Inside An Adult Game As A Former Hero chapter 152

Principality of Polycia.

A land of wild barbarians who worship power.

The capital of this country, which seemed to have all it had with overflowing vitality, was crumbling.

The strong walls were broken or melted, and the remains of the collapsed buildings were rolling around.

It was different from the tournament in many ways.

While everyone was in shock, Leslie suddenly whipped his horse and ran out alone.

A few startled party members followed her.

I, along with some of the Platinum Knights who had come with me, looked around and made my way forward.

“…not a single body.”

A member of the Platinum Knights murmured.

“There isn’t one.”

I pointed to the body I had just found. The body was laid on a pole and his lower body was crushed.

“The mutilated corpse is still there. But it is true that the number of bodies is extremely small.”

In this case, it is divided into a hopeful interpretation and a negative interpretation.

The former said that they evacuated quickly and suffered little damage, while the latter said that the bodies of the dead joined the undead army.

‘The latter is much more likely.’

The reason can be pointed out that the damage to people is extremely small compared to the damage to the building.

I looked around and continued in the direction Leslie ran. She was in the backyard of the palace, in the cemetery where the successive dukes were buried.

If this is normal, should it be taken for granted?

All cemeteries were dug up.

Everything from the 1st Grand Duke to the relatively recently renamed Grand Duke.

This means that even Leslie’s father’s body has disappeared.

“Ah… Father…”

Tears the size of a pea ran down Leslie’s cheeks. She wept bitterly, but did not cry.

He cried quietly, then slowly and coldly hardened his expression, revealing his anger.

“I don’t know who did it, but the price of daring to mock the duke of the Principality will be high.”

She got on her horse and swung her head. I asked her.

“Where to go”

“Even so, there will be no survivors. We are going to find survivors and find out the truth.”

I turned my gaze to the Platinum Knights.

“You don’t know anything, so it’s like a signal left by the first knights.”

“I kept looking all the way here, but I couldn’t find it.”

“It means it could be somewhere else. So let’s do this. You Platinum Knights look for signs the advance squad may have left. We will find survivors.”

“All right.”

The Platinum Knights turned their heads and set off first. While they searched for the signal of the advance, we also scattered and searched for survivors who might remain.

‘I think I’ve been around quite a bit, but I haven’t seen a single one.’

He rode around and shouted, but no one responded.

‘I have to go back and look around the cemetery.’

Another party member may have found a survivor.

The last cemetery I visited.

In an empty place like the cemetery of the archdukes, a man was kneeling and weeping.

“There was no other hell like Hell.”

Said the man whose name was ‘Jerry’.

He was the only survivor of the castle.

“It happened in the middle of the night. While he was sleeping, the bells announcing the enemy were spread all over the city. Most people, including myself, thought it was an attack from a group of monsters and didn’t take it seriously. But it wasn’t.”

Jerry trembled with a look of horror on his face as if he had recalled a terrible memory.

“The first was a dragon. Even with a rotten body, a dragon is a dragon. The wall, which had not allowed any monsters to invade for hundreds of years, melted with one breath.”

He continued to speak even though he was trembling.

“Actually, the gates melted, but it was okay. Because the walls were high. But a monster broke through the weakened wall and came in.”

“If you are a monster”

Jerry turned his head and looked into my eyes.

“I don’t know what to call either. It was just a monster. Humans and monsters, monsters that cling to this and that!”

“It’s a ragged golem.”

“You call that a raging golem ah, anyway, from the moment that golem broke the wall, everything was a mess. The undead rushed into the collapsed wall…”

Jerry kept his mouth shut, as if he didn’t want to recall what happened after that. Leslie frowned as he paused at the most important point.

“Is that the end? It’s just that the undead and the like have invaded and left this place, the center of the Principality of Polycia, in ruins.”

“Only..”

Jerry’s expression contorted.

He wrinkled his expression and looked at Leslie, as if he had just lied to him with a frightened face.

“Did you just say that… dragons, unknown monsters called ragged golems, and the endlessly swarming undead?”

“okay. I just said Undead or anything, in the end a monster. You can cut muscles and you can break bones. It is hard to believe that the warriors of the Principality of Polycia, proud of such things, have been defeated.”

“Yeah ah… it was. Princess… No, the Archduke did not see it.”

Jerry grinned.

It was an obvious mockery.

He continued before Leslie, who was sobbing, shouted something.

“If you cut the flesh, what do you do? What do you do when you break a bone? Every broken bone powder sticks back together.”

“…I beg your pardon”

“It is literally. They don’t even die. As the Archduke said, even if he cuts off his neck or breaks his skull, he will recover and attack again. On the other hand, when this one dies, it just dies. Better to just die. Usually, when you die, you become an undead and stick a sword on your comrades’ back.”

Jerry raised his bare arms.

“As you can see, I am weak. There’s even a coward. No matter where you look, it’s not a warrior’s lumber. He’s a bastard doing chores. And I lived because of it. He died as soon as it happened. All the proud warriors of the Archduke are already dead. Not only was he dead, he became an undead and even killed his own family. I saw it with my own eyes.”

“…”

“While those proud warriors were dying, what was the Archduke doing while I watched them?

“…”

Leslie shut her mouth.

With a cold expression that doesn’t feel any anger, sadness or anything.

I sighed and slapped Jerry in the back of the head.

“When we heard the news, we ran right away. I know it’s hard, but stop.”

“..yes.”

Jerry immediately crumpled. There was an awkward silence for a while. Slowly, Jerry’s expression turned white, as if he had just begun to see what he had just done objectively.

“I, there…”

“Sorry.”

As he was about to speak, Leslie first apologized. The Grand Duchess bowed her head slightly to Jerry, who was nothing more than a commoner.

“I have been annoyed by my personal feelings. Even though there is nothing wrong with you.”

“Ah… that, yes. I am fine.”

It didn’t look good at all.

It was time to laugh at Jerry, who was very burdened.

all the way- all the way-

The sound of horseshoes was heard in the distance.

“Soldier! I received a letter requesting support from Jeonseo-gu from the advance team!”

A member of the Platinum Knights has delivered the news of Frilite.

In addition to Frilite, 20 members of the Platinum Knights.

The battle against the undead army was defeated.

“stop.”

Frilite raised her palm.

Seeing it, the four Platinum Knights and the younger siblings stopped.

Frillite, hiding behind the tree, leaned her head out and looked ahead.

– Ugh…

Dozens of undead who lost their senses were moving along the mountain road.

“Have you been here too?”

Kicking her tongue, she descended the hillside and joined the party.

“Is this blocked too?”

“Yes. Dozens of undead were searching.”

In response to Frilite’s answer, a member of the Platinum Knights drew an x on the map. The map he has was full of x marks.

“Alex. Please guide me on the next path.”

“There is no way left, Frylite-sama. It was just the last road left.”

“…is it.”

There was silence on the left.

There is no way left.

Because what this meant was obvious.

In the subdued atmosphere, a Platinum Knight raised his hand.

“I will stay.”

“Youth, lad. If you stay, what will happen to your mother and I remain.”

“How long has it been since you had your wife’s second child? I have a lot of property left behind, so I don’t have to worry about my mother’s old age. So those with families, if you have a conscience, get out of the house.”

The other knights couldn’t say anything more about Youth’s resolute and determined words.

“…your mother, I’ll do my best to look after you.”

It was all I could do to say such clichéd things.

Frilite put her hand on Youth’s shoulder.

“sorry. It’s all my fault.”

“no. Why is that the hero’s fault? Honestly, it’s weird to expect dragons to hide in the ground and shoot breaths. Poor little cubs. I don’t think it’s going to be a face-to-face match…”

Whispering Youth.

He quickly smiled.

“I’ll give you revenge later. That is enough for me.”

“Hey, you bastard. What kind of revenge is revenge when it is not enough even if you think about how you will come back alive?” “Yes. Don’t be shy and come alive. Then I will introduce you to my sister, who you used to sing to me every day.”

The Platinum Knights beat him down. But they all knew. The odds of him coming back alive are slim. He, too, was well aware of that.

“okay okay. can’t you just live Either way, I won’t let you die at will.”

Still, he grinned.

Frilite and the Platinum Knights went up the mountain slope again and instantly turned the dozens of undead passing by the mountain to ashes.

Having killed the undead, the wizard who controls them must have noticed.

Except for Youth, who decided to stay, they had to leave quickly.

“Soldier. It has been a great honor for me to have fought by your side for the last few days.”

“…so am I. I am proud to have traveled the battlefield with a knight like you.”

“Heh, that’s also an honor.”

After a short conversation, Frillite and the party started to run away again, except for Youth.

-A knight recognized by Frilite, Youth Aner, is here!!! Come on, you bastards of skeletons!!!

You can hear the shouts of youth from afar.

The Platinum Knights grinned, but Frilite couldn’t.

It was her fault that he died.

It had to be her, not him. Even if she sacrificed herself, she had to protect the survivors.

Because that’s what you’re responsible for.

But Frilite can’t do that.

Because she was the daughter of the Perdiak family and a warrior of the Empire.

The world will not tolerate her sacrifice.

Because of that, all she could do now was to hate her incompetent self and go far away.