360 # 343 Raid on Konat Village and Nefer.txt (1/2)

Konatz village was a village where you could see the lights of the fire in places. As we got closer, we could see the condition of the village.

There was a distinct smell of burning from the village. The houses were blackened and some were crumbling. Most of the coconut trees, which I was told were famous here, were burned and blackened.

'It's terrible...'

Not really...

Lilly and the others are also confused by this disaster. That information seems to be correct.

”...nii. People are coming.

Noah told me and when I turned around, I saw an old man with a cane walking towards us. It's probably the village chief of this village.

''Are you a traveler?''

Yes, sir.

I'm sorry... but we can't afford to have any travelers in this village at the moment... and we should be able to get by with our famous coconuts, but as you can see, we've lost them all.

I hope you don't mind, but, uh, I know this is a tough time for you, but would you mind telling us what happened?

An old man sits on a stone.

The village was attacked by bandits the other day and they came out of nowhere and fired fireballs at the village.

And it's a bandit there. I can understand if they're trying to threaten you or something to get food or something, but this attack is still weird. If it's a bandit-esque act of just being pissed off, that's understandable, but it feels like a plan.

”I lost my house, my reserves of food and water... and even my famous coconut tree when they burned it to the ground...

You lost it to the bandits' attack... I mean, the bandits' goal wasn't food or anything, not even the village itself if they were no longer attacking the village. Then what did they want?

So... the bandits only affected the village and the food supply?

The old man has his head in his hands. I know it's hard for him, but he has to answer to me.

'No... they want the young villagers... they've been taken away with a strange collar... all the children who are the treasure of this village...'

Slave collars....I thought they were for subspecies, but they're an item that can be used on people too.

But still, all the kids... are they all pedophiles and shorties?

Not me, okay? It's a title, because only a pedophile can be a pedophile! I'm starting to feel sad when I say it.

Let's stop thinking about stupid things. Right now it's a bandit's intention to go after kids... it's not like they're a workforce or force... then they'd take adults rather than kids. I could think about having them trained and raised, but I don't think that's going to happen either.

I'd ask the old man a question, but he didn't know... of course he didn't know. They wouldn't bother to tell him what they were up to. Of course, there was no information about their hideout, either. So we're back to square one.

”I don't know.

”I don't understand.