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Reincarnator – Chapter 158 : Voting Offerings (2)
Altair made a confused expression.
She didn’t know what an offering was but she deduced that it wasn’t good.
And as if receiving three was the most important thing, arguments were getting louder and there were curses being thrown around.
All with urgent expressions.
A few people who were causing an uproar approached Altair and her group.
“…”
Her own group only had around 9 people.
And their eyes were all shining as if they were in a rush.
Since the ones who didn’t have any leisure to back off to might do some crazy things.
At that moment.
One of the guards, who was watching from above the scouting post, jumped down and landed on the ground.
The sound of the landing was very quiet but effect wasn’t.
The Farmers who were walking up suddenly flinched while looking at the Guard.
“You know already. That violence is forbidden.”
“Damn…”
Altair sighed as she looked at the people walking off and then switched her gaze onto the guard.
Altair asked Hellum.
Hellum chuckled.
“What?”
A popularity vote was enough to cause everyone to fall in panic like this?
Hellum added additional details while looking at Altair.
“…”
A word that didn’t have good vibes to it.
“Actually, I don’t even know what happens to those who become offerings. But it’s a fact that it doesn’t really sound good right? That’s why everyone was trying so hard to fill their quota to not go but… This method was very vague. And to base it off strength… That’s weird too right? We can’t really number everyone according to strength and one’s strength might differ depending on how dire of a situation they are in. And for someone to pick people off like a king… Our village is still a bit democratic you see.”
“This is why the voting system has been introduced.”
Vote.
One vote per one person.
And it was their choice whomever they gave it to.
“The number changes every time but…With the amount of offerings we need this time, you need at least three votes this time. This is the only reason to stay in the village. It’s not that bad really. There was a time when one needed to receive five people’s votes.”
Since there wasn’t a need to be kind to a rude girl who disregarded seniority.
It wasn’t an issue of necessity but how long they had been in the village.
That they were needed in the village like this.
Most people will do whatever it took to profit usually.
But once the offering system was introduced, they couldn’t do whatever they wanted.
Nobody wanted to have somebody dangerous around them in an environment already filled to the brim with danger.
And to keep one’s image as well as maintaining one’s chance at the vote, the villagers were quite concerned about this issue during the normal days as well.
There were indeed three days to acquire the votes but having the guaranteed votes before then was safer.
Altair made a dumbfounded expression at the words of Hellum that told her that she needed to gain three votes.
“What…Do you mean that two thirds of the village will get dragged out as offerings?”
She didn’t know how long the offering system took place but if they cut off such a large amount of people then there was no way the village would be able to be maintained.
“Well actually…This is a bit different.”
“You Farmers only have one vote per person. But there’s no rule saying that others are the same way right?”
But it was only democratic
It was not like the real world.
Karhal, a Hunter who had returned to the village, whistled as he looked at Mackill who was looking at him with a despicable expression:
Mackill clenched her teeth and spoke:
The moment Mackill and the other 200 people entered the village they had fallen into another dangerous situation.
Even if they go around and vote for each other only 70 of them would be able to live.
“I knew.”
Mackill shouted out in rage from the attitude of Karhal which seemed like it was asking what the problem was.
The offerings vote didn’t take that long.
Then they would’ve been able to dodge the vote this time along.
Until the next vote for the offerings.
Karhal smirked at these words.
Mackill stopped at Karhal’s expression.
Karhal laughed as he spoke.
“You’re saying that you want to escape this vote by yourselves… What if the 200 of you miss it? Then what about the other 200 who would get dragged along instead?”
“At least they had worked hard to bring in food to the village and didn’t mind licking the foot of others just to collect some votes. They struggled as much as they could. And if one compares them to you… It’s clear who should get dragged away right?”
Since the results of the vote would tell them.
Mackill couldn’t hold in her anger and shouted.
Karhal nodded as he heard the enraged shout of Mackill.
“Yeah. So that’s why you guys came to find us right? You want us to take responsibility?”
Mackill suppressed her anger at those words and then started to breathe in and out.
It was now time to get to the main point.
“Yeah. If you guys are still human…At least give us the votes this time around. You guys have…Ten votes each.”
The Hunters had two privileges.
Second, they all had 10 votes each.
Since a Hunter was an important figure that couldn’t be traded even for 10 Farmers.
To them, this whole voting this was just watching fire that was across the river.
Karhal’s team, the 30 people, had a total of 300 votes.
Karhal chuckled at Mackill’s words.
Mackill clenched her teeth and then spoke:
Nobody knew what happened to those who got dragged out as offerings.
If they gather up and expose the Hunters then a calamity will befall the Hunters.
Karhal pondered for a moment while looking at Mackill threatening him and then chuckled as he nodded.
As moment Mackill’s expression brightened up from Karhal’s answer, Karhal spoke again:
“What?”
“Of course. Why would the Farmers come all the way to us to lick our feet?”
But even without that, many Farmers would dodge the eyes of the guards and approach the Hunters outside the village.
And there was no reason the Hunters needed to deny it.
“There are a few votes we promised to give you see. You want us to scrape everything off them and give it to you as well? This is too much. This is as much as we can give you if we use every bit of influence we have.”
The words ‘Can you not’ almost came up from her throat but she gulped it back down.
Because then, even if they were able to dodge the vote this time around, they would get killed by their fellow Farmers.
Mackill’s expression turned into that of panic slowly.
“Try going to that Hansoo guy. Though I’m not sure if you’re the only one who’s quite urgent.”
“What?”
Altair took her group and quickly started to go through the village.
Hansoo was their sole remaining hope.
The votes they needed was 27 in total but there was no one who would give them any votes.
They needed to get those 10 votes from Hansoo at least and work from there.
“Please give me a vote! Just one! I’ve already collected two!”
Hansoo’s surroundings had already turned into chaos.
Hundreds of people had gathered around him.
Altair swirled her tongue around her mouth.
There was a limited amount of Hunters in the village.
The newly risen Hunter, Hansoo, was like their lifeline.
Though violence was forbidden, it didn’t seem from their expressions that things would end calmy.
Well everyone here could only be like that.
They didn’t know what happened to the ones sent away as offerings.
They would get dragged away by the thing that treated humans as snacks.
Since it had been quite long since the faces of the newcomers, the first in a while, had spread around in the village.
“Hey. Isn’t it better for you to just stay out of this?”
The man looked around his surroundings as he spoke.
The man frowned as he spoke.
‘Damn…I thought two votes would be enough.’
“Which means that ten people wouldn’t go with that guy’s votes. But you guys need 3 votes each to get exempted. Logically speaking, isn’t ten better than three? It’s not like you die, who knows if they’ll treat you well when you get there?”
Altair made a dumbfounded expression.
She could not get dragged away no matter what.
Altair froze her expression and then walked towards Hansoo.
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