Chapter 176-3
[Part 3/4]
The middle-aged lumberjack followed the hunter. The muscular man, who also served as the village's bodyguard, had actually encountered youkai in his line of work and had experience in smashing them to death with his axe. Twenty years ago, he was praised as a hero for chopping a giant insect monster that attacked the village into pieces with his 2-handed axe. His words truly terrified the villagers.
"...Like it's someone else's problem!! Isuke, if you had properly killed it when you encountered it last time, we wouldn't be in this situation!!? You didn't just injure it and let it come back, did you!? Hey, is that gun of yours unloaded, huh!!?"
One of the men accused him. But the hunter aimed his matchlock gun to intimidate him as he tried to grab him. The lumberjack hurriedly calmed him down.
"Stop it! There's no point in fighting among ourselves!! Isuke, lower your gun! Lower it!!"
"..."
At the lumberjack's words, the hunter clicked his tongue but stopped aiming the matchlock gun.
"...Anyway, we need to report this to the higher-ups. Now, what will happen?"
The lumberjack sighed. Should they wait for experts or government troops to come while barricading themselves? Or should they all go hunting in the mountains...?