Chapter 45 - I Couldn’t Die After A

Chapter 45 : I Couldn’t Die After All

==A Certain Female Holy Knight===

After receiving my orders from Knight Commander Celestia, I started preparations to trap that white-haired undead.

「L-Luring him to the center of the royal capital?! There’s no way such a dangerous plan will work?!」

「Calm down, Your Majesty.」

「Kyu~…」

Well, the fainted King Leonhardt aside, I continued my explanation to Beit-dono.

「…Understood. Let’s proceed with the plan.」

Perhaps due to the trust he had in me, Beit-dono agreed with our plan. Even so, he looked reluctant.

After this, the gate would be opened as we evacuated the citizens.

Next, we called as many priests from Melt churches as possible to gather in the central plaza.

In addition, we also gathered many barrier masters in the central plaza.

There was always a fixed number of barrier masters in every single country.

A country like the Romana Kingdom, who could erect their barrier 24/7, was a rarity. Erecting a barrier to cover the city during an emergency shouldn’t be that difficult for every country.

Properly speaking, even a small country—including Tana Kingdom—should have that many barrier masters ready for emergency cases such as this one.

Lastly, we arranged several caged zombies to be placed right in the center of the royal capital’s plaza as bait for that white-haired undead.

Naturally, I doubted this bait plan would work against him.

But I told a single lie in this part, namely 「According to my investigations so far, he is attracted to his race.」

After all, there was no way they were going to believe me, even if I said that it was possible to talk to him.

「In the worst case, I’ll become bait to lure him.」

It was my goal to talk to him from the very beginning anyway.

That was why it was only natural for me to become bait for him.

「Captain Limule, we spotted our target. He’s heading toward the castle gate.」

Soon enough, I received such a report from my vice captain, Porm.

Standing near the gate, I prepared myself to move our plan to the next stage.

「Captain, the target has entered the gate.」

It seemed there was no need for me to be bait since he entered the royal capital on his own.

But I doubted he would go as far as the central plaza.

「Captain, the target’s already walking on the main street, heading toward the central plaza.」

…

I went to the central plaza in a hurry.

But of course, there was a possibility that he would get lost along the way.

「Captain, the target has arrived at the central plaza…」

…

And there, I saw his figure.

B-But of course, there was no way he would be lured in by such a suspicious cage.

「Captain, the target arrived right at the cage…」

…

I thought he was an intelligent undead, but could it be that it was just a misunderstanding on my part?

「NOW!」

The one who gave such a signal was Commander Celestia.

The barrier masters who were already on standby came out at once, deploying the barrier.

It was a giant barrier that normally would be used to protect the royal capital during an emergency. However, here, it was compressed to only a tenth of its original size—but with tenfold the density.

Destroying this barrier wouldn’t be a simple matter, even for that powerful white-haired undead.

「Everything went according to the plan, Captain Limule. The only thing left is for me to kill him.」

The commander approached the white-haired undead with a satisfied look on her face.

Seeing her back figure filled with confidence, I thought that this person might really be able to purify that white-haired undead.

And yet, I felt conflicted for some reason.

「Just… what kind of feeling is this…?」

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===A Certain Undead With Communication Disorder===

The female commander leaped toward me, a divine sword grasped tightly in her hand.

The light emitted from her sword’s blade rose to the sky, becoming a pillar of light, as if the heavens sent a ray of judgement to the sinning mortals.

There was a chance I would really die this time.

I couldn’t contain my anticipation as I waited for my death to come.

「HAAAAH!」

And then, her attack struck the crown of my head.

「~!!!」

That very attack sent a shock through my entire body.

T-THIS WAS IT?!

When the female commander fell from above, my field of vision distorted by a large margin.

That attack just now might have destroyed my head.

「Tch… Only this level of damage…」

But the female commander seemed to be really surprised.

It seemed the result of her attack was beyond her expectation.

Moreover, my field of view returned to normal immediately.

…It was purely my self-healing factor.

「Moreover, that regeneration power… Guess I can’t underestimate you, huh…! Everyone, give me more of your faith’s power! This great disaster, our enemy might have an incredible self-healing power and an extremely tough body, but our previous attack definitely worked on him! Together, we can exterminate him!」

After she said that, the voices of the priests’ prayers became even louder than before.

The divine sword shined even brighter as well.

「HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」

She sent forth another torrent of light to exterminate me for sure this time.

In the next moment, my field of vision warped into a circle.

When I realized it, I’d already crashed on the ground below.

After my field of vision turned around once more, the scene that I saw when it stopped was the sky.

The thing I saw from the edge of my field of vision was… the lower half of my body.

It seemed my upper-half had already been completely extinguished.

「HEY, I’M OVER HERE!」

I unintentionally shouted at the female commander while put in such a tragic state.

I was really delighted to see that I was just one step away from death.

Yet, right after that.

My upper-half which should have been destroyed grew back from my lower half at a speed visible to the naked eye.

I was astonished; my torso and arms had been restored completely. Just as quickly as I realized it, my revived body stood before me.

I guess my head got decapitated by her last attack and flew in the air. My resurrected body just moved on to retrieve my head.

And just like that, my body already recovered like nothing.

「S-Such… healing power…」

The female commander spoke with a trembling voice. Her body quivered like a newborn foal.

「Haa~h, haa~h…」

Moreover, her breathing was ragged.

Color drained from her face as if she would fall on her knees at any moment.

「I-I’M NOT DONE YET!」

Nevertheless, the female commander didn’t seem to give up yet as she urged the priests again.

「He shouldn’t be able to revive again as long as we annihilate his body until there’s no spec of dust left! Now, once again, give your prayers! Let’s… show him the power of our faith!」

As if to answer her command, the priests’ prayers became even stronger than before.

As the brilliance of the sword’s blade became brighter and brighter, the expression of the female commander grew more grave.

「COMMANDER!」

The one who was rushing in at that moment was that female holy knight.

「Limule… step back!」

「B-But… y-you’re pushing yourself too far, while it’s true that the divine sword Albert bestowed its user with transcendental power, it also put an equal burden on its user! Anymore than this and… your body will…」

I see… that sword put a burden proportional to its power on its user.

That might be the reason why she had that exhausted look, despite only swinging her sword twice.

「Don’t… worry! I’ll… exterminate him before that happens…! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!」

The female commander brandished her sword as she let out a war cry.

And then, my consciousness was blown away the moment I received that flash-like strike.

OOOOH, this is it… did I finally… die?

The last thing I felt in this seemingly last moment of my undead life was happiness—happiness that I could finally see death.

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Eh?

W-What happened now?

In a blink, I was already lying on the cold ground forming an “大” shape.

I raised the upper-half of my body, tilting in puzzlement.

And then, the first thing that I saw was a woman with chestnut-colored hair looking at me with an astonished look on her face.

Her breath was extremely ragged and she was sweating like a waterfall.

Moreover, I suddenly realized that there were so many people surrounding me who collapsed in the plaza.

「Ah, I see now.」

At that moment, I finally recalled what had happened to me.

The woman before me declared that she was going to purify me with the divine sword what’s-its-name—since, apparently, it was able to purify all undead.

「…I’m completely unharmed though.」

No matter how I tried to look at it, my body was completely spotless without a scratch from the so-called divine sword (lol).

My consciousness was blown away for a moment, but…

「Kuh…」

「C-Commander?!」

The female commander suddenly fell on the ground.

That female holy knight went to the female commander’s side in a hurry, propping up the latter’s body.

「U-Unbelievable… To be able to resurrect… from such a state… Just… how in the world… are we going to purify… this undead…?」

She heaved a sigh as if losing all hope.

Welp… what should I do now?

Even the priests in the plaza had already stopped praying, trembling in silence as if they already knew that their attempt to purify me had failed.

Haah… another disappointment.

It seemed that killing me wasn’t that simple.

Well since they couldn’t purify me, should I… take my leave now?

Like, the awkwardness of being the focus of attention of so many people was still strong enough to overwhelm my mind, despite my immortal body.

At that moment, the moment when I was about to leave this plaza…

「Uhh?」

The sky suddenly turned dark. When I looked up, I expected the sun to be hiding behind a giant cloud. Instead, I ended up shouting 「GEH」 with an extremely funny tone.

No matter how I looked at it, the things flying right above this city were two giant dragons.

『Found you, Master.』

『We won’t let you go this time, Master!』

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TN : The two exhibitioni— I Mean Dragons were showing up, can Zion escape from them this time?