Chapter 43 (1/2)
Chapter 43 Escape (Part 1)
“Now is finally the time to come out from under the lycanthropes’ rule!”
The chief had gathered all the village people and is delivering an impassioned speech
“Raising us like livestock and using us as feed, how long e live, bowing our heads!”
That shouldn’t be what he says, as the one as the first to bow his head
The village people are obviously flustered by their chief suddenly turned fighter
“U these things?”
“It’s not like we live in subht them?”
The ood question
The chief pointed towards us and spoke
“It is because these people are here!”
Everyone’s attention turned towards us
With an uncomfortable expression, Hye-su bent her neck down Joon-ho looked like his conscience had been stabbed too
After hearingthat way
Gather the village people and ht with thee citizens as a ive ourselves more time
I know it too
That this is worse than what the chief has done all this time
At least the chief had the excuse that what he did was for the survival of the village
On the other hand, I have given them the hope of freedom and instead lead them into death For the survival of the four of us
‘Regardless, the village people can’t be much help’
They are people that have, so far, just been helplessly controlled Joining forces with these people won’t give us a chance at winning against 100 lycanthropes Also, the silver clan’s leader is very s
‘In that case…!’
In that case, sacrificing these people so we can escape is better
A village like this should disappear anyway
… Is how I try to make sense of it
So, what?
Where is there a person in this village who is without sin?
This village isn’t full of weak people without guilt They offered fellow huood are not synonymous
So even if we flip it and push these people to their deaths, its self-defense!
“These travelers have said that they will rid us of them! I have seen it The four lycanthropes that cae were dealt with in the blink of an eye, a splendor difficult to believe!”
Whether he knows e with his strong tone
Unbelievably, the villagers that said how are we to fight, gradually become convinced by the chief
They eventually had a hopeful look in their eyes as they looked at us Their gaze, as if we are the deliverers of their liberation and freedom
Ast the citizens, one man suddenly asks us a question
“Are you really going to fight for us?”
At that question, Hye-su and Joon-ho flinch
I step up
“Fighting for you all? That expression sounds a bit weird”
“Huh?”
“You speak as if ill fight for free instead of you guys to get you your freedoether”
At the ain They are fearful
“If you do not all raise your weapons and fight the lycanthropes, we for sure do not have a reason to fight If not, ill just leave You all will probably suffer the retaliation of the dead lycanthropes The bastards probably already believe that you have sided with us against them”
“We aren’t the ones that killed the lycanthropes!”
“You guys killed them! This situation is all your fault!”
“That’s right, we’re without fault here!”
They try to pass on the blame and their behavior makes me scoff
“Did you just say you are without fault? Is it not wrong that you put sleeping agents in our food? Even though the ones who tried to offer us up as wolf food are all gathered here? If I wanted I could retaliate for that and just kill you all right now and leave”
Mixing in threats and speaking forcefully, the citizens flinch
Stricken with fear, the only way to ith these people is through fear
“Decide if you will fight or not If you do not wish to fight, ill just depart now”
The citizens stare at each other
“Of course we’ll fight! These people say they will fight with us We will not get another opportunity like this!”
Said the chief
The women are overcome with anxiety, and the men approve one by one
“I, I will fight”
“Now that this is the situation, there’s no choice but to fight”
“Even if we continue living like this, I won’t last long and become food anyway”
The chief rejoices and talks to me
“Did you see? We are resolved to fight”
“Then prepare to fight We don’t have much time Do you have weapons?”
“We have so wood Any other weapons we had were confiscated…”
‘Figures’
There’s no way they would let slaves keep weapons
“Prepare asto the number of people, sharpen some wood and make spears”
“Understood Did everyone hear that?”
“Yes!”
The
I make more requests to the chief
“Take all the able bodiedthe fence When the bastards appear, have the men shout out the alarm”
“Okay, got it And what about you guys…?”
“First, ill patrol around this area and return And dispose of these corpses”
I point to the three dead lycanthrope corpses
“Okay”
The chief believes my words without any suspicion
I gesture to my teammates
“Let’s go Joon-ho and Kang Chun-seong, lift a corpse each”
“Okay, hyung”
“Will do”
Joon-ho, Kang Chun-seong, and I each take a corpse onto our shoulders Hye-su follows, and together we head out the village
“Hyung, why did we bring the corpses out with us?”