Chapter 66 – Cultists (7)

The village chief couldn’t breathe properly because of the bloody water. He looked up at me with a grin on his face. It was the same with other villagers.

“Uh, Mom?”

But the children we rescued earlier were an exception. The children were taken aback when their parents’ mood suddenly changed. Facing the bizarre laughter of their parents, they fell trembling.

“Guys, come over here!”

Cried the ferocious nun. One by one the children ran to the nun and hid behind her. Even for a short time, it seems that the friendly treatment has worked.

Villagers did not stop the children from leaving.

‘What?’

Their behavior was not understood. If they had taken the children hostage, it would have bothered them a lot. Adventurers don’t know, but nuns won’t tolerate the death of children.

But those guys didn’t choose that easy way. Instead, they just smiled at us with their weapons in their hands.

‘Am I waiting for the other undead to join?’

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

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

“What is this… Why do they…”

“I don’t see the individual self in them. Maybe he was brainwashed by a sorcerer… Or his whole mind was eaten…”

“But didn’t we punish the sorcerer?”

“Yes, that means their minds are likely already contaminated.”

“That…!”

At the words of the blue-haired nun, the nuns’ expressions darkened. An unheard of adventurer asked them.

“So maybe now? Can I kill them all?”

Sister Nella was frightened.

“Kill! That’s too much!”

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

I intervened.

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

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

“The undead surrounded the village.”

The nuns’ complexion deteriorated.

“Then you can break through.”

“If it seemed easy, I wouldn’t have said this. A lot more than the guys in the cabin. Oh, it’s coming soon.”

Undead hiding in the house appeared everywhere. Even the number you see right now surpassed the number of undead in the cabin. Even so, the undead poured out endlessly.

The adventurers’ complexions turned white.

“Su, Sister, is there any way?!”

The adventurers drew their weapons and urged the nuns to prepare for a fight.

Then the undead found us and started running towards us.

“Sister!!!”

“Oh my… Sisters!”

A ferocious nun gathered the other nuns in a circle. The nuns knelt and recited prayers reverently.

-Kieek!!

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

“What the fuck!”

One adventurer spat out a loud curse. At least he ran to the side where there were no undead.

“Hey! What are you doing!?”

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

His escape caused commotion among the adventurers. Everyone started thinking about whether they should run away with him or not. I also took care of Seris and Kara and looked around to find an escape route.

“Me too!”

Two adventurers escaped again. The agitation grew stronger, and most of the adventurers tried to flee after them.

Golden light bloomed in the center of the nuns. It grew in a semicircle around them. It continued to grow even after covering all the adventurers.

-Kieek!!!

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

The light stopped. A semicircle with a radius of about 4 m was created. Only then did the undead rise up and scratch the surface of the barrier with their fingernails.

“What is this…”

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

“Do you think the nuns did it?”

“I know. Anyway, thanks to that, I lived.”

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

“Jerk the.”

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

“Escape… Do you think it will be difficult?”

“Do you still say that after seeing that?”

The adventurers looked at the group of undead at the boundary of the barrier. More than before My head shook my head.

“Mr. Yooseong, what should we do now..?”

Seris asked in an anxious voice. Even if you ask me like that, nothing came to mind. The undead couldn’t come because of the nuns, but in other words, we were trapped.

“Somehow those undead… Huh?”

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

“What’s wrong with you brother?”

“No, I think they just moved.”

Is it an illusion?

Wriggling

It wasn’t.

Residents who had been laughing quietly began to move.

“Huh? What?”

He ran with his weapon.

“Uh? Hey, hey, go to the nuns!”

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

“If you want to eat it later without being insulted by the nuns!”

“Patience! Then what!”

“It’s just a rough limb break! Think about it!”

A melee ensued. The adventurers and the villagers were tossing and turning, and Seris and I were also among them. Kara seems to be awake, so she pulls it back.

“Seris, block the dagger with a shield and just break the leg.”

“Yes!”

Cerris responded energetically and grabbed the back of the running man. She tossed it to the floor and slammed the shield down. Kwadeuk! The man’s right leg was crushed.

“You’re good.”

“Lol.”

Celis was delighted with the praise and broke the man’s left leg as well. I also tripped over one guy’s leg and stepped on it with my foot.

“Break Seris too.”

“Yes!”

Seris vigorously swung her shield.

* * *

Subdued all the villagers. They were all insane and tried to crawl even with broken legs. Hating the adventurers, he gathered them together and tied them up.

“Dad…”

Children cried and approached their parents. 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 it was difficult just to maintain the barrier.

He turned his gaze towards the undead. I approached it with a curious mind and reached out my hand to the barrier. My hand broke through the barrier.

-Keeeee!!!

The undead tried to grab my hand. I quickly withdrew my hand. The Seris sisters ran in a hurry.

“Mr. Yooseong?! Are you okay?!”

“Brother?!”

“Are you okay. It’s okay…”

This time, he drew his dagger and extended it to the barrier. Passed as well

‘Is it that only the undead can’t pass?’

Then the story would be different. I approached the nuns, leaving Kara and Seris bewildered. I took their blunt weapons. An adventurer looked at me and asked.

“Huh? What are you doing?”

“To kill the undead.”

I handed out the blunt tools to Sister Seris. Kara is Mace and Seris is Morning Star.

“Seris, look at Kara.”

Swung a blunt weapon I broke the head of the undead scratching the barrier.

[You have acquired 8 Karma.]

“Uh?!”

The startled voices of the adventurers could be heard from behind. Then one more was killed.

[You have acquired 8 Karma.]

I turned to Sister Seris.

“Can you?”

“Yes!”

“Huh!”

We got along well and broke the bones of the undead.

[You have acquired 8 Karma.]
[You have acquired 8 Karma.]
[You have acquired 8 Karma.]

The incoming karma is pretty salty. While they were happy, other adventurers also moved with their weapons.

“Is this happening?! Haha!”

They started smashing the heads of the undead like us. Every time the weapon crossed the barrier, one undead fell. Looking at those undead, I licked my lips.

‘It’s a waste.’

In my mind, we want to be on our own. But looking at the sweat of the nuns, I couldn’t do that. I didn’t know when this barrier would disappear.

“Haha! Search you assholes!!”

At the end of the adventurers’ efforts, the number of undead that moved alive was drastically reduced. What seemed to be a hundred were reduced to about twenty. The expressions of the adventurers and nuns improved.

It was then.

– Whoa!

Something huge ran from afar. The guy smashed his heavy body into the barrier. Blasphemy! The barrier at the spot where the guy collided collapsed. There was a gap in the barrier.

“Keugh…”

The nuns groaned in pain.

-Kieek!!

The undead, who had been scratching the barrier endlessly, moved. They headed for the gap they had just opened.

“Uh? Where are you going!”

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

The twenty Undeads were reduced to one finger.

But the problem is the guy who broke through the barrier. It is a monster that seems to have doubled the height of an ordinary man and tripled its size. Different types of flesh were attached to it, and different pieces of flesh were sewn together. It’s a disgusting appearance.

“What the fuck is that!”

“It looks so fucking awful…”

The adventurers frowned. The ragged monster must have sensed the disgust in his eyes, and let out a grotesque scream.

-Kweek!!!

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

While looking at the fallen adventurer with devastated eyes, the remaining undead entered through the hole in the barrier.

“Everyone, wake up and fight! Sisters can stop praying now!”

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

All that’s left now is that gigantic ragged monster. That guy is not easy to deal with because he is bulky and has a strong lower body. In fact, an adventurer just tackled him, but he didn’t seem to care.

‘How can I hold that?’

As I frowned at her, Seris tugged at my sleeve.

“Mr. Yooseong, I think I can do it.”

“What?”

“That’s strong. Can I just push it down with a shield?”

“Hmm…”

I looked at the confident Celis, then turned my eyes back to the monster. Another one collapsed after being hit by the monster’s fist.

“…No. Dangerous. I’d rather go and break the leg.”

“Yes? No. I will do it. I really can. It seems like you’ve gotten a little stronger lately!”

“…What?”

I opened Seris’ status window.

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〈 Status window 〉
〈 Serris 〉
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Height: 166
Weight: 54
[Muscle strength 21/50]
[Agility 12/20]
[Stamina 13/30]
[HP 10/60]
Residual Karma: 310
〈 Title 〉
Doesn’t exist
〈 Skill 〉
Doesn’t exist

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My strength has definitely increased by 1.

‘Ceris, she’s never really exercised?’

Why did she stretch? She was puzzled, but Seris looked at me and said.

“Please believe me. I really can!”

Through the eye sockets of the mask, I could see her bright eyes. A sigh came out. She manipulated the status window.

[Would you like to increase Strength by 1 with 150 Karma?]
[Yes/No]

150 karma was required to raise an ability level by 1 after the ability level exceeded 20. After a short thought, I clicked Yes. Pressed twice.

[Muscle strength 23/50]

Said to Seris.

“Good. Since you say you’re so confident, I’ll leave it to you. When I get his attention, I push his leg as hard as I can. Got it?”

“Yes?! Then Yoosung is in danger!”

“Is it time to ask about that? Come on, let’s go. Get ready.”

“Uh? Now, hold on!”

I ran towards the rag monster. The monster who found me cried grotesquely and swung his fists.

A huge fist flying straight ahead.

I dodged by jumping sideways. I rolled on the floor and got up quickly. His legs are right in front. I rolled again and dodged the kick.

“Now!”

“Yes! Eight!!!”

Cerys, holding out her shield, ran as hard as she could and collided with the monster’s leg. The monster lost its balance and stumbled. Cerys pushed one more time and he fell to the floor.

“Good job! Now, if you break your head…”

Before she could finish her words, Seris sprinted away. Hit the morning star on the monster’s head.

Kwajik! Kwadeuk! Kwap!

The monster drooped limply with a terrible sound of bones being shattered. Seris came to me with blood and rotting flesh all over her mask.

“Did I do well?”

Hold her head out as if to ask for a compliment. Bewildered, she stroked her hair. As if Celis was happy, she felt my touch.

* * *

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

‘Were the two originally that close?’

No.

Kara, I don’t know if it was before she dated Yoosung, but after that, I’ve never been like that.

‘Something…’

Something is strange.