Infinite Mage - Chapter 1002
Infinity (3)
“What should I do?”
Iruki’s words presupposed that what they were imagining was correct.
“First, we need to understand the context.” It was the magician’s tendency not to hastily make value judgments about a single incident.
“It’s something that can be completely different depending on your perspective. What if he was trapped here against his will and couldn’t endure starvation… Nade asked.
“It’s not a sin?”
“Well, there has to be a social consensus on that, but… I just want to say that it’s natural for a hungry creature to eat something.”
Iruki said.
“It’s a cold world.”
“huh. There’s one thing I want to know from them. “Is the standard for this behavior the law or the heart?”
The friends fell silent at the cold energy in Sirone’s voice.
“let’s go. “Still being here means there is no way out.”
“What if you do this even though there is a way out?”
Sirone took a long breath.
“…Let’s listen.”
Rejecting the endless delusions that filled his mind, Sirone moved into the deep darkness.
The road seemed to gradually become narrower, but when we reached the end, a large space appeared.
Shirone turned off his infrared vision when the torch someone was holding hurt his eyes.
“Are you the village chief?”
I promised myself not to judge, but my tone was harsh.
It may be because of the old man’s overly clear eyes and the smell of blood emanating from him.
“I am the chief of Kashiram. “Where are you from?”
Nade said.
“Where did it come from outside? If you don’t explain the tragedy that happened in the village…
The village chief fell flat before he could finish speaking.
“Please save us!”
As Sirone and his group looked at him in confusion, he lifted his head and cried.
“I never thought I could… live life. Suddenly the entrance collapsed. That’s what she did. We were all deceived. Ah, I should have listened to Ravika.”
According to the letter, Ravika seemed to be the only sane person in the village.
“Where are they now? “Are you alive?” The village chief shook his head.
“I was foolish. It was only after there was no way out that I came to my senses. We tried our best to get out, but it was in vain. “They lost their lives one by one.”
Iruki asked.
“Who are the survivors?”
“There are a total of 7 people including me and these friends. “When we first came in, there were over 100 people.”
Sirone’s expression turned uneasy.
“7 out of 100? “How long did it take for so many people to be sacrificed?”
“I do not know. What day is today? It’s all darkness here. “We formed an exploration team to find an exit, but ultimately failed to return.”
The village chief bowed his head again.
“please! Please tell us… tell us where the exit is!”
“Let’s go to the survivors first.” As Shirone walked forward, the village chief was able to identify the person whose voice was being heard.
“huh?”
They were much younger than expected and none of them even had weapons.
“How did you get all the way here without fire… or is there really an exit?”
Nade fired back.
“That’s why I came in. “Let me guide you quickly.”
The startled village chief looked back at the men behind him and moved toward the side road.
Then the men turned around, and Sirone did not miss the bloody club that one of them was holding.
As we entered along the side road, we came into a small room where people’s clothes were piled up and spread out on the floor.
When the village chief brought the stranger in, the three people waiting in the room jumped up.
They were a young brother and sister who appeared to be children of a woman in her mid-40s.
‘A woman and a child.’
If the survivors had been only strong men, the pendulum of suspicion would have tilted even further.
“Chief, who are these people?”
“Say hello. These are the people who came from outside to save us. “I can live now.”
The woman’s eyes wavered for a moment, but then she covered her face as if she was moved.
“Really… are we really able to leave? “God was watching over us.”
“We need to hear about that.”
Iruki said.
“I found a letter in the village. “Did you kill Ravika’s child?”
“Absolutely not!”
The village chief held out his hands.
“I was going to do that at first. I was deceived by that evil woman. In fact, the village was on the verge of destruction. From that day on, animals and plants began to dry up, and drinking water brought from the mountains resulted in diarrhea and vomiting. Then the woman came to town. It was said that we must offer sacrifices to the gods. I was a child. “The only child in the village was Ravika’s child.”
After explaining the situation in the shortest possible time, he changed his gaze and continued speaking.
“But I came to my senses. The cave entrance collapsed and I realized I had been tricked. Probably all the villagers who didn’t come would have died. That woman is a witch. “He must have taken the child with him.”
“all right.”
You asked in poetry, remembering what you heard.
“Then let me tell you what happened here. “Isn’t the reason we were able to survive here for over three weeks because there were victims in some way?”
“Hey, that’s…!”
Shirone interrupted the village chief.
“I don’t mean to criticize. However, they must have been fellow residents, so how did they sacrifice themselves?”
The village chief looked back at the woman and spoke in a sad voice.
“At first, I tried to hold on. I promised myself again and again that people should not be like this. They gradually became exhausted and one person died. “He was the oldest person in our village.”
I didn’t really want to ask his name.
“It was agreed upon then. At least I think so. No one spoke up first, but he was so starving and hungry…
Nade did not waver.
“What next?”
“It’s difficult once. Why were there so many victims? At that time, there were over 90 mouths. One body wasn’t enough. It even led to a fight to get what was left. It was a close call, and in the end, we decided to draw lots. And that’s how… that’s how I endured until now.”
In the silence, Sirone asked again.
“Drawing lots?”
“Yes, that’s how I survived. In case you misunderstand, I also drew lots. “These kids will prove it.”
said the girl.
“Really. Brother, please save me. “It’s so hard, I can’t bear it.”
Entrusting your life to probability is the same as entrusting it to the law.
‘There is no sin in a cold world.’
Because God is indifferent.
‘If no manipulation was done and what they said is true…
Sirone asked again.
“Where are the bodies of the victims? “There won’t be any remains, right?”
“Oh, that’s…
When the village chief was visibly embarrassed, Nade, who was looking for an opportunity, scolded him.
“Talk quickly! “Where did you hide it?”
At that moment, the man holding the club
took a step forward with his evil eyes raised.
Since I ate a lot and was strong, the threats from kids who were just over 20 were not the same.
“Stop it. “Aren’t these young people who came to save us?”
The reason the village chief stopped the man was because of a question that never left his mind.
‘How on earth did you get in?’
He didn’t even know the concept of infrared vision, so he had no way of knowing the identity of Sirone and his group.
“sorry. The remains were placed in a remote location. It was too scary to keep him around…
The boy burst into tears.
“Please send it. I want to go out quickly. yes?”
“It was almost perfect.”
As soon as Sirone took a step, the crying stopped and the village chief and the men stepped back.
‘ what?’
Looking at Sirone’s eyes, I felt like an intangible sword was piercing my heart.
‘ like??????
Just like when I first saw her.
“What do you mean? It’s perfect. Are you saying we lied? “Then I can show you the remains right now.”
“No, I already saw it.”
Sirone’s spirit zone had gone beyond the cave and the entire mountain was in a state of synesthesia.
“I prayed that there was some reason. There must be a reason for hiding the survivors down there…
The village chief’s eyes moved to the side.
‘How did know?’
Every time Sirone moved, the villagers who had retreated ended up clinging to the wall.
“There’s only one thing I’m curious about. “You did such a terrible thing and left this woman and children behind.”
“I feel pity for that…
Sirone’s eyes glared harshly at the children.
“Who are you guys?”
As soon as he finished speaking, a man holding a club rushed at Sirone.
“I’m dying!”
At the same time, Nade entered the man’s arms and struck his side with lightning.
“Aaaah!”
The man, whose entire body was shaking, rolled his eyes and fell down, and the village chief ran away and shouted.
“Stop it!”
“Keeee!”
The eyes that revealed their true colors were crazy, but they were no match for him anyway.
Two people fell from the photon cannon and a woman shouted with her children in front.
“Kill! “They’re bad people!”
The children each grabbed their swords and charged, but Sirone’s eyes did not waver.
The judgment has already been made.
“…Photon Cannon.”
As the children who had been hit directly by the flash flew to the left and right of the woman, she fell to her knees.
“What the hell are you guys?” Nade walked away with electricity wrapped around his arm.
“You are the one who reveals your identity. You’d better blow it gently. “I am a very scary person.”
She, who was avoiding his gaze, suddenly stuck out her tongue and bit it with her teeth.
Sirone and the others were just watching.
The woman, realizing her mistake, pulled out a dagger and screamed with blood flowing from her mouth.
“Leave me alone!”
The blow pierced her heart and she fell to the floor with a suffocating expression.
“He’s dead.”
Iruki looked at the woman and turned his head.
“Let’s chase after the village chief. “We have to save the survivors first.”
Sirone cast shining magic and ran quickly through a cave as bright as day.
As I climbed down the almost vertical pit, I saw the iron window where the survivors were trapped.
About 20 people were trapped, and one of them, a young woman, was holding on to the bars and asking.
“Who are you?”
Shirone was convinced after seeing his normal eyes.
“Ravica.”
The woman looked shocked for a moment, but soon came to her senses and shouted.
“Catch the village chief! We must kill her before she comes! “The author is the devil!”
With Nade and Iruki guarding the rear, Shirone walked down the path to the side.
“Hehe. Hehehe.”
An unusual sound of laughter could be heard even before turning the corner, and a disgusting smell.
A curse came out of Nade’s mouth.
“You son of a bitch.”
The village chief, buried under more than 20 corpses, raised his arms with an ecstatic expression.
There were long things hanging around.
“Welcome to God’s Holy Land.”