"A Hero? She's actually a human Hero..."
Upon learning that the girl who had suddenly appeared and saved them was a human Hero, their gratitude and confusion were overshadowed by fear.
The harm Heroes had inflicted upon other races was a stain that could never be washed away. Over the years, countless non-humans had died at the hands of Heroes...
Even though Rita had just saved them, they could not help feeling afraid.
Yet they were deeply puzzled. Why would a human Hero fight human soldiers for the sake of demi-humans like them?
"You don't need to worry. This Hero is the benefactor who saved us from the slave traders. She's different from those other human Heroes."
Noticing the frightened expressions of the Raccoon Tribe, the Northern Wolf Tribe demi-humans were surprised by Rita's identity as a Hero, but they were nowhere near as afraid.
After saving them twice, the girl had already earned their trust.
Besides, they had nothing worth coveting. There was no reason for her to go so far just to deceive them.
"But she's human—and a human Hero at that... Do you know how many of our brethren human Heroes have killed?!"
Although their wolf tribe brethren trusted Rita, the Raccoon Tribe still found it difficult to accept her.
They longed for a Hero-level figure to emerge among the demi-humans and change their tragic fate, yet they also feared human Heroes.
How biased were the gods of this world? Whenever humans faced a crisis, they could summon Heroes from another world to save them.
But the faith and wishes of the demi-humans were never accepted by the gods.
"This..."
Hearing the Raccoon Tribe elder's words, the wolf tribe demi-humans fell silent as well. Indeed, when it came to Heroes... they longed for such power to appear