Chapter 40.2 Brave Jean
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In small towns like Camore, seeing a traveling mage once every few years or even decades was a rare sight.

Most of these mages hardly interacted with the locals. Only a few would chat with the locals, have a drink, share their travel experiences, rest for a day or two to replenish food and water, and then leave.

Of course, there were also those like Black Mage Yang who would intervene in certain unfair events. However, most of them only taught a lesson to oppressors and gave some loose change to the poor and suffering.

But causing upheaval throughout the town and instilling fear into the upper echelons of the main streets as Yang did was unprecedented. So much so that several decades later, when the black mage Yang gained the moniker "Nightmare Butcher" and became wanted by numerous countries, his wanted poster remained on the sheriff's board for many years.

Rumors about this Nightmare Butcher persisted among the townspeople until the death of the Eugene family's matriarch Rebecca. Stories circulated at the time, such as him dragging a cardinal of the Radiant Sun Church to the town square and having the latter mate with a bear, or hammering to death a prince from a certain kingdom. These alarming rumors were widely spread.

In any case, with confirmation that this individual was indeed the "Nightmare Butcher," the Eugenes, a local mafia, no longer had any desire to oppose him. They mobilized almost all of their family members to gather the normally unruly union weavers or those impoverished families that were left with mostly orphans and the elderly.

While the Eugenes and the Bennetts were panicking and gathering people, the culprit, the feared and hated Black Mage Yang, showed up at the mansion of Viscount Lynn, a philanthropist, who wielded more influence in Camore than the mayor himself.

He approached in a formal and courteous manner, first sending a messenger boy with his calling card, and arrived at the mansion half an hour later. He hadn't forgotten to bring a gift for the viscount's family, adhering to

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