The Peerless Kobold - Chapter 73
During the time when the kobolds have finally achieved some semblance of civilization within the Easteria Forest which was a part of the Ferias Territory in Riastize Kingdom, a certain incident occurred in the Royal Capital.
Yes, as the records from the last 200 years indicated, it always started from the church.
“… Oh my, is it going to rain? That’s strange. It was so sunny just a while ago.”
It was just a little after noon, and the summer sun’s brilliant rays illuminated the lush lawn.
On such a sunny day, Ellen, a nun, was walking in the grounds from the chapel to her quarters when a raindrop-like liquid fell on her forehead.
She wiped the substance off her forehead in a casual fashion.
“Eh!? Is this… Blood?”
Surprised by the reddish-black substance on her fingers, Ellen immediately realized that it was blood.
In this era, the Holy Church healed the sick and wounded with Holy Magic to earn money via donations. Moreover, they also gained social status and power by promoting the act of saving lives.
Of course, the church congregation she belonged to was no exception, and she was used to seeing blood from performing healings.
“Blood… From the sky… It’s the Black Rain!!”
It was too late by the time Ellen realized what it was.
“Au, uaah… ah…”
Suddenly, her body became sluggish, and, losing strength, she collapsed right on the spot. Next came a high fever that consumed her mind.
“Ellen! What’s going on, are you alright!?”
“ELLEN!!”
Her fellow nuns and the deacon who noticed the oddity rushed over.
“No, don’t come near… go inside… the building…”
She managed to squeeze out the words, but her colleagues who did not understand the situation continued to approach her. And so, the raindrops from the Black Rain fell on their heads too.
“Wha, a rain of blood… No way… Is this Alvesta’s doing!?”
“The blood got on me too… you’re kidding, right? Are… are we going to die?”
“N-NOOOO!”
The nuns and the deacon who were also rained on lost their composure.
There was no clergyman from the Holy Church who did not know about “Alvesta of the Black Rain” after all…
This is because they are usually the first victims in the city whenever the tragedy hits. This information was something that had been shared in both the national and international network of the Church.
“Calm down, we still have not ascertained whether it is the same thing… guh, auugh!”
“Father! Uaaah… ugh…”
“Ah, ah… ugh, aah…”
The three people who were supposed to help Ellen also lost their strength and fell to the ground as the high fever started to torment them too.
… a set of empty eyes watched them from above.
From the highest spire of the magnificent chapel in the Royal Capital, a mysterious person clad in black stood in contrast to the clear sky. Dressed in black from head-to-toe, its gender was unidentifiable as its face was covered by a white mask.
If someone were to look closely at the mask, then they would be able to see the madness lurking behind it.
However, no one had noticed them since earlier… is it because people tend to not look at the sky as they age?
“G-G-god’s…w-w-word…f-f-fools…j-j-judge”
The mysterious person in black whispered through their mask. However, no one could hear them.
That day, more than a hundred people, including the clergymen and women, fell seriously ill at the country’s biggest church located at Selkram, the Royal Capital of the Riastize Kingdom, and reports of the emergency were brought to the Royal Castle…
