Legend of the Moon Sword
Bat devil

The dark night passed quickly. The sun was shining brightly up there, no more darkness nor the attacks of the intruding demons were troubling the villagers. This may be quite exciting news for the villagers, but their smiles will fade when the sky starts to darken.

Zhi Yuo leaned his body against the weathered wooden wall. His hands were busy fixing the bandages wrapped around him irregularly. Wet scratch wounds are clearly visible from the sidelines of the bandage that is open.

Instead of glancing at the figure of the little boy sitting on the cot, he recognized the figure.

Since there was not a word between them, Zhi Yuo rebuked.

"your name... Shu Cao right?".

Shu Cao, silent in silence while curled up. His skinny knees were tightly hugged with his own hands. His eyes bulged with a blank look, the black eye bags gave a gloomy impression to his gaze. Barely blinking, Shu Cao had already exhausted his tears for quite some time. Now he could only daydream without looking around, letting the entire bandage wrap his wrists and feet.

"Shu Cao," Zhi Yuo called again, "Can you explain to me what happened?".

Shu Cao did not respond when Zhi Yuo asked him that. He instead let out a shrill voice from his throat, grabbed his own hair and drowned his face on his frail knees.

There was only a sobbing sound from Shu Cao, not a single reply from his mouth when Zhi Yuo asked what was even his nightmare.

Without the boy answering, Zhi Yuo could deduce for himself half of the dark story that happened last night.

Right after he gave up fighting the bat demon, the sun began to rise. And when the demon left, he did not go straight from there, but instead flew randomly and destroyed one of the houses in the village. It was Shu Cao's house.

The demon left, but not empty-handed after a night of no prey. He took one of the house's occupants, but Shu Cao survived the incident.

Zhi Yuo stepped towards Shu Cao, rubbing his head slowly.

"According to mourning," Zhi Yuo whirled.

Shu Cao still sobbed, hiding his sunken face between his knees. Zhi Yuo let out a sigh of resignation, he left Shu Cao alone inside his temporary residence. However, Shu Cao has lost his home and his family. The villagers told him to stop by their house, but Zhi Yuo immediately brought Shu Cao to his house.

After being treated by the healer, he wanted to take care of the boy temporarily. Seen his expression like a person who experienced severe trauma, did not want to talk or look into the eyes of the interlocutor. His blank look was springing up, it was depicting fear and sorrow simultaneously.

Zhi Yuo peeked out from behind the crack of the door, "I'll bring you lunch, stay here."

Shu Cao again did not reply, Zhi Yuo left him for a while, buying ingredients to make porridge.

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The village is still horrendous with the incident last night, but the residents continue to carry out their respective activities. They began speculating that there would be further casualties after the incident.

Instead of hearing all the gossip from the lips of the villagers, Zhi Yuo glanced towards the pickle seller's auntie tavern, and it was empty. The victim of last night's incident was Shu Cao's own aunt, whose body was not found. But there was little trace of his death, with limbs like hands and feet strewn among the rubble of buildings.

And it signifies that his body has been torn apart first. And Shu Cao saw the incident with his own eyes.

The boy was severely traumatized.

Zhi Yuo bought the ingredients for their lunch, then looked back at the scars of last night. There were patches of dried blood, as well as scattered wood. Zhi Yuo snorted, how cruel this demon was.

He was sure that this demon was still low level, but still the devil was still the devil, evil was still evil. They are beings who have no sense of human, their world is different from the world inhabited by humans. There are no norms, no rules, they act as they please as they will live until tomorrow.

Zhi Yuo immediately took action after he found the remains of Shu Cao's aunt, collected them and buried them alone in an abandoned plot of land in the village.

When he buried those parts, his memories went back to the past when he was still the weak Zhang Yuan. Scavenging the ground with the remnants of his strength, and it left him speechless for a while on the spot before praying to deliver Aunt Shu Cao's spirit to a more comfortable place.

It's his fault he should have been stronger. It's his fault, he should be able to defeat that demon.

Therefore, he will take care of Shu Cao for a while, at least until the boy is cheerful as always. Maybe Zhi Yuo will leave.

This was not how much, he would become even stronger to protect the people around him.

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Zhi Yuo froze silently behind the door.When he entered the house, Shu Cao did not sit on the couch anymore. The little boy scratched his ear hole with his little finger, looking at Zhi Yuo cynically.

Oh, why is that boy recovering so quickly? He now has eye contact.

Zhi Yuo tilted his head, "Hey son, since when have you been there?".

Shu Cao screeched, "Since you left. Your face is sickening, why don't you just leave anyway?!".

The intersection of the veins was imprinted on Zhi Yuo's forehead. He held back his anger at that moment.

" A rough kid.."

"I'll prepare lunch, you wait here." Zhi Yuo said before leaving Shu Cao a few steps away.

Shut up between them as long as Zhi Yuo cooks their food. The mushy rice that Zhi Yuo cooked like porridge, it was deliberately made for Shu Cao. The boy had quite a lot of wounds on his body, he had to eat a soft meal in order for his digestion to be fine.

"Why are you helping me?" Shu Cao's voice was heard.

Feeling that there was no answer, Shu Cao asked once more.

"Why are you helping me?".

" Yes.I can't explain it," Zhi Yuo retorted.

Zhi Yuo stirred the porridge inside the cauldron, then took the bowl and sipped it to taste.

"I can't leave a kid as small as you drowning in grief."

Shu Cao's lips were tightly closed, he threw away his face. Even though Zhi Yuo had turned his back on him, he still wanted to hide his own face.

"The loss of the family we love is the worst, right?" Zhi Yuo asked, then turned around while carrying a bowl of hot porridge.

"I've felt it, even hundreds of times." He placed a bowl of porridge in front of Shu Cao.

"Lunch for you! Hope you like it!".

Shu Cao raised his eyebrows. He looked at the porridge, then saw Zhi Yuo who kept smiling at him. This guy is quite friendly, though annoying. And his words had confused him. What does it mean to lose someone we care about hundreds of times?.

Zhi Yuo returned after a while with the bamboo shoots he had cooked. Each meal is still steaming.

Shu Cao pouted, "Why should I eat porridge while you eat bamboo shoots."

"Yes, you're in a wounded condition so your digestion must be maintained. Understand I mean?" Zhi Yuo replied while pointing at Shu Cao.

Shu Cao turned his eyeballs lazily, then took out a bowl of porridge in an old-looking wooden bowl, then directly scooped it into his mouth.

Not so bad. Shu Cao likes it, it doesn't taste as bargaining.

Zhi Yuo chuckled, then went along to devour the bamboo shoots he cooked.

"As for your aunt, don't worry. I buried him." Zhi Yuo.

Shu Cao has lost his appetite. He put down the porridge that began to sink, the light in his eyes dimmed again. Zhi Yuo felt guilty about it.

"That's. I can take you to look at her grave and-".

"Fucking monster!".

There was a broken sound from the wooden spoon that Shu Cao was wearing. Zhi Yuo shuddered in horror, he saw Shu Cao's darkened face shrouded in anger.

"I'm going to kill him...!" Shu Cao growled.

Zhi Yuo snorted, "Calm down first. I want to ask you one thing."

"About those demon wings, did you break them?".

Shu Cao was silent for a moment then tried to recall what he had done to the demon last night.

"I remember the wings were torn for nothing. I only pulled her when aunt was taken away. And it was ripped right away."

Zhi Yuo nodded, maybe it was due to the attack he gave. He attacked the demon wings many times. Whether it hit or not, that certainly might be quite fatal. The proof was that the wing was broken.

But the thing beyond logic is, does the demon fly with one wing? Why could that be?.

"Surely I only saw him flapping one wing." Shu Cao ended the story.

Zhi Yuo found a trace here. Usually such demons could regenerate. It was quite troublesome, but if it was directly finished to its core it would instantly die.

Then Zhi Yuo must fight to the end with this demon.

"Just calm down, I'll take out that demon." Zhi Yuo said confidently.

Shu Cao was astonished, "People like you? How can!".

"Just trust me."

Perhaps this time, his intentions would really be carried out.

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The sounds of the insects of the night began to cringe. The sky darkened, the clouds began to thin. The full moon began to reveal its full radiance. When that happened, the entire village rushed to lock the doors and windows of their house, not wanting the calamity to come just like that.

In contrast to the two, they climbed up the roof of the hut and waited for something dangerous to come.

Shu Cao shuddered, "You are indeed crazy! Why did you tell me to come up here?!".

Zhi Yuo chuckled lightly, "Say you want to finish off that demon? Why scared?".

Shu Cao threw away his face, his hair standing up instantly. The wounds all over his body had not healed completely, he was unable to move freely. Same with this person, the person he thought had been experiencing mental disorders. Why is it so big?.

"Just calm down, this isn't just your grudge." Zhi Yuo's voice broke the night wind.

A savage beast's clique sounded from behind, the flapping of wings also sounded very clear. Shu Cao turned his head quickly towards the source of the voice, and he panicked at what was coming at them.

"But my revenge is also."

The bat demon darted right above them. Shu Cao protected his head as well as his face. He bowed fearfully, while Zhi Yuo took out the bamboo that he had been teasing for half a day.

"Alright~ let's fight."

The savage beast's clench sounded again, this time louder like it wanted to break the eardrum. Shu Cao closed his ears, closing his eyes until he did not know what was going to happen.

The bat demon opened its mouth, about to pin Zhi Yuo between its jaws. But it failed after Zhi Yuo was able to duck down and grab both of his legs. The demon growled, lost its balance and flew in a random direction. While Zhi Yuo was taken away by him.

"Wait!!" Shu Cao who saw that was surprised instead of playing. He jumped off the roof of the house, running to follow where the demon went carrying Zhi Yuo who was still hanging at his feet.

From a distance, darkness fell. Behind the darkness, five torches lit up simultaneously, running hand in hand into the middle of the village. They numbered five, each holding a torch and wearing swordsmen's distinctive clothing. Swords were tied around their waists.

"Boss, is it time the monster came out?" - Swordsman A.

"Yes, isn't it a long time? It's not even midnight." Swordsman B.

"Saturday!! You all shut up! We've been paid dearly for this, so stop your complaints!" - Swordsman C.

The biggest among them served as the boss. The boss of the warriors replied, "It's an easy task. We go out these nights as proof that we've been trying to catch the monster. But give us a reason that we've lost track and we need to get out of this village."

Swordsman A denied, "But boss, can we get paid more?".

"Shut your mouth when you talk about money! We will not be paid more, so we must leave here and take off our disguises. Over here, it becomes a problem for us!" Reply to one of his colleagues.

"Wait on! What's that?!" One of them pointed upwards.

And they saw it, the bat monster flew by carrying someone in its grip.

"Everything! Avoid!!"

The bat demon lost its balance, then fell down very hard. The houses in front of him were destroyed, the shouting of the residents was heard clearly when iru, they came out of the house in a panic.

Zhi Yuo got up, he was thrown far enough and swallowed the sand. Zhi Yuo threw away the sand that was inside his mouth, rubbed the corner of his lips, then stepped towards the bat demon who was slowly waking up among the rubble of the house.

Zhi Yuo glanced at the end of his bamboo, there was blood dripping from there. When he looked towards the bat demon, his middle stomach was hollowed out quite large. It was because he stuck the bamboo into the devil's stomach while he was in the grip.

The bat demon let out a shrill sound that greatly disturbed hearing. Babies and young children cry when they hear it.

Zhi Yuo screeched, "Whispering!".

Then he jumped with a single stomp, pointing the tip of his bamboo towards the demon.

"Your voice makes me sick!".

Before the fight, residents were confused about what to do. Finally Shu Cao came out of the darkness, he shouted to the gathered citizens.

Shu Cao gave instructions to the residents to hide in the bamboo forest. The villagers followed him without a second thought, they walked hand in hand following Shu Cao.

The bat demon was about to slide towards the crowd, but Zhi Yuo quickly blocked it.

"Don't touch a human!"

A sick shout sounded from the bat demon as Zhi Yuo pierced the tip of his head with bamboo. Zhi Yuo growled, this is quite hard, his skin is so hard.

The bat demon flew out in a frenzy, Zhi Yuo still stuck his bamboo on the demon's head. He had trouble plucking his bamboo from there, the blood of the bat demon was so thick that objects just stuck there.

Amidst his predicament, Zhi Yuo finally managed to uproot the bamboo. But na'as, when he had just plucked it, the bat demon wings threw him down until he was thrown down.

Zhi Yuo lost contact with the ground, he had flown quite far above the back of the bat demon. There was nothing he could do, he was too shocked by the action.

The bat demon twisted its flying direction, darting forward towards Zhi Yuo while opening its mouth.

Zhi Yuo's face cooled down, would he die twice? Will it fail?.

"Sister.I'm going to die.."

The sound of a punch was clearly heard in his ears like imagination. Zhi Yuo could see the face of his elder brother back then.

"Eat it often practice stupid!!" Shouted elder brother-in-law when scolding him in the sect.

Zhi Yuo was stunned when he heard that. His smile expanded right then and there. The distance of the bat demon was getting closer, Zhi Yuo prepared an unexpected move.

"Well, who's afraid!"

The tip of the bamboo spear Zhi Yuo pierced the throat of the bat demon. Zhi Yuo managed to aim at the devil's throat, deliberately inserting the tip of his spear so that they dove down.

"This is my hard work, brother!".

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