Arzlan was confused, he realized that what Mirseria said was true. The people who were there really had too much hope for him. "I can't understand why they are still holding on when it's clear that I'm a monster that's fiercer than everyone else."
"Master Arzlan!"
Arzlan turned his head, he saw Alisha coming.
"What is wrong?"
"Are you all right, Master?"
"You don't need to worry about me!" Arzlan said while looking up at the sky.
"Hmm… Master, I have something to say, I don't care what happens, I will stay with you!"
Arzlan glanced back. "Is that it?"
"I'm serious, I want to continue being Master Arzlan's companion. I don't care how many creatures I have to fight, I will always defend Master Arzlan!"
Arzlan was silent, once again he was given a trust that was quite troublesome. This had gone too far from his original wish.
***
Aloci had already started to move, he was spreading a negative aura that affected every human in the city.
Smash!!!
Zuru was surprised to hear the door being opened so violently.
"What's the matter?"
"Hero Zuru!" Coraxa came with a worried face. "I've received news about the attacks by the villagers.
"Uh!" Zuru instantly stood up from his seat, he became very shocked.
Zuru right away saw the situation, in the plaza the soldiers had gathered. They were busy talking about the problems that had occurred.
All eyes were on Zuru, that man came with a sparkling light. The light came not from his armor, but from every hope that everyone had instilled in him that he was a hero.
The two top warriors approached Zuru.
"What happened?" asked Zuru.
"We've been getting attacks from villagers who are acting like zombies!"
It sounded very strange, this might be a joke made by the soldiers, but how could the soldiers dare to joke with worried faces.
"How many people have been hit by their attacks?"
"So far as many 20 soldiers, all of them are on duty patrolling the city. Reports also say that villagers who don't act strangely get attacked!"
They were waiting for a decision from Zuru. "Alright, we'll catch all the villagers who have been acting like zombies! Treat the villagers who are still conscious!"
"Okay!"
The two soldiers rushed to gather the soldiers to execute the plan.
"Hehehe… very interesting, now how will it happen?" Aloci smirked.
30% of the people were already affected by the special energy created from Aloci, any humans who were affected would not even realize what they were doing. Their behavior is not much different from wild dogs. They will bite, scratch, and kill those who are not affected.
The actions taken by the royal side were quite rude, under Zuru's command all the soldiers would not hesitate to slash and injure the villagers. Actually it had to be done due to the residents who kept attacking madly.
In the palace news of Zuru's actions had reached Aaron's ears.
Aaron became angry with the letter he was holding. "What is he doing there? Why are villagers suffering so much, can they really be used as heroes for this kingdom?"
The letter contains the execution of every villager infected with the dark energy. The Magic Casters had been trying to heal them, but to no avail. Zuru took a fairly extreme path, namely beheading every villager had lost mind.
All who heard the news became frightened, some of them also agreed, but the percentage of those who agreed was not more than 9% in all areas. It's still too extreme for the villagers about the punishment to be carried out, many of them pray inside the temple to avoid similar problems.
"Has he gone mad?" Adred became angry. His hands clenched tightly.
Vilion faced Aaron.
"What brought you here Prime Minister?"
"Sorry My Majesty, I just wanted to tell you what happened!"
Aaron saw that Vilion's face was emitting something quite strange. "Do you have any plans?"
"It's not a plan, but this is more precisely my view as a Prime Minister. I'm sure that Hero Zuru has considered everything, this may sound cruel, but with firmness it will make all citizens more obedient to the kingdom's rules!"
"You may be right, but his actions went beyond the limit anyway. If he wants to execute the vilagerss he should have asked my permission first!"
"I'm sorry Your Majesty, I actually gave that permission long before this incident happened!"
"What? Why did you do that Vilion?" Aaron became suspicious of Vilion's attitude, no matter who he was, still absolute power rested with him as a King.
"I predicted that this would happen, the vilagers who have been infected with the power of the evil energy will not be able to be saved, this is all based on what Master Nazren said!"
"Nazren, that old man already knew about this, but why didn't he tell me!"
"I don't know. I myself got this information from Hero Zuru who said there is an evil energy that can affect beings according to his experience in fighting against demons!"
"I see, so this was all predicted by him. Alright, I won't mind what Hero Zuru does!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Vilion then left the room, smirking as his feet stepped away.
"Hehehe… this is really interesting, now that I've managed to do two pawns! Now there are three other heroes that I have to make them suffer even more!" Aloci disappeared into the darkness.
Nothing has people changed from Noctem, whatever happened to Arzlan was a natural thing. All proved when Arzlan passed on the village road, they all looked at him with smiles and high respect.
In the room, Arzlan contemplated what was happening inside him. "They really aren't afraid of me?"
Alisha came with the door knocked twice, Arzlan immediately gave herself permission to enter.
The girl was not alone, there was one person standing beside Alisha. She was the purple-haired girl that Arzlan had previously helped.
"Master Arzlan, this girl wants to meet you!"
That girl took one step forward. "I want to thank you very much, I have troubled Master, I don't know how to thank you!"
"You don't have to bother saying that, now you explain how you got caught by those lecherous goblins?"
__To Be Continued___