The Hero's Path of Shattered Bones

The next morning.

"What did I even do yesterday?" Elma sat on the bed, covering her face.

It seemed Oushen had said something about playing a game, and she had already been in a bad mood. In a moment of impulse...

It seemed she had beaten up everyone except Aga?

They weren't still downstairs, were they?

With an uneasy heart, Elma walked downstairs.

What should she do? If they were still there, should she knock them out again and throw them out?

But...

The tavern was empty and spotless.

Only a piece of burlap lay alone on the counter.

Elma walked over and picked up the burlap.

"Big Sister, you must have been in a terrible mood. Otherwise, you wouldn't have done something so utterly unlike a tavern owner's wife."

"I'm leaving. Oushen and the others said that if I wanted to join them, I should go with them to hunt Demonic Beasts."

"I've seen how vast the world is, and I've seen how strong people can be. Even if this makes you angry, I still desperately want to walk this path."

"Thank you for taking care of me for the past ten years. Since I've chosen this path, I'll definitely become someone you can be proud of—"

"A hero."

"Haah—"

Aga swung an oar and slammed it into the head of a demonic boar.

The ship Lachtar had given him contained many items. Aga could not only manifest the ship itself, but also manifest its components.

Besides oars, there could also be—

Bzzzz—

Aga whirled the ship's anchor at high speed, then—threw it!

Bang!

The heavy hardwood anchor smashed directly into the demonic boar's flank.

"Graah—"

The demonic boar let out a miserable cry and died on the spot.

"Not bad, kid. You took down that demonic boar pretty