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Spoiler
Caveat: Excessive Violence
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet):
Ölscards = ɔɪls - kəʁds
Zelça = zɛl - tʃa
Ölscards left the home thereafter checking the garden in the back. He reckoned that he rested enough for a one ★/two days (1 star per 2 days) leave thus he was planning to expand his output by claiming three to four quests at a time varying with the difficulty.
“A new start, a new challenge.” Ölscards spoke in his mind.
“And there’s nothing else than acquiring a Co Coin.” he finally voiced it up in a soft mumble.
As Ölscards reached within the castle town fences, he heard a commotion that intrigued all across the capital with those instincts.
“What is the occurrence?” he asked one of the lads standing in the corner.
“We’re about to go there. How about you join us?”
“It doesn’t hurt to gather some information, inn’t it?” he thought, as he nodded to the man’s proposal.
In the town square, people were starting to gather at the center. The crowd was presented with a block on the pavement and a headsman, who wears a mask with two hollow holes in its eyes.
“We barely got a great spot to view, damn it!”
“Yes, it is a pity but at least a second row is not that half-bad.” Ölscards retaliated through his mind.
Unbeknownst to the group of Ölscards that they were witnessing a justification of punishments, the Farbas finally made his appearance in front of the crowd while conferring the subjects one-by-one for the deliberation.
What baffled and surprised Ölscards and the rest of the group was that the first batch of the accused looked familiar. Ölscards was fazed and the others were, on the contrary, satisfied and delighted.
One thing in common between Ölscards and the three guys he’s temporarily hanging with is that the two parties had a relationship with the persecuted ones. Zchalck, Stanti, Vislaf, and Arsols were the bullies of these individuals: Ölscards and the rest.
“These ten individuals had committed a crime, inconceivable and detrimental to the peace and order in this society!” connoted by the Farbas.
Since Ölscards was so naïve, he couldn’t help but wonder what the four had done to pay such transgressions.
“Arbitrary sexual assault, theft, and murder!”
Ölscards kept his silence as the crowd was touting the severity of what the ten accused ones must pay.
“Discipline is what we shall impose. Thus; on behalf of you, the people who love the serenity and the regulation within these walls. I shall enforce a castration, an eye, an arm, and a leg!”
The clamor continued to burst. In the most excruciating method, the subjects had experienced the process of rigid treatment. Gagging them with no cue and overstretching each part of the limbs that cinched from arms (biceps/triceps part) and legs (hamstring).
“Now, executioner… Give me the eyes of these offenders who perpetrated in destabilizing the harmony.” the Farbas ordered.
The first scream had erupted where the crowd cheered in laughter and Ölscards didn’t stand to watch but did hear the screams. Next up, the fertility of these poor victims as correspondingly, the procedure was expected to be messy…
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“What was that?!?” Ölscards complained in his thoughts.
“Such a barbaric and horrid sight! Does it need to take fifteen strikes to cut off those dongs?” He showed again in his contempt against the maltreatment of the accused ones.
“Why do you look so dejected?” asked the man who invited him to come along.
Ölscards still zipped his mouth and refused to breathe a word. And as for the highlights of the initial set; the victims yelled out of pain, at the top of their lungs, when their arm (about elbow-length) and leg (about knee-length) had been severed.
“Are you entertained by this?” Ölscards whispered to the man, as Ölscards got a reply with a nod and a titter from the lad he spoke with.
“This is monstrosity and you know it, don’t you?!?”
“Yes, the satisfaction that comes from the pain of those who torment you for a long time is quenching. And now, they are dealt with great justice. So I find it delightful!” the man replied with a constant smirk.
Ölscards, on the other hand, failed to reason with the guy therefore, he stopped coercing the man further.
“These next set of groups were charged for treason. Disturbing the social order and triggering to oust my rule. For that matter, they are sentenced to quartering…” The crowd jeered.
These peace-loving people tend to be docile where whatever the Farbas utters a word and the crowd will conform to it.
“What I meant, townsfolk, these traitors who were scheming for a rebellion deserve more than this!” As the Farbas rectified his statement.
The boos and the heckles have finally stopped as they were expecting some more.
“Quartering is, by definition, the removal of the four limbs - left arm, right arm, left leg, and right leg. Let’s make it more gruesome by hacking these perpetrators with a blunt and dull rusty broadsword.”
"Yes, my people! These demagogues really need some lessons from me and from the gods as they realize their erroneous deeds in the afterlife!" the Farbas added.
“Look at that! Now, this is what I was waiting for some more!” the man beside Ölscards shouted.
“This is ridiculous! Well, I’m up for capital punishment varying to the acuity of the case. But prolonging one’s death by torture is outright disgusting and disrespectful!” Ölscards ranted once more speaking through his mind with ardent disdain.
With each blow to the specific spot, Ölscards winced to a degree that he lost his zest watching these ill-fortunate individuals. He noticed that the accused were also his bullies.
They were of a noble birth or high stature such as children of a Heroes’ Party or an aristocrat - both former and current. Ölscards then left the place which he later deemed: “An utter messed up!” finally expressed his voice out as he was distant to the scene.
“What’s the matter, Ölscards? You seemed so pallid, what happened?” asked the gal who happened to be cleaning in front of the Adventurer’s College.
“Well, first. Present me some missions to take me on.” Ölscards implored.
The two then moved inside the hall, as per Ölscards’ request, empty - no adventurers and no staff men. As it may sound, Ölscards always left his home at almost dawn or early mornings to prevent himself from being blockaded by his bullies.
“Zelça, how much is this chair?”
“15 Cu… what are you planning to do?” the lady replied.
Ölscards shoved the coins onto the chest of the woman then he grabbed the seat and smashed it into the pavement. The shattered pieces were all over the lodge hall, fortunately for Ölscards, he didn’t prompt much fiasco since they were alone inside.
“Here, 5 Cu, for the labor.” he offered.
In retaliation, Zelça slapped Ölscards’ hand off of her and said: “To hell with your coins, Ölscards! You can shove that down into your ass!”
Zelça even couldn’t believe why Ölscards was behaving like that.
“A’ight, it was on me. I never meant to… - I’m just disappointed…”
“Why you’re venting your frustrations upon me, then?”
And that statement made Ölscards petrified. He restored his composure, soon after for quite a while.
“You’re too passionate about your endeavors. What is this thing that is bugging you, however?”
“Uhm… I know it’s kind of erratic… But, man! … Zchlack and the rest of the crew are now dead.”
Melancholy has shown all over Ölscards’ face.
“That? Of all the people, you commiserate for them were your bullies! Why won’t you cast a speck of a smile on your face!!! Huh?”
“It’s because… It was too arbitrary. Of course, I reckoned they got what they deserved but it was unnecessary to put them through like that - a painful death. And albeit they may have survived the deliberation, their lives will lead a miserable ending and be shunned like the animals in the wilds.” Ölscards answered.
Zelça and Ölscards have known each other since they were little. One thing that’s oblivious of Ölscards as Zelça did attempt this,...
“It was a couple of months ago, they harassed and raped me.”
Ölscards’ sentience instantly shifted and he reconfirmed: “Seriously?” Zelça nodded.
“Oh, God damn it! They really were dickheads!” Ölscards added, in response to Zelça’s retort.
Ölscards had a crush on Zelça and she’s aware of it, she connoted those words to alleviate this rampaging lad. What she had told him was surmised, however. The event did transpire but no penetrations had happened because in reality, she was saved by a knight who happened to be patrolling in the area during that episode.
Ölscards was planning to try partaking in a group quest with a difficulty between six ★ and eight ★.
“Lemme take this, this, this, this, and this.” as he jabbed his finger to all the missions he mentioned to acquire.
“These are all meager. Herb gathering? Rock mining? All of these zero to one ★ quests? You’re probationary no more and you’re aware of it. Why bother doing such tedious jobs?” she asked.
“Yes.” Ölscards whispered.
“I don’t like being trifled with.” he added with a sigh.
“Since it has already taken a toll upon me. It affects my performance when I am emotionally volatile.”
Zelça was elated to hear those words as she discerned Ölscards was worried pertaining to her welfare.
“... instead of recuperating from these shenanigans, I rather bring some food on the table by finishing these stupid stuffs.” Ölscards finished.
He’s capable of completing those requests within a day or two. He was having a bad day ever since he came into the College and exited the place, his resentment still didn’t yet evaporate. Ölscards stated he’s terrible at communicating to others when there’s a lot goin’ on.