episode_0156

“I don’t want to see them anymore.”

Lina spoke softly, her voice weak.

“I don’t want to suffer anymore because of them. I just want to forget them. I want to forget their faces and their dirty past.”

“I see. Got it.”

“I’m sorry. I know this isn’t the answer you want, my lord. But I… ”

“It’s okay. In the first place, I was just giving Lina a chance as a warrior.”

I got down to her level so that Lina wouldn’t feel anxious anymore.

“I’m glad Lina chose it herself. You did well and worked hard.”

“Your Majesty… ”

So, leaving Lina back in Ravi’s care, I took the trash and headed to the dark forest.

I hope this incident will help her move on from her past.

. . .

Before entering the Dark Forest, Cian took Salt and Lucy from home.

This whole thing started at her request. It was her duty to deal with these guys.

“Rulurala~Rulurala.”

“Excuse me, my lord.”

“Yeah, why?”

“Where are you going to use this precious salt?”

“Where would salt be useful? It’s used to season things.”

“Liver? Are we cooking in the forest?”

“Yeah, we’re not going to eat it, we’re going to prepare meat to give to the monsters.”

“Then where is the meat? I just brought salt as you said.”

“The meat is here.”

Cyan pointed to the trash inside the carriage.

“These are the meats to feed the monsters.”

“Ah… ”

Lucy’s expression at first was subtle and complicated, but then she took on a determined expression.

“What should I do?”

“First, I’ll peel off your skin. Lucy… ”

The moment a person realizes that he or she is going to suffer, he or she begins to suffer.

How they will be tortured, what they will be subjected to, what pain they will feel.

The more detailed these details are, the more people become terrified and fearful of the future that is predicted to bring suffering.

“Sprinkle a lot of salt on it. That way, the blood will drain through osmosis, which will improve the meat quality and eliminate any fishy smell. Then, pour hot water over it to cook the outside, and finally, grill it on an oiled grill with herbs.”

Lucy’s face began to turn pale at the brief cooking recipe.

“If you don’t want to do it, you don’t have to.”

“No. This is something I absolutely have to do.”

Young Lucy wanted to give up her revenge like Lina and go back to where she was, but unlike her friend Lina, she did not give up her revenge.

‘That must be proof that I feel sorry towards my friend.’

It was ironic that I was more stuck in the past than the people who were directly affected.

“You’re crazy.”

“Hmm? I still have a guy left who hasn’t broken the radish.”

“Who would think you’re a hero! You’re a devil! A devil!”

The only one with a sane mouth swore at Xi’an.

“Devil… I’m sure that’s right.”

Cyan told a funny story to break the will of the still powerful guy.

“It is said that if a human becomes a ghost, their soul cannot reincarnate and is punished by wandering Niflheim for the rest of their lives.”

Cyan looked into the man’s eyes.

Because the emotions of the viewer are reflected in the pupils.

“I love stories. And I hope you do too.”

In the man’s eyes, Cyan was an object of fear. An object of fear that he might do anything.

“Because that will soon be your story.”

On the contrary, the man reflected in Cyan’s eyes did not even have a proper face.

He had no interest in anyone who was not his family.

. . .

When I heard the story about the window from Tom, the thought that came to my mind was, ‘If I do it right, can’t I use that kind of trash?’

‘Even a cripple can become strong if he does that.’

Perhaps because it was the first magical being I encountered, the being called Changgui was imprinted in my mind.

And when I heard that the soul itself was destroyed, I thought, wouldn’t it be good to apply this to criminals?

‘If it works, great. If it doesn’t, then that’s okay.’

So I asked Allie, the greatest sorceress in the Holy Kingdom, but unfortunately all she answered was a bunch of swear words.

“Hehe, what kind of crazy person mass-produces ghosts?! It’s like turning people into zombies and using them!”

“Good metaphor. But isn’t it really okay? It’s securing labor through criminals.”

“No, really! If you become a ghost, your soul will be ruined! You will have to wander Niflheim for the rest of your life!”

“Huh? The afterlife of a criminal is none of my business.”

“Hueah… As expected, the iron-blooded leader who had no blood or tears.”

“Hey, the conversation is going off on a tangent? So is it possible? Or not?”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I don’t know because I haven’t studied windows.”

“Really? That’s too bad.”

There was no relevant information as it was something that even Allie, who had lived for hundreds of years, had never attempted.

As I was wondering how to turn a criminal into a scapegoat, Lucy happened to come to visit me.

I felt sorry for Lina’s story that I heard through her, and I was upset that such trash was operating within my domain.

I felt like bugs were crawling on my skin, thinking that they were benefiting from my virtue.

“From now on, we will have to examine and accept those who will settle in the village.”

“Yes?”

“I can’t have a criminal as my neighbor.”

If it weren’t for Sunna’s miracle, I wouldn’t have been able to identify these guys who wanted to enter my territory.

‘It would be hard to find someone in this world who isn’t a criminal.’

Still, I hope and plan to make the neighbors my women and children will associate with decent people.

“And Lucy, don’t be so nervous. The Dark Forest isn’t that big of a deal.”

“Okay, I understand.”

“Okay, this is good.”

As I reached the depths of the forest, I scattered the trash the cart was carrying on the ground.

Then, as I was about to take out my tools for work, Lucy pointed at me with her little finger and asked me if she had found something.

“My lord, there’s someone over there.”

“People?”

This is the dark forest called the Demon Realm on the continent. It is also a place that corresponds to the deepest part.

Anyone who walks around in such a place is definitely not an ordinary being like me.

‘It’s a reverse attribute.’

The woman with the black eyelashes was obviously not human, but strangely enough, she resembled someone I knew.

“That man boasted that he would change the village, but in the end, nothing changed.”

The woman in the station, muttering to herself, suddenly changed her hand to the front paw of the Warbear and began to attack us.

“Gyaaaah!”

‘Are they a different race?’

I protected Lucy with the divinity that could quickly stop time and measured the opponent before my eyes.

The forelimbs of the warbear she showed me were larger and more powerful than any warbear I’ve ever faced.

‘Is this an ability that uses the monster’s characteristics?’

Let me just watch blankly.

The woman at the station muttered something incomprehensible to herself.

“That village should disappear. If the tragedy is going to repeat itself, I’d rather put it all in my stomach.”

“Why don’t you stop talking nonsense that only you can understand? Or are you so mentally unstable that you can’t have a conversation?”

Although her mental state seemed strange, the woman at the station seemed to have understood my provocation and swung Warbear’s arm roughly.

Kwaaang!

“There is no conversation to be had with trash who discards others to survive only for themselves.”

“Hmm, I think there’s some misunderstanding, ah!”

I dodged it lightly, but didn’t have time to collect the test subjects.

“No, how much trouble did you have to go through to get that!”

No matter how threatening my energy was to the monsters, it was not easy to bring a living human back to the dark forest safely.

But that weird bitch I saw for the first time today ruined it.

“Apologize when you say nice things.”

“Reject.”

“Okay, let’s do that.”

The exploration stopped and the battle began in earnest.

With Hestia’s vitality boost, I strengthened my overall physical abilities and wrapped lightning around my hand.

“It’ll hurt a little.”

“What the hell are you doing?”

“Not human, but a titan.”

As soon as he finished his brief self-introduction, he struck the woman in the station with a fist filled with blue lightning.

She also tried to block it with Warbear’s arm, but it was not enough to stop the divine punishment.

Kurur, kwaaang!

“Gyaaaah!”

The woman in the station who fell into the room suddenly became lifeless.

“Don’t joke around, I adjusted my strength so that I wouldn’t die.”

“Yes, why would a strong being like you abandon people in the forest?”

“There’s a misunderstanding. It’s not about throwing it away, it’s about experimenting.”

“Experiment?”

“Yeah, but you messed it up. How are you going to take responsibility for this?”

The moment I was about to approach the fallen woman at the station to question her.

Kuooo!

Suddenly a shadow appeared.

“This is the first time I’ve seen something similar in size to a black tiger.”

A giant warbear the size of a mountain appears.

Because of its size, I became nervous for the first time in a long time.

“What is this shadow?”

I tried to move away, but the shadow of the giant warbear had already caught my feet.

“Are you guys really that stupid?”

A being that can transform into its own appearance while alive.

The highest grade of the spear, Yukhon, was now in front of me.