Chapter 22

Chapter 22

"Can't we go into the village?"

This kid, I thought he had something important to say.

Zain asked the elder with a business-like smile. The elder was startled and gestured with his hand.

"Oh, right. I'm sorry. Please come in quickly."

The villagers who were gathered around the elder opened the gate for us. Only then could we enter the village, and just in time, Kess came back.

Next to Kess was a young man of about my age, running out of breath.

The young man, who looked exhausted, brightened up when he saw me.

"Leader!"

He ran towards me with a bright smile. As the young man approached, I recognized who he was.

This brown-haired young man was a citizen of Rovel.

He was one of the people I had rescued from the underground prison of the Rizes Church.

The young man who came up to me was so happy that he shed tears. He clasped his hands and looked up at the sky.

"Oh, Kyros! You really heard my prayers!"

-Yes, yes! This is the child. This is the child who prayed fervently to me! He has a very pure soul!

Kyros also seemed very pleased.

And finally, a system window appeared.

[Sub Quest 'Salvation' 1. <Desperate Prayer> Clear!]

[Sub Quest Reward will be given.]

[Sub Quest Update!]

[Sub Quest 'Salvation' 2. <The Story of Cartel Village>

Content: You have encountered the people of Cartel Village. Investigate what happened to them.

Goal: Listen to the story of Cartel Village (This quest is a linked quest)

Success: Found the clue for the next quest

Failure: -

Final Success Reward: Agent Draw Ticket (5 pieces)]

[Do you accept?]

[Yes/No]

I had a rough idea of what happened in Cartel Village, but I had to accept the quest to proceed. After accepting the quest, I saw the young man sitting on the floor.

I approached the young man who was still shedding tears of gratitude and reached out my hand.

"Get up, brother."

The young man sniffed, grabbed my hand with both hands, and got up.

"I didn't expect you to come here in person. Thank you so much."

"No, it's not me. Kyros heard your prayers and sent me here. It's all his will."

-That's right, that's right!

I smiled happily and Zain whispered in my ear.

[Master, you're good at acting.]

I glared at Zain and he flinched slightly.

What?

"Are you the leader of Kyros Faith?"

The elder took a step closer to me. But, his eyes were different from before.

I was surprised by his cold gaze, but I didn't show it.

"Yes, I am."

Also, the villagers' eyes had changed.

...What? In HSAW, when Terdius visited the village in the Cartel Forest, the villagers asked him for help to kill the darkwolf.

But, now it was different.

'Maybe this is also a hidden route.'

The children and Zain also felt the change in the villagers and their faces hardened.

The one who changed the atmosphere was the believer young man.

"Let's go to my place first. Elder, is that okay?"

When the young man asked, the elder reluctantly agreed.

"Please do."

"Come on."



The only thing that bothered me was that they were all followers of Diego Faith.

"Um, leader."

Cyril looked at me anxiously.

"I know it's a rude request, but... can you help not only me but also the villagers?"

With his question, the system window appeared again.

[Sub Quest 'Salvation' 2. <The Story of Cartel Village> Clear!]

[Sub Quest Reward will be given.]

[Sub Quest Update!]

[Sub Quest 'Salvation' 3. <The Savior of Cartel Village>

Content: You have heard the story of Cartel Village from a faithful believer and received a request. Please, don't turn down the faithful believer's request.

Goal: Save Cartel Village

Success: Agent Draw Ticket (5 pieces)

Failure: All villagers die]

[Do you accept?]

[Yes/No]

This was the last quest. Well, the Cartel Forest quest wasn't very long in the original either.

But, the failure penalty was 'all villagers die'? Isn't that too much?

If there was such a penalty, they should have told me from the beginning! It wasn't even in the original.

'Damn it.'

Anyway, I had no choice but to accept it since I had come this far.

"Yes. Don't worry."

I held Cyril's hand and smiled.

"Thank you, leader! Thank you all!"

Cyril bowed his head to us and thanked us. Then he suddenly got up from his seat.

"Oh, I don't have any food, but I'll bring you some water!"

He left the hut.

As soon as Cyril was gone, Zain whispered to me.

"Master, this is... not a good feeling. Are you okay?"

He also felt something bad and asked me cautiously.

"Let's just give it a try. The villagers didn't do anything bad to us."

The job was simple anyway. All I had to do was kill the darkwolf leader in the forest and the rest would be easy. Besides, there was no monster regeneration in HSAW.

So, it was over once I killed them all.

"Let's get up. We don't have time."

I had to finish everything before morning.

I got up from my seat and left the hut. The children and Zain followed me. Then, I ran into Cyril who was carrying a bucket of water from somewhere.

"Leader? Where are you going?"

"Ah, well."

As I was about to explain to Cyril, the villagers came rushing to the hut.

The elder and Kess were at the front.

"Elder?"

Cyril turned his head in surprise and the elder said with a stiff face,

"You're all here."

"What's going on?"

Cyril hurried over and asked. The elder looked at me and said.

"I'm sorry, but everyone except Cyril has to leave the village."

"What?! Elder! It's nighttime!"

Cyril exclaimed in shock.

"I know. But you came here through the forest at night."

"That's..."

Before Cyril could say anything, I walked up to the elder and faced him. And I nodded with a smile.

"I understand."

I walked past the villagers.

Yeah, I was going to leave anyway.