Chapter 93: It’s time to eliminate Jasper
As time passed, support arrived for the affected parties, quickly bringing the situation under control.
But in this first attack, the wild beasts of viscount rank made no move.
Not long after, the first golden rays of the sun began to illuminate Kiran Mountain, bringing an end to this long night where many families were destroyed by the wild beasts.
At the northern and southern ends of the city, heart-rending cries still hung in the air. They mingled with the stench of blood. Corpses were piled up in disorder: beasts, children, pregnant women, knights, magicians, nobles, and commoners. They all ended up the same, with empty eyes, their flesh torn open, their stories cut short.
Kael watched them from the top of a partially destroyed tower, with the same calmness with which one contemplates a stream of water.
Death did not surprise him. Nor did it repulse him. It only confirmed what he had always known: that the world was neither fair nor unfair, it was simply indifferent. And in that brutal indifference, those who had no power were swept away and forgotten.
What once had a name was now just a number. Meat without a story. A dead mother, a child pierced by a wolf’s claw, a knight who had no luck. In this world, death was common, but oblivion was universal. None of them would be remembered for long.
The family would mourn for a few days, perhaps a few weeks. Then, everyday problems would set in: hunger, need, the obligation to survive. And then the tears would dry up. The face of the dead would become blurred. And with time... it would disappear.
Kael knew it. He had lived through it.
That’s why he didn’t cry. That’s why he didn’t hesitate.
With a calm movement, he climbed down from the partially destroyed watchtower, but before he reached the ground, his gaze turned toward the forest, where danger still lurked.
Kael’s eyes narrowed for a brief moment. For now, everything was unfolding partially as he had planned; he was waiting for the variables to occur so he could adapt quickly.