Chapter 37 – Chapter 4

Tantabrum, who arrived in Tesca’s territory by overworking the boars for riding, was the first to find his whereabouts.

The few remaining guards at Tesca’s fortress said they had lost contact after he had taken all of the fortress’ men out.

What Tantabrum found after following the trail leading to the fortress was Tesca’s corpse, which had become unrecognizable if it were not for the clothes and ornaments she usually wore.

A lump of meat that was squeezed by strong force and the whole body was crushed.

“Tantabrum-nim, I found two types of traces.”
“Are there any traces of orderly movement?”
“Yes. It runs north from here. I’m guessing the number is around 50 or 60.”
“Track it. Bring all of your people along the track.”

Tantabrum went in pursuit to avenge Tesca.

As he grew in size while chasing after the enemy, he came out of the forest and found close to 200 undead in the plains.

It must have already read the movements of this side, and it is in a state of square formation.

‘Undead? Is there a necromancer?’

If it was the Necromancer’s work, the reason for attacking them would be simple.
They are stronger than humans, and there is no big problem even if they are made undead.

‘A necromancer powerful enough to kill Tesca-sama. I have to be careful and fight.’

“Charge!”
“Kuaaaaa!”

Tantaburum ordered the greenskins to attack.

When Orcs and Hobgoblins screamed and attacked the undead, he took a detour with his cavalry.

“Beat them all!”
“Kwoaaaaa!”

The Boer Riders became hammers and struck the flanks of the undead troops.

They were undead with tenacious vitality, but the greenskins, who were stronger than humans, became zombies and their tenacity doubled.

As evidence of that, zombies continue to rise up even if they are crushed with an anvil and hammer tactics over and over again.

“Kwaaaaah!”

Kwajijik!

Tantabrum, who split the torso of a strangely strong human zombie vertically, looked around feeling strange.

‘Where is the necromancer?’

When the necromancer confirmed that he was using magic, he was ready to charge.

However, even though the undead troops were annihilated, the necromancer did not use any magic.

As if it didn’t exist around here.

“No way!”

Tantaburum hurriedly searched the surroundings, but could not find any trace.

“I got hit!”

It is clear that the Necromancer moved with the undead and ran away at some point.

The problem is that we don’t know when that ‘timing’ will be.

After Tanta Vroom ordered the greenskins to disband, he led the riders and traced back the route the undead had moved.

Riders who were slowly moving and looking for a trail were able to find some trail at the border between the forest and the plain.

“Captain! Tree over there!”

At that time, a subordinate pointed to a tree.
There was a small trace left there, as if something had hit it.
Luckily, I didn’t notice it unless I looked closely.

Thinking that they had jumped off a tree, they confirmed the location where the shell was destroyed and the expected landing point.

I set out to pursue the trail, but the gap between the distances has already widened so much that even Boer riders with excellent mobility cannot chase it.

Track down the decoy undead army.
Battle the relentless undead army.
Realizing that this is a trap, trace back the trail.

Several hours have already been spent on this,

“Captain. The boars are tired.”
“Shit!”

Most of all, the wild boars, who acted as hammers and destroyed the undead army several times, were greatly exhausted.

In the end, Tanta Vroom, who admitted that he could not pursue any more, had no choice but to give up his pursuit, blaming himself for his mistake.

*                           *

When night fell, the surroundings of Munratel became dark except for the mercenary camp.

“Whoa.”

Frederick, unable to sleep, was taking a walk outside the camp to get some fresh air.

‘Lillian. Why are you so late?’

Unimaginable that he would have been beaten by someone like Kenneth, he anxiously waited for Lillian, thinking that something had happened.

You might think that the mercenary corps is dangerous because the leader is absent, but fortunately, that did not exist.

The obvious reason for leaving to kill the traitor who betrayed the mercenary group, killed his comrades, and even kidnapped him.

And since the mercenaries had always operated together with Frederick, the focal point had not completely disappeared.

Finally, by selling the loot they had looted and giving bonuses to the mercenaries, they completely prevented them from leaving.

Even if Wolf didn’t return to the mercenary corps, Frederick could naturally become the leader, but to Frederick, the mercenary corps without her was meaningless.

“Huh?”

At that time, two small white circles approached from afar.

“Who are you?”
“Frederick, it’s me.”
“Kaisent!”

I have a mountain of wanting to ask what happened to Lillian and why he came so late.

However, Kaicent opened his mouth before Frederick tried to lose his cool.

“I need Lillian’s helmet and spare armor to cover myself.”
“Lillian… Didn’t you say anything else?”
“Didn’t there be anything?”
“I see. Okay. Wait a little bit.”

Understanding the situation as Lillian’s name came out of Kaicent’s mouth, not Wolf, Frederick headed into the camp to fetch spare helmets and armor.

‘Are you going to believe Kaicent’s mouth? If that’s your choice, just follow it.’

If Lillian had asked for something other than the helmet and armor, Frederick would have immediately pulled out his sword and cut Kaicent.

Because that was the method the two of them had decided to deal with when their secret was revealed.

‘By the way, you need armor too. Was Kenneth such a difficult opponent?’

It was Frederick himself who placed the border area for the mercenaries, so he simply dug in, took his clothes, armor and helmet and returned to Kai Cent.

The helmet was the same as the previous one, but the spare armor was a large one-piece leather armor that reached down to the knees.

Women’s thighs and hips are round unlike men’s, so this is to hide them.

“Isn’t that metal armor?”
“That’s pretty expensive.”
“Ah.”

The sad situation of not being able to keep expensive metal armor as a spare because it costs a lot of money to run a mercenary group also played a role.

“Then I’ll go.”
“I’ll be waiting.”

Kaicent disappeared into the darkness again, and about ten minutes later he was able to reunite with Lillian, who returned as ‘Wolf’.

While raising the sword and armor that Kenneth was using.

“Lillian.”
“Frederick.”

Confirming that there were no eyes around, Lillian took off his helmet and hugged Frederick.

Kaicent looked around and confirmed the eyes of the other people he didn’t know about.

“I miss you.”
“Me too. I really missed you.”

The two men and women, who were facing each other like that, kissed deeply and fell into their own world.

‘Huh?’

Lillian, who was kissing her lover whom she hadn’t seen in a while, felt something strange.

It is because the thrill of pleasure and relief she could feel when she kissed Frederick was less than before.

‘I’m too tired.’

Thinking she was too tired, Lillian finished her deep kiss and prepared for Wolf’s return.

“Huh? Captain!”
“The captain is back!”
“What? Captain?”

The mercenaries who were in charge of the guard announced the return of the captain as soon as they recognized Wolf’s trademark helmet.

Even the sleeping mercenaries woke up and congratulated Wolf on his return.

“I told you, bastards! Do you think the leader will be beaten by a guy like that?”
“Why are you so late, Captain?”
“I had a hard time coming here without being noticed by the greenskins.”
“Oh, Kaisent! You’re all right!”
“Captain, why did Kenneth kidnap Kaicent?”
“Ah, it’s noisy! We’re tired too, so let’s take a break and talk about the details! Shut up and hit it!”

Even as her Lillian, she used a crude tone that sounded like she had been bred rough, but immersed in the role of Wolf, she was completely transformed into that of a tough man who took control of her tough mercenaries.

“Ah, but the captain is back, so sleeping like this isn’t a good idea.”
“That’s right. Let’s have some drinks to celebrate!”
“Write.”

In the end, the situation calmed down only after Wolf frightened the mercenaries with a menacing whistle.

“Hey you bastards! Let’s get some sleep!”
“I’ll come up with you, shut up and chew!”

Lillian was completely engrossed in the role of Wolf, and took the brunt of the abuse from the other mercenary encampments.

Between the rough-and-tumble mercenaries, this order is like a light quarrel.

However, the mercenaries of Wolf’s mercenary corps once again felt that the leader had returned and went back to bed.

“Frederick.”
“Yes, Captain.”
“Let’s talk for a minute.”
“All right.”
“Kaisent, follow me too.”
“Yes.”

When the situation calmed down, the three entered the barracks for the commander.

Returning from Wolf to Lillian, she removed her helm, using a magic item to block sound.

“Frederick. We will withdraw immediately when the sun rises tomorrow.”
“What? Why…Did you see something?”

Frederick was taken aback by the sudden withdrawal order, but soon realized that he had witnessed something due to the misfortune caused by Kenneth.

“This Orc Corps is not ordinary. There are heterogeneous Orcs from this world.”
“Heterogeneous orcs?”
“He’s much more rational and smarter than our orcs. The alien orc we encountered used magic similar to that of a druid, and he almost got knocked out by it.”
“Are you an expert level 4?”
“I don’t know how many of them came. What’s clear is that they’ll be annihilated if they deal with them thinking they’re ordinary Orcs.”
“…”

Frederick made a serious expression.
If Lillian was going to say this, it was because it wasn’t normal.

“If I inform the people around me… No, they won’t listen to a mere mercenary seriously.”
“If you say that it’s a heterogeneous okra, eventually orcs will think it’s okra. Even if they were to be taken seriously, it would be difficult to come up with proper reinforcements or countermeasures in this country where the civil war is in full swing.”
“Um…”

In the end, Frederick, who decided to move to another place when the day was bright, looked at Kaicent and tilted his head.

“But why did Kaisent come along? Is the reason Kenneth kidnapped something important?”
“The reason Kenneth kidnapped Kaicent is because he’s a pervert who likes boys sexually.”
“Oh…Uh…Um…”

Frankly, Frederick, who fantasized about Kaicent as being a member of a noble family whose identity was hidden because he was a heterogeneous species, was speechless at the motive that was so simple and unresponsive.

“This is the end of the story about him. The more I think about it, the more my brain gets dirty. Anyway, the reason I came with Kaicent is that Frederik should know about this child’s abilities.”
“Ability?”
“Kaisent.”
“Yes.”

Kaicent, who had been quiet, quickly memorized an incantation and started performing various magics in front of Frederick’s eyes.

From general-purpose magic such as simple magic missiles and fireballs to special magic using bones.

“What! Lillian! Why!?”
“As you can see, Kaicent is a necromancer. But you’ve seen it too. Can you imagine this kid killing innocents while summoning corpses?”
“…No.”

Kaicent, whom they had seen so far, had a timid and kind personality who should not fight.

‘If you tell me about Kaicent’s talent, it will be easier to explain… To say that would be an act of crossing the line.’

Unable to trample on Dang Seol-young’s sincere heart for the comfort of Kaicent, Lillian decided to leave out the part about talent.

After that, Lillian informed them that Kaicent had summoned zombies to increase their strength and used them as bait to escape.

Flash

When he winked and signaled during the conversation, Frederick had a hunch that there was another reason for accepting Kaicent.

“Both of you look exhausted, so let’s talk about the rest of the story after the sun rises. You worked hard, Kaicent. Take a rest in the warehouse wagon today. There will also be a spare blanket in the wagon, so use that.”
“Yes. I’m going to rest now.”

Following Frederick’s instructions, Kaicent went out of the barracks.

“The scary part of the Kingdom of the Dead is the part that turns the dead into undead. An undead army that neither eats nor sleeps. In other words, if Kaisent makes undead to fight, the advantages of the undead army will apply to us as well.”
“But will others accept it?”
“I only need to destroy the kingdom of the dead. I don’t care about the reputation after that.”
“Lillian…”
“If you have to, you can settle down on another continent.”

Lillian’s vengeance towards the kingdom of the dead gradually began to become reality with the existence of Kaicent.

To be honest, this is an unpleasant scenario for Frederick, who wants to live his own life without revenge.

“Frederick.”
“Huh? Eup!?”

At that time, Lillian, who had solved all the ‘public’ matters, suddenly kissed Frederick briefly and intensely.

“Lee, Lillian?”
“I’m not going to burn everything for revenge.”

Only her lips collided, and she threw off her own armor and clothes, leaving only her high-legged magical garb.

“Today, I’ll show you the proof.”
“Gulp…!”

‘Lillian… Originally, she was so bewitching… ?’

Having lived a rough life as a mercenary until now, her dignity as a princess gradually disappeared.

In addition, as I pretended to be a man, my femininity gradually began to dull.

But today’s Lillian had the most bewitching and dizzying flair out of all the ones she’d seen so far.

A flushed face and lustrous eyes.
Even the lips that look like they want a kiss and the gestures that show the color of a woman.

‘Erase the traces of Kaisent in me, Frederick.’

It reminds me of the bet Kaicent said when he was crazy, but this had nothing to do with it.

This is because Lillian wants Frederick to paint over the traces of pleasure left by Kaicent, who turned her into a woman.

Kyuwoong-♡

When I thought about having sex with a man, my uterus reacted automatically.

Knowing the happiness of a woman through Kaicent, she could never go back to the way she was before.