The Bloodbath

The beast carriage arrived at its destination after about three hours of stomach-churning travel.

Mount Lan Forest, no, the forest was just a small corner of Mount Lan. This Mount Lan was a super mountain range!

“So big!” If I had to describe the size of this mountain range, it would be most fitting to compare it to the “Ten Great Mountains of the Primordial Era” described in a novel I read in my previous life.

The area shown on the map as already explored is not comparable to ordinary mountain ranges.

The lush, ancient forest before me is the entrance to the mountain range and the place where I’ll be doing my quest. A “Danger: Do Not Enter” sign is posted by the roadside.

Novices are only allowed to enter this forest area. The deeper into the mountain range one goes, the higher the level of danger. What lies in the unexplored regions is a mystery.

Basically, no one who has mistakenly ventured into the depths has ever returned, and the danger level is unimaginably high.

I advanced slowly while staying vigilant. I’m only level 2, and I’m still wearing garbage beginner gear. At best, I can only deal with magical beasts around level 3. I must be careful to protect myself.

Coo! Coo! Coo!

The sound of birdsong echoed through the jungle.

A wild chicken with exceptionally vibrant colors appeared!

The wild chicken attacked with a caw.

I was stunned.

The wild chicken used a pounce attack.

I drew my meteorite sword and used a slash.

The wild chicken took a critical hit, its HP reduced to zero.

“Phew, first battle won, what a thrilling fight!” I let out a long sigh and picked up the wild chicken that had been decapitated with a single sword strike.

Finally, I can improve my diet. Lately, the food I’ve been eating has either been unappetizing or downright awful, so much so that I deliberately prepared some seasonings for this trip just in case.

I found a small stream to clean out the wild chicken’s entrails. I gathered some dry branches and dead leaves from around, started a fire with a flint stone, and then whittled a fresh branch to skewer the wild chicken and place it on a makeshift grill.

The flames flickered, and as the chicken roasted at high heat, it emitted an enticing aroma. I watched the glistening oil on the chicken, my mouth watering uncontrollably.

This is real food!

While controlling the heat, I flipped the chicken back and forth more than ten times, sprinkled it with salt, and roasted it for a while longer. The golden wild chicken was ready.

“Hoo hoo!” I tore off a chicken leg, gently blew on it to cool it, and devoured it without regard for my image. The tender chicken meat and the succulent, smooth skin provided a rich texture and wonderful aroma.

So delicious!

It’s completely different from the chicken I ate in my previous life. What kind of chicken is this? It’s too delicious!

After gnawing on the last bit of meat, I even felt like gnawing on its bones. Unfortunately, I didn’t bring a soup pot this time. Otherwise, making a chicken and vegetable soup to supplement my nutrition would have been good.

Burp. After finishing a cup of fruit wine, my stomach was full and my thirst quenched. A strong sense of satisfaction arose within me.

I’m so happy right now! I didn’t realize I was such an easily satisfied person, and I found it amusing.

“Found it!”

Just as I was immersed in an inexplicable sense of satisfaction, a furious shout startled me.

The sound was getting closer and closer. It was the sound of multiple hurried footsteps.

I jumped up, quickly drew my meteorite sword, and assumed a defensive stance.

In the blink of an eye, four burly men wearing coarse linen clothes, armed with hoes, sickles, hammers, and long staffs, arrived before me menacingly.

They must be villagers from Sùfēng Village? They don’t look friendly.

I made an instant judgment and gripped the meteorite sword in my hand even tighter.

“Did you kill the Divine Beast?” A villager holding a hammer, standing in the middle, spoke. His tone was extremely unfriendly; it was more like an interrogation than a question.

“Divine Beast?” These four words flashed through my mind, but I couldn’t recall anything resembling a divine beast.

“…” The hammer-wielding man remained silent. He carefully opened a cloth bag at his waist and took out a wild chicken head with brightly colored feathers, still dripping blood from its neck.

“…” Looking at it, it seemed very familiar. Yes, it was the wild chicken that I had severed with a single blow and then roasted and eaten!

“Huh? Divine Beast? I’ve never seen it before. I’m just passing by, doing errands.” I maintained an unprecedented calmness, my body subtly shifting, trying to block the pile of chicken bones and feathers on the ground within a second or two.

Unfortunately, the man with the hoe had exceptionally sharp eyes and spotted the pile of things on the ground.

“You b*tch! You dare to eat our village’s Divine Beast!” The extremely angry roar was painful to my ears. The other three men immediately reacted, and their rage quadrupled.

I just ate a chicken, do I deserve this? Besides, who knew a random wild chicken I chopped in the wild was a Divine Beast!

Divine Beasts are noble beings; they should be kept safe in the village. Releasing them is just asking for trouble…

Why am I so unlucky?

In a flash, I remembered that the Luck value on my character status bar had always been three question marks.

At first, I thought it was because the value was too high to be displayed. Combined with the events of the past few days, it’s highly possible the opposite is true!

Seeing their determined look, as if they wouldn’t stop until they’d dismembered me, it seemed an apology wouldn’t solve the problem.

“Kill her!” See, they’ve pounced.

Dodging the hammer attack, I retreated a few steps.

At this moment, a long staff swept past, and a strong gust of wind hit my face. I crouched hard, narrowly dodging it.

But the crisis was not over. A cold glint attacked my neck. It was about to cut my throat, but I managed to dodge it with a rolling escape.

“…” Damn it, how can ordinary villagers fight with such practiced coordination!

One crisis after another, before I could even get up, a hoe smashed down fiercely. In a moment of desperation, I could only block it with the meteorite sword in an unstable posture.

A powerful force transmitted from the sword to my body, numbing my arm.

These bastards have no pity for a damsel in distress! Their attacks are deadly, and their vicious fighting style is like that of reckless fighters.

After several consecutive dodges, I barely escaped their attack range. My breathing was unsteady, and my arm was still numb.

Four against one. With my current strength, it’s a bit of a struggle.

Therefore, the best strategy is to flee.

I turned and ran, leaving behind the enraged Villagers A, B, C, and D.

“Don’t think you can escape!”

“Surround her immediately!”

I ran desperately without looking back, fleeing deeper into the forest. The chasing shouts put immense pressure on me, sharpening my focus to an unprecedented degree. I didn’t even notice my clothes getting torn by branches.

I don’t know how long I ran. Along the way, I don’t know how many level 1 magical beasts I casually killed. In short, I successfully escaped into the depths of the forest.

“Damn it, where are we going to find her!”

“What should we do? Lord Divine Beast was killed. If we don’t bring back the murderer, the High Priest will skin us alive!”

“It’s all your fault for not watching Lord Divine Beast properly!”

“Stop arguing. Even if we have to search the whole forest, we have to find that b*tch!”

“But if we go any deeper, we’ll encounter powerful magical beasts. Can we handle them?”

Villagers A, B, C, and D were extremely anxious, their expressions slightly distorted.

“There’s no ‘but.’ We have to bring that woman back, even if she’s just a corpse, to present to…”

…差 (chā, difference/inferiority). This word would never be uttered by the hammer-wielding villager because…

A dark shadow flew out from the bushes with extreme speed. The hammer-wielding villager was pierced through the throat before he could even react.

First, take care of one.

A black spear pierced through the hammer-wielding villager’s throat, killing him instantly.

The roles of hunter and prey began to reverse.

“Ahhh!” Two terrified screams echoed through the forest.

“Where is she?!” The hoe-wielding villager frantically looked around. Unfortunately, there was no sign of movement in the surroundings. Finally, he cautiously walked towards the direction the Shadow Spear had come from.

They felt unprecedented fear towards me, hidden somewhere in the ancient forest. The staff-wielding villager and the sickle-wielding villager seemed to have lost their nerve and were constantly retreating.

“What should we do?”

“Let’s run.”

“But…”

“No buts! I don’t want to die here!” The staff-wielding villager was very agitated.

“You will all die here.”

Without warning, I appeared behind the two of them. From the end of the first attack to my reappearance behind them took only a few seconds. The difference in experience between villagers and warriors was magnified infinitely in such a sudden situation.

Before me, they were like chickens waiting to be slaughtered.

“You…” With a flash of white light, my sword swiftly sliced across the staff-wielding villager’s throat, blood splashing and painting a beautiful crimson arc in the air.

The sickle-wielding villager was stunned by this sight. His body was so stiff he couldn’t move at all. A black shadow passed through his chest silently.

As I pulled back forcefully, the sickle-wielding villager’s eyes were filled with terror, but within two seconds, he no longer felt fear.

After cleanly dispatching the two, I put away my meteorite sword and switched the spear to my right hand.

“You bastard!” In just over ten seconds, only the hoe-wielding villager remained.

He surprisingly didn’t run. Instead, he raised his hoe and charged at me.

“Let me practice my spear skills with you.” After all, I inherited the Shadow Archdemon King’s spear skills. It would be awkward if I couldn’t use them in actual combat.

Clang! The hoe collided with the Shadow Spear, sparks flying immediately.

The quality of hoes in this other world is surprisingly good. That was my only thought after the first blow.

With a powerful sweep, the hoe-wielding villager was sent flying.

“Now for this next move, you better brace yourself. Otherwise, you’ll die.” I slightly lowered my body, took a step forward with my left foot, and twisted my upper body back with the movement of my arm, instantly assuming a thrusting stance.

“Don’t, don’t kill me! I absolutely won’t say a word about what happened here!”

“Hehehe, I only believe that dead men tell no tales.” As soon as I finished speaking, I shot out like an arrow from a bow.

The next moment, the Shadow Spear pierced through the hoe-wielding villager’s throat as if it had been there all along.

Whoosh!

A massive impact erupted the moment the Shadow Spear embedded itself in the hoe-wielding villager. His body suddenly burst into pieces, scattering outwards, blood and internal organs splattering everywhere.

If I hadn’t dodged quickly, this outfit would probably be ruined.

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding ding ding! A crisp musical tune rang out.

My Life Level has become 3!