He decided to make his way back to the village he had saved. Surely they would welcome their hero and treat him to some food. With that thought in mind, Sterling approached the village gates and noticed that the guards weren’t there. “That’s odd.” he thought to himself as he cautiously walked toward the gates. He took a peek through its crack and witnessed some sort of commotion going on in the main square. “You’ve got to be kidding me,” Akihiko said annoyingly as he kicked the gates down with force. Immediately, all the villagers directed their attention to Akihiko – rocks in their hands. “What the hell is going on here?” he questioned. The villagers grew quiet and held their heads down in embarrassment. As they stepped aside to form a path, in the main square stood a werewolf. Unlike the last, this one was way bigger and more ferocious-looking. A random from the crowd yelled, “Hero! Do us the honor of slaying this wretched beast. His kind isn’t welcome here anymore.” Soon after, the rest of the villagers joined in unison and shouted out their hateful remarks. Then, they continued to throw rocks at the werewolf hoping that that would run it off. The werewolf didn’t as much move a finger; instead, he stood there and took everything being thrown at him. It was clear that this monster had other intentions, but the villagers were too blinded by hate to see that.
“Why don’t we all just calm down?” Akihiko suggested. A rock flew past the werewolf and hit him right in the head. The crowd started to move in on the werewolf, it had seemed they were going to take things into their own hands. “Wait! Stop!” Akihiko shouted. He needed to break up the crowd in order to get to the lone wolf.
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