Chapter-57: Excessive kindness leads to death

Ashmus didn't say anything and smiled at his words. He then took out a small sized bag from his inner robes.

Althea and the man were confused by his actions and the man felt a bad feeling creep into his heart when he saw that small bag.

"What... is that?" He asked with a shutter.

"You mean this?" Ash heard his words and asked. Then continued with a innocent smile," This is best thing for your body. It will make you feel something you have never ever felt before."

After saying that, he got near him and took out a white substance from that bag and sprinkled over that man.

Just as the substance touched his body, he felt his body was on fire and he started wiggling like a dead snake.

"Agghhhhhh....." He screamed with all his strength as he felt like countless ants were gawking every single part of his body.

He rolled all over the ground with his skinless body.

Ashmus didn't care about him and sprinkled more and more of that white thing on that man.

"Ahhhhh..... Please, no more.... It hurts. Aghhhhh...." The man continued to roll and scream with red eyes.

"W-what is that thing?" Althea saw this and asked with a trembling voice.

"Oh this, Its just salt. " Ashmus said with a nonchalant expression.

"What!" Althea heard his words and her body shivered. She knew very well how painful it must be when you add salt on a wound.

But here, it's not just a single wound but an entire skinless human. " So when you left this place earlier, you went to get some salt." She then asked with wide eyes.

"Yep. It would be best for his body, don't you think so." Ashmus nodded at her words.

Previously he went to the place where the dead women and children of his village were because he wanted to get some salt from them.

When he fled from the village with the villagers, he asked them to bring some food and water since he didn't know where they will take shelter after fleeing from that place. He also took everything important from his own house.

When he saw the cold corpses of his villagers, he felt extremely sad but this also strengthened his resolution to make that man pay for his crimes.

It was all because of that man's greed that his peaceful village has been turned into a ghost village. Thousands of his villagers were now nothing but corpses and only 6 people are alive at this time.

He first paid respect to their departed soul and brought the salt from them. He had already ordered the red sword to not a leave a single covering on his body.

He himself couldn't do that because he was not proficient with the devouring fog. But he knew the sword could do it easily.

When you sprinkle some salt on a skinless earth worm, they would definitely die from extreme pain after while. He had seen his mother do this before in the backyard of his house, so he applied that here.

Althea felt her mind spin when she heard his words. Then she sighed and said," Haa..... When i saw that sword use that dark fog on him, i thought you were going to kill him without much pain. But... Sigh....." She didn't say anything and just sighed again.

Ashmus turned towards her and grabbed her shoulders with a bit of force and said seriously," Althea, are you feeling sad for this vile bastard? i know you are kind hearted but why are still so kind to your enemies, Hm? Why are you upset for this disgusting trash of a beast."

Althea didn't say anything and just lowered her head.

"You have also heard what he said to you before, right. If i wasn't stronger than him, he would have already violated you countless time by now.

He would have made your life a living hell. And after he plays with your body to his hearts content, he would either sell you to someone else or throw you on the streets.

Then what would you do after that. Would you be able to go back to you previous lifestyle and forget everything that happened to you. Would you be able to forgive that man who ruined your whole life.

And the way he talked about those disgusting things, why don't you think for a second. This cruel beast must have done something like that to many helpless women in his life.

Why don't you think about those women who he continuously tortured for their entire life without a care. Do you think they would also forgive this man.

They must be praying that this man dies the most horrible death. Then why are you feeling sad for a wretched bastard like him. Do you also wanted to suffer like them before you feel like you hate him, hah?"

Althea still didn't say anything and continued to look down as she thought about all the things he said.

"ANSWER ME." Ashmus saw her silence and shouted loudly.

Althea was shocked by his shout and her body trembled a bit. She rose her head and looked at him with red eyes.

"Cough...." Ashmus realised that he was scaring her and calmed down. He hugged her body to console her and said with a soft voice," You have to get rid of your excessive kindness, Althea. This is a cruel world. If you are not cruel you yourself and to your enemies, you won't survive for much longer."

"Even though you always say you are older than me, you still don't know how this world works, Althea. You must have been rised like a sheltered flower so you don't know the life of a flower who has grown up in these wilderness.

Even if I'm much younger than you, I feel like I've seen much more than you, girl.

I saw my father dying, my grandfather dying, my fellow villagers getting massacred without mercy and my mother is in the jaws of death. I couldn't do anything at that time as i wasn't strong enough.

But now that i have enough strength, I want to avenge them. I want to make these bastard regret everything they have done in their entire life.

If you had been violated by that beast, do you think i would have just let that man go without punishment.

Just thinking about it makes my heart burn with immense rage. My heart wants me to make that bastard live the rest of his life in hell. And i will do exactly like that." He said all these with a sharp look in his eyes.

Then he kissed her forehead softly and apologized to her,"I'm sorry for shouting at you. I just wanted to let you know that excessive kindness leads only to death. If you want to be kind, be kind to those who are kind to you. But be ruthless to those who are your enemies."

After saying this, he fell silent and let her think about everything he said.