Chapter 57 – Chapter 6

“It is said that heterogeneous species from various dimensions are coming, but now even machines decorated like humans are coming.”

Whereas Kaicent felt pity for the robots, Lillian and Frederick felt a visceral aversion to non-humans masquerading as humans.

‘Everyone besides my family hated existence like Skynet. It is a human instinct that transcends time and world to feel a strong aversion to machines invading human territory.’

The people in the family grew up taking Skynet’s care as if it were for granted.
Perhaps because of this, he did not have a great aversion to the existence of a mechanical man.

Skynet also learned how boring this galaxy would be if humans were gone, and it’s been a while since they thought about ruling or annihilating humans.

Thanks to understanding and accepting each other and merging each other’s strengths and weaknesses, the family was able to grow to such an extent that it projected its influence across the galaxy.

‘I want to give that machine the meaning of living, but…’

“Let’s get out of here quickly.”
“It’s a headache if you get involved in useless things.”

Lillian and Frederick hurried their steps toward the mercenary guild, showing disgust and at the same time not wanting to get involved in useless things, showing conservative reactions that would be natural for humans in this world.

This is a natural reaction.
Because there is nothing more annoying than being entangled with beings with different cultures, thoughts, and laws than their own.

If Kai Sent hadn’t had the power of her own lineage, she would have been abandoned by Lillian, saying she didn’t want to be involved with the other species.

Looking at the unknown robot man like that, Kaicent had to head to the mercenary guild with the two of them, leaving behind his regret.

Daughter… Noisily noisily—

Upon entering the moderately large building, there was a sudden noise that drowned out the sound of the bell hanging on the door.

“Ahh…”

Inside the mercenary guild, countless mercenaries were talking loudly.

Snacks or personal preserves are sold on one side, and mercenaries with weapons strapped to their waists or backs on several round tables are talking enthusiastically.

This is because while it is a mercenary guild, it also serves as a meeting place for individual mercenaries to create temporary teams.

“Get used to this atmosphere. The more famous the Wolf mercenaries become, the more these mercenaries can talk to you or start a fight.”
“I understand the conversation, but do you have a fight…?”
“You’re younger than yourself, yet strong and even have talent, it’s disgusting. That’s why you start a fight with the intention of trampling on him in advance so that he doesn’t grow stronger than you.”
“…”
“That kind of fight is quite common. We’ve been through a lot too, and after creating a mercenary group, we were even checked by other mercenaries.”
“We, who had strong physiques, went through it too, so you, who look young and weak, will get more disputes.”

Kaicent, who once again learned the harshness of the world at the warnings of Lillian and Frederick, nodded his face with a heavy aura.

“Here is the Wolf mercenary.”
“I heard you’re doing well these days?”
“Is that kid?”
“They say he’s a warlock. Is that information correct? A guy who looks so weak is a warlock?”

The hot topic of the mercenaries watching them is 20% to Lillian.
The remaining 80% were filled with interest in Kaicent.

At the attention of unfavorable people, he involuntarily shrugged his shoulders.

“Don’t worry. Shall I leave you alone? I’m here with you to get used to this atmosphere in advance.”

Lillian played the bold Wolf and patted Kaicent on the shoulder.

Thanks to this, it feels like the eyes of the fierce mercenaries who glance at them or stare openly at them have become less frightening.

“Someday, there will be guys who avoid our gaze and contact you. Being vigilant and contacting us secretly means that it’s not a situation where others can help, so be careful.”
“Yes…!”

With Kaicent, you can easily subdue any mercenary.

However, he was timid and grew up in a fence set up by his older sisters, so it was awkward to talk to someone whose face or name was unknown.

In the case of the Wolf Mercenary Corps, it was a special situation where they lost their vigilance towards Kaicent as they were exposed to the power of Kaicent’s lineage.

Kaicent, who forcibly summoned the courage to answer, carefully looked around.

He could see the eyes of countless mercenaries towards him, but when Lillian was by his side, he could confidently face them.

“Uh?”

At that time, Kai Sent fixed his gaze on one spot as if he had noticed something strange.

“Wolf, Frederick.”
“Why?”
“What?”

The two headed to the bulletin board with the request for the mercenaries with Kaicent, lowering their heads at the action of pulling their clothes.

“Of the four people in the corner over there, do you see the one sipping water? The one wearing a leather suit partially made of iron and wearing a small shield around his waist.”
“You’re a priest. Judging from the pattern on the necklace, you’re a follower of the god Torgov.”
“Why is he? I don’t see anything strange.”

Lillian and Frederick recognized at a glance that the man sipping water was a priest among the four-member team having a conversation.

“There’s something like a strange string hanging from your head. Are priests in this world like that?”
“What?”
“Line?”
“Yes. The blue thread stuck in the crown of the head.”
“?”
“?”

Lillian and Wolf looked at each other, not knowing what they were talking about, and tilted their heads.

“I’m sorry, but I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Is there a thread attached to that priest?”

The two made faces that did not understand Kaicent’s words.

If there was something I shouldn’t say, Lillian would have given me a signal, but looking at the eyes full of questions behind the helmet, I really don’t know.

They couldn’t understand each other because they looked different, so they couldn’t dig deeply into this issue.

‘Is it just me? Why is it only visible to me?’

Kai Sent thought about this in many ways, but he couldn’t figure out the answer.

The answer to this question is related to the simbeop that Kaicent learned.

Jincheon divided the family’s inner courtship into three types.
One for loyal servants and subordinates.
The two are basic simbeop for immature children.
The three are simbeop for independent children.

Among these, the basic mental method for immature children does not simply pursue strength, but has the power to train the soul along with harmony of mind and body.

If you learn this mental method, you will always be able to endure the pain of self-destruction while maintaining and developing your body in the best condition.

The reason why the timid and fragile Kaicent has been through pain that almost broke his heart several times so far is that he had a heart for Dang Seol-yeong, but more than half of the power of the mind law.

Kaicent, whose spiritual power and character have been trained, has become a being that is one step higher than a normal human being and is able to see things that others cannot see.

‘I’d like to find out more, but… There must be a reason for not being seen by others, right?’

No matter how much she thinks about it, she will ask someone she doesn’t know, ‘Can I touch your crown?’ I had no clue what to say.

“How about this, Frederick?”
“To subdue the undead horde roaming outside the gates. It’s about time to come out.”

If the dead are left unattended for a long time, they become zombies or undead due to the morale of death.

Collecting and burning the corpses could easily be disposed of, but war, and civil war, a struggle for power, did not allow for that.

Rather than moving later than the enemy by cleaning up, you have to move a little faster and attack one more time to maintain your power.

For this reason, civil wars have a much higher rate of undead outbreaks than normal wars between nations.

“The number is 300. This is enough.”
“It’s close by a day’s distance.”

If you fight the undead normally, you will be at a disadvantage, but since you have no intelligence and only have the instinct to attack living beings, you can easily deal with it by setting traps in advance.

But why do mercenaries pay so much money for such a simple thing, because if they are attacked by the claws of the undead or the weapon they are holding, their morale penetrates the wound and they suffer the terrible pain of rotting around the wound.

It can be easily solved by priest’s healing, but if not, you will continue to suffer from it until the morale disappears.

If you can’t overcome the pain and die, you become undead.

In addition, if things get twisted and you fight the undead directly, you will have to fight endless battles with corpses that won’t die even if your head is split and your heart split.

The worst situation is when the undead suddenly evolve into a higher species.

“I’m going to have to prepare a lot for the trap.”
“There’s no need to worry about that part because I have Kaicent. I’ll just have to buy some oil.”
“That’s true too.”

The two formally signed a contract with the receptionist for the request to spread the undead and went out of the guild.

‘The thread attached to the crown of the priest… It’s strangely stuck in my heart.’

Lillian, who knew better than anyone else that Kaicent didn’t talk nonsense, was constantly bothered by this.

‘I’m not sure, but if what Kaicent saw is true, it might not be a bad idea to have him see the cleric using his abilities up close, or touch something called ‘thread’.’

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“Wake up.”

Contrary to his gloomy appearance, the man whose whole body was wrapped so tight that light could not pass through, muttered a wonderful voice.

Then the bodies of the greenskins who had been decapitated began to stand up.

“Come together.”

Then, when the order was issued again, the greenskin zombies gathered in one place, and their flesh melted and united into one mass.

As the flesh and bones were united, six arms protruded from the gigantic corpse, and a huge mouth made of bones was created in the stomach.

Bassrock-

“Who are you!”

At that time, he heard the sound of stepping on a leaf somewhere, and the man raised his winding dagger in the direction of the sound.

“Grow.”
“Damn it. Signal and go.”
“So you did it, signal.”

The man grumbled as he looked at the man wrapped up all over his body just like himself.

“What happened to that side, did you come visit us?”
“The direction I went was finished right away because there weren’t many corpses.
“Then you went in vain. It’s over with this guy.”
“Okay? Then I’ll take care of moving this.”

The man who showed his presence by stepping on the leaves showed his passion with a strangely excited tone.

“Were you originally a guy who moved so passionately?”
“Even if I thought about it, it wasn’t as far as tidying up. But after wasting time in vain, I thought this wasn’t right.”
“Well, it means that we all have the same idea for doing this.”

The two men shared the same goal and will.
I don’t want to waste my time like this.
I don’t want to waste my time doing nothing.

“I’ll tell you in advance, but it shouldn’t be too obvious. I know I’m motivated, but using too much energy is rather counterproductive.”
“Ah, that’s right. The purpose is to make the Queen angry at the actions of humans.”

Covering a kingdom with the undead is easy if all those secretly making corpses, including them, gather together.

However, they were content to suppress their power and create some strong undead.

“Whoa. The Queen is also very cautious.”
“Thanks to that carefulness, you found out that we came to another world.”
“Yes. That’s right. The Queen was right on that part. Admit it. Thanks to gathering information in an unfamiliar environment, we also came to know our situation.”

The man who stepped on the leaves revealed his dissatisfaction with the man who was making the corpse.

“But the humans called us the kingdom of the dead and decided that we were the ‘evil’ to be subdued. They even recklessly tried to kill the envoys sent by our kingdom, and even after that, they haven’t shown any will to talk to us.”
“…”
“If you choose to be isolated in a situation like this, you will eventually be subjugated by humans someday. Others are trying to unify this world, but I can be satisfied with just increasing my power to the point that humans cannot ignore it. It’s a problem if you don’t.”

They seem to be dissatisfied with the passive attitude of the queen of the kingdom of the dead.

“As I said before, I’ll put this guy in the right group of undead.”
“You shouldn’t be caught by humans.”
“I know.”

Each destination is different, but after vomiting out the grievances he had accumulated on the same comrade along the way, he lightly lifted his corpse with magic and flew away transforming into a bat.

“…Yes. This is not a rebellion against the queen. It is a desperate attempt to do anything to survive. Don’t think badly of us, humans.”

*                           *

Can-can-can-can-can-can!

“Wow! Wow!”
“Wah! Whoa!”
“Come everyone! Come, you bastards!”

A few mercenaries with no weapons other than tools to make sound were running screaming and screaming.

“Geuhuh–“
“Uh—“

And after that, countless zombies are moving at a trot and chasing after the mercenaries.

“Kaisent!”
“Yes!”

At the direction of Lillian, who was at the end of the running mercenaries, Kaicent, who was on the roof of the wagon, cast a spell.

There was a rectangular hole large enough for dozens of adult males to fit in, but the undead simply marched straight ahead.

Doo doo doo doo—

In the end, the undead fell into the hole that Kaicent had dug, and they ended up stretching out his arms to get out.

“Okay! Pour oil!”
“Don’t just pour it! If the ground burns, when will I burn all these guys!”

The mercenaries scooped up a ladleful of oil from the oil barrel they had purchased for this mission and poured it out to the undead.

The mercenaries, who wanted to be evenly buried, raised their torches and threw them at the undead.

“Great! Smell!”
“Bounce!”

Violet smoke ignites as the morale that raises the corpse burns together.

The longer you smoke, the more likely you are to get sick, so the mercenaries waited for the bodies to burn as far away as possible.

After some time, Kaicent confirmed that all the corpses had turned to charcoal soot, making the roots grow larger and smaller, repeatedly causing the corpses to be destroyed.

“Okay, Kaicent. Now find the inside.”

Thanks to Kaicent’s destruction of the bodies, the mercenaries, ignoring the work of destroying the undead’s bodies one by one, started looking for something while wearing cloth masks.

“Found!”

After a while, a mercenary raised a purple orb and cheered.

You might wonder if Kaicent could just attack the undead who fell into the hole with a fireball without needing to pour oil, but the reason why he bothered to buy oil and burned it was to prevent the marble from being destroyed.

Among the undead, there are some undead that can evolve into higher species over time.

Zombies into ghouls, skeletons into skeleton warriors.
If you kill undead that meet the conditions for evolution like this, you can find an orb containing high purity death magic.

Naturally, this is one of the materials for raising the realm of prana, and it is called a ghost ball, and it is quite expensive because it can only be obtained as a naturally occurring undead.

“Hiya. You’re lucky.”
“So. It’s just the first time.”

The mercenaries were lucky from the start, and the stagnant atmosphere was revived by simply dealing with the undead with a little effort.

It was because, without Kaicent, it would be the mercenary’s job to dig the land.

“This time, it’s Team 2!”

Even after that, the Wolf mercenary corps continued to lead the undead into traps according to the pre-divided group.

When everything is flowing smoothly without any problems,

‘What? What about that kid?’

A bat sitting in a forest where no light could reach was glaring at the Wolf Mercenary Corps, Kaicent to be exact.