Chapter 81 - 81 : Malark (1/2)

Arthur became able to understand what was happening.

After he possessed the zombie, he didn't linger off inside it much longer. He left the body and appeared beside the walking Lucy.

The language of the Underworld sounded a bit weird at first but since he got the skill, it became much easier to understand the current situation.

It seems this crowd of zombies is going back to their territory which is also known as 'The Silent Graveyard', not too much was said about this place except being the homeland of the undead including zombies, skeletons, ghouls and so on.

As for why there were scattered corpses of zombies here and there, it was because they were rebelling zombies.

It was quite simple if you follow the leader you live, and if you try to revolt you get instantly beheaded, pretty easy thing to grasp, however, some zombies would try run off or cause trouble which results in them dying.

The leader of this crowd is known as a Zombie General, Arthur also heard that he was a '4th-grade Immortal'.

He didn't get what that meant but one thing was certain, it's that the leader was an Immortal, which made things even harder and worrying.

There were random conversations about fights and loots but these were not important so Arthur ignored them and focused on what's important.

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The crowd kept slowly marching non-stop, Zombie's didn't have endless Stamina like skeletons, however, they still had an immense reserve of it, so it can be considered endless in a way.

Even after walking for 4 days, there didn't seem to be an end to those desolate lands.

Lucy and Arthur had infinite Stamina. As for eating, it really wasn't anything necessary, someone like Arthur can spend years without eating because he just got too many skills and characteristics he got from the corpses he possessed that allowed him to leave without food.

Lucy was not like that, nevertheless, she could still hold on more or less 10 days, plus, it's not like it's prohibited to eat in this crowd.

Due to zombies not needing to eat, none of them bothered to do that, moreover, even if they wanted to, they can't as there was no food unless they eat each other, there was nothing else to eat.

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”We are now entering our territory, so we'll move faster!”

Arthur heard someone talk with a very loud tone, just from the domineering presence and the power of the shout, he immediately guessed that it's the General.

Although he didn't know what he meant by moving faster, he didn't pay it much heed as it was probably running or flying and doing this was beneficial to him and Lucy as it would make the travelling easier and faster.

Walking with this crowd is simply too slow and boring so a change of things is rather good.

As Arthur was pondering on the meaning of 'moving faster', his eyes landed on a grave not too far away.

It was a crude looking grave with parts of it destroyed and not a couple of meters from it were other graves.

He didn't focus too much on his surroundings as they were still in the desolate lands, however, there were some graves here and there.

It must've been because of this that the General decided to travel faster, these graves must be some kind of mark indicating the border of their territory.

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When the zombies heard the General, all of them stopped walking and just stood there.

Not knowing what was happening, Arthur and Lucy also stopped and patiently waited.

Arthur couldn't help but tense up for a bit, it was very unlikely that they were discovered, but anything can happen in a place like this.

He saw a figure flying high in the sky, it was a zombie, but its appearance was very different from the normal ones.

This zombie was wearing a silver armor accompanied by an iron helmet and leg guards, there was also a 7 feet lance on his back.

He didn't look threatening but he emitted an invisible pressure that made others fear him.

This was the zombie General who shouted at the crowd earlier. He looked down at the crowd of zombies, his eyes were full of contempt and superiority.

It was obvious that he didn't value those zombies, they were a meat shield for him and a mean for him to earn some military achievements.

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With a wave of his hand, Malark, the Zombie General summoned a huge floating boat.

It was a very big boat, made from special black wood and reaching the skies, its frame completely shocked Lucy and Arthur as it was the first time they saw something like this.

This boat could probably hold thousands of people. The boat floated on the air while sometimes emitting some creaking sounds, it looked a bit old but that only made it look greater.