Their self-confidence was just overestimation.

A large group of tengu

without losing a single one

defeated them with laughable ease.

Immobilized with terror and regret, the shrine maiden

was grabbed by a tengu.

"Take me instead."

"Please, let that girl go."

Those were the last words the shrine maiden heard from the Witch of the Woods.

After that

she was unable to speak.

Only her crazed screams

echoed over the mountains.