1178 Crude Forging
Kana sat in her dwelling feeling depressed. She got beaten up by a bunch of human-faced monsters that only knew the word pants. This did not sit right with her. She had always used her magic to deal with things, but now that it was sealed, it made things much harder, especially when the monsters that seemed weak were just as strong if not stronger than her. Fôllôw new stories at novelhall.com
"I just need to reach the other side of this flat world, right? So if I fly to the other side.... No, there are probably just as many flying monsters that are even stronger than me. If I am not wrong, then the point of this trial is not so much a trial in itself but a place to grow stronger without using magic so that I can be ready for anything. But where did she find so many monsters that are so powerful? When they hit it, it hurts like hell!" Kana fell into deep thought as she tried to come up with a plan. "If I want to survive in this world, I will need to fight smart. I can't let myself get surrounded. If I do, I can end up dead. But how do I quickly defeat a group in case I do get trapped?" Kana furrowed her brow for a moment before an idea came to mind. "I can't summon Soti, but.... If I were to craft my own sword...."
A plan began to appear in Kana's mind. She contacted Creige and began asking him all kinds of questions when it came to building a forge. After two nights and three days, Kana had finally built a forge and gathered some ore from the rocky area not far away. She was careful to make sure that she did not get noticed by any monsters. "I never used a rock before to forge, but Creige said it was possible."
"Pantsu! Pantsu!" The pantsu monster cried out in pain as it jumped back with one less paw on its front leg. It was now wary of Kana as it watched her carefully. Kana did not want to let it get the jump on her again, so she charged forward to attack. But each time she swung her sword the pantsu monster would dodge. It had even turned and tucked its tail behind its legs as it tried to escape.
"Get back here! I need meat!" Kana's eyes were wide and crazy looking as she chased the Pantsu monster, forgetting all about the fact that she was in a dangerous forest. Of course, her actions did come back to haunt her as she ended up surrounded once more. "Damn it! My meat! No, I will not give up! I will cut you all up and roast you all!"
Kana's epic battle with the Pantsu monsters was just about to begin. But what she did not know was a humanoid figure was watching her off in the distance. It looked at the strange being with curiosity. "It seems this place will be quite interesting from now on."