Religion (4)
skinny body.
loosely dressed clothes.
A face that has not been washed for a long time.
Eyes that cannot even find the will to live.
All five children looked like that.
Perhaps because of the iron bars surrounding them, the children looked like caged animals. But he must have been treated worse than that animal.
“… … .”
I didn’t have any special feelings when I saw it before, but now I definitely have a different feeling.
it was a pity
Since they were children of Rize’s age, it was natural for Rize’s appearance to overlap.
Suppressing the tightness in his chest, he approached the barricade and crouched down slowly.
“hi?”
I tried to say hello, but there was no reply.
Only a few helpless eyes turned to me, and even those returned to the floor.
“I will rescue you guys.”
“… … .”
Even though I talked openly, the children did not react at all.
living corpse.
The children seemed indifferent to everything around them to the extent that such words fit.
In the past, they were just taken out by force, or whatever.
I couldn’t remember for sure, but this kind of reaction was embarrassing.
I also stayed silent for a while, and soon the boy who seemed to be the eldest of the children opened his mouth.
“Let’s go out… … A place to return to… … no… … .”
A very cracked voice.
There was a lot of despair in just one word.
That alone made it easy to guess what had happened. No, he must have experienced more serious things than that.
Children are their test subjects.
That, too, was close to success.
Needless to say, countless sacrifices were made for the success of just five people.
Yes, even the families of these children.
He must have said that he had no place to return to, since he had lost his entire family and village right in front of his eyes.
“Yeah, that’s too bad.”
That’s why I
“Then how about this?”
I decided to use the children.
“Don’t you want revenge?”
“… … .”
At that moment, 10 pupils turned to me at once.
A strange heat lingered in the lifeless eyes, each with its own color.
I raised the corners of my mouth and calmly added my words while holding onto the barbed wire with my right hand.
“I also have a lot of grudge against the damned Dark Truth Church. Follow me and I will support you to completely destroy the Church. I’ll promise. Of course, I will also help out.”
“we… … ? how… … yo. this?”
It was the most dwarf-looking child who said that.
I answered with a serious tone, as if to affirm, while looking into the eyes of the child.
“You guys will soon be strong enough to root them out without my help.”
That’s why I suffered so much.
However, the child was not quick to believe, and so were the other children.
Let’s choose words for a while.
“I will.”
At that moment, the short-haired boy said so.
“Dad… … mother… … Grandpa, Grandma, younger siblings… … The guys who made it… … I will never forgive… … .”
The child who said that was showing the greatest hatred of all the children.
To the point of subconsciously revealing the intent to kill.
The other children were also shaken by those words, and they soon harbored hatred in their eyes.
The motive of hatred is very simple, but it is just as effective. Whether or not it will go out until all the members of the Dark Truth Church are trampled on will depend on the individual.
Unlike them, the oldest child looked at me with calmer eyes and asked.
“How can we trust you? Evidence that he is not a member of the cult? Can you take us outside right now?”
It was a valid question and suspicion.
Instead of talking, I took out a lockpick from my pocket and opened the lock attached to the barbed wire in an instant.
When the iron bars that were imprisoning them were opened in vain, each of the children looked puzzled, and I stood up and spread my arms lightly.
“There are still church members in here. Would you believe me if I showed you how to kill them all? And even if I’m wrong… … You guys should just say I dragged it out on my own. You know very well that they don’t want to kill you, right?”
At those words, the children swallowed a heavy silence.
Even though they were abused as test subjects, they felt that they valued them.
Although it was treated as a useful object, not as a person.
I had never actively tried to save these children in the past, so I lacked justification to persuade them, but I knew that the children had few options.
Soon, the child who expressed hatred stepped out of the cage first, followed by the other children, one after another, with the eldest child last standing behind.
“Here, have some candy.”
I took out the round candies I had put in my bag and handed them out one by one, and the children noticed and put them in their mouths.
As the sweetness spreads in my mouth, a red tinge spreads across the dull children’s cheeks, and I turn around with a slight smile.
“let’s go.”
I left with only one word and walked with a gait as if I was out for a walk, and the sound of small, weak footsteps followed me.
While walking down the long hallway, the children did not make a sound.
They didn’t even talk to each other, either because they still had candy in their mouths, or because they were extremely limited in there.
Well, the situation is the situation, so I understand.
It wasn’t until the end of the straight aisle that one child finally opened his mouth.
“Uncle, are you strong?”
When I turned my head slightly, the child who hadn’t said anything until now was looking straight at me.
I tried to explain something, but then I smiled and turned my head to the front again.
“I will see you soon.”
If you fight the remnants gathered near the entrance, you will know it naturally. It will be quicker and easier for me to see it with my own eyes than to explain it in words.
Just as silence was about to fall again, the eldest child asked a question.
“Mister, do you have something you want from us?”
I stopped and turned to face the child.
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The child spoke confidently of his thoughts without averting his eyes at all.
“Suddenly helping with revenge, or becoming stronger, you must have something you want from us, right? That’s why they came all the way to this place on purpose to save us. I want to know that, starting with that.”
He was a thoughtful child.
No, since I was the oldest among them, did I naturally have no choice but to act like an adult?
I was going to talk about it once I got out of here, but… … Now that this has happened, it seemed like we should tie the knot now.
“Actually, I said it was revenge, but if you guys don’t want to do it, you don’t have to.”
“… … ?”
My words brought questions to the children’s faces.
“I just want to feed the Dark Truth Church. It’s actually enough for them to take you guys out. Even if it’s annoying, I can destroy the church as much as I want by myself. Just that if you guys really want to get revenge, my hands will be lighter? That’s just it.”
When I brought up an honest story, the children’s faces became agitated.
They must be confused because they said that they had the power to destroy the Church, but now that they’ve been told that it’s not that important.
I smiled softly and added a few words.
“So, if any of you want a normal life… … I left her in a decent orphanage and her relationship with me ended just like that. You still have a lot of time, so think about it.”
After saying that, he turned around.
The footsteps, which had stopped as if thinking for a moment, followed me again.
Swallowing such a heavy silence, I went through the passage, and soon I felt the presence of many people on the other side.
see. How many people were there in total at this base?
When I came before, I couldn’t remember anything because I just blindly killed and beat whatever I saw.
Well, how are you?
“There will soon be a fight right in front of you, so step back and hide well.”
After talking to the children, I walked a little faster. It didn’t take long, and I felt like going home soon.
So, you f*cking bastards.
“Did everyone wait a long time?”
I made formation and waved my hand happily at the guys who were glaring at me as if they were going to kill me.
However, no reply came to my cheerful greeting, so I added a smirk.
“The Dark Lord’s butt is so dirty that I was late to clean it. It must be difficult because they are believers and gathered like this. I understand.”
“Neonooum!”
A knight threw himself at me with his face flushed red.
I took out the round shield I had prepared in advance from my bag, blocked his sword, and at the same time dug in and flipped his body over.
In the meantime, I cut the guy’s neck as it was with his back on the floor, and then turned to them again while flicking and grabbing the dagger.
“what? Are you done with this? Is there anyone who wants to fight more?”
I wished there were one or two more hastily rushing in, but I wonder if it’s still a religious group? The rules were better than expected.
The number is a little over a hundred.
The high priest in charge of this place hid behind and was barely visible.
I moistened my lips with my tongue and smiled, showing my teeth.
“Then I have no choice but to go from my side.”
Right after that, numerous arrows were fired at me all at once.
At about the same time, various equipment taken out of the bag flew up into the air and became a shield, blocking all the arrows coming towards me.
yes, that’s how it will turn out
where… … There are spectators watching from the back, so why don’t you go wild?
* * *
A battlefield full of screams and metallic sounds.
There were five pairs of pupils watching over it from behind.
“It’s awesome… … .”
Someone muttered that, and the thoughts of the other four were no different.
I also regretted that I had made the wrong choice when I saw about 100 people blocking my way for the first time.
So far, how many people have died here, and how many times have they been subjected to terrible human experiments.
Trust in humans was lost to the extent that they could not trust anyone but each other, and they were deeply despairing of the world.
They saw a future where they would kill Irvin and put them back behind bars.
However, when a knight who rushed to Irvin’s provocation was quickly subdued… … The mood immediately changed.
He took out the weapons he didn’t know where he put them in an instant, knocked out all the flying arrows, and threw throwing weapons, even knocking down a few people.
Even though it was a long-distance fight with a clear numerical disadvantage, only one person was winning.
“oh.”
With someone’s voice, the formation changed.
The followers with their spears advanced slowly toward Irbin, and after that the archers aimed their bows again. It seemed that he had no regard for the lives of his allies.
It looked like a crisis situation, but Irvin did a couple of light jumps in place, and then jumped into the air in an instant.
Beep!
The moment everyone’s gaze went up, there was a loud explosion and explosions of smoke.
a very brief gap.
That was enough for Irvin.
“Ahh!”
“Porridge, kuk?!”
“Stop! membrane… … ah.”
Irvin, who had dug into the main unit before he knew it, was sweeping the surroundings like a wolf slaughtering a flock of sheep.
Even in the midst of the blood, Irbin’s figure was so fast and stealthy that it was difficult to follow with the eyes, and the believers were busy wandering around.
sometimes a sword.
sometimes an axe.
sometimes windows.
He was constantly dominating the battlefield by freely changing weapons and making the situation to his advantage.
Even though the number of believers was dwindling helplessly, they were unable to come up with a sharp countermeasure and tried to catch Irbin recklessly.
It was only natural that Irvin’s holy water made him almost unable to use the Dark Lord’s power. Most of the power of the followers came from there, so the power was cut as much as it was cut.
At that moment, the followers threw their bodies and grabbed the hem of Irvin’s clothes and was able to stop him for a moment.
“The biting darkness!”
Along with the voice of the high priest who was hiding, a large black mouth protruded from below and swallowed the place where Irvin was.
As blood and flesh swarmed, the High Priestess barely breathed a sigh of relief.
“Yeah, isn’t it a little bit like the High Priestess can’t do anything just because she drank some holy water?”
“… … !”
But soon Irvine’s voice came from behind and I lost all strength and fell to the floor.
There are only about twenty people left.
Now, on the contrary, with Irvin blocking the entrance, he smiled like a beast.
“… … .”
“awesome.”
“Be strong.”
“amazing.”
“Me too, like that.”
Each of the five children quietly put their feelings into their mouths.
Even though the battle was brutal, the children couldn’t take their eyes off it for a moment. No, since I’ve seen worse scenes while living here, I’ve been innocently blinded by Irvin.
And soon the one-sided battle ended.