"Hu…" Noel took a deep breath after killing the last beaver. In this second day, Noel could see that the dam had half destroyed and the water only had a third of its original volu. If he continued working this way, they could wrap everything up by tomorrow.
The longer he waited, the lesser the beaver demon that ca to him too, so he expected that he would be able to find every single one of them tomorrow.
Eventually, the ti had passed and Noel didn't find a single beaver demon during the third day. But to his surprise, the farr, who was injured, still tagged along to fetch so water. But this ti, he was accompanied by another muscular man that was tasked to get the water. It seed he was adamant to visit Noel just to check his condition.
And he was the one who had been bringing him food so that Noel didn't feel hungry in the past three days.
Because there was no more beaver coming out of the dam, Noel finally asked them to pass the words to the village chief, telling him that the river had returned to normal.
In that instant, the village chief went all the way to the half-destroyed dam to see it himself.
And as expected, the beaver demon didn't co out anymore, proving that Noel had completed his job.
"Normally, the beaver demons will co out in a few hours interval. But it's been around 16 hours and there's no sign of another beaver again." Noel explained.
"I see… So that ans…" The village chief's body was shaken as the plague that had been creeping in his heart disappeared. The trouble that had killed more than twenty people in his village had finally been taken care of. "Thank you… Thank you…"
"It's fine. This is just my job. For now, I'll wait until tonight to confirm my statent. And looking at the water level right now, I'll destroy the rest of the dam tomorrow. It should return to a normal river soon. But I can't do anything about the demon fish…"
"No, no, it's alright. The demon fishes are the demons that have been living with us. No matter how hard you exterminate them, they'll just co back since they co from upstreams. We already know how to deal with them." The village chief shook his head, assuring Noel that he had fulfilled his job.
"Alright. I'll go back when the night arrives and get so rest before leaving tomorrow." Noel nodded with a smile.
"I understand. I'll prepare the proof of completion as well." The village chief promised Noel. "And I'll make sure that you can get a proper rest after all this work. Thank you very much."
Noel saw them off while the farr remained next to him. It seed that he had sothing to talk about.
"Ehm…" The farr hesitated for a mont before asking politely, "Do you have a ti tonight?"
"What do you an?" Noel tilted his head in confusion.
"Actually, we've been preparing a feast for you. We want to thank you for your hard work. Besides, you've given us that huge fish. So…"
"Ah, you an that fish." Noel thought for a mont. He thought it would be rude to reject him and there was sothing that he wanted to witness for the first ti, so he accepted the invitation. "I understand. I'll be back an hour after the moon rises, so I have plenty of ti."
"I see. Thank you very much." The farr smiled and hurriedly returned to tell them the good news.
Noel smiled as he watched this enthusiastic guy returning to the village. It was told that he would have a hard ti to work in the field anymore, yet, the guy wanted to thank him so much.
He really couldn't believe it.
"Back in the fort, I killed the guy that had been bullying . Even though what he did wasn't that much related to , I still killed him. But there is this guy, who is thanking even though I task him with a job that forces him to step away from his work.
"Am I crazy? Psychopath? Or am I just a normal person and that guy is just overly kind? But then again, there are those kids maintaining their brightness despite experiencing such a situation… There are those won who are strong enough to stand back up after witnessing hell." Noel lowered his head, wondering what was the right thing.
On the one hand, if he didn't eliminate his bully, he would treat the people around him worse than he could imagine. On the other hand, he asked himself whether it was possible to nd the situation?
"This is really hard." Noel let out a sigh. "Still, I'll keep exploring around the world to see nurous kinds of people so that I can get the answer I'm searching for. I promise that I'll use everything I've learned in this journey to treat the people in my future territory better."
This was the reason why Noel managed to wake up his Spirit in an instant. The spirit didn't wake up earlier because he thought his goal was to take revenge for his parents. But he soon learned it wasn't the case.
After taking revenge of his parents, Noel asked himself what he wanted to do? It was at that ti, he got an answer. Learning how to govern his future territory was just one of his small goals, not his ultimate goal that woke up his Ice Spirit, Heisk.
Noel clenched his fists, getting fired up.
After that realization, Noel continued watching over the dam, making sure that not a single beaver coming out. He also patrolled around the area but found no demons. After another few hours, he decided to wrap up his mission and return to the village. He was quite exhausted and sleepy after working for three days without sleep.
But when he returned to the village, he found that the lifeless atmosphere that the village had a few days ago had disappeared.
There were lights all around the villages, brightening the area.
The village were brimming with energy as the people walked back and forth, preparing the al for the feast.
The farr was the first to greet him as if he knew that Noel would co around this ti.
"Welco back. Please co with ." The farr smiled.
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