Forest of Screams [Modified Hamel Empire Map]

Clovis wept, caressing Carol and Tepri.

“Huuuuh… Carol… Tepri…”

I said to Clovis.

“I’ve removed the harmful substances mixed in the blood and repaired the damaged tissue. They’ll wake up soon.”

Clovis bowed his head to me and shouted.

“Thank you! Thank you so much!”

“Hmm. But their genes are damaged, so there’s a high chance of cancer.”

Clovis asked with an anxious face.

“Then what should I do?”

“It can be solved if your family becomes my subordinate or becomes Undead. To become my subordinate, I need to get your family’s consent. If you become Undead, my father-in-law is a True Ancestor Vampire, so he can turn your family into vampires. Vampires live semi-permanently and are just like humans except for drinking blood.”

“Why are you being so kind to me?”

“I’m interested in your wife’s genius. I like talented people. Will you pledge your loyalty to me?”

Clovis would do anything to protect his family.

Clovis knelt down.

“I’ll become your subordinate or whatever you want.”

I consumed one soldier to make Clovis my subordinate.

After becoming my subordinate, Clovis lovingly stroked his wife and son.

“I’ll try to persuade my family. If persuasion is difficult, I’ll go to the God of Darkness-nim’s territory and turn them into vampires.”

“Good thinking.”

“Thank you.”

After that, Carol and Tepri also woke up and became my subordinates in order to live.

The battle between the north and south of Talka City ended in the north’s victory thanks to the weapons of mass destruction created by the Talka Research Institute.

The north was able to occupy the south with minimal damage.

Personnel changes were made at the Talka Research Institute according to their contribution to the war.

Sophia remained the head of the Talka Research Institute.

Sophia achieved unity among the researchers with her unique clumsiness and sociability.

Ivana became the head of the Combat Golem Research Lab, and Marie became the head of the Radiation Research Lab.

The head of the research lab is the position right below the director of the research institute.

Marie resumed her research on radiation-based X-ray vision.

Marie listened to my advice and conducted research while wearing radiation protection gear and diligently following safety rules.

Carol was recognized for her genius, received a special pardon from the Marquis-nim, and became the head of the Small Golem Research Lab.

Clovis was pardoned by repenting his sins in front of reporters.

Jekyll became the head of the Chimera Research Lab at the Lehacoba Research Institute.

Silvie was curious about Jekyll having two souls in one body, so she approached him to study him and became friends with him.

Jekyll started dating Silvie.

Marquis Lucas-nim also accepted Jekyll after seeing his genius and pure heart.

Now it was time to leave for the Forest of Screams subjugation, which was the original mission of the Hero party.

The Hero party came out of the north gate of Talka City.

Many people came to see them off.

Park Gyeong-cheol scratched his head and said to Ivana.

“We didn’t do anything.”

Ivana smiled and said.

“No. Just the fact that the Hero party exists has been a great help. If the Hero party wasn’t here, the soldiers’ morale would have been seriously low.”

“I’m glad if that’s the case.”

The Hero party left for the Forest of Screams in a carriage provided by Marquis Lucas-nim, escorted by guards.

From behind, Marquis Lucas-nim’s family, Talka Research Institute members, and knights waved their hands and saw off the Hero party.

After the Hero party left, Marquis Lucas invited Talgyeongryeon executives and executives from large corporations to the Talka Research Institute and infected them with brain-parasitic tentacles.

Marquis Lucas-nim’s aides visited citizens, claiming to counsel them on the aftereffects of the war, and infected them with brain-parasitic tentacles.

The upper echelons of Talka City became subordinates of the God of Darkness, and the church forces were expelled from Talka City, so no one noticed the infection spreading and no one could stop it.

Talka City would soon become a city where only subordinates of the God of Darkness roamed.

Marquis Lucas-nim buried all the radiation-infected people in the southern quarantine zone in the ground.

This is because the only way to dispose of radiation is to bury it in the ground.

The disposal of the radioactive bug corpses that filled the streets of southern Talka City was also a problem.

The 1m-sized, octopus-like Chimera developed by Jekyll roamed around the city, eating the radioactive bug corpses and radioactive dust scattered on the ground.

When this Chimera ate enough, it dug deep into the ground until it died on its own.

Marquis Lucas-nim suspended trade with places other than Stoja City, which directly supported Talka City.

Talka City and Stoja City prevented the food, daily necessities, and home appliances they produced from leaving Talka City and Stoja City.

Several territories, including Bilan City, protested.

When Marquis Lucas-nim threatened to fire weapons of mass destruction, everyone only protested and did not impose military sanctions.

With the unanimous consent of the large corporations in Talka City, factories that make combat golems, combat chimeras, and war weapons were built in Talka City.

The weapons made here were stored in Talka City, strengthening Talka City’s military power.

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The Hero party approached the Forest of Screams in a carriage.

I recalled the history of the Forest of Screams recorded by humans.

It was originally a huge forest, but strong dark energy began to emanate from it about 800 years ago.

After that, it was written that a large number of Undead naturally occurred in the Forest of Screams.

The reason why it was named the Forest of Screams was because the screams of the Undead never stopped at night.

I, Kyle, had a guess as to why the Forest of Screams was created.

More than a thousand years ago, I was briefly obsessed with space play.

It was literally a game of creating, cutting, and attaching subspaces.

I was playing with space at the location of the Forest of Screams when I accidentally had my favorite, largest tentacle leg cut off into space.

I had twisted the space so much that I was confused about where my tentacle leg was.

Since the tentacle leg would grow back anyway, I gave up and left the place.

After that, I didn’t play with space anymore.

The tentacle leg that I cut off contained a bit of the God of Darkness’ divinity.

If my guess is correct, the God of Darkness’ divinity in the tentacle leg in some space is emitting dark energy, causing a large number of Undead to be created.

When Undead are created, the dark energy becomes stronger, creating even stronger Undead.

Due to this virtuous cycle structure, the Forest of Screams became a place where Undead were rampant.

Perhaps a powerful Undead absorbed the God of Darkness’ divinity from the tentacle leg and became even more powerful.

As the Forest of Screams got closer, old memories came back to me.

‘Ah~ I don’t want to go in. To solve this, I have to go into the twisted subspace.’

But I couldn’t pretend to know.

Before I knew it, the Hero party had arrived right in front of the Forest of Screams.

It was daytime now.

The Hero party got out of the carriage.

The Hero party was wearing subspace rings recently developed by the Talka Research Institute.

The subspace ring contained a camp, sleeping bags, cookware, and food.

The escort saluted and left with the carriage, leaving only the Hero party behind.

Park Gyeong-cheol declared.

“Everyone, arm yourselves tightly. We will begin the Forest of Screams conquest.”

The Hero party stood in a dungeon conquest formation.

Park Gyeong-cheol, Kyle in the front.

Giluk, Serena, Nisa, Aibos in the center.

Andre in the rear.

There was a path made by people on the outskirts of the Forest of Screams, so we followed that path.

Aibos muttered.

“I smell death.”

Giluk asked.

“How do you know, hyung-nim?”

“Dragons have sensitive senses.”

I also felt the death and darkness pervading the Forest of Screams.

“Sseuueeuup”

‘It’s an energy that makes me feel comfortable. I feel like I’ve returned to nature.’

Park Gyeong-cheol stopped and signaled.

“There are Undead. Maintain formation and fight.”

Dozens of skeletons and zombies approached from the forests on both sides.

The skeletons screamed and the zombies dragged their feet as they ran.

“Kieeeeeee!”

“Uheooo~ Uheooo~”

Serena and Nisa each fired spears of darkness and light in all directions, and the skeletons and zombies shattered and exploded.

Some Undead dodged the spears and approached the formation.

Three skeletons in front stretched out their spears.

I forcefully pushed the spear blades with the World Tree Shield.

Jjaejjaeng Pudeudeuk

Due to my strength and the hardness of the World Tree Shield, the skeletons’ spears and arms were broken instead.

Park Gyeong-cheol swung his sword horizontally.

Jiiiiiing

The space sword flew, separating the skeletons’ and zombies’ upper and lower bodies, causing them to fall.

These Undead were nothing to the Hero party.

When all the Undead had fallen, Park Gyeong-cheol declared.

“Resume the conquest.”

We arrived at a place that Hamel High School used as a campsite.

There was a lodging building and a warehouse at the campsite.

It was evening, and the sky was getting dark.

Andre said to Park Gyeong-cheol.

“Strong Undead come out at night, so let’s rest here today. There are sacred objects in the lodging building, so Undead don’t come often.”

Park Gyeong-cheol nodded.

“We will rest in the lodging building today.”

The Hero party entered the lodging building.

There were cobwebs because no one had been there for a while, but it was better than sleeping outside.

Serena trembled and snuggled into Park Gyeong-cheol.

“Gyeong-cheol-ah~ It’s creepy.”

“You’re safe with me.”

We ate a simple dinner in the dining room and went to our respective rooms.

Screams that sounded like real screams could be heard from far away from the lodging, but the Hero party was all strong-hearted, so they ignored it.

I shared a room with Nisa.

There were cobwebs in the room, so Nisa snuggled into me.

“Honey~ Please get rid of the cobwebs~”

I used magic to generate heat and burn all the cobwebs.

Although I’m acting as a hammer warrior, I can use magic.

I laid a mattress on the floor and lay down with Nisa.

I stroked Nisa’s hair and asked.

“Aren’t you curious about a place called Earth?”

“Yeah! I’m curious!”

“Then why don’t we go there once with your illusion magic?”

“Is it okay for me to see your memories, honey?”

“It’s okay.”

Nisa touched my head with both hands.

Before we knew it, we were in my one-room apartment on Earth.

It was a one-room apartment with a bathroom and a kitchen-integrated living room.

There was also a bed next to the kitchen.

Nisa looked around my room.

“Heeh~ You lived in a place like this, honey?”

“It was hard back then. I worked hard every day to pay for the one-room apartment and living expenses.”

Nisa approached the bookshelf next to the bed.

“You read a lot of books too, honey.”

“Wait! That book is!”

Nisa took out a book and opened it.

It was a black and white manga written in Japanese, and it was covered with pictures of tentacles raping women.

Nisa was shocked.

Nisa took out another book, which was a nude photo book.

“You haven’t changed from back then, honey…”

“Sorry.”

“It’s not something to apologize for. That’s your personality.”

“I don’t look at those kinds of books anymore. Because I have Nisa.”

“Hihit~ I know~”

I left my one-room apartment with Nisa.

There was a road next to the one-room apartment, so cars were passing by.

Nisa looked at the cars with curious eyes.

“Amazing~ Earth is a place where magic engineering is very developed!”

“It’s not magic engineering. Unlike the Elia Continent, science is developed.”

There were other one-room apartments, marts, restaurants, cafes, etc. around.

Everything was based on my memories, so some places were blurry.

I led Nisa to a convenience store.

“This is a place called a convenience store. It sells daily necessities and simple food. When I was on Earth, I solved my meals here.”

“Heeung~ I see. Pick something for me to eat, honey.”

“Can you eat it even though it’s an illusion?”

“I’m not actually eating it, but I can recreate the taste with your memories.”

I took a spicy pork triangle kimbap and a cup ramen and unconsciously went to the convenience store clerk.

“Two triangle kimbaps and two cup ramens.”

The clerk replied.

“Enjoy your meal~”

“Ah. I didn’t need to pay. I’ll take chopsticks.”

Nisa approached with sparkling eyes.

“Honey. A black triangle is wrapped in transparent paper?”

“This is triangle kimbap. The black is seaweed. It contains rice and spicy meat inside.”

“Sounds delicious! Then what’s in this bowl?”

“It’s cup ramen.”

I held a cup ramen and stood in front of the hot water dispenser.

I said to Nisa.

“Watch carefully.”

I opened the lid of the cup ramen, sprinkled the spicy sauce and toppings on top of the crispy noodles, and then poured hot water up to the line.

I closed the lid and placed chopsticks on top of it.

Nisa shouted.

“I want to try too!”

Nisa also poured hot water into the cup ramen and placed chopsticks on top of it, just like I did.

I put the triangle kimbap in the microwave and turned it on.

Nisa and I sat facing each other at the convenience store table with cup ramen and triangle kimbap.

When I opened the lid of the cup ramen, a fragrant, spicy smell rose.

Nisa smelled the cup ramen.

“Heeeuup~! It’s spicy! It looks delicious!”

I snapped the chopsticks apart.

“Let’s eat!”

Nisa also snapped the chopsticks.

“Honey. How do you do this?”

“Ah. Chopsticks will be difficult. Eat with this fork here.”

I brought a plastic fork.

Nisa and I ate the hot cup ramen deliciously.

Hureureureup Umul Umul Ggulgeok

It was the taste of MSG that I hadn’t had in a long time.

Nisa took a bite of the triangle kimbap and chewed.

Omul Omul

“Euueut~ The harmony of soft, chewy rice and spicy, sweet meat sings in my mouth~”

I happily watched Nisa’s appearance.

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