160 Those who are captured (1/2)

Dark Knight Kroki

Hey Tiber. What do you think?

'Hmm. I have a strange feeling~

Tiber gives me a subtle look.

Now I am dressed like the adults in this village.

The plan is to cover up by wearing a white hood with only the eyes open.

I don't think it's a good strategy, but I can't think of a better one.

So, I think I'll go with this.

This costume was brought to me by Wendy.

I got the idea when I heard about the adult outfits in the village, and I had it ready just in case.

'Well, let's go, Tiber.

Yes, Master Kroki?

As he says this, Tiber hides behind the hem of his own clothes.

Undead monsters have the ability to sense the living.

Therefore, Tiber's invisibility (Invisible) magic is meaningless.

I will be discovered as well.

If only this disguise could somehow get through.

I'm leaving the abandoned house. The time is not night.

To begin with, it's always dark in the vicinity of the lord's castle, so the time of day is sometimes irrelevant.

I walked around the village of Sanshos.

I don't feel popular. No one seemed to be there.

Or are they hiding?

Well, there's no point in thinking about that now, so we continue on.

As we leave the village, we see a large farm.

We can see the shadow of a person in the farm. They seem to be working on the farm.

Perhaps they are producing food and other items for the children of the village.

I hope they are not undead. I hope they don't get suspicious: ......

Basically, undead can't farm.

Because all undead produce miasma. Where there is miasma, normal plants will die.

I ate food in this village and it was normal. That's why I think they grow normal grains and vegetables.

I don't know who they are, working on the farm. If they are being forced to be brought in to farm, I'd like to help them, but if they are worshippers of Zarxis, I have to be careful.

Walk on the road between farmlands.

The people working on the farm do not even look at us and continue to work in silence.

Do they not notice?

I look at the men who are working on the farm.

All of them are huge men, and they all have the same white hoods covering their faces.

Then you realize.

'These aren't normal people!

His face is hidden, but his arms are bare. Its arms are full of claws and hairs.

The eyes peeking out from the hood are disturbing. It does not feel the will as if.

It might just ignore it even if I take off the hood and walk.

I walked past such a group of men who were working.

Even if you walk right next to them, you don't notice them or even try to look at them.

They are like robots.

I wonder if they've been modified in some way?　Tiber. Were the adults in that village like this?

I ask the tibel in my pocket, and he nods his head.

'Well?　I don't know~. But I think it was more solid.

Tiber replies.

Apparently, this is not the same as the adults who were in contact with Wendy.

The ones doing the farm work have no will. Perhaps we should look at them as having been modified just to do farm work.

So they don't care about anything when they see themselves.

We continue onward.

We come right up to the lord's castle.

A skeleton gatekeeper is standing in front of the castle gate.

”A skeleton, ....... Can you fool me with this outfit?

They should already be within range of being detected by the skeleton.

But the skeleton doesn't respond to anything.

It might be able to do so.

''Kuroki-sama. I have a feeling this one will be fine.''

I'm about to head for the gate, and Tiber stops me.

'I see. I'll do that.

Tiber's ability to sense danger is very useful in these situations.

It helps me to find the least dangerous places.

I go in the direction Tiber tells me to go.

I go from the main gate of the lord's castle to the side of the castle.

Then I see a row of logs there.

'Logs?　Yeah, right!　You're using this!

Logs. Somehow I feel like I could use this.

I nodded my head yes.

'What do you mean?　Kuroki-sama. This way~

Ignoring his own nodding, Tiber walks past the log.

That's right!　I knew it. ......

Where would they go with the logs in the first place?

I follow Tiber.

'What?　What's that?

As you walk, you see a man in a white hood walking.

He has his back to us, so we don't notice him.

The man with the white hood is moving in the same direction as us.

'Master Kroki. That's one of the humans who took a servant~. What is he doing here~

Tiber tells me in a whisper.

'I see, it looks like I'm alone, let's get him.

There's only one man.

No one else around. I don't feel eyes on me.

His body isn't back to normal, but I think I can handle it if I'm alone.

I quickly move behind the other man.

'What is it?'

The man looks back as he notices his approach.

But his reaction is ridiculously slow.

He twists the man's left arm up before he completely turns around.

'Don't move!'

His strength may be waning, but he has no intention of losing to a normal human being.

The man tries to resist, but he can't seem to shake his restraints.

He twists his arm up further. It should be quite painful.

But something is wrong.

”Enemies?

The man doesn't seem to be in pain.

On the contrary, he doesn't seem surprised that he's suddenly twisted his arm up.

This almost surprises us.

The man doesn't pay attention to us and draws his sword from his waist with his right hand.

”Don't move,” he says ......!　What!

He rushes away from the man.

The next moment a sword sticks out of the man's back.

The man attacked him with his own body and his sword!

I can't believe they went through my whole body: ......

The man looks at me.

Then he opens his mouth wide.

”Not good!

He pounces on his opponent. The man's body movements are slower than before, but the man's movements are even slower than before.

He ducks the man's sword and presses his opponent's mouth and pushes him down to the ground.

''This guy!　Don't resist!

When the tibel in his bosom shows his face, he uses magic.

Then suddenly the man stops resisting.

'What?　Really?　Did it work?

Incredibly, it worked so easily.

The man is lying on his back with his sword stuck in his chest.

His eyes are scandalous. It definitely looks like you're under a spell.

It seems to be working~. But it's weird. I've never seen a person so easy~'

Tiber also looks at me curiously.

'Tiber. Can you wake this man up?

Yes. Very well, Master Kroki. Hey, buddy. He's getting up~

The man wakes up when Tiber commands him.

'Well then, can you just stay put. I just want to do some research.

'Yes, sir. Don't just move like that~

Thank you. Tiber.

I take the man's hood that has stopped moving.

A clawed face comes out.

He pulls the sword from his chest and examines the wound.

Not a drop of blood comes out.

'I don't know what's going on. ......

I think he was originally human. And was he altered in some way?