Chapter 122: Offring (1/2)
After sending Slyff, Kadyn continued his acting, appearing helpless in front of villagers. At noon they brought him some light food while Old Dem also came again to check his condition. They treated him so well — if he didn't have his emotion detection ability they would have made him a complete fool as he detected no flaw in their behaviour just by looking. Almost perfect, and maybe, that was their only flaw. Being too perfect.
In the noon he also showed them that he had recovered quite a bit of his strength and could almost stand on his feet and walked a few steps before falling back on his bed. Old Dem and the village leader Roclus were somewhat shocked at the rate of his recovery, but then an ecstatic expression appeared on their faces. The duo exchanged glances and nodded with each other as if communicating something. Kadyn saw their behaviour but didn't speak. He smiled and closed his eyes. 'Let's see what you have in store for me.' He curled his lips in a mocking smile.
When the night arrived he ate his dinner and fell on his bed, but as soon as the people exited his room, he opened his eyes and hurriedly brought a vial from under the pillow and poured it inside his mouth. ”Never thought that they would have Hibernation Cudweed. Though they are weak, they have quite a few resources — if I hadn't prepared the antidote beforehand for such a situation, I could have been in trouble this time. I can't underestimate these people too much, just because there is no Spell Caster in the Clacton Village.
”Anyways, I need to find the main villain behind all this. According to what Slyff said these people are just following someone else's instruction. They kidnap people from the forest from time to time and send them to this mysterious person. However, that guy doesn't like injured people. That's why they healed me before taking me to that mysterious man or whatever it is.”
Kadyn closed his eyes and continued his act. After two hours later, around 10 o'clock in the night, the door of his room opened slowly with a creaking sound. Then the four to five people entered inside one by one. The room was dark, not even a candle was present at this moment, so the atmosphere appeared quite eerie.
All of them walked continuously when an old voice said. ”Don't worry. I've given him a full dose of Hibernation Cudweed. Even Half Rank 1 mage wouldn't know where he was for at least two hours, much less this boy who was already in such a terrible condition. Though after checking him I realised that he is at least a 7-star elementary mage, but so what? The Hibernation Cudweed is enough to knock down even Half Rank 1 mage for at least half an hour. What could this boy do?”
”Old Dem is speaking the truth,” another voice said. ”I was the one who gave the food mixed with herbs to the boy and he ate it in front of me. There's no way he's awake. Furthermore, even if he was awake... hehe.”
Everyone in the group snickered when they heard him. Indeed, what could he do in front of absolute strength? That's what they thought.
”Alright, Village Leader,” the third voice said. ”If what you are saying is true then I'm relieved.”
Kadyn's eyes twitched inside the blanket. He knew two of the three voices. They belonged to Old Dem and Roclus, but he had never heard the third voice. Though they seemed to be the people of the same village as they talked like they knew each other pretty well. Their accent was also the same.
”Refu and Hari, both of you bring our guest out,” said the unfamiliar voice. The other two shadows that were standing behind the three of them said. ”Yes, Elder Tandu,” and walked towards Kadyn's bed. Kadyn could hear everything but he could not see anyone or anything as his face was buried under the blanket. Neither did he have the Spiritual Perception like Barret.
He could only remain patient and wait for the correct time to strike back. He needed to find the one who was pulling strings from behind the scene. 'How dare he/she conspire against me?!'
As the men carried him out of the wooden room, his face was still covered in a thick blanket. Therefore, he couldn't see anything. Though he could cast a spell of the psychic element to see those people, he was afraid that these people would be able to sense something off and become vigilant and the man who was doing all this might escape from his grip. So he continued to endure. Waiting for the right time to strike.
”Village Leader!” as they exited the wooden house tens of voices sounded in unison. It appeared as if the entire village had gathered outside the wooden house.
”This month we don't need to send anyone from our village,” said Roclus. ”We were fortunate to capture this injured boy last month. Now we can save a life of our own for an extra month. No matter how evil it sounds, I will do anything that it takes to keep my people safe — I will take all the blame for every evil.”