Vol 14 Chapter 6 (1/2)

ACT 6 City of the Dead

“A village!”

Two days passed before Arkthe disinfectant at the appropriate tih the zombies, Ark finally arrived at his destination It was safe to say that Ark had co the Orion constellation to the swael to Bellatrix and so on……the nahtness It took an average of 2 hours to travel between tombstones so the threat of the Mould Zombies wasn’t a problem Then Ark finally landed on the last area which corresponded with Orion’s sword When looking at Orion, there is a nebula which includes hundreds of irregular star This dark area here his final destination, the City of the Dead was located

‘Unfortunately I couldn’t gather all of the necessary ingredients from the swamp……’

But the ient at the moment He wanted to find Razak and coe quest He could return to the swaather what he needed from the Mould Zombies Anyway, an infore

-City of the Dead

You have located a suspicious place where darkness and death spreads over the landThe place you have found in the swamp are ruins where ancient secrets have been kept for hundreds of years There is an astonishi+ng nu here They are different from the frozen undead that are frequently seen in Seutandal Why the undead are living together is still unknown

xplorer’s knowledge:=”” hidden=”” city=”” discovery=”” bonus=”” (skill=”” points:=”” 20)=””>

20 skills points were given after his difficulty finding it! Just like the informationdescribed, the City of the Dead was actually ruins There was the wreckage of ancient castle walls scattered everywhere

The residents? Monsters? At any rate, the majority of the NPCs were dead but some of them were skeletons or zombies To be precise, zombies and skeletons are different from the dead They literally had the impression of ‘someone who just died’

‘Hoill I enter?’

Ark hid in a suitable place while looking through the city using Buksil’s Va the residents wasn’t red so they weren’t hostile But it wasn’t blue which indicated a favourable relationshi+p It was grey which meant the NPCs could take both sides

‘They are grey so they won’t be excessively aggressive……’

He had learnt frouarantee did he have that he wouldn’t experience hostility in this village? Of course, there was the‘Stealth’ However, Ark’s purpose wasn’t si around He needed to find Razak, renew the resurrection point and look for Hero Maban’s hidden legacy It wasn’t possible to do that while limited by ‘Stealth’

‘I need a method which won’t be suspected by the residents Ah, that’s right’

Ark deliberated for a shortBuksil

“Buksil, have you learnt the sewing skill?”

“What does Ark-nim think of me?”

“Huh? What does that mean?”

“Sewing is a basic skill forfabric and selling it as clothes to make a profit”

“Stop talking about trivial things and just tell me if you can do it”

“My level is advanced, advanced!”

Buksil arrogantly stuck his stomach out

“Okay, then please make me some clothes out of this”

“Ark-nim, you had fabrics? Hik, hat it this?”

Buksil panicked and withdrew Ark had taken so However, this wasn’t ordinary leather obtained froreatest difference between Ark and the residents was their appearance Ark’s group had a good complexion compared to the tattered and rotten bodies of the residents Then the method was simple Wouldn’t he become similar if he wore clothes made out of the leather of the Mould Zombies? However, Buksil just shook his head

“You want me to make clothes out of this?”

“You can’t do it?”

“No, I can but……”

“Shut up and just do it”

Buksil started tearing up at Ark’s growl and started stitching the leather together Although Buksil wanted to die, the skin of the dead was still leather Anyway, he used his sewing skill to make some clothes

“These trivial clothes were ”

-The Dead’s Leather Clothes

Armour type: General Leather

Defense: －

Durability: 10/10)

Weight: 2

User restriction: －

It was a costume which made the wearer look like a zoed clothes It would be easy for hi these clothes No, before that anyone ore these clothes would be considered insane It certainly wasn’t clothes that sane people would wear Since the leather was skinned from a corpse, the leather drooped in several places In addition, there were poisonoussuch terrible leather clothes was enough to cause goose bumps

‘This looks a little intense even for me’

However, he had wasted 30 ‘Skin of the Dead’the clothes Ark sed down his nausea and wore the clothes over his armour Soon a plausible undead was created

‘Ugh, why does this uncoh I feel dirty, this will definitely fool the undead’

“Okay, create three more identical clothes”

“Hik, do I have to wear one of those three?”

“Huh? Why else would I waste valuable leather on creating three more sets of clothes? You are the cameraman”

“C-can’t I just stay here? The village isn’t far so using my eyeballs to take the video won’t be a probleu can also stay here”

Buksil said with a stutter

He had a good point In the old days, Karakul was able to use his eyeballs for surveillance so it wouldn’t be a problem if Buksil was separated fro

If the situation worsened and they had to run away, he would have to laboriously collect the Skin of the Dead again in order to make another set of clothes to enter If he didn’t have to create it for Buksil and Baekgu then Ark would save 60 leathers

“Okay, if there are any problems then you can contact me with the eyeball”

When Vaained a communication function Well, it already wasn’t nor an additional co a surprise Therefore it was convenient even if Buksil was far away Ark nodded and Racard quickly interrupted

“M-Master, do I have to go too?”

“Do you want to fight?”

……They were expected words So Ark earing the leather clothes and Racard headed towards the city

‘Won’t I see as soon as I enter? Whether they are tricked or not……I’ll have to look carefully at the atmosphere’

Ark quickened his pace as he approached the entrance of the village Although it was difficult to tell the entrance thanks to the ruins, there were dead soldiers standing guard like in es

If the guards showed a hostile reaction then he would quickly flee Was he lucky? Although they lingered a bit, the guards didn’t show any hostile reactions No, it was like they had no interest frouards just opened their mouths and stared into the sky absentmindedly

‘What the, what is this? Then these disgusting clothes weren’t necessary?’

He wore those clothes for that exact purpose, but now he felt annoyed after he was ignored But he still wasn’t careless There was no evidence that the guards were affected by the clothes but there was also no evidence that the guards weren’t affected by the clothes There was no guarantee how they would react if he took off the clothes

‘Well the first checkpoint has been passed’

Ark sighed with relief after entering the village Just like the guards, the residents didn’t pay any attention to Ark and Racard However, Ark felt a different type of tensionIt was natural since there was no feelings of life in the city Although there werethe debris, it was so quiet that he would be able to hear a needle drop They seeain he realized that it was truly the City of the Dead The dead just continued whatever they were doing in silence Soe in order to write so up logs Soainst a wall andIt was like a documentary of psychiatric patients

“…… What the, these guys? They’re strangely terrifying”

Racard grasped the he child andfear in a vampire

‘Hoill I find Razak and Hero Maban’s legacy?’

Ark explored the city while looking through the rubble at each corner During his walk, he found nment but no Razak After 2 hours, Ark arrived at a shattered building in the centre of the village

‘I can’t get a sense of where to look My pet won’t ood reason Razak is definitely somewhere in this place… Then should I look for Hero Maban’s legacy first?’

Look for the forgotten battlefield and let the scattered pieces of theplace

That was the second clue that he received There was no reason to think about it The forgotten battlefield was obviously these ruins And obviously the best seat was the highest building in the ruins, so didn’t he have to clis?

‘Is the tallest building the tower?’

Ark had occasionally seen a tohile wandering around the place There was no doubt that the toas the highest place in the village Since it was in a broken state, it wasn’t an easy task to cliaps in theear to scale the wall After an hour, Ark finally reached the top of the tower

“Now, shall I look for the scattered pieces of the moon?”

After cli down But norelated to the moon

“What the? Shouldn’t I find it here?”

Ark started to feel annoyance as he looked around He had finally reached the City of the Dead after ns of Razak and a seee quest had once again turned into a e quest was definitely here but he wasn’t able to find any clues after hours of searching

“Do I have to keep roa?”

Ark cli towards a e up on a street

‘Eh? What’s this? Those dead people?’

Ark becaathered in front of a pile of trash

-Fossilized bone

The unearthed bones of an ancient monster The intended use is unknown

-Old and Rusty shi+eld

Armour type: Steel shi+eld

Defense: 30

Durability: 7/10

Weight: 30

User Restriction: Level 150 Warriors

It is iuess what this shi+eld is made out of The overall shape and embossed patterns on the surface seeh quality iteet rid of the products of ti that the iron has oxidized No warriors would entrust their lives to this shi+eld

‘They’re similar to the items that the zombies in the swamp dropped’

He had collected 70 such items from the Mould Zoht at any stores If he calculated it by the scrap iron then he would be lucky to receive 1 silver per kilogram

There was no space in his bag so he just kept the ones worth 1 silver But ere the dead lining up for such ite interrupted him

“Going to buy…are you going to buy……?”

The dead stall owner spoke in a testy voice

‘Eek? What the? This was a business? No, the dead are able to talk?’

Ark was unable to understand the sudden situation After Ark was quiet for a while, the dead person immediately spoke in an irritated voice

“You’re buying…if you don’t buy…then can you leave?”

“Oh, no, that…you can talk?”

“What the, just now…are youfun of me?”

“Of course not”

Ark hurriedly shook his head The city was so quiet he never iined the dead could talk He also had preconceived ideas from the dead people he saw in Seutandal If the dead could talk then the situation was different Wouldn’t it be easier to find clues regarding Razak and his quest? Therefore it was necessary for the dead to have a good impression of him

“If you’re not going to buy……then get lost”

The dead store owner said as he raised his hand Ark thought for a

“Everything that you’re selling looks incredible My ly just stared at it”

“Huhu……you have a good eye”

“If the iteood quality that wouldn’t they be expensive?” But I don’t have enough right now……”

“Boo…for a poor person…I have no business”

The attitude of the dead person changed 180 degrees when Ark said he had no nored by the dead? Apart from that, the dead was lined up to buy ood was this stuff to the dead? No, hadn’t he seen in movies that the dead was buried with riches because they would use it in the afterlife? Probably the ed in trade Ark muttered to hi from the eyeball

“What are you saying? I’ll run a business even after I die That is the nature ofthe ultimate merchant! Hoonderful I respect…ouch!”

“What the, noisy……an eyeball?”

The dead merchant coldly stared at the eyeball after it spoke The ature out

Ark kicked the eyeball and started talking again

“Please don’t pay attention to it Anyway, I heard that someone I know is in this city Have you ever heard the name Razak?”

“Razak…… I’ve never heard that name before”

“So have you seen anything that resements of the moon? Do you live in this area?”

“Mythat”

The dead person shook his head at Ark’s questions Ark was unable to find a clue again and sighed before turning around Then he suddenly heard a thud, thud, thus sound co from his foot The dead merchant frowned and spat out curses

“daain…… That bastard……if he doesn’t stop then I’ll kill him!”

Everybody was already dead but the merchant had a really serious expression Ark stopped and turned back around

“What’s wrong?”

“This noise……I keep on hearing this noise…I’ crazy because of it!”

“Who isthis noise?”

“I don’t know… It seeround prison…he was silent until a fewthese noises…… Thanks to that, I’o crazy!”

The dead merchant yanked at the hair on his head and looked at Ark

“Ah, that’s right… You……didn’t you say you likedthe noise……can youthe best ite crazy because of this noise…… Because of that noise…guests won’t come here!”

“Huh?”

Ark asked with a befuddled look There was a ringing sound and the informationappeared

-The Noise coround

For the last fewin the City of the Dead has been hearing a noise and it is causing him enormous stress If you remove the source of the noise then the oods