51. Question (2)
Abandoned abandoned building in Area W.
A roaring noise resounded there.
“Ugh-! turn it off… Ouch!”
The cause of the commotion was none other than some intruders, who somehow knew that they came in without Cant’s head.
There were many, all armed with clubs, some of them old and rusty, but others armed with shotguns.
Thanks to this, the beggars of the cant without a leader could not even resist and were beaten unilaterally.
“under···! Jerk the! Can’t, can’t. I put a lot of pressure on my neck, and I can’t even use indigo on this.”
The intruder with a shotgun said, waving his gun.
At first glance, it was garbage that even bullets didn’t seem to go out properly, but to the beggars who could be called the bottom of the street, their existence alone was a threat.
All those working hard in the current cant team were beaten to death, and there were only weak children, women, and the elderly who were healthy.
They gathered in a corner like sheep surrounded by wolves and hugged each other.
“hahaha···. cute. don’t worry. you won’t hit The mole will come in handy.”
“So, follow me when you say nice things, because I don’t want to taste spicy.”
With him, the intruders grabbed the women and children by the hair and dragged them somewhere.
A few brave old men stopped the intruders, but they responded only with sticks.
“Fuck…! Where do you get your hands on the corpse that is all over the place! Useless old people… ㅤ!”
An old man with sputum in the face.
His decrepit body was unable to move, unable to withstand even a single attack.
Still, he staggered and tangled in the intruders.
It wasn’t like that in any way.
It’s kind of a chore that you just have to do.
The old man was bleeding and panting.
“ha···. ha···. Don’t you know who’s the head here? If you go back even now- oh oh oh oh!”
The intruder kicked the old man.
The old man twisted his body while grabbing his chest to see if it was a good fit, which made it even more pitiful because of his skinny body.
However, the intruders looked at the old man, wondering if they had forgotten even the slightest compassion, and trampled on his neck because that wasn’t enough.
“Fuck old man…. Do we look sick? I know who your head is. no it didn’t come Can you tell me something more interesting?”
“Hey···.”
“How are you? Fuck…. It’s a fight that’s already over. Listen, useless old man. Your boss must have already ended up with our comrades, and from now on you are all ours. Our property…! do you understand?! Because I gave you a special notice before I broke my head. Say thank you.”
With those words, the intruder who stepped on the old man picked up the wooden club he was holding and aimed it at the old man’s head.
The other colleagues shook their heads, but did not dry them.
“Good luck everyone! From now on, the W area is ruled by our mole. Everyone who rebels against us ends up like this! one···. two···. three-”
―――Tung!
An intruder with a stick high in the sky.
At his signal, he suddenly flew off one side of his head.
The damage was worse than being shot, and the sudden situation surprised both the cant group and the intruders.
“What, what?!”
“attack?”
As if proving that they too were not properly trained and just beggars, they were unable to respond to the sudden situation and went back and forth.
At that moment, the minions fired by Oliver secretly approached and shot the beggars armed with shotguns equally in the head.
They were all frozen in fear and fear, as if they had met a ghost.
[Creepy Scream]
A face of terrible shape suddenly appeared with black smoke.
Everyone’s attention was focused, and just then, the face made of black smoke distorted and screamed.
Kya Yay Yay Yay Yay aaH
A scream that ripped through the air broke the will of the hearers to fight.
The intruders, who had just been invigorated, were literally stunned by the incomprehensible situation that came one after another.
Well, I only heard the weapon in the first place. They weren’t the ones who made violence their business.
They have completely lost the will to fight.
After the situation was perfectly settled, the two appeared.
Oliver with a test tube in one hand and Cant with a quarter staff.
said cant.
“·······. Drop all your weapons and get down on your knees.”
***
A pile of clubs and some shotguns on one side of the beggar’s den.
Up until now, all the intruders, who had high momentum, were all frightened and held captive.
They were trembling and looking down at the ground, but sometimes when they looked up with difficulty, they saw the minions floating around and lowered their eyes again.
Something like a small meat dumpling lightly blew a man’s head off, as if a muzzle was aimed at his head.
In their hearts, the fighting spirit was broken and only fear was there.
This made it easy for Cant and Oliver to keep an eye on their fellow beggars.
“Fortunately, he was not seriously injured.”
The glasses beggar looked at his fellow beggars who had been beaten, and said,
He was not a doctor with specialized knowledge, but because he had been on the beggar’s table for a long time, he could roughly see if a human bone was broken or if the intestines were damaged.
Cant nodded without any doubt.
“Good luck.”
“Not necessarily. Can’t fight for a while. You need to calm down.”
“That is enough. No one else is seriously injured.”
Frightened by Cant’s words, the comrades softened their hearts.
Then the glasses beggar carefully opened his mouth.
“By the way····. What the hell happened? That woman… a person.”
At the fingertips of the glasses beggar was Oliver.
Cant looked at Oliver without saying a word and was silent for a moment, then opened his mouth.
“·······. As you can see, it’s a warlock.”
“Warlock…?”
“okay···. black magician. He himself once said he was a warlock and showed the evidence. A warlock would be right.”
Everyone understood, but the shock didn’t go away.
In a life like these, wizards and warlocks were only rumored to exist in another world.
“that···. Cant. Why the hell did you bring the warlock here?”
“I didn’t know either.”
“Why did the warlock stay here?”
“Well····. I will ask you from now on.”
A woman said as she hugged her child.
“Are you going to kidnap our children?”
“Well···. Would he have helped us?”
“You still don’t know, do you?”
With him, women with children murmured and hugged their children tightly.
Anxiety rekindled.
Everyone looked at Oliver with anxious eyes.
Then someone said
“uh····. Where is that guy?”
Everyone saw Harmonica approaching Oliver alone.
The boy bowed his head and thanked Oliver.
Oliver looked at him silently, then raised his hand and nodded.
Truly an awkward sight.
But, strangely enough, people’s anxiety gradually subsided when they saw it.
Cant say he didn’t miss the opportunity.
“I know everyone is anxious right now. Leave this issue to me for now. It’s true that Oliver is a warlock, but he also helped us. Even those kids helped.”
He said, pointing to the 20 or so beggars that Cant brought along with his harmonica.
Small, messy children, like mice, gathered together anxiously.
“········.”
“I know everyone has a lot to say, but first we need his help. Absolutely too.”
“Help?”
“okay. The mole is now threatening us directly, can we stand still? If you can, you should lend someone’s hand… Do you have any disagreements?”
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No one said anythingUp until now, I almost had been kidnapped by a gang of moles.
In the end, driven by the situation and the atmosphere, everyone left everything to Cant, and Cant nodded and approached Oliver.
“Wait a minute, can we talk?”
“Oh, yes…. I was waiting.”
Oliver responded immediately to Cant’s words.
Cant took Oliver like that, pretending to be calm on the outside, but nervous on the inside. It wasn’t overdone though.
He did not harbor vague fear and hostility that had no cause like the others.
“Are you okay?”
Cant carefully pulled a cigarette out of his pocket.
It looked like he was smoking very sparingly, seeing that it was hidden little by little.
“Whoa….. under-! little. I hope you understand. Cigarette pulled. Would you like one?”
Oliver shook his head as if he was okay.
Cant smoked again. White smoke came out of his mouth.
“First of all, let’s say thank you again. For helping me in the basement… Again, thank you for helping me. Thank you, sincerely.”
“Well, I got some help, and I didn’t just help… it’s okay.”
“know. know···. answering your questions Thank you though.”
Cant was sincere.
He felt great fear and guilt that he could lose his companions if he did.
When I got it, I felt a corresponding sense of relief and joy…
“okay····. What do you want to ask?”
“…why did you dump your weapon in the sewer? It wouldn’t have helped much if I had thrown it away.”
“Are you curious about that?”
“Besides that…. Why do you help me the first time I meet you and keep protecting the people here? I heard that Cant-sama could take a more comfortable path.”
Cant closed his eyes slightly and then opened them.
“Ask the other way around. You look like a good warlock, so why did you come into the beggar’s lair? It’s been a while since I’ve retired, but a warlock of your skill might have a much more comfortable way to live.”
“Well····. There is something I want to find out.”
“is it? If so, I’d say yes because I wanted to.”
“Yes?”
“I just wanted to…”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t quite understand.”
“But there are people in the world who do things that they do not understand. There are people who bring in someone who has given up on life because they meet for no reason, and feeds, dresses them, nurses them, and comforts them. I just saw it, and that’s God’s will.”
“·····. Are you talking about your predecessor, Priest?”
“It’s exactly about him and me. He brought me and took care of me. You don’t want anything from me.”
“·····. Hasn’t Kant succeeded him now? according to the will.”
“No, it’s not a will. I asked for help, but he told me to leave whenever I wanted to. The only thing I want to do is stay like this. A life where I wanted to die anyway. At the time, there was nothing to do…”
Cant smiled a little, and Oliver nodded silently.
To be honest, it didn’t make sense. It didn’t even seem like a bad answer.
“Honestly, it’s not a very convincing answer, but thank you for your answer… So the reason you helped me was because of work with the priest?”
“Somewhat···. But, there is actually one more.”
“what is that?”
“·····. It may sound strange in your current circumstances, but you look like Dave.”
“Who is that?”
“My son who died for me.”
“·················ogue.”
Cant looked at Oliver and said.
“·····. I don’t care if you think it’s a lie. I just did it because I wanted to talk now. spill it.”
“Yes, I understand····.”
An awkward silence gradually settled in, and Cant looked up and asked again.
“·····. I’m sorry, but can you help us?”
“What····. Yes.”
“I’m so glad…. Well then, I’ll have to do a newspaper report from those guys first. Can you stand behind me a little? I think just standing up will help.”
Cant pointed to the bound intruder.
“·····. What are you going to do with the newspaper?”
“Well? I’ll have to ask about the lair where the moles are hiding first.”
“I say I don’t know, so why not be wary?”
“Perhaps, but you can’t help but ask, right?”
“If you know the location of the den, is there any way to lower the alertness?”
“·····. Then it’s best Why is there any good way?”
Oliver answered, creating black magic from his hands.
“Yes.”