"What do you mean by that?" Kichu asked her.
"They don’t welcome outsiders. Congratulations—you’re only the fourth person to ever find this planet," she said.
"You’re not from here, are you?" Kichu asked.
"No, I’m not. Can we talk somewhere else? It’s not safe here. If they find out about you… you’re dead."
"Who are you talking about?"
"I’ll explain everything. Just follow me." She motioned for them to come along and walked down a narrow street, Forcy following closely behind.
They arrived at an old building and stepped inside.
"Okay, can we talk now?" Kichu asked impatiently.
"Yes. This planet is called Gadha. That man you saw earlier—Forcy—is the chief of two villages. This used to be a peaceful place… until twenty years ago." She glanced at Forcy, who nodded silently before stepping outside.
"What happened?" Kichu asked.
"The people here have worshiped a god for centuries—the Destroyer God, Gadha. Their faith was extreme. They believed in offering animal sacrifices to keep the god from destroying their planet. But twenty years ago, everything changed. The villagers began hearing the voice of God. It told them that killing animals was no longer enough." She lowered her head, her voice heavy with sorrow.
"That doesn’t even make sense. A god wouldn’t demand suffering from its own people," Roco said.
"That’s exactly what I’ve been telling them. But their belief was stronger than their reason. They began sacrificing women instead—one every month. Can you imagine? Fathers sending their daughters, husbands sending their wives… all in the name of devotion."
Kichu and Roco remained silent, trying to process what they were hearing.
"I arrived here thirty years ago," she continued. "It was an accident. At first, they treated me just as they treated you—with fear and hostility. But then, a child fell from a tree and was badly injured. I’m a healer… I have a Class Three Sin—Simplest Healing. I saved him. After that, they started trusting me. They asked me to stay, so I did. I even started a school to teach them first aid and medicine. For ten years, life was good. Then… I saw their true nature. I want to put an end to this."
"What do you want us to do? Fight the god? Haha… You don’t make any sense. Just let us go our way. This is your problem," Kichu said to her.
"What if I say it's not a real god?"
"Oh… then who is it?"
"It's someone pretending to be the god. Someone who knows everything about this planet. I never believed in this god nonsense, so I started investigating. I even followed the women who were sent to the mountains to die.
One day, I followed a woman to the mountain. She was terrified but still praying to the god. She climbed the mountain and reached the statue of the god. Suddenly, a man appeared out of nowhere and grabbed her. Then another man appeared—standing on the statue. She screamed and cried, but the man dragged her into a building near the statue.
Then… the screams started coming from the building. The man on the statue laughed at every scream. It was the worst day of my life… listening to a woman just like me being torn apart by two monsters. I silently went back to my house. I couldn't sleep for weeks.
The next day, I began telling the villagers the terrifying truth behind this. But they didn’t listen to me. The number of students in my class started to decrease. I couldn’t do anything. Then the chief came to me and talked about this. He was also suspicious.
I asked him why. Then he told me about the prophecy."
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Into The Reality
Science FictionA teenager living a normal life in this world realizes that there is more worlds other than his tiny earth . He goes through the universe lead by DEVILS. Would he save the universe? OR would he become one of the DEVILS?
