Chapter 522: 465 A passerby human_2
"...how could this happen?"
Altoria had ceased to struggle, maintaining the posture of being held up by the neck by Reiger, staring blankly at the bloody slaughter below, as if she had lost her soul.
She naturally recognized those fairies below.
They were all villagers from inside Tintagel, the same neighbors she would often see.
Now, they were killing each other amidst great fires, a sight that truly shocked Altoria to the core.
"Why must this happen?"
"How could this happen?"
"Everyone, please stop!"
As Altoria chanted, she began to struggle once more.
Unfortunately, Reiger didn’t let her go, and even his eyes, as he watched the village below, were filled with indifference.
"See?" Reiger said expressionlessly, "This is the nature of fairies."
Such an event had also occurred in the original story.
When Altoria was believed to be an impostor of the prophesied child and they realized they could not sell her for a good price, Tintagel, having spent all the treasure that Altoria had originally brought, decided to reduce the village population to survive the coming winter.
The way they reduced their numbers was by killing each other, exterminating the unnecessary fairies.
Now, it seemed as if this event had been enacted ahead of schedule.
"Because they thought you were an impostor and couldn’t sell you for a good price, those guys harbored resentment in their hearts," he explained.
"This resentment burst forth very directly after your escape."
"And the way fairies release their dissatisfaction is by taking it out on others."
"That’s how the slaughter began."
Reiger ultimately became sarcastic.
"If they were humans, how could they possibly start killing each other over such trivial dissatisfaction?"
"But fairies do, because they have no idea what patience is," he continued.
"For entertainment, they can commit cruel acts as if it’s nothing, so why would it be surprising that they attack others to vent their frustrations?"
"That is the way of the fairies."
Having said this, Reiger shifted his gaze elsewhere.
"Rather than this, you’d better start thinking about how to deal with those people."
Reiger extended his hand, pointing in a direction.
That was the outside of Tintagel.
On the road leading to Tintagel, a group of fairies was running at a speed hard for humans to imagine, like a torrential herd of animals, kicking up thick dust behind them while rapidly approaching from that direction.
Especially the leading figure, his speed was so fast it was indescribable. Even from a distance, it appeared as if he were turning into a phantom, twinkling towards them as if teleporting, and some would believe it if they were told it was instantaneous movement.
"That is...!?"
Altoria instinctively looked in the direction Reiger was pointing, and that’s when she saw it.
At that moment, Altoria’s complexion turned ashen.
"That speed... could it be the fairies of the Tusk Clan?"
"The Tusk Clan, coming in groups toward the village at this time?"
"Woodworth’s execution squad?"
"Why now...!?"
Wasn’t the execution squad supposed to arrive tomorrow?
Why are they rushing over now!?
"So it’s the queen’s execution squad after all," Reiger observed the Tusk Clan fairies surging towards them and said, "It seems they’ve received the news and know that the prophesied child has escaped, so they’re speeding up to get here."
The group from the Tusk Clan that was coming towards Tintagel was beyond comparison with the villagers from Tintagel.
They were the elites of the Tusk Clan, powerful fairies that were renowned for their combat prowess within a clan already known for strength.
Such a group, with power far surpassing the average fairy, could easily outrun a train if they put their full effort into traveling. It wasn’t strange for them to cover a distance in a few hours that would normally take until the next day.
As for how they received the news so quickly, that must be thanks to the fairies of the Wind Clan in the village of Tintagel, right?
The fairies of the Wind Clan had an extraordinary ability to spread messages. If the Wind Clan fairies from Tintagel who had suffered at the hands of Reiger decided to vent their spleen by directly informing the incoming execution squad about the escape of the prophesied child, then it’s entirely possible for the execution squad to react swiftly and decide to close in at full speed, reaching them at this time.
This was the trouble that Reiger referred to.
"Woodworth, huh?"
Remembering this name repeatedly mentioned by fairies, a steely glint sparked in Reiger’s eyes that shimmered with a transparent sheen.
"I really want to test out this person’s strength," he mused.
The original story suggested that his strength was extraordinary, perhaps stronger than any opponent Reiger had encountered so far.
Having considered such a thing, it was impossible for Reiger not to ponder his next move.
Thus, Reiger started flying towards the incoming execution squad.
"What are you doing, Reiger?" Crying out as if she had seen through Reiger’s intentions, Altoria exclaimed in terror, "Wait! Be calm! Don’t be reckless...!"
But Reiger paid no heed to Altoria.
Clinging to a girl, the youth flew straight out of Tintagel Village, engulfed in flames, casting aside the bloodshed and violence left behind.