lv 1 skeleton

chapter 99

"Why has the Count's manor been burned to the ground?"

Clearly the place I had just teleported to was the magic circle in the Count's library, but there was nothing but a scorched building in sight. Exploring further I noticed that the village at the foot of the manor had likewise suffered the same fate.

"What...happened?"

I run at full speed towards Gartmar, It was already sunset, so no one could recognize me. In under an hour I had arrived before the Mayor's home.

Knock Knock!

"Who is it?"

"Mayor it is Johra."

"Hmm... so now you choose to show up?"

Opening the door he welcomed me in, as if he had been waiting all along. He had an open bottle on the table and seemed to already be quite tipsy.

"Mayor are you drunk?"

"No, this is nothing."

I felt his eyes squinting in anger.

"What's happened here?"

"Count Sion was captured as a traitor."

"What?"

I couldn't believe it. There was not reason for him to betray his country.

"You see, with enough power one can decide what is true and what is false."

My hands balled into a fist.

"And what about those living in the manor?"

"The Count himself was whipped and burned at the stake to set an example. His family members and servants were either killed or sold into slavery. One can't even consider coming to their rescue because there are simply too many guards watching over them, you won't make it out alive.

The mayor was trying to test my resolve.

"Do you think I am afraid about them?"

"Then will you rebel?"

The glint in his eyes betrayed his tone, clearly it was something had he had already considered.

"Who was behind this? Tell me all you know about the location they are being held and who is guarding them."

He handed me some documents filled with related information, then tossed me some gold coins

Ting!

"You didn't get this from me."

"Of course, you have nothing to worry about."

"I'm not worried, because if you fail, then I won't hesitate to rebel."

I nodded back, probably the reason that the mayor was so depressed was that his next decision would have a huge impact on the lives of all his citizens.

"Let's get going."

Just as I left his house I took off running. In this day and age there was no available method of transportation faster than me sprinting. Unless you were using teleportation magic then you wouldn't be able to keep up with my current speed.

At my peak I could run somewhere between 300 and 400 kilometers per hour. Everything would turn into a blur as I ran in a straight line, crushing anything unfortunate enough to stand in my way.

My destination was the royal slave market. I arrived there after about an hour and used my spider webs against a building to slow down my speed, landing atop the castle and looking around.