Chapter 14: The Frenzy of Mutation (4)
Blood splattered onto Butos' sackcloth clothes.
The residents of the town are holding their breath. After all, no matter what kind of person he is, as long as his mind has not completely fallen into darkness, then he will have sympathy for a young life that is about to die, even if he may be an ally of the enemy.
The machete hung high above Butos' neck. But just as the muscles on the executioner's shoulders and arms were about to move slightly, an abyssal voice of great resentment appeared in the square of the town, and echoed in everyone's ears for a long time.
The inhabitants felt a deep fear and acknowledged from the bottom of their hearts the lowliness and harshness of their lives......
Fear began to spread like a plague among the inhabitants.
Learway's gaze flickered faintly: "That weirdo is back?" maybe...... Before it's all over, he's going to let these blinded people know the truth?"
At the most critical moment, Lilwe reciprocated with the best intentions.
But what Lilwi did not perceive was that at his feet, under the stakes that bound him, between the dry wood and the former glory of the knights, the "tears of the mackerel" shone viciously.
It was a dark purple glow that glowed from an imprint, and the black aura and fear entwined it......
Dark clouds gradually gathered, and soon the sky above the square was obscured.
The populace was in an uproar, the mayor panicked, and the Knights' Guild leader frowned as he had been when Learway had been imprisoned.
"Swift execution, you cowardly executioner!" the Knights Guild President finally decided to continue the punishment of the 382nd Wandering Knights.
The withered fingers and stern gaze of the Knights' Guild leader forced the executioner to raise the machete he had just laid down again, but the executioner hesitated and stopped when his arms were raised high......
"Execution!" the Knights retorted.
A hoarse roar rang out at the same time as a thunderclap in the sky.
Black raindrops fell from the gloomy sky.
Butos plucked up his courage and looked up slightly at the executioner, and there was no trace of darkness or evil in his innocent and pure eyes. But when the executioner saw Butos's eyes, it was as if he had seen a demon......
The Knights' Guild Leader strode forward with a frown, and rebuked loudly: "If he is a demon, then you will be the hero who slaughters the demon with his own hands!
The executioner's hands were still shaking......
But soon, the hand of the head of the knights was pressed against the executioner's arm, and he pressed down so hard that the machete fell......
Here we have to explain some of the incomprehensible behaviors of the Knights President.
Ever since the first group of wandering knights fought in the "Battle of the Barrels" (a war between humans and dwarves for a lonely mountain on the western side of the continent, it is said that there are endless minerals in the lonely mountain. The first team of wandering knights ambushed in advance in the oak barrels used by the dwarves to transport their goods in the decisive battle, and launched a surprise attack on the dwarves' rear at the beginning of the battle...... In the end, the humans defeated the dwarves with the advantage of flanking the front and back and seized the territory of the Lonely Mountain...... Although there are not so many minerals buried in the lonely mountain, as the legend says), after the great feats of war, batch after batch of homeless people began to call themselves "wandering knights" and registered with the Knights' Guild.
Due to the great impact of the human victory over the dwarves, and the heroic actions of the first team of wandering knights, the kingdom and the Knights did not refuse the registration of a large number of wandering knights...... However, it is precisely because of its low registration standards that some wandering knights do not have a "knightly code", which has caused an extremely bad impact on the territory of human civilization and even the territory of other tribes...... Therefore, the name of "Wandering Knight" changed from noble to inferior, and people took revenge on "Wandering Knight".
The duty of the Knights is to restrain and check the behavior of the Knights, and to punish the Knights with a higher punishment than if they had committed a felony. Therefore, we should also understand here that this seemingly mean Knights Guild President has a reasonable explanation for his attitude towards Learway and the Knights......
Well, let's move on to the fate of our protagonist - Butos.
The executioner's arm was shaking.
The machete, driven by the head of the Knights' Guild, slashed at Butos's neck.
Butos' eyes were closed, and he could clearly feel the sound of the blade tearing through the air.
Just when everything was solidified, everything was really frozen.
The abyssal words resounded in the square again, even more terrifying and eerie than the last time.
The ice enveloped everything around Butos, and every part of the execution table was deeply frozen......
An icy aura lingered around little Butos's body.
Butos shuddered, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the terrified crowd in the audience.
"Witchcraft...... Witchcraft, witchcraft!" exclamations exploded through the crowd, and the populace began to flee in all directions.
Butos's existence at this time was like a real demon to these ignorant people.
Butos slowly stood up, his head accidentally hitting the machete that was supposed to be slashing at him......
The "click" sound continued along the frozen blade of the machete to the two people wielding it......
The frozen bodies of the executioner and the head of the Knights shattered in front of Butos.
Butos's eyes were equally frightened.
And even more frightened than Butos was the mayor who was lying in the seat before, the ice froze his fat and oily stomach, but not his upper body, at this time, the people around the mayor had run away, and the mayor could only let out a helpless howl like killing pigs.
Butos looked with horror at the knights around him, the knights who were frozen in ice......
"Bahirug......" Before Butos's fingers touched Bahilug's body, Bahirug was shattered in the black rain like the previous executioner and the head of the Knights......
Butos lost his mind, as if his soul had been devoured by a demon......
The sound of the ice shattering woke Butos again......
Alvin shattered, Turg shattered, and Mayor Mare collapsed under his seat spitting blood after his body was generally shattered......
What gave Butos a glimmer of hope was that the pillar that bound Lilwei was only half frozen, and at this point the ice shattered, and the pillar collapsed and fell, but Lilwei was still alive and Lilwei was spared.
Butos cried and hugged Learway: "Knight...... What the hell is going on!"
However, there was no expression on Learway's face.
Lilway's hollow eyes stared at the "Tears of the Shark" that shimmered in the broken ice and drew darkness from the corpse
Learway spat out a few cold words to Butos without emotion: "You are deceiving us, you are a descendant of demons, you are a ...... of witchcraft"
Butos let go of Lilwei in a daze.
When Butos noticed the "Shark Tears" that had become so strange, as well as Learway's dull eyes and messy blonde hair, Butos's expression began to become extremely complicated......
Fear, helplessness, pain, despair...... All in one.
Not only in Butos's heart, but also in Lilwe's heart......