CHAPTER 498: CHAOS (1/2)
We had banked on the Undead being weakened and the Vampire being absent. Both of these were now false. That Vampire was standing in front of us without a care in the world and had even taken out a barrier to block the sunlight. Truly, the tides had turned against us.
“Did you really think my brains had turned to mush? If I already knew about our weakness in the day, why would I still give you 24 hours to consider? I’m sure you know the answer to that question now.” The Vampire smugly proclaimed while basking in the shocked looks of the villagers. “But it’s not too late yet. My earlier proposal still stands. If you all want to live, you, you, you… and you, have to leave the village. Only then will I forgive these innocent villagers.”
“…”
That Vampire’s motive couldn’t have been as simple as chasing us out of the village. If it was, he could have done that by force rather than persuade us… Was he trying to get the villagers to chase us out then? But we were going to leave anyway… Either way, we will know soon enough what his plans are.
I wasn’t going to let this Vampire get his way regardless of what he had in mind. Even though I did not specialise in psychic magic, fooling a bunch of ordinary villagers was no problem at all. After all, Lust Demons and Illusion Demons were both the strongest psychic users amongst the Seven Original Sins. With both of them in my bloodline, psychic magic was a walk in the park.
“Everyone, you mustn’t believe his words. Vampires have only seen Humans as cattle. He might not kill you right now, but he will turn your village into a blood farm. Just like before. One villager at a time. Till everyone is dead!”
My psychic suggestion proved effective once more. Just a few seconds ago, their hearts were beginning to waver but they were now back on my side.
“Haha. It’s true we Bloodkin feed on lowly animals like Humans. But what about you, Occultist? Of everyone here, you have the least qualification to criticise me.” Just when I thought that I finally stabilised the situation, the Vampire suddenly broke out in boisterous laughter before dealing the final nail in the coffin.
“That’s right, Nasus left with Leeder as well. But when he returned, there were only Arsen and a few others. I tried to ask around but Leeder refused to say…”
“Leeder! Where is my son, Harvey? Tell me the truth…”
“That’s right. My husband used to return with you as well, but I haven’t seen any signs of him at all. Don’t try to brush it off as some business deal, I want the truth!”
“Uncle… where is daddy?”
“Leeder, I only have that one son. If someone were to happen to him, how do you want this old bag of bones to live…”
Umbra’s word had set off a chain reaction of unease amongst the villagers. Their already tense emotions were amplified to the point where they broke free of my psychic magic and began bombarding Leeder with questions.
While I still did not know how he found out about those bandits I killed, his motives couldn’t be any clearer. He wanted to see us tear each other apart. And it worked. Leeder and the remaining seven bandit/villagers were no longer able to keep this secret under wraps. If it wasn’t for the fact that I had lied to them before about the spiders being in their bellies, they would have probably spilled the beans to this angry mob.
“Hahahaha. Foolish Humans. Do you still not understand? The one who killed your loved ones is standing before you right now.” Having said that, he pointed in my direction, smiling sinisterly. “See that beautiful lady over there? She’s an Occultist, with abnormal power as well. It was her who killed the other villagers. Not only that, in order to control the survivors, she left a parasite in each of them to seal their mouths. You can ask those survivors if you do not believe me.”
“Leeder! Is this true?”
“Leeder! Answer us!”