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Chapter 10 - Chapter 10-The Guardians

After acquiring the basic block Smith skill, I've created a sword; you can see the sharpness of it.

I swing my long sword at the sword to check its durability; after swinging, the long sword vibrates, but the sword didn't break. It's decently above the long sword.

Over to the left of my space and venturing into the forest, I see a pack of boar eating grass in an open space in the forest. I decide to hunt them.

"Easy, easy, easy now!"

The boar screams after dying.

"*Ooooikk."

The rest of the boar run in disarray; I chase after them.

"Ok, that's the last one."

Not knowingly, it's already night.

I open my space and am going to go into it when I see a small light.

I quietly go into the source of the light.

But what greets me is a village burning with the people screaming.

I rush into the scene and help the people asking for help.

While searching for more survivor when I spotted in center of the village a fox and a bird is fighting.

I tried to aim at them with a javelin, but they quickly escaped while destroying everything in their path.

I almost tried to chase them when I heard a scream in the house.

'I don't need time for this; I need to quickly save the survivor.'

After saving the people, they thank me and say to me.

"Thank you for your help, young sir. We would like to invite you to our home to thank you, but as you can see, we don't have anything right now."

"It's ok, sir; no need to thank me. I just did what I needed to do."

"Why don't you let me help you in rebuilding your houses?"

"*What? It's too much, sir; you already saved us."

"Hahaha, it's really alright."

"*Well, if you insist, sir, then we would start to rebuild the house after passing this night. In the meantime, let's all rest in the houses that are still useable."

"Sounds good."

After a cold night, I help the villagers rebuild their houses.

"Umm...Sir, you're the chief here, right?.

The man turned to me and smiled and said.

"*Yes...I'm Harld Emercy, the chieftain of this village. How can I help, savior?"

"Ummm… Ah hahaha, please don't call me that; just call me Chrono.

"*If you say so, savior."

"Then do you know what the case of this tragedy is?"

"*Well, if you're interested, then I would tell you our village has two guardians, the Phoenix and the Nine Tails. They protected this village because the previous villager here helped them when they were still children, but for an unknown reason, they suddenly rampaged in this village.

"*Now I wonder if they're ok."

'Unknown cause, huh? Maybe this is connected to the Demon King'.

"Thank you, sir, for letting me know. I will go back to rebuilding the house now."

"*Huhu...it's nothing; please be safe."

After rebuilding the house, we celebrate with beer and food.

After a while of celebrating, I thank the chief and ask a question.

"Thank you for the hospitality. I'm kind of tired. Can you tell me where I can rest?"

"*Oh, you can rest there."

The chief points to a cabin, and I walk there.

"Hooo."

"Room."

"I summon you, Glask."

"*Thank you for summoning me, sir. How could I help you?"

"Investigate the causes of Phoenix and Nine Tails fighting. If I remember correctly, they escaped toward the west of the forest; if you investigate there, you might find their trace there."

"*Yes, sir."

Glask left the house and went towards the west of the forest.

In the forest, Glask finds a feather of the phoenix with a trace of demon magic lingering around it.

"*Hmmm...Sir Chrono is correct."

After a while staying in the village, Glask returns and reports all the information he gets.

Although he didn't find the phoenix or the nine tails, he found a feather of the phoenix with a demon's magic lingering around it.

"This just confirms my suspicion."

"May I ask, but what is it, sir, that is your suspicion?"

"The demon king, he's already trying to control a mythical beast to add to his manpower in fighting the kingdom."

After packing my item and storing it in the inventory, I inform the chief about my departure, and he gives me a compass.

"*Take this Chrono. When you asked me a question previously, I already knew something was wrong with our guardian. This compass can help you track our guardian."

"Thanks."

After leaving, I followed the compass.

After traveling a very long time, it takes me a month to track the mythical beast and finally see them, and they are fighting on the peak of a snowy mountain.

After hiding behind a giant rock close to them, I heard the nine tails crying and begging the phoenix.

"*Pheonix, come back to your senses."

The Phoenix responds by flapping its wing with devastating heat.

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