By looking at all of them, Arya smiled.

This was the first time he had smiled like this in this type of situation.

"Now..."

"It’s time to begin the show."

"I don’t care about anything here."

"I only want to know what really happened in my village all that time."

"I don’t feel sorry for them anymore."

"Because if they’re ready to kill someone..."

"Then they should also be ready to die."

"I want to know..."

"If I kill them one by one..."

"Will they still smile like this?"

"I want to see their reaction."

"If they can still smile like this..."

"Then I’ll know one thing."

Arya quietly said.

Then...

In the middle of the statue, they placed the slaves in front of it.

There was a wooden execution block.

They dragged one male slave to the front.

They forced him onto his knees.

Then they pushed his head onto the wooden block.

He struggled and tried to move.

But he couldn’t.

The other slaves saw this.

They were crying in fear.

But the villagers didn’t care.

The man holding the sword slowly walked in front of the slave.

He raised his sword high, ready to cut off the slave’s head.

But before the sword could fall...

Boom!!

A sudden explosion erupted on both sides.

All the people became worried.

"What happened?!"

After the dust cleared...

Only flames remained.

Then...

From those flames, two giant Stone Monsters appeared.

From another direction...

Two more giant Stone Monsters slowly walked forward from both the right and left sides.

The temple workers stared in shock.

"How can this be?!"

"It’s impossible!"

"Monsters shouldn’t be here!"

"The magic detector didn’t show anything!"

"How did they get here?!"

One C-Rank adventurer stepped forward from the left side.

He drew his sword.

"Don’t worry!"

"I’ll kill them!"

The other people began cheering.

The adventurer rushed forward at full speed.

Then he jumped high into the air and attacked from above.

But before his sword could reach...

One Stone Monster caught him with its right hand.

The man desperately tried to free himself.

But he couldn’t.

He swung his sword again.

The moment it struck the Stone Monster...

Crack!

His sword broke into pieces.

The Stone Monster tightened its grip.

The force crushed his body inside its hand.

He died there instantly.

Then the Stone Monster threw his lifeless body into the middle of the villagers.

After seeing the powerful adventurer’s dead body...

Fear spread across everyone’s faces.

They immediately turned around and tried to run.

But when they looked toward the mountain road...

Many Shadow Monsters had already appeared there.

Now all of them were trapped.

There were nearly one thousand Shadow Monsters surrounding every corner of the mountain, blocking every escape route.

But they didn’t know...

The Shadow Monsters weren’t actually that strong.

They were only low-ranking monsters.

However, one of their abilities increased their presence and created an illusion.

To anyone who looked at them...

One Shadow Monster looked like a hundred or even more.

Around more than two hundred villagers were there, while the rest were still back in the village.

Most of the people had already gathered here.

After seeing the Stone Monsters...

The smiles on their faces disappeared.

Now, they were only filled with fear.

They quickly gathered together.

Then the temple workers and several other men stepped forward.

"Don’t worry!"

"We have magic weapons!"

One of them opened a small hidden door in the ground.

Inside were many magic items.

They quickly took out several magic wooden staffs.

There were many other magic items as well.

They handed them to those who could fight.

At the same time, everyone behind the statue began praying to their god for help.

They kept worshipping the goblin statue.

But...

There was no response.

Then...

From the front side, four giant Stone Monsters slowly approached.

Many people immediately rushed inside the temple.

At that moment...

Nobody cared about anyone else anymore.

The villagers pushed each other to get inside first.

Many people fell to the ground.

But no one stopped to help them.

Instead...

Others stepped over their bodies and kept running.

Some people even stepped on their chests and bodies while they were lying on the ground.

About ten people died there because of the panic.

But the villagers didn’t care.

Outside...

Only those who could fight remained.

Around twenty villagers and sixteen temple workers stood there.

Every one of them held weapons and magic items.

They formed a line.

The slaves were left in front of them as shields.

They believed that when the monsters attacked, the slaves would die first.

Then they could attack the monsters safely from behind.

The slaves couldn’t move.

Heavy metal ropes tightly bound them to the ground.

There were fourteen slaves.

Thirteen were lined up in the front.

One remained at the back.

His head was still pressed against the wooden execution block.

He couldn’t even look behind him.

From the front...

The four giant Stone Monsters slowly approached.

The slaves cried out in fear.

They shouted for help.

But nobody cared.

The children cried loudly.

The Stone Monsters came closer and closer.

The slaves thought...

This was the end.

They were going to die here.

But...

The Stone Monsters didn’t attack them.

Instead...

The giant Stone Monsters quietly walked past them and continued moving forward.

They didn’t touch a single slave.

When everyone saw that...

They were stunned.

Then one of the Stone Monsters reached the giant statue.

It grabbed the statue with both hands.

With a powerful pull...

It lifted the entire statue out of the ground.

The ground shook violently.

Holding the giant statue above its head...

The Stone Monster threw it toward the temple.

But before it could hit...

A transparent barrier suddenly appeared.

The statue crashed against it and stopped.

The temple workers had already activated a magic barrier using one of their magic items.

Than four temple workers came forward.

They were mages.

Each of them raised their magic wooden staff.

At the same time, they began chanting together.

A huge fireball slowly formed in the air above them.

The heat around it grew stronger with every passing second.

When the spell was finally complete...

All four of them threw the giant fireball toward the Giant Stone Monsters together.