Chapter 522 – City of Sorrow (3)
Everyone has probably suffered from hunger at least once.
Because of dieting, being busy with work, or not feeling well.
Even if I don’t eat just one meal, I feel empty, and if I starve for a day, my stomach rumbles with thunder.
You have to shove something into your mouth right away.
You can stop starving for the above reasons at any time.
If you put your mind to it, you can enjoy abundance by filling your stomach with all the food you want.
But have you ever thought about it?
If I can’t relieve this terrible hunger that comes even if I starve for just one day.
If you don’t know when that emptiness will end.
Lastly, if my parents, siblings, lovers, and friends are dying because of it.
Would you just watch it quietly?
Or would I save them, even if it meant risking my life and even if it meant dirtying my hands?
That’s why.
Haha! “This is truly amazing, boss!”
“At this rate, I don’t have to worry about starving to death for a while, right?!”
“How much food is this?” Gulp… !”
The reason he turned into a thief.
I know that this is something that cannot be forgiven.
That their lives are just as precious as the lives of my family, friends, and lovers.
But humans were like that.
As long as it’s for me and the people around me, I don’t mind other people’s sacrifices.
“Hey, boss.”
“What’s going on?”
“Is this really okay? The opponent is the Orthodox Church.”
“In particular, they say that those who mess with the volunteer group will be fiercely pursued and arrested…”
“…”
So it didn’t matter.
Whether the target of the plunder is the Vatican Orthodox Church or the ruler of this country.
What if they come and seek revenge?
“You can die less miserably than starving.”
“…”
If it’s the same whether you die this way or that way, you just choose the one that is a little less miserable.
Wouldn’t it be less miserable to die at the hands of the Orthodox Church than to lose your entire family and die from something like starvation?
“Free some of the food and fill your family’s stomach. And keep the rest in the warehouse and be on high alert.”
“Yes, boss!”
The subordinates leave with bright faces at the thought of being able to eat their fill for the first time in a long time.
“Whoa.”
It was about time when he was finally alone and sat down in his old chair.
Rattling!
The door that had just been closed has now opened again.
The person who opened the door and came in was a man wearing a pitch-black robe.
Skin that looks so pale that it’s not white, and bright red lips.
A handsome man who creates an unrealistic feeling when you look at him quietly.
His name is Stan.
It was him.
A person who approached a man who had turned into a thief but was still worried about food and offered him a deal by telling him information about the Orthodox Church Volunteer Group.
“I heard the news. He returned after taking away only 20% of the supplies of the Orthodox Church volunteer group.”
“That’s right.”
The smile on Stan’s lips twisted slightly at the man’s calm attitude.
“Why did you make that choice?”
Because he broke his promise.
Apparently, they decided to take away all the supplies and share them in exchange for information about the Orthodox Church volunteer group.
But his man also had something to say.
“If we had been more greedy there, there would have been a fight, and if that had happened, more than half of us would have died there.”
He did not forget the essence.
The only reason I became a thief was because I didn’t want my family and colleagues to starve.
But what does it mean if you sacrifice your colleagues to get that food?
Stan, who felt frustrated with the man, asked back in a more serious tone.
“So you didn’t even provide weapons?”
All the weapons they currently wore were provided by Stan.
It looks like a rusty weapon on the outside, but on the inside it has great power, enough to blow out a hole in the body of a hunter who is extremely hard.
Stan said that with this weapon, he could easily win against the Holy Knights of the Volunteer Corps, but it didn’t seem right to the man.
“If it wasn’t even for that, we would have been annihilated.”
“…”
Stan shakes his head excitedly at his firm answer.
It was a mistake in judgment.
I chose this because I thought I would be able to fight bravely against the Orthodox volunteer corps because of my strong camaraderie, but I never thought that camaraderie would actually hold me back.
“You made a mistake. “I didn’t mean to do business with a soft person like you.”
“I’m sorry I couldn’t live up to your expectations.”
The man didn’t pay any attention to her words that hurt his pride.
All of my colleagues survived, and I also obtained a considerable amount of food.
In the meantime, it’s just a sarcastic comment.
“Anyway, the deal is done. As promised, I will give you half of the food, so take it back with you.”
It was about time that he got up from his seat, ready to hand over the promised compensation and quickly end the transaction.
“That won’t work.”
Stan’s answer, which had impure intentions, made the man frown.
“… What does it mean?”
When the man asked, Stan answered.
“Since you broke your promise first, shouldn’t I also break my promise?”
“So.”
“Please give me all the food you stole this time. I will forgive you for that.”
“Ha.”
A man who laughs at a ridiculous proposal that appears to be lenient.
Eventually, the life-filled gaze turns to Stan.
“Have you forgotten that the weapons you gave us are still in our hands?”
Then Stan laughs.
“Tsk tsk tsk…” Could it be that the weapon was handed over without even the slightest safety device?”
“… !”
An ominous thought that passes by at first glance.
He immediately pushed Stan’s body away and went outside.
“Everyone… !”
It was when I was trying to tell him to keep the weapon away from his body.
Taaak!
Stan flicked his thumb and index finger, and dozens of lights flashed before his eyes.
Puuuuung!
Pow!
The weapons they were carrying on their backs, chests, and sides began to explode all at once.
Patter!
Clap!
The parts of the body that fell off in the explosion scatter in red rain.
“Aaaaah!”
“My, my arm, my paal!”
“Cough… !”
The lives of my colleagues are falling apart at a rapid pace.
“Aaaaahhh, honey!”
“Ah, Dad!”
“Brother, come to your senses! “Oppa, oppa!”
“Aaaaahhh-!”
A family sobbing as they hold on to their dying head.
Intense confusion and regret filled the man’s mind.
Yes.
You are the one who broke your promise.
So, if only they had given away all the food they had stolen in return.
Wouldn’t something like this have happened?
‘… No, no.’
A man clenching his fists.
Every time my nails dig into my skin and the blood forms, my senses come back.
Nothing changes.
Even if all the supplies from the Orthodox Church volunteer group were taken as planned.
‘He was planning on doing this from the beginning.’
I realized it too late.
From the moment they accepted the deal and hung the weapons around their necks, they were dead.
In the end, the death of his colleagues was due to that evil spirit and himself being deceived by the evil spirit.
“Hey, hey… !”
The man with the intent to kill runs towards Stan, who is smiling evilly from behind.
Kill.
In the most painful way, using all the vicious tricks he can.
It was just that thought that made me stretch out my arm and grab the guy’s windpipe.
Sssss
Stan’s body disappears like a mirage before his hand can even touch it.
And I felt his presence behind me again.
“Hoo… “They say it’s okay even if it rots.”
Whoosh, whoosh.
A man breathing full of murderous intent, no, Stan drawing a deeper smile at the beast.
His mouth opens.
“It seems that the ability to obtain the position of captain of the presidential guard based solely on skill is not dead.”
That’s right.
Although he is just a thief now, there was a time when the man was brilliant.
His name is Andrei.
A man who rose to success and became the head of the president’s bodyguard based solely on his outstanding skills.
He sustained injuries while safely escaping the capital, including the president, from the capital during the great disaster, but none of his teeth fell out.
“Kaaaaak-!”
Andrei rushes in again, letting out a fierce shout.
But as if he was laughing at him, Stan constantly escaped his grasp like a mirage.
Like a person who exists but has no form.
“Hehe, it’s impossible. “It’s a body that can’t even use magic properly, right?”
“Ugh… !”
The one that stabs you where it hurts the most.
As Stan said, Andrei lost his magic.
The overheated circuit due to the use of excessive force was unable to withstand the heat and eventually melted.
The ability to disappear like a mirage is clearly an ability based on a trait.
The most common way to capture the reality of something like that is to put magic power in your hands or weapons.
But it was impossible for Andrei, who had lost his magic circuit.
He ran wild like a bullfighter excited by the sight of the red cape, but stumbled from exhaustion.
And Stan did not miss this and materialized and succeeded in grabbing his neck.
Quad!
“Wow… !”
The situation changed with just one attack.
Andrei, who was grabbed by the neck by him, realized.
Stan’s strength is no less than his own.
But the fact that they didn’t confront each other was just to deceive and ridicule themselves.
With a dangerous smile on his face, he slowly tightens his hand and says goodbye.
“Go first and wait. I will also send your colleagues and family one by one.”
“You are…, You son of a bitch… Wow… !”
Pudduk… !
Just before my neck, trembling with grief, was suddenly broken with a strange sound.
Puzzle!
An ominous noise struck the top of Stan’s head.
In response, he throws away Andrei’s head and hurries away.
It was a narrow miss.
Quang!
A long thunderbolt struck the spot where he was, accompanied by a deafening roar.
An unnatural product created by humans, not nature.
After seeing this, Stan felt a chill on the back of his neck.
He almost died.
Out of suffocating fear, I look up at the sky as I unbutton the shirt that is choking me.
A man is slowly descending with the clear sky on his back.
Kim Do-jin.
He immediately understood the situation.
“Just looking at it, it looks like they are fighting over a deal, right?”
He smiles and looks at both sides alternately.
I couldn’t hide my laughter at this extremely beautiful situation.
