Can you withstand the power of this sword strike, which has been used twice in the game?

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It's time to return to the Demon Realm and teach those demons who dare to ruin her livelihood a lesson...

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In the pouring rain, those short, ugly monsters slaughtered the village, and blood flowed on the ground along with the rainwater, representing the lives that were lost.

The soldiers in the village were fighting hard; they could only do their best to protect the village children as they retreated.

"Mom—!! Sister—!!"

A little girl shouted, reaching out her small hand towards the village in the downpour.

"Boom!!" (The last part is a fragment and doesn't translate directly.)

A thunderclap boomed, and the entire world instantly turned red. The voices of the soldiers and other children around me fell silent; only the torrential rain and the corpses strewn across the ground remained. 6

The girl's vision was almost completely overwhelmed by goblins; it seemed as if there were thousands upon thousands of them in the rain-soaked village.

However, the goblin standing at the forefront grinned maliciously, making creaking noises, and in its hand, two heads, one large and one small, were shaking—

"Bang!" 4

With a sharp crack, Eddie, jolted awake from his dream, smashed the bed frame with his fist.

"Mom...Sister..."

She sat on the bed, her eyes blurred with tears.

After a moment of stunned silence, she rallied herself and wiped away her tears with her sleeve.

In the woodshed of the Hero Alliance, the believers are busy processing firewood. Because the heroes have a large appetite, they have to chop wood here almost every day.

Recently, a powerful helper has joined us here.

"Hero of the Axe, what brings you here again? Didn't I tell you I didn't need your help?" The believer asked, looking troubled, upon seeing the short-haired woman dressed in simple clothes.

"Sorry, I accidentally broke the bed you prepared for me. I need to chop some planks to fix it," Eddie said calmly, then looked for pieces of wood in the pile of firewood.

"No need, no need! Let us fix it! You always find excuses to chop wood, don't you?!" the believer exclaimed excitedly.

Eddie: "That's to maintain the feel of the axe."

Moreover, I actually broke the bed frame today.

After saying that, she picked up a piece of wood from the pile of firewood, which was longer than the bed board. A flash of white light appeared in her hand, and a one-handed axe appeared in her hand.

With a few quick slaps, the wood was shaved into the rough shape of a plank.

The hand axe is Eddie's favorite weapon because it is lightweight, powerful, has a sharp blade, can be used as a hammer, and can even be thrown.

Compared to swords, a short axe is a more suitable weapon for ordinary people to kill goblins.

You need to learn how to use swords, but you only need to hit a goblin with an axe to seriously injure him.

Aside from killing goblins, Eddie's rare hobby is chopping things with an axe.

In order not to forget the feel of the axe, treat the axe as if it were part of your own body and use it at any time.

"All done." Eddie checked that there was nothing wrong with the plank he had cut, then dragged the plank away.

After Eddie left, the believers began to discuss it.

"This Axe Hero... comes here to chop wood every day before he goes to fight the demons."

Any other hero wouldn't be well-rested by this time.

"Yes, Axe Hero, you're quite nice..."

"What are you saying?! Handling firewood is our duty! How can we let the hero do it?!"

Her axe was a divine weapon bestowed upon her by the highest god; how could she use it to chop wood?!

That's an axe used to slay demons!

"I'm sorry! Oh God! Forgive my ignorance and laziness!!"

……

Eddie hammered nails into the bed frame with the back of an axe; actually, she had another important purpose for chopping wood every day—

Training proficiency level.

She discovered that each time she used her weapon, her mastery level would increase by a small amount of experience.

Currently, her [One-Handed Axe Mastery] has reached level 10.

She also discovered that the one-handed axe equipment she acquired would reach level 10, gaining certain attribute enhancements.

Other heroes rarely notice this because the equipment they obtain is different, and many heroes will switch between using it, making it difficult to increase their mastery level.

Even Hiro has switched from a single sword to dual swords. If he gets a stronger weapon in the future, he will probably switch again.

Mastery level increased!

Lv10→Lv11!

"Can you really increase your mastery level just by using an axe to hammer nails?"

Eddie was puzzled for a moment, but didn't think much of it.

After all, I'm using a weapon, so leveling up is perfectly normal, right?

Prior to this, she also discovered that using weapons to defeat demons could increase her mastery level faster, especially when encountering different types of demons.

However, aside from necessary leveling up, she didn't fight many other demons in the past three months. The ones she killed the most in those three months were...

Goblin.

She has fought against ordinary goblins, giant goblins, goblin shamans, goblin centurions, and even goblin chiliarchs.

Although she ultimately failed to kill the opponent, she truly understood that there were even stronger monsters among the goblins.

However, that doesn't conflict with what she's supposed to do.

Even if there are goblins she can't defeat, she won't stop hunting weaker goblins.

Before becoming a hero, she was already a famous goblin hunter in a certain region.

They can easily clear out ordinary goblins, and have even had the impressive feat of killing several large goblins in a single year.

What drove her to take such action was a tragedy that occurred during her childhood.

Her mother and sister were killed during the goblin invasion.

That was ten years ago.

Hunting goblins had become a habit for her, as if she wasn't driven by hatred, but simply hunting numbly.

But she didn't care about the purpose of her hunt.

As long as I can kill goblins, that's fine.

Whether it's one or ten, she doesn't seek to kill all the goblins in the world; she only hopes to reduce their numbers by one or two through her own efforts.

It doesn't matter if they can't kill them all; as long as they're alive, the slaughter will never stop.

……

After running for two days, with only one leg left, the four members of the Saintess Squad boarded a carriage bound for the city of Shiwei.

In fact, Shiwei City is just a town. Since the Hero Alliance started its expansion from this town, it has changed its name several times before finally settling on this name.

Both Shiwei Town and Shiwei City exist, but the latter sounds more grand.

"The Axe Hero, Eddie Manning...?"

An Yi sat in the carriage, looking out the window as the ride was bumpy, and some things came to mind.

Before he even met Irene in his previous life, he had already participated in the large-scale dungeon of the Goblin Empire.

Because it was so long ago, and because he didn't pay much attention to other heroes and was only focused on killing himself when entering large dungeons, he didn't think of this person for a while.

However, after these seven days of recollection, he finally remembered who this person was.

If I remember correctly, I should have also seen her body hanging up.

In the battle to subdue the Goblin Empire, Axe Hero Eddie was one of the heroes' commanders.

The heroes back then were actually not as strong as they are now, and they didn't really have the strength to defeat the Goblin Empire.

Goblins can understand human language, and a very small percentage of goblins can use human language.

So the goblins captured some of the heroes and, through torture and threats of death, forced them to reveal the identity and abilities of their commander.

As a result, Eddie fell into the goblin's ambush and was ambushed.

The goblin hung half of her corpse at the entrance to the forest to intimidate other heroes who intended to conquer the goblin empire, causing them considerable psychological shock.

Because when An Yi first met her, she was already only half there, so she didn't remember her for a while.

However, Annie remembers that she was also very angry when she saw the body, because she thought of her family members who had been murdered.

So he set fire to the mountain of the Goblin Empire overnight.

I forget how many days the fire lasted, but it not only dealt a heavy blow to the goblins, but also caused serious damage to the environment.

If it were now, An Yi might not have resorted to such extreme measures.

It is said that people who live near mountains live off the mountains and people who live near water live off the water. That fire caused suffering to the entire region and killed many innocent people.

It was like trying to defeat a goblin, but it caused a disaster far more severe than what goblins could cause. 3”々0‖※『〗

He won't do such a stupid thing again in this life. The only ones who deserve to die are the goblins, not the creatures in the mountains or innocent people.

This is the "second time" I've encountered the [Goblin Empire] instance, where he will ensure that every goblin dies equally.

Died at the hands of the hero.

At this moment, due to long hours of fatigue, Annie made an exception and lent her shoulder to Lycorina.

She said Milu was too small and it wasn't comfortable to lean against her.

Layton is not an option; he has a wife and children.

So An Yi thought that she had worked so hard lately, so let her lean on it for a while.

Annie glanced at Layton sitting opposite her, who was also looking out the window, seemingly lost in thought.

"He's probably thinking about the goblins too."