The dead talk a lot (2)
Skeleton.
It was literally an undead with only bones remaining.
The sight of a body made entirely of human bones slowly approaching was terrifying.
In addition, he was holding a rusty sword in one hand.
Since he was born from an old corpse, some bones were missing, but he didn’t care at all and headed towards me with a gait as stiff as a bone.
Dalgak.
Then, his jaw dropped and he jerked as if he was trying to say something.
Among the skeletons, there were some who could really talk. I don’t even have vocal cords, so putting aside how to say it, personally, I really didn’t want to meet him.
Fortunately, it didn’t look like this guy, and he continued to rattle and slowly came this way.
I didn’t wait any longer and sprinted forward, knocking my skull out like hitting a ball with a hammer.
baek!
The skull flew away like picking an apple from a tree, but the skeleton remained intact.
This was one of the annoying things about the undead.
Simply removing the body part did not cause a significant decrease in combat power.
In particular, these skeletons would stick together intact if they were touched again, and there were some who repaired them on their own.
In addition, since each part attracts each other like a magnet, no matter how much parts are separated, they will eventually be restored.
Skeleton, the most basic monster of the undead, was so simple yet had different strengths from living things.
There is a downside that the strength itself is not very strong as there is no muscle, but usually it was enough to push it with an overwhelming number.
There were two common ways to defeat such a skeleton.
One is to use holy water or divine power to purify dark magic, the source of the creature.
In human terms, it would remove all the joints in the body.
The bones that made up its body were real human bones, and its substance as a monster could be said to be the dark magic surrounding them.
That’s why even if the divine power just brushes against it, it collapses.
Most of the undead were highly dependent on dark magic, so taking priests with them was the reason.
The second is, well, much simpler.
f*ck! Quick! baek! Fast! f*ck!
It is to shatter the entire body.
Anything broken to some extent can be repaired with dark magic, but if it falls below a certain size, it can no longer be used as a body part.
So, if you use a hammer and break it like this to powder… … .
“Have you done it?”
After confirming that the spell of resurrection was not working, he roughly covered the ground with soil over the almost powdered bones.
As I said before, some people were hesitant to put an end to it in such a cruel way because it was a real human bone.
However, the original owner in the other world would also want to do this if his bones were being used in this way.
maybe.
After meticulously crushing the skull that had been blown up at the beginning, as I moved, skeletons stood up and greeted me.
After a long time, there were no zombies, monsters whose corpses were moving.
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Although the undead are monsters, since their foundation was a corpse, there was no choice but to make a difference depending on what was buried.
If the overwhelming dark magic is concentrated, it will be reborn as a completely new existence.
Moving on like that, instead of heading towards the center, I was following the outskirts of the ruins.
Of course, it all had a purpose.
“It must be near here… … .”
I looked at the precarious tower towering in the center, measured the distance, and poked around with a long stick.
After poking around like that, something finally caught on, and I immediately took out a shovel and dug there, and the thing I was looking for appeared.
It was a stone stake.
It was just the right thickness to hold with one hand and the tip looked a bit blunt, but enormous divine power was condensed inside.
The reason why I am stuck in this place is to suppress the dark magic of this area… … .
oh oh oh… … !
A strange sound was heard from the center, and black aura momentarily shook.
“Um, fine.”
I tossed the stake into the bag and continued to do the same thing around the perimeter.
Every time that happened, something stirred in the center, but it didn’t bother me too much.
A total of 7 stakes were recovered.
This stake with condensed divine power was very effective against the Dark Truth Church, so I thought of giving it to the five children.
Even then, since there are two left, you can give Rize one more as a spare.
Still, the holy sword would be more useful, though.
Quick!
With that thought in mind, he swung his hammer and smashed the hand of the skeleton trying to break through the ground next to it.
Could it be that something came too soon?
They were all full of skeletons, so there was no taste in fighting.
Due to the nature of this area, all those who died here became undead, so if the timing was wrong, the investigation team and the subjugation team could have been welcomed side by side with open arms.
Of course, that fact was what the 1st investigation team devoted their whole body to.
In order to avoid such a troublesome situation, he came as soon as he heard the news of the incident at the ruins of the Jisat Royal Castle, but even if he came early, he wondered if he had come too early.
I thought there would be a wandering death knight.
Is it because the effect of the seal still remains?
I took a moment to look at the last stake I had pulled out before putting it back into my bag.
“How are you?”
yes, how are you?
If you can solve it comfortably, everything was a happy law.
Now that the most important purpose, the stake recovery, is over, shouldn’t we finish this place perfectly?
There were other stages where Rize could fight the undead.
Anyway, I came here to strengthen the power of the five children, so I thought to finish it quickly.
Still, since the area around the ruins was rather wide, it took a little while to get to the center.
The skeleton that appeared in the meantime was a bonus.
Oh, and even skeletons made of dog bones were often seen.
Still, as they headed toward the center, little changes were revealed in the shape of the skeleton.
Unlike the outskirts, which were holding rusty swords or farming tools, they began to equip themselves with proper weapons, and objects with shields or bows often appeared.
In addition, there was a skeleton wearing light armor that soldiers would wear, or armor that looked like a knight.
Will this guy turn into a wandering death knight?
Caang!
Although it was a skeleton, it blocked my attack with a pretty good movement, as if it had a swordsmanship engraved on its body.
Then, rather than attacking with a sword, he pushed the shield he was holding in his left hand as hard as he could.
I was a little surprised, but there was no way I would suffer from such a thing, and at the same time she flowed through the aculium in the form of a sword, transformed it into a hammer, and then used the rotating power as it was to smash the leg bones with all my might.
No matter how much he wore armor, the basis was bones.
Because of his rapidly collapsing body, his movements naturally lost his strength, and he took a hook from his bag and took off his armor, shattering other bones as well.
In the meantime, the moment when he was also taking care of the soldier skeleton that had come out of nowhere and was aiming for the back.
“I finally found you!”
A booming voice came from behind.
Did the investigation team come?
This place wasn’t always a place I’d been looking for, so I didn’t remember much about the time.
It was unavoidable because the stakes, the only loot, were of limited use, so the priority was naturally lowered.
I turned my head to check who it was… … It was someone I didn’t know at all.
“The Lord guides me and leads me to the path of salvation.”
He was even humming a song presumably a chant, and his entire body was covered in armor.
Judging by the glossy shine on the armor, it seemed that they were taking great care of it. It wouldn’t be easy to manage that much, but there’s probably nothing else to do.
He seemed to be a bit smaller than me, but his face was completely covered by a helmet, and the armor wasn’t revealing his body, so I wasn’t sure if it was a man or a woman.
however… … Are you alone?
I waited for the unknown knight who was coming straight towards me without making any hasty move, and he soon stopped a short distance away from me and pretended to point a finger at me.
“You are the corrupter the Lord spoke of!”
“What, this again.”
In an instant, I got annoyed.
How could it be that all the guys I meet in a place like this are normal?
It was obviously the first one I saw there. No, it was somehow familiar, but this voice was definitely the first.
Um, no, maybe?
“The Lord said you just fell for the whispers of the dirty darkness, so I will save you today!”
He shouted in a voice that did not know whether it was a man or a woman, then took out the rectangular shield that was slung on his back and held it forward.
I did, but this guy… … .
It was a wandering death knight. In the days when I was still alive.
“Now, come!”
As he shouted, divine power exploded from his body… … Instead of climbing, it shimmered like a bonfire where the firewood had run out.
I sighed as I looked at it dumbfoundedly.
“I don’t know who it is… … Let’s talk about it after we get hit.”
* * *
Hmmm, I might use this one.
I grabbed the helmet of the knight skeleton I had defeated earlier and looked around, saying.
“So how old are you?”
“Ten, seven.”
baek!
“Ah! Hey, seventeen!”
“Right.”
I hit the head of the guy who kept trying to talk shorter with a helmet to correct it.
Kneeling with the armor on, it looked very uncomfortable, but I didn’t know it.
At first, the guy who firmly defended his defense was excellent enough to tell him to come confidently.
It was just that, though.
Although it blocked the attack well, it was only that, and it seemed that the counterattack was not even considered.
After becoming a death knight, it was quite difficult to deal with because he believed in his strong body and rushed.
That’s why this guy couldn’t get away from being beaten by me, and after an hour of beating him, he ended up on his knees.
I had no intention of killing him, so it would be better to think that it was fortunate that it ended like this, but he was still very uncooperative.
I asked as I thumped the helmet I was holding with my fist.
“name is?”
“No… … It is.”
“You don’t have a name?”
“Uh, I’ve been an orphan since I was little, and I’ve lived alone, so no one really calls me… … .”
It seemed that he had been living a life that was so bizarre.
That said, he wouldn’t have been more unhappy than me, so I didn’t feel any sympathy for him.
Hearing the story that follows roughly, it is said that he barely fills his stomach with the food given out for free at the church, and often attends services to get something to eat.
The reason why he kept talking short and his way of speaking was strange was probably because of that.
“Did you ever intend to work?”
“No one accepted. So I just dig up herbs in the mountains and sell them, but if I use a little, it disappears… … .”
“Didn’t you think of doing something like a mercenary?”
“What is a mercenary?”
Where have you been living?
After hearing the story, I thought it was really unfortunate, but in the end, I couldn’t help but have a fundamental question.
“Then what is that divine power? Did you learn it in church? Did you receive an oracle?”
“I received an oracle, but Lu Nera-sama was not. When I told the priest, he was kicked out saying that he was mentioning evil spirits… … .”
What are you doing?
I listened to his story, holding on to his dizzy head somehow.
“Still, the oracle given by the Lord was accurate. When I searched the place you told me about, I found armor and shields like this. It’s my treasure now. No, it’s a holy thing. I found it through an oracle given by the Lord. Then I heard that there was a corrupter here, so I came here… … .”
baek!
“evil!”
“Didn’t I say no?”
“Sorry, sorry… … !”
As I stared at him as he immediately apologized, my eyes suddenly went to the patterns engraved on the armor.
I almost missed it because it was so shiny, but I’m sure I saw it somewhere.
No, stay still.
Did you bother to inform me that there are corruptors on this side?
“Do you know God’s name?”
“Mo, I don’t know. I’m giving you an oracle, but I can’t hear the entire curtain, but it cuts off infrequently… … . Well, it’s clear that the Lord is watching over me… … !”
“It’s De Gena.”
“Djenna?”
The moment he said that name, divine power exploded out of him.