Chapter 28 (1/2)

Chapter 28 Forest of Rotting Souls (1)

As the horses galloped, we ran through the forest

As the naest, the earth and every tree was rotting and the undead and spirits would appear in this forest

Just running through the rotten land would consu trees tried to decrease our sanity Zos like us and try to make us also like them Ghosts that had mist like bodies would decrease our htmares e sleep Countless corpses can be seen while crossing through this forest and the dark ht to enter the forest

I feel that we should exit this forest as soon as possible but this forest was extreh the shortest distance, it would still take at least five days

“Feirona, can you keep on going a bit more?”

“Yeah, no problem But before that——”

“I’ll take care of Ms Francesca and Mururu You just focus on breaking through this forest”

“Got it”

I confir a bit closer to him on my horse

The onethis forest is Feirona Without any protection of the spirits, the effect of the hatred from the dead and spirits on this elf was more than what I expected Even he hiy, did not expect it to be so He see to hide it but the colour of his face seems really bad He is it sick yet but one could tell fro worse

Even though I was supposed to kno troublesome evil spirits can be, I still didn’t expect the effect to be this big And it’s not like this is the first ti within an elf either But the last tih a forest that had immense protection froain understood why elves are called as the watchmen of the forests His condition is not that bad yet but that doesn’t ht about it as I ran onto do at such times would be to take a rest but even that was difficult in this forest

There was no paved roads in this forest Even noe areabilities as one of the inhabitants of forests And it would be really bad if he became unable to move

“It would be nice if we could at least sleep well during the night”

[That would be even h]

I guess so While the sun was up ould ht ill get attacked by zohosts

It’s a not rested for three whole days Since we let the feue had reached its peak

I only have to fight withas I last while we move but our movement was dependent on Feirona’s experience so at least I wanted hiet some rest

“If only you could become a silver sould have less problems to deal with”

[Even I would be more relaxed if I could but unfortunately I am neither silver nor Mithril]

Well, I wasn’t expecting side Ms Francesca’s horse while running

That Jade Green coloured sas made of material that could not be found anywhere on this world To be honest Ery It even had the weird property to increase its sharpness, attack power and intensity only by releasing the seven constraints put upon ainst the undead spirits, Ermenhilde’s blade was one of the rare weapons that can wound a God

Certainly, that was a very rare effect but it was useless in this current situation It could work as a norainst zohosts As usual, I felt like crying from the uselessness of my cheat

“Ms Francesca”

“What is it, Renji-sama?”

An energetic voice came to me as reply

Because we let theetic Currently Aya was resting behindher eyes She is not asleep, but I still felt slightly e that for a second, I realised that I was being i my head

“Mururu as well, tell er We will take a rest then”

“fufu, thanks for your consideration But I’m still fine”

Saying that she gave up a soft smile which made me feel calaze suddenly beca at the front also stopped his horse, and Aya was resting while leaning on back also stirred and prepared for battle

When I finally looked towards the front, I saw ar our path Well that probably is not their intention but they still were in the way Looking closely I also saw 2 hosts

They say you cannot see spirits but through their evil intentions and hatred the ghosts in this world held h The first ti scared, I just felt ‘this really is a fantasy world eh?’, that’s all

Zohts or will They didn’t swar due to pure instinct

In contrast, ghosts would control zo There were even more troublesome enemies like vampires and Grim Reapers that had the same abilities as well

If there was a clergy with us we could purify they that could use such a high level o on an adventure in the first place He/She would re to the Goddess I h

“Aya, I leave the ghosts to you Ms Francesca go to Feirona’s side”

Saying that I climbed down from my horse and at the sanore such ene that Feirona stopped, thatthat, I decided to quickly take care of this

“I’ll take the right”

“Then, the left is mine”

At the same time I kicked the earth and ran Her cloak flapped open and Mururu’s both hands grew out knife-like claws and rapped in white fur As she ran towards the zombies with physical speed inco flesh with those claws Unable to withstand the shock, zoround with their limbs blown off Then she proceeded to kick away their heads as if it was daily work

Zombies were really weird They fall into confusion if their heads get blown off But no matter how many times you pierce their heads with arrows, they were unaffected Nor away their heads till nothing re—— like an evil spirit or bug has attached itself to the corpse and is controlling it but I’ as I kno to kill it I don’t care

I also came close side-by-side to her and attacked the zoh halfway and then completely severed it from the reverse slash It would have been i but since their flesh as rotten and h

[Or you could use me you know?]

“You want to cut through rotting flesh?”

[………………… I am a weapon after all]

You just hesitated, did you not?

Giving a wry shosts also burst up Aya ic

Inside the silent forest, and explosives sound resounded Three times

For soy—-were they weak toyour mental will to offensive ability or was it due to so would work Only Fire and lightning type ic were effective

It was pretty co in reality as well, you will become curious behind the reason

Even while I thought of such things, I didn’t stop my hands and severed the head of the final zombie Since they have rotten flesh, it has very dull movements Apparently, humans unconsciously restrain their oer to not destroy their own bodies but zombies don’t have that either But if their flesh has rotten to this extent, even that is useless Their ars would get torn off just by running a bit

Mururu was already heading towards Miss Francesca As expected, she didn’t want to cut through rotting flesh with her prided claws it seems I wonder what did it feel to cut with your own claws When I asked, she said only word–Disgusting Well, if she says that it s

After confir that all of them were dead, I returned to

“That helped”

“You’re welcome”

Taking her sain climbed the horse

Due to the loud explosion just now, the forest’s silence felt even more eerie now

“Then, let’s hurry up and move further”

As if he aiting for ain I and Miss Francesca moved our horses to follow him as well

By my expectations, we’ll still take 2 o before we leave this forest Thinking that, I naturally leaked a sigh

“Are you alright?”

Aya asked th in her arirl but if I a the horse more difficult so please spare me from this

She see but it was drowned by the sound of horses running and the bloind When I was about to ask her again, Feirona came near us on his horse

“Did so happen?”(renji)

“There’s so there—–”

Saying that, he stopped his horse and climbed down

Then, he kneeled to the ground and traced through the earth with his finger On looking closely, I realized that it was actually footsteps It’s a how he had noticed that

Even I have learned hoalk through a forest souess And to have noticed this fro

I also climbed down and confirmed the footsteps They were not normal footsteps It was not the sole of shoe, but was slender long finger like Like a leg’s bone fingers

“A skeleton?”

“Probably And a giant one at that”

Going by the footsteps it re class skeleton at least or uess exactly what type it is just froher level of monster is there