In conclusion.
The demons inhabited the woods that spread to the western part of the village.
About a year and a half ago now. One night when the goddess of the night sky was gone, an awesome roar echoed across the village.
If the villagers had jumped out, some of the walls surrounding the village would have been smashed to pieces. Traces of destruction that only seem to be caused by someone outside.
But there was no alien figure anywhere, and at the time, the walls of the village were also subjected to exorcisms and protections.
We don't see anything breaking into the village, and there's no harm done to the residents. It was a village slammed into a vortex of confusion and fear, but nothing more happened and we had a safe morning.
but. The villagers shook up at someone who tried to crush the stubborn walls without exorcism or protection.
They were residents who lived frightened for a while, but then nothing happened - and it never ended, and the next night Ish Mani disappeared, he said, the same thing happened.
(... the wall is eating bugs because of that)
One man rose after a mysterious raid that crossed twice.
"A man named Mr. Niels... he came to the village about five years ago, but he was the one who could use Oracle, the most amazing divine chant in the village. He said he had killed two Van Whips all by himself."
The boy says proudly, as he does about himself, as he sticks out his fist.
"... what's a van whip?
"What, you don't know!? He's a grudge demon! Rank C's, like a big dog with awesome shiny fangs...... a big one!... Well, I've only seen it in books."
"Mmm... uh, that's it. Uh, I know. I know."
Actually, I had no idea. I don't remember any of them, such as Category C miscellaneous fish. But there, to facilitate the conversation, I nod with the body I remember.
"So?"
"Yeah... so... Mr. Niels looked around the village..."
Along the southern river. eastern meadows. northern marshes. All clear.
And finally, we head to the west woods.
"You didn't leave like that, wack."
"Yeah......"
He said there were no other people in the village who could fight grievances, so he was exploring alone.
I didn't dare put it to words, but I just thought it would be a detour if I tried it as a dino.
An opponent that crushes walls that are exorcised or protected. Whether that identity is a grudge demon or a human being, trying to stand up to it is in itself too reckless in those to the extent that Category C's grudge crusade becomes boastful.
He said the Niels were ex-travelers, but there would be too much of a sense of crisis for them, Dino said. Most people die bravely and recklessly. It's not unusual.
By the way, it is also this Niels who was treating the village with exorcisms and other treatments, and since he is gone, the current village seems to be in no condition to be treated at all.
Some people can use it if it's a simple technique, but they're breaking walls without Niels' technique in the first place. It is useless to use, so it is no longer abandoned.
"Did you report that it was some big street?
"Yeah... I don't care if you help me, there's nothing I can do..."
"Oops. Right."
Yes. The villagers have no means of contacting them.
Instead of visiting the Wang capital, the majority of those who were born have never left the village. Assuming you can use the art of communication, it's impossible to contact a city where you don't even know where it is.
Niels, a former traveler and the village's best user, is also missing.
A border far from the Wang capital and a large city, assuming there was a means of calling in soldiers. As a village, it would cost a huge amount of money just to call the soldiers. Perhaps that much gold cannot be constructed on the scale of this village.
"And then... even if you want my help..."
"What?"
"............, yeah, nothing"
The boy clasped his mouth like he was critical and thoughtful.
(Ma, anyway -)
If it was meant to be, everything from self-sufficiency to policing to anything in this village alone should be complete without delay turning around. It doesn't have to be. I can't live. That's what a secluded settlement is.
It's unusual that you're in a situation where you have to ask for help.
If we string together the longest history, there will be as many settlements and other mountains that have fallen into anomalies that cannot be dealt with by the power of such villages alone and have disappeared securely.
"But it was a long time ago... only once, the soldiers stopped by"
A few degrees when Niels disappears and is naturally smashed down the wall.
Going or going home on some assignment? It's a real coincidence that several soldiers stopped by the village.
Just the savior for the villagers. Upon request, they headed to the West Forest.
And the soldiers return safely, without going missing.
But I couldn't find anything.
And the Grievance Devil. And Niels.
He said there were no signs of monsters living like that, such as body hair or manure.
Everyone in the village was relieved. Someone who didn't know how to live in the West Forest must have left somewhere.
But a few days after the soldiers left the village, and also at midnight, the walls would be crushed. As if to mock the thoughts of the villagers.
"You're too broken, Oi. Are you laughing at me? Shit, you didn't stand guard or anything."
"I can't... It's like breaking a wall like that. If you keep an eye on him and you meet him... Besides, the only time the walls are broken is when the goddess of the night isn't watching. It gets dark, so I can't see anything..."
I don't even see one of the exterior lights in the village. On the day Ish Marni disappears, he will be engulfed in total darkness. Such lighting, etc. cannot be made without considerable manufacturing technology and the power of the Divine Chant "Oracle". The low level of skill in this village can be seen even if only in that there are no exterior lights.
It also made sense what the boy said. It's like crushing a stone wall. Sure, I just had a lookout.
"... oi. With that raid... is there any damage other than the wall?
"Huh? Hikari? Yeah... it's just the wall. Home and all that."
"You're not in death?
"Yeah... right, in the village. Some people, like Mr. Niels, have gone to the woods and stopped coming back..."
"Hmmm......"
Enough to smash the wall. If the wooden houses dotted in the village were targeted, they would be easily destroyed. If people get attacked, I don't even have to think about what that would be like. More than that, it shouldn't be strange if the village itself is devastated in one night.
but
(Only walls to break...?)
Even while Dino feels hooked, the boy proceeds to talk.
"So one day... a fortune teller arrived in the village."
"Heh. Occupiers...... heh"
There are people in the world who deal with the special divine chant Oracle.
The ability to be commonly referred to as' first chant 'is one of them. He said he could know, vaguely but not exclusively, what would happen in the future.
Such users of 'Ahead Chant' were principally called astrologers and treasured. By means of the 'prophecy' they tell us, it is said that there are also countries that have established a policy of political 'every single thing'.
But 'real' is few, and there are many impostors who exploit its rarity and mystery and plot evil.
What kind of whim, such as a fortune teller who is such a rare being, comes to such a peripheral village? Whether it's real or not - I'm talking about it.
"So, the fortune teller said,
"It was the devil who came to the West Forest. He's hungry. Crushing walls is a signal for bait. The devil is ignoring previous signals, being sent soldiers, and is getting angry. If you have the next signal, the next day, take one of your young daughters to the West Forest, offering her as a sacrifice. Then, for once, his belly will be filled. If we ever ignore it, the village will be attacked and destroyed '
"... f, ha..., narhodoe, once Tsuji fits - is that a wacko? Kuk."
Laughter leaked through my nose unexpectedly.
Very specific. Come on. You must be an excellent astrologer, Dino mocks.
"... my uncle from quite a house said it too." It's ridiculous, you don't have to do that. "
The man next door said he was going to the big city for help and left the village, but he didn't return.
According to the fortune teller, he bought the devil's wrath for trying to get help outside.
"The Wrath of the Devil, Neh...... Kuk, didn't the foolish fortune teller erase you?
"Oh, no! So, but... the fortune teller said the devil did it..."
I made a joke and said it, but it would be reasonable to say that I was fed by beasts and bandits on the road...
The fortune teller, who felt somewhat responsible for the man's disappearance, said he would head to the West Forest to investigate. Something tells me I might be able to find something other than sacrificing.
He said he was also good at quite a bit of combat, just going to see how it went - but the fortune teller also never went back.
Anyway, this must have been what the boy said earlier, "Even if you want help -"
If you sought salvation outside, you would buy the wrath of the devil. So neither the innkeeper nor the villagers nor this boy asked Dino for help.
"Hmm..."
Anyway, Dino thinks about the information he gets.
A man named Niels went missing first. The soldiers who headed to investigate returned without a thing. And the fortune teller never leaves again.
Whoever was on his way did not return as one - then it is a common story for Ghost Roar, but not in this case. There are those who did not return and those who returned.
Why didn't the demons who live in the woods attack the soldiers? Speaking of demons, existence against God. There is also the theory of the birth parent of a grudge demon. No way, the soldiers were frightened of each other (as for Dino, I don't think he's a real demon, etc.).
Why, nevertheless, could those soldiers not discover any trace?
In the first place, why did the fortune teller leave such a 'prophecy'? If you are a phony, it is' basic 'to lie the most seemingly to your advantage, but what advantages have you had in showing the fortune teller this' prophecy '?
Are you telling me you were a genuine, real fortune-teller?
"What's wrong? Brother......?
"... I don't like it. Go on."
That's what I did one night. Ish Marni is no longer present, on a night of darkness.
Again, the walls were destroyed.
No more Niels. Soldiers never stop by conveniently. There is no fortune teller either.
The occupier left behind the phrase, "sacrifice to the demons of the West Forest" -.
There was no longer but one means that helpless villagers could take.
The village chief made a decision.
"Me... I'll never forget it. The next day, I heard Sister Tiasso crying... she was always playing with us, she was a sweet sister..."
The chosen young woman was sacrificed.
- That's how the collapse began.
Demons urging raw bait and slamming walls. Depending, the village to dedicate.
Fearing that his own daughter would be sacrificed, so did those who left the village for each family. But the five-day border by carriage to Wangdu. I can't even call a carriage because I can't use the decent Divine Chant, Oracle, and I don't have any money. Everyone walked out of the village.
"Everyone who left, I wonder how you are..."
Dino remained silent about the boy's words, which included the sound of envy somewhere.
A human being born and raised in a peripheral village, without power or land exploration. By nature, few end their lives without leaving the village. And if they go forth, what will happen?
Outside cities and settlements, power is the world of all. A world filled with violence, where outlaws, beasts, and resentful demons travel.
There doesn't seem to be any threat of grudges, thieves, etc. in the surrounding area of this village, except for the story if you went for New Heaven and Earth.
I don't even have to think about it afterwards. You must have followed the same end road as the man who first went outside for help.
So, a year and a half.
Every time true darkness came, sacrifices were offered, and the young women of the village had been reduced to only six. Two of them and others are also seized trying to escape driven by fear, and are said to be imprisoned in a dungeon.
(Ha... it's wacky that the bait is trapped like it won't run away from the bait)
That's hilarious, Dino said, abandoning it in his chest.
What will you do next when you have finished dedicating those six women? Do you accept doom for the most part? It may not be impossible, but it is dominated by fear and confusion, making it impossible to make a decent decision.
"I pray to God every day. But..."
Dino tells the boy to cloud his expression without hesitation.
"You can't help God."
"Oh, no! So, but...!
"Come on, baby!
So the voice of the happy girl echoed.
If Dino and the boy turn their faces at the same time, the appearance of a young girl running down a narrow sidewalk.
"Ah. Silena!
The girl, called by the waving boy, rushed over at once at an increased speed. When I stop next to the boy, I breathe heavily on my shoulder. Brown hair and curious looking eyes looked a lot like the boy in front of him.
"... what, brothers and sisters"
"Yeah!"
My brother nods proudly.
"Ha, ha... stay, it's time to go home and help...,... who is this guy?
My sister leaning her neck tells me that my brother is hacked.
"Well, speaking of which, you hadn't even heard the name yet! My name is Yesta. This is my sister Sirena. What about your brother?"
"... it's Dino. Dino Gailroen"
"Hey, that's a cool name! Nice."
Dino laughs bitterly in his heart. It's like this if you come to the border a little while you're trying to make your name heard as the strongest. What is your visibility?
But whatever it takes, the other guy is a country kid. I excuse myself for not knowing.
"Then we have to go. Ugh... help, I don't like it"
"Ouch - you don't do well because you don't practice properly. I can light your fire by myself now!
"Me, the only reason I can't light a fire is because the firewood's a little wet."
"... what. Omei et al., is it a fire attribute"
"Yeah. Me and Silena are fire attributes. What attribute is your brother?
"I'm the same. Flames are the most brilliant attributes. There's no harm in practicing."
"Ugh, yeah......"
Apparently, Yesta doesn't like the treatment of the Divine Chant "Oracle".
He was showing a slight disappointment, but there he let his face shine.
"That's right, brother. Something about the Divine Chant" Oracle ", let me use it!
"Uh? It's not a spectacle...... come on. I'm free anyway."
From there he often performed Oracle, a simple divine chant that used fire for his brothers and sisters.
It's been a long time since I've used my technique outside of combat and work.
A flame is the most user-friendly attribute, but also one that is difficult to handle. If control fails, the flame can burn itself and cause damage to its surroundings.
It's troublesome when it comes to hassle, but it's not much different for Dino today than moving his hands and feet.
"Wow, brother, wow!
"Wow, wow!
My brothers and sisters were happily raising their voices when they saw the little flames flying freely around Dino.
... as if we were 'ourselves' at an early age.
(... chip)
Two, I see eye to eye with my sister Sirena. Then she returned a forced smile like a pull. Are you familiar with people or are you afraid of Dino, who can never be a gentle face?
"... hey. You don't have many people in this village you can play with. Aren't you lonely?"
Whatever, Dino was asking Sirena that.
She was only a decent girl for a moment, but answers with a disappearing grin of thieves.
"Yeah. I don't miss you because you're here!
"You think it's the devil? Scared...... eh"
"That's scary... but you can protect me! Hey!"
"What!? Ugh, yeah."
She's not even old yet. I guess there's nothing like being dedicated to sacrifice right away......
But if you can no longer offer your sacrifice and the village becomes a doomsday step, the end you wait for will remain the same.
"Ah!? Oh, yeah, oh, honey! I need to help!
"Ah! Wah, I forgot!
He was a sibling who was happy to see the art of the crooked dino, but he seemed to have completely forgotten about helping the house. Sirena should have come in the first place to bring her brother back.
He left a greeting saying if we were to rush to Dino, and the two ran side by side.
".................., chip"
Seeing the back of such brothers and sisters, I don't know. Tongue punching leaks.
(You still have time to mess around. It's just... I'm busy)
With that in mind, Dino rose from the rock he was sitting on.
It wouldn't be bad to look into the demons and the traces they left behind.