The Death Mage that doesn't want a fourth time

93 The Monster who won't give up

For the people of the Second to Sixth Cultivation Villages, this winter day was an unforgettable day indeed.

"I have something important to tell everyone," said the savior of the villages. He was accompanied by the people of the Seventh Cultivation Village and those of the First Cultivation Village which was supposed to have been deserted, as well as several knights in armor who were tied up and being pulled along.

"Everyone, listen to me," Sebas pleaded. "We've all been deceived by the Hartner family! When we became unable to maintain the First Cultivation Village, us villagers were told we were being sent to a new land to cultivate. We followed them, only to be thrown into the slave-run mine! We had no crimes or debts, yet we were turned into slaves! Because of the harsh labor we were forced to do in the mine, my father, the village chief...!"

"My little sister and brother as well...! There's no difference between the Hartner family and those bastards from the Amid Empire!"

"My Nee-san was treated as a plaything by the men... they're nothing but demons!"

Those from the First Cultivation Village, including Sebas, the village chief's son, spoke of the sorrow they had endured at the slave-run mine. Even though they were from another village, they were friends who had been living in this cultivated land, just like the rest of the villages. Each village had many who recognized their faces. The other villagers got the feeling that the color of their eyes was a little different, but that was within acceptable limits of error.

Thus, no matter how difficult it was to believe their words, it was impossible to completely reject them.

"And Lord Lucas... No, Lucas, who is about to become in charge of the Hartner Duchy, tried to destroy this cultivation project! Come on, talk!" Sebas said to Pablo, who had been captured alive.

Pablo gave a groan before revealing everything, except for the details regarding Froto, the fake priest sent by Karcan.

My body, even my mouth, moves against my will. W-why in the world?!

Vandalieu had used Spirit Form Transformation, split his claw into string-thin parts that extended to the knights who had been captured alive and then used Materialization inside their bodies.

He was secreting various drugs from his claws in real-time, forcing them into a state where they couldn't remain silent.

But thanks to the numerous resistance skills that existed in Lambda, it was possible to resist the effects of drugs in ways that were scientifically impossible.

"It's best to give up. You people don't want to end up like Kinarp, do you?" Vandalieu whispered to them, ensuring that they didn't regain their willpower and strength. He was also using his Mental Encroachment skill to inflict mental damage on them while slowly injecting more venom into them, little by little, and this was slowly beginning to take effect.

"I-I am... Pablo Marton, the captain of the Red Wolf Knights' Order. In order to have Lucas-sama succeed the duke family, I created secret plans and ordered my subordinates to sabotage the cultivation villages..."

Hearing Pablo's confession and seeing the crest on the armor that he was wearing, the trust the villagers of the cultivation villages had in the Hartner Duchy plummeted to the ground.

The concept of human rights was underdeveloped in Lambda, and those of royal or noble status were considered to be like a superior race to commoners.

With that said, commoners still felt anger and dissatisfaction when trampled underfoot for absurd reasons.

However, even if they did feel anger and dissatisfaction, there was a difference in power that prevented them from doing anything about it. It was meaningless for poor people living in cultivation villages to even think about opposing the Hartner family, who essentially ruled an entire nation.