Pandemonium: Chapter 11

## Chapter 11

Crain's ruthless campaign.

*"All men ready!!! Aim at the head!"*

— Crain, preparing to cleanse the village.
Chapter 11 is the fifth chapter of the second volume of the Pandemonium: Wizard Village manga and the eleventh chapter of the series overall, as written and illustrated by Shibamoto Sho. It was released on November 8th 2013.

## Overview

The penultimate chapter of the manga deals with the invasion of the village by Crain's mercenary force. Multiple long running themes of the manga culminate, including the false idea of the Wizard Village and the societal alienation of variant people.

All the villagers are rounded up in the main square. The mercenary army is faced with the corpses of Sky Golems, but refuse to change their plan. Crain stubbornly insists that the villagers are cursed and evil.

Molte dares Crain to kill her and see if she'll comes back to life. The chapter ends with Molte lying on the floor after taking a bullet from Crain's revolver.

## Summary

Following Cosith's failed counterattack, Crain orders his brigade to gather all villagers in the main square. With Cosith knocked out, Malsus and Marco realize there's no way for the villagers to win and decide to comply with the orders. Zipher begs Crain not to kill the villagers, but Crain won't budge.

A mercenary accidentally cuts himself on Irv's claw-like hands. Thinking Irv attacked him, the situation escalates. Cosith reacts to stop the situation before anyone gets hurt. Even though he's lying on the ground, Cosith is able to punch the floor underneath him, collapsing the entire square into the caverns below. Daylight shines over a hollow shell of a Sky Golem. This scares the mercenary band who quickly start shooting at it to no avail.

As the mercenary group eventually stop shooting, Domika explains to them the true nature of the village. Crain interprets the fear in Domika's words as a grudge against outsiders, still not believing her and Zipher's claims. The rounding up of the villagers proceeds.

Even though she avoided capture, Molte walks into the square and dares Crain to shoot her so he can see if she'll be resurrected. Zipher and Domika object, but Molte's final taunt triggers him. Shot, Molte falls to the ground. The chapter ends with Domika screaming.

## Characters in order of appearance

### Main characters

Crain

Zipher

Domika

Ainu

Cosith

Kayoh

Malsus

Kobolgarde

Marco

Molte

### Villagers

* Brepa, Eva, Gulon, Neil, Cornu, Kerone, Peryu, Rono, Agare, Grif, Andras, Baal, Behemoth, Bothy, Ipos, Mupos, Purso, Shiroyabu, Wonk, Aegis, Leto, Ruvatos, Sibo
* Sius, Pendra, Aimu, Irv
* Makara, Ipira, Varak
* Bai, Keiten, Kutar, Rou, Solato
* Almira, Bael, Haggis, Pendora

## Trivia

* Near the start of the chapter Zipher tries to pull off a bluff and calls his walking stick a powerful weapon given to him by the villagers. Crain sees through his ploy.
* On page 18 of Chapter 3, Irv can be seen sawing logs. However, it is only in Chapter 11 that his claws are revealed to be extremely sharp, as a mercenary injures himself by touching them.
* Magical items shown on page 18 are probably Heatless Light Bulbs.
* In this chapter Molte is revealed to have evaded capture by the mercenaries.
* Repeating the same behavior as with Zipher in Chapter 4, Molte asks Crain to shoot her.
* In an internal monologue Molte reveals that she longs to see someone from earlier in her life. It is implied that she originally came to the village after hearing the same legend of the Wizard Village as Zipher.
* Molte's dialogue "*I have no place to stay anymore*." is a reference to what Domika told her about Zipher after learning Molte had pushed him to leave the village.

## Gallery

Crain's ruthless campaign.Malsus realizes there's no way out.Crain rebuffing Zipher.A mercenary cuts himself on Irv's claws.A Sky Golem emerges.Mercenary army attacks the Sky Golem to no avail.Domika's last stand.Molte's taunt.Bang.

## References

1. ↑ http://hiyokonikki.blog.shinobi.jp/%E3%81%8A%E3%81%97%E3%82%89%E3%81%9B/20131108