This man had apparently claimed that he would return to this village and live with his childhood friend. That friend being the woman that he had clung to earlier.
The youth kept in contact with the woman and had been trying to return for some time. According to him, they would have been getting married right now in a different situation.
He was caught up in some political issues, but since he had gained his standing with a certain level of effort and held confidence within the army, it wasn't something easily dealt with. He wasn't able to get much time free.
He still failed every now and then, but he was happy overall with his life.
That is of course, before yesterday.
It would seem that when he was closing into the village, he could hear the sounds of a struggle of some sort. Rushing in, he found the bodies of many of the villagers. A scream let out for help, and before his eyes was his childhood friend. The attacker was an [Arutirumu], a centipede-like creature. Her lower body was cut into a thousand pieces and eaten in an instant.
Of course, the women was probably killed instantly from that.
After that, he seems to not have a very clear memory. The villagers had apparently managed to inflict a certain level of damage to the Arutirumu during the attack. In his rage, he used his military training and used his [Blessing of the God of Sunlight] to use solar rays to startle the creature.
It would seem that after it was startled, it was afraid of the youth. It's belly was swollen after eating many of the residents and turned out to be quite weak. It would seem that the creature must have managed to escape from him.
After that happened, the youth had begun to embrace the corpse of his childhood friend who was growing colder as time went on. It was then that we had happened upon him, and from there is history.
This can be said to be quite the common tragedy in many worlds. There isn't much that I can do in a situation like this really. Words of comfort are not easily created and I couldn't think of any that suited the situation properly.
I asked whether or not he was aware of where that creature was, upon asking, I received some hateful eyes from the youth.
It was an uncommon material and likely had a blessing, I definitely wanted to capture this creature. I used [Intuition] because I was curious as to whether or not I should attempt to take advantage of this youth.
I talked to the youth and offered him the strength to destroy the Arutirumu if he was willing to serve me for the rest of his life.
This deal seems quite like that of a devil's contract when you think about it. I like the idea of totally owning someone.
The young man asked me what gave me my strength and whether or not that I would be able to actually kill the Arutirumu.
Since I never saw the creature, I cannot be sure, but as things are now, I took the time to nod.
There was a period of silence, but suddenly the youth grabbed my hand.
"If you are able to give me the power, I will pay anything."
Hearing this, I held out one of the handcuffs and placed it on his ear without hesitation.
With this, the deal was struck.
This youth, or rather, let's call him the Avenger. His target is the Arutirumu. In exchange for the power to kill it, he has given me a powerful subordinate that has dedicated his life to that of an Avenger and my subordinate.
Not bad. There isn't really any loss here.
From now on, things are more than likely to become more interesting.
[[Night's Child of Heaven]' [fate plunder] was invoked]
[Because the fate of [Psalm] of [Avenger] status (Sigurd, the Ace Sven) was placed under the control of the [Night's Child of Heaven] the [Psalm] will be included into the [Night's Child of Heaven]'s world of [Black Mushibaoni History]]
[Because this was built on the desires of [Psalm]'s current conflicting status as [Lead Hero of Light], the status was permanently deleted]
[Because of [Psalm]'s change, the following abilities of [Psalm] are temporarily frozen]
[Illuminating Light of Revelation]
[Cavalry Patron]
[Usurper]
[Holy Mercy]
[Witch Title (Honoo)]
[Current statuses of [Saint of Mercy] and title [Honoo] are already in the awakened state]
[When the carrier's servitude was established to Night's Child of Heaven, it is now possible to release the frozen special abilities]
[As [Cavalry Patron] and [Usurper] were not in the awakened state after the carrier was placed under the control of the [Night's Child of Heaven], they are now under the control of the master, given that the conditions are met]
[Psalm [Lead hero of Light] has now been released from control and is now left to the discretion of the night and is seized by the [Night's Child of Heaven]]
[Further releases of locked abilities of the Avenger (Sigurd Ace Sven) is dependent on the Night's Child of Heaven]
Hearing that, I was immediately interested.
Even if this Avenger from the announcement was the same individual I fought, it would seem that this guy was quite the important individual in fate. His fate was engaged in this mysterious world, and is something that I've interfered with.
Since the announcement declared it, I shouldn't have to worry about future complications.
Well, this was quite unexpected. I'll admit I was surprised, quite surprised. Since there was quite a bit of information, I'll just summarize it.
Apparently, the Avenger, my latest subordinate named Sigurd Ace Sven according to the announcement, was an important character to another god, and I removed him from that god's control.
Hmm, the new abilities I was granted came to mind. While not given directly to me, I seem to have some ... control over if the Avenger can gain them, or rather, regain them.
I decided I wasn't going to release the Avenger for now though.
It was good to get a little more information on the Avenger though.
Still, it would seem that myself and the Avenger are perhaps special.
He.. She.. eh doesn't matter. A strong opponent consumed is delicious meat.
Well, I don't think I'll attack the Avenger, though if the time comes, the meat should be delicious.
The Avenger asked if I should be offered anything since the Avenger was now in my service.
I simply replied not at all since I recovered various supplies from the village. I wasn't going to inform him about eating some of the meat though.
After that, nothing much else happened.
I did try to analyze the new sword I received, but I had some difficulty.