Chapter 17 Compassion
The long night had come, the cold wind was blowing, the flickering candles were torn to pieces, and the room was suddenly plunged into darkness, except for the sound of my heart beating violently. The old man's devilish whispers still seemed to linger in my ears, and the eerie and curious scenes kept flashing, and it was only then that I figured out that it was not melons and fruits planted in the fields that I had vaguely glimpsed at the entrance of the village before, but the bloody torsos of human flesh!
I couldn't stand it anymore when I imagined how those living people were killed, chopped up, and finally buried in the earth, and how these sanctimonious beasts threw wine feasts at festivals, feasting on a table full of hearty stumps and broken arms, and I vomited out all the potions I had swallowed!
"Holy! Fern Old, what's the matter with this man?! β
The young man who had re-lit the candle asked with a disgusted face as he dodged the liquid that flew from mid-air. The man he called "Old Fern" had a dark face and watched me without saying a word as I threw up from bending over my waist to finally losing my strength and leaning over the bed with convulsions.
"Wei Fern has the rules of Wei Fern! Do you know that if it weren't for the Holy Maiden, your kid would have been in someone else's pot a long time ago! β
The old man trembled with anger when he said this, and his silver hair was messing around in the firelight.
"Hey! Are you okay? You guys, what's going on? What's going on?! β
Yu, who had been silent for a long time, rushed over, patted me on the back and yelled eagerly at the fern. But the old fern just snorted coldly after hearing this, and then said viciously,
"I'm afraid it's because the saint asked the old man to save it, it's just a mad dog who is not grateful!"
I was so forced by the sudden surge of blood that I couldn't say a word for a long time! It wasn't until he half-crouched beside me that he grabbed its collar desperately as if he had seen a savior, and shouted,
"Did you hear what these murderers were saying?! The people in this village are crazy! No, they are not human beings at all, they are beasts! β
When I finished scolding indignantly, I thought that I would share the same hatred with me, but who would have thought that in exchange for it was more embarrassing and confused questions,
"But, but ......"
She put her mouth to my ear and whispered,
"Why?"
"Why ?!!"
I yelled, and even Ran was frightened and retreated,
"Do you still have to be proud of cannibalism?! Don't you even want the bottom line in order to live?! Just going! Go to ......"
Suddenly, as if I thought of something, my two rows of teeth trembled and almost chewed off the tip of my tongue! And her face was also distorted and abstracted in my eyes, and finally transformed into a ghostly appearance!
"The time I was unconscious......"
Summoning up the courage that I had so hard to build, I gasped and asked,
"What are you feeding me?"
At this point, I couldn't move any more, and I couldn't hear any sound in my chaotic mind, I could only see Pyroe grumbling in front of me rolling up his sleeves, and in the center of his left arm, there was a shallow scar horizontally! At this moment, all hope was instantly disillusioned, and I couldn't look directly into its innocent eyes, so I had to hang my head, taste the tearing pain in my stomach, and half open my mouth, but I couldn't even spit out half a drop of sour water.
"No, no, no, no. There must be a way, there must be something else to do......"
I muttered to myself as I raced for any possible turnaround. Just before complete despair, the figure of a man in black suddenly appeared,
"Jue, Jue......"
"What? What did you say?! β
She came over keenly, and there was a little more urgency in her voice. I looked at it and almost gritted my teeth and roared,
"One of these two people was sent by Jue!"
As soon as these words came out, she immediately got up slowly as if she had been struck by lightning, and her face was full of shock.
"You say they, it'sβ"
"That's right, at the top of the Holy Mountain! The messenger is in them! β
"Fart!"
Another voice sounded, and I glanced at the old fern who was extremely angry,
"Although the old man doesn't understand what you're saying, you haven't seen these two people yet, how can you be so sure!"
"Good!"
As I spoke, I even laughed,
"Then let me ask you, have you seen the clothes of the two of them before?"
The old man was stunned by my question, he looked down at his shabby robe, and then turned his eyes to look at the young man beside him, and the young man didn't dare to lie, so he could only reply hesitantly,
"Fern, fern, indeed...... Not quite the same. β
At this point, there was no longer any reason for him to continue waiting, on the contrary, he was even more anxious than me, and stepped in front of the young man, grabbed him by the collar and pulled him up!
"Ahh Ahhββββh
The young man's screams were meaningless, his eyes were blood-red, and he yelled at his face!
"Right now! Take me to your fields! If they're missing half a finger, you won't even want to live! β
At the edge of the village, on the path clinging to the forest, I held one hand in my arms and the other on the shoulder of the young man in front of me. The evening breeze was bleak, and there were many ghosts, but looking at his expression that had not eased up, he became the most calm one in this long line.
I turned my head to look and saw a few bright torches at the farthest entrance to the village. But despite the numbers, there was nothing of confusion, only the sound of the soles of their shoes sliding over the stones reminded me that they were not some terrible ghosts.
"Holy Maiden, this is it."
The old woman who took the lead bowed lightly and pointed to the low house on the left side of the girl,
"They're all in there."
After hearing this, she turned around and broke in, and the old woman also glanced left and right, and then two big men flashed out of the pile and walked into the house together.
"Old calf, let go of you!"
Before anyone could light the lamp, the familiar scolding came out of the darkness, and when he heard it, he knew who the owner of the voice was.
"Believe it or not, you're in a hurry! A fire ββββ"
The big man stopped suddenly, and by the light outside the room, he could already see who the person who walked in.
I didn't have any joy when I met again, because I knew what would come to me next.
"Let go of me, I can go on my own."
Listen to me, the strong men on both sides looked at each other for a few seconds, and then carefully let go of their hands. After getting rid of the shackles, I rubbed my sore neck, leaned against the wall and walked to the side of Yin, who happened to be accompanied by the villagers who also lit the oil lamps hanging on the wall, and for a while the dim light covered the entire horizon.
"Hiss......"
Although I had been prepared, I gasped when I saw the utensils piled up around me, because the building we were in was the slaughterhouse set up in the village!
The big man knelt in the center, his hands tied behind his back by thorny vines, his face blue and purple staring at me, and although the bulging lump obscured most of his vision, I could still read the shock. To his left was a girl who was treated the same way, but compared to the miserable appearance of the big man, it seemed that she had not been abused too much. She just raised her chin slightly, staring at me with a cold, menacing gaze, goosebumps crawling all over my back when my gaze met the ice-pick-like gaze.
"Say, which one?"
It's like a bomb with a fuse that burns down the head, and it could explode at any moment!
I rubbed the knuckle of my right index finger hard, sweat beads on my forehead, and my eyes kept jumping like crazy on the big man and the girl!
Because I know, I know I'm going to ask, I know there's going to be such a moment! There is only one person who speaks for Jue! There's only one I can save! But I'm not ready, and I don't have the courage to answer! Why don't you change your tune now? But they're not stupid! Or just fight it out? I'm afraid I'll only die worse! What the hell am I going to do?! Is there no way back?! Just watch the rest of the one being eaten alive?! Who to choose? Who am I going to choose?!
"Hey, is it so hard to recognize?"
I don't know when, Yu's face has been pasted, and there seems to be a raging flame burning in the hole in his eye! I was about to break down, my legs trembling like a lamb waiting to be fed, but I couldn't hold on for even a second!
"At that time, the message to Jue was yes, yes and ββββ"
"Who?!! exactly?"
"It's me!"
Suddenly, a slightly immature child's voice sounded, and I stared at the confused eyes and looked at it together.
I saw the girl slowly stand up from the ground and repeat it in an extremely calm tone,
"It was I who was ordered by Jue to guide you to the Wei fern. The proof is the note I wrote, and it's in his pocket right now! β
I finally couldn't hold it anymore, and I staggered against the wall, and when I realized that the dust had fallen to the ground, and there was no more variables, I turned my face to look at the big man, and he smiled slightly and winked at me.
"TMD what 'feel' is not 'jue'! Don't let go of Lao Tzu yet! Wait for Lao Tzu to come out and screw off the heads of all you dogs*! β
In the next second, Dahan shouted as if he had lost his mind, but unfortunately no one present cared about his performanceββββ except me.
"What's going on...... What the hell is going on......"
I muttered in a voice that only I could hear, but the answer to the question was like being sunk into a deep pool, without a single wave.
"Eh, eh!"
"Huh? What the? β
She waved her hand in front of me and said impatiently,
"What are you doing in a daze? Is it her? β
"Uh, yes, yes."
"Really?"
I quickly shook my head and said in a relatively credible tone,
"That's right, that's what I saw at the time."
"Okay, okay."
Her face was filled with a sweet smile again,
"Then let's take her back, I have a lot to talk to you about!"
As she spoke, she jumped up behind the girl like a rabbit, casually ripped off the restraints on her body, and then ran out of the house as if she were holding her own sister.
After the laughter of the silver bell drifted away, the old woman from before walked in, followed by two guards with long blades.
"And he...... What are you going to do with it? β
I couldn't help but ask with my last hope in mind.
And when the old woman heard this, she opened her eyes that had been squinting, and her voice was so kind and compassionate,
"It's a holiday, and it's time to change the taste of the children."