Chapter 5: A Riot
Since completing the mission of destroying the Necromancer, I am not in great shape. Avina was hurt for me, which made me feel guilty and remorseful.
In order to forget about the previous events, Avina and I left the Demon Hunter Mercenary Group for a while, and we rented a house in Kailandil to live in first.
I'm not going to take any more assignments for the time being, but I'm going to spend my savings first. And recently, I've started learning from a chef. Avina's injuries have also healed a lot after this period of recuperation. The blue body magic in her, I never figured out what it was. Don't say I don't understand, even Belgrave the Flame Dragon doesn't know what it is.
I've been thinking about a lot of questions during this time, and although I haven't found the answers yet, I'm working on them.
Galandil, where Avina and I met, is where it all began. At that time, the Black Dragon Wing of Destruction attacked the capital, causing the turmoil that followed, and I thought it was the end of the world that day, but I was wrong.
Lancelot has already told me a lot about the Black Dragon Ildelai, the Seven Demon Kings, and the Demon God Atholl. During this time, Belgrave also often came out to guide me, and at the same time told me a lot of past events.
I am even more determined to be stronger, and only then can I protect the people I love, and the people who love me. After absorbing the dragon soul of the ghost dragon Di Lago, the power of my dragon soul has increased a lot.
Lately I've been taking time out of my days to work on myself and I feel like I've been unable to take care of the team in previous fights. Because of this, Lofes died because of this mission. Nataya's magic runs out and he and his uncle return to Freden. With one of his arms broken, Frante returned to the Demon Hunter Mercenary Regiment with my letter to Old Cesside, along with Kelvin and Mayfair.
On this day, as usual, I left my rented house and went to the restaurant where I usually did my apprenticeship. I don't know why, but I always hear some strange sounds in my head, as if they were trying to tell me something.
As soon as I arrived at the restaurant, I heard that something was going on in the city before I could change my clothes.
In the morning, the army was seen massively assembled in the direction of the Hall of Heroes. I don't know what's going on, but I seem to have a bad feeling. So, I didn't have time to change my clothes, so I started rushing home.
Walking down the street, there are heavily armed soldiers everywhere.
Just as I was about to arrive at the rental house, a man suddenly ran out of the corner and rushed towards me. I saw that her mouth was full of blood, her eyes were blue, and her clothes were torn, as if she had just been torn and beaten by others.
If it weren't for the fact that I was a trained mercenary and the other party was a woman, I might have been injured by her sudden rush.
But my vigilance and my body's reflexes had subdued her to the ground before she could attack me.
She didn't stop struggling, trying to attack me with the dagger in her hand. At this moment, I could not think much about it, and a few more people like her rushed to the other corner of the street.
I didn't have a weapon with me, and I didn't want to provoke these people. So I had to let go of this woman and run in the direction of home, with this woman and the bunch of people chasing after me.
When I finally got to the house, I quickly opened the door and locked it.
At this time, Avina saw me come back and immediately gave me the weapon she had prepared. Although the wounds in her body were not yet completely healed and she was still weak, she was ready to put on her battle clothes.
She told me that a mob of people from nowhere was rioting in the city this morning. This Galandil has not been as good as it used to be since he experienced the scourge of the dead.
From time to time, there will be mob riots and the like, coupled with the serious damage to the city and the serious attrition of soldiers, this once glorious city has now become a difficult place for the people to live.
We can't think about it, but the mob has already axed open the door and lock of my house.
It was the woman and two other strong men, with axes and machetes in their hands. This time, they really went into the wrong room and provoked the least people they shouldn't have messed with.
I withstood their attacks with my shield, and with the sword of punishment I stabbed to death one of the tall, strong men with an axe. Avina used an ice arrow to kill another strong man who tried to rush up, holding a machete in his hand.
Watching the two men next to her fall, the crazy woman tried to escape. But I didn't give her a chance, I rushed forward and stunned her with a thud from my shield.
Wake her up, this wounded woman, who I have tied her hands behind her back with hemp rope.
When she saw the sword in my hand, she trembled with fear. She didn't look at me and Avina directly, and could only curl up in a corner.
"Please, don't kill me, I'm forced to do it. She begged me in Delman with tears in her voice
"Who sent you to make trouble in the city, and what is your purpose?" I asked her in Delman
"I don't know anything...... I don't know anything......" The woman trembled with fright and began to babble gibberish
"Don't test my patience, I won't show mercy to women, especially women like you. "I deliberately looked impatient, and was ready to grind my fists
Actually, I just wanted to scare her, but I didn't expect her to suddenly scream and stare at the front as if she was blind.
Seeing this, Avina told me not to interrogate this woman, but to hand her over to the Imperial soldiers on the street. It's hard to ask anything about this woman, or maybe she's just being forced and doesn't know the truth.
But I don't look like an ordinary woman chasing me with a dagger on the street.
No way, even though I'd love to know who's behind this, I still have my own things to do. In the event of a riot like this in the city, I decided to hand over this woman to the Imperial soldiers in the streets.
I escorted the woman out into the street, and despite her extreme reluctance, I handed her over to several of Alonso's soldiers who were patrolling.
When the soldiers saw the woman, they took out a thick dozen lists in their hands, checked them one by one, and finally saw the woman's wanted notice. The soldiers were so happy that they even gave me five silver coins as a bounty.
Alonso's army also suffered heavy losses in the battle with the undead, and the key is that the food reserves in the city are not very sufficient, in short, the center of the empire, the holy city of Kailandil, is facing an unprecedented test, because Kailandil is suffering from unprecedented chaos.
And myself, too, was in a confused predicament, I didn't know where my path was, and I remembered what Lancelot had told me.
I'm going to make my own choice, I can't go on like this!