Night of the Soulless Heathens – 10



#10. The Tooth’s Families 1

It was rumored that Azadin was the worst fool in the history of the Herald Clan and the adults used to threaten their children by marrying them to Azadin in order to scare them. However Azadin before Midiam was wise skilled and even experienced.

It is hard to believe that this messenger was delivered three months ago and through fraudulent means.

“What? Why do you keep looking at me? Is there something on my face?”

“Rumor has it that you are cursed. The curse is clearly written on your face…”

“so?”

“But now that you look at it you’re handsome. After all isn’t your older sister Arael a peerless beauty?”

“Ugh.”

At the mention of Arael’s name Azadin pretended to vomit.

“She’s not my older sister she’s my younger sister.”

The Jeonryung clan has a custom of giving birth to a son or daughter earlier so the one born earlier even if it’s just a day or an hour earlier has greater responsibility and authority.

“She claims she is my older sister.”

“Have you met?”

“I haven’t seen it myself but I’ve heard that.”

“Then you must have heard a rumor.”

Azadin declared so and walked away.

The Jeonryong clan also has a hierarchy with the five founding families at the top and below them are the commoners and below that are the lowest of the low.

Azadin and Arael are siblings of the lowest class with a traitor as their father and have nothing to inherit or honor. Despite this both Azadin and Arael insist that they are superior.

“Haha.”

Medium burst into laughter because he found Azadin’s appearance somehow amusing.

“….”

On the other hand Ismail remained silent as he watched the laughter of such a medium.

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After walking for half a day and climbing over a hill the plants were finally starting to come back to life. In addition I could see that the road was wet from a nearby leak.

“Oh what is this?”

“There’s a spring nearby. I just happened to leave my supplies there. Should I go and get them? You guys need to give the goats some water too?”

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Azaddin led Midiam and Ismail to the spring. It was a shame to call it a spring with water trickling out from a crevice in the rock.

“The quantity has decreased a lot here too. Is this a big problem?”

It was even smaller now than when Azadin had seen it. Still the situation was much better than on the east side of the mountain which was almost becoming a desert.

“It should be around here? Oh it’s over there.”

There was a Kerim goat grazing near the spring and it recognized Azadin and ran towards him with joy.

“Right. Did you wait for the sweater?”

Kerim goats have better balance and jumping ability than horses and are good at traveling over rough terrain but they are vulnerable to heat and dryness because they have long hair.

So Azadin deliberately released mountain goats in places where there was water to let them eat grass and he himself came to a dry area to carry out his mission.

In this case there was a possibility that the goat would have been killed by wild animals or robbed by robbers but perhaps because it was a place with few people the goat was alive and well. Azadin petted the goat and looked around.

“Let’s rest here for a bit. I also need to get some supplies back.”

“Supplies?”

Azadin picked up a large rock near the spring and took out the sack he had hidden underneath.

“Good. The supplies are in good condition.”

The Emperor’s voice gave him too much time to run so he had to bury most of the items he was carrying here and run bare-handed. Azadin who safely retrieved them could barely breathe a sigh of relief.

“I was wondering if I could wash up.”

Medium was disappointed to see the small amount of water trickling out from between the rocks.

“As you go down the mountain the quantity will gradually increase. For now be satisfied with feeding the mountain goats.”

Then the bushes began to sway.

“Ugh. What is this?”

“Hey! Who gave you permission to take water from our well?”

Six people who looked like gangsters rushed in. They were either stragglers from somewhere or wanderers who had picked up random armor but their armor was not properly made and was stained with blood.

As Midiam and Ismail placed their hands on their weapons looking at Azadin Azadin stopped them and asked the villains.

“I have no intention of fighting. What do you want?”

“Well that’s what everyone wants.”

“Hey capture the girls and kill the men!”

The thugs approached with a confident air as if they were outnumbered and their opponents were just two young boys and a girl and Azadin alone.

He had let his guard down thinking that only Azadin could fight properly. At that very moment Azadin picked up a stone from the ground and grabbed it in his hand.

“Just in case is there really no room for compromise?”

“Why does this kid keep talking so much?”

“What do you see with that mask on your face? Are you a clown?”

“okay?”

Azadin grabbed the stone in his hand and split it. At the same time the split stone shot out like a bullet and hit the groin of the leading villains.

“Ugh?!”

“Eww!”

In an instant two thugs fell to the ground clutching his groin.

“iced coffee….”

“It’s open!”

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His pants were ripped open and his crotch was instantly soaked with blood.

“This kid!”

The enraged thugs tried to brandish their weapons but Azadin pushed them away and approached their leader the one who had ordered the capture of the girl and the killing of the rest.

“uh?”

“illustration.”

As Azadin threw a light punch a sound like a gust of wind was heard.

-Wedge!

Blood spurted out and the leader of the gang fell to the ground screaming.

“Kkaaaah!”

“Two bosses?!”

“What what?”

The punch was so light that I don’t know why the boss is making such a fuss about getting hit with it. Those who approached him with such thoughts were startled. Half of their boss’s face was torn off.

His nose was torn his cheekbone was crushed bone fragments were visible and his eyeball was gouged out and dangling underneath. It was a gruesome sight more like being hit by a bear’s paw than by a human fist.

“Kkaaaah!”

“Hic… what is it?”

“….”

It wasn’t just the scoundrels who were shocked by the sight. Ismail and Midiam were also shocked.

‘What is this power?’

‘Surely you didn’t use magic but just got hit and made this?’

Midiam and Ismail felt afraid.

In the meantime three of the villains had fallen leaving only three left. They had completely lost their will to fight due to Azadin’s actions that incapacitated them in an instant.

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“I’m sorry.”

“We don’t even recognize you sir!”

“But you want everything? You say you have no intention of compromising?”

“Oh no.”

“Then why are you holding a weapon?”

“Ouch!”

The thugs immediately put down their weapons and fell to the ground.

“Medium and droopy eyes. Get the weapons back.”

“….”

Seeing Medium call him by his name and Ismail call him droopy-eyed I could sense his stubbornness in not calling him by nicknames that were truly affectionate.

Midiam and Ismail retrieved the weapons the bandits had laid down and returned to Azadin.

“Then let me ask you a question. Why are you guys here? You don’t look like just any thieves.”

‘Huh? You’re not a thief?’

‘Isn’t this a thief?’

Midiam and Ismail were taken aback by Azadin’s words but the scoundrels were delighted to hear them.

“Yes that’s right. We are just good citizens.”

No matter what they are not good citizens. Medium frowned but these scoundrels began to spit out everything that came to their mouths perhaps because they had a strong desire to live.

“We were just drafted.”

“Conscription?”

“Yes. What were the children of the Count of Kazel? They were conscripting people and working them indiscriminately to find copies of some book.”

“Even without that the inland regions are suffering from lack of rain so everyone is becoming a refugee or a bandit…”

“We were ordered to scout out something that had no answer and we headed this way and happily we came across this noble person.”

It seems like he is praising his encounter with Azadin and his party as a meeting with a noble person but he is naturally flattering them with absurd flattery.

How could he be happy about meeting Azadin and his party? The two of them have become eunuchs and it is questionable whether the leader whose face was torn off by Azadin’s fist will survive.

But what they say is mixed with flattery and there is no lie about what happened itself.

Count Kasel is trying to find a copy of the New King’s Book.

“These guys are just thieves aren’t they making excuses?”

“That’s not likely. It’s not a road where merchants or pedestrians would be.”

It has been a month since there was any rain in the eastern inland. Even if they were planning to plunder the nomads they would not choose this deserted route.

“Then to shut your mouth I have no choice but to kill you…”

Medium suggested killing them without much thought.

“Wait a minute Medium. I don’t kill people that easily.”

“yes?”

“We must kill them. Even if they truly are people who will repent if we leave them alive our actions will be exposed.”

Ismail preached that they should be killed even if they repented.

“Oh no!”

“Just a moment Maga… How could we dare to have such thoughts?”

The scoundrels bowed their heads in surprise. They all looked at Azadin and waited for his decision.

“A person’s life cannot be recovered once it is taken. How can I kill someone so easily for my own convenience? Everyone deserves a second chance.”

“ah….”

Ismail and Midiam who had been listening sighed. There are some non-killers who do not kill people but would they really be among the messenger clan?

Meanwhile the scoundrels were very excited.

“That’s right. Of course! Human life is precious.”

“As expected of you sir! You are fair and just.”

“Thanks to your kindness your family will be blessed for generations to come!”

“We will definitely keep our mouths shut!”

“Oh no! Oh no! How could we betray our benefactor after receiving such grace? We are not such shameless people. If we betray the bright merciful and great One we will fall into hell.”

Since when did he know Azadin? He had become accustomed to flattery. If he went into the palace right now and worked as a eunuch he would do well.

Aren’t there actually two guys who were castrated?

Azadin looked back at them and smiled.

“If we give each person a permanent injury it will be difficult for them to hurt others even if they don’t repent right away. That’s the only way to give them as many opportunities to repent as possible in the rest of their lives.”

“….”

“yes?”

“Don’t move too much. If you do something wrong not only your eyes but also your face will fly off.”

“Ugh?!”

“Hey don’t make me laugh!”

The scoundrels tried to resist but at that moment Azadin’s fist struck down the first one who rose up. Blood and flesh splattered on the faces of the other scoundrels.

“Kkaaaah!”

“That’s why I told you to stay still. It’ll fly all the way to your nose. If you stay still it’ll just take off one eye.”

Azadin felt sorry for the villains who had suffered more damage than necessary but he didn’t seem to have any intention of stopping.

“Kwaaak!”

A terrible scream echoed through the trees of the forest like thunder.