Chapter 304 – It’s normal for undead to be afraid of the dark, right?

“Undead curse?”

“Underworld erosion?”

“Or, perhaps, the product of some wizard’s experiments?”

Xu System sat perched on the back of the bone bird, looking down on the lone figure from a high vantage point.

It’s the rainy season.

The air was so humid.

Sticky, sultry, and on the surface of all life’s body, a faint layer of watery mist formed.

But the figure sitting crouched beside the tombstone was not affected in the slightest, the upper half of his body was thick and coarse heavy armor, the iron armor covered to the ten fingers of his hands, and the lower half of his body was badly worn leg armor covered with mottled mud spots.

The hair was long gone, corroded and invaded by the smell of death.

The only thing that can be proven.

Proof that the girl was once a human credential.

Only the oozing face with the white bones protruding from it and the turquoise eyes.

The pair of eyes blinked in the twilight, as if they were glazed lamps lit in the depths of a dark room, standing out in a world shrouded in death.

The iris is not a uniform turquoise color.

Instead, it fades from a dark green at the outer edge to a bright light green toward the pupil.

Like jewels, crystals refracted.

Like green water, gently rippling.

A pair of eyes like that revealed an indescribable light.

It was something the Xu system hadn’t seen in a long time, the hope of the living for tomorrow, but at the same time, there was a palpable confusion and loneliness hidden in the depths.

“Father, Mother ……”

Infinite thoughts, hidden in a hollow voice.

The face that was so appalling that it would have been taken for an undead monster if only it had been revealed, spoke thoughts to the winds of the mountaintop.

The sky, dark.

The already dimly lit world became even darker.

The Xu system’s gaze shifted downward.

The sight of the half-undead-ized teenage Gutsman, once again shivering and cowed by the darkness.

There was something pathetic about that gesture, but instead of leaving, the girl curled her body further so that her back was against her parents’ tombstone.

It was dark and frightening.

The mountains are high and eerie.

But because I have my mom and dad behind me, I’m no longer afraid.

“Father, Mother, I’m home ……”

The oozing face of a skeleton rubbed against bloodless teeth and uttered reassuringly pleasurable sounds.

The soul fire in the depths was burning even more fiercely.

And then after that.

Under the Xu system’s covert observation, the undead-ized maiden fell into a deep sleep, crouching with her knees clasped and her back against the tombstone, sleeping in a sweet-smelling gesture at the top of the nameless mountain.

Despite the cover of the heavy armor, Xu System could not see the inner torso.

But he felt.

The odds are that the interior is a skeleton frame.

“Is the undeadization this deep already ……”

“It’s no wonder that one would purposely wear armor and approach ordinary people as a brave man.”

“It’s not that I don’t want to be honorable, but I simply can’t.”

The Xu system shook its head.

The righteousness of the “brave man” is in tragic contrast to the misery of the encounter.

It’s hard to imagine what G.One had to go through to get into the strange position of not living and not dying.

Xu was a bit curious about the “brave” in this state.

He thought.

This strange form of life would favor the study of death itself.

“Let’s watch it for a few more days to make sure it’s not a trap, or some other wizard’s experiment.”

“Everything is stabilized before close contact and observation.”

Looking at the undead girl in her armor.

The Xu system nodded slightly.

If he could study anything from it, then he would have accomplished most of his goals for this simulation ahead of schedule.

“Then again, Guts being afraid of the dark is odd enough.”

“As undead creatures, the undead themselves are synonymous with darkness and eeriness, is it a bit …… to be afraid of the dark even like this?”

The Xu system hesitated.

One can only categorize this as the effects of undeveloped human nature.

……

You’ve discovered the truth about G.One.

[Pale bones, flesh and blood, death and life coexisting in the same body]

[You thought you had to be at least a 3rd ring wizard to get to the material of life and death coexistence, but the sudden emergence of Guts gave you hope that you could study it in the 1st ring.]

[While lamenting the twists and turns of Guts’ fate, you decide to study Guts’ life form]

[You didn’t meet G.One right away for insurance purposes.]

[Instead, while clearing out the undead and collecting the required soulfire, he observes the movements of the undead maiden from afar, scouting for anything out of place]

[Time Passes Silently]

From what you’ve seen, G.One has a very regular routine, a cycle of rescuing and resting, almost constantly killing the undead.

“However, there is a limit to the strength of the brave.”

[In the face of powerful undead creatures or a larger wave of undead, a lone girl with only half-undead power can’t win at all.]

Grit’s crusade failed.

True Grit will lose to a powerful Demon King.

Fake Guts can’t even beat a slightly stronger undead.

“Everyone, take cover.”

Out loud, the villagers were told to hide.

In the curtain of rain, the undead maiden, clad in solid armor and wielding a holy sword, cuts down the massive minotaur white bone warrior all by her lonesome.

Boom–

The Holy Sword glowed brightly and clashed with the Minotaur Skeleton’s white bone axe with a sharp chirping sound.

And then next.

“G.I. Joe got chopped up.

The minotaur’s power was very strong, and the soul fire in his skull was bursting with extremely intense ethereal light.

The hand rose up and axe fell, splitting the wild wind.

The “Brave One” was smashed into white bones in the sky.

Department Xu had guessed correctly, within that thick armor was indeed a human skeleton through and through, without a trace of flesh and blood present.

Grunt–

Grunt–

Skulls, hand and leg bones were scattered in the puddle.

Pulled by the soulfire, Tremor stirred the water and tried to complete the reorganization, trying to stand up and fight the minotaur once more.

Again and again and again.

Failing in the struggle, struggling in the failure.

“Won’t let you…pass …… It’s the only thing I can do for my mother and father ……”

The voice kept churning.

But how can a mere impostor, not even a fake, explode with incredible power in a desperate situation like the brave man in the story.

That’s something that’s not possible and can’t be done.

“BOOM!!!”

Trembling, fearful, he took the sword in his hand again, and was once more cleaved by the minotaur.

This time.

The soul fire of the undead girl was nearly extinguished.

The helmet that covered his head to hide his ugly face also fell and flew off in the violent impact, rolling on several circles of sticky wet mud.

Subconsciously, the young girl wanted to reclaim her helmet and cover her face.

Avoid being seen.

But she doesn’t seem to have that opportunity.

The wind of the axe was bitterly cold, making the soul fire ache before it even touched it.

Will you really die this time?

The thought flashed through her mind.

But right at that moment, a shocking thunder fell from the sky, entwining and intertwining with a fire snake, erupting into a raging tornado of thunder and fire, instantly drowning the minotaur skeleton.

First Ring Sorcery – Drawing Thunder.

First Ring Sorcery – Fire Serpent.

Two high-powered elemental sorceries were a huge drain on a sorcerer, but the visitor didn’t seem to care about that.

He reached out his hand, warm and strong, and pulled the undead maiden, who had no helmet to cover her.

“My name is Xu System, and I am a sorcerer.”

He said.