735. [Evil Side] Cromwell (2)
Enemy enemy…
Cromwell chewed the elder’s entire body ravenously.
As if I was completely obsessed with greed, I forgot everything around me. I just focused on coveting the body of the living being.
The survivors, frozen around the wide open front door, cautiously walked back.
《Quietly…. Carefully….》
《Don’t make a loud noise and back away slowly…!》
Inside the main gate of the abandoned cathedral, there is another large middle door that divides the internal compartment.
If we retreat to this point and build a new defense line, there is still hope for the survivors.
Judging by that, the survivors around the main gate cautiously walked back.
That was until one of the survivors, who was moving while holding his breath, accidentally touched the candlestick next to him and dropped it.
Cheonggang-!
The candlestick that was pushed down hit the floor and made a bloody sound.
The survivors who were cautiously retreating all froze at once.
Cromwell, who had eaten the elder’s entire upper body, was now raising his head and looking in the direction where the candlestick had fallen.
And the blood-stained mouth slowly opened.
《…Huh?》
I raised my voice.
“here is…? I….》
Surprise and relief flashed across the faces of the survivors.
“Your Excellency Cromwell?!”
“Are you out of your mind? We are members of Your Excellency’s army…!》
《Ah…》
Surprised Cromwell covered his mouth with both hands.
“iced coffee…! Our corps members that I have protected…?》
《That’s right! You remember! It’s us-》
《But why didn’t you come to save me when I died?》
Cromwell rushed in at an invisible speed, biting into the necks of the two survivors standing in front in one go and viciously tearing them off.
Wow…!
Blood fountains gushed in all directions.
The entire bodies of the survivors, who were momentarily relieved at the sight of this horrific scene of massacre, became rigid.
Cromwell muttered in surprise after chewing and swallowing the heads of two more dead survivors
.
“what? I’m dead? Am I dead?》
《Yes, yes…?》
《I feel like my brain has been ripped out… My whole body hurts… Especially my head keeps itching, I feel like I’m going crazy…》
Cromwell raised his fingernails and held his tongue. I tried to dig into the skull, but the overgrown deer antlers covered the top of my head, so I had to stop at scratching the top of the skull.
Cromwell, who had been trying to control his brain for a while, eventually gave up. And I looked at the survivors with open eyes.
《Give me.》
《Yes, yes…?》
《Ask.》
《What do you mean…?》
《I’m asking for everything in my brain. Why are you making Coach Coach explain it to you, you piece of meat! 》
Cromwell, struck by lightning, grabbed the next victim’s head with both hands and split it from side to side.
Cromwell roared as he tore and dismembered nearby survivors one by one and feasted on their heads.
《Making sentences is so difficult. I’m not that smart. Why is everyone telling me I’m the future of the corps? I’m sorry I didn’t get a perfect score on dictation. I’ll do better.》 The survivors have already lost the will to fight back
.
One by one, they just run backwards in fear and run away.
《I don’t want to kill you, but I have to kill you because that’s more suitable for a corps commander than being hungry, so I said that.》
《Aaaah! Run, run, run…!》
《But who made a hole in my intestines? Why do I still feel hungry even after eating? I feel like I’m going crazy, why don’t you help me…? Please go in and close the hole. Go in now.》
Cromwell continued to vomit in a pitchless voice as he caught each of his fleeing compatriots and swallowed them one by one.
《Give me meat, Dad. I am the youngest and the biggest, so give me a lot. I will grow up strong and lead everyone.》
《Ahh…! Aaaaaaa!》
《But why are you tasteless? weird? Why is it not delicious? Why is it not delicious? Why is it not delicious? “Why is it not delicious?”
Immediately after that, an innocent, childlike smile appeared on Cromwell’s distorted face.
《Hehe no. it is delicious. After all, the dinner my dad made is the most delicious.》
Wooooow!
Next, a dazzling cloud of green light scattered from the huge antlers above Cromwell’s head.
Gwaaaah!
Ahhh!
As if the light on the horn was a signal.
Meanwhile, the remaining zombie monsters who had been waiting outside the abandoned cathedral began pouring inside through the front door, drooling.
“It tickles, it tickles, it tickles, it tickles under my brain, under my skin, and behind my eyes. I feel like I’m going crazy, but I can’t scratch it. Ah, let’s eat, let’s eat, eat, because if we eat, we’ll forget.” With Cromwell’s bizarre scream that has lost its meaning
.
Green waves of zombie monsters pushed into the abandoned cathedral.
Defense facilities were completely focused on the outside. As soon as the monsters entered the main gate, the abandoned cathedral was realistically doomed.
Still, those who still survived tried to continue the sit-in by closing the main door inside the cathedral, but…
《I have the responsibility to lead our corps. Picky eating is bad, so I will take care of the delicious leftovers, so let’s all open our skulls and talk honestly. 》
When Cromwell rushed forward and waved his hand lightly, the main gate itself burst apart, along with the survivors who were trying to close it.
The faces of the survivors, who were shaking and hugging each other deep inside the abandoned cathedral inside the middle gate, turned pale.
It really is the end now. Everyone will be eaten by those zombies and new zombies will be born…
“Don’t give up!”
At that time, a huge fire erupted with a roar.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!
It was Diarmuddin. A huge pillar of fire summoned by a human archmage blocked the open middle door, and its enormous force pushed it all the way back to the main gate of the abandoned cathedral.
Diarmudin’s magic is powerful, but in such a narrow space, its power becomes limited. This was because there was a high possibility that even our allies would be swept away.
However, now that the survivors outside the middle gate were wiped out, Diarmudin was able to cast magic without hesitation.
Quaaaaa!
The zombie monsters that were pouring into the abandoned cathedral were instantly reduced to charcoal. Diarmudin roared while maintaining a pillar of fire with enormous output.
“There’s a teleportation gate over there! “Let’s escape together!”
Deep inside the abandoned cathedral, there was a teleportation gate built by humans.
Now that the worst had come, Diarmudin urged the survivors to escape to the Crossroads.
But right after.
Going to school-!
A huge pillar of fire stirred, and a huge figure came out through the center.
It was Cromwell.
She was able to survive even in the face of Diermudine’s enormous flames and rushed straight towards Diarmudin.
《Oath! I pledge to single-mindedly devote myself to the members of my corps, whether hot or cold!》
Cromwell’s hands and arms stretched forward enlarged and split in the next moment.
Her arms, which continued to grow abnormally in a split second, swelled, the space between her fingers cracked, and her fingernails spread out in all directions.
Cromwell’s arm swung, forming a grotesque mace-like mixture of claws, bones, and flesh.
Kwagwagwagwagwang!
Cromwell’s arms rushed in, destroying one wall of the abandoned cathedral, and immediately reached Diarmudine.
‘What…’
Diarmudin couldn’t stop reacting to the sudden movement.
Pukak-!
Blood splattered everywhere.
Diarmudin opened his eyes wide and saw blood flying and torn pieces of limbs right in front of him.
“…!”
It wasn’t his. It belonged to another demon species survivor who rushed in from the side.
As Cromwell rushed towards Diarmudine, a survivor who had thrown himself from the side pushed Diarmudine away and was attacked instead.
《Stop!》
《Stop His Excellency Cromwell!》
《Everybody rush in!》
While the demonic elders rushed to Cromwell one after another and wasted time.
《Grandpa, this way!》
“Huh…?”
《We can’t wait too long! Hurry and go to the gate!》
The young survivors forced Diarmudin to get up and run inside the abandoned cathedral to the gate installation site.
Meanwhile, Cromwell spewed out a terrible roar and massacred the survivors around him. Beyond the subdued pillar of fire, zombie monsters also revealed their charred figures one by one.
《I offer!》
《I offer!》
《I offer…!》
The opposing survivors were continuing their final resistance by offering themselves as ‘sacrifices’ to increase the combat power of other survivors.
They were sacrificed and fell one by one, starting with the oldest survivor. And the survivor who received that life dragged his enlarged body and stopped the zombie monsters.
And before it could last long, it was eaten by zombies.
《Aaaah! Ahhh!》
Realizing that it was impossible to stop him any longer, Diarmyuddin gritted his teeth and headed towards the teleport gate.
Churrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Diarmudin activated the teleportation gate and looked back.
“Come on in! hurry! “I’ll keep the gate open for as long as possible, everyone…!”
“No.”
But the surviving children who followed Diarmudin shook their heads bitterly.
“We, the demon race, are drifters who migrated from another dimension.”
“We are inherently without an ‘anchor’ of existence. In other words, you cannot use teleportation magic in this world.》
“…!”
“Go, grandfather.”
The last resistance of the survivors was in vain.
Before we knew it, the zombie monsters that filled the interior of the abandoned cathedral began tearing off the limbs of the remaining survivors and feasting on them. Bloody wind and screams filled the narrow abandoned cathedral.
Leaving that scene behind, the surviving children nodded their heads heavily.
《Thank you for the short time.》
“….”
《From now on, it is the work of our tribe and our corps.》
The faces of the immature children had suddenly changed into those of warriors, befitting members of the corps.
Diarmudin, who read that decision, kept his mouth shut and barely managed to spit out a single word.
“Good luck.”
Then the children laughed.
“Please take all of our share of luck.”
Diarmudin did not know as he threw himself into the teleportation gate, leaving the children behind.
If they were all original, they would have been enemies anyway.
Why do I feel so much pity just because I was in solidarity with these people and talked with them for just a few days?
Why…
flashing!
Diarmudin disappeared beyond the gate and the children turned around all at once.
Thump… thump… thump…
Cromwell was getting closer.
There was someone’s arm hanging in her mouth like a candy bar.
“Your Excellency,”
the last surviving children chewed and spat in unison, preparing for battle.
“We will not become a sacrifice for you, Your Excellency.”
“Huh? Uh huh? An offering?》
After spitting out his arm.
Cromwell, who had been chewing between his teeth with the tip of his finger, tilted his head.
“What was that?”
And the next moment.
Cromwell, whose mouth was almost as big as his upper body, lunged at the last survivors like a thunderbolt.
***
This is an abandoned cathedral.
A place where the building itself functions as an altar.
The predation of the demon species that took place here became a sacrificial ritual in itself, transferring power to the predator.
《Please watch over me, Dad.》
The result.
Cromwell ate all the survivors of his own people.
《Just like my dad taught me…》
Even though it was imperfect and crazy.
“Because we will eat this world up for our legion.”
I regained my sense, albeit slightly.
“Because I’ll eat it all.”
Cromwell, who had been muttering while biting his fingers, made an audible noise and looked ahead with his blank eyes.
“I’m hungry.”
Cromwell stood up shakily and went outside the abandoned cathedral.
“I have to go eat more.”
Her horns, which stretched out in all directions like tree branches, scattered dazzling green flashes….
Zombie monsters followed the ominous light and came out in a chaotic, rough and vicious formation.
Not only the abandoned cathedral, but all the zombie monsters that filled the entire 10th district.
A long line followed Cromwell, swirling like a whirlpool.
Boom….Thump….Thump….
A diverse mix of zombified monster allied forces.
They all rolled on the ground and started to march.
With royalties.
To eat up all living things.
