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Chapter 36

You bashed the Lynel's weapon away from you with your shield, sending from it a flurry of wooden shards. You winced slightly from the impact it had on your shoulder, but you ignored the pain for the moment being and swung your sword while the monster was still reeling from being swatted away. You got a deep cut across its chest and it leapt away, roaring in pain.

As it prepared to breathe fire, you had your bow out and sent a barrage of shock arrows at it. The Lynel disregarded the arrows piercing its skin and reared back, flames pouring from its mouth like water flowing in a river. It landed back on all four feet and sent a ball of fire towards you.

You jumped to the side, dodging it with ease. The Lynel continued the assault, likely assuming you'd get tired. You rolled this way and that, forcing the monster to keep a close eye on you and keep switching its direction. You gradually made you way closer to the monster, attempting to take it by surprise.

It noticed this, however, and leapt away from you again. It prepared itself to charge, pawing the ground, but you were already ready for it by the time it began towards you. In dodging this charge, unlike the last, you weren't even a full second late but you paid for it in full.

You were knocked off of your feet and your breath was stolen from you. You gasped for air as you sat up, scrambling across the dirt to grab your weapon that had been ripped from your hand by the force of the attack. The Lynel made it to your weapon just as you did, and you rolled onto your back, the broadsword held across your two hands- the blade in one, the pommel in the other.

The Lynel brought down its own weapon, and the sting of the end of the blade pushing into your hand sent waves of pain down your arm but you bit down on your cheek and braced yourself. The Lynel applied more pressure, aiming to kill you right here and now. You fought against it with all of your strength, the strain making your arms shake and sweat roll down your forehead. The monster's weapon came closer, forcing your own sword closer to your neck.

With your last ounce of your strength, you pushed upwards and rolled underneath the Lynel now that there was enough room for you to move, dashing out from underneath it as it roared in frustration. Now out from under it, you leapt up onto its backside and stood on its back. You took a fistful of its mane and pulled yourself up onto its shoulders. Bracing yourself as it reared, you took the sword into both hands and brought your hands down, forcing the blade through its skull and into its brain.

The monstrosity roared and bucked, and when it reared you used the downward momentum from it landing back on its feet to force the sword deeper in. With one more jerk of your hands, you twisted the blade, effectively killing it. It fell to its knees and disappeared as every other monster did, in a cloud of black smoke.

As you wiped your forehead with one hand, sheathing the sword with the other, you heard many sets of rapidly approaching footsteps. You looked up at the small family approaching you and you managed to give them a smile as they neared despite your fatigue. One of the kids picked up your shield which had been knocked away when you were thrown to the ground and gave you a grin as he held it out to you.

You smiled at him as you took it, putting it in its rightful place on your back. This small family had been on their way to visit the kids' grandparents but had been unable to pass through this road because of the Lynel that guarded it. They hadn't realized this until they had gotten close enough to see the monster. As they had started backing away slowly, so as not to get its attention, you had made it to the same road and told them to hide. They did so, the whole lot of them getting off of the road and behind some bushes, while you promised to take care of the monster.

Nayru was grazing nearby and you whistled to her. She came to you and as the family stood in front of you, she came to a stop and put her head over your shoulder. Your hand came up to pet her head absentmindedly as the family gave you grateful smiles.