(Thanks to the reward of 'Dust with the Wind, True' children's shoes~)

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"A group of ordinary people want to rebel against us?"

With a sneer, a man in a black robe walked out of the cave.

With a whip in his hand, the tip was still stained with blood, and it was obvious that this thing had been whipped on someone's delicate skin just now.

Pain, wailing.

This feeling of being able to arbitrarily decide the life and death of others makes men feel extremely intoxicated.

This ability to control life is the true meaning of magic, miracles or something, it's just a trick to deceive children.

"Soon, as long as we can complete the Tower of Paradise, we will be able to rise above this world, what Bright Guild, what Saint Ten Demon Guides, all are scum!"

There are unrealistic fantasies in his head, and the man's face is fanatical.

Not far away, the building that had just begun to be built seemed to condense all his hopes.

was suppressed and hunted down by the Bright Trade Union, and finally forced to come to this deserted place to hide.

All this, no matter how you think about it, is the fault of the world!

People who possess magic are supposed to be superior to others, aren't they?! What's wrong with us recklessly and arbitrarily disposing of those ants?!

"What are you thinking?"

Suddenly, a voice came from behind him, which made the man stunned.

When he turned around, he found that it was his companion with him, and the man looked at the other party's slightly fat body and smiled.

"Where did you just go? It's a shame you didn't see the ants crying and screaming. When he said this, a strange smile appeared on the man's face again.

"You guy, your hobbies are really so weird."

The fat man shook his head, as if he had long understood what his partner was like.

As soon as his hand was pulled, the sound of rattling chains sounded, and a figure in linen clothes was pulled in front of him.

"Is he?" The fanatical man paused his movements a little, and looked at the man in prisoner's clothes in front of him with some strange feeling.

"A stranger who has drifted to the island."

"Strangers?"

"That's right."

"Hahahaha, that's really an unfortunate stranger." The man's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at the teenager: "Are you ready for hell?" Newcomer! ”

The surrounding voices suddenly quieted down, and the frightened slaves around them all subconsciously stopped their movements and looked at the young man with his head bowed in the field.

I don't know why, the boy seems to have a strange temperament.

It can attract the attention of others and is easy to convince.

"Hell...... Is it? ”

Raising his head, the tired teenager looked at the man in front of him, a trace of disdain flashing in his eyes wrapped in heavy dark circles.

The Tower of Paradise, the Dark Wizard Order...... It's finally here.

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Kela.

With a soft thud, the shackles and chains on his hands were removed.

Arthur flicked his strangled wrist and glanced up at the distant Dark Guild Magus.

"Because you're a magician, aren't you afraid of ordinary people running away?"

Letting go of the chains, in addition to the reason for the convenience of work, the other party's arrogant psychology as a magician should also occupy a large part.

No wonder it was later defeated by Elusa, a little girl who had just awakened her magic, leading the crowd.

There are really dark guilds with no future, and if it weren't for the Tower of Paradise, it is estimated that no one would have noticed their existence.

"Y-Are you alright?"

In the darkness, a voice rang out beside Arthur.

The blue-haired teenager walked up to him with a hint of kindness and worry on his face.

Arthur looked up at the boy.

Under the sky-blue hair, there is a handsome and sunny face, although it is covered with dust because of a lot of labor, but it still can't hide the brilliance of the youth.

Very handsome, at least in appearance, not weaker than himself.

Don't think that Arthur is narcissistic, his body is the prototype of Lelouch, and who is Lelouch? That's a notoriously handsome guy in anime.

"I'm fine, thank you."

Laughing softly, his mind turning rapidly, Arthur looked at the young man in front of him with strange runes around his right eye, and stretched out his hand to him: "Arthur, Arthur Reinhardt." ”

Considering the naming habits of this world, Arthur omitted the royal family name in his middle.

The young man was slightly stunned, and then a happy smile appeared on his face.

"My name is Gerald, Gerald Fernandis."

The slightly smaller hand grasped Arthur's hand, and the smile on the boy's face was sunny.

Really...... There's a very friendly leadership temperament.

Arthur was finally able to identify the feeling in the other person, which was similar to his own temperament.

But...... With me here, Gerald's leadership will be suppressed.

Maybe it's a similar temperament, so they are attracted to each other, Arthur looked at the young man in front of him and shook his head slightly.

"Arthur!" Gerald looked at the boy in front of him, who was several years older than himself, and seemed to gain some confidence, he plucked up his courage and said, "We'...... Is it going to go on like this? ”

"Is there anything you'd like to say?"

Arthur knew that the boy in front of him already had the idea of uniting everyone to escape from here, but he had been waiting for the right time.

Now, seeing himself, Geraldton has found his way.

Eager to be recognized by others, he raised his head: "We must escape from this place, or we will all die sooner or later, exhausted!" ”

"Just like them, ruthlessly abandoned after being useless!"

Gerald pointed to the dark corner over there, his tone slightly agitated.

Arthur looked in the direction he was pointing.

There, on a straw mat, several scrawny old man's corpses were piled up unevenly.

Because they had no ability to work, the sorcerers didn't even have the alms to give them a meal, and they just watched them starve to death here.

"Animalistic behavior......" Arthur's eyes narrowed.

"That's right, those brutes!" Gerald gritted his teeth as if he had agreed.

Arthur was silent.

Gerald thought he was timid, and immediately looked at him with some anxiety.

I don't know why, when he saw Arthur, he had a feeling that the other party and himself should be very good people.

That's why he spoke out about the resentment in his heart.

But now...... Did he feel wrong?

"You...... How to do it. ”

Just as Gerald's patience was about to run out, Arthur looked up and asked him this question.

Gerald's eyes lit up.

The boy immediately began to talk endlessly.

The plan is simple, it is to find a few like-minded people, memorize the surrounding terrain through daily labor, and quietly escape while those magicians don't care.

"Why do you have to find someone else?"

"Because just the two of us are not enough, such a large amount of work, but only a small amount of food every day, our physical strength will decline day by day, if there are only two people to observe the terrain, by the day we want to escape, we may have no strength."

Gerald confidently stated his plan.

At this time, the young man had not thought of leading everyone to rebel against the magician.

The strength of the sorcerer was deeply imprinted in the young man's brain, and he could not develop the emotions to fight against it.

As long as he can escape, it will be a big surprise for him.

Arthur raised an eyebrow noncommittally.

I have to say that as an 11-year-old teenager, Gerald is already outstanding.

However, at this time, he still didn't find the fundamental contradiction.

"It's not a good habit to try to escape...... muttered softly, looking at Gerald, Arthur nodded heavily in the other party's expectant gaze.

Running away is not a good habit.

But if it weren't for the failure of this evasion, there would have been no subsequent rebellion, and there would have been no fairy queen who would have stood proudly at the top of magic in the future.

His gaze scanned around, sweeping over familiar faces.

Arthur couldn't help but chuckle softly.

The core strategy of this world is about to begin.