I Alone Regress in a Hero Party That Was Annihilated - Chapter 24

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#24. And Then There Were None (1)

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Early dawn.

Two public notices were posted in front of the castle gate.

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【Comprehensive Crime Self-Reporting Special Law Enactment and Proclamation】

1. For the next ten days, those who voluntarily report their own crimes will receive significant sentence reductions.

2. Crimes discovered after ten days have passed will be punished at 10 times the existing penalty.

Special Law Proclaimer: Featherback Mörsolt

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【Additional Details for the Comprehensive Crime Self-Reporting Special Law】

1. Those who report corruption will be paid 50% of the recovered amount as a reward.

2. The identity and safety of whistleblowers will be thoroughly protected.

Special Law Proclaimer: Featherback Mörsolt

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Beside them, numerous cargo wagons were lined up in rows.

Those who had applied for immigration to other territories were gathered in small groups, chatting.

“Oh my, Chairman, you’ve come out too.”

“Oh. Village Chief, are you also going to another territory?”

“I’m going to my villa for recuperation and plan to rest there for a while.”

“Me too. I’m thinking of just settling down there permanently. The atmosphere where I live now is so ominous, really.”

They planned to cross over to another territory as soon as the castle gate opened and never return again.

Most of them were people with money and power.

Soon, several guards walked toward the castle gate.

Since morning had come, they needed to open the castle gate.

Those who had planned to flee to other territories approached the guards.

“Oh my, you’re all working hard. I want to go buy some medicine and daily necessities from another territory.”

“Please show your identification and travel permit.”

“My friend. My face is my identification, hehehe— But what’s a travel permit?”

“It’s a newly created document format. You need it to travel to other territories.”

“Oh come on— How can I get such documents one by one? Just let it slide. I’ll go quickly and come back.”

The Local Notables slipped a few coins to the guards.

Then the guards waved their hands and pushed the coins away.

“If we take bribes, our wrists will be cut off.”

“What’s wrong with this? Is it because the amount is too small?”

“That’s not it, sigh— Really. Even if I told you the world has changed, you probably wouldn’t believe it…”

The guards shook their heads as if troubled.

The Local Notables who had gathered in front of the castle gate all cried out in unison.

“You bastards, open the castle gate quickly!”

“I really came here for urgent business!”

“I’ll go quickly and come back, so just let me out for a moment!”

Of course, once they left, it would be goodbye forever.

They had been planning to take the wealth they had accumulated and leave this territory forever.

However, the guards were adamant.

“Well, we can’t let you through without a travel permit. If you want to get a travel permit issued, you need to go to the Mörsolt Family estate and get examined by the temporary administrator! We’re just following procedure!”

Then the richest and most powerful among the local notables snorted with contempt.

“How dare these guard nobodies block my way!? Do you know who I am! Huh!?”

At that very moment.

“Who are you?”

A low voice came from behind the guards.

Step— Step— Step—

A boy who had been coming down the stairs from the castle walls looked in their direction.

“Who are you to tell us whether to open the castle gate or not?”

Featherback.

He was looking down at the local notables.

The local notable shrank back nervously.

However, Featherback didn’t let him off.

“I’m really curious. Who are you?”

“I’m… nobody.”

“Nobody? How can a person be nobody?”

Featherback strode over and stood in front of the old man.

And he continued speaking in a tone as cold as frost.

“I need to know who you are.”

Soon, Featherback’s gaze turned toward the cargo wagon behind the old man.

Seeing the flower emblem drawn on the carriage, Featherback nodded.

“The District 3-4 Merchant Association Chairman.”

“….”

The old man subtly moved to the side to hide the cargo wagon.

But Featherback’s gaze was already looking at the oak barrels loaded on the carriage.

The Merchant Association Chairman gave an awkward smile and said.

“Ah, these are wine gifts for my cousins. This time the grape harvest went well, so we produced a lot of quality wine…”

But his words couldn’t continue to the end.

Crack!

Because Featherback’s sword mercilessly pierced the side of the oak barrel.

Splaaaaaash!

Wine as red as blood came gushing out.

And.

…Glint!

Inside the barrel that had been drained of all wine, various jewels and gold coins were sparkling.

Featherback asked in a calm voice.

“Were the riches loaded in here properly declared?”

“….”

“If you cannot account for the source of these funds, I will confiscate everything on the spot.”

“….”

Suddenly, the Chairman’s eyes flashed sharply.

“You bastard! How dare a young brat act so insolently! Do you think being a Mörsolt makes you everything!?”

When the Chairman gestured, five burly servants who had been riding on the carriage got down.

Each one held sturdy clubs and bludgeons in their hands.

However.

“It’s not about being a Mörsolt making me everything.”

Featherback tilted his sword with a leisurely attitude.

“It’s about following the law.”

At the same time, the snow-white sword drew a crimson arc.

Thud thud thud thud thud!

The necks of the five servants who had been raising their clubs flew high into the sky before falling to the muddy ground.

“Hiiik!?”

The Merchant Association Chairman fell backward on his rear.

Featherback clicked his tongue.

“I’ll consider you senile and won’t kill you. However, you’re sentenced to 350 years in the underground prison. All your wealth will be confiscated.”

The guards who had been protecting the castle gate dragged the Chairman away.

The Local Notables who had been lined up in front of the castle gate froze without making a sound.

Among them, some were quietly turning their horses around, but.

“Stop. From now on, you’ll be inspected one by one.”

Featherback’s sword blocked their path.

“Funds with unclean sources will be confiscated, and resistance means immediate execution.”

Before they knew it, the guards on the castle walls were aiming crossbows in their direction.

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All relocation, immigration, and movement were completely controlled.

Those who wanted to go to other regions had to undergo strict examination by Administrator Cardona, and even then, they couldn’t take out wealth above a certain amount when passing through the castle gate.

The rats trapped in the box had seizures.

They dug holes, climbed walls, and sometimes rose up in rebellion.

Of course, Featherback suppressed all of these without mercy.

Sword and blood.

The Common People who had always obeyed the law had never faced these two things.

But the Upper Class who had trampled on the law while enjoying luxury and pleasure had to tremble in fear.

Great panic.

Those who had accumulated Black Money were lost, facing an unprecedented threat.

The Encirclement was closing in moment by moment.

Without proving the source of funds, they couldn’t buy anything.

Only clean money was real money, and Black Money was like Bread drawn in a Painting.

If they tried to use Black Money to buy something, their funding source would immediately be suspected, and if someone nearby reported them, they would lose both their life and money.

Rather than that, people began appearing in droves claiming it was better to voluntarily report themselves and live with peace of mind.

Most were flowing in that direction.

…However.

Despite this, there were those who bared their teeth until the very end.

Those who had committed far too many injustices.

They were people who had committed serious crimes that couldn’t be reduced even through voluntary reporting.

‘Anti-Mörsolt Alliance’.

Criminals who had nothing left but the path of having all their Wealth confiscated and being executed were gathering together.

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In the Central District of Mörsolt Territory, there stands a tall building constructed in a splendid style that doesn’t suit the Northern Region.

【Club ‘Blaze Eden’】

It’s a Social Club where Underworld Tycoons gather.

In the Grand Hall located on the Top Floor of this Premium Club, a party steeped in luxury and pleasure was taking place.

Mana Stones created dazzling multicolored light, and ear-splitting loud music shook the entire Wide Space.

Thump— Thump— Thump— Thump— Boom— Boom— Boom— Boom—

Dark Corridor, brilliant lighting, noisy music bursting from the Triple Keyboard, and crowded people.

The price of just one bottle of Champagne casually rolling around here was equivalent to several years’ salary for an ordinary commoner.

Under the red and blue gleaming lights, steam from all kinds of Water Pipes settled to create a thick mist.

In the VVIP Section, voices were murmuring and echoing.

Gentlemen wearing Butterfly Masks and Noble Ladies gathered to discuss what to do next.

The Goat-Bearded Middle-Aged Man spoke.

“This time, Mörsolt is not to be taken lightly.”

“We must strike first.”

The provocatively dressed noble lady replied while covering her mouth with a fan.

The suited old man beside her chuckled softly.

“If we set our minds to it, we could buy the entire assassin guild, couldn’t we?”

“We just need to quietly eliminate the Family Head and a few of his relatives.”

A young man nodded and agreed.

Soon, the underworld bigshots put their heads together and shared their opinions.

“Let’s poison them.”

“That’s dangerous, so it would be better to disguise it as a monster attack.”

“How about kidnapping? I heard Family Head Soleil’s youngest son is a naive brat.”

“That’s old news. The one causing the most trouble now is that very guy.”

“Was it Featherback? If we send assassins to give that bastard a sword thrust, wouldn’t that set an example?”

“I think detonating a bomb on their path would be the most certain method. We need to massacre the entire family.”

“I heard an organization called ‘Descendants of the New Moon’ does good work these days…”

Right at that moment.

Knock knock knock—

A knocking sound was heard.

An attendant spoke from outside the door.

“The last person has arrived.”

At those words, everyone tilted their heads in confusion.

The people gathered here were all of them.

There was no one else coming.

“The last person? Who else came? We’re exactly thirty-four people.”

The long-bearded middle-aged man walked toward the door.

Then a reply came back.

“Not thirty-four, but thirty-three.”

That was not the attendant’s voice.

Simultaneously.

Thunk—!

A blade that burst through the door pierced the middle-aged man’s chest and protruded out his back.

“Gack!?”

The middle-aged man, stabbed through the heart, died instantly while still standing.

“!”

“!”

“!”

The bigshots of the Anti-Mörsolt Alliance all rose to their feet at once.

Simultaneously.

Crash—!

The door shattered as countless knights and soldiers came rushing in.

Beyond them stood a single boy of small stature.

“One’s dead, so now it’s thirty-three, right?”

Featherback raised his sword tip, blood dripping from it.

Then he looked at the thirty-three people frozen before his eyes and spoke.

“And soon there will be none left.”

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