Chapter 20.9 (1/2)

Part 9

「We are facing against both, but….」

Everyone is tilting their head on hearing my vague answer.

「There are both goblins and orcs？ What does that mean？ 」

Gallios questions my reply.

「There are goblins and orcs. However… They seem to be zombies」

My eyes can clearly see the things that the other member can’t see.

I can’t feel any life force from the goblins and the orcs that are approaching us from a nearby distance.

All of them have some wounds on their bodies. Some of them even have arrows sticking out of their bodies.

I was taught by Ruugas that they’re termed moving corpses (Zombies).

The undead a.k.a. zombies hate living beings and will charge toward the direction of the sign of life.

Maybe they’re approaching us because they noticed our presence.

The other members except for me are raising a ruckus upon hearing my words. They are having a discussion with each other.

「They’re approaching with greater numbers than us. Perhaps those demons that were swept by us in the afternoon turned into zombies」

The reason why I thought so is that I saw an orc that I met in the afternoon amongst them.

I participated in the extermination of demons in the forest during the afternoon due to an invitation from Gallios.

I’m sure that orc is the one that I defeated this afternoon. I should have ended its life.

Now, I’m seeing that orc as a zombie. It’s still wearing the same tattered armor and sword that is used when it was alive. Perhaps it’s making use of the things that would be used by humans.

Even this afternoon, I felt that they were completely different from orcs and goblins living in Nargol.

Their appearances were the same, but the orc soldiers of Nargol wear splendid unified armaments; in addition, they are also well mannered.

In contrast, the orcs who I met this afternoon are just like a savage race. They were rustic and violent – by no means the kind of race that you can communicate with at all.

In fact, I, who was summoned by the demon king, should be standing on the side of the demons. Yet, from their appearances, I wanted to stand on the human side.