System vs Rebirth

The next morning, all the villagers had gathered in front of the village chief's house because the chief wanted to talk about something important to them.

They didn't know why, but since the village chief had provided them with emergency water yesterday, they needed to attend this meeting.

Finally, after waiting for like five minutes, the village chief came out with the young man that was supposed to handle the problem.

"Good morning, everyone." The village chief looked at their complexions which had recovered a bit. "This young man is the Apprentice Knight the Demon Banner Army sent to us. He has been observing the dam and providing us with some information that I want to hear.

"First of all, the demons seem to be the beavers. They have infected the beavers in the forest and turned them into demons, but their number is still unknown. Normally, the knight that is sent to this place will only kill the demons and be done with it, but this young man would like to eliminate everything from the roots, making sure that there are no more beaver demons that can build a dam like that.

"This is what he wants to do and I agree because we have no more money to hire another knight in the future.

"However, this comes with a problem as well. To lure the beaver out, he needs a few days, so in other words, there will be a few days without water." The village chief sighed.

"Village chief, I don't think we can last that long." One of the villagers raised his hand.

"I know." The village chief nodded. "That's why the young man proposes to have two strong and agile men to follow him to the dam. He'll protect you when you gather the water. Still, the demons are so ferocious that even he can't guarantee your lives. Hence, I need two volunteers who can risk their lives. Does anyone want to do it?"

"…"

silence filled the atmosphere. There wasn't a single person raising their hands. It was

while they were scared to volunteer themselves. Everyone was hoping

raised his own hand and said, "I'll be fetching the water. I

and surprised at the same time. The village chief had done everything for them, yet, not a single

same kid as the one that brought his sister to Noel to get some water. "I'll do it. I might be small,

action. Even a little

own hand and said, "I'll do it. My daughter died of illness and my wife died because of the demons. I'm now

do it!" Another man raised his hand, looking at the village chief. "You have sacrificed so much, chief. And it's you who have been handling all the matters in the village, without you, this village will collapse sooner or later. Let me handle

"Me too."

"Me too!"

and more people raised their hands,

he said, "I understand. Thank you for your cooperation. But the young ones can't go. You have a

village chief a few things before he went to