265 Blame The Blood Running Through Your Veins
Floid was a benevolent leader, so he will temper justice with mercy.
"Half of them. Cut their numbers down to half of what they were. That is their punishment for this oversight. I shall be inside the town. Rosavellt, and Quinn, help Dragonnel to carry out the task. That should be enough penance for their sins."
Floid only said this before he started to walk forward again. Alucard and Pyra followed behind Floid while Rosavellt bowed as she accepted their task. Quinn was just staring at everyone in stunned silence. Did Floid just say we should kill half of the people in the town!? No. I'm sure I just misheard him! There is no way Floid would kill all those people just because someone disrespected him! That was too cruel!
But Quinn didn't know that this was a mercy! If Floid didn't tell Dragonnel to kill only half, then Dragonnel would have erased all of them from the face of Rivalle! Floid was giving them a chance to repent from their sins by only killing half of them and leaving the other half alive! Floid didn't care about these humans and even if they all died, he wouldn't feel anything at all!
Dragonnel stood up as Floid walked away, his bloodlust was still flowing off his body in waves, and when he turned around to stare at Eliss, she shivered from head to toe as she saw his eyes glow blue! She still didn't understand what was going on here! She thought that this was just going to be another random day in their town. Volcanica was a land filled with many refugees and bandits, so there are usually intruders from outside the town that try to come into the town to take food and other resources and Eliss was always the one in charge of driving them off since she was the strongest in the town. She came out here to just do what she has always done.
But when she heard what Foid said, she was just confused! what does he mean by killing half of them!? Does he think she will just allow them to enter the town and kill people!?
Dragonnel's body suddenly began to enlarge and he grew into his full form. Eliss knew without a doubt that she just messed up! this is a dragon!? What in the world was going on here!? There are still living dragons!? Eliss thought that the demon lord killed them all!
"Fall to your knees! Fall to your knees now!! That's a dragon! We can't right against him, fall to your knees at once!"
Eliss shouted this to the other people that were with her and all of them fell to their knees in front of Dragonnel! They all held the dragons in high regard and now that they knew Dragonnel was a dragon, Eliss was regretting every decision she just made!
"Oh, great Dragon! Please, I implore you!! Forgive our transgression!"
Eliss shouted out to Dragonnel to try and beg him not to kill all of them, but an icy fog came out from the sides of Dragonnel's mouth and Eliss immediately knew that he was not even listening to her! She activated a barrier at the same moment that Dragonnel released his ice breath and it slammed into her barrier like a building!
Roarrrr!!!!
Boom!!!
Floid walked past the border of the town and moved towards the largest house there. It was an inn with many people inside! All the people inside were running out to try and see what was happening! They were shouting in fear as they saw the dragon and Floid just ignored all of them and went to take a seat at the center of the bar as they all passed him without paying him any attention.
Alucard went behind the bar and mixed a drink quickly while Pyra went to stand behind Floid. Alucard was the butler to the demon lord, so something like this was nothing to him! Alucard tasted one of the drinks and he frowned as he realised that it was only cheap alcohol. It would be impossible for anyone else to use this kind of alcohol to make a drink that was fitting for the demon lord. It was absolutely disgraceful to even consider this thing as wine. A spatial space opened and dropped a small bottle on the table and Alucard mixed it with that alcohol. That small bottle contained Blood Wine, the strongest alcohol supplement that can make any alcohol the best in the world. The Bodwine will take over the other alcohol and overtake the taste and nutrient value. So instead of having alcohol with a little Bood Wine, it was more like having a lot of Blood wine with very little alcohol in it. Once he mixed them together, Alucard was able to use the alcohol to make one of the best drinks for the demon lord. He brought it out in a glass cup and placed it in front of Floid and Floid sighed softly ad he picked it up to drink.
The sound of people running and screaming outside was echoing through the entire inn, and Floid released a small smile as he felt some peace in the midst of the chaos! He knew that he and his household were supposed to be going after the great Dragon right now, but they still had a lot of time until the dragon is revived! Something like this is not going to put them behind schedule.
Bang!
The door of the inn suddenly blasted open and Floid turned around to see Eliss running inside with a wide, mad look in her eyes. She looked around the inn for a moment before her eyes landed on Floid and she stumbled towards him slowly. The right side of her body was bleeding and her right arm has frozen in ice! Once she got to Floid, she fell to her knees and pressed her head against the ground in front of him. As she spoke, there was a deep quiver in her voice that showed how desperate she was.
"Please stop them. They are killing everyone! The women, the children. Please, stop them. I beg you! I'm willing to do anything! I'll become your slave, I'll even give my life! Just please!"
Floid was looking down at her impassively before someone else barged into the room. This time, it was Quinn, and she had a frown on her face. Floid looked up at Quinn in irritation! Floid saw that there was blood on Quinn's sword and her maid uniform as well, and it is obvious that she was the one handling this woman before she managed to get away from Quinn and come in here. Why would Quinn allow someone to get away from her? The woman was heavily injured and Quinn still couldn't deal with her?
"Shit! How the hell did she get all the way over here?"
Quinn cursed in annoyance as she saw Eliss begging Floid! Quinn was put in charge of killing Eliss, but Eliss was able to get away from Quinn before Quinn could deal the final blow and she ran into this inn before Quinn could stop her!
Quinn smiled sheepishly at Floid and scratched her cheek as she saw the annoyance in Floid's eyes! She knew that Floid was annoyed, but this isn't her fault! Eliss is an SSS class and Quinn only entered SS class a few days ago! It is obvious that Eliss was much stronger than her! Even if Eliss was already heavily injured by Dragonnel's ice breath, she was still strong enough to get away from Quinn!
From the way she was acting, Floid could tell that Quinn was no longer against killing like she used to be. Quinn still had a soft spot for humans and she didn't have the cruel streak that the other members of Floid's household had, but she would not hesitate to kill humans if she had to. The reason why Quinn was so desperate to kill was because Rosavellt told Quinn that if Quinn does not kill at least twenty people, then she will face punishment! Eliss was meant to be the twentieth person that Quinn was to kill but she was able to get away before Quinn could kill her. Quinn just hoped that Floid doesn't kill Eliss before Quinn can get to her! There is no way Quinn is facing punishment from Rosavellt again! Rowavellt once whipped Quinn for disrespecting Floid and Quinn could still feel the phantom pains on her ass! Quinn knows that Rosavellt could do much worse if she wanted to and she wasn't interested in finding out what Rosavellt would do if she fails this mission!
Quinn quickly moved towards Eliss, but Floid rose his hands and she stopped in her tracks. Floid stood up and came to stand in front of Eliss. This was truly a pitiful display. Floid bent down and grabbed Eliss by the hair before bringing her up. Eliss yelled in pain at the movement and she grimaced as she felt blood leaking from her scalp
Floid tilted her head to one side and narrowed his eyes curiously
"Your face. It reminds me of someone. Someone that I met a long time ago on Aradite. We had quite an encounter and I couldn't forget that face even if a hundred years has passed by. Tell me, do you have a family member? A brother?"
Eliss slowly nodded and she only said the name 'Elias'. to indicate that Floid was correct. She was Elias' sister. It was like a switch flipped in Floid's head once Floid heard that name and he chuckled low in his chest. So this is the sister of that fucker that he fought against before!? Floid has still not forgotten the humiliation that he faced at Elias' hand! He would never forget how Elias cheated him out of Givalich using a fucking bomb! Floid smiled and Eliss' flinched at the look on his face!
"Is that so? Your brother and I, we have quite a lot of history. I'll be more than happy to show his sister all the hospitality that he showed me. At first, I intended to leave half of your people alive. But now, that doesn't appeal to me anymore. I will destroy everything you build with those hands of yours. I'll make you cry tears of blood as you curse the rest of your life. And if you are looking for something to blame, then the only thing to blame is the blood that runs through your veins."
Eliss' eyes widened more and more as Floid spoke, and by the time he was finished, she was in tears. She begged Floid desperately not to do this! There are children here! People that have a future! She has ruled this town for the past fifty years and she felt responsible for all of them! Please don't do this! Se would do anything if Floid would just forgive them! She would give him anything he wants!
Floid ignored all her begging and he just opened a portal behind her and threw her inside. That portal would lead to the underground dungeon in the demon castle. Floid would deal with her when he is done dealing with her brother.
"W-What should we do then? Should we just kill everyone?"
F loid waved Quin away once she said this. Does he need to tell her everything before she can act?
"Leave a small group alive to take care of the dead bodies. Kill everyone else. Send the dead bodies to the underground mines, let the giants and goblins use them to feed their young."
Quinn pouted at this! This means that Quinn wouldn't be able to kill Eliss! But at least they could kill more people, so Quinn just had to kill one more person and she wouldn't have to face punishment from Rosavellt! Quinn quickly nodded before she left the inn to relay the message to Dragonnel and Rosavellt!
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