"So, this is the place of the Crow Hunters?"
Jack, observing from the air through his crow’s eyes, flew thoughtfully between the trees.
The Crow Hunters’ base was an old church. Though it appeared decayed and neglected, this was actually camouflage.
Underground, there was a large base with over 200 bandits, led by a small, elderly man nad Rufus, a forr priest.
The Crow Hunters were a low-inco organization. Despite not being a lucrative business, they specialized in hunting crows and made it into a trade.
So crows were used in correspondence, potions, or in sacrificial rituals that required a living offering.
Sacrificial magic granted the desires of the one performing it, proportional to the value of the sacrifice, which could include humans among other beings.
For example, soone who sacrificed 100 crows might wish for water to turn into a small healing potion, and this would happen.
But soone who sacrificed 100 humans could create a high-level potion powerful enough to heal even a limb.
Of course, sacrificial magic is banned in many places, including Wargan, primarily because it involves offering directly to Evil Gods.
This is considered a sin and an evil act in many religions that follow gods of light and goodness, including the faith of the Goddess of Light.
The Evil Gods are described in holy texts as formless, thoughtless beings of pure evil, but Jack, as a player, knew this wasn’t entirely true.
The Evil Gods were typically those who had sacrificed their divinity for more power, becoming lords of the 72 layers of Hell. Forsaking the divinity that made them gods turned them into vile beings, the physical embodint of Hell.
Although Jack didn’t know many of the Evil Gods in the Oto ga, there were a few known ones in the ga.
For example, the Evil God to whom the Crow Hunters offered sacrifices was Andras. Before becoming an Evil God, he was a minor War God.
But because of his arrogance and combative nature, he was exiled to Hell by the Council of Gods. During this process, Andras’ hatred grew so imnse that he was transford into an Evil God by the will of Hell.
Andras was the weakest of the 72 Evil Gods, and according to Jack’s mories, Andras’ Avatar should have been slain by the Rose Priestess.
But an Avatar dying in the mortal plane wouldn’t harm a god much, though arrogant gods might curse a person’s family for three generations because of it.
"Anyway, I need to level up more..."
Jack’s crow eyes widened with excitent as he suddenly sped up and entered the church.
Two surprised bandits inside the church chuckled at the sight of Jack. Suddenly, Jack lunged forward, manipulating the shadows, which grabbed the n by their feet.
"Damn it!"
Before the man could scream, the shadows had already flung him out of the window, while the other man only managed to let out a scream before the shadow wrapped around his leg and slamd him into the wall.
"Agh!" As the man fell with pain, a pile of wooden crates fell on him, crushing his head.
Jack showed a brief expression of surprise. "Man, that was a nasty way to go..."
Believing he wouldn’t be able to stand looking any longer, Jack quickly passed through the hidden passage. As he flew down the dirty and dusty passage, he cawed, "I’m coming for you! My crow friends!"
Finally, Jack reached an iron door. After punching the door with a shadowy fist and struggling with it for two attempts, he broke through.
As soon as Jack entered, dozens of arrows ca flying at him.
"Do you really think you can defeat at this level?" Jack boasted as he activated his barrier ability. The arrows didn’t even scratch the barrier.
An angry, short-haired man stepped forward, pointing his rusty sword at the crow. "A crow that can cast spells?! What the hell is this thing!?"
In contrast to the short-haired man, a woman with closely cropped hair looked greedy. "Steve, that crow could be worth a lot."
The man nad Steve narrowed his eyes at Jack. A wicked smile appeared on his lips. "You’re right, this crow would fetch a good price."
The other bandits in the back chuckled as they caught the scent of money.
Jack smiled. These guys were talking in front of their enemy like third-rate villains. "These guys seem like idiots."
Jack suddenly allowed the shadowy snakes he had secretly sent from the ground to bite the man’s genitals.
"What!?" Steve scread in surprise, the Woman realized what was happening and while trying to hit the Shadow Snake with her sword, thorns made of Shadows suddenly passed through her head and entered her eyes.
"My eyes!"
While the Woman was crawling on the ground, the other Bandits realized that Crow was now It doesn’t visible, while everyone did not understand what was happening, a shadow cloud suddenly covered the entire room.
"Everyone calm down! Stop whining like a baby!" Steve’s angry voice caused the other Bandits to snap out of their confusion.
Steve looked around angrily, and stepped on the woman’s head, who was crying and screaming on the ground. "Don’t cry! Or I will kill you!"
The woman could only hold her mouth as she shook her head in fear. Jack activated his dark form. Then he thought of sothing new.
After spreading his dark form throughout the room, Jack thinned himself out until the Dark smoke was almost invisible. Then he let the people who did not understand what was happening inhale the Dark Smoke.
I-I’m starting to have trouble breathing..." A man with weak physical features who was getting pale said.
Steve didn’t understand what was happening. After a while, more people had trouble breathing, and Steve suspected sothing.
"Wait a minute," Steve said. "This smoke..."
Steve’s eyes widened with worry and fear. Steve turned around and was scared when he saw several people dead. "Everyone, get out of here!"
Despite their worries, the bandits quickly ran towards the door, but thick ropes suddenly ca from the ceiling and pulled them by their necks.
The bandits who were pulled to the ceiling scread, and the black tentacles that suddenly covered their mouths caused them to freeze in fear.
Steve was even more scared when he heard the screams. The exit was closed, the Dark smoke was starting to surround the surroundings even more.
Jack smiled at the Level Up notification, and ignored the others. The Dark Smoke that entered the Crow Hunters’ bodies was holding their Lungs.
The Crow Hunters could not produce breath, so they The hunters were dying of suffocation. Jack suddenly burst his lungs to avoid making it even more painful.
Many people, including Steve, fell lifelessly to the ground.
{Level Up}
{New title gained. ’Criminal Killer’}
{The title ’Criminal Killer’ grants the user 100% ntal health: This only applies when judging criminals.}
{’Shadow Manipulation’ skill leveled up 5
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