The heroes watched as the villagers began to disperse; the body of the former lord laying as a crumpled mess in the center of the mass of people. He had been beaten to a bloody pulp, with blood pooling up all over. Bloody footprints trailed away in all directions, with the villagers having taken out all of their aggressions onto the villainous old man.
The heroes approached the body, unsure of what would remain. His face had been crushed in, rendering him unrecognizable. His arms and legs were flattened, reduced to mangled messes of bones and meat. He had been beaten with clubs, and stabbed with all manner of tools. Pieces of flesh and clothing were thrown around together, and could hardly be told apart.
This was the justice handed down by the villagers, as violent and grotesque as it was. Onlookers could call it an act of madness, though what could be more sane than wanting revenge for the cruelty and torture endure by their families? The heroes were in no place to decide this, and so they left the body where it lay. Someone would come along and clean it up later.
They made their way to the village in; they would check on the injured woman the next day. As they entered, they saw the guards sitting at a table in the corner, quietly relaxing amongst themselves. The heroes went up to their previous rooms, and sat down to rest. They talked about what had occurred, as well as Elden Ring, athletes dominating in sports, and the latest from Ukraine (as of March 13th, 2022).
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