Lv1 Skeleton - Chapter 99

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 .

“I should start over there . ”

It was the slave shop I had spotted in the middle of the large market .

Circling around the back I set up a teleportation array on the back of the store as a precaution, then asked Lena .

“Can we take a look inside and see if there is anyone connected to the Count . ”

“There seem to be five former servants, all sleeping at the moment . I’ll project their positions on your cornea . ”

I discreetly entered the slave shop, rescued the five and kidnapped the worker there for good measure . Firing up the Magic array I teleported them all back to our manor in the dungeon .

“Thank you Johra, but please save the Count’s children instead of us lowly servants . The Count is already dead but we must save his two kids . ”

“Don’t worry about anything and simply have a good rest . Viezda, when this slave trader wakes up make sure he breaks the slavery contract with those five . ”

“What’s going on? Why are the Count’s servants… . ”

“It’s a long story, Just trust in me . I need to head back now . ”

“Ok, leave this to me . ”

“Great, thanks!”

I teleported back to the Slave’s market .

“Johra if you find some highground I can map out this part of the city . ”

“Good”

Using my spiderman abilities I climbed to the top of a watchtower .

“This Royal slave market is quite large, but I’ve managed to identify the remaining 8 slaves connected to the Count’s household . ”

Using the same tactics as last time, I managed to rescue them all during the course of the night .

“That voice, it’s sir Johra right?”

“Is it you… . ”

Both Jillian and Jerna were blind, having both of their eyes burned out . The moment I saw what pitiful state they were in, I couldn’t hold back the tears from streaming down my face . I had been in the dungeon while all this had gone down, otherwise I would have been able to prevent this from happening .

“Sorry Jillian, Jerna . ”

“Not at all master, instead we were able to have some hope simply by the fact that you hadn’t been captured yet . ”

Jillian tried to speed objectively but I could feel the warmth through his words . Likewise Jerna’s joy from seeing me went without saying .

“Good, let’s get you all to a safe place now . ”

Capturing their slave master I activate the teleportation array .

“Young master!”

“Miss!”

As soon as the Count’s servants saw the two kids they ran up and embraced them, relieved that they were okay .

“I’ll prepare artificial eyeballs . ”

“Is that possible?”

“It shouldn’t take too long . The eyelids are easy enough to replicate, and although the cornea is a bit trickier, it should be fine . Please prepare some materials which I need . ”

“Okay, Let’s do that right away . ”

Lena’s voice which was transmitted through Hannah lifted everyone’s spirits .

“Will we be able to see again?”

Jerna asked in a trembling voice .

“Yes, no matter how hard the procedure is I’ll do my best . ”

“How . . how is it possible?”

“Don’t worry, I’ll make sure it comes true . Also, I’ll get those slave masters to release you from your contracts . ”

“I don’t think it is possible to erase a slavery contract though, perhaps only someone on the level of a God would be able to . ”

“Lena?”

“According to past historical records he’s right . ”

“Then is there no way at all?”

“I should be possible if they are in turn enslaved to you . ”

“Let’s do that, I wouldn’t want them to live their entire lives as slaves . ”

The captured slave masters seemed to have been rebellious at first, but had been properly educated by Viezda, judging by their numerous bruises and  general swolleness around their body .

“All of you will transfer your slaves to Johra . ”

“Yess… Yes!”

Unable to refute Viezda’s commands, they enslaved themselves to me and then handed over all their slaves which were connected to the Count’s household . A total of fifteen, thirteen workers and the two kids .

“Viezda, time to take out the trash . ”

“Yes Johra . ”

“Oh No!”

“We aren’t guilty, we’ve complied fully with your requests!”

Ignoring their helpless pleading, she threw them over her shoulder and tossed them into the forest infested with Hell Hounds, never to be seen again .

“Johra the medical wing is prepped, may I begin the procedure on the children?”

“Will you begin the surgery immediately?”

“It should first take about two days to artificially create them a cornea . ”

“Okay, Jerna and Jillian, follow these to maids to receive some treatment . ”

“Yes Master . ”

“Yes…”

The two kids followed obediently behind the android maids .

“Johra can we stay here?”

It was the previous steward of the manor . I could see the pain and anger hidden in his eyes following the tragedy that had just occurred .

“Of course, any friend of the Count is mine as well, you can stay here as my guest for as long as you’d like . ”

“I can’t simply impose on your kindness, I will take charge of the housework . ”

“Lena?”

“In just a few hours we should have a new android which we can use to show them around and set up some tasks . ”

“Then I welcome you as my chief steward . Please wait here for a moment, there will soon be someone coming over to guide you through the manor . ”

“Thank you sir Johra . ”

Having handled everything at home, I teleported back to the slave market to go after the big fish .

I was able to find his mansion due to the intel I had received from Gartmar’s mayor .

“He has quite the debt to settle after all the anger he has caused me”

I was like the reaper of death, travelling through the darkness of the the Royal slave market .

“I hope you are having a nice dream, because from now on out you’ll only be feeling despair . ”

Kiiiiiicc

The Marquess of Leon closed the window to her bedroom and joined the Marquis on their bed .

Shoot Shoo

I easily captured all fourteen of their household, and tied them all up in spider webs before transferring them back to the dungeon .

Whoop whoo

Leon and his obese body stared at me angrily as he struggled to break free . The Count’s servants stood to the side watching with cold eyes .

Steward, please see to it that no misfortune falls upon these people . Jillian and Jerna should have the right to take their revenge when they recuperate . For now there are several rooms on the ground floor that could accommodate them .

An android with puppy-like Saint Bernard ears appeared along with the steward . It seemed that Lena had thing for these animal cosplays .

“What is your name?”

“It is Riley, sir Johra . ”

Nodding back to Riley, I left the prisoners in their hands .

“Viezda, help our Steward .

“Sure Johra . ”

I made my way back to Gartmar, but despite it being quite late, the mayor had yet to go to sleep .

“Knock Knock!”

“Johra?”

“Right”

“Come in, was there any missing information form last time?”

I shook my head, the mayor had already sobered up from his previous drinking episode .

“I came to report that I’ve completed the task . ”

His eyes popped wide open in surprise, before nodding as if having understood something .

“Although it’s best if you don’t show yourself throughout the kingdom in the future, but none will know of your great deeds . ”

“That doesn’t matter . ”

“I feel bad, like I’m always in your debt . ”

“Mayor, was the marquis the one behind all this?”

“Maybe, but it is likely that Miriam was the one pulling the strings . ”

“So it is him again . ”

“Did you kill Leon?”

“No, I don’t want to give him such an easy death, but don’t worry they won’t be coming back . ”

“Yeah, and what about the survivors from the Count’s household?”

“They will likewise not reappear in this kingdom, but worry not as they are all safe and well . ”

“Hmm… it is somewhat hard to believe that you have accomplished so much in such a short period of time . ”

I nodded back . ”

Johra, are you a Messiah for a High God?”

“Not at all . ”

“I’m not quite sure what to make of you though… . Once again, you are responsible for saving so many lives . Tell me if ever you need my help and I’ll do my utmost to support you . ”

“I wish the Mayor success and happiness for you and your family . ”

“Well, thank you . ”

“This is goodbye then . ”

“Won’t we see each other again?”

“Hmm perhaps, but I doubt that you’d recognize me . ”

Saying our quick goodbyes I left the mayor’s house with a heavy heart . I already knew that his family would die sometime in the near future .

‘Should I return to save them, or would it change the timeline too much? I’ve already had quite a big impact, so just where lies the line that I shouldn’t cross?’

I feel the heavy burden of the future weighing on my shoulders, but my priority is saving the people whom I love . I simply can’t around righting every wrong .

“The Balkan empire huh? Aren’t they those guys which came up with a solution to create Chimeras, are they developing it right now?”

I was making my way towards them and quickly arrived at the border . They had built an imposing wall to seperate the Balkan and Mirin Kingdom, but it wasn’t nearly tall enough to keep me out .

Tak

I crossed into a forest, far away from any border garrison and patrols, before heading towards a nearby village, arriving there just as the sun began to rise in the horizon .

“I recommend taking it slow and collecting information first, Johra . ”

“Okay . That’s good idea . Miriam shouldn’t be on the run and most likely feels safe within these borders . He doesn’t expect anyone to be chasing him into the Balkan empire . Well, if he got news of the Marquis’ latest demise he might be more careful, but it wouldn’t do him any good regardless .  크크크”

I instinctively let out a creepy laugh

Although it was never my plan to affect history much, he had to pay for his misdeeds . If you went after anyone I was close to, I would return the favor one thousandfold . It was simply my way of doing things .

“Jir store, isn’t that a subsidy of Miriam’s family enterprise? Should I start there?”

I instead visited a competitor .

“Hello, is anyone there?”

“Who is it so early in the morning? We aren’t open yet . ”

Tak

I threw him a pouch full of gold and the clerks expression changed in an instant .

“My name’s Ben and I’m the manager of this store What can I help you with?”

“I’m looking to buy some information, would it be possible to trade?”