Episode 15
“… … .”
“What you looking at.”
“it’s nothing.”
I glanced back at Lene, who was following me, and looked ahead again.
There was no good reason to refuse René’s accompaniment, so I decided to accompany him for now.
Let’s just think good.
I described where in the Pandemonium the mysterious place was, but I didn’t know how to get there, so it wasn’t bad to get help from Rene, a resident of the Pandemonium.
If there’s a problem… … .
‘I have to leave this mansion to avoid Crete’s surveillance.’
If you go out through the main gate, the news will be delivered to Crete right away.
There must be soldiers from the Baares family in the back gate as well.
It was in the middle of a headache, thinking about how to get out of the mansion.
“ah.”
Lene stopped following me and stopped.
I also stopped moving and looked back.
“I can’t.”
“… … ?”
“If I go out, I will be scolded.”
Adding to the previous sentence, it would mean that René could get scolded by Crete if she wandered outside the mansion.
For some reason, Crete hated René going outside.
I used that as an excuse to drop René.
“Then why don’t you go?”
“are you okay.”
“If you still get caught… … .”
“I know the secret entrance.”
Renee ignored my voice of concern and gave a chin gesture.
I had no choice but to sigh inside and follow Rene.
How many minutes had passed since I started moving along with Lene like that?
The servants who were scattered around the mansion began to disappear.
It arrived at a place where users couldn’t reach.
“here.”
Renee extended her index finger and pointed at a wall.
There was a small hole in the wall that an adult male could barely fit through.
However, since Rene and I were still only 17 years old, it seemed like we could fit in.
I narrowed my eyes and looked at Hole and Lene alternately.
“You look pretty used to coming here.”
“… … .”
Rene kept her mouth shut and exercised her right to remain silent.
That silence had already implied that it had flowed out countless times through the hole.
At the first meeting, I thought it was just cold and stiff, but there is a corner that is secretly strong.
I looked away from Lene and pointed at the hole.
“Let’s go at once. If I drag it out any longer, I’m sure they’ll get caught.”
“huh.”
Rene and I hurried through the hole and came out.
He succeeded in leaving the Barares family without difficulty.
“Where are you going now?”
“It is not far from here. We can go within today.”
“Where?”
When Rene asked, I thought about it before answering.
“It is the domain of the undead.”
“… … There you are.”
“Do you know where it is?”
“know.”
Renee nodded with a heavy expression on her face.
The estate of the undead.
Ten years ago, during the Human Demon War, there was a family that was annihilated by humans.
They were originally a family of ‘Necromancers’ who practiced death, and when they died at the end of their lives, they belonged to the family’s domain.
The ghosts left in the territory become soldiers of the family.
‘The strength of those soldiers is infinitely lower than before, but there are too many… … .’
not one or two
All of the members of that family were massacred.
The power would have been halved since there were no spellcasters in charge, but the number would have increased even more.
It’s probably an upper-middle class, slightly less than the upper class.
In that respect, it could be seen that it was right to accompany Rene.
An unexplored area dangerous enough to make René nervous, who easily attacks the intermediate unexplored area.
However, if I make good use of my attributes and René, I will be able to attack sufficiently.
Because the characteristics and talents I possess belonged to the unexplored region and the good side.
“I’ll take the lead.”
“Yes, you are.”
Rene left behind me, who was slow to think, and stepped forward.
I started walking after Rene.
… … About ten minutes had passed since I started walking like that.
But a destination that rarely comes into sight.
Still, only the bizarre trees and grass continued endlessly.
I asked Renee as if sighing in frustration.
“How long will it take from here to there?”
“… … ?”
Rene stared at me with an incomprehensible expression.
You asked me to go there from the beginning, but your gaze asked why you didn’t know that… … .
I thought about what to answer, and came up with a good excuse.
“For my own circumstances, I have never had to go outside the Barares family territory, so I lack knowledge about the surrounding area. This work is only under the direction of Crete-sama.”
“ah.”
Renee nodded as if she understood.
The priests did not show their faces outside.
It can also mean not going out.
That’s why he was able to easily fool Rene.
Suk.
Rene took a look at the mountain we were climbing.
“We’re almost there.”
“Is that true?”
“Yeah, just get over there.”
Rene said while extending her finger.
As a result, my gaze moved along Renee’s fingers, and stopped moving at a certain point.
… … Didn’t you say “almost”?
The place Rene pointed to was quite far from here.
It was at least twice as far as we had climbed.
“Well, it should arrive soon… … .”
“huh.”
Rene nodded.
It wasn’t empty talk. It must be really close to Rene herself.
Climbing the mountain was not a stretch for Rene, who spends more than half of the day doing physical training.
‘Surprisingly, I’m not that hard on myself.’
When being chased by knights in the human world, even a few minutes of running made me breathless.
But now, except for psychological fatigue, there was no exhaustion anywhere.
It wasn’t unreasonable to even increase the speed if you put your mind to it.
“Now we move at high speed.”
“okay.”
When I said that, Lene kicked off the ground and started running.
Fast enough to be missed even with the moving sight enhanced by the pupil of the moment’s arrogance.
I wouldn’t be able to keep up with Rene with only my physical abilities, but I had a talent specializing in movement.
“appointed.”
A location exchange was deployed.
Then I could see an arrow extending twice as long as before.
It was thanks to the location exchange that had grown to the II stage.
‘It’s a pretty satisfying result.’
In addition to that, there are also additional abilities added incidentally.
‘That’ isn’t an ability suitable for moving, so put off using it until later.
“movement.”
The moment you spit out the location exchange caster.
My body had moved to Rene’s side.
“… … !”
Renee looked surprised when I, who started moving later than she, closed the distance.
I laughed and pointed my arrow at the stone in front of me.
“appointed.”
“movement.”
“appointed.”
“movement.”
It was when the location exchange was performed five times.
tall.
Renee and I stopped running and looked down at the floor.
The grass that had been dyed green turned gray with a line as the boundary.
“Looks like you’ve arrived.”
The estate of the undead. finally arrived there.
As I slowly stepped forward, an eerie atmosphere permeated my whole body.
He narrowed his brows as he felt clearly different from the outside of the boundary line.
‘It’s a place I don’t want to be any longer… … .’
I hurriedly dragged my steps.
From here on, Lene will not be able to guide you.
Only I knew how to get to the manor of the dead, that is, to the unexplored land.
─Under the largest stone statue, soldiers with rotting flesh are guarding the territory.
It reminded me of the description in the original work and dragged my steps.
As I got out of the entrance of the gray forest and entered the depths, a village came into view.
In fact, it is questionable whether it can be called a ‘village’.
The village was destroyed as if it had been swept away by a storm.
I couldn’t even feel people, and I couldn’t even hear the cries of animals.
“… … Cerberus puppies.”
Seeing that horrific scene, Renee bit her lower lip.
Does the word Cerberus pups represent bastards?
I swallowed those words in the back of my throat after confirming Renee’s distorted face like a demon.
It seems that you should never find out that you are the successor of the Asen family.
If Rene’s anger was directed at me, I still didn’t have the confidence to handle it.
“Let’s go there for now.”
I gestured to the snarling Lene.
The place I pointed to was a hill made of large and small stones.
On top of that hill, there was a ‘cross’ that looked like it was carved out of a grayish rock.
‘It’s a stone statue.’
Rene and I approached the cross together.
And I looked around the cross, but I couldn’t see the entrance to the unexplored place, only stones came into my eyes.
Is it as described in the novel?
I lowered my gaze from the cross and looked at Lene.
“Looks like we have to dig down here.”
“huh.”
Rene accepted the digging proposal and soon put it into action.
Pak. Pak.
We were busy digging the ground.
When the stone was removed, a huge disc came into view.
Renee grabbed the disc and lifted it up, revealing a huge hole.
‘Are you sure.’
This is the entrance to the realm of the undead.
I stopped talking while looking at Renee with a different look.
“Let’s go in.”
* * *
Contrary to what I was worried about, the unexplored area was on the bright side.
It was incomparable to the sun shining outside, but the light was provided by the scattered torches on the stone walls.
Rene followed me as I walked past the stone walls painted with unknown murals.
It was time to walk inside the unexplored region for tens of minutes.
“You’ve come to the right place.”
the sight in front of you.
In response, I swallowed dry saliva and scanned the front.
Beyond the end-to-end aisle was a huge cavity.
There were countless tombstones and tombs erected in the cavity.
‘… … Is this the territory of the undead?’
It is a proper unexplored area to challenge for the first time.
Looking back, it was clear that René was also nervous.
“let’s go.”
“yes.”
Rene shook her head and stepped forward.
I followed Rene and advanced towards the joint.
Then.
rustle-. rustle-.
rattle-. rattle-. rattle-.
Countless common graves began to ripple like waves.
Before long, the tomb was broken and the skeletons were revealed.
The white bones staring at us with vicious eyes.
Those who lived in the estate of the undead, and now they have become guardians.
‘Fortunately, not all Yeongjimin are buried here.’
Only the Necromancer clan who ruled this territory are buried in the hollow inside the unexplored land.
However, it is certain that it is a number that cannot be overlooked.
It will reach at least a hundred units, so it might be difficult for the two of you to handle it.
I have to do it anyway.
As hard as it is, the reward after that must be even sweeter… … .
“My lady, please.”
“huh.”
Rene nodded and ran towards the skeleton soldiers.
Behind Rene, I cautiously walked.
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