257. Happy Little Town
Late dawn.
Soho and Goblin took to the streets with me. The two people look nervous as they follow me.
The goblin glanced around, and Soho just bowed his head in silence.
Under the cool moonlight, it is very impressive to see lotus lanterns, rather than magic lanterns, hanging to light up the streets.
If it were an ordinary trip, I would probably have stayed here for a few days and enjoyed the food and culture more.
‘We can put that off until later.’
There is no need to be too hasty.
If we are to be honest, Ruaneth’s plan to destroy the soul will not happen until three years from now.
Aria had already solved the case that would occur by the time she entered fifth grade, so she had nothing urgent to do right away.
It took some time as we walked leisurely to enjoy the street, but anyway, we were able to get to the alley where the incident took place.
Boom.
Suddenly.
Boom.
Suddenly.
A strange sound greeted us.
It was a fairly regular sound. It was quite faithful to the sense of beat, as if a metronome had been turned on.
The sound itself was slightly different.
In an alley where not even the moonlight can reach.
It’s so dark that you can’t see the inside at all from the outside.
Boom.
Suddenly.
Why?
It doesn’t sound like that at all, but the moment you hear it, you realize that this is a rescue signal.
I guess I wasn’t the only one who thought that, but Soho tried to run into the alley without realizing it, but the goblin stopped him.
Please help.
A pitiful voice that touches your heart.
A child who fell into a stream, a girl running away from a killer, a man who stepped on a trap, etc.
I was honestly impressed by the voice that reminded me of countless people asking for help.
Like a siren.
A heavenly voice that tempts the sea people. This cry cannot be called the voice of heaven, but if the Siren is a seductive temptation, it is a test of human duty.
My heart is pounding as I wonder if I won’t save that poor person.
“It reminds me of a not-so-pleasant memory.”
In the past, there was a woman who forced me to experience false love.
A woman who caused her own daughter to kill people whose love for her had cooled.
A courtesan who gained the ability to charm people through a deal with Learic.
Her mood was similar to when she met Ophelia. Manipulates emotions violently.
This was a part where I could understand why people entered this alley where they could not see anything.
Boom.
Suddenly.
Please, please help me.
“Aren’t you supposed to help me?!”
In the end, Soho, who was behind him, couldn’t hold back and blurted out a word. If the goblin hadn’t been holding me, it would have passed me by and rushed right at me.
“Look at this.”
I quietly point to the red string with an amulet hanging at the entrance to the alley.
Police line used in the Han Empire. It was loose and spread out on the floor.
“There would have been a security guard standing guard to protect the scene of the incident.”
A place where as many as 6 people died.
Because I didn’t find anything, I wouldn’t have left it alone any longer.
“Where did the maintenance unit go?”
As I spoke, I naturally turned my head toward the back of the alley.
Boom.
Suddenly.
Please help! Please! Help!
As the cries of something other than human become more intense, the feeling of needing to help those in the alley resonates harshly.
The growing sense of urgency even felt like it was urging me not to stay still.
Boom.
Suddenly.
Boom.
Suddenly.
Boom.
Suddenly.
The somewhat harsh voice urged me to come in quickly.
Now Soho seemed to sense something strange and hugged the goblin tightly in fear.
The goblin also swallows his saliva and looks at me.
“Follow me.”
“Yes?”
“Oh, no… “Us too?”
The two youkai were taken aback, probably because they didn’t know I was going to ask them to go in together.
I answered that it was obvious.
“I decided to see it. What is there? “If you’re that scared, I’ll go in first, so follow me slowly.”
With that said, I am.
I walked straight into the darkness of the alley.
The cold night air becomes warm and warm just by entering the alley.
But it is not like the warm sunlight or the heat of a heater. It was an uncomfortable heat mixed with human sweat and blood.
It was the kind of thing that could only be felt on a battlefield.
Boom.
Suddenly.
Please help!
I walk deeper and deeper inside, listening to the shouts. Perhaps because it was a prosthetic body, the eyes did not need time to adjust to the darkness.
The secret hidden in the alley, which was invisible from the outside, is now clearly visible.
The inside was a mess.
The smell of blood hit my nose, and the walls of the alley were soaked with blood as if they had been painted by street thugs.
Huge head.
Compared to that, the arms and legs were small, but they seemed to be about 2 meters long.
The thick teeth that took up half of the head were red, and they looked like they were covered in blood like seasoning.
Pale skin and long straight hair.
If I had to guess, it would be a woman.
And now.
I realize the identity of the sound that was bothering me earlier.
Wherever the upper body went, the lower half of the body was left with only the legs. The woman, dressed as a police officer, slams her lower body by the ankles and slams it against the wall.
Boom!
Then, he grabs her soft calves and thighs with both hands and breaks them as if he were breaking her meaty bones.
Suddenly.
Then he put the side of her calf into her mouth and did it again.
Boom!
Suddenly.
He slams the remaining parts of her into the wall and eats her again, breaking her bones.
“Please help me!”
She was screaming with her mouth covered in blood. The bright smile on her face did not look like someone asking for help at all.
“Hi!”
“… ….”
The two people who followed behind also showed a miserable reaction. But even after we came in, the woman continued to eat.
After she ate everything, she started crying and letting out her screams.
No!
No!
Nooooo!
What was the scream and why did you ask for help? At this point, it was impossible not to know.
“Are you still hungry?”
The woman’s big eyes meet my question. She, who had been shedding tears just now, smiled and nodded.
“hehehehe, uh.”
I’m hungry, so please help me.
A scream of sighing because I ate it all.
She could not have been a truly beastly woman.
The woman is happy that her next prey has arrived. Her tongue stuck out and she started coming towards me, licking the puddle of blood on the floor.
That moment.
“Soho! “Run away!”
“Huh?!”
“Run away quickly!”
Suddenly her goblin pushed her Soho out and shouted. Although Soho is embarrassed by the unexpected situation, he quickly follows the goblin’s words and leaves her alley.
And.
The darkness is cleared.
Even the woman in the alley was a bit embarrassed, but she heard the rumbling noises.
Numerous monsters appeared blocking the passages on both sides of the alley. Not only that, it comes up the wall and completely blocks the sky.
“Hey, precious gentleman.”
A middle-aged man with numerous hands on both sides climbs down the wall and calls me.
The stickiness that can be felt from the voice and the fishy lingering scent that cannot be hidden.
It smelled bloody.
“You can just quietly pass by. “Why are you threatening us?”
When I look at him in silence, he snorts and grins.
“Your name line was cut by you. Are you threatening us?”
“… ….”
“I heard that you are the one who made all the souls disappear, right? “The owner of that damn voice that suddenly rang out.”
Even the woman in the alley who was standing there staring at me the moment she heard that.
All the monsters in the city flock to me and bar their teeth of hatred. To them, I would be a disaster like a swarm of locusts.
However, it is different from a swarm of locusts. For me, it was about being able to take revenge.
“Ingwi! Help me! “That guy is the main culprit who took all my souls!”
A goblin shouting at a woman in an alley. She gritted her teeth and got ready to lunge at me at any moment.
A woman named Ingwi, whose status is significantly different from other youkai. Did she obediently follow me here in order to use her power to kill me for sure?
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You could also say that the strategy was well planned.
It was surprising that there were more monsters than expected, but in fact, there was one thing more curious than that.
“What about the ancient dragon?”
Does the being who is said to be a guardian know that monsters are attacking me like this?
The goblin laughed at her and took out her own huge scimitar sword.
“I have already received permission from the ancient dragon. “Can’t you see all the monsters in this area gathered together?”
A goblin who has become arrogant.
She certainly has no place to run and the number of her opponents is overwhelming. There were also a lot of ugly guys in her eyes.
“I see.”
I nodded.
I wanted to tell the ancient dragon that it was understandable, but it wasn’t a very good choice.
“Is it begging?”
Did he send the monsters to save his life? He was a ridiculously selfish guardian deity.
The monsters that approached me excitedly without even knowing that felt somewhat pitiful.
“You didn’t think you wouldn’t die after eating human souls like that.”
I tried to give them time to make excuses, but they burst into laughter, perhaps because they thought I was struggling pathetically.
“He’s dead anyway. “Why don’t you just grab some and eat it!”
“I know how hard it was for us because of you!”
“What a dog! “I almost starved to death!”
The curse of monsters heard.
They say that it is for their own survival.
“That’s not it.”
Unfortunately, that is not possible.
“There is no way you can feel hunger.”
The monsters make strange expressions at my resolute declaration.
Strictly speaking, youkai were spirit bodies.
If Ruaneth’s plan was successful, all of them would disappear.
And the dark spirit and Stella who are nearby right now. As well as other ghosts.
If I had to pick one, it would be the monsters that I met in Claren who enjoyed the Night Journey.
No one feels hungry.
Silence sinks with darkness.
While there were some youkai who believed that it couldn’t happen, there were also some who seemed to have known about it.
“You don’t need to eat anything.”
The backgrounds of each person’s birth are different, but in the end, they all have the same fundamentals.
“Rather.”
I shook my head and sighed.
“If I had told you that I was born from a legend or story about killing humans, I would have felt a little sorry.”
If the excuse had been that he was born as a monster that kills humans, it would have felt pathetic in its own way.
Apology, comfort, and a quiet death would have been given to such a youkai.
“Tell me honestly.”
As I see the monsters entering the alley, I urge them to confess.
“I ate it because it was delicious.”
If you really ate it to survive.
“I ate it because I was bored.”
There was no need to eat human souls.
“Hunger, it’s all fake.”
Also, questions remain.
It has been three months since the human soul disappeared.
There is nothing to eat.
But how are you still surviving here?
“And one more thing. “You only ate dead souls?”
That can’t be possible.
Starting right now with the woman called Ingwi. Probably many monsters secretly killed humans and ate their souls and meat.
“You know what?”
Pisik.
Laughter flowed out.
Among the emotions of the monsters who were pouring out hatred towards me.
“Some of you are grateful to me.”
The human screams heard while hunting became entertainment. There were monsters who thanked me for giving them a reason to eat not only their souls but also their meat.
“Now don’t ask for any mercy from me.”
I quietly look up at the sky.
A building in an alley.
Soho was listening to the whole story with his head sticking out from the rooftop railing.
This is a small town.
The girl loved.
Everyone is friendly and happy.
Eat meat with each other, clink glasses, share friendship, and enjoy festivals.
This is a village of cannibals.