How the First Wizard Survives

Prologue Prologue It was just past noon. The surroundings were dim. Perhaps it was due to the black clouds blanketing the sky. But it seemed to be the perfect day for someone’s malice—or murderous intent—to trample and desecrate a life. “Filthy wench! Rotten bitch! Kah—ptooey!” “Kill her! Kill her right now!” “Fall into the flaming pit of Gehenna and rot there!” The crowd was furious. Their fury spread and intensified like an epidemic. A stone flew from somewhere and struck the woman’s head. Dark red blood streamed down her temple, but the woman only drooped her head helplessly. And then, the stoning began. At the center of the square, bound atop a massive pile of firewood, the woman could only endure the people’s blind rage with her entire body. She had never harmed anyone, nor had she ev