章 31: Stuck With The Consequences
Stella felt that killing other intelligent life was a mixed bag, there was self-defense which was justified and there was a murder which wasn't. She just hoped that the familia was in the self-defense category and not the latter.
Unfortunately, she couldn't stay in the nether to continue exploring, she needed to report back to Loki about the success of the clearing, along with using the fire resistant hide to make some clothes to explore in along with more tools for excavation to leave the island she was located on.
She wasn't going to tell the familia members about the possible sentence of the humanoids yet not until she could absolutely confirm it. At the same time, she didn't want to inform them of their possible crimes mostly because she doubted most of them would take the news well.
The dungeon side of the portal was just as she left it and while making her way out of the dungeon she thought of ways to block that section off to both protect the people of orario and the nether and its inhabitants.
Upon making it back to the surface she quickly stopped by a tailor so that she could have the leather woven into under armor, she also stopped by and picked up some shovels, pickaxes, and axes so that she could leave the island.
After running her errands she went back to the Manor and found Loki and Finn talking in one of the offices.
"You are back, how was your material search?"Loki asked
"Fine, some of the materials are super effective against fire and heat tolerance the minerals are pretty limited mostly gold, quartz, and glowstone."Stella replied
"The area is secure now right? No more monsters?"Finn asked
"Yea there aren't any animals left, the way it was handled though was very poor though."Stella dejectedly replied
"What do you mean poorly? The area is clear right?"Loki asked
"The nether isn't the dungeon the 'monsters' don't respawn, that means that it's safe permanently but wiping out an entire population never ends well for an ecosystem."Stella replied
"That does not concern us though, does it? Now that everything is cleared out the portal and its surrounding area are secured a small number of animals shouldn't be an issue."Loki said with Finn nodding his head
"Look I have a hunch that what you guys did was a BAD idea, It might not be an issue now but it might be one later on."Stella said
"Then we can deal with it then can't we?"Loki replied
Stella was dumbfounded and left to go pick up her leather under armor, she thought that maybe a GODDESS of trickery would understand that the deal with it when it becomes a problem is how tragedies happened. She was pretty sure that line of thinking was how the taint grew so big anyways.
After dealing with the familias' ignorance she made her way back to the tailor to pick up the under armor. It wasn't quite finished when she got there even though she paid quite the sum to get it done within a few hours, while she waited she got some food to eat and went sightseeing for a while.
She picked up her under armor a few hours later and made her way towards the dungeon again intent on continuing her exploration of the nether. On her way down Stella realized how easy the first 15 floors were now, with the combination of her stats and the numerous times she traveled the path it was really quick getting to the 15th floor.
Upon making it back to the portal Stella quickly stripped down to her undergarments and put the under armor on, it looked like a pale pink wetsuit with some not-so-hidden stitches littering the gear.
After re-equipping her armor she made her way into the portal and as soon as she stepped through, multiple swords were held to her throat. Stella slowly raised her hands above her head in hopes the armored humanoids would understand.
Much to Stella's surprise they understood and they spoke in a language she was familiar with; Pechin. She listened as they debated whether they should kill her or not, she decided to step in and see if she could convince them not to kill her.
"Do you all mind if we talk this out? I wasn't directly involved with the death of your friends."Stella asked in a broken accent
The unidentified humanoids all stopped talking and looked at her.
"You better explain quickly or this sword goes through your throat!"One of them said
"Please calm down, I didn't want this to happen either. My name is Stella. I opened the portal out of curiosity, I ended up fighting an enderman and my goddess thought that opening the portal would cause issues, so they sent a team in to clear the area of 'monsters'."Stella explained
"If you were only here for monsters then why were my clanmates killed!"Another asked
"From what they told me your clanmates attacked first although I am beginning to think there was a misunderstanding that led to the fight."Stella responded
"FIGHT?! There was no fight, it was a slaughter, the ones that ran away were chased down and killed!"The first responded
"I'm sorry for what happened, they didn't know you were intelligent."Stella said lightly
"What do you mean they didn't know? They were screaming for mercy!" One of them screamed
"They couldn't understand you. Nobody knows Pechin here or anywhere for that matter. I didn't l know it was a language till recently."Stella responded
"Break the portal and take her with us, the piglin council will decide her fate."The largest one said
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