My Wife and I Became Sages in Another World

Chapter 367: Searching for Survivors

Chapter 367:

If we got spotted by a brainwashed person, then it was much easier to capture them before they could expose our location to anyone else. But if Baelzor’s eyes saw us, then the devil would know precisely where we were.

Even if we destroyed the eyes straight away, if it spotted us once, that information would reach the devil’s brain instantly.

I kept my "search" spell active during the entire jog to keep an eye out for anything strange happening around a hundred-meter diameter from my position, so I had good coverage of our team.

After traveling for a few hours, we stopped for a brief moment to eat and rest, as we were mere minutes from reaching the settlement.

I asked Yoru to scout the area from the shadows before we got there to make sure that it was clear, but when he returned, he told us that there were twenty soldiers stationed at the settlement.

Moreover, all of the villagers had chains around their necks, wrists, and ankles and were carrying stones into a wagon.

Helena explained that was the most common fate for all of the towns and settlements in the north, as the devil didn’t execute everyone on sight.

In fact, he preferred having them work diligently, which was why even some of the enslaved villagers were also brainwashed.

My companion confirmed that there was no eye monster nearby, which made me feel pretty relieved.

My plan was to stealthily take out the eyes with an invisibility potion, but knowing that there weren’t any, it didn’t truly matter how we approached the situation.

The warriors wanted to attack head-on and take the mind-controlled soldiers by surprise, and I didn’t see a reason why that wouldn’t work.

’Let’s do things their way, for now...’