Heels doesn't know where to go , all she does know that she didn't want to stay in one place. she needed to find a way out. and yes , leaving Sails wasn't the best idea , but she did it out of anger and disappointment in someone she deemed worthy to sacrifice herself for. she did not know why , but all the things she heard about sails were things that no normal person would be able to accomplish , he was one of the founders of this world , and rose amongst the ranks , he wrote the manifesto of this place , and even if she was there before him , she respected his work , but she understood a horrible truth about Sails , that he is a hero , and unlike villains , Heroes would sacrifice anyone to do the right thing , but villains would not sacrifice you , they would fight the whole world for you ,even if you are wrong.
She was faster now though , she didn't have anyone to slow her down , and no weird things happened on the road. She did find a horse after 2 hours of walking , which was great , the knight of the horse was dead near him. His head was decapitated , there were two other horses as well. She took one and rode it towards the north , she did not want to stop and investigate what killed the men . she knew whatever did it , is something that she cannot kill nor defeat. As she rode , she finally found a village , but it was pure silence , then she knew why , everyone was butchered in horrible ways. This time , she could not , she had to check what caused this.
She descends from her horse and look around , she observes one dead body , she sees scars that clearly were not human made , it wasn't a sword or an axe , it looked like the blood inside their bodies was inexistent , just the gore remained , it appeared sucked from their bodies , even kids were killed , at least not all of them . when she entered the orphanage , she found a little girl , crying in the corner , she had red marks on her skin , but not as serious as the ones who died.
"You're help aren't you?" the little girl asked
"I am" Heels crouches and smiles , "What happened here?"
"The Hollow Beast came again , but we did not have anything to offer it , so he killed.. everyone"
"What is this Hollow Beast?"
"it lives near the river"
"What does it look like?"
she cries again , not knowing what to say , she says "Like A Lizard"
"Hm , alright , does he come only to this village?"
"No , he comes to all villages near the river"
"And how did you escape it?"
"He left me alive , he-" she breaks into cries , only now Heels noticed blood coming from the uterus of the girl , she did not see at first in all this darkness.
she hugs her , understanding what happened.
"I will find it , and i will kill it , i will bring you to the nearest village okay?"
"I cannot walk" she mutters
Heels holds her and puts her gently on the horse , they arrive quickly at the other village , she gives it to a caring mother that owns a barber shop , telling her what happened . the mother affirms the sayings of the girl , saying that this beast comes every week asking for children's to feed on , but the Kingdom told them to stop giving it anything, for it makes it stronger and that they will send soldiers , this did not work. , she also did tell Heels that she cannot kill it on her own , it needs an experienced Hunter.
Heels agrees , she doesn't have enough experience to do something like this , she thanks the mother and rides away. She vows to return herself or send someone to kill it once and for all when she gets out of there.
on the road , she stops , feeling unease in her stomach , she could easily keep going , but she is letting more people die. but she also knew she could not kill the monster because she does not know how . so she starts to think how she can kill it , she rides back to the village , her brain would not let her live knowing she is letting more kids die. Heels talks with everyone in the village , they all give her small information , and the same overall. However she gets new things , like that the lizard does not like fire at all, like all monsters here. So she gets a torch , the blacksmith gives enhances it with core , this will make it burn more and faster, and it will last way longer, this shall be her weapon. she asked for the blacksmith to add some unique wielding fashion to it , with chains that can open and extend.
The blacksmith was an old happy man , but a concerned man , he is one those people that are the fan favorite in series. especially with the cute mustache.
she visits the girl one more time , and goes to hunt the beast .
when she gets near the river , she does see an abomination feeding on a young boy. she gets off her horse. she gets the sword and flame out. the lizard beast noticed her.
"New face" he says
"Burnt face" she replies
she throws the flame on him , he backs away , surprised
"Women blood is tastier if defiant"
"I'll make sure to make you pay for what you've done"
The lizard , charges at Heels , but Heels takes her blade and slices the lizards arm , it starts to regrow , while it does , Heels lights a tree on fire near the river , the lizard attacks once more , but Heels plays around the tree , each time hitting the beast once , then the tree , the tree starts to move , she waits the right moment and slashes the tree for it to start falling on the lizard , fire and water meet when the lizard brings with him the fire log. this hurt him a lot , he gets up , his leg seemed to be broken , so she attacks the other leg, but he grabs her from her hair and holds up in the skies , claws ready to get inside her intestines , but she lifts her legs up and enforces the heels inside his eyes , enough time to cut her hair and break free. the beast gets furious , he attacks , but she puts the sword right in his chest , he falls , still alive . she notices in one of his claws , he had a white tissue stuck , it was surely from the clothes of this teenage girl , so she takes the flame , and holds into his private parts , the abomination yells in agony. but she shuts him up with a sword in his throat. she did not do it out of mercy , she did it because she needed to get to the village as soon as possible , for the lizard told her that it's being attacked by his friends , his last words were said with a chuckle .
she rides as fast as she can , but she arrives too late , she sees , 8 lizards like him , butchering the villagers . she sees at the entrance , the girl she saved , dismembered, she vomits . She knew she could not kill all 8 , and she knew , if she leaves them , she will sign the death of another village , she knew very well , there are survivors inside, but she needed to take the hard choice. she uses her horse to gallop fast , she sets all the trees around the village on fire , the fire spreads horribly fast into the wooden homes , she saw her plan being executed in front of her , the lizards could not breath correctly anymore from all the smoke coming out . the heat made them sweat and slower , the fire logs , scared them , the smoke blinded them . some tried to run away , and as they did , they saw a sword in the darkness that they did not prepare for , killing them with a more precise strike each time. the fire and smoke killed their vision , and them.
Heels burnt the forest to stop these monsters , and she did , by becoming one.
For that day , she has saved thousands , but killed hundreds with her own hands.
From this day forward , the people of the Thin Desert will always call her , The Beast Of BlinWel.
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