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Inside the house, nine slave traders,including the one who had grabbed Xi Nu and Beta earlier—lay dead by Beta’s sword.
Beta pulled her blade from the chest of the ninth man.
The Slime Sword dissolved into magical energy and vanished without a trace.
Beta stumbled to the wall.
“Ugh…”
This was her first time killing anyone.
She’d never been a brave person.
After cutting down those nine, sticky blood coated everything.
The sight made her stomach heave.
Xi Nu came to her side and gently patted her back.
She pulled a water canteen from her pack.
“Drink some water.
It’ll help.”
“Phantom-sama…
am I pathetic?”
Beta’s face was pale.
“You’re not pathetic.
You did well.”
Xi Nu stroked Beta’s head.
The praise made Beta feel a little better.
She rested against the wall for a while, and the nausea passed.
The two entered the house and found a basement.
Four children were locked inside: three girls and one boy.
Beta freed them.
“It’s okay.
The kidnappers are all dead.”
The girls climbed out of the basement.
The moment they saw the bloody scene inside the house, their faces went white.
“AHHHH!”
A piercing scream cut through the air from the third girl.
The blood in front of her made her shriek in terror.
Xi Nu and Beta felt like their eardrums were about to burst.
Xi Nu flicked her hand.
A glob of black slime sealed the girl’s mouth shut.
“If you can scream like that, why didn’t you scream when you were caught?”
The girl glared at Xi Nu.
Xi Nu waved again.
The slime vanished.
“What do you want to say?”
“You lowly commoner—take this young lady out of here right now!”
Slap!
Xi Nu backhanded her across the face.
“How dare you hit me!
Do you know who I am?”
Slap!
This time, it wasn’t Xi Nu.
It was Beta.
“We saved you, and you’re still acting arrogant?
How can someone like you exist?”
The girl showed no remorse.
She got up and swung a slap right back at Beta’s face.
Beta stepped back.
The girl hit nothing but air.
Beta slapped her again.
This one threw the girl off balance.
She stumbled and fell right onto a corpse.
“AHHHH!”
Another scream.
Xi Nu raised her hand and cast a soundproof barrier.
“You three, come with us.
Let her fend for herself.”
The other three children were disgusted by that girl too.
They pushed through their discomfort and followed Xi Nu and Beta out.
As soon as they stepped outside, villagers came walking over.
They carried hoes, shovels, sickles: farm tools.
“It’s Old Nine!
Old Nine is dead!” the village chief said, staring at the corpse by the door.
“They’re slave traders!” Beta explained.
“Nonsense.
Old Nine is a well-known good man in our village.
How could he be a slave trader?”
The village chief spoke with righteous indignation.
The villagers nodded along.
They glared at Xi Nu and Beta with open hostility.
Sure, Beta and Xi Nu were just kids, but Old Nine’s death had to be connected to them.
“They are slave traders.
The three children behind me were taken by them!” Beta insisted.
“Tell me: how did Old Nine die?”
The village chief ignored her completely.
He stared at Beta, his face twisted with anger.
Just then, a squad of soldiers ran up.
“What’s going on here?” the captain demanded.
“I’m the village chief.
Old Nine, one of our villagers, was killed by these kids!”
Ordinary villagers had no surnames.
Their names were whatever people called them.
Beta opened her mouth to speak, but the girl from inside burst out.
“I am the daughter of Count Cabus of the Slunob Territory!
Cabus Naliner!”
She pointed at Beta and Xi Nu.
“Kill these two bastards!”
She turned to the soldiers.
“What are you waiting for?
These lowly commoners slapped my face!
They deserve to die more than the kidnappers!”
“So you’re Count Cabus’s daughter.
Then we can’t let you leave here.
If you do, our Viscount will face your family’s revenge.”
The soldiers drew their swords.
“Yes!
Kill them!
A life for a life!
Send these brats to hell!” the village chief shouted.
“How dare you!
Show some respect to the Count’s daughter!”
The soldiers and villagers ignored her.
“Phantom-sama…
why are the soldiers like this?”
Beta couldn’t believe it.
Why were they helping the criminals?
“It’s simple.
The soldiers were called here by the slave traders.
There was a guard in the dungeon earlier.
He heard the commotion upstairs and escaped through a hidden passage.”
“He’s the one who brought them.”
Xi Nu had already spotted that man.
But she’d wanted to catch them all in one net.
Killing nine was killing.
Killing a whole group was still killing.
She pointed at a man hiding behind a house.
Beta saw him too.
“And the villagers protect the slave traders because they share the profits.
Isn’t that right, village chief?”
The village chief’s face went ugly.
He’d been caught.
“I’ll admit it, kid: you’re smart.
But smart doesn’t fill your stomach.
In this world, strength is all that matters,” the soldier captain said.
“Kid, you know too much.” The village chief bared his teeth.
“Beta.
Can you take them?”
Xi Nu looked at her.
“I can do it, Phantom-sama.”
“Then let’s begin.”
Xi Nu waved her hand.
Three magical barriers wrapped around the three children.
“Run.
Go find your own homes.”
The barriers lifted into the air and flew away, carrying the children far off.
“A strange trick.
Must be some kind of item.
That item will be mine soon enough.”
“Charge!
Don’t kill them: they’re worth money.”
Fifteen men in the squad.
Fourteen charged with their magic swords drawn, the captain holding back.
The informant had made it clear: Beta and Xi Nu weren’t weak.
The captain wasn’t about to underestimate them.
A Slime Sword materialized in Beta’s hand.
In the blink of an eye, it was buried in a soldier’s chest.
“Careful!
She’s strong!”
The soldiers held back, circling her warily.
But their speed was too slow.
Even surrounding her did nothing.
Beta killed one man with every swing.
“Everyone, move!
I’ll handle her!” the captain roared.
Magical energy surged from his body.
He charged Beta at full speed, magic sword raised.
CLANG!
Their blades met with a sharp ring.
Then, like hammering steel, their swords clashed again and again, a rapid series of crisp impacts.
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