Kuh-euh…
‘Where is this…’
Abid looked around with his weary body.
A sky and earth flowing with dark magic. And a place teeming with dead ones like himself.
‘Land of the Dead.’
Most dead ones lose their knowledge and wisdom from life, but their instinctual senses remain intact.
They lowered their heads at the presence of stronger beings and were ready to obey any commands given to them.
Kraaaah!!!
But the strong being was howling.
No matter who was around or where this place was, it just expressed its anger and sorrow.
The trembling earth made the dead ones flinch and step back.
‘Rain…’
Why has she…
Died once again?
Seeing her resurrected in a corpse’s body stirred countless emotions, the majority of which was ‘despair.’
But on the other hand, there was also a sense of relief.
‘She couldn’t actually die as a dead one.’
The Evil God is strong.
No one can oppose the Evil God, and no matter how much one flails about, they couldn’t do anything to her.
How can one kill ‘death’?
That kind of thought was beyond Abid’s understanding, and just moments ago, he had been so sure.
Kraaa…
But it existed.
‘Being of Light.’
The one who can even kill death, mockingly defying logic.
A pale light opposing the Evil God erased her from this world.
She is no longer here.
Once again.
‘…I will kill.’
Abid rose from his body stained with magic.
Some dead ones fled in terror at the life that filled the magic, but he didn’t care at all.
He would tear them to shreds.
He would inflict endless pain to their body, mind, and soul until they could never revive again and erase ‘immortality.’
Then, with the remains, he would bring her back to life.
‘Since I killed her with the Being of Light, I should be able to bring her back with the power of the Being of Light.’
He didn’t know if that was even possible, but he had no choice but to believe it.
Kraaa…
But not now.
Right now, leading the dead ones to kill that guy would certainly relieve his frustration, but Abid was well aware of the difference in power.
At this rate, both the dead ones and himself would end up dead for real.
That’s an act that desecrates her sacrifice given with her life.
‘That day. The day the door opens and the Evil God descends.’
The day when my power is maximized and that guy’s world is completely destroyed.
I will tear apart his soul into thousands of pieces.
Abyde began his long journey to ‘Mountain of the Dead,’ a training ground he had not visited for a long time, with a deep determination for that day.
‘I will make sure to collect the price for killing her!’
■
“? But I didn’t kill her.”
[?]
[Hahaha]
[Isn’t that killing her?]
[You smashed her head though.]
[There was a flash of light.]
[Right?]
After the Male Zombie disappeared, I retrieved the hammer and approached the Female Zombie lying face down.
The Female Zombie, knocked out by a pot, was still sprawled on the ground.
As I lifted her with mana, not holy power, the Female Zombie stared at me with a dazed expression.
She looked stunned, but she was definitely blinking and grinding her teeth, indicating she was still alive.
‘Well, she may be dead, but…’
Anyway.
“Look, you’re alive.”
[Huh]
[Haha]
[So, she’s not dead.]
[????]
[What’s with the touching story?]
[And she’s not dead.]
[Let’s kill her.]
[Kill, kill, kill, kill.]
[They were all lovey-dovey.]
[Why are they so gentle now?]
[Why isn’t she dead?]
“I have some things to investigate, so I can’t just kill her. Entities directly connected to disasters like this one are hard to come by.”
She’s one of the Leader Individuals of the Silence of the Dead’s minions.
If I investigate these undead, I might learn more about Silence.
‘I didn’t expect her to send me away though.’
I would have expected her to block or help me, but I didn’t anticipate her sacrificing herself to send her partner to another space.
Even the Male Zombie was able to dodge, but because of the Female Zombie, I couldn’t escape…
‘One side can dodge while blocking, and the other sends the opponent to safety?’
“They’re quite the couple, aren’t they?”
Especially given how desperate they are to cease to exist together.
“It seems something definitely happened when they were alive. Maybe they lost each other…”
[This is totally ridiculous, lol.]
[Hahahaha]
[What the?]
[Just kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill.]
[“Die.”]
[Now even the zombies…]
[So sad.]
[Real lol.]
[This is pure love, lol.]
[But in the end, aren’t they just a user and an ordinary NPC wandering around?]
“Hey, weren’t they just kids?”
“Well, that’s true. You can’t justify murder.”
Even if they lost their loved ones, who cherished and loved each other with their lives.
“Ugh…?”
They’ve already harmed someone.
The moment they harmed an unrelated person, their justification goes down the drain.
They’ve just become the target of someone else’s revenge.
I gently lifted the jaw of the female zombie.
“Hmmm…”
Her skin had become dull due to being undead, and she was missing a few teeth, but she was actually quite a beauty in her prime.
Despite being a zombie, she still carried a hint of elegance, perhaps she was the daughter of a noble family or even a princess in her past life.
“Ugh!”
The female zombie struggled to bite my hand with all her might, but her body had already been soaked in the holy power.
She couldn’t even move a finger, let alone cast magic.
[Look at her trying to bite me!]
[Someone get her a muzzle!]
[She’s kind of pretty, isn’t she?]
[Whoa!]
[She’s not bad looking!]
[Hahahahahahaha!]
[Now I see why they’re called couple zombies…]
[Possible!]
[Hmm hmm.]
[Hahahahahahahaha!]
[These crazy bastards!]
“It’s clear she’s human. It’s been a while since someone changed a human this much, the last being Lasty…”
Now, Lasty was knocking on the door of the highest tier, but she wasn’t strong back in the day.
When I first met Lasty, she was only at the ‘Intermediate Demon’ level.
Of course, even that was disaster-level strength compared to anyone else at the time.
“She has at least intermediate demon strength, be it a woman or a man. What’s more surprising is that there’s potential for her to get even stronger.”
Having holy power or magic means you can utilize some of their characteristics.
Demons get stronger the longer they live.
Just like Lasty, who became immeasurably stronger after living for over ten thousand years, it was highly likely they would too.
I grabbed her head to take a closer look.
I could make it smoother if I used the holy power, but if I infused too much, she might actually disappear.
“Graaah?”
Right now, all I could do was mess around with her head using mana.
“…Hmm. Aha. So…”
[So?]
[What’s going on?]
[Right… so that’s what happened…]
[Ah!]
[Don’t just tell Lily, spill the beans!]
“They were engaged. If she hadn’t died, they were supposed to get married in a month.”
The story was coming together.
Of course, what I really wanted to know wasn’t their love story but the scale of the enemy’s forces or information about the Silence of the Dead, but this woman…
What I wanted to know wasn’t the love story of the two but rather the scale of the enemy’s forces or information about the Silence of the Dead, but this woman…
She’s so deep in her own pain that she keeps repeating the past story with the male zombie.
It seems I need Lasty’s help if I want to dig deeper.
“Seems like people were afraid of you for using all sorts of mysterious magic. That’s why you ended up being labeled as a witch and got killed…”
“Right?”
“The reality is, there’s a high chance you got caught up in political scheming.”
It’s a common occurrence.
Looking at the memories, the man’s family is clearly a knightly lineage.
If someone who’s been wielding swords all their life suddenly demands a soul, they would certainly feel resistance and dissatisfaction.
From their perspective, it must have felt like a ‘heresy.’
Of course, if some insignificant character said that, it would simply be dismissed, but the opponent is a Sword Master.
He’s the most talented and genius figure in the knightly family, and the successor who will become the next head.
Unless there was a ‘big accident,’ they probably couldn’t avoid the soul demand.
“Maybe being a successor actually made it harder for them? If it were just a fourth prince or a fifth princess, they might have just let it happen?”
If they weren’t influential to that extent, they might have been treated like a nobody or even kicked out of the family.
It’s tragic that such problems arose from being too strong and capable…
Of course, no matter what their backstory is, it doesn’t grant them absolution for what happened afterward.
“I think so. Don’t you?”
Ugh…
“Don’t get mad. Where did you send him? Your lover?”
Ugh…
The female zombie shook her head vigorously.
I could feel her firm resolve not to say a word.
LOL
“It’s always problematic when family is involved.”
“Looking closely, seems like they’re innocent, huh?”
“Could be adorably deep.”
“Possible.”
“Info: they’ve ravaged five villages, and the number of people killed exceeds 300.”
“Whoa!”
I lowered my body and locked eyes with the female zombie.
When my blue pupils stared into her dead eyes, she instinctively recoiled.
But I pulled her closer instead.
“You’re going to talk.”
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