This is the 'Flooder's Stop' lagoon.

It is a town where the political sects stopped by and used it for their bellies.

And the political sects left town, that night.

From the clockwork square, the heart of this town, for some reason a firehand was rising.

"" "" "" "YAHHHHHHH!

"" "" "" Run. Ooh!

"'' 'Don't. Whoa!

"'Whoa, whoa!

I hear screams from all over town.

There are white-coated men everywhere wearing white masks like Death Masks, attacking the townspeople indiscriminately.

"I think we can get away with this! Humans. Oh!

Magic flies everywhere, and on the other hand, I hear metal bumps between the blade and the blade.

"I'm going deep! You don't have to take it alone!

Then I also heard a voice giving instructions to them.

Around the watch stand.

“White" as far as I can see from there.

- It's the blood of the merciful.

There are many kinds of people in white clothes.

I don't see who I am because I cover my whole body with a white cape or robe, but each has a different back length.

Some of them were about the back length of what humans call adult males under their knees.

Such small white-coated men are indiscriminately chopping the townspeople with a short axe with a huge blade, the Great Axe.

Blood flies and white stains red and black.

"Please! No, please don't. Yeah, yeah!

Those who beg for mercy but are merciful and relentless.

And it is the tower of command of those who

- It's Anc Amadeus.

In the blood of the merciful, he is called the God of Life.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!

And a little white man slew the townspeople with an axe.

Blood erupts, spasmodically desperate townspeople.

"Gduvka -"

Then Amadeus speaks to the small white-coated man.

"Yes, Master Ank!

"Convene the Unbelonged." Take this town as your next base "

"I understand!

"You are the leader. Did you ask for the town?

"Come on, come on!

Then Gudufka rushes off the spot.

"The One Who does not belong" refers to these believers, wrapped around this white cloak and robe.

"Dear Anku... why..."

Then, before Amadeus, the townspeople, bleeding out of their arms, approached.

It's human. You're bleeding badly, your legs are fluttering.

"Hmm?"

Then Amadeus looks back slowly.

"You... were our, hope! My daughter admired you! My son... my wife... why?! Why did you kill him?

A man who complains with a sad look.

"Huhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Amadeus then laughs lavishly at the man's cries of grief.

"If you don't want to die, once, die! I told you. You think I'll lead you?

Ask the townspeople Amadeus.

"Let him that despaireth give his way, and he that seeketh, I will guide him. But if you're incompetent, what the hell can you do to the incompetent?

……

At that moment, a man who should have been beside him flew without a trace.

Townspeople who instantly turned into a bloodbath.

But next, even the tide had disappeared.

……

Amadeus, who talks nothing and checks the area.

And then I whined small.

"Don't ask me crappy questions, I have a human flair... human beings are still crappy..."

Then the many who do not belong (Macabel) gather together unto Amadeus.

"Dear Ank! The townspeople will flee out of town!

And one of the unbelievers gathered (Macabel) said so, as if he had panicked.

"I see... that's a matter of discretion"

"Shh, excuse me..."

Then whoever was in the lead (McAvell) bows his head and apologizes.

"There's no need to apologize. I'm the one who told you not to go deep. You guys are special. Take care of your life. And leave all the mistakes to me."

Then Amadeus put his hand in heaven.

And softly, say something.

At that moment, the magic formation unfolded around Amadeus, expanding at an extraordinary rate.

It swallowed the town in an instant, and when it expanded further out of town, it involved even the desperately fleeing townspeople.

Then the feet of the swallowed multitude of townspeople, suddenly, stopped.

"This is good. They can no longer escape."

Amadeus then raises his hand and issues the decree.

"Kill everything! There's no one left! Kill the humans! And save your countrymen!

At that moment, those who do not belong (Maccabel) who obey and roar.

"Provide instructions for" adapters ". Wait to hear from him and make sure he doesn't kill him. Otherwise it's annihilation!

And those who do not belong, scattered in momentum.

Once again all over town, whites rushed around.

And Amadeus moves too.

Amadeus blows away from those who follow him or her and turns him or her into a tide of blood.

There was a glimpse of "habit” through the anomaly, like working murder.

Every time Amadeus sees it, it turns into such a bloodtide that his body mistakenly sees it as ash, as something has invaded him.

It gradually changed from vision to sensation, and when I realized, the surrounding human being unnaturally blew away, even though no one was laying their hands on it.

After that, there are just fine bloodstains on the ground, like a shower of blood.

There is no more “life” there.

And Amadeus slowly roamed the town amid his snort cries.

――――

Then there was one person, a frightened person there.

- It's a woman.

The woman had no reason to beg for mercy, no reason to be afraid, just eyes like dead fish, staring at Amadeus.

"... right, you want to die?

Then there was no conversation, and suddenly Amadeus asks that.

……

The woman does not answer Amadeus' question.

"Death is not a bad thing. If you accept death, then you'll be just like me..."

……

But the woman does not answer.

"You don't have to talk. I know your heart. If you accept, remember. That's all I can tell."

Amadeus talks, but we don't know if a woman is listening to it.

"So I ask you, are you going to dump a human?

A gentle breeze blew there.

Gradually, screams disappear from all over town, and the town gets so quiet that it can hear the wind.

That's when Amadeus turned his hand to the woman.

"Pass -"

Amadeus tells the woman she just “passed”.

But the woman has not answered anything.

"Your anger, your thoughtlessness, and all I received. You're the only one who understands here. The first to stop being human is the Unbelonged (MacAvel). But the blood of the merciful shall be a receptacle, and a place shall be given to those who do not belong. You too will be saved now. [M] What I'm waiting for you is a new world."

Then there appears a small non-belonger (Macabel).

"Dear Ank! Cleaning the townspeople who fled out of town, over!

My voice is young.

"Good luck...... then Todd, call Guduvka. And tell them to gather the compatriots and adapters they found in the square."

"Yes, I did!

Answer clearly, the little non-belonger who runs away (Maccabel).

And he was invisible.

Then Amadeus turns his gaze again to the woman in front of him.

But from that mask, like the merging of the skull of a beast and a human, I can't see.

However, two twisted corners, stretched to flow towards the back of the head, are just releasing the difference.

"Do 'Reincarnation Rituals' than this"

Then Amadeus put his hand on the woman's head.

"Don't guide me, it's a moment. And you will be our compatriot from this day forward."

At that moment, the woman's skin changes color, and the shape of her face begins to change subtly.

A body that starts to move small and spiky.

Then the movement gradually, calmed down towards stability, and healed.

――――

"The reincarnation is over. Now you will be" the one who does not belong ", and you will be one of our compatriots. But I won't impose it. You can leave like this, you can follow us, it's all up to you. So, what do we do?

"… follow, I will"

Then the woman answered, blushing.

Its eyes are still weak, but more full of power and above all of hope than earlier.

"Phew... it's settled"

The woman's appearance was clearly different from that of earlier.

My skin, which was close to brown, is white and clear, and my ears are slightly pointed.

Black hair turned golden, black eyes blue, and sharp things like snakes that weren't human things.

Then a flock of those who did not belong joined there.

Behind them were many different figures.

Is it the Beast Man? It looks like some of them are from another race that isn't.

By "compatriots," Amadeus means them.

- It is the people of this town.

And the men were frightened, wary of their surroundings.

But it was not only those who were there, but also a small number of humans, who could see.

Those would be the “adapters”.

"Don't even have to go to the square, I'll do the ritual here"

Because it was less than I expected, I didn't seem to have to move the place.

"Okay!

Then follow the words of Amadeus, so that it is easy to do the 'Reincarnation Rite', the unbelievers (Macabel) who line up the humans.

"Then, before you explain, finish" Reincarnation Rite "first"

Then, just like earlier, Amadeus touches each and every head.

The appearance of those lined up as soon as possible changes.

――――

Then the "Reincarnation Ritual" ended, and Amadeus began to explain it in the same way as earlier.

"You are free. I won't impose it. And whosoever shall come after me, stay here, and whosoever shall not, leave. But I will not betray him who came after me. I promise."

Amadeus speaking slowly with discouragement.

Then there was no one left the scene alone.

"Bye! Well done, my fellow countrymen!

At that moment, a cheer echoed into the town as it responded to the voice of Amadeus.

"A little while from today, but make this our stronghold! The leader is Guduvka. And tomorrow, we start invading Pascantine from here."

"Huh?! Are you a pascantine?!

Then a certain unbeliever (Macabel) visited him.

"That's right. I got the information that the king of that country is gathering the Beasts as slaves. Perhaps the inside line is tragic. You don't have to come for anything you don't want to see. Besides, it's not the same size as Cattleya. That country was a small country, but Pascantine is a great country, above all, the corner of the king of Hachi (or again). Mostly I will be the first to cut ahead, and everyone will be asked to follow behind it"

I can't see the faces of those who don't belong (Macabel), but I could see a lot of agitation from them.

"Let me say one more thing. Next up for Pascantin is Utopia. This country tolerates the trafficking of slaves, including humans. I hope you think of Cattleya as something of a big country."

"Um, are you going to keep standing?

And one of the unbelievers (Macabel) asked.

"It depends on the situation. I plan on getting tired of this. I'm reporting it to keep everyone from getting anxious. I've already sent someone else to Pascantine, but this is the place for my most recent plans? Either way, I'm going. Reconnaissance first. I'll do that. Then transfer only those that are willing to participate. I'll be in touch tomorrow. The decision is tomorrow. I want you to decide by then."

Then again another non-belonger (McAvell),

"But Dear Ank, I should have started by watching how things were going. Um... what kind of change of heart is that?

……

Then Amadeus explained to everyone who was bewildered.

"Surely until now, you've stayed in the land first, reduced your distance from the townspeople and the people, and gathered information from it about the state of the country and the town?

In response to that question, everyone nodded.

"Except for Pascantin. I do not have the time to be granting a reprieve with regard to this country. While we're doing this, our countrymen are murdered unharmed, and that's worse than the Empire. The kings of Hachi have left these two nations without any measure. Whatever their hearts are, they tolerate it. In other words, the countrymen will continue to be killed in this country until someone takes action"

Each death mask falls into that word.

"Okay? Humans are cruel. Whether they reach out here or not, they have no more emotions there than we are not human beings. You also think of it as a monster in the shape of a person. But the monster is human. They have to be killed. Someone has to do it. There is no time for hesitation, not even for my compatriots, who have been scattered unbroken so far. Drop this country tomorrow. And then King Nuts. I don't go deep. Lord, I will bring judgment straight away"

The whites gathered there listened quietly to the words of Amadeus.

And there is no one there to deny even one.

Between Amadeus and them, we also see things like subordination, but it didn't seem like the essence.

There was no compulsion, and everyone seemed to be there of their own free will.

And Amadeus, until he was exhausted, led them and, above all, seemed to be protecting them.

But I still don't know what's going on.

Then the meeting ends there, and Amadeus moves everyone to the tavern.

It's a relatively large tavern with the sign 'The Rock Cave King's Spring Liquor'.

And on this day, The Flower Stop became the stronghold of The Blood of the Merciful.

There's no more of the townspeople there.

Firehands rose from all over town, the building collapsed, and houses that were no longer needed were burned down.

By the hands of the blood of the merciful...