“Now that you mention it, the Savior has come to this city. His name was ‘Heinz’ or something, was it?”

Heinz, the one Vandalieu hated so much was Heinz!

“Cut the chatter. Quick, tie the kid up and take him back to the city!”

The middle-aged woman who had been selling apples in the marketplace approached Vandalieu, who was kneeling in the dirt, completely motionless.

『You have acquired the Scream skill!』

“Ah…■■…■…”

Surprised by the unintelligible noise that Vandalieu was making and thinking that it was some kind of incantation, the woman and the men who were with her hastily tried to grab him.

At this moment, if they had done everything they possibly could to escape, they might have been able to survive.

“■■■■■■■■■■!”

A fearsome scream was released from Vandalieu’s mouth.

『The levels of the Scream, Mental Encroachment and Labyrinth Construction skills have increased!』


The woman and the men screamed, as if in response to Vandalieu’s ‘Scream.’

The color drained from their hair and the light of consciousness faded from their eyes.

“■■■■■■■■■■■■■■!”

But the middle-aged woman and the thugs led by her nephew weren’t dead. They were moving vigorously. They were driving their fingers into their ears to try to escape the scream, biting their tongues into pieces and gouging their eyes out.

But as if still unsatisfied with this, they used their eyes that should have been unable to see to find and seize each other and begin killing each other.

“HATE! HATE! WHAT DO I HATE?!”

“KILL ME! KILL HIM! KILL WHO?! KILL EVERYONE AND HIM?!”

“MY EARS, MY EYES, MY TONGUE, MY HANDS, MY FLESH, MY ORGANS, THEY DISGUST ME!”

“■■■■■■■■■■■■■■!”

As Vandalieu felt a sense of liberation, as if the darkness gathered in his heart had been released into his surroundings, he lost consciousness.

Feeling good, Vandalieu opened his eyes.
He looked up at the sky to see that it was still the early afternoon. He had gone to the Adventurers’ Guild before noon, so only an hour or two should have passed, but he was in a bright mood, as if he had woken up in the morning after a sound sleep.

“But I feel really tired? A pleasant sense of fatigue?” Confused, Vandalieu checked his Status to find that he had almost zero Mana remaining. What had he done while he was asleep? Although there were bloodstains around him, there were no Undead.