Belaque looked at the tense expressions on everyone's faces and said, "Have monsters driven you people this nervous? It's just one person coming from afar, and you're all this tense."
"You'll know when you see him," Kaguolet said.
Slowly, a black figure entered everyone's field of vision.
The person walked toward Red Rock City at an unhurried pace, black smoke rising from his body. An intensely unpleasant feeling emanated from him.
It was as if endless darkness lay behind him, and a revolting aura radiated from his body.
"What is that?" Uchiha Madara asked Belaque. "That shouldn't be a human, right? Humans aren't like that."
"It should be a human—a human who has turned into a monster," Kaguolet said.
"So there really are humans who can be demonized." Uchiha Madara thought for a moment before saying, "That means he's carrying a magic stone."
"You can't be sure of that," Belaque said. "So many demonized monsters haven't carried magic stones. How can you be certain that this human has one?"
"Because after humans are tempted by magic stones, they'll want to claim them for themselves. But monsters seem to only become demonized," Uchiha Madara said.
"And can't you feel what this person gives off? This evil aura—no matter how deep a human's resentment is, they shouldn't be able to give off a feeling like this," Uchiha Madara added.
"I don't know. In any case, this isn't my problem. You people can handle it yourselves." Belaque spread his hands.
Kaguolet had already jumped down from the city wall.
"These people..." the old mage said speechlessly. "They climb up and down the walls of Red Rock City whenever they please. Looks like I need to tell the City Lord to raise the walls in the future."
At this moment, the man wreathed in