After a long time, the time has come for Gorr to leave the Forbidden Forest and begin his journey. Gorr prepares the items he will take with him, sharpening his axe to start his journey. Only that axe will be carried by Gorr as he embarks on his journey. When he is ready to leave, Barsmith approaches Gorr.
"Ready to go, Gorr?"
"Of course, you yourself said that my abilities are now sufficient for the journey."
"Good spirit, but there are a few things I want to tell you."
"What is it?"
Suddenly, Barsmith takes Gorr's axe. Gorr is puzzled by Barsmith's behavior. After examining Gorr's axe for a moment, Barsmith says,
"If you encounter humans who cannot wield mana, never use this axe to fight them."
"Why not?"
"Your fist is enough to fight them, don't tarnish your weapon with the blood of weak creatures."
Although he is not satisfied with Barsmith's words, Gorr cannot do much and he agrees to Barsmith's request.
Gorr is now ready to leave the forest. He bids farewell to Barsmith. Not forgetting, Gourmeth also bids farewell to Gorr, licking Gorr as a farewell gesture.
"Thank you for everything, Barsmith, after everything is done I will come back to see you."
"Come back if you need me, Gorr."
"Sure, see you all later."
Gorr strides towards the exit of the Forbidden Forest, little by little Gorr's large back disappears from Barsmith's view. When Gorr is no longer visible at all, Barsmith's expression turns very sad. Gourmeth, realizing that his master is sad, tries to comfort him. In the midst of the sadness, Barsmith says,
"In the end, I'm alone again, huh?"
"Don't talk nonsense."
A voice is heard from within the forest, then the sound of human footsteps approaching Barsmith. The figure of the voice is now visible in front of Barsmith, it is Theo. Approaching Barsmith, Theo says,
"So, that's the kid you've been talking about?"
"Yes, now he has made great progress and it's time for him to go."
"Well, I guess so."
Theo looks around the area, he sees the remnants of Gorr's training ground which have been destroyed due to the intensity of Gorr's training. Seeing all that, Theo tries to comfort Barsmith.
"What's with that face? I always come, why do you feel alone?"
"Go retire you damn bastard, let's enjoy old age in this peaceful place."
"For that, I'm not sure I can do it for now."
Theo speaks with a serious tone. The atmosphere becomes tense for a moment, in the midst of the tension, Barsmith asks Theo,
"Is there something going on?"
"They have a new weapon that very dangerous."
Theo informs Barsmith of the information he has gathered. Barsmith's eyes widen in disbelief at what Theo said.
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The sound of swords being sharpened, the voices of men conversing, and a boss who is planning to plunder a village. That is the atmosphere in the criminal camp.
Chara Village is the name of the village that is their target for plunder. The village lacks sufficient security and is far from the city. However, merchants often come because it is close to the Forbidden Forest, which has many medicinal plants that will be used for war purposes and so on.
The criminal group is now ready to head to Chara Village. The members gather in front of the camp while the leader stands in front of them, loudly outlining his plan.
"I have estimated it, soon it will be time for the merchants to come to Chara village to buy goods from the Forbidden Forest. Before that happens, we will attack Chara Village. Plunder their goods and take over the village until the merchants arrive. And when they arrive, we will kidnap them to be exchanged for a lot of money."
They are all very happy to hear the plan from their boss, shortly after, a very loud sound is heard from the camp.
"You're the greatest, Boss Skarr."
On the other hand, Gorr has already reached the entrance of Chara Village. He feels very happy as he hasn't felt the warmth of village life for a long time. As Gorr is about to step forward, a child playing sees Gorr. The child asks,
"What creature are you?"
"KYAAAAA THERE'S AN ORC"
A woman's scream is heard from inside the house, shortly after the woman runs out and hugs her child. Meanwhile, the villagers who hear the scream come out with weapons in hand.
"Go away, Orc, don't bother us."
The voice is heard repeatedly, Gorr, seeing the threat, prepares to use his fists. As he is about to fight back, Gorr remembers the incident when he entered the territory of the anoa bird, the bird's parent immediately attacked Gorr fiercely. When he tried to fight back, Barsmith stopped him and told him to retreat because the bird's parent was protecting its child. The incident is exactly the same as what Gorr is experiencing now, apparently, they see Gorr as a threat. Gorr quickly leaves the village.
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On the otherside, the criminal group has moved towards Chara Village, numbering a dozen and equipped with complete weapons. It didn't take long for them to reach Chara Village, with Skarr's orders they began looting Chara Village.
Shouts vibrating from the direction of Chara village, the battle was inevitable and several villagers of Chara Village had to die to defend their village. In a short time, Chara Village was taken over by the criminal group.
Chara village is now in ruins, some facilities are destroyed and there are several bodies lying there. A girl from the village returns from collecting medicinal plants, seeing the condition of her village, the girl runs hoping for help from someone.
Skarr didn't let her go, he ordered his men to chase after the girl. The girl run with all her might but Skarr's men run faster than her, when she was far enough from Chara Village, the girl was caught by those criminals, they tied her up and threw her to the ground.
The girl could only cry seeing the current situation, her village destroyed and she was being tied up by the criminals. She hoped for anyone to come to help her, seeing the girl who was still conscious one of the criminals approached her and said,
"It's been a while since I enjoyed a woman, do you guys too?"
They all agreed with that statement, the criminal took out the knife he had and tried to tear the girl's clothes. But suddenly a terrifying figure appeared before them, a figure tall, big, frightening, and smelly. It turns out that figure is Gorr who is watching their behavior, Gorr doesn't say anything, he just watches them.
Seeing an Orc, the girl becomes more resigned to what she will experience, the girl is not the only one frightened here. The criminals also tremble seeing Gorr's figure in front of them. They hold the girl's hand and start to leave.
"We will take her away, sorry for disturbing your time."
Seeing them about to leave, Gorr grabs the hand of one of the men carrying the girl.
"F*** it, eat this you green creature ."
A criminal attacks Gorr with his sword. But Gorr manages to grab the hand of the criminal and throws him into a tree. One criminal ran away while the other couldn't go anywhere because Gorr grabbed his hand. Gorr's grip grew stronger until he crushed the man's hand.
Gorr untied the girl and started a conversation.
"Why were you attacked by them?"
The girl froze for a moment at Gorr's question, and then she answered nervously
"T-they attacked my village, I managed to escape but they were faster than me"
After the girl answered the atmosphere became quiet because she felt that her task was finished, Gorr moved to leave the woman. The woman prevented Gorr from leaving.
"Wait, will you help me?"
"Help you? how?"
"help me to save my village, the criminals are torturing and killing villagers right now."
Hearing the girl's explanation, Gorr remembered the terrible incident that happened to his village. At that time everyone was slaughtered and no one could be asked for help. Doesn't want anyone else to experience the same thing Gorr turned around and faced the girl.
"Alright I'll help you"
"Really?"
"Your story reminds me of a trauma I had."
There was silence again.
"My name is Gorr, may I know your name?"
"Julia, my name is julia"
"Alright Julia, let's get those bastards out of your village."
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