Chapter 7 (2/2)
Huh? Aren't all the villagers supposed to be behind ht now…?
Oh, right I do re all the women that looked as if they could irls are the ones he and the bandits rounded up If my Disaster Cannon had been just the tiniest bit off-course, they would have probably been hit by the blast too
”Disgusting… So there's nothing left for you to do but to take a few hostages, is there?”
My words are acco my empathy for humans had turned into an Achilles' heel
”Look here, don't you dare budge now, get it?! If you take even one step -”
”Then what?”
”…Huh?”
In the blink of an eye, I appear behind the bandit and introduce his skull to my knuckles His body takes the iround beneath
”Even if you're just going to pretend being a bandit, you should still learn how to take a proper hostage”
I should probably mention that I hadn't used the Teleportation spell just then With an AGI stat of 99,999 (speed, if you'll recall), it had been a simple task to just run and position myself behind the bandit That said, I do realize that to any nor other than a teleportation spell
”Hiiieeeeeeeh!”
”H-He's a monster!”
”Retreat! Retreaaat!”
The bandits scatter and leave the village like a scuttling group of newly-hatched spiders
Well then, I think I've done h I suppose I had ample chance to blow the lot to bits, but I do want to spread the iuy,' and that is the reason I'in withAny more work on my part would probably just have the opposite effect of what I wanted to achieve
”There's nothing to worry about anye has been saved”
I turn back to the group of villagers behind me and drop the absolute barrier Some let out cheers of pure joy; some find themselves so relieved that they can't hold back their tears, and others go to hold their faood deeds really makes you feel all fuzzy inside
”Thank you for saving this village We can't thank you enough…”
An elderly man hite hair walks to e's chief
”Raise your head I only did what had to be done”
The for to an elder in thisformally in this situation would probably feel even more out of place…
”I must ask, just who are you? You don't appear to be human…”
”I a”
Once those words leave oes dead silent It's as if they'd become frozen in time
Oh dear, what's with thiswhiter and whiter…?
”The High King…?!”
”Is that the one who's said to rule over all deest of the bunch?!”
”W… We're going to get killed…!”
I' to kill you, where'd that even come from?! Just why do you people think I saved you in the first place?!
”W-We will give you everything we have to offer… So please, spare our lives at the very least…!”
Even the village chief in front of me looks like he thinks the end of days is just around the corner, shaking like a leaf as he stands there What the hell does he think I am?
”You're all e for that”
”T-Then whatever could you…?”
”Well, to put it sie”
”… 'up' your 'ie'?”
The villagers look completely confounded
”This world, as a whole… is full of people who view the High King as the source of all evil But that just isn't the truth I a about joy and well-being to all of you”
I give them all a thumbs-up
None of the villagers react None of the hold of me as my entire body heats up…
What a…?