Chapter 34 - Undead

Gresnor calls out them.

"hey you guys over there are you alright!?"

I then whisper to Gresnor.

"careful we don't know if these guys are friendly."

he responds.

"you don't have to be so paranoid Collin, the war is officially over, the fighting between my kind has stopped, if anything I am a bit concerned that they dont look so good, I mean I don't have to tell you, your face says it all."

I reply.

"alright if your going to check on them, stay alert because I'm getting a bad feeling about this."

he sighs in fustration and says.

"fine if you're really that worried about it, come with me, so I can at least ease your mind."

I then follow Gresnor to approach the group of lizardman, and as we get closer the smell of a decomposing body grows much stronger, I think to myself.

"Did one of them die?"

we keep walking and then the lizardman come into view and they don't seem to notice that we are nearby, so I keep my distance as Gresnor approaches them, he taps one of them on the shoulder, and all of the sudden they all turn their attention to Gresnor, he then jumps back as one of them tries to to hit him, I get a good look at them and see that whatever color they had was gone, they all look gray and discolored, Gresnor then shouts in anger.

"hey we are not here to fight, we just wanted to help you guys!"

but they don't talk and only respond with loud m.o.a.ns mixed with low bassy growls, as I rush to Gresnor's side I shout at him.

"yo be careful, there is something off about them."

He replies.

"yeah I see that now."

I then shout at them with a serious tone.

"if you guys try to attack again, we will defend ourselves, and you will end up getting hurt."

Gresnor then says to me.

"I think they're ignoring what we are saying."

they start moving towards us, still making the same m.o.a.ning sounds, Gresnor yells at them.

"get back I'm not going to warn you again!"

I ready myself into fighting position, and then Gresnor does the same, a few moments of silence passes by and the lizardmen rush us, one of them swings his arm going for a punch at me, and as I block it, I noticed that even though I blocked it, I could feel the force of the blow, then I quickly go for a counter punch, he falls down backwards, and then another lizardman comes from the side, but I preempted his attack by doing a roundhouse kick to his head so hard, that I heard a snapping sound and I think to myself.

"damn, I wasn't trying to kill him."

both of them then get up, showing no signs of any pain, still m.o.a.ning they both rush me again, i. raise both my arms, and aim my open palms to them, I then shout.

"dual triple fire shot!"

the two of them didn't even try to block my attack, and the fireballs pierce through their bodies, I think to myself.

"there is no helping it, they ignored our warnings."

but to my shock the two of them are still standing, and the holes that the fireballs left in their bodies, has no blood coming out of ths wounds, they then charge me again, I think to myself.

"one more time then, but this time I'll go for their head."

I then yell.

"dual triple fireshot."

as the fireballs go through their heads, they both collapse and they let out an eerie sounding croak, I look at Gresnor who is still fighting and I shout to him,

"go for their head!"

he pushes one to the ground and focuses his attacks on the other one's head, I then say to myself.

"I guess I'll take out the one that's on the ground."

I plant my foot on his c.h.e.s.t to make sure he doesn't get up and I chant.

"Triple fire shot."

the fireballs pierce his head, and as I take my foot off his c.h.e.s.t, I turn to Gresnor and see him stomping the other one's head in, I then put my hand on Gresnor's shoulder and I say to him with concern in my voice.

"I think you got him buddy."

he responds breathing rapidly.

"what the hell was that, these guys weren't normal."

I then say.

"yeah I know, they had the stench of a dead body, and look at their wounds, there is no blood."

he asks worried.

"what are you implying, are you saying they were already dead?"

I respond seriously.

"I'm not sure, let me just test something out."

I then chant.

"mana detect."

as I say it, I see that their is no mana flowing through their body, I wonder to myself.

"they should still have mana flowing through them even after dying, what the hell is going on this is strange."

I then say to Gresnor.

"hey something very weird is going on."

he asks.

"what did you see something?"

I reply.

"yes these guys don't have any mana flowing through them."

Gresnor asks with a worried expression.

"are you serious? so were they alive while also being dead?"

I nod and think to myself.

"I've never heard of zombies existing in this world and in my previous life, they didn't exist either, only in works of fiction, but all the signs point to these guys being some type of zombie."

Gresnor looked like he wanted to say something else, but he gets interrupted by bassy and raspy voice saying.

"so you two are the mortals who have gotten rid of my servants."

a cold chill runs through my back, as I turn around and see a figure covered in a hooded black robe, Gresnor angrily yells.

"are these your guys?"

as the figure pulls down the hood, I see myself staring at a skull, and I think to myself.

"oh shit, this is not good, this guy is something else."

he responds menancily.

"they were my servants, and you destroyed them, now the only choice you have is for the two of you to give yourselves to me and become my servants."

Gresnor asks me with fear in his voice.

"Collin that skull just talked, what the hell is he?"

I shake my head, as the thing laughs and shouts

"now bow before your new master!"

Me and Gresnor look at each other and reluctantly put ourselves in fighting position as we get ready for another fight.