8 Eight. The prince hunts witches.

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“Kidnapped by zombies? ”

I turned my gaze to the window of the monastery.

If it's a time zone, it should be during daylight hours.

Nevertheless, the reason it is dark is because the rains made us lose our clouds.

It will be as dark as it can be. Maybe that's what they were after.

Wow, that's amazing. Zombies of this world. Now he's kidnapping people to age them without eating them on the spot?

But one of the villagers?

“One? ”

“That's one! She moved next door three months ago. · · · ·. · · · When the prince put in the work. · · ”

“Am I putting in the work? ”

“She's so beautiful. ”

The grill whispers to me, noticing the people around it.

“And I don't know if you remember, but I got kicked by his wife and tried to kill myself in shame." ”

“... ”

At that, I closed my eyes.

Oh, it's embarrassing.

You didn't kill yourself because you felt sorry for yourself, you got kicked out by a woman?

If the Holy Father finds out, he'll bury him!

I groaned and said,

“So how did you get dragged away? ”

“Huh? That's · · · · ·. ”

The grill falters.

I was embarrassed.

The villagers wear sentries outside the Monastery. Nothing dangerous will happen if you stay inside the Monastery. Thinking about going out in the first place is insane.

“The wife should be very considerate. I don't leave people alone when I see a sick person, so I'm going to get some herbs. · · ”

What, that carcinogenic development?

Bite wounds are not that dangerous if you take holy water anyway.

Of course, it hurts a lot to resist the power of magic.

“That's why the villagers want to assemble a search party. ”

“You said you were afraid of zombies. ”

“She was a herbalist in town. It's not just one or two people who survived because of her. Lots of people have been blessed. And · · ·. Isn't she the most beautiful of the villagers? and single.”

I have a forehead.

It was a real problem.

“So it's traceable? ”

“Mr. Hans, the hunter. He might be able to do that. What do you want to do?”

“Build a search party. Here we go."

“Search party? ”

Grill looks surprised.

Perhaps he was wondering if he would save the woman who had filled him.

“You're not leaving your garage, you're not in your memory, you're risking your life. ”

Of course I'm lying.

There must be a reason why the zombies dragged her away without eating her on the spot.

There must also be something close to the cause of this situation.

You must be using your head.

The party that did this is trying to lure something.

If we search for the kidnapped woman, we can clear this up.

Actually, there was something strange about it, so I had to investigate it.

* *

“This way. This way! ”

I wore shabby leather shoes across the rainy forest.

Ten men came to the cave quite far from the monastery with torches.

A hunter named Hans nods, looking at the flesh and blood on the grass, and the footprints buried in the mud.

“Maybe this is the right place. ”

“Good to see you. ”

I looked into the cave.

No, I didn't find it right. Maybe it was lured away.

Those who use their heads don't leave traces on purpose.

What is the purpose? A simple bucket operation to separate the villagers?

Or are you going to draw a little prey?

I looked inside the cave.

Inside the cave was a deep pitch where there was no light. I couldn't hide the stench of a rotting corpse from the end of my nose.

“This must be it. ”

A zombie lair.

The plague must be here, too.

Zombie rats, as well as human zombies, are likely to have several other wild animals inside.

If we go in, it's like offering a good buffet street for the zombies to eat.

We know it's a trap, but we don't have to go in there.

“Should I get some makeup oil from the monastery first? Then we can get rid of the zombies. ”

The cave is also sloped downward. If we burn it for a day and a half, we can reduce it by half, if not all.

It's no good to know where it came from.

I said, the villagers asked nervously.

“So what about Morian? ”

“Morian?”

The grill whispers a small whisper next to me as I mutter an unknown name.

“This is my ex-wife. ”

“Are you even alive? ”

The men roll their feet nervously.

These guys are all in love with that Morian woman.

Well, you want to save her as much as I do, since she's a lost savior.

“The cancer here is just a phoneme. In the case of the Undead, this is where you get your buff. ”

“Buff?”

“It's getting stronger. ”

Above all, it's in the dark where you can't see straight ahead, so it's dangerous even for a slobbering zombie.

“What would you do? ”

Grill asked me a question and looked at the cave.

This cave is quite steamed.

I knew if I went in there, there'd be traps everywhere.

“You can't have zombie bears. ”

Zombie bear? I might be able to stop it now.

How are we supposed to deal with a monster like that unless it's a Warrior?

“What do you want me to do? ”

The villagers asked for it.

I feel like I want to go in.

But if you have any ideas, you know they shouldn't move.

Now is the time to retreat.

Now that we know where it came from, we just need to be ready to deal with it properly.

We cannot sacrifice 10 people to save one.

“I'm going back to the monastery for now. The victim went in for no reason. ”

At that moment, I instinctively looked back.

My back is creeped out.

Reflexively, I looked into the forest.

A dark stench pierced my nose.

A black shadow struck me and gnawed at my shoulder.

“Ahhhh!”

Sharp teeth tear at the flesh. Soft skin tears and muscles burst. The bones are crushed.

The field of view is rotated.

- Mr. Hwang!

- W-w-what?

The sound goes away.

My vision became darker.

The big wolf was biting my shoulder and dragging me into the cave.

I turned my gaze and looked at the wolf.

The stench of rotting corpses. I felt an unpleasantly dark magic.

Rotten zombie wolf?

“Let go of me! ”

I grabbed a shovel and stuck it in his neck.

The posture is intact. It's being dragged to the shoulders.

His thick hide didn't cut well because his strength didn't penetrate.

Dangerous! Dangerous!

If you're dragged like this, you'll be surrounded by zombies.

You may see your limbs torn and your insides eaten alive, as you saw in the movies.

“Damn-!"

I focused my strength on my hands. [Horrible Curse] Skill is activated.

I feel like my physical strength is slipping away quickly.

You hear a faint voice as your head grows dizzy.

[I blessed him.]

It's anemia, and it's not the time to care.

The shovel shimmers.

The shovel contains [Horrible Curse] 's Reverse Effect [Blessing].

“Son of a bitch! ”

A shovel filled with the energy of blessing is inserted into the wolf's neck.

Phew!

It melts, not burns the skin.

Earthquake chopsticks have been transmitted to my fingertips like melting plastic.

The shovel digs deep.

And yet you don't let the zombie wolf go.

“Be persistent · · ·! ”

I unplugged and plugged it back in.

And · · ·.

Bang!

Your neck melts completely and you twist to get away from the zombie wolf.

I rolled the floor a few times. Piles of bones and rotting corpses have served as cushions.

Screams with your head on the ground.

“Ahhhh! It hurts like hell. Oops · · ·. Son of a bitch! ”

Seriously, this hurts like hell.

I touched my shoulder with trembling hands.

I flinch with my fingers touching the skin that has been punctured.

The heat rises like an earthquake.

Screaming, groaning, and an unknown voice echoes from your mouth.

“Why do I have to suffer like this? ”

Bastard, you should have chosen a Warrior. I couldn't do it. I had to be part of the dog gang, the Tanker family! Or maybe a ranger would have dodged a wolf attack.

I shrouded my shoulders and put holy power into my hands.

It is a fundamental treatment for renal tubules. [Horrible Curse] No, I have now placed a skill called [Blessing].

I feel like my physical strength is running out. The wound heals quickly in proportion to that.

My skin burst because of the magical force in my muscles. For a moment, the bones align and the parrot rises.

“It hurts like hell. ”

Rejection of sexual and magical powers. Terrible pain is accompanied by healing wounds from the undead.

I was relieved to see it healed without a scar.

“No, it's not a time for peace of mind. ”

I looked forward.

It's blind. I can't even see.

For a moment there, [Simran] was able to see the creatures walking in the dark.

- Kuooooooo...

Zombies.

They open their mouths as if they had found something delicious.

We're screwed.

I can't believe we're dealing with those guys in the exhausted yard.

Oh, Gaia, goddess of love and mercy!

“... Please save me. ”

I grabbed the shovel.

* *

A smelly cave.

Rotten corpses and bones roll over the floor. There were walking corpses that cleaned it up.

The zombies find me, eating bones and rotting corpses from the ground, and stand up.

He comes at me with a roar.

Fortunately, there are no beast zombies with swift feet.

“This is insane.”

I picked up the shovel and took it to the floor.

[Summons Sacred Pool.]

A pool of holy water rises from the ground.

About 5 meters of holy water pools were formed around me.

The approaching zombies stumble and stumble in the pool. The zombies that reach the pool slowly melt away.

Another walker steps forward, trampling back into the pool and collapsing. Zombies step on it again.

Slowly approaches your ally as you step on it.

They were demons that moved instinctively to eat the living, even though they knew they were extinct.

It was that scary.

I swung my shovel at the coming ones.

The zombie's head cracks open and a bribe splashes out.

This is only a matter of time. More clearly, we need to eliminate them extensively.

“[Plague of Weakness]. ”

I took a deep breath. I took the shovel again and lowered it to the ground to close my eyes.

A runner is engraved on the ground with a swarm of zombies, and a shimmering powder of light rises from the floor.

[Perform extensive blessings.]

A particle of light rising from the ground touches the zombie.

The rotten flesh begins to burn.

Zombies vanish, ashen one by one.

One, two, seven, ten.

Good! It works. How about this?

Kung-!

My face that had become brighter suddenly became dark.

I raised my head.

- Kuooooooooooooooo.

Three metres in size.

Thick, hot leather fur, big arms and heavy build. An upright, pedestrian beast with hook-like nails stood up in front of me.

“Teddy Bear. Why are you out here? ”

A zombie bear.

I don't know what kind of bear it is.

[Name: King of Predation.

Age: · · ·.

Specialty: Biting. Smash. Smash. Digging guts.

+ Enhanced status with commandos.]

... is not something I can handle.

The bear may be of some kind, but it looks like a rather vicious creature has become a zombie.

“This is crazy.”

Every time the zombie bear approaches, it takes a step back.

Through extensive blessings, particles of light touch the body and burn and move without stopping.

The feet of the zombie bear crush the melting zombie and soak it in the pool of holy water.

Thin leather melts through thick fur.

This is a different level than the zombies you've dealt with so far.

Should I run? But if I show my back, I'll run at a fierce speed.

A predator that is more fearsome than a human zombie.

They have legs faster than humans.

If you head towards the entrance to the sloped cave, the backscatter smash will burn. And I will die instantly.

“A man dies once, or twice! ”

I'm satisfied that I've already been electrocuted once. Second life, crushed by zombies, is no good.

I reached out my hand.

I gathered my strength.

“[Resurrection of the Dead]. ”

At the end of the sentence, the sacred power spread around the cave.

The corpses in the cave flinch.

The undead slowly awakens, exhaling white dust and sacred breath.

- Oh-oh-oh-oh!

A clear, elegant choir resounded in the cave, not a strange ghost's cry.