On The Other Side: I Quit Being Human

So far, I have killed two children who were too innocent to know how the world works. To say that their death was necessary will be hypocritical of me since I had a way to solve things even without killing them.

Both of them died without knowing what was happening. None of them knew the cause of the war between humans and us, nor had they participated in the conflict.

They haven't done a single thing to us yet—they bear nothing other than fear toward us—which makes them innocent. This brings me to a realization that I hate unnecessarily killing innocent humans.

Kids inherit their parents' belief, so their hatred and fear toward us are something that their parents impose on them. It is easy to change their mind since their mindset is still flexible enough.

That fact inspired my plan to create a human society that supports Cursed Creations by brainwashing.

We already have humans on our side, and all of them joined us because they had realized something wrong with humanity. I will do the same thing to the people of Brontes Dukedom: make them realize that humanity is wrong.

Of course, this is not going to be an honest work, since I will slander a lot of people's reputation—the rich and the owner of the Dukedom himself, Niles Brontes. I will sway the people's opinion, and absorb them into our side.

"Make sure to memorize everything written here," I say to Winerva and Xenon. "This is basically a slander of these people's reputation, so make sure to show the citizens your most genuine disgusted face."

The papers I have just given the two women contain information about the influential people living in Brontes Dukedom that I purchased from the shady informant in the Black Market out of curiosity.

All of the information were factual before I made some creative altercations to it. Why do I call them creative? Because, the altercations that I made correlate to each other. This makes the slander believable and easy to accept.

"We... Are we just going to read this information to the people?" Winerva ask hesitantly.

"No no." I wiggle my index finger. "You have to convey it with your heart—don't just read it. Ah, don't forget to gather as many people as possible. There are quite a lot of Teleportation Gates here, so I believe many people will be able to come to the city hall."

Since brainwashing the people is the ultimate goal of this plan of mine, I want as many people to come to hear the slander directly. To do that, I told Winerva and Xenon to make an announcement using the Broadcasting Array the city hall has.

Some of them will, of course, choose not to come due to their fear, but as long as a third of them come, I am optimist that swaying their opinion is as easy as breathing.

"Alright, now let's make sure about something." Channeling my Mana to my Rank Necklace, I contact Velucan. "Just to make sure—do you know how to cast a Mass Geas?"

[Are you looking down on me, pup? I can do that while I am taking a sh—]

Given the confirmation, I cut the communication line, and nod my head at the two women as a sign to commence the plan. The two women look at each other for a couple of seconds before smiling bitterly and rush to the city hall.

Facing the direction of the bunker, I exhale softly to calm my palpitating heart. "Will this work? Well, I hope it will. I don't know where to hide my face if it won't."

I am very confident of how easily influenced human mind is, but my confidence on my plan has been knocked down a notch. I can't help it; this plan was abruptly made due to my guilt over the two kids' death after all.

"Ah, fuck it!" Kicking the ground as I click my tongue, I dash to the bunker of the wealthy.

Swish!

The bunker, according to Xenon, who is a good friend with Iancov, is located under a big tree. That is just as much as she knows—she knows nothing about how to enter it.

Nothing violence can't achieve, even peace, so I am not too worried about it. My power, hopefully, will be enough to break whatever is protecting the bunker, so I can forcefully enter it.

"Hey, Luxia. You have been so quiet ever since we entered the Dukedom. Do you have something in mind?"

"Well... I am just disappointed that I don't find any Spirit abuser here."

"You have been looking for them? I thought you were uncomfortable with the fact that I detonated a kid to impair my opponent."

Luxia stays quiet for a few seconds before saying, "It still leaves a bad taste in my mouth, but what can I do? I have chosen to be bound to you, so I have no right to dictate you."

"Do you hate me now?"

"No. Hating a Demon for killing a human is the same as hating a Beast killing its prey to eat—it's stupid. Nature forces us to do what we do, and hating it is the same as denying what we really are. Humans tend to do that, but we, Forest Spirits, don't."

Smiling as I stop in my tracks, I remark, "Forest Spirits are really neutral about the whole conflict, huh?" Luxia doesn't say anything, but I hear her hum in agreement.

Turning my gaze to the front, I find a 30-feet tree in front of me. This is likely the tree that Xenon mentioned about since I notice a fairly huge Mana Flow surrounding it.

"I heard that Forest Spirits had a special ability to detect lies. Can you do it, Luxia?"

"Of course."

"Nice."

Stepping forward, I put my hand on the tree. Just before I channel my Mana into the tree to contaminate the Array, I hear a chiming bell from the direction of the city hall.

Ding-dong!

[Attention to all of the citizens of Brontes Dukedom...]

I immediately tune the announcement out since it is just Winerva saying the things I told her to say. Channelling my Mana into the tree, I disrupt the Mana Flow of the Array inscribed on it, and destroy it in the next moment.

"Woah... I am glad that it is easy to destroy it, but whoever created the Array should stop being a Runemaster."

As the Mana flow surrounding the tree disappears, the tree and the land I am standing on sinks in. It keeps going down until I am 23-feet underground, leaving the leaves as the only visible part of the tree from the surface.

Turning my body around, I find a tunnel in front of me. I can faintly hear voices of confusion, so I immediately dash to it, and run through it until I reach the end of the tunnel.

There is a steel door at the end of the tunnel that separates me from the people inside the bunker. I can hear their voices clearer now, but I can no longer detect the confusion that was very apparent in their voices.

"They have dismissed the disturbance as the bunker withstanding an attack, haven't they?" I smirk.

Taking out Rexorem, I swing it at the door. It cuts the steel door in two like a hot knife through butter.

Clank!

"W-What is happening?!"

"Danger—it's a danger!"

"R-Run! The Demon King's Army has figured our location!"

"Where should we run, you retard?! The entrance is also the exit of this goddamn place!"

Chaos ensues as soon as the steel door that I have cut falls to the ground. All of them are panicking, but I am too occupied by the interior of the bunker to mind them.

A fancy looking carpet covers the entire floor of the bunker, whereas a fancy wallpaper covers the entire wall. There are a lot of expensive furniture inside it too, so I can hardly consider it a bunker; it's more fitting to be a ballroom.

"You guys are living good here, aren't you?" Huffing coldly, I slam Rexorem to the ground.

Boom!

I sweep the entire room with my killing intent and Mana pressure. All of the people immediately stop making a commotion, and turn their head to me in fear.

"Let's make things quick. As you know; we, Demons, are fond of vile people. So, for those who have committed an atrocity to ordinary citizens, you can raise your hand and follow me."

"W-What will you do to us?"

"Make you become our part. What do you expect? We don't kill vile people like us." Hearing this, some of the people's eyes light up. "Luxia, determine whether they are lying or telling the truth," I mutter.

As the people step forward one by one, Luxia begins to look for those who lie. I immediately cut the liars, and warn the rest to not attempt to do the same.

In less than a minute, I have gathered all of the corrupted merchants and officials—there are 13 of them. The 6 people who are honest with their job can only cry in fear and despair as they look at me.

Ignoring them, I pull Rexorem out of the ground, and take the dishonest people with me out of the bunker. Tapping the ground as soon as we are out, I seal the the entrance to the bunker with Earth Magic.

I am not going to kill them yet, because I have a use for those six people.