21 Humans or Beasts? (1/2)

Raven was disgusted by Mathew and the way he looked at her. But she did not back down when she heard his order to kill Ozul—Instead, her eyes went cold.

The two guards rushing at them did not stop, though. There were confident smiles on their faces as they deemed the situation to be in their grasp.

Yet, in the next instant, both of them fell face down on the ground! Their vision turned dark as they lost their consciousness. Even in their death, they could not comprehend what happened to them.

How could they see the thin, pitch-black needles at such a speed?

Mathew was also stunned! Why did the idiots just fell on their faces? He went toward their bodies and crouched down to check on them. As he checked their pulses, all the colour drained from Mathew's face.

What happened to them? How could they just suddenly drop dead on the ground?!

Concluding that the duo must've done this in front of him, Mathew angrily looked at them and began to shout;

”Y-you!!! You Dogs! My father is a Viscount! Just wait till he hears about this! You will die a dog's death!!!”- Mathew did not realize the gravity of the matter as he threatened them.

Just as he was screaming nonsense, jet-black blades bolted towards him, and in the next second, both of his arms fell on the soil.

Mathew began to scream and yell, but Ozul was unfazed. Raven may be only a kid, but she must be ruthless to survive in this dog-eat-dog world.

Ozul did not kill Mathew. Instead, he motioned towards Raven to complete the task.

Raven understood what Ozul was trying to say, but whenever she thought of killing a human being, her hands start shaking.

Ozul saw her hesitation and decided that she needed to understand reality.

”You did not hesitate while killing the Beasts. Why now?”- Ozul asked.

”T-they were Beasts... He... is human.”- For Raven, killing a fellow human being was difficult.

”No, It's because you think beasts are... evil. After all, they killed all your loved ones.”-

”...T-that's...”- Raven did not know what to say when Ozul exposed the real reason.

”How naive can you be, Raven?”- Ozul did not care about the shrieks of Mathew in the background.

”Do you really think that the destruction of your village was simply because of some Rank-3 Beasts?”- Ozul then continued without waiting for her reply.

”You should know that Beasts at those Ranks never go anywhere near settlements!”-

”Azmar Town was almost connected with the village. Yet there were none of those Beasts that attacked the city.”-

”My guess? Some nobles probably wanted something that came under the influence of the village. Hence, they removed the village by forcing the Beasts in its direction.”-

What Ozul said, was accurate. He did not mean to incite some sort of hatred of humans inside Raven but wanted her to see the real nature of humans.

Ozul wanted Raven to understand that not everything is black and white.

Raven understood every part of what Ozul had said. She began to see the earlier flaws in her thinking. Just under two weeks of living with Ozul, and it entirely remodeled Raven's mindset and temperament.

Then she began to think of how the Mathew kid in front of her wanted to kill Ozul. Her hands stopped shaking, and she resolved herself and arrived before him.

She killed Mathew but threw up moments later. Ozul came near her and rubbed her back, trying to soothe her.

It worked wonders as Raven ignored the three corpses and started blushing.

They cleaned up the scene before leaving the place. There was a Spatial Ring on Mathew's hand, but Ozul did not take it. He thought that the Spatial Ring might become the clue to lead the investigators to them.

Ozul wanted to return home—it was a rough day for Raven. She needs to stabilize her psyche.

Furthermore, it was afternoon, and they had already collected 19 Cores of Rank-3 Beasts, more than enough for them to buy the Spatial Ring.

The Sun was setting when they arrived at the shop. Ozul put all 19 Cores and ten Silver Coins onto the counter, which amounted to a total of 200 Silver Coins or 2 Gold Coins.

He then asked the Shop Owner if there is a Spatial Ring that was under 2 Gold Coins except for the cheapest one.

”Yes, Yes! Of course. It's precisely for 2 Gold Coins and contains a storage space of 10 cubic meters!”- the Shop Owner excitedly replied.