BXBX NOVEL Chapter 333 - Mixed Emotions
"Give me the next body, Owen," Suddenly, a middle-aged man voice could be heard ringing in the entire tranquil village.
In one of those houses, the middle-aged man with his long brown robe and a rounded hat was seen sitting in front of a long bench with a human body laid on it.
His build was slim, but one could notice an abnormal muscle bulging in every of his body parts. He has long blonde hair that reaches the neck; he has a sharp nose and long chin. His blue eyes were focused on dismembering the human body using sharp custom tools.
"Elder brother, I bring a young man here," Pushing the door open, another middle-aged man with muscular and height towering the door was seen carrying a young man on. The bald on his head reflected the crazy look of his elder brother when he saw the unconscious young man in his hands.
"Put him there," His elder brother just glanced for a moment before focusing back as he was seemingly still busy with the previous body.
"But brother, is not that the kingdom will soon notice us? After all, we massacre the entire villagers," The bald man spoke casually while throwing the unconscious young man to the floor.
"That is the Imperial Empire problem; our family is only responsible for satisfying the king\'s wish," While speaking, the elder brother took out a small bottle of potion from his pocket and then poured it down on the dissected body.
The body suddenly jolted around, then the dead body sat upright with its lifeless eyes slowly turned into red, and its jaw became bigger with the additional flesh growing along with some teeth.
"Fail again, tch!" The elder brother snorted in exasperation while biting his lower lip. He gestured to his little brother to bring the young man body.
The bald man threw the failed experiment outside the house and then put down the new body while cracking the young man\'s neck.
The failed experiment was still in the state of senseless, glancing around the area before crawling with its four body parts. If Desmond was here, he would be surprised to see the process of how a ghoul was created.
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Back at Desmond situation, where there was a clash could be seen between the mist. Desmond was seen swiftly dodging and slashing with his fire sword at those ghouls who kept jumping and opening their mouths at him.
He bent his body, and then, using his right-hand power, Desmond gripped the earth sword that coated with fire to do a side slash along with some power attached to his left foot.
*stab*
*growl*
The ghoul that jumped in mid-air was stabbed by his fire sword and sent flying along with his sword. Desmond immediately formed another fire sword and held the sword with both hands.
*stab*
*growl*
He was doing a backstab at the ghoul that suddenly sneaked from his behind. The ghoul was sent flying still with his sword before turning into the ashes.
However, after killing two ghouls, another one was seen attacking from above of his head, along with another were seen dashing at him from afar.
"This is pointless, killing them one by one," Still gazing at the ghouls coming from afar, Desmond activated his spell.
Control Element: Rain of Fire Swords.
Unlike the other person who needed a chant with some magic circle waiting for their spell to be unleased, he could instantly gather and materialize the energy into the object he imagined.
*swoosh*
Several long fire swords instantly appeared in mid-air, hovering and emitting a blazing hot sensation. The fire swords immediately moved and struck down to the ghoul above him and those in the distance.
Desmond reacted fast with his body stepping aside, letting the ghoul fall on the ground with its body burning and slowly turning into ashes. At the same time, many notifications appeared on his view.
He glanced at his map and found no red dots could be spotted again, killing more than around twenty or more ghouls. He saw the girls still stayed at the entrance; it seemed they were doing pretty good.
"System, scan the area," To make sure this village was already safe, he commanded the system to scan once more time.
[Starting to scan the area...]
[Scan complete!]
[System conclusion: No existences could be spotted around radius 500m]
At the same time, the energy on his body that was consumed to use at the battle against those ghouls slowly recovered when the automatic gathering function activated, actively sucking the energy around his surroundings.
Control Element: Wind hands.
Simultaneously, he activated his spell, forming a gathering wind-shaped in human hands that scattered and collected the ghouls\' ashes for him to absorb.
Suddenly the mist that covered the abandoned village started to disperse, revealing the girls with warry eyes looking at the village with their combat position.
The moment Desmond figure could be seen, those girls immediately sighed and lowered their weapons. They glanced at the building\'s condition and observed him for a long time.
"Young master?"
"Brother?"
Those girls spoke simultaneously, although, from outer appearance, the figure looked like a Desmond or their young master; they could not be sure unless they heard his voice.
"Yes, it is me, come in," Looking at their behaviour, he was a bit amused. Their cute expression while tilting their heads together reminded him of a bunch of cows on the meadows.
After talking and choosing the best house for them to stay in, they set a task to do one-man guard the rest, and Desmond voluntarily became the first person while letting the rest sleep in peace.
He was staring at the sky and a bit dazed. The red sky above the village seemed to vanish and return to normal, along with the sudden disperse of the mist. These strange phenomena made Desmond feel uncomfortable.
"I the rest is safe same like us," Thinking about his parents\' words, Desmond felt conflicted. They were the ones who taught him swordsman and spells even though he was not yet a wizard or swordsman; his mother even taught him the Advance spells.
This feeling was too strange for him; he was completely fine slaughtering and killing those people, either the bad or the innocent people. But when it comes involved his family or his subordinates, somehow he felt emotional.
"It seems I still have the human side on me," Desmond muttered in a low tone; he could not help but feel grave upon remembering how Felix\'s daughter died within his eyes.
She must feel painful now, leaving his old father without saying goodbye, he thought. He could not imagine how sad Felix would be, knowing his daughter was killed by the kingdom.
"While those people just search a justification reason for them to have a right killing her," Upon remembering this, his gaze turned cold; he still vividly remembered how those people tried to reasoned to him.
While dazed, his eyes suddenly noticed a piece of meat from the ghoul he killed. He took the small unshaped flesh with the size of a ring finger and started to observe closely.
"The cause of the sudden appearance of those ghouls is still a mystery to me, but with this flesh, I hope the system can analyze the source and conclude how they appear."