Chapter 187 – The Temple
The Magician was a fucking place.
The dry ground rustles whenever you step on it, and the temperature is muggy. On that subject, it gets cold again at night. It’s not some kind of desert.
The black sun is floating in the sky. You may wonder why the sun is black, but I don’t know why. Why is that black
Anyway, because of that black sun, it is not bright even though it is daytime. When you look at the ground and sky dyed purple, you feel gloomy.
But they were at least yangban. A more f*cked up scene existed before our eyes.
“Yoosung, is that…?”
Cerys trembled in her voice and pointed forward with her index finger.
– Kiki?
The Kingdom Army undead that devours the kingdom army corpses.
A commotion spread within the temple stand at that strange sight.
-Is that the Kingdom Army eating the Kingdom Army?
– You were fine until recently.
-Even if you’re behind, why did you become undead?
As the whispering voice grew louder, it was time for the Paladins to stop it.
– Kiki? Awesome!
The undead who were eating the corpses noticed our presence. They threw away the corpse they were eating and ran toward the temple stand.
Is it that fresh blood is better?
“All bayonets!”
The gray-haired paladin drew his sword and shouted. Her other paladins followed her and drew her sword.
The silver sword is covered with pure white aura.
It seems to have covered the divine power.
-Kieek!
The Undead rushed at the Paladins. The blood-stained face and half-turned eyes made the viewer frown.
Squeak.
The undead’s body was gently sliced like tofu.
The decapitated undead collapsed powerlessly. The undead whose limbs had been cut off held onto the wounds and complained of pain.
‘Do undead feel pain?’
The undead I’ve seen so far run like crazy even if their limbs are blown away. That’s why the undead were difficult to deal with.
‘Is it because of the divine power?’
The opponent of the living is the knight. The opponent of the dead is the paladin.
It was something I had heard at the Adventurer’s Guild. I thought it was natural, but when I experienced it myself, it felt different.
Would you feel like this if you saw Mr. Cesco beating cockroaches in person?
‘This crusade will end smoothly.’
It was different from the dungeons where the Orcs popped out or the Manor War where the Undead popped out.
Wouldn’t it have been okay if only the paladins had come from the beginning?
That thought was shattered the next morning.
“To the castle! Run into the castle!”
The saint’s cry.
If you look over the shoulder of the adventurer who is hurrying to pack, you can see dust rising from afar. The protagonists of the dust were none other than hundreds of undead.
Yes, even Mr. Cesco has a hard time with hundreds of cockroaches.
* * *
Thomas was an ordinary farmer. An ordinary farmer who has a wife, a son and a daughter, and goes out of the castle to work in the fields when the sun rises.
His life changed from the day the sun turned black.
Hungry He ate something, but the hunger did not go away. He is hungry even if he drinks water, eats cabbage, carrots and potatoes. Hunger does not go away.
When I looked out the window, I saw people eating people. These are people who couldn’t overcome hunger.
Every time he saw them, Thomas hated them. No matter how hungry I was, that was crossing the line.
No matter how delicious that chewy human flesh looks.
Even if I had to swallow my saliva at the dripping blood, I held it in.
Because he has a wife and children. I haven’t seen you since the day the sun turned, but I’ll be fine somewhere. When these hellish days are over, we’ll see each other again.
But who can end this hell?
Is there anyone who can do that?
Maybe this hell continues?
Could it be that he was stupid for not eating people like them?
Negative thoughts bite the tail of the tail. Saliva was dripping from Thomas’ mouth.
‘Just a bite…’
Okay, let’s just take one bite.
Wouldn’t it be okay to try it and spit it out if it doesn’t taste good?
Just as Thomas was about to approach his body.
A white flash rose from the center of the city.
The moment Thomas saw the flash, he started running frantically toward the white light.
If you approach that light, you can be saved.
You can get out of this hell.
Thomas wasn’t the only one who had that thought, so he could see villagers running towards the flashing lights all around him. Among them was Thomas’ wife and children, whom he thought had disappeared.
Ah, good luck With this, the whole family can be saved.
Thomas threw himself into the white light with tears in his eyes.
Thud-
It bounced out with a dull feeling. Thomas ran again.
Thud-
Bounced out He couldn’t get into the white light. So did other residents and his family. All of them were bounced off by the white light and were not saved.
‘Why…?’
Thomas moved closer to the white light. Then I see people and nuns standing inside the white light.
Are they already saved? Let’s ask for help too. Since we are nuns, they won’t overlook us.
Thomas tapped the white light with his fist.
“Sister! Help! Save me!”
He cried desperately. But the nuns, far from helping, were looking at him with frightened eyes. Some looked downright contemptuous.
What. Why are you looking at me like that?
Don’t do that, let us in too.
I mean save
That’s what you do
Thomas cried desperately. He asked for help. However, as expected, the nuns show no signs of moving.
Thomas was starting to get angry.
Those nuns are supposed to save us. Isn’t that the reason why you usually condescend to obey God’s will? But they didn’t.
Neglected duties and responsibilities.
Bang bang!
The fist that struck the light gradually became stronger.
Won’t you save me?
Then rather…
“Give it to me!!!”
Your meat. Blood
Give it to me so that I can satisfy my hunger!!!
Bang bang bang!!!!
Thomas pounded the curtain of light with his fist, his foot, and his head. Strangely, he wasn’t sick. He’s the one who’s always been tough on even a little bit of blood! Is this the power of rage?
Looking around, I saw that other residents were also banging on their tents in anger.
Thomas took courage.
My anger is justified!
Beat up hit scratch
His hands are broken, his head is broken, and his fingernails fall off.
Been doing that for a while. A man in white armor approached Thomas.
“Give me the meat!!! Let me drink your blood!!!”
Thomas gnashed his teeth, slamming his face into his tent.
“May the protection of the light be with this poor sheep.”
“Just a bite! Just one bite…”
Squeak-
With a feeling of floating, Thomas’ vision went round and round. He could see his body plummeting and the curtain of white light fading.
The residents who were scratching the tent cheered and rushed at the people inside the tent.
Alas… I’m sorry.
I wanted to eat too.
* * *
He entered the castle avoiding the undead chasing him from the outside. Then, this time, the undead in the castle welcomed them.
Undead scratching the barrier of light opened by the saintess.
I’m used to this kind of situation, so I didn’t feel anything special. I just feel like I’m trapped.
However, other adventurers seemed not to be like that.
“Fuck, fuck, fuck…”
“Fuck you… Who the fuck told you to run for the castle…”
They look like the undead scratching the barrier will rip their heads off at any moment.
Since it was the barrier opened by the saintess, she shouldn’t have to worry about that.
“Everyone calm down!”
Among the agitated adventurers, a paladin with gray hair raised his voice.
‘I think I’ve seen that face somewhere…’
When I thought about it, it came to mind. At the banquet hosted by the Marquis family, I was the one to whom I gave away chicken legs. I think he said his name was Melissa.
“You don’t have to worry about breaking the barrier. It’s because the barrier opened by the saintess herself, not by anyone else.”
Melissa, speaking solemnly, was 180 degrees different from what she had seen at the banquet.
“If it doesn’t break, what’s the difference? Being locked up is the same, right?”
An anxious adventurer shouted.
Melissa’s cold expression turned to him.
“Stuck? What do you mean?”
“Don’t pretend! Can’t you see those undead? We’re surrounded! When that barrier collapses, all that remains is to search!”
“Hmm? Ah…”
Melissa looked in the direction the adventurer was pointing and she smiled. She took out her spear from her shoulder and bestowed her divine power. As her divine powers dwelled, silver light could no longer be found in her spear.
It just glows white.
Melissa threw her spear in the direction the adventurer pointed.
Quaguagua- Boom!
The spear flew and exploded with a white flash, literally tearing the undead apart. In a straight line where the window passed, the torn limbs of the undead rolled around.
-…
The noisy adventurers became quiet in an instant. Melissa looked up at the adventurer who had yelled at her earlier, she said.
“Do you still think we’re trapped here?”
“No… That…”
“Speak straight.”
“Oh, no.”
At the adventurer’s answer, Melissa smiled in satisfaction.
She now looked at all the adventurers.
“As you can see, we are not trapped here. It wasn’t even that he ran away from the undead. It just saved power. For what?”
Melissa’s silver sword pointed at her resistance.
“To punish the cause of this mysterious phenomenon over there. Because of that, he dared to avoid it even though he could purify all the undead. So don’t worry. After killing only the wicked evil there, the paladins will step out and purify the undead. Do you understand me?”
The adventurers nodded. Some even raised their voices in response.
The atmosphere is completely different from before.
I felt a sense of resentment from them.
“Then what shall we do now?”
She raised her hand to season the cooked rice, she said.
Melissa’s gaze turned to me. She looked at me and widened her eyes and tilted her head.
What, do you remember?
The look of wonder was also short-lived. Melissa answered my question right away.
“What can I do? It’s not difficult. It’s really not that simple. All you have to do is break through those undead, enter the inner world, and slay the evil. Our paladins will open the road ahead. You guys follow us After a while, we will set off by beating the heads of those undead as a signal.”
After saying that, Melissa disappeared between the Paladins. The adventurers prepared for battle in their own way.
“Are you okay?”
Seris looked at the undead surrounding the barrier with her uneasy eyes.
“Why are you anxious? It’s not even the first time.”
“But there are many more than then.”
“Are there too many of us? There are also paladins. Don’t worry too much If you’re feeling anxious, just relax your body like Kara did.”
Kara was warming up as she did her stretches. Even so, her eyes were fixed on the undead. I think he’s smiling… Is it because of his mood?
“Hey, hey…”
I turned around as I felt a stab in my back. Ariel, with a terrified expression on her face, was trembling in her ears.
“Are you really okay? You can survive, right?”
“…What did you see earlier? Didn’t you see the commander of the Holy Knights tearing the undead apart with a javelin?”
“What does that have to do with me surviving… It’s not that he saves me… You, can’t you just leave me? I came because of you, so you have to take responsibility!”
Ariel shouted as she tugged at the end of my armor.
…Why are our children so timid?
I tried to calm Ariel down. As she relieved Ariel of her worries, it was time for her to make a move.
The barrier disappeared with the signal that the Paladins cut off the undead’s throat. The paladins began to move forward, cutting through the undead crowd.
Adventurers followed suit.
-Kieek!
When the barrier disappeared, the undead ran as if they had been waiting for this moment. Since the Paladins only penetrated the front, both ends of the formation had no choice but to be exposed to the undead.
The adventurers and the undead were mixed and the formation was disorganized. The shouts and songs of adventurers could be heard from here and there. It was truly an abyss.
“Kara bow down!”
Kara immediately lowered her head. My dagger passed over the back of her head and lodged between the eyebrows of the young undead woman.
Kara cut off the undead’s disheveled legs. She drew her dagger and threw it at me, lunged and smashed her undead shoulder.
‘Kara is fine.’
She stays calm and fights well. Same with Seris. She spills out what she can, and is dealing with short sums only when she can’t help it.
‘Ariel is…’
“Ahh! Aww!”
Ariel was running with her face devoured by her fear, plugging her ears.
The undead ran behind her diagonally, opening their mouths. Whoo! With the sound of the wind, the undead flew high and landed on the roof of the building next to her.
-Yingying!
The water spirit and the wind spirit were working hard to protect Ariel.
Good. I just need to take care of myself
He avoided the arm of the undead stretched from her side and kicked her in the abdomen.
She drew two daggers and threw them. Grabbing another adventurer’s leg, he was stuck between the eyes of the undead.
No time to hear her thank you, no time to retrieve her dagger.
She drew a new dagger and decapitated the undead that had come before her eyes. From behind her undead, her throat was his, another undead thrust her face.
“Brother bow down!”
This time it’s my chalian.
As she lowered her head, I felt something heavy pass over the back of my neck. When she looked up, she saw two undead heads blown off.
“Thank you Kara.”
“Hey, why do you have this much!”
Kara smiled broadly and aggressively swung her greatsword at the other undead.
I thought I was going too deep, so I tried to stop it. Kara is also an adult. I’ll take care of it.
I looked ahead.
There is still some distance left until tolerance.
Aigo fuck.
