Chapter 234: Adults Are Petty in So Many Ways (1)
Strange rumours had been circulating for months in the southern reaches of the Lacania Empire, at the Witzpick Mountains. There were whispers of a headless knight from legend who ambushed passersby.
At first, people dismissed it as nonsense, but as the number of victims grew, it reached the point where there was talk of the Brigade of Purification needing to step in.
At the foot of those very mountains, a woman was strolling along at a leisurely pace. She was a beauty with luscious golden hair and bronzed skin. She walked unhurriedly through the thick fog when suddenly, black shadows appeared from all directions, accompanied by eerie noises.
"Why did you come to my house? Why did you come? Why did you come!"
"I came to take your head! Take your head! Take your head!"
The words came with a playful rhythm, even though the words themselves were rather frightening.
"What is this supposed to be, a comedy...?" The woman waved her hand in exasperation.
With a simple flick of her wrist, a violent gust of wind howled, and the ground trembled. Everything around her was swept away in an instant. As she continued walking, a grotesque creature, as though formed from a mishmash of monsters, appeared and barked nonsense.
"Want the red guillotine, or the blue guillotine?"
With another careless wave of her hand, the creature disintegrated into dust.
The woman clicked her tongue. "What even is this?"
It was too twisted to be hell, too nonsensical to be the real world, and too chaotic to be necromancy. Such odd encounters continued as she went on her way.