Capítulo 101: Investigating
Time to go for a walk. I use magic to slowly bend the wooden wall directly. Making a hole big enough for both of us. One leading directly to the back of the building. I close it behind us afterward by making it regrow.
[So what exactly did you notice?]
"That mayor guy from earlier was handing some kind of potion to the others."
[What do you think it is?]
"Not sure, but after drinking it they lost all trace of being living beings.
A rock would have been more expressive."
[Some kind of mind control most probably.
I simply wonder what the purpose is.]
"No clue, but I know it must be bad."
It really hits close to home in his case.
[Don't worry, we'll figure this out.]
*Nod*
We approach where they seemed to keep their stock. Then I do the same trick as earlier to enter. My companion starts sniffing it carefully. He doesn't seem to be affected. Probably fine as long as it's not ingested.
Then we start following the trail. Unsurprisingly it leads to the mayor's house. At least it probably is since it is bigger than the others. The house is made of stone, bummer.
[Welp, time to dig our way inside? There is bound to be a cellar given the size.]
"For sure!"
Yep, instant excavator Dire-Rat to the rescue! Before long we emerge from a tunnel…
Well, this is awkward. The room is well-lit. Also full of villagers. There is a woman calling the shots. The mayor acting submissive near her. She is wearing some sort of primal mask. I have no clue what it is supposed to be exactly.
Across the room are many corpses. Blood dripping into small irrigation ditches. Ditches that lead to weird blood-red plants. What kind of madness is this?!
[What the fuck!]
She laughs.
"Oh? We have company it seems. You came using your pet rat to dig, eh? How dumb of you. We would have let you live too. *Sigh* Now we'll have to dispose of you. Then when morning comes, we will act innocent. We'll even help to search. Maybe we'll kill the soldier too. If he becomes too noisy that is."
[What about the army? They'll avenge him.]
"*Giggle* As if! How naïve you are haha!"
[Aren't you worried in the least?]
"Yes, but some things worry me more. Men, grab him!"
[Run away!]
My rat friend leaves hurriedly. He has understood my plan. I quickly get surrounded and I surrender. I want to make sense of the situation.
Their leader seems oddly talkative. A hero would have already killed her. I probably could with a well-placed vine spear. She is obviously the bad guy here. Still, something feels weird here.
She sends a few villagers hunting for my companion. With orders to kill him. That part is unforgivable.
[How about you leave the rat alone?]
"No way haha."
I'm 100% sure there is nothing they can do at least. I doubt they can win a fight against the soldier. The rat is probably stronger. I don't think they have realized that he can use magic.
I somehow get the feeling I understand what the spider meant a while back. You learn to feel it. Compared to the magical swordsman, these guys are…no comment.
[Why are you even doing this?]
"Why else? For power."
[You are willing to sacrifice everyone, just for that?]
"You don't know what it's like to live in a village. To be powerless. To toil all your life only to be stepped on by others. This is no life at all."
I guess I was lucky. I have been living peacefully in the forest since coming here. No real trouble. No real danger either. Great friends and disciples.
[How does it even work?]
"These little flowers take their worthless lives. Once enough have been sacrificed it will generate a blood fruit. One that will contain their life essence. One that will give them a future. One that will give us a future."
[Give them or give you?]
"Us, there is nothing worth living for here. This town is small. We barely get merchants to visit. All we can do is survive. From time to time there will be a monster attack. Many will die. Without power, we cannot survive."
[What about the blessings that the army is installing.]
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. It seems you don't know what blessings even are haha. Also, they won't give us any. This town is being punished for a crime we didn't even commit. A criminal took refuge here long ago. We didn't know yet we still paid the price."
This sounds like a problem for sure. But that doesn't explain her actions either.
[I heard that there are many ways to become powerful. Why stick to this evil method?]
"Because it works. Because we are so poor that we cannot afford anything. Any resource to gain strength is out of our reach. The only thing we have is our sweat and our blood. Nothing else. Do you understand now? It is the only way out of this dump."
[You say that as if the villagers volunteered for it.]
"They did in fact. I told them I had a way to make them more powerful but that there was a high chance they would die during the process. All the ones you see here did so voluntarily!"
This is madness. Rational madness. Sacrifice many to save a few.
"Bring him to the near the plant then kill him! Let his life make ours better!"
[I disagree with your methods you know.]
"Hahaha! So what if you abhor me?! You can haunt me as a ghost even, I don't care! My ideal is not that shallow! My will is not flimsy enough to be affected by your fake morality!"
[Good.]
I will the roots of the blood plant to expand. Quickly they latch unto her. Dragging her toward it. Then she gets skewered. Her blood splattering all over her precious plant.
"Y-you!"
Then she vomits blood. The life leaving her eyes. Unreconciled to the end. She would have caused a lot of harm in the future. But most importantly she wanted to kill my companion. The villagers seem at a loss.
[Go back upstairs and wait to regain your spirits!]
They absent-mindedly nod and leave. Whatever they drank makes them more obedient. I approach the blood plant. Then I touch it.
I can feel it. Its life. How it is peacefully growing. How it simply wants to get watered. Like any other plant. Humans would consider it evil. I did. But is it really?
It is very similar to eating meat. Just the natural order of life. I was going to destroy it but I just changed my mind. I make my house appear then I chuck it in. It latches onto a wall and stays there. I make it absorb all the remaining blood here.
Then I leave. I'm not sure how I am even supposed to deal with the aftermath.
*Sigh*
That is when I hear a commotion above.
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