Chapter 46

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Chapter 46: Rescuing the Residents of Hillenbrand Town Is Our Duty

The mayor was feeling quite helpless.

He used to be a soldier, but that was twenty years ago.

Now, he was no longer in his prime. At the age of only sixty, with half-white hair and beard, he was an elderly man.

He had long forgotten the simple basic combat skills he learned in his youth. The only reminders were a few scars on his body and the large muscles that made him stronger than other elderly men.

Of course, his adventures in his youth had not been in vain.

Those experiences had exposed him to rumors and news about the demon race.

At the same time, they made him realize that his official level of strength in this continent was truly insignificant.

If he was truly powerful, he wouldn’t have let the water-dwelling magical beasts in the river to the west of Hillenbrand Town and the lowest-ranking monsters like goblins and corroding mud in the southern mountain forests rampage for so long.

Even the group of noble lords and the western frontline guards couldn’t handle the Abyssal Demon, so what could he do?

So, he could only come forward, clear his throat, and say a few comforting words to everyone.

“Residents of Hillenbrand, there is no need to panic – the demon race did not start with slaughter, they will not suddenly come to kill us now. Their goal is to conquer the land, not destroy it, so there is no need for us to escape!”

Whether it is true or not, the mayor doesn’t know.

Many powerful adventurers have told themselves, “Although demons are fierce by nature, they can actually communicate unlike mindless magical beasts and monsters.”

This contradicts the Holy Alliance’s propaganda in recent years that “demons are bloodthirsty humanoid magical beasts,” but in reality…

This sentence has a second part.

“However, they are all alien beings from the abyss, even if they can communicate, they see the other races on our continent as nothing more than slaves or livestock.”

The mayor himself knows that comforting everyone is just because…escaping is completely useless.

Ordinary humans simply cannot escape from the clutches of the demon race.

As for resisting, that’s just nonsense.

Before the passage in the abyss became completely stable, I heard during my adventures that even the weakest demon race that escaped from that unstable passage had at least the strength of a formal rank above.

Even at my peak, I couldn’t possibly win.

Even the “slaves” and “livestock”, the first ones to be killed will definitely be those who run away and resist!

He could only pray now that the coming demon race would be someone not so cruel.

Also worried about the residents of the town were Tina and Isabella.

They were both transported here with the torture tower and under Lolth’s instructions, they stayed in the tower’s attic.

Because the attic had windows that could see the outside scenery, they soon noticed the nearby town.

To them, the over two hundred residents of the town had naturally become the despicable and evil succubus’s possessions just like themselves.

A succubus will never treat humans as her “subjects”.

In their understanding, Lolth chose this remote town as her territory not because of “high moral standards”.

She must want to transform this place into a human hell, an abyss on earth, as her personal playground. In this remote, isolated town, she will torment, transform, and enslave every resident here!

“Truly evil…”

“Despicable succubus!”

Tina and Isabella both imagined similar scenes, feeling sympathy and sadness for the residents here.

If it fell into the hands of other demon races, it would be better. Other demon races would at most exploit the common folk’s value, displaying a more obvious sense of superiority over the nobles.

As high-ranking members of the Holy Alliance, Tina and Isabella naturally understood that the Abyssal Demons’ goal is indeed to conquer and rule the continent.

Ruling, in essence, means they definitely won’t massacre cities and countries.

And by experiencing the “captive life” in the Demon King Castle, they somewhat learned that different demon races also have different interest groups. According to the information they overheard during a conversation between the Little Devil and Lolth, various regions in the west have become “territories” for different legions and demon races.

This means that demon races indeed rely on these “territories” to profit and sustain their warfare.

Therefore, they even have to maintain their tax system like nobles, manage various industries, and develop different resources.

However… this succubus clearly has no such intentions or necessities.

She doesn’t have any legions to sustain and doesn’t seem interested in money or similar things.

This individual seems to live a very frugal life, spending each day around the farm, kitchen, resembling a leisurely noble.

However, Tina and Isabella believe that her interests are definitely not related to these things.

Her actions indicate that the interests of this succubus include “breaking taboos of life,” “tempting souls to fall,” and “causing immense suffering to people”!

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