Chapter 126. Mercenary Village (5)
Even from my point of view, bank security is a heavy duty.
Rather, it would be a good way to gather talented people from here, train them more reliably, and deploy them.
“…My son said something similar.”
“hmm?”
It seemed to be the story of Seina’s father.
You argued that it is better for the future of the village to go under someone you trust and blend into the kingdom rather than mercenary business, right?
I heard that it was for that purpose that Seina was sent to become a knight.
“So what are you going to do?”
“I will accept Arell’s proposal. but. If the undead problem is not resolved, we will have no choice but to leave.”
He came out to me with a low profile, but this time he drew the line really firmly.
If I don’t keep my promise, then they are really in a position of no return.
Being wary of that, Avenna seriously considered leaving without trusting the nobles of Ernesia Kingdom.
So, you can’t blindly promise me.
Of course.
“know. It just doesn’t mean I’m dealing with it. It means borrowing the power of Seina or Dia to defeat it.”
It is difficult to misunderstand.
It would be troublesome if I accidentally misunderstood and chased the undead with my sword.
“I know. So, if Allel-sama solves the undead problem, I’d like to accept it.”
In order for them not to leave anyway, the undead problem had to be resolved.
From their point of view, it is a very natural thing to ask for.
“okay. I will solve all the problems with the undead and the lord here.”
I confidently assured him in front of me that I would solve everything.
That’s because it’s that simple.
I heard that the undead came from across the border and roamed the forest near the village.
And some of the wandering undead hordes eventually escape the forest and raid the village.
What was damaged in the process was Seinane’s hometown.
‘Where did that number come from?’
It is not known exactly where they occurred, but it is certain that the undead came from outside the border.
Many questions have arisen, but there is no way to find out the answers now.
First of all, you should focus on the problem in front of you.
“It was lucky that they didn’t all come to town.”
Basically uncontrolled undead react aggressively to living creatures.
Therefore, a village where more than a certain number of lives are concentrated is no different from a lighthouse to the undead.
“There are quite a lot of wild animals in the forest here. I think that’s probably why the undead are wandering in the forest.”
“Perhaps.”
At Seina’s guess, I nodded, saying the answer was correct.
We headed to the forest where the undead were camped together in order to solve the problem in Seina’s hometown.
Since there is nothing good to drag on for a long time, I decided to deal with it at once while the words came out.
As soon as night falls, if the undead begin to act, they plan to eliminate them all.
“Are you going to find and deal with each and every one like this?”
Seina asked how to deal with the undead.
I shook my head, saying no.
“That’s too inefficient.”
Even if it’s just one or two.
Chasing after thousands of them one by one is a waste of time.
“There is something more certain than that.”
I said confidently.
How do I deal with the undead?
Can I sprinkle some holy water on it?
no, there is no need for that
The answer is simple.
“All you have to do is put everything in and make up the whole thing.”
Among the undead extermination methods known to the world, the most certain is to use the holy water sold in the Holy Land to treat them.
Or a high-ranking wizard dispelling the spells that were applied one by one.
Both methods have one thing in common: they are means of dispelling undead magic.
Basically, the undead are created by the magic of warlocks or slightly brainy wizards.
‘Finding the mage and destroying it is also a way, but…
Judging from the behavior patterns of the undead, it didn’t seem like there was a mage who was in charge of them.
Did you simply produce undead out of interest and just jump out of me?
Well, I have no idea as of now.
There is no guarantee that the undead will disappear even if the wizard is dealt with.
The odds are almost half and half.
In the past, even when I dealt with a black magician using necromancy, the magic effect did not disappear, so I did not want to use an uncertain method.
There is also the possibility of spending more time trying to find the culprit.
First of all, it is important to deal with the undead.
In the end, the two methods I listed above are common ways to deal with the undead.
However, the two do not have much merit in my view.
The first is that holy water is filthy expensive.
For some reason, it is difficult to obtain holy water in Ernesia Kingdom.
Well, if I show the tolerance of my wallet, it won’t be difficult to buy somehow.
It’s a waste of time to buy it, and it’s a bit like throwing money away at something like this.
The second effect is not bad either.
Coincidentally, there is a 6th class wizard, Dia Reki, on our side.
Because it is the standard way to counter magic with magic.
If creating the undead is magic, erasing them can also be done with magic.
It would be as simple as killing a creature that has become an undead.
However, there is a possibility that Dia’s mana will be depleted first because there are many of them and the magic of Haeju stealthily consumes mana.
I wish I had brought a lot of magic crystals, but right now I don’t have that.
So I then took the third, sure way.
“It’s enough just to lure them out and burn them all.”
The undead are known to the world as beings that are difficult to deal with.
There is no sense of pain, and since they are already dead, they will not die again.
Conversely, if it is destroyed to such an extent that activity is impossible, that will solve the problem.
In this case, the most effective thing is to burn everything and turn it into ashes.
“It consumes less mana if you burn it rather than casting magic on it.”
It wouldn’t be a terribly bad way from the point of view of the dead.
Dia is already preparing the magic for that.
All that remains is to induce them to gather.
After that, boom! You just have to blow it up.
In this case, simple is best.
Let’s assume Dia has the firepower to blow away the undead.
So, how do we drive those undead into one place?
The answer is simple.
You can throw the bait in the middle.
A very tasty bait, right?
“Hmm? No matter how
much it is, this isn’t it…
“huh? I think it’s a pretty good way to improvise.”
I lay at ease, rolling over on a seat spread out on the grass.
And Seina is looking down at me worriedly.
The place where we are now is in the middle of the forest where the undead are said to haunt.
Here, I was passing the time by laying down a seat, drinking tea, and rolling around.
“ah? A shooting star has fallen.”
“…Sometimes I don’t know if Arell-nim is strong or not…. It’s really confusing.”
Let’s just say it’s laid back nature.
Looking at my calm atmosphere and behavior, it seems like I came out late at night to see the stars, but in reality, it was not such a romantic pastime.
“This is the best way to summon the undead, so in order to deal with the undead at once, you need a bait to attract the undead to one place.
It’s different from normal wild animals, so it’s hard to drive it even if you bring in skillful hunters.
They just act according to their instincts.
So you need to throw the right bait.
And, if possible, living humans are the most suitable bait to attract the undead.
Although they are attracted to those who move due to the witchcraft magic, they are instinctively attracted to living creatures, especially humans.
So if you throw a person into a dark forest like this, it’s very crazy.
So, someone has to be the breadwinner.
And this time I did it myself.
That’s what I’m going to be the bait myself!!
Seina is here with me to protect me just in case.
Dia also warms herself up by drinking tea in a thermos bottle in the sky in order to use her magic at any time.
Seina shook her head as she looked up at Dia who was floating in the sky drinking tea.
“It’s not like this either.”
Naturally, as soon as Seina heard of this decoy strategy, she sincerely opposed it, unlike her usual soft-spoken attitude.
Dia, of course, objected.
However, I couldn’t break my stubbornness, and in the end I had no choice but to hang out as I ordered.
“Because there is nothing dangerous about it. I just have to hold out here until the zombies come close, and Seina can take me and leave.”
With Seina’s current skills, there was nothing difficult.
On top of that, just in case, Dia put some magic on us to protect us.
In fact, if I had more time, I would have made an effective magic tool to lure people in instead of baiting them.
“And since it makes more sense for me to be the bait myself than to ask someone else to do it.”
No matter how dangerous it is, that’s my standard anyway.
Of course you can’t make someone else do it.
“If that’s the case, I’d rather be alone is safer…
And this is an unsaid fact, but it’s physically difficult to gather all the thousands of zombies no matter how many people you throw as bait.
Of course, it is assumed that it is a normal human being.
The reason why I insisted on using bait was actually to sneak a trick to seduce the undead so they wouldn’t notice.
To be honest, I never thought I would use my abilities for something like this.
I never thought the day would come when I personally seduced the undead.
What a waste of talent.
“There is no need for Arel-nim to suffer.”
“Isn’t there anything like suffering?”
It’s just to seduce the undead by saying, ‘Catch me.
“There was a need to do this much. The first is to build trust in me.”
The village chief deliberately didn’t tell me, but he had an implicit resentment towards the nobles of the kingdom.
To be honest, wouldn’t it be strange to see that lord treat him like that?
So, in order for me to hire them in the future, I need to let them know how much I value them.
You can hit it with money, but that’s not enough.
Because that’s the human mind.
If they trust me through this, it might be worth a day’s work.
“And this is for a slightly different reason…?”
