episode_0066

The village chief could not breathe properly because of the blood. Even though he was shaking, he looked up at me with a smile on his face. It was the same for other villagers.

“Uh, Mom?”

However, the children we rescued earlier were an exception. The children were embarrassed by the sudden change in their parents’ mood. Faced with the bizarre laughter of his parents, he trembled and fell.

“Guys, come here!”

cried the fierce nun. One by one, the children ran to the nun and hid behind her. It seems that being kind, even if only for a short time, worked.

The villagers did not stop the children from leaving.

‘what?’

I didn’t understand their actions. It would have been a lot of trouble if they had taken the children hostage. Adventurers may not know, but the nuns will not tolerate the deaths of children.

But those guys didn’t choose the easy way. Instead, he just looked at us with his weapon raised and smiled.

‘Are you waiting for other undead to join?’

It seems like that when you see the rotten smell getting thicker little by little.

I approached the nuns to tell them. The nuns were discussing the current situation.

“What happened… Why did they…”

“You can’t see their individual ego in them. Perhaps he was brainwashed by a hexist… or his entire mind was eaten away…”

“But didn’t we punish the hex wizard?”

“Yes, that means their minds are highly likely to have already been contaminated.”

“Such…!”

The nuns’ expressions darkened at the blue-haired nun’s words. An adventurer who had not heard of anything asked them.

“So maybe it will work now? Can I just kill them all?”

Sister Nella was scared.

“Killing! That’s too much!”

“Then what do you mean? Should I just run away like this?”

I intervened.

“I don’t think running away will be easy.”

The eyes of the nuns and adventurers were focused on me. I continued calmly.

“Undead surrounded the village.”

The nuns’ complexion worsened.

“Then you can just go through.”

“If I thought it would be easy, I wouldn’t have said this. There are a lot more of them than there are in the cabin. Ah, it’s coming out now.”

The undead hiding in the house appeared everywhere. The number immediately visible exceeded the number of undead in the hut. Nevertheless, the undead poured out endlessly.

The adventurers’ complexions turned pale.

“Soo, Sister, isn’t there some way?!”

The adventurers drew their weapons and prepared to fight, urging the nuns.

At that time, the undead discovered us and started running towards us.

“Nun!!!”

“Oh my… sisters!”

The fierce nun gathered the other nuns in a circle. The nuns knelt and recited prayers in a devout posture.

-Keeee!!

The undead are getting closer. Now the remaining distance is only 20m. The adventurers pointed their weapons and frowned.

“What the fuck!”

One adventurer swore loudly. He ran towards the direction where there were no undead.

“Hey! What are you doing now!?”

“Shut up!! I have no intention of looking around in a place like this!”

His flight caused a stir among the adventurers. Everyone began to wonder whether they should follow him and run away or not. I took care of Seris and Kara, looked around, and plotted an escape route.

“Me, me too!”

Two adventurers run away again. The commotion became stronger, and most of the adventurers tried to run away after them.

A sacred-looking golden light bloomed from the center of the nuns. It grew into a semicircle around them. It continued to grow even after covering all the adventurers.

-Keeek!!!

The running undead collided with the holy light. The leading undead fell into the ever-expanding barrier of light. It was pushed backwards and crushed by the undead at the rear.

The light stopped. A semicircle with a radius of approximately 4 m was created. Only then did the undead wake up, pounding on the barrier surface and scratching it with their fingernails.

“What is this…”

The adventurers and I looked at the golden barrier and then turned our attention to the nuns.

“Do you think the nuns did it?”

“That’s right. Anyway, thanks to you, I survived.”

We breathed a sigh of relief. A scream was heard from outside the barrier. These are the voices of the adventurers who ran away earlier. We chuckled.

“Assholes.”

We laughed at them and talked about what to do now.

“Do you think running away… would be difficult?”

“Are you still saying that after seeing that?”

The adventurers looked at the group of undead at the border of the barrier. There are more than before. I shook my head.

“Yuseong, what should we do now..?”

Cerise asked in an anxious voice. Even if I asked that question, nothing in particular came to mind. Thanks to the nuns, the undead couldn’t come to us, but on the other hand, we were trapped.

“Somehow we can get rid of those undead… Huh?”

I looked at the villagers. Seris and Kara tilted their heads.

“Oppa, what’s wrong?”

“No, I think those people just moved.”

Is it an illusion?

Wiggle.

It wasn’t.

The residents who had been quietly laughing began to move.

“Huh? What is it?”

He ran with his weapon in hand.

“Huh? Hey, hey, I’m going to the nuns!”

“What the fuck! Hey, what about that?! Kill me?”

“If you want to get scolded by the nuns later, just do that!”

“Plague! Then what should I do!”

“You can just roughly break the limbs! Think about it!”

A melee ensued. Adventurers and residents were fighting back and forth, and Seris and I also joined in. Kara seemed to be half asleep so she put it back.

“Seris, just block the dagger with your shield and break the bridge.”

“Yes!”

Seris responded energetically and grabbed the back of the running man. He threw it on the floor and hit the shield. Quack! The man’s right leg was crushed.

“You’re good.”

“Hehe.”

Cerys was delighted with the compliment and also crushed the man’s left leg. I also roughly tripped one guy’s leg, knocked him down, and stepped on him.

“Ceris, please break it too.”

“Yes!”

Seris swung her shield energetically.

* * *

They subdued all the villagers. They were all so dazed that they tried to crawl even with broken legs. He hated the adventurers and gathered them together and tied them up.

“Dad…”

The children approached their parents in tears. The adventurer guarding the front blocked it. The remaining adventurers talked about escaping again.

I glanced at the nuns. They were drenched in sweat, as if just maintaining the barrier was difficult.

I turned my gaze towards the undead. I approached and stretched out my hand to the barrier, just in case. My hand broke through the barrier.

-Keee!!!

The undead tried to grab my hand. I quickly pulled my hand away. Sister Cerise came rushing over.

“Yuseong?! Are you okay?!”

“Oppa?!”

“It’s okay. It’s okay…”

This time, he pulled out his dagger and extended it towards the barrier. Likewise, it passed.

‘Are only the undead unable to pass?’

Then the story would be different. I walked up to the nuns, leaving a confused Kara and Cerise behind. They took their blunt weapons. One adventurer looked at me and asked.

“Huh? What are you doing?”

“To kill the undead.”

The blunt weapons were distributed to the Seris sisters. Kara is Mace and Ceris is Morningstar.

“Seris, take care of Kara.”

I swung a blunt weapon. I smashed the head of the undead scratching the barrier.

[8 Karma has been obtained.]

“Huh?!”

The adventurers’ surprised voices were heard from behind. Then one more was killed.

[8 Karma has been obtained.]

I turned towards Sister Seris.

“You can do it, right?”

“Yes!”

“Yes!”

We worked together to crush the undead.

[8 Karma has been obtained.]

[8 Karma has been obtained.]

[8 Karma has been obtained.]

The incoming karma is quite salty. While I was feeling happy, other adventurers also moved with their weapons.

“This is what happens?! Haha!”

They started smashing the heads of the undead like we did. Each time the weapon crossed the barrier, an undead fell. I whetted my appetite by looking at those undead.

‘It’s a shame.’

I feel like we want to have it all to ourselves. But looking at the nuns’ sweat, I couldn’t do that. I didn’t know when this barrier would disappear.

“Haha! Search you idiots!!”

As a result of the adventurers’ efforts, the number of living undead was greatly reduced. What seemed like a hundred of them had shrunk to about twenty. The expressions of the adventurers and nuns improved.

It was then.

-Whoa!

Something huge came running from far away. The guy slammed his heavy body into the barrier. Damn it! The barrier where it hit collapsed. A gap appeared in the barrier.

“Ugh…”

The nuns moaned in pain.

-Keeee!!

The undead who had been endlessly scratching at the barrier moved. They headed towards the gap that had just formed.

“Huh? Where are you going?”

Seris chased the undead running into the hole until the end and hit it. Other adventurers also moved in the same way.

The twenty undead were reduced to within one finger.

But the problem is the guy who broke through the barrier. He is a monster who seems to be twice the height and three times the size of an ordinary man. There must have been different types of flesh glued together, as if they were sewn together. It has a disgusting appearance.

“Um, what the fuck is that!”

“You look so fucking terrible…”

The adventurers frowned. The tattered monster must have sensed the look of disgust in its eyes and let out a bizarre scream.

-Kweeeek!!!

The guy swung his arm. One adventurer was hit and rolled around on the floor. The adventurer couldn’t wake up.

As I looked at the fallen adventurer with blank eyes, the remaining undead came in through the hole in the barrier.

“Everyone, come to your senses and fight! Sisters, you can stop praying now!”

I shouted and threw the dagger. It got stuck in the leg of an undead who was running towards the nun. The nun finished off the fallen undead. The nuns drew their sidearms and faced the undead.

Now all that’s left is that giant tattered monster. That guy is bulky and has a strong lower body, so I don’t think it will be easy to deal with him. In fact, an adventurer had just tackled him, but he seemed unharmed.

‘How do I hold that thing?’

As I was frowning, Seris tugged on my sleeve.

“Yuseong, I think I can do it.”

“What?”

“I’m strong. Can I just push it down with the shield?”

“Hmm…”

I looked at Cerys, who looked confident, and then turned my eyes back to the monster. Another person fell after being hit by a monster’s fist.

“…No. Dangerous. It would be better for me to go and break the bridge.”

“Yes? no. I will do it. I really can do it. I feel like I’m a little stronger these days!”

“…What?”

I opened Ceris’ status window.

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Species: Human

Gender: Female

Age: 22

Height: 166

Weight: 54

[Strength 21/50]

[Agility 12/20]

[Stamina 13/30]

[horsepower 10/60]

Remaining Karma: 310

doesn’t exist

doesn’t exist

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My strength has definitely increased by 1.

‘Cerys has never really exercised?’

Why did it increase? While I was wondering, Seris looked at me and said.

“Please trust me. I really can do it!”

Her bright eyes were visible through the eye holes of the mask. I sighed. The status window was manipulated.

[Would you like to increase your strength by 1 with 150 Karma?]

[Yes/No]

Once the ability score exceeds 20, 150 karma is required to raise the ability score by 1. After a short thought, I clicked Yes. Pressed twice.

[Strength 23/50]

I said to Cerise.

“Good. Since you said you were so confident, I’ll leave it to you. When I get that guy’s attention, I push that guy’s leg as hard as I can. Got it?”

“Yes?! Then Yoosung is in danger!”

“Is now the time to discuss such things? Here we go. Get ready.”

“Huh? Now, wait a minute!”

I ran towards the ragged monster. The monster that found me cried strangely and swung its fist.

A huge fist flying straight ahead.

I jumped to the side and avoided it. He rolled on the floor and quickly got up. His legs are right in front. He rolled again and dodged the kick.

“Now!”

“Yes! Eight!!!”

Seris ran as fast as she could with her shield outstretched and collided with the monster’s leg. The monster lost its balance and stumbled. Seris pushed him once more and he fell to the floor.

“Good job! Now if I just break the head…”

Before I could finish speaking, Seris rushed over. I hit the Morning Star on the monster’s head.

Kwasik! Quack! Pop!

The monster fell limp with a terrible sound of bones being shattered. Seris approached me with her mask covered in blood and rotten flesh.

“Did I do well?”

He sticks his head out as if asking for praise. I stroked her head with a dazed feeling. Cerys felt my touch as if it felt good.

* * *

Kara stared blankly at her older sister, who seemed to be in a good mood, and Yoosung, who was stroking her.

‘Were the two of you originally that close?’

no.

Kara, maybe it was before she started dating Yoosung, but she hasn’t been like that since then.

‘Something…’

Something is strange.