"Those dark mages have knowledge and power, but they suffer from a sparse population and a difficult environment. And the Blood Rose family and those defeated dogs, rich and numerous, and want to accumulate strength for revenge, these two parties meet together, and they are like flies looking at mung beans and meeting their eyes, right?" Al asked.

"That's right. The old man nodded, "The Bloodrose royal family, who are eager for revenge, and the dark magicians who are in urgent need of people and materials can take root in this underground world with a single shot. ”

"They developed the parliament into a strict set of classes and rules. ”

"And the dark mages want to take revenge on the Holy Cult, and the Blood Rose family wants to take revenge on the Violet royal family, hence the name of the council is called the Council of Vengeance. ”

"Vengeance Council?", Al repeated twice, feeling the gore and hatred that swept over the name.

"But after all these years, it seems that this Vengeance Council has not made much trouble in the kingdom of St. Teresa?", Al said a little puzzled, "there is not the slightest rumor at all. ”

"I don't quite know, by blood, I'm just a descendant of an ordinary servant, and I'm not interested in the so-called glory, bloodline, revenge of those families. I was only chosen to practice magic because of my magical talents, and for many years I was only in charge of the development of magic in the council, and I was unaware of their actions in the earthly world. ", the old man said.

"But you just said that you are famous among the humans in this underground world, and everyone knows about it. Al said with a smile, remembering the smug look of the old man when he first mentioned his name, and he stabbed the old man.

"You little fellow ......," the old man shook his head, pointing to his eyes, "you come over and look into my eyes." ”

"What, is there anything special about your pupils?", Al asked, confused, and he looked closer, startled. In the blue pupils of the old man, there seemed to be an insect similar to a spider inhabiting faintly.

"This ...... This...... What is it?", Al who had received too many shocks today, and Al, who thought he had been numb, even had a feeling of fear at this time.

Can't you be afraid? A big living person has a spider hidden in his eyes, and it's too penetrating.

"Little one, let me ask you, what is the most difficult thing for human beings in this underground world?". The old man asked.

"It should ...... It's darkness, isn't it?", Al said uncertainly, since he had been in the Underworld for so many days, Al had deeply felt the trouble of not being able to see, except for the fireflies that Nightingale had caught him, Al had always been no different from a blind man.

"The Saruman technique I developed can allow humans to see in the dark, and most of the humans in the council have received this form in order to survive in this underground world, and naturally they have all heard of the old man's name. ”

Al exclaimed, "This has completely changed the functioning of the human body, isn't it? Is this also the result of the development of dark magic?"

"Kondla's technique can even change the entire structure of the human body, so that a person has the same magical talent as a dark elf, so what is my technique?" the old man sighed.

"Besides, in this underground world, there is no condition for me to conduct further research. ”

"How many living people have been sacrificed in the development of this technique?", Al asked coldly, looking at the old man's slightly cloudy pupils.

"There were a lot of sacrifices, but there were hundreds of people. The old man said with a wry smile, he looked at Al, "Isn't it disappointing, I should be the kind of dark mage you hate the most, using living people for experiments." ”

Al nodded unashamedly, "That's right. He distanced himself from the old man slightly, not hiding the disgust on his face in the slightest.

The old man smiled bitterly and continued, "At that time, I had already achieved some achievements in human development, so I was appointed as the head of human development in the council, responsible for most of the human experiments. ”

"At that time, I had thousands of living people under my command who had been abducted by the council, and if I wanted them to live, I would let them live, and if I wanted them to die, I would let them die. ”

"That feeling was like an emperor in power to kill and kill, and during that time I even felt like I had become the master of this world. ”

"But you're just a cold-blooded butcher. Al said coldly from the side.

"Butcher? Yes, I'm just a butcher with no humanity. The old man smiled wryly and nodded, he lowered his head slightly, looking into his eyes.

"After that, I didn't dare to sleep, and once I closed my eyes, the people who died in my hands, those ghostly souls, would always come to me, and they would shout for my life, return my name, and keep thinking about my life. ”

"Thinking about it day and dreaming at night, you are doing too much at a loss. Al sprinkled a handful of salt on the old man's wound.

"Later, I got into the habit of washing my hands, even to the point of cleanliness, and even after a while, I had to find a water source to wash my hands, otherwise I would have chest tightness and depression and vomiting. The old man kept rubbing his fingers and continued: "I can always feel that my hands are sticky, and no matter how I wash them, I can't seem to wash them clean. ”

"But you haven't washed your hands since I entered the room to talk to you?" asked Al, confused.

"That's because I gave up, and then one day, I finally figured out that no matter how much I wash, these hands can't be cleaned, and the blood on these hands will always exist, with me for the rest of my life until the end of my life. ”

"It's like my sin that can never be repaid. ”

"You can simply choose to die to pay for your sins. Al said coldly.

"Yes, death is indeed the easiest way to do it. The old man nodded and said, "Death is even a relief for me, what is so difficult about dying? It is nothing more than a little pain, and it is not worth mentioning for the guilt in my heart." ”

"I've thought about death for a while, and there's nothing that makes me happier. But then I found out that there were other things that I could do as a sinner, and therefore I could not die as a sinner. ”

He looked up at Al, "I'm doing everything I can to keep the living people alive who have been experimented with. ”

"As I said before, I am in charge of human experimentation, so I try to speed up the progress of the experiment as much as possible and reduce the number of humans being experimented. In this way, those experimental living people may escape, the council still needs people, those big men need servants to serve them, women who vent **, so many engineering buildings, these people need to build and build. ”

"Even if some experiments with living people are unavoidable, I try to make them die happily so that they don't suffer all the pain and suffering during their lifetime. ”