Part 4 (2)

An imperial sentinel took his bow and shot an arrow at one of them, however, he missed his target since his hands were shaky.
The lucky bat counterattacked and showed better accuracy. It flew down at a rapid speed, its fangs forward, and dug a nasty hole in the skull of the archer. The latter bled badly and dropped dead.
"Oh my gosh!" screamed Suzie, for she was completely flipped out.
The villain mammal rushed to the back of the underground to gain momentum and was about to strike a second time. It had its wings wide open and its gaze on the young maiden Suzie but the lumberjack stood in its way and swept the air with the livid flames.
The merciless bat was dissuaded and went back to the ceiling where its peers stayed wisely glued, intimidated by the heat of the fire.
"Fellow warriors, My Commander, Suzie, go all inside the cell and lock yourselves up! Leave me alone with these creatures of death!" advised Babida.
"Are you…?" Uncle Bibi replied but was cut short by the woodsman.
"Yes, I am sure My Commander!" Babida stated with great confidence.
"Guards, do as he says and retreat inside the cell!" commanded an imperial sentinel.
"Yes, My Caporal!" The rest of the group of soldiers voiced in unison to their superior.
Suzie moved in first to the cell, hopping over the lying body of the guard that had been knocked out by her uncle before their failed attempt to free the lumberjack.
Two imperial sentinels carried in the unconscious comrade and laid him on the bed to unencumber the cell's entrance.
The Caporal and the rest of the warriors penetrated the bunker as well, followed by uncle Bibi who on his way to the shelter gently tapped the lumberjack's right shoulder as a manner to wish him victory in his upcoming life-or-death match.
Suzie's uncle unhurriedly pulled back the cell's door as if he was expecting the logger to change his mind, yet, Babida didn't pay attention to him and kept his focus on the savage bats.
Not seeing any hesitation from the former recipient of the medal of the highest honor and merit for the beheading of the Monster of the forbidden mountain over a decade ago, uncle Bibi finally shut down the cell's entry. The moment that Babida had been waiting for.
"Now, let's fight ominous species!" He said fiercely before blowing on the torch to switch off the fire.
The callous bats didn't need another invitation from the audacious woodsman to bring out their pointed fangs and descend from the ceiling with the intent to stab him pitilessly.
Nonetheless, the instinctive animals didn't know that they were falling into a setup of the cunning logger.
"Weahhhhh!" Babida invoked the ancestors with authority and to the shock of the pack of bats that were on the verge of stinging him, the wooden stick was ablaze again and this time the flames were even more raging than ever before.
The lumberjack brushed the space with the fire and earnestly burned the five entrapped evil bats. They released agonizing cries before wholly shapeshifting into ashes.
Suzie, who had been nervously witnessing the deadly combat from behind the cell's bars, let herself explode with joy.
"Youpiiiiiiii, that's my hero right there!" She spat out to the astonishment of uncle Bibi and the imperial sentinels.
The imperial Caporal immediately unlocked the cell and exited. He then enjoined his soldiers to carry their fainted comrade and to trail him as they were about to leave the underground. Meanwhile, uncle Bibi and Suzie remained inside.
The imperial sentinels' Commander approached the lumberjack and whispered to his ears: "You are free to go, brave warrior."
Then he added: "Guards, let's move out of here!" and climbed the stairs queued by his men.
Suzie came out of the cell running and unexpectedly enlaced Babida tightly around his waist. The woodsman was taken aback and held the wooden stick up in the air for the fire to not roast them.
Uncle Bibi observed quietly the two lovebirds' intimate moment for a while until he felt forgotten. So he cleared his throat and uttered: "Well, I guess someone owes me a jar of palm wine and a big goat."
Suzie heard her uncle's insinuation, broke the hug, and shyly stepped back. Babida glanced disconcerted at his crush's senior relative and forced himself to smile.
"Let's leave this dramatic place!" The forty-five-year-old uncle told the two soul mates as he moved toward the stairs.
Suzie and the lumberjack shifted on the side to cede the passage to the middle-aged man, then they walked behind him.