Chapter 28 – Harvesting with the Black Scythe
When I looked up to the source of the cries up in the sky, I saw dozens of villagers had been captured by the gargoyles. They were being eaten alive.
I drew the black sword Greed, intending to intercept a gargoyle that was about to swoop down from the sky. 《Appraisal》skill quickly did its work.
This thing could even use fire magic. It can proof to be a problem if they stay midair. I instantly changed the sword in to bow form.
I preemptively attacked one of the Gargoyle・Noir who were chewing on a person’s stomach. The magic arrow was not hindered by the dark of the night, accurately found its way penetrating between the eyes of the gargoyle.
The man who could give evacuation order, and the only one who the other villagers will comply to had died. No matter what I or Seto said, they won’t hear it for sure.
The other gargoyle didn’t budge even if one of them was killed. On the contrary, they were already intoxicated by the taste of human flesh, and attack only so that they could have more.
At that moment, Greed warned me.
『Fate, rain of magic attack is incoming 。Quickly change in to scythe form！』
I changed Greed into scythe form as told, and jumped to Seto’s house roof in order to protect it.
I could easily cut off the gargoyle’s flame bullet, dispelling it entirely. But it’s different case with the skill’s indirect effects after it has successfully hit. For instance, I couldn’t douse the burning house caused by the skill through cutting the flame with the scythe alone.
No more than half of the total amount of villagers had survived the attack. Even so the gargoyles still greedy for more. They are now eyeing Seto’s house which was the only one untouched by the flame.
There were only 2 remaining. But, as a monster that liked to attack in a group, they took an expected action. They quickly turned tail and ran away.
[Trying to run?!]
With this I obtained my second flame-based skill. Through 《Appraisal》 I found out that Fire Resistance reduced the damage caused by Fire Magic by half. Too bad, since that meant it’s only limited to magic damage.
Thanks to eating those gargoyles, the Gluttony skill had satiated. The hurting in my right eye vanished, and I felt that my condition was tip top.
Meanwhile the village itself was in miserable state. All other houses except for Seto’s had been burnt down. The gargoyle’s fireballs had burnt the land into charred black.
While I was sitting on the roof watching the flame burns indiscriminately, Seto came out of his house. He then said when he saw me.
I focused back to the village as I spoke. Hearing nothing else from Seto, I assumed that he was too surprised to say anything else. His daughter forgot to cry, she clung to her father’s foot not wanting to be separated.
But there was one thing that was clear to me. Today, I had completely lost my hometown.
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