Viktor finished his explanation while coughing a bit from talking a lot. everybody was silent when they heard the history of this village. Marv had his mouth wide while Finn was tapping his foot on the ground rapidly. Alyssa was staring into the sky while Masha had a dark unreadable expression.
Viktor expected these reactions...who would have guessed that such a simple village had so much history...he was staring at Brianna who was still clutching to his robe.
"how do you know this..."
Finn finally asked Viktor the question that lingered in all their minds. Marv looked at Viktor with a hint of seriousness in his eyes. Viktor looked around the group while stroking Brianna's hair. he then stood up and told them how he knew.
"because I'm that malevolent god..."
Marv had summoned the [rose scythe] while Finn had now formed his golden longsword. Masha was now holding her broadsword while a trace of anger was on her face...
"How are you the malevolent god...are you saying that you are an XX rank?"
Masha, of course, had her doubts...but Viktor simply chuckled nervously before speaking again.
"I can understand your caution...and as to whether I'm an XX rank...yes I am...however, you need not fear me..."
Viktor tried to calm the group with sweet talk but just made them even more defensive...seeing this he ran his old fingers through his beard with a smile before talking again.
"It really is odd...I thought that everything was done for...I had decided to return to this village about thirty years ago and the life of these people seemed...peaceful. I don't know how but it made me want to stay here...then Kishan came and caused a bit of terror in the village. I didn't stop him because it would cause even more disaster...and besides I had made a contract with Admin Sasha...if I broke the curse then, of course, I would be bringing the wrath of the admins with it...so I decided to call for some adventurers. that was you guys...thankfully you managed to kill Kishan yourselves so half of my new plan is complete..."
when the four heard this they looked at each other with confused looks before asking Viktor what he meant. Viktor just laughed a bit and said that they would see. after laughing Viktor changed his expression to one of seriousness...
"This place has long outlived its place and I think no more victims should be part of this childish act. the admins had completely eradicated the Rosaria kingdom from any maps and that was when there were only two of them. they have different personalities and even though Admin Sasha was willing to leave the eradication of this village to someone else...it's been two hundred years...surely by now some other admin will come down and they might even destroy the entire of the Archadia empire...
I have a favour to ask of you...please take Brianna with you...she was the first person to recognize who I truly was...yet she still stayed with me...I consider her a kind soul...she must be protected from the curse and so I would like you to take her away with you..."
the four had now relaxed and simply looked at the little girl called Brianna. Marv walked over to her before crouching down so he was about her height.
"Hello, Brianna...would you like to come with us?"
Brianna was scared right then and looked up to Viktor with a questioning gaze. Viktor simply smiled and then looked away. Brianna wasn't really understanding what was going on but she had a basic idea that Viktor wanted her to go with these people.
she was still extremely scared of them but if Viktor was willing to trust them than she would too! with that, the matter about Brianna was settled and Marv got up and looked at Viktor with a dark glint in his emerald green eye.
"I know this matter isn't really one that I have a right to interfere any more with but..."
Marv then let out a light chuckle as he finished his statement.
"Please bring this matter to a proper end."
with those words, Marv led the group including Brianna back to their carriage. Viktor watched them head off with a sad grin on his face...he had recognised the second soul residing within Marv's body.
{good luck kid...you're story will be a tough one...}
Viktor then looked back to the bushes behind him. he knew that Kishan's realm had been destroyed but that was just...unnatural. Kishan was an S rank and even if he was nowhere near as strong as Viktor he should have been stronger than any of those kids...so how did they manage to defeat him...
Viktor then just looked up to the sky with a frown.
"I hope you guys are watching this...so please...no more."
Viktor then looked to the village while starting his walk back. as he walked his human form started cracking revealing glimpses of his true form that was under it. he had now changed his robes to heavy black battle-armour. his steps became louder as his feet made noise with every step he took.
he was still taking his time so that the group could leave the village. around ten minutes had now passed and the group had managed to reach their carriage.
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Marv had taken a seat inside the carriage with Brianna sitting on his lap. as the group entered the carriage with Finn taking his seat on the driver's seat some villagers came out of their houses to look at the group of adventurers that were about to leave.
a young muscular man came forth from the crowd and with a questioning gaze, he asked if the group had managed to get rid of the ice devil. Marv simply nodded his head before tapping the side of the carriage indicating to Finn that they were ready to leave. Finn pulled the reigns and the horses started pulling the carriage.
the villagers were temporarily stunned before they burst out in shouts of joy...the ice devil has been killed!! Alyssa looked sideways at the villagers before looking at Marv with an unhappy look on her face.
"It needs to be this way."
Masha noticed Alyssa's unhappy look and simply said these words. no sugar coating was necessary...after all...if this was left to continue who knows when the admins would come to destroy everything...
Marv held Brianna's hand tightly as he looked to the floor of the carriage.
"it's ok...Mr. Marvin...I understand you don't need to be worried about me..."
Brianna had mistaken Marv's actions of that of worrying about her. she was touched and made a promise to herself that she would give her all to be of use to Marv.
he didn't really care so he didn't bother correcting her.
the carriage had now left the forest and was back on the road to Arcane city...the horses were trotting at an average pace while Finn was looking forward to his future. he had already made a promise with himself that he would stay with this group...they seemed to have a lot of secrets.
with the carriage a safe distance away from the village Viktor simply smiled as he had now reached the village. when everybody saw him they rushed over to tell him the great news that the ice devil was killed but when they saw Viktor's battle armour and cracked skin they stepped back.
"This place needs to be burnt."
Viktor said these words as a bright blue flame had materialized in his right palm. it was burning really brightly and was growing slowly by the second. he then threw the flame on a random house with grass roofing.
[flames of purgatory]
with that, the sky became extremely bright as a rushing flame column rose high into the sky. the flame burnt the forest and the village extremely quickly and was starting to melt the earth under it. Marv watched this with a satisfied look on his face.
"let's go now."