Shiba was quite shocked to hear Eini saying that they should create a team to hunt together, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was a good idea.
"Let's create a team then. We will meet tomorrow in front of the Beast Hunter Guild, as you suggested."
Shiba had seen how powerful Eini was, and they were friends, so it would be good tagging with each other to hunt.
"Great! See you tomorrow!"
Eini seemed very happy that Shiba agreed to create a team with her, but she also seemed in a hurry to leave.
After Eini left, Shiba returned to his house, where he soon met a guard that gave him some weapons.
Although he didn't receive as many as he had before the battle against the Soul-eating Eagles, there were still several of each type.
He was quite tired, so he went directly to sleep after receiving the weapons.
On the other hand, Eini wasn't planning to sleep that night.
Soon after she separated from Shiba, a man blocked her way.
"You killed my brother. Unless you are willing to live as my slave, you will suffer a painful death!"
He was a Level 9 Mortal, and a sworn brother of the guy that Eini put on fire before leaving the town to fight the Soul-eating Eagles.
Although there wasn't any blood relationship between that man and the one that ended up dying, he still wanted revenge.
Usually, he wouldn't dare to face Eini, but after she had returned from killing the Soul-eating Eagles, it seemed that she was already at her limits, so it was a good chance to attack her.
Eini had noticed that someone was following them in the shadows, and given that she had killed that guy earlier, she had guessed that it was some kind of revenge.
Thus, she was in a hurry to leave and not implicate Shiba. After all, Shiba had also harmed that guy, so she felt that he might have also been targeted. However, since she was the one who killed him, she didn't plan to share the responsibility with someone else.
At the same time, the man was hesitating to make a move when Shiba and Eini were together because he was still cautious if they were together. After all, their combination was what defeated the Soul-eating Eagles, so although he also wanted to deal with Shiba, he chose to wait until Eini was alone and start with her.
"The only one who will have a painful death is you given what you have said."
Eini couldn't believe how stupid that man was. She felt that people should fear her after having killed those Soul-eating Eagles, so even if that man hated her, attacking her alone was downright foolish. Of course, she knew that there were other men hidden in the shadows, but those didn't seem to have any intention to act unless they could kill her on the spot. She could guess that they were allies of that man. They would help if it were easy, but they wouldn't risk their lives for him. Just by their movements and breathing, she was able to deduce that much. The intensive training that she received before being left alone on that planet couldn't be underestimated.
The attack was under the guess that Eini was exhausted after having killed the Soul-eating Eagles, but there was a huge mistake in that plan. She had indeed been exhausted after just finishing to kill the Soul-Eating Eagles, so it would have been a good moment to attack her, but she had already recovered completely before returning to the town, so the timing chosen by that man wasn't good at all.
At that moment, even if Eini just fled from that man and his hidden allies, it was a fact that someday in the future, her overprotective sister would kill that man for his words, as for his allies, they would probably suffer the same fate just for having the intention kill her if there was a good chance to do it. Lina might restrain herself when Eini was still implicated in the conflict, but once she fled successfully or maybe after leaving the town, Eini didn't have the slightest doubt that her sister would act like that.
Thus, she was truly baffled at how stupid that man was. He was basically a walking corpse since his death had already been decided.
However, she didn't like to rely on her sister to deal with her problems unless she was unable to solve them personally, so she was planning to kill that man personally. As for those hidden, if they dared to act, she wouldn't mind adding them.
After all, a Level 9 Mortal wasn't that much for her. She could reach that level at any moment she wished, and her battle prowess was already superior to any Level 9 Mortal of that planet. It was just that as she told Shiba, she was restraining herself from the aging problems if she advanced too quick.
She felt that on the town, the only one who could be somewhat near her in terms of battle prowess under Rank 1 was Shiba, but that was all. Shiba could be near her in terms of battle prowess thanks to having an awesome master, which gave him a background at the same level as Eini's, but he had been training for too short, so it was natural that he was still worse than Eini. In fact, it was amazing how strong he got in such a short time.
Most people in that town had just mastered a single skill. Even those a bit better had two or three, but due to the difficulty of getting skills, places like that town had a severe shortage. As for creating them from scratch, that was even more difficult. Moreover, those skills were usually quite weak compared to the ones Eini knew.
The guards were the ones who had the most skills without counting the Lord of the town, Shiba, and Eini, but the guards wouldn't attack Eini. Anyway, they wouldn't be able to kill her, but given their numbers, she would need to flee or separate them in small groups first.
Thus, Eini felt that the man in front of her wasn't a threat at all. Not even the guards would be able to kill her, even less that man. Unless the people that chased her away in the arid zone or the Lord of the town appeared, she wouldn't fear anyone in that area. Of course, since Eini could fly, even they would be unable to kill her.
"I belong to the underworld of this town. You can't kill all of us, but we will kill you someday! You are already surrounded! You have been our target all along! There is no escape for you! This night you will become ours or die!"
The others planned to remain hidden, but they didn't expect that the man would reveal their existence so soon. Of course, they didn't know that Eini already knew about them.
If Eini were to seek refuge with the Lord of the town or leave the town, they would have lost their opportunity to obtain her Spatial Ring and her other belongings. Thus, they decided to appear. Soon, several men surrounded Eini.
It couldn't be said that they had a huge sense of companionship. They would have let that man die if they didn't see a perfect chance to kill Eini, but given the situation, they needed to collaborate.
"Interesting. To think that a criminal organization of the underworld has me as a target. It seems something from a novel. Oh, sorry. You are just a small gang; you can't qualify as a criminal organization.¡."
As soon as she spoke, she attacked the first man who appeared to stop her and killed him with a single kick.
"Well, destroying a small evil gang was on my list of things I wanted to do while traveling. A real criminal organization is still a bit too much for me right now. Let's go step by step. I guess that destroying yours is as good as destroying any other. After that, once I grow stronger, I can destroy some bigger ones."
Eini spoke while smiling. That alone was quite scary for those men surrounding her, but she was also burning them to ashes at the same time.
They were absolutely frightened after just a few seconds. It was obvious that Eini wasn't tired at all, and seeing a little girl killing their companions with a smile on her face made everything feel like a nightmare.
They were deeply regretting having been involved with that matter. Had they known that Eini was such a monster, they would have fled once that man had revealed their presence.
Some of them try to speak with Eini, but no matter what they said, Eini continued to kill them without mercy. Moreover, they were all criminals. There was no doubt that killing the known criminals would be a merit, and although some of them didn't have their identities publicly acknowledged due to lack of proofs and seemed ordinary people, given Eini's merits to the town after what happened with the Soul-eating Eagles, they could guess that she wouldn't be punished for killing them. If Eini told that they were criminals, it wouldn't matter what anyone else said, it was easy to know who the Lord of the town would believe.
Moreover, it was impossible that the Lord of the town didn't assign people to protect her afterward, so it wouldn't be possible to avenge them. They were dying without the possibility of being avenged and even becoming merits for their killer. They really regretted their fates.