19. Fighting with a walking corpse (1)
When I looked closely, I saw something that looked like a spider web hanging from the person’s back.
The strings moved the body as if controlling a puppet.
Looking at that scene, Lexia was astonished.
This was due to the identity of the opponent rather than the fact that the body was moving.
“Chief Fobesbee…
The chief opened his mouth, his teeth chattering
.
Spiders crawled out through the gap and climbed up the back of my neck.
The corpse opened its mouth.
“I passed the test…
Lexia was startled and swung her sword.
The village chief’s body was split in two and his lower body fell limply. However, the upper body on the rope still floated in the air and spoke.
“Your body is overflowing with great energy. “I will offer the blood of the warrior to the Lord.”
The corpses hanging from the trees fell to the ground one after another.
They were none other than residents of Pobesbee Village.
Villagers who had just been drinking together and sharing meat.
They turned their eyes white and glared at the two people.
The village chief, whose upper and lower bodies were now moving separately, looked at Zeke and Lexia with a cold sneer.
“I thought the young warriors would come and be useless, but I was surprised. “Enough to kill a lich.”
Lexia asked him.
“What are you?”
“As you can see. It’s a corpse. “I can walk, though.”
“Are they Lich’s familiars?”
“Rich… He is just like us. “I serve the great Sadimus.”
“Sadimus?”
“This is the name of the great wizard buried in the center of this tomb.”
“A great wizard? “I’ve never heard of it before.”
“There is no way a lowly hero would remember that name
. He realized the beginning and end of the world and completed the chain of cause and effect. Even the movement of the stars did not deviate from the predictions of the great Sadimus, who predicted the resurrection even in death.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Are you saying that this entity called Sadimus woke you up? But… why did you summon a hero?”
“The Great Master has not yet been completely resurrected. He needs the blood of warriors to anchor his existence in this world. “That too from a hero with a high degree of pure blood!”
Lexia looked at the undead surrounding her.
It was by no means an easy fight. I had already put all my effort into the fight against the lich.
Blood was still flowing out of Zeke’s body little by little.
The blood flowed to the ground and wetted it. And the ground drank Zeke’s blood as if it had been waiting for blood.
“Zeke! “Don’t bleed.”
Zeke was startled by Lexia’s words and wiped the blood with the hem of his clothes.
“I’m not interested in a few drops of blood. What the Lord wants is your neck. die! “You are the ones who carry on the blood of Hollywoods!”
Zeke and Lexia faced each other with their backs to each other.
Corpses and bones rushed in.
The ones with flesh still on are those who have not been dead for a long time.
Among them, there were people holding swords and shields. They appear to be warriors who went missing not long ago.
Corpses that had been stripped of their energy and were left with nothing but skin swung rusty swords.
Lexia and Zeke crouched like hedgehogs.
It was to replenish the stamina lost in the fight with the lich.
Fortunately among the misfortunes, there were no beings who could use magic except lichs.
Just by successfully blocking the overwhelming number of attacks, we could gain a considerable amount of time.
The undead had absolutely nothing that could be called a weapon.
The zombies swung the farming tools used in the village. All that was left was a pitchfork and a trident
.
The skeletons that crawled up from the grave were not able to do anything and swung someone’s shin bone like a blunt weapon.
Thanks to this, there were no fatal attacks. The problem was numbers.
Hundreds of skeletons were pressing down like a colony. Even if you cut down one or two, it had no effect.
I threw away the broken bone, joined another bone, and attacked again.
If you cut off its leg, stick a branch in its place and come limping closer.
Even though I cut down quite a few enemies, there was no mark.
After gathering stamina for over 10 minutes, we launched our first proper counterattack.
“Zeke.”
“Yes, senior.”
“If it stays like this, it will dry out and die. “Let’s break through.”
“But where?”
“To a city nearby. “For now, let’s go back to the village and ride a horse.”
“yes! Then go first. “I’ll stop behind you.”
“It’s too slow that way. Come with
me!”
Lexia raised her sword high and started cutting in all directions.
It was the rotating slash of the Holyoke family.
As a gust of sword energy cut down the skeletons surrounding the area, the surrounding area became blank for an instant.
“run!”
Lexia took a long stride.
Zeke ran forward with Lexia.
At the same time, a bright bead shot out of Zeke’s hand.
It was a fairy lamp. You need light to run at night.
He cut down the skeletons and zombies blocking his way and jumped over their corpses.
There was no end in sight. It took more than 10 minutes to walk 100 meters.
We fought a bloody battle for about an hour, but we only made it halfway to the village.
My body was a mess after fighting the undead surrounding me on all sides along the narrow mountain path.
Lexia’s strategy was appropriate, but the enemy
was stronger.
In the end, Zeke’s sword broke into pieces. Lexia’s blade had become dull and was now closer to a club.
Because the sword became shorter, Zeke’s wounds increased significantly.
Eventually it stopped.
In the middle of a mountain path less than two meters wide, a man and a woman stood with their backs to each other.
The surroundings were full of zombies and skeletons.
Skeletons climbing the trees made a clicking sound and prepared to jump, and zombies smiled eeriely as they
picked up my spilling intestines in their stomachs.
“I’m sorry…
Lexia lowered her head.
“yes?”
“For dragging you into this.”
Zeke held Lexia’s hand tightly once and let go.
“Iknow, right. I should feel a little resentful. “My younger siblings… will become orphans.”
Lexia looked like she was going to cry. Then Zeke opened his mouth again.
“But they are also warriors. “If you collapse when you should have overcome it
yourself, it will be the end of the Hollybitch family.”
Lexia’s heart trembled at Zeke’s words.
“senior.”
“why’?”
“It’s the same for us. “It’s not time to sit down yet.”
“But how…
“I don’t know. But it’s still too early to give up. Both arms and legs move.”
Lexia looked down at herself. I’m exhausted.
The wounds were increasing.
Even excluding the abrasions, there were several deep cuts that stung whenever I moved.
My muscles, full of lactic acid, trembled drowsily.
It was a situation that perfectly suited the word ‘limitation’.
“You have to go over it?”
“yes. “If you collapse, it’s over at that moment, but if you overcome even one chance in a million, you will be able to grow.”
Lexia looked back at Zeke.
Those eyes were only looking forward
.
If there is a mountain range in the way, it will pierce even that!
His determination made Lexia’s heart beat.
At that time, the undead group stepped back to create space.
A few zombies appeared waddling through them.
They were village people. No, they were undead who were villagers.
“As expected, it’s excellent hehehe.” Lexia
glanced at
the laughing village chief with scary eyes.
“You despicable man!”
“That’s closer to a compliment to me.”
“How long do you think this will work? “The Holy Emperor will not forgive you.”
“It’s Seonghwangcheong! What can that place do? “The moment Sadimus, who is still bound to the earth, is freed from the curse, this world becomes ours.”
“You can talk about the world just because you defeated an A-rank hero! “Why don’t you start by understanding the topic?”
“What can an immature girl know
? “You don’t know Sadimus’ name!”
“take no interest.”
“Well, that’s good. At this point, Tonight’s Fun should end. I will cut off your heads and offer them to Sadimus!”
“Is there anyone who will just lose?”
Lexia shouted and stabbed forward with her sword.
The sharp sound of the wind cutting through the night.
She started running again. Zeke dealt with the undead that attacked from behind.
The two warriors broke through the enemy’s siege and ran down the mountain path.
However, before he could go even 50 meters, he was stopped by a pair of undead.
The two who flew down from the sky were the faces I saw at a dinner party in the village.
A skin was visible between their elongated forearms and armpits. It seemed that its body had been modified to fly like a bat.
Just the skeletons and zombies on the ground were too much, but now I couldn’t feel safe even upstairs.
Several skeletons clung to each other to create a long rope. In that state, it swung like a swing and jumped from tree to tree, surrounding Zeke and Lexia.
There was no end to cutting and cutting.
Lexia was about to break down again.
And at that moment, I looked back at Zeke so naturally.
If Zeke were to
simply compare swordsmanship, Lexia was still superior.
The same goes for physical strength. Although there were differences between men and women
, the four-year age difference was not negligible.
In every respect, Zeke was slightly inferior to me. But…
he had a will that never broke.
The name of that will is courage.
Zeke ran forward and swung his shield.
It was a fierce attack, like a knight’s charge.
The bat-winged undead flew into the sky in surprise.
Fortunately, one bird flapped its wings incorrectly and
collided with Zeke head-on.
There was a loud drum sound and the undead flew out. The undead could not withstand the shock and fainted.
Zeke ran forward again without stopping.
The knife, which had become half-baked, could only serve to cut off the wrist joint of the skeleton that had somehow become entangled.
The reason his shield charging was so powerful was actually his shoes.
The Hydra leather war boots made and gifted by short charcoal workers
were imbued with Yulgeum’s highest level magic, increasing Zeke’s running speed several times.
The undead body was helplessly broken as it ran faster than a horse.
It was a shock like the mace of a giant.
Dozens of skeletons were scattered to pieces and zombies were reduced to a bloody mess.
Zeke, who discovered that shield charging was much more effective than the sword, accelerated his running even more.
The lights of a village could be seen not far away
.
Just because it was a village didn’t mean it was safe. It was a den of enemies.
Still, there was a horse there.
It’s not too far from the main road where carriages travel, so if you can get on a horse, you’ll be able to get out of the village.
But…
Zeke’s steps stopped there.
The shield was broken into several pieces.
It seemed like it couldn’t withstand dozens or hundreds of shield charging impacts.
Lexia tried to hand over her shield.
However, there was no way they could just sit by and watch as they were enemies.
The undead surrounding Zeke, the enemy, attacked fiercely.
There was no time for Lexia to hand him the shield.
She swung her sword with all her might and cut down the enemy, but when she cut one, two others took their place and she could not move forward at all.
