Chapter 59 – Chapter 6

Although he fell in love with the nobility of Kaicent’s lineage, the vampire who was implicitly looking down on him for his youthful appearance was astonished.

He tried to use the curse several times after that, but each time he repeated that the magic was destroyed in the way he used it.

‘Nonsense! He’s so young!’

He said it took him over 70 years to reach this level.
But Kai Sent, who seems younger and weaker than him, destroys his spell?
He feels like he’s having an improbable nightmare.

‘Then!’

Unable to transform into another form under sunlight without a single shadow, he pressed his robe deeply and shot out with all his might.

Kaicent, who witnessed the vampire running faster than the arrow, threw down his bow and grabbed the arrow.

‘Fast! I can’t respond normally!’

Kaicent, who was riding on top of the wagon, threw arrows with both hands and performed a trick of mourning.

The arrows flew in a graceful curve like a butterfly and flew towards the vampire.

The vampire struck the arrow shaft with the blade of his hand and handled it simply.

Physically and magically superior to humans, vampires are no different from magic swordsmen.

‘Done!’

The vampire, who was glaring at Kaisent as he shot the arrow, smiled at the sight of his eyes.

‘Obey me!’

All vampires basically have a demonic eye that controls beings of a lower rank than themselves.
Just like he dazzled the mercenaries.

Thinking that he could easily subdue the young-looking Kaicent, he aimed for this and rushed at it.

Now, the power of the Mystic Eye that has infiltrated the other person’s mind will put Kaisent’s consciousness to rest…

Perseok!

“…Ah?”

At that time, with the sound of something being crushed, the vampire suddenly went dark in front of his eyes.

‘What? Why can’t I see only darkness? No, this is… Is ‘darkness’ correct?’

A vampire, aristocrat of the night, can’t see anything in the dark?
The moment he felt something strange and tried to touch his eyes.

Chiririririk!

“Quaaaaa”

Feeling the terrible pain of burning all the nerves around his eyes, the vampire collapsed and hit the ground with his head in agony.

A pain so painful that I can’t even think about it.
The magic eye that interfered with the other person’s mind came back with an incomprehensibly powerful recoil, stimulating all his nerves.

The ‘darkness’ that came to him was the darkness that was created because his eyeballs burst and he became blind.

‘What, what! What the hell!’

He knew that if the Mystic Eye failed, he would take damage from the recoil.
He’s been through it a few times.

However, if it is enough to cause eyeballs to explode and all nerves to burn, it is impossible to explain simply how strong the mind is.

A level that can only be attained by races that show a difference in class that is completely different from that of humans and that is even more overwhelming than those of vampires.

“You…You…What the hell…!”
“?”

Kai Sent, who only nervously repelled his displeasure from trying to get inside himself, couldn’t understand why he was like this.

However, the opponent is an enemy who attacks the Wolf Mercenary Corps and tries to do something strange to himself.

Kaicent took the bow in the wizard’s hand and fired an arrow with all his might, blowing off the vampire’s head.

“Cheuk!”

A vampire with a huge hole in the center of the forehead due to the impact of the arrow.

Higher vampires can be restored even if their brains are destroyed, but he failed to reach that point and collapsed helplessly as his consciousness disappeared.

Hwaruk- Passsss—

Soon, the sun began to burn the vampire’s head through the hole pierced by the arrow, and it soon turned into ashes.

“Whoa~”

Kaicent, who had succeeded in dealing with the vampire, sighed in relief that he had passed on a major task.

‘With this, the colleagues who were seduced by this person will return… For a moment. If so… !’

“Huh? This place? Why me? Aaaaa!?”
“Keah! Do, help me!!”
“Whoah!”

When the person who led the undead and brainwashed the mercenaries disappeared, the mercenaries who were attacking his colleagues with the undead began to be attacked while being surrounded by a group of undead uncontrolled.

Kaicent, who hurriedly drew his bow, judged that even if he killed several zombies with it, he could not save all his comrades.

Magic? There is no range magic that can identify friends and family.
Control undead? I’ve never controlled so many numbers at the same time.

‘What do we do? What should I do? At this rate, the people manipulated will die… Wait, pilot?’

Kaicent ran towards the vampire he had dealt with.
The flow of black magic connected to all undead is gradually weakening.

‘Maybe? No, I have to do it or not!’

His mind weakened for a moment, and he had no choice but to do it. He made up his mind and connected himself with the vampire, injecting power into the disappearing magical power.

“Stop! Don’t attack anyone!”

The moment he put his will into it, all the undead attacking the mercenaries stopped like mannequins.

“Kkeuuuuuwuuuuu…?”
“This…?”
“Sa… Lived… Everything…?”

After confirming that all the undead had stopped, the mercenaries focused their eyes on Kaicent, who apparently gave the order.

“It’s okay… It’s okay…”

Kaicent, who took control of the magical power connected to the undead, put on a relieved expression.

*                           *

Rumbling—

The undead moved as Kaisent commanded, entered the pit and burned themselves to death.

The mercenaries were divided into those who destroyed the charred corpses and looked for marbles, and those who organized the weapons used by the undead.

Thanks to Kaicent’s base, there were no fatalities and even the equipment used by the undead was safely captured, but there was a serious problem.

“Keep… Gaaaaa…!”
“Ah… It hurts… It hurts…!”
“Mom…”

All of the mercenaries who were released from the illusion were wounded by the undead, and their morale was infiltrated.

There are other people who were injured while making a line, but while they had a chance to minimize damage, they were not given a chance to do so and were focused on attacks.

“Heal wounds!”

Kaicent first healed the wounds of the wounded, but what he could heal was only trauma.

“No! The wound will heal, but the energy that penetrated inside will not disappear!”
“Empty a wagon! Pick up the wounded!”

The mercenaries with no hands hurriedly emptied the contents of the wagon and boarded the wounded and escorts in case of emergency.

“Frederick! Take the wounded to the priest!”
“All right!”

Frederick received a bag of money from Lillian and prepared to depart.

“Kaisent. Just in case, you should follow along.”
“Yes!”

If Kaicent, who is in charge of solving the role of the Wolf Mercenary Corps, is with him, most physical problems can be easily solved.

So Lillian cleaned up, and Frederick headed to the nearby city with the wagons carrying the wounded.

“Damn it. What the hell is this?”
“Vice-captain Frederick said that the one who controlled the undead was a vampire.”
“Vampires? Then you messed around in the kingdom of the dead?”

The mercenaries who transported the wounded and accompanied them as escorts in case of emergency showed their anger toward the vampire who turned a smooth mission into a disaster.

“Fuck. Dirty undead bastards.”
“There is also the influence of the civil war, but isn’t the reason why the undead occurred was also behind the scenes in the kingdom of the dead?”
“It’s clear. They’re starting to reach out to Harlot Kingdom now.”

The mercenaries expressed their instinctive aversion towards the undead.

Besides, aren’t my colleagues suffering because the vampires manipulated the undead?

If Kaicent had not healed even the trauma, it is certain that some people would have died due to the pain of being torn apart.

“I will do good first!”
“Yes!”

Frederick was about to speed up his wagon, and he jumped out first.
It was to call the priests by talking with the city guards in advance.

When Frederick, who ran faster than a horse, disappeared as a dot, the other mercenaries checked their surroundings and looked nervous.

This is because when an unexpected enemy pops up, you have to block it with only their strength.

Fortunately, they were able to reach the nearby city without encountering the undead or the thieves who were aiming for the chaos of the civil war.

Frederick was well talked about, and he was greeted with a carriage at the entrance of the city gates by the priests of the city.

‘They also have a thread in their hair.’

Kaicent could see the thread hanging from the heads of the priests.
He is wearing a hat that looks clean, but in fact it is connected through the hat.

“Uhm. Then I’ll go into purification from now on.”

To put it mildly, the dignified priest with a solemn impression must have been their representative figure, as he slowly moved toward the carriage, flapping his baggy clothes.

‘What are you doing! Not moving any faster!’

Now, in the wagon, the suffering comrades are suffering.

If a medic who is supposed to treat an injured soldier moves like that, he is so relaxed that he has nothing to say even if his teammates get angry and ‘accidentally kill’.

Kaicent tried to express his dissatisfaction with the slowly moving priest, but a nearby mercenary grabbed him by the shoulder and pressed him hard.

“Calm down, Kaisent. In our world, this is normal.”
“…”

The treatment of priests in a world where there are priests who can show the miracles of God and priests in a world where they are not can only be polar opposites.

As a Kaicent who lived in the latter world, he had no choice but to know how the former world treated priests.

‘Okay, let’s calm down. Everyone is suffering, but they’re not dead yet.’

While the priests moved slowly, the mercenaries who took the wounded out of the wagons lined up the wounded for easy treatment.

“Hmm? Any wounds?”

The priests confirmed that the wounds of the wounded attacked by the undead had been healed, and quickly exchanged glances with each other.

“Huh. He healed the wound with magic.”
“That’s right. It might be okay for now, but it’s dangerous in the long run.”
“What do you mean by that?”

Frederick asked, puzzled by the lamentations of the priests.

“If a wound is healed with magical power, the mana used there will melt into the morale and make the injured even more afflicted.”
“And that also increases the amount of morale we have to cleanse.”
“Yes? What do you mean?”

Kaicent, who had been listening to them, spoke as if questioning himself without realizing it.

“Hey, Kaicent.”
“How about that boy?”
“It’s nothing…”
“I am the wizard who healed these people’s wounds. The mana used while healing the wounds melts into the morale? I saw the situation after I healed them, but I did not see any increase in morale.”

The mercenaries around him tried to stop him, but Kaicent, who did not like the arrogant behavior of the wounded, refuted the claim that morale had increased.

“Heh heh, to have healed this many wounds, what a talented boy wizard.”
“But you seem to be inexperienced. Well, I’m young, so I don’t know about complicated situations like this.”
“Originally, wizards are trapped in their own knowledge, so it can’t be helped.”
“What…!”

Kai Sent’s face began to contort at the sight of him pretending to lift himself up and pressing down as if he didn’t know anything because he was young.

“I’m sorry, priests.”
“It seems that he reacted sensitively to the injuries of his teammates because he was still young.”

The surrounding mercenaries pressed Kai Sent’s head and shoulders and apologized to his priests.

“Kaisent. The more you make a fuss, the more they suffer.”
“Nice…!”

He wanted to say that their claims were wrong, but seeing the faces of the wounded in agony, he lowered his head and did not open his mouth any further.

After the commotion ended, the priests began to purify their morale.

“Light of the Holy Dawn, save us from curses and corruption.”
“Please always keep the children that your light touches clean and holy.”

After reciting the prayers, the hands placed on the bodies of the injured began to glow with a light that was comfortable and wanted to continue to see, even though it had a dazzling brightness.

“Keuuuuu…”

As the light flowed into their bodies, the dark aura faded from the wound and the mercenaries’ faces gradually became more comfortable.

‘That thread started to glow when the priests prayed.’

Contrary to the anger at the actions of the priests, Kaicent, who was watching their heads, was able to confirm that the threads attached to the top of his head were shining as he prayed.

The curious thing is that despite the light coming from the thread, it has no effect on the surroundings.

‘I heard that priests pray to God and receive miracles. In other words, that must be the passage through which miracles are bestowed.’

I want to check it out.
I want to take that thread and take a closer look.
But how?
You can’t ask to touch your hair, can you?

‘I don’t want to ask them in the first place.’

As the person who healed the mercenaries, he could speak with confidence.
That his treatment did not boost his morale.

‘But why the hell did he lie like that?’

First of all, it was practically impossible to investigate that thread, so I moved on to the next question.
Why exaggerate facts that don’t exist?
Kaicent focused on making sure the wound was healed and inflating the symptoms.

“Hey.”
“I know you’re dissatisfied, but keep quiet…”
“It’s not like that. What is the standard for the priests to calculate the treatment cost?”
“The power of miracles that clerics can express according to their class is fixed. That’s why a price is attached to each miracle.”

After confirming the standard with the nearby mercenary, Kaicent finally found out why they said such things.

‘I missed an opportunity to make money by treating my wounds. That’s why they intentionally said things that weren’t meant to be, so they can get more money for treatment.’

“Ah, the priests call it ‘donations’, not ‘medical expenses’. It’s really important, so remember it well. If you don’t want to be arrested for blasphemy later.”
“…It’s annoying.”

The mercenary additionally warned of something important, although it seemed trivial.
After some time passed, most of the mercenaries finished their treatment.
I don’t like it, but seeing my colleagues improve makes me feel better.

‘I want to check the threads of the priests.’

Kaicent, who wanted to investigate the thread attached to their heads, did not want to miss this opportunity to get close to the priests.

‘If I take that thread off, in the worst case, I might not be able to use the miracle. But if it’s those people.’

Those people also have to eat and live, so there is no complaint about receiving medical expenses.

If they are willing to make more money and know that there is no substitute other than themselves, they can take off the thread without guilt.