“Offering? What does that even mean?”
“Literally, it’s a ritual involving the sacrifice of life.”
“That can’t be true.”
Hoa grabs the tools haphazardly laid out on the table.
The items are clearly recognizable, even to those unfamiliar with spells and magic.
Everything in the rough Tiger Beastman’s hands shatters.
“Why would the Priest…”
“……”
“Kora, say something. Didn’t you last see the Priest?”
“……Priest.”
“Speak up!!”
Kukung, kukung!
[Gasp]
[Lion’s Roar ㄷㄷ]
[Extreme Rage]
[111 Kills]
[Yena’s speed is insane? This is bad]
[I knew it when the Priest gave the massacre quest haha]
[ㅠㅠ]
[Fire and Land]
[You need to cry here]
Thud. Kora collapses.
Hoa can’t hold herself up either and slides against the wall.
“Were you planning this from the start? Refusing treatment itself…”
“That’s likely why there was resistance to treatment. You were planning to kill us all from the get-go.”
“Damn it!”
Kwang!
Hoa’s thick fist slams the floor.
Once it’s hit down, it hits down twice, then three times.
Papers scatter and items on the table fall to the floor.
There’s no way out.
Our kind keeps dying, and the Priest, who was our faith, is planning to use us.
Even the woman we thought to be our Savior showed signs of siding with the murderer.
Paddick-!
In a moment of rage, I gritted my teeth and shouted.
“Why─!”
“Why don’t we try harder? To stop the murderer, to catch the culprit, shouldn’t we put in all our strength?”
If you have power, you should be able to resolve everything.
“……”
I knelt before Hoa, meeting her gaze.
“Why do you keep leaning on me and getting disappointed?”
“…You were supposed to save us!”
“Just because I said I would? Or is it that you covet the power that can solve it all?”
I wouldn’t do that.
I could save everyone.
I could defeat the wicked evil and return to a happy life.
[This feels like watching a drama]
[Popcorn crunching]
[ㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
[120 Kills]
“……”
“I’ll say it again. I am not a Savior.”
I save the people.
Then, those who lost their families to the Celestial or Demon races come seeking answers from nearby villages or even places a bit further away.
They came and questioned me.
‘Why didn’t you save them… everyone except me…’
‘With your abilities, it should have been possible!’
‘Are you really a Saintess after all this?’
That’s true.
With my abilities, I could have saved everyone, and I was a Saintess.
My body never tires, and I can travel any distance in one breath.
If I just pushed myself a little more, if I just tried a bit harder.
I am a Saintess and have a duty to save the unfortunate.
‘I am such a person, and that’s just natural.’
But I didn’t.
‘Don’t underestimate the cost of being a Celestial. You might think it’s okay, but if this continues, it will eat away at you and eventually destroy you.’
Don’t forget.
What sustains you is not humans but Celestial blood.
I shake my head.
‘I am human.’
What sustains me is humans.
So he was wrong.
“Didn’t I say? It’s just a whim.”
“…You are just like them.”
[But isn’t it Lily’s choice whether to save or not, haha]
[Just annihilate them, go go]
[You should be thankful for the chance you got, where would a beast like you talk back]
[Lily is kind after all]
[Is Lily really acting?]
[LOL]
[Lily isn’t someone to act, really haha]
[Agreed]
[In the midst of all this, look at Kora just silently watching]
[Let’s just kill the tiger]
[Lily isn’t a pushover, why are you saving them for free?]
Whew… I raised my body and drew my spear.
Seeing the spear brimming with killing intent, Hoa stepped back cautiously.
“And this is a whim too.”
“I’m thinking this way—”
The roar of the thrown spear. Hoa bared her teeth, enhancing her beast form to block it, but the roar brushed past her.
Whoosh!
An merciless blow tearing apart the space of darkness.
“…Cough!”
Something in the darkness spews out particles of blood.
[?]
[?]
[What’s that?]
[What got pierced?]
A staggering shape walks out of the darkness.
A fox beastman with pink hair and pink clothes.
She was breathing erratically, staring at me with chilling pink eyes.
Kora looked at her with an incredulous gaze.
“Former Priest… No, Miho…?”
“Long time no see, Kora… Has it been five, no, six months?”
“Why… No. Why?”
“There’s a reason for everything. Please understand…”
Pretending to be fine, but I, who used the roar of the spear, know.
Not only did I tear apart the outside in an unprotected state, but I also messed up the inside, making it impossible to heal unless using the Holy power.
Of course, since the inside is a complete mess, recovery is impossible without healing using Holy power.
If Bluering had recovery-related abilities, it might be different, but looking at the current state, it doesn’t seem like they’re being used.
[Oh, so pretty]
[What’s that?]
[Is that person a Priest?]
[Priests are supposed to be men, right?]
[Miho, sis, hee…]
[Still, Lily can’t be surpassed, lol]
[What does a fox think it can do against real fox Lily, lol]
[For real, haha]
“Uaaaaa!! Is that you?!”
The crazed Hoa, transformed into a beast, charged at Miho.
Miho lightly waved her magical hand, and Hoa was sent flying.
She crashed against the wall and fell face-first.
“Phew… Huh…”
Miho, with her excessive internal injuries and having used her strength, grimaced and bit her lip.
“You should properly talk to me…”
“What do you mean?”
“Hah… I should just eliminate you… Well, plans went awry, but it can’t be helped.”
I’ll have to play my cards here.
Miho’s hands began to slowly draw a Magic Circle.
It looked like a fox pattern, but the Magical Power it contained wasn’t just that of a Beastman.
Dudududuk–!
Suddenly, the entire space began to move as if following Miho alone.
It was a bit oppressive, and any attempt to exert strength would be met with pressure, yet there was no intent to attack us either.
‘At least it’s not an attack technique.’
“To pierce through even Bluering’s intangible power, I regret not choosing you.”
Choosing?
Ah, she’s talking about Yena.
I flicked the spear…
“Then why didn’t you choose me?”
“You wouldn’t have anyway.”
“That’s true.”
I wouldn’t have taken on a Quest like that no matter the reward.
[Lily isn’t following the massacre route…]
[Yena’s now whining since she can’t see Beastmen]
[Lololololololololol]
[Fact: If Lily takes the Quest, it’ll be done in 10 minutes]
[A killer Lily isn’t too bad]
“It doesn’t matter. Yena is as remarkable as you are.”
“What’s the sealing for the sacrificial ritual about?”
There was a pause.
Miho, who had been gathering tremendous Magical Power, stopped.
Not only that, but her body began to tremble slightly.
“If you don’t want to say, that’s fine. Whatever you do, it’s probably futile.”
“That must be impossible.”
“…You boring person will never understand why we have to sacrifice our own kind.”
Why did so many sacrifices have to happen?
Now, Miho, who seemed to have become the magical power itself rather than just possessing it, suddenly shouted as if recalling everything that had happened.
“If you understand even a little of the feeling for Bluering, you could never stop us─!”
“Just because you’re blabbering nonsense doesn’t make it human talk…”
“……”
[Huh]
[ⓧⓧ]
“Whether it’s one person or a thousand, the moment you use them as offerings, your justification disappears. Just act like a villain. It’s better that way.”
The reason I loathe the Celestial Race mixed with Demons more than the Demons themselves.
They commit foul deeds while still shouting about ‘justice’ and ‘goodness.’
‘Hypocrisy is more disgusting than evil.’
[Fact violence ⓧⓧ]
[The massacre beauty is cut clean by Lily lol]
[Ah lol don’t think about doing laundry]
[Look at how they got fact hit and shut up lolololol]
[HAHAHAHAHAHA]
Miho momentarily choked up, wanting to say more, but let out a sigh instead.
“There was a reason Blen chose her over you. That’s true. This is all just sophistry.”
But.
“This time, you are wrong.”
Snap.
“Justice is determined by the powerful.”
The space that was part of Bluering cracked and began to collapse.
The blue sky and light illuminated the darkness, and everything made of magical power was being sucked to one side.
“Come out. First.”
“Ugh! Where is it before Lady Lily wakes up─ Huh?”
Yena’s head spun around, making a whirring sound.
Suddenly, she was transported to a strange place right in the middle of the forest.
As her gaze turned towards me, I waved my hand.
Yena’s face went pale.
[Huh?]
[?]
[Was that a summon?]
[Lol suddenly a match is on]
[Lily vs. Yena]
[What’s with this sudden matchup lol]
[No wonder the boss was so weak lol]
[Yena trying to catch me just to dodge Lily, how pitiful lol]
[Miho feels like teaching her a lesson]
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