117 [2-51] If you look at one, youll see 50. (1/2)

”Heeeeaaahhh ......

”God ......

The area shook with a thud, and there was a distant sound of something breaking, a stone crumbling, and an uneasy murmur.

The assembly hall was crowded with people. The couches that had been prepared for the audience were turned into beds for the sick and the elderly, and the rest of the people were making beds with a single blanket on the stone floor. The people who had been cramped on their own turf were now cowering like frightened herbivores. Only the light of the magic lanterns, as weak as candles, was barely dispelling the darkness.

”What was that sound ......?

Albaugh muttered, looking up at the stone ceiling with its rude arches. Dust or something was falling.

Albaugh is a farmer. He was living in a farming village near Teiracaines, but his peaceful days of winter retreat came to an abrupt end. Suddenly, a horrible horde of undead appeared and set the village on fire. ”It was the army of the Rose Princess of Hell.

I fled the village in my clothes, with no belongings, and fled with the other villagers to Teirakainen. I wasn't sure if the lord would help ...... or not, but I had no one else to turn to.

For now, I could sleep in a place with a roof and walls, and I could silence my stomach with thin soup. But what would happen now?

”Will the Rose of Hell attack Teirakainen as well? What was that sound?

”Father ......

Something small and soft touched his hand, and Albaugh came to himself.

His daughter, Soria, was looking up at him anxiously, holding his hand as if to cling to it.

It's okay. It's okay, Soria. I'm going to protect you.

Albaugh hugged his daughter, not knowing what was okay. She smelled of earth.

It's like you've lost everything you can lose. Just when he thought he would be able to live a little easier by selling food to the mysterious merchants, the undead took that money too.

But Albaugh still has a family under him. He has a wife, a son, a daughter. For Albaugh, who considers himself an ordinary farmer, his family is the only thing that proves he is alive.

”Masonry.

What?

Soria suddenly said something incomprehensible.

Darkness was coming.

The windows were filling up with blackness.

The moonlight that had been shining through the clouds was fading away.

The stones on the walls were stretched out as if they were clay, filling the windows.

I didn't know what had happened.

Albaugh was dumbfounded, but then he felt Soria's hand suddenly lose its body heat and become cold, so he looked right next to her.

”...... What?

I'm sure you'll be able to understand why.

I'm not sure what to say.

There are several ”shelters” in the city of Teiracaines.

One by one, the buildings filled with people who had fled to the city turned into sarcophagi with all the entrances and exits blocked.

Very few people noticed the situation from the outside. Even if they did notice the strange incident, they had no idea what it was or what to do about it.

If they had approached the stone box carefully, they might have noticed dozens or hundreds of screams echoing from within.