Chapter 744: Another Eye, A Short Conversation with a Calm Gentleman (1/2)

Day 154 - 10:31 PM - Mountain Area, Municipality of Badian, Province of Cebu

Gazing at the sky, everyone could see the dimensional crack slowly mend. Ordinary humans could not see it, but many figures currently worked as fast as possible to fix the problem.

Right now, it was not only Fourth, the Eye of Amusement, and Nineteenth, the Eye of Interest, were present. Aside from the two, there were basketball-sized creatures donned with tentacles flying about near the crack.

As Fourth had said before, they called for reinforcements. These ball-like creatures were, actually, floating eyeballs, known as the Lesser Eyes called [Scouts].

The members of Mark's group present during the attack of the infected Bungisngis in the Spirit Dimension remembered these creatures. Small they might be, but their prowess could not be underestimated.

Apparently, these [Scouts] were under Nineteenth's control. It was also why, among the Eyes, she was the most knowledgeable about things. This was also the reason Fourth earnestly asked for her help since if Nineteenth did not, this huge dimension crack would be all for Fourth to fix alone.

The [Scouts] aside, there were another two Eyes present to help.

Looking at the Eye, Mark could not help but wonder what he was doing here.

The first one was a boy. The Eye that barely had any existence, the Eye of Boredom, Ninth. It looked like he came to help all the way from East America.

On the other hand, the other Eye was another little girl. This was the first time Mark had seen her, but as it appeared to be, she seemed to have a close relationship with both Fourth and Ninth.

The four Eyes worked on the Dimension Crack together with the [Scouts], but it looked like that they would still need some time to fully fix it.

While waiting, Pefile was taking care of Celine while being worried about his son.

”Edzel and Pearl haven't returned yet.”

Pefile said as he looked in the direction the two ran to.

”Don't worry, they're not too far from here. Let Edzel think it out first. The situation is a huge shock to him.”

Mark told Pefile, detecting Edzel and Pearl staying in one place.

”Boss, isn't it better if Sir Pefile told Edzel beforehand?”

To the side, Padua could not help but ask.

”That would cause a situation worse than this.” Mark shook his head. ”Imagine you're Edzel, who lived his life since he was five without any parents. You don't know who your father is, and your mother died of sickness long ago. Then a strange man that did not look human suddenly appeared and said, he is your father, and your dead mother is still alive. How will you react?”

”Ah...” Padua pictured what Mark said and realized. ”I'll think that the man is a freak and will feel angry four trying to desecrate my mother's memory.”

”Yes, and it will be unbelievable. Especially since there is no evidence that your mother is actually alive, unlike now where Edzel saw his mother.”

Everyone understood what Mark was saying, and even though Edzel's reaction was negative, it was a better option.

”Ah! Master Look!”

Amihan exclaimed, pointing at the shore.

Everyone could not help but look in the direction she pointed at. What everyone saw was the gigantic crocodile opening its huge mouth with its lower jaw submerged underwater.

And then, as the water from the tsunami returned, all debris the water carried were sucked into the monster's mouth.

”It's eating.”

Mark said.

The giant crocodile was sucking everything. It did not matter whether it was floating debris or other things. But, of course, its aim was the corpses of living beings swallowed by the tsunami. It was the very same disaster that happened in Liloan Settlement.

”AHHHH!!!”

Suddenly, a loud scream was heard. It came from where the slaves of the Tamawos were left to rest for a while.

Mark could only shake his head. It was the same for Pefile.

That scream came from one of the victims of Terville's [Charm Magic].

The [Charm Magic] was not permanent. Once the caster of the spell died, the [Charm Magic] would be dispelled. It would be fine if the woman had been under its effects for too long. Because they had been under its effects for a long time, it would be hard to reverse its effects even if the magic was already dispelled.

However, it was different if the woman was only affected by the magic for a short time.

The Tamawo's [Charm Magic] would not affect the woman's memories. It only affected their emotions. Thus, a woman under the effect of [Charm Magic] would still remember everything even after the magic was dispelled.

And with how the victims of Terville were treated, now that they were freed from his magic, they began to suffer mental problems.

These charmed women became playthings for the male slaves. It was something that was confirmed before. But why did that happen? What was Terville's reason for doing that?

Unexpectedly, Terville's reason was noble. At least, for their tribe.

Tamawos were reliant on human women to continue their race. However, with the apocalypse happening, the number of humans were drastically decreased. If all humans were killed, the race of Tamawos would soon follow extinction.

Thus, with Terville's anomalous [Charm Magic], he decided to breed humans. And, of course, very few men among the slaves would decline such an offer.

Now that Terville died, all those female slaves remembered how they became tools for human breeding. The nights when they were used, unable to resist and even loving the deed. It was all fresh in their minds.

Something like that would cause trauma and mental breakdowns for the poor women.

”Can't we do anything for them?”

Geronimo voiced out his concern. Even though he was already part of Mark's group, he was still a brave soldier. Someone who protected the weak. It was heartbreaking for him to see such a scene.

Everyone fell silent. There was nothing they could do to help.

Well, there was someone who could. Unfortunately, Mark had no intention to.

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