Dawn of Vengeance — Chapter 51

SEE? IT IS BETTER TO HAVE NO ONE ELSE AROUND.

TRYING TO HELP JUST FOR THE SAKE OF IT ONLY ENDS UP BEING A HINDRANCE...

He is Practically soaring.

HOW CAN HE BE THAT FAST?

IS HIS DYNAMIC VISUAL ACUITY REALLY THAT GOOD?

PREDICTING WHICH SIDE THE ENEMY WILL STRIKE FROM,

WHICH FOOT THEY WILL USE TO BALANCE...

SUCH AN ATTACK IS ONLY POSSIBLE IF YOU CAN READ THE ENEMY'S MOVEMENTS.

TWO LEFT.

WOW.

SOME BLOOD SPLATTERED ON YOU.

IF IT IS UNPLEASANT-

NO,

NO! IT IS FINE.

YOU DID WELL.

WE ARE NOT EVEN NEAR THE BORDER, YET THERE ARE MORE THAN I EXPECTED.

BESIDES, THEY ARE DRESSED LIKE REFUGEES, YET THEY ARE CARRYING SPEARS AND LONGSWORDS...

AS EXPECTED OF THE DOPANE BLOODLINE.

THE WAR ONLY JUST ENDED.

WHY ARE THEY ALREADY MAKING A MOVE AT THE BORDER?

AUTUMN...

IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE, YOUR MAJESTY.

I SEE.

WINTER IS COMING, SO THEY INTEND TO SEIZE USABLE LAND DURING THE DORMANT SEASON

AND FILL THEIR STOREHOUSES STARTING FROM THE NEXT FARMING SEASON?

ARE THERE ANY OTHER ENEMIES NEARBY?

I DO NOT SENSE ANY OTHER HOSTILITY.

HOWEVER...

I DO NOT SENSE ANY PRESENCE EITHER, SO WE NEED TO CHECK FOR SURVIVORS.

UN...

UNCLE...

UNCLE!!

...ZEN.

Y-YOUR MAJESTY...

MY UNCLE...

HE WAS CERTAINLY FINE WHEN I SAW HIM ONLY LAST YEAR.

AND YET...!

CALM DOWN, ZEN.

MY GRANDMOTHER, THE VILLAGERS... ALL OF THEM.

EVERYONE... THERE IS NO ONE LEFT.

NO ONE!

TRULY...

WAS THE ENTIRE VILLAGE SLAUGHTERED?

EVERYONE, SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS!

YES!

YOUR MAJESTY, IT IS DANGEROUS...!

WHAT IS THIS PLACE?

NOKEUM- TEO...

IT IS THE HOUSE OF THE ELDER, WHICH FUNCTIONS AS A TOWN HALL.

IT LOOKS LIKE A SCHOOL FROM THE OUTSIDE.

IT ALSO HANDLES THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG LYCANS,

SO IT IS A SCHOOL AS WELL.

THERE WERE NO BODIES OF CHILDREN,

SO I THOUGHT THEY MIGHT BE TAKING REFUGE HERE...

- !

WHY...?

I SENSE A PRESENCE.

Let's enter quietly.

IT IS THE DOOR TO THE BASEMENT.

ENTER CAREFULLY-

WHO IS THERE?!

WE ARE NOT HERE TO HURT YOU!

I HAVE COME WITH MIRBACHET'S SON, ZEN!

IS ANYONE INSIDE?

YOU CAME WITH ZEN?

THEN, ARE YOU THE PARNASSUS ARMY?

THAT IS CORRECT. PLEASE REST EASY.

I AM WALTER HEIBERG, ZEN'S SUPERIOR.

ARE YOU THE ELDER?

I AM.

EVEN IF THIS VILLAGE HAS MANY ELDERLY AND CHILDREN,

I DO NOT BELIEVE LYCANS WOULD BE SO HELPLESS AGAINST 30 HUMANS.

WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED HERE?