Chapter 45: I Couldn't Die After All

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 countryincluding Tana Kingdomshould 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 targets 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 sizebut with tenfold the density.

Destroying this barrier wouldnt 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?

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 happinesshappiness 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 "" 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 whats-its-namesince, 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 latters 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?