Akiara held the sword tightly and stood on her fighting stance without moving a muscle.

"Aaarrghh!!"One of the monster charged towards her.

She slashed off its hand and then its head. She charged towards them slashing off their bodies in half. Only ten of them were alive. "Can't believe I was granted this gifts to protect someone. Whoever this person is, he or she must be special." As she was distracted by thoughts another monster charged towards her.

She dodged its attack by backflipping. Then she slashed off its head. She looked at bloody hand and the sword, "I tainted my hand with blood." she looked at the monsters as she was ready to kill them, "God has given me another chance to save someone else this time. I have failed to protect Mitsuko but I will protect whoever this person is."

Her eyes glinted even more brighter as she moved in a spinning way slashing off their heads one by one. She swung the sword making the blood splat on the ground. Her eyes glint faded. She walked towards the corpse of the woman. She kneeled down and closed her eyes and stood up.

"Rest in peace."

She picked up the scabbard of the sword and sheathed back.

"I'll be taking your sword." She put on the belt and picked up a pouch full of bronze and silver coins. She kept it inside the pocket and started walking to other side of the forest.

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Arnon smiled by seeing Akiara's fight. He took a cookie and bit it.

"As always, your choice isn't bad Goddess but too bad they ended up dying... except for her."

"..."

"Fuuu... seems like she's the first person to survive in that forest."

"I am looking forward on how she will find that 'person'." He took another cookie and bit it.

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Three days already passed, she was slaying monsters who got on her way. She was walking hopelessly until she saw a whimpering dragon fledgling lying on the ground. She walked towards it and kneeled down to check. She saw its wing was broken and fractured its back leg.

"If Goddess gifted me explosive strength and superspeed as a gift then I hope she gifted me the power to heal injuries."

She closed her eyes and took a deep breathe, "Heal."

Her eyes were gleaming in dark blue color and a faint green light emitted from her palm healing its injuries. The fledgling slowly opened one eye and saw Akiara's face and then closed back.

"There all done."

She stood up and walked away. She was exhausted from fatigue that she didn't realize that she got out of the forest. She noticed vast green plains and a creek flowing.

"I... made it." She walked towards the creek.

She kneeled down and washed her face and drank some water. Then she unsheathed her sword and stabbed on the fishes that were swimming. She gathered firewood and set it on fire. She placed the fishes near the fire to roast . She took one fish and bit it.

"It's tasteless."

"I never had proper food that humans have. I had to rummage trash to get to eat something even if it was rotten food to survive for the sake of my sister's health." She took another fish and started eating.

After she finished eating, she lied down on the grass and looked at the partly cloudy night sky. She sighed.

"Let's rummage through the knowledge that Goddess gave me.......!"

"Hmm.... magic exists in this world. Creation magic?! I can use it to create a cloak to avoid being standing out. Let's try."

She sat and noticed tip of her forefinger was glowing with light. "Maybe this is how magicians use to create items?" she drew with he how her cloak will look like in midair. "Create!"

Suddenly a magic circle appeared on the ground. A neatly folded black cloth appeared and the magic circle vanished. She took and opened it. It was perfect like she imagined - full-length to cover it till ankle and a hood to cover her face.

"Wow! It's good like I imagined. But..... yawn.... I'm exhausted I must get some sleep." She lied down and closed her eyes as she was very tired.

She squinted her eyes as the sun shone on her. She sat rubbing her eyes. She caught two fishes and roasted it. After she finished eating she extinguished the flame. Then she wore her cloak and hood. She started walking towards the north-western side of the outside forest.

"I have to make it to the nearest city to find that particular person."

She was travelling for past few days without taking rest. As she was walking near a caravan, she saw a fortress in the distance. It was afternoon when she reached the gates.

As she was crossing the gate, she could hear people speaking in different language she never heard.

"Αγοράστε φρέσκα πορτοκάλια

[Buy fresh oranges]."

"Σου πήρα μια ειδική μπύρα από το βασίλειο του Γουέ Μέι!

[I got you special beer from kingdom of We Mei!]"

"I can understand their other worldly language."

She looked towards the sky, "Thank you Goddess for granting me gifts. I will make sure to use it for good."

She crossed the gate of the town. As she walked past some soldiers on patrol, they were staring at her perversely. She ignored them and continued walking.

One of them spoke, "Hey girl would you go with me for a drink?"

"..."

He started to get annoyed, "Hey I'm speaking to you! Don't you hear me?!"

She ignored him and continued walking. He got annoyed and walked towards her.

"Hey I'm talking to you!"

He was about to touch her but she grabbed his hand and kicked his leg which made him sit on the ground. She twisted his hand back.

"Ow ow ow!! It hurts!"

Soldiers flinched when they saw the sight. They felt her menacing aura. She turned her face back glaring at them.

"If you dare to disturb any girl passing by again, I will castrate you all."

They kneeled down on fear, "We apologize we will never do it again!"

She came near the soldier she held him down, "What about you?"

"I'm s-s-sorry.... I will never do it again... ever again... I promise."

She let him go and walked away. They were crying in relieved as they escaped near death experience.

She walked into an inn and sat down on one of the empty chairs. She looked on menu board and ordered some food. Food was served shortly. She took the spoon and dipped it on a vegetable soup.

She took a spoonful, "It's a light soup. It's refreshing as the salt spread throughout my body."

Then she scooped on the fried rice, "Its sweet. This is the first time in five years to have a proper meal."

She took the glass of water and took a sip, "It's like the water is flavored mint to refresh after eating."

After eating she stood up and walked towards the counter to pay. Then she booked a room to stay and rest. She took the key and walked inside her room and closed the door behind.