"It's weird......"

"If you've sacrificed old Jerry, why haven't you seen him here?"

"Is it because I was your first sacrifice, or is it because old Jerry wasn't a magician?"

"Alan, are you listening?"

Frante was talking to himself in his right arm, and seeing that Alan did not respond for a long time, he had to sit down.

"This guy, nothing will happen, right?"

As a spirit, he couldn't do anything, and he couldn't perceive the outside world, so he could only wait here in silence.

......

This is......

Alan opened his eyes and looked at the wooden ceiling, in a moment's trance.

After a battle with Jerry Sr., he fell into a coma.

Looking down at his bandaged body and the somewhat familiar surroundings around him, Alan probably understood what was going on.

"Magician, are you awake?"

A woman opened the door and walked in, it was the village chief's wife, she saw Alan wake up, and hurriedly saluted respectfully.

"Well, how long has it been outside?"

"More than a day. ”

Alan nodded and asked, "Where's my stuff?"

Alan was naturally referring to his sacrificial bag, the commission scroll, and the nose that old Jerry had left behind.

The woman hurriedly took out Alan's things from the cabinet next to her, and then walked out the door, "I'll go tell my husband the news that you've woken up." ”

Eren opened the sacrificial bag, and all that was left of the sacrifice he had obtained from Old Orc was the fragment of the broken axe, and the rest of the sacrifices had been depleted and destroyed in the previous battle.

Holding Jerry's nose in his hand, feeling the rich vitality and the smell of déjà vu contained in it, Alan seemed to see old Jerry dressed like a clown, performing for the children with the mice.

"Alas......"

After putting old Jerry's nose in the sacrificial bag, Alan decided to find a chance to test the magic of this nose after leaving the village.

According to Frank, monsters are all different, so the sacrifices that drop are also strange, and the magic that can be cast is naturally different.

There was a knock at the door, "Master Magician, I'm the village chief, can I come in?"

"Yes. ”

The village chief opened the door, walked in, and bowed respectfully to Alan, who was still in bed.

"If it weren't for you, Gur Village would no longer exist. ”

"No, it's also the mission of a magician to collect money and eliminate monsters. ”

Alan waved his hand, not so concerned.

"No, I've already investigated, everything is the trouble we caused, and if it weren't for our ignorance and prejudice, he wouldn't have turned into a monster. ”

"If you hadn't happened to be in our village, we wouldn't have had a chance to resist. ”

"So, please accept our sincere apologies. ”

The village chief's goatee trembled, and he took out ten silver coins from his bosom and knelt down in front of Allen.

Ten silver coins is enough for a person to eat and drink without worry for a year or two, which shows the village chief's gratitude to Allen.

"No, you don't. ”

Shaking his head, Alan chose to refuse.

After this series of events, there was no more messy thoughts in his heart, all that was left was a sense of overwhelm and guilt.

"But ......"

"Alright, I'm a little tired, you go out first. ”

The village chief wanted to say something more, but it was obvious that Allen's attitude was so resolute that he had to stand up, salute Allen respectfully, and then walked out and closed the door with his hand.

"Front?"

"Alan, are you awake?"

"Well, I don't know what to do now, and I'm feeling very uncomfortable. ”

Alan lay on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Strictly speaking, it was the first time he had killed someone.

By the time he killed Frank, Eren had lost consciousness and woke up feeling sick.

But this time, he personally harvested the soul of a man who was still his friend.

It filled his heart with guilt.

"When I sacrificed my brother, I was worse than you are. ”

"For a whole week, I didn't eat, I locked myself in my room, and the memories and emotions of the two people were mixed up so that I couldn't tell who I really was. ”

"Even if I got better later, after I sacrificed a few humanoid monsters, the fragments of other people's memories made my mind even more confused, and the influence of my brother's remnants became more and more intense. ”

"Not only do you have to face vicious and brutal monsters, but you also have to suffer from conscience and mental torture, this is a magician. ”

"Now that you've embarked on this path, you can only grit your teeth and persevere. ”

Listening to Frank's words, Alan gradually perked up.

"Go kill a few goblins, their souls will make you better. ”

Alan pulled out a set of linen clothes from the village chief's cupboard, put the sacrificial bag in his pocket, and walked out of the room.

"Magician, what ...... you are"

The village chief had been waiting at the door, and when he heard the sound of the door, he quickly turned his head.

"I'm going out and killing a few monsters. ”

"But your ...... hurt"

"Out of the way, I'm fine. ”

Ripping off a section of the bandage that had been tied to his hand, Eren revealed a scabbed wound.

"You insist on that...... As he wandered outside, Mike spotted the lair of the rat monsters, and they were in a cave under the hill to the east. ”

The village chief hesitated, pointed in the direction of the east, and said.

Alan looked in the direction of his finger and could barely see the outline of a small hill, "I see." ”

As they passed through the village, the villagers recognized Eren as the former magician, and their gaze swept over Eren's right arm, which had become increasingly blood-red, but not with disgust and jealousy, but with respect.

Even some children stopped to watch, their big eyes full of curiosity.

They had already been to the woods on the outskirts of the village, and the bloodstains and the traces of the destruction of the trees at the scene all illustrated the tragedy and danger of the battle.

Seeing that scene, everyone's impression of Allen couldn't help but change, and they didn't believe in those rumors in their hearts.

How can a murderer fight for someone who has nothing to do with him?

It's ironic.

Heroes who are forced to kill people are obviously forced to kill in order to protect ordinary people, but they are maliciously interpreted by ordinary people as evil murderers.

Not only do they have to endure the torture of the soul in their right arm, but they also have to be looked at by the outside world, and the so-called magicians are nothing more than a group of poor creatures with special powers.

Alan's footsteps stopped.

He looked at the pitch-black cave entrance in front of him and opened his eyes.

In the cave, there are a total of seven goblin outlines.

Get rid of the goblins here, and there should be no more monsters harassing Gul Village.

Eren pulled out the only remaining fragment of the axe from the sacrificial bag and activated the magic.

A quaint giant axe appeared in his hand.

Clutching the handle of the axe, still stained with Jerry's blood, Alan entered the cave.