055. Hayes Castle (3)
Among the monsters, ghouls are the ones who hit the ground because they are disgusted.
Born with a terrible grudge, this monster is a walking corpse that woke up after drinking demonic energy in the grave.
Looking at the corpse theme, digging up other people’s graves and eating rotten flesh, I’m mistaken that the genre of ＜Warriors Kingdom＞ was horror.
It is also a scene where the words ‘Aeonia is stained with evil’ can be understood in an instant.
I drew the holy sword and moved stealthily.
‘Is it three… … .’
It’s the same as the content of the game.
Ideally, it would be possible to clear the ghouls one by one as planned, and with Viktor supporting from behind.
I turned around and glanced at my teammates.
Viktor was momentarily taken aback because he didn’t know he would meet a ghoul on a D-class mission, but quickly calmed down. Because anything like this can happen.
“Guys, let’s go.”
“… … yes.”
On the other hand, Cain, who saw this monster for the first time in real life, had a slightly shocked expression. It will be different from the image you see in the book.
It’s a disgustingly disgusting appearance, so it’s understandable. If you see such a disgusting thing in a defenseless state.
She must be calm because she’s seen all sorts of things in the Mage’s Tower, but she’s a passive one who always gets scared when something appears.
She’s not worried because she’s a scary witch who doesn’t hesitate to be destroyed by lightning or torn apart by tornadoes.
“Wow… … what? what a ghoul It’s really strange, isn’t it?”
Before I knew it, Victor, who was next to me, muttered in a small voice.
Ghouls are not common monsters.
This is because he can only be seen in places where there are many corpses, such as graveyards or battlefields full of corpses.
Why did such a guy appear in an abandoned castle?
It’s bound to feel weird.
“Yes, that ghoul. Strange.”
Cyana pointed her finger at the ghoul. Six pairs of pupils turned to the direction she pointed.
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Keying–!
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Kaang–!
puck! puck!
“uh… … Are you digging a grave… … ? That’s what ghouls are like.”
“No, no! Take a good look.”
It may have seemed that way at first, but in the next scene, Viktor agreed with Shiana’s words.
Isn’t a ghoul dragging a corpse and burying it in the hole he dug!
The ghoul then began to scoop up the soil again with the shovel he was holding. Each movement was quite meticulous.
It was like burying a dead body.
“Well?”
“Ghouls are monsters that eat corpses, so they don’t bury corpses with such politeness.”
Shiana, who has more knowledge about monsters than anyone else, asserted.
Yes.
That ghoul is strange.
It is because they are digging the ground and burying the body on the subject of being born to dig up and eat the corpse.
“Hmm… … Sometimes there are guys like that. Could it be that they are gourmet ghouls that can be fermented and eaten again?”
what
Viktor’s dog drip almost irritated him, but Siana and Cain nodded, saying, “Oh.”
‘ha… … .’
they’re all weird
It’s a ghoul with a sad story, but anyway, monsters are monsters. Since they were resurrected by the power of demons, they should not be left alive.
You have to kill them to advance the story.
“Let’s get rid of it at once. Mark one by one as per the training, and the seniors will support you from behind.”
“Okay! Leave the finishing to me.”
Victor confidently held the rosary and said.
Such an unclean being must be purified with the priest’s prayer to disappear, so a priest is essential to the team.
I grabbed the wall with one hand and jumped up.
Because it was a collapsed wall, it was not high, so I was able to jump right over it.
–!
The ghouls raised their heads at the sound of my landing. They are active only at night and are sensitive to sounds.
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Kirrrr-
The ghouls approached, dragging shovels across the floor. The stench vibrated.
“Syana, you take the left, Cain, you take the right.”
“Yes! Aren, watch out!”
“Okay.”
Even though Cain was surprised, he was delighted for a moment. The fact that I was dealing with monsters, not just driving away beasts.
Very motivated, Cain ran out first.
Siana was also chanting an incantation beside her. A magic circle appeared behind her. A total of three magic circles, each with a different element, slowly revealed their appearance.
I couldn’t lose either.
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Keying-
Because the Holy Sword is howling.
Is it because of the presence of ‘Ma’ that I haven’t seen in a long time?
I could feel that the holy sword was very excited.
–!
I kicked the floor with the purifier.
Caang!
Caang!
The ghoul also sped up. The sound of the shovel hitting the floor added to the tension.
The ghoul’s shovel drew a semicircle in the air and stuck.
At the same time, I also attacked the holy sword from the bottom up. It was a more powerful blow thanks to the power buff Viktor gave.
—!
A strongly swung sword and shovel collided in the air. The wind created by the holy sword raged and staggered him.
The strength of the ghouls is comparable to that of the orcs. Originally, this guy has no chance of winning in a head-to-head match, but-
It was different.
Slap! A ghoul’s arm that bends grotesquely.
It wasn’t enough that the shovel was blown away by my blow, and my arm was broken.
Its white bones protruded from the skin. An unknown mucus flowed out.
“Huh?”
Look at my arm, then look at me again. The ghoul bared its disgusting fangs.
He waved his left arm at me.
I didn’t blink an eye, I stayed still.
‘indeed.’
How good was Hilda’s leather armor?
Even if you get hurt, Victor is there. I trusted everyone and didn’t even take the defense.
“… … !”
“Geuuuu.”
Surprisingly, the ghoul’s claws stopped. His arm was dancing on my shoulder.
Even if you try to force it in, it will never break.
Hilda’s armor was really pushing back the demonic energy.
‘Really, it pushes away all fairly moderate attacks.’
This is a satisfactory performance.
I wanted to not get hurt even if I rolled around in the monster field.
“Gaaa!”
The ghoul grabbed the shovel again with his broken arm. The moment I was about to cut my throat, I slashed the ghoul’s throat with the holy sword.
“Dirty bastard.”
Even the blood was disgusting like rotten water.
The shudder subsides.
Fit: 100
Type: Holy Sword
Designation: Purifier
Skill level: 10
Skills: [Magical Resistance] [Holy Storm]
Skill level raised again.
A monster like a ghoul was a real lump of experience.
In addition, when the proficiency reached 10, one skill was opened.
[Divine Storm]
-The holy light rages like a storm and drives away demons.
‘New skill… … !’
Following the resistance, if I can actively blow away demonic energy, even if these guys attack in groups, I will be able to earn a turn.
After all, there is nothing better to level up than actual combat.
‘I’m looking forward to it.’
When I turned around, it seemed that the other friends had also finished the situation.
On Cyana’s side, lightning, ice, and fire elements spread viciously from the floor. It seemed that even the body of the ghoul had been ground to such an extent that it could not be found.
“Hey-”
Sianna looked at me and smiled. I blew off the big bang she used to do often.
The Cain side is also over. Just like the last time, except for the fact that my left arm looked uncomfortable, it was over without a problem.
The ghoul was tattered with so many holes that it was hard to recognize its shape.
‘It’s better to stab than to cut… … .’
As the days passed, Cain’s characteristic of using a sword like a spear became more prominent. It was her survival strategy to make up for her lack of strength.
I nodded in satisfaction.
It was because the ghouls had been safely defeated, and Cain was approaching the awakening condition.
“Guys! Are you hurt anywhere!?”
Victor came running.
“You guys are fighting so well that I have nothing to do. Like first year aces!”
Cain and Shiana, well, there’s not a single person in the first year who doesn’t know them, so it hurts to say it again.
“And Aren, you bastard. Do you hit it more than it looks?”
Viktor smiled happily and stabbed me in the side.
“Sir, please finish quickly. Ghouls are the ones who are resurrected like that.”
“Yes, I understand. It doesn’t give you a chance to like it.”
Viktor knelt before the ghoul that had fallen in front of me.
Viktor closes his eyes and starts praying.
prayer of purification.
A silver halo spread over the area where he placed his hand. A miraculous prayer that purifies the soul.
It was one of the three prayers that academy priest-type cadets hone until they graduate.
Shoot aaa!
A silver halo engulfs the ghoul. The wind blew and the light scattered. Suddenly, the ghoul disappeared without a form.
The prayer of purification, which is the most complete way to get rid of dead monsters, has come to an end. Victor was in tears.
“Oh sorry. Every time I recite this prayer, my emotions run high.”
“… … .”
He likes to drink and is promiscuous, but his piety seemed to be second to none. he looked new
“ha. It’s over.”
Viktor rose from his knees.
“Now, what should I do?”
Cain opened his mouth.
You will all be thinking the same thing.
You should go to the elder and ask what happened.
There is no fool anywhere in the world who would mistake a ghoul for a mere beast. All I could hear was the shovel digging into the stone.
“I should go and ask the elder.”
It is a matter for the captain, Viktor, to decide.
“As Aren said, this is a very suspicious town. Everything from ghouls that bury corpses.”
Ackerman goes to see the elder while saying this.
Then, he drinks a sleeping pill disguised as tea that the elder gave him and falls asleep.
When Ackerman and his colleagues wake up, they are tied up with ropes and abandoned in the haunted castle.
In other words, if the current trend is going, we will also take sleeping pills and fall asleep, and all our weapons and things will be taken away.
You don’t even need me to do that, do you?
In the first place, being tied up with a rope and abandoned in Herace Castle is just a process to meet a ghost.
Feel free to skip this step.
“Let’s go down, boys.”
“no. You must not go.”
“… … What are you talking about?”
is it you again?
Viktor looked back with a face like that.
“Think carefully. It is safe to say that the elder already knows about the existence of ghouls.”
“Um, that’s right. It feels like they sent us on purpose.”
“I think the same way.”
“Right!”
Viktor folded his arms and began to listen to me. Cain and Siana agreed.
“The entire village is in a suspicious situation. If I go and ask them immediately, will I get the answer I want?”
Absolutely not.
“So, what do you want to say?”
“I’ll watch what the elders do.”
We explained that if we don’t hear from you, something will happen.
“Let’s hide and watch the elder’s reaction, and figure out what happened?”
“Yes.”
“Aren is right. I have been commissioned for a D-class mission, and it seems necessary to investigate in this situation.”
“Right!”
Cain also calmly judged the situation.
It could have been more serious than it seemed.
There is no lord, and he did not inform. A ghoul appeared in the castle to bury the body. Even so, he calmly deceived him as a beast.
All the circumstances were explaining that the back was dirty.
“Herace Village… … What is it?”
when making judgments.
Viktor raised his hand on my story.
We decided to wait until morning for the elder to appear.
Behind the castle, in a place where people wouldn’t go, they set up a camp and Siana set up a barrier.
And since the elder might appear at dawn, they decided to keep watch one by one.
Cain – I – Viktor – Cyana were the order of night watch.
All of these were my suggestions.
* * *
“wake up.”
I opened my eyes to Cain’s voice.
I stood up and prepared to stand the watch. As a sergeant, the habit popped out and he was ready in an instant.
“It’s fast.”
“yes. That’s about it. Did everything go well?”
“yes. nothing.”
Cain frowned slightly as if he was tired and yawned.
“Then, suffer.”
“okay. Get some rest.”
I headed to the place of the night watch.
… … changed direction
The elder doesn’t show up at dawn anyway.
Because in the morning he will appear with the young men.
I entered the castle as it is.
It was to claim the items that Ackerman would acquire.
Most of what comes out here is gold and little bits of old weapons.
Money wasn’t that bad, so there was only one thing I was aiming for.
stat points.
An old old book was buried somewhere in the castle, and it was a good item that randomly raised stats by 2 when reading the old book.
I started searching the castle avoiding the haunted courtyard.
“The third pillar of the great hall. found.”
I found a slightly misaligned brick in a huge pillar.
I reached out there. If you take that out, there will be an old book sleeping inside.
“How do you know that?”
It was then.
A cold voice came from behind.
‘when!?’
I didn’t feel any presence at all.
A chill went down his spine, and the muscles of his whole body tensed up.
I quickly drew my sword and turned around.
The moment I confirmed the identity of the voice, I couldn’t help but be surprised.
“you… … !”
“Long time no see. Aren, Blackfire.”
Because he was Argon, the variable that popped out during the boss fight in Act 1, the one I sent alive for the story.