The God's Games

Hanjun showed no pity and insisted, "What did you see in the south? Why did you come back to this town?"

Owell started to cry, tears and snot running down his face as he spoke incoherently through sobs, "We won't survive... None of us can survive... They're all dead."

Owell must have been through too much, and it made him start talking like this.

Father Barry looked at Hanjun's face with some worry, unsure of what to do.

He wanted to comfort Owell, but if Hanjun wasn't happy about it, he wouldn't dare.

Hanjun didn't expect this young man's mental state to be so fragile.

He hadn't even said much, and Owell was already falling apart.

Thinking about how Owell and the others often mocked Father Barry and disrespected his faith, which Father Barry had endured for so long, Hanjun couldn't believe how quickly they broke down when they faced hardship themselves.

Hanjun rolled his eyes in annoyance, then cast a spell.

Owell's mind cleared as if washed by cold water, and he finally snapped out of it.

Owell looked at Hanjun in confusion, only to hear him say irritably, "Don't worry, you're not going to die just yet. But if you don't start making sense, I'll throw you into the pile of demon corpses right now."

Remembering how Hanjun had threatened him before, Owell quickly snapped back to his senses.

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you."

The things that used to scare him felt like they were covered by a veil.

He could clearly feel the negative emotions being cleared from his mind, and he became much calmer.

Owell was able to clearly explain what he had seen, "Three days ago, the five of us left Ulon Town together, planning to head south through the hills to reach Viscount Hereford's territory in Lindblum City. But just after crossing two hills, we ran into bandits. There were too many of them, and we couldn't fight them off, so they captured us and took us to their camp.

That's where we found out that almost everyone who tried to escape from Ulon Town had been caught by the bandits."

At this point, Owell's mood started to drop, but thanks to the magic, he didn't stay down for long and continued talking, "That's when we learned that the bandits knew the demons were about to reach Ulon Town, so they set up camp in the southern forest to rob anyone trying to escape.

The people fleeing the town were sure to have valuable items with them, and the bandits were waiting to take advantage."

"Later, everyone was trapped in the bandit camp, but a few of us managed to find a chance to escape. But we couldn't defeat the bandits, and we didn't know where else to go, so we ended up coming back here."

He finished talking, then angrily hit the bed he was lying on.

Hanjun stroked his chin as he listened to Owell.

He knew Owell wouldn't lie about something like this, which meant there really was a group of bandits in the south robbing everyone who tried to flee Ulon Town.