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#324. Side story 1. Collapse (8)
Ray's appearance is getting closer and closer.
Feeling a sense of crisis, Puol pulled out his sword and cut his own palm.
Chomp!
The scattered blood flew towards the reconciliation ray like a small awl.
However, it was blocked by a prism-like colored shield and was unable to inflict any damage.
“This can’t be happening! This can’t be happening!”
Puell stepped back and fell on his butt, and Ray stopped walking and looked down at him.
A voice without any ups and downs flowed out.
“I’ve seen it so many times, but I don’t know. What on earth causes such dark emotions in you? And how should I respond when I see such emotions?”
Anger and hatred. Envy and jealousy.
Superiority and inferiority complex. Laziness and negligence, etc.
Emotions that exist everywhere in the world.
Up until now, we have tried to ignore them as much as possible or pretend not to see them, and if they appear as enemies, we eliminate them without mercy.
But recently, I've been thinking about that.
That might not be the best option.
“What’s going on now…? Ugh…!”
“Coolook! Coolook!”
Those who returned to retrieve the switch were exposed to Ray's mana and collapsed.
It was clear who had the upper hand in the situation, but Puol neither begged for forgiveness nor screamed in fear.
He just glared at me with hateful eyes.
Kookookookook!
The vibration of the earth suddenly felt at that moment.
The corners of Puyol's mouth slowly rose, and soon a smile burst out.
“Hahahaha! You may have won the battle, but you have lost the war! The sandworms have arrived! Soon, they will tear the dirty blood-bearing seeds in that camp apart like rags with their sharp teeth!”
The vibrations were getting closer.
Like a running train, at an increasingly uncontrollable speed.
As if they sensed it, lights came on and noises could be heard from the camp.
However, Ray did not take any action and just stared at Puol.
and.
Kwajijijik!
“Kwaaah!”
Sandworms burst through the ground, gnawing at Puol.
Puol, who flew away with a split-second decision, was able to avoid fatal injuries.
But the condition was not good.
The entire right side of my body was swept away by the thorns that grew on the sandworm's skin.
“Damn it! Help me here, help me here!”
“Bird, why are the sandworms attacking us…!”
The surroundings were also in chaos.
Sandworms that appeared by destroying the ground were endlessly targeting the office workers, moving between the aboveground and underground.
“What I said earlier was wrong.”
Ray's voice fell over Puyol's head with a blank expression.
“The sandworm’s most developed sense is not touch, but smell.”
“… … !”
Puyol looked around the surrounding land urgently.
It was covered in the blood that he had sprayed while casting magic.
At first, the sandworms felt the vibration and approached, but then they smelled blood and changed their priorities.
“That can’t be… Ugh…!”
Puyol, who had been muttering under his breath, groaned in extreme pain.
Clothes torn by sandworm thorns.
The skin exposed beneath was stained a sticky, swamp-like green, with deep scars.
It was the sandworm's deadly venom that was known to kill its victims with a pain similar to being burned.
Puyol was covered in cold sweat.
I felt nauseous and dizzy.
“Antidotes…! All kinds of antidotes are stored in my magic tower…! Please let me bring you the antidotes…!”
The attitude that had been unyielding until now was broken by the overwhelming pain.
Ray thought.
The situation turned out to be quite coincidental.
"antidote."
“Ugh, there’s no time for this… Please, please give me the antidote…!”
“You don’t need to bring it. You already have it.”
“What is that…!”
Puyol's face becomes increasingly distorted in pain.
“The blood I gave you when I requested an analysis. You said it was from the attackers, but it wasn’t. It’s Type 8 blood.”
Puyol's eyes filled with astonishment.
Type 8 blood.
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The odds of being born with it are one in millions.
It was characterized by its powerful detoxifying action against all known poisons and its hemophilic nature, meaning it could blend with any type of blood.
“Ugh…! What nonsense…! Are you mocking me…!”
“I guess you didn’t even try to analyze it. Well, it was the attackers’ stuff, so there was no need to analyze it to help me.”
Puyol gritted his teeth as the pain grew stronger.
He took out his portable analyzer and a vial of blood and went straight into action.
and.
“This is…!”
I was amazed when I saw the results.
A glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes.
Puol quickly took out a syringe and tried to inject Type 8 blood into the vein.
But that was then.
“The owner of that blood.”
Ray's voice interrupted the action.
“He’s from outside the walls. Joshua of the Stone School. The first child you used your minions to raid.”
Puyol's eyes shook violently.
“Hey, don’t lie. There’s no way….”
“It’s your freedom to believe or not.”
Puol's movements, which were just about to insert the needle, completely stopped.
The analyzer couldn't tell.
Is this blood from the residents inside the walls?
Or maybe it's the people living outside the walls.
If what he said was true, then it would mean allowing dirty blood into his body in return for driving out the Sandworm's venom.
The blood that came from outside the walls that he so despised and loathed.
“… … .”
Puell fell into silence.
He stared at the syringe with a distorted expression and a cold sweat dripping down his face.
Emotions rushing into the bowl.
It was a state of extreme conflict.
and.
“… … .”
Ray was also conflicted.
It was not difficult to eliminate the leaders of the pure-blooded group here and make their true nature and plot known to the city.
After this, the destruction of the wall and communication with the outside world would proceed without much difficulty.
But I had a question.
'Is that really the best answer?'
Support!
After a moment of hesitation, I opened a gap in space.
Beyond, the interior of the cabin appeared.
Under the spotlight, Curiossa, who was about to read a book, was startled when she saw Ray.
He quickly came to his senses, stood up, and growled.
“This kid, you’re a good guy! Last time you let a guy in, and now you’re slamming the door open without permission! And in the middle of the night! Do you think this is some kind of 24-hour motel? Huh?”
“Joshua.”
“Uh, what?”
“Call Joshua.”
Not long after, Joshua appeared.
The gap closed behind the two boys.
“This is….”
A vicious circle spread out around.
Joshua was very confused at first.
But after hearing Ray's story, I was able to roughly understand the situation.
"what do you think about it?"
“… … .”
Purists.
How to deal with them.
An indescribable amount of anger was surging through Joshua's silent vessel like a storm.
In some ways, it was a natural feeling.
Because they were the ones who tried to kill me.
But the storm gradually grew smaller and soon disappeared completely.
Joshua's lips twitched.
"forgiveness…."
“… … .”
“How about trying to forgive?”
"forgiveness?"
Ray's question.
Joshua nodded.
“At first, I really hated and resented the slave trader who kidnapped me to this city.”
The culprit who ruined life itself.
The feeling was close to hatred and murder.
After actually being accepted into the Stone School and learning magic.
Because I got to the point where I was on the verge of finding that merchant in the city and killing him.
“It was a bright moonlit night. I managed to sneak into the bedroom and strangle the merchant. Then I felt someone watching me. There was a young boy in the corner of the room. He looked to be about six or seven years old.”
The little boy had the same fierce look in his eyes as Joshua.
It was the hatred and anger he felt towards those who tried to harm his father.
“That’s when I realized. If I get revenge now, this kid will come back to me in the future to get revenge again.”
Joshua was not so poisonous that he would kill a child to silence someone.
In the end, I had to give up revenge and break the chain of hatred.
After that, the merchant made atonement.
He completely washed his hands of the slave business.
“I’ve been getting a lot of calls from people thanking me for turning their lives around.”
“… … .”
“But that’s only a special case. Most people, even if they are forgiven, won’t even realize their mistake. Instead, they’ll just think that they were unlucky to end up in that situation.”
forgiveness.
An action taken to break the chain of hatred.
Although there was a clue, it was a fresh and unexpected method from Ray's perspective.
Because it was a natural principle to repay thoroughly, whether it was a favor or revenge.
“There’s no guarantee that these people will change if I forgive them. But I’d like to take a chance on that small possibility.”
The effectiveness of forgiveness has not been proven.
But maybe it's worth a try.
Ray, who had been thinking for a moment, opened his mouth.
“Joshua.”
"huh."
“I'll try your method.”
Two boys looking into each other's eyes.
They nodded as if they understood and each went about their own tasks.
Woof!
Ray created magic by moving the colorful mana he had spread throughout the air.
What was revealed was a magic spell.
The sandworms that had been attacking the purebloods stopped their long bodies for a moment and then returned to the ground with movements as if possessed.
After that, pure white mana moved.
Healing magic seeped into the bodies of the injured and fallen purebloods.
Meanwhile, Joshua examined the fuel.
'I fainted. I couldn't stand the pain.'
The entire right side of his body was stained green, and the syringe fell from his hand and rolled around on the floor.
It seemed like they were conflicted and couldn't make a decision.
“… … .”
Joshua carefully picked up the syringe and thought for a moment.
After regaining consciousness, how would this person react if he found out that dirty blood had been injected into his body?
Still, I think it's fortunate to be alive.
Or maybe you think that dying from extreme self-loathing would be worse than that.
“… Maybe this is true revenge.”
Joshua, who had been mumbling like that, stabbed Puyol's arm with a needle.
Phew.
Type 8 blood was injected.
There was no telling how this extreme purist would wake up and react.
However, it was clear that if he survived, he would have a chance to either seek revenge or repent.
My skin started to return to normal.
Ray, who had confirmed the sight behind Joshua, walked between the other fallen purebloods.
Knock—knock—knock.
“… … .”
Ray's legs stopped.
I bent down and picked up the fallen switch.
The glass cover was cracked, but the button was still intact, and the dimly visible city wall in the distance was intact.
───.
At that moment, I felt a presence.
At the same time, light shot out from behind.
I turned my head, squinting slightly, and saw the camp people shining their magic lights in my direction.
Confusion, shock, amazement.
Doubt, confusion, fear.
Yes, there would be no one who would not wake up to the earth shaking and screaming.
Ray flicked the switch.
I could feel the rough sand and cold metal.
The bombing ceremony was originally scheduled for tomorrow noon, but there seemed no need to wait until then.
Here and now.
Because the audience, who had the right to witness the collapse of the wall more than anyone else, were all gathered there.
Ray pressed the button.
Kwaaaaang──!
The explosives surrounding the entire long wall of the city exploded simultaneously, filling the heavens and earth with a loud noise.
The sand dust that rose as the wall collapsed was carried by the wind and reached Ray's feet.
“… … .”
I lowered my gaze.
Beneath the dust, the blood of the purebloods was visible scattered all over the floor.
It was red.
Nothing special.
I raised my head again.
With a huge vibration and loud noise, the lights came on in the sleeping city.