely wounded from his shoulder and abdomen, and even the bandages can’t fully stop the bleeding.
That green liquid must be the Lithuvar Tribe’s medicine of some kind.

“Gra~a”

With Partner’s〖High Rest〗skill, all his wounds get healed in no time.
His pale face turns red, indicating blood is flowing in his blood vessels again. He’ll be fine now.

As if in awe, the Lithuvars in hiding all come out one at a time and approach me.

“Ryujin-sama has driven off the enemy!”
“He saved us again!”

In the mix of all the rowdy Lithuvar people, there was a familiar face who caught my attention.
The man who tried to help me escape back in the anti-Ryujin village’s sacrificial cave, Tatarc.
Hey old man, you came too, huh?

Tatarc was sitting down and leaning on a half-destroyed house.
Even though he got caught up in the crisis that befell the village, he’s still looking tense.
At first, I thought he also suffered a serious injury, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

“Enough of this farce! Just whose children are you planning to take away this time?!”

A woman from the back of the destroyed building says.
She surprised me, I unintentionally shook my shoulder.

“P-Please calm down, Aino-san! They came to help us, you know? That person, is also worried about you too, Aino-san……”

“Then, he shouldn’t have left in the first place! I’m also worried for him but he just took my feelings for granted and left anyway!”

A-, Aino-san……?
I feel like I heard that name once before……

【”…… Her name is Aino. She lost her only daughter…… by the Manticore.”】

Hibi’s words echo in my head.
…… She’s Alo’s mother.
Alo was one of the sacrifices to the Manticore so relations between the split villages might still be awkward.

It’ll take more convincing for the anti-Ryujin villagers to show them that they’ve really come to help.
The explanation I used to persuade the anti-Ryujin village, the truth about the Dragon God and the shrine maidens, along with a few exceptions, wasn’t told here and we promised that we wouldn’t reveal the truth to this village to prevent any confusion.
And, even if we do want to tell them, it’s best not to do it now. But still, it doesn’t change the fact that the anti-Ryujin village abandoned this village in the past, and all of a sudden, they just came waltzing back without warning.

With her tone, it sounds like a close person left her to join the anti-Ryujin village.
Well yeah, I can kinda understand why you feel betrayed after experiencing the loss of your child by the same village.
I’ll just stay out of this one.

As I think of that…… I saw Tatarc in the distance quietly walking away from the building.

…… Hm?
Eh? D-Does that mean Tatarc is Aino’s close person…… no, her husband who left her?

Now that I think about it, I remember that Tatarc just recently joined the anti-Ryujin village.
And, he joined at the exact time when the sacrifices were about to be offered to the Manticore.
The reason why I even helped the sacrifices was so I could hunt the Manticore down, that’s why Partner insisted on being the next in line to be sacrificed, but thinking back, those kids back in the cave remind me of Alo.

Alo also reacted strangely when we were about to enter the anti-Ryujin’s territory.
Maybe she thought that she’d meet her father there, thinking he’d join the anti-Ryujin village after her death.

Or, maybe Tatarc wanted to get rid of the guilt he felt from not being able to save Alo by rescuing the other sacrifices…… and, since Aino was against it, that means he left on his own will……
I don’t really get complicated stuff like that, but I can subtly imagine it.

As Aino continues to shout complaints, I didn’t realize myself that I kept on staring at Tatarc’s back as he walks away from the scene.

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Author’s Note:

Here are all the 7 commanders of the “Hungry Hunters”!

Swordsprince Tallmann（Falling back）
1st Division Commander, Dragon Blood Azalea（Wounded）
2nd Division Commander, Deadly Poison Grodell（Falling back）
3rd Division Commander, Alan the Titan（Deceased）
4th Division Commander, Angel of the Battlefield Norwell（Standby）
5th Division Commander, Witch of Death Ernesis（Deceased）
6th Division Commander, Lightning Wielder Rapal（Deserted）
7th Division Commander, One-Eyed Hannibal（Deceased）