Chapter 6 (1/2)
Chapter 6: 005 I Heads -1
This couldn’t be anything sie was deci behind 100 or so survivors
They all crowded into the narrow and dilapidated monastery Kids, old folks, housewives and the likes were busy offering desperate prayers inside the building Meanwhile,around the dead in the ces had cale, the village chief, cahness”
I was flustered The village was decimated even before the holy water could be distributed? I had a s to do now thanks to this development
“Wasn’t there a Paladin stationed in the village?” said I, reest village here tasked withht him out However, his current whereabouts are a e chief as his response
“What about sending the word out to the Theocratic Eht have been a banish here Paladins proed around a bit, so there was no way the higher-ups would ignore the advent of a zombie wave
At the bare
“T-that is… we tried to send a er, but…”
“But?”
“Hehis journey”
“…”
“There are zo to Ronia Even the contact with the nearest sentry post has been cut off too…”
The zo then
The Paladin in the villageThus, the zoed to cut off the exit Did that mean they could use their heads?
If this was true, then these bastards were even scarier than the ones fro around like in of this plague would be next to impossible if it turned out there was a separate entity with enough intelligence that commanded the others
“How many zombies are there?”
“T-there were about 30 of the away”
The village near the es I went to an already-deciht, the re three had basically been wiped off the map
If there were 30, did that e? Or, es instead It wasn’t as if ere dealing with a zoet scared by an undead that couldn’t run and were only capable of flailing about ungainly Also, you wouldn’t turn into an undead just because you got bitten once too
“Okay, so what now?”
“W-we’d like you to contact the Ihness”
“But didn’t you say that all roads have been blocked?”
“Wouldn’t offering a prayer be sufficient? Like, with soic…?”
How unfortunate, but I didn’t know any convenient skills like that one
The villagers were looking at me with hopeful eyes, but it wasis obviously iht? In that case, we don’t have any choice but to pull our socks up until Paladins come to rescue us If not, we’ll all be dead et their hopes up, so I honestly told them our current position and options Thanks to that, they all fell into panic Some became really pale, while soan screaers were in despair
This was quite obvious really, since they were about to die froue, or become the next meal for the zombies
Even if I enjoyed similar ‘attributes’ with the undead, the continuous appearance of zo run If I ed to survive alone when everyone else perished, it would look rather peculiar to other people, wouldn’t it?
This meant that the current situation reers or for hness! Aren’t you the grandson of the Holy Eular person now
I stared at the village chief These villagers seeranted here
A banished member of the Imperial Family was no different than a ‘commoner’ who lost all of their ‘status’ The exiled people who arrived in places like these would have to work as lowly gophers running errands for the villagers, and they wouldn’t even receive any compensation in return There was no prior case of an exile taking revenge on the villagers either
They probably thought that they found themselves a nice little servant here
I wasn’t that unhappy about their request, though The villagers see to help me out too
It was just that… If these folks were shah to think that I should ‘obviously’ do it for the to smile and bear it all out
In that case, I should put forward a beneficial condition formy [Mind’s Eye] to confire: 75
Speciality: Snitching, far, petty tricks
+ Currently in a scared state]
My smile became one filled with contentment as I studied him “Fine I’ll help you”
The two farhtly now On the other hand, though, the re men carried unmistakably bleak expressions
Their reactions were rather lukewarm at best Even if I pounded on my chest and declared, “Who arandson!”, I wouldn’t be able to convince anybody
Because, I was the nani Iround to beat up servants and sexually assaulttoo, who in their right reatly before opening his rasp at straith no other options available “T-then, we shall be in your care”
He probably figured that it was better than nothing and they ht as well believe the ‘Priest’ and follow his lead
It sure was a rather arrogant attitude
I guess one could attribute his shamelessness to all those tiophers’ as he pleased Such a habit rained in his bones by now
Well, it didn’t reallythem out was the only way I’d be able to spend so to ‘personally’ deal with the zombies, anyway
“However, I have a condition”
The village chief flinched before tilting his head With a confused expression on his face, he asked me a question, “When you say a condition…”
“I want you to start handing over some necessary funds It’s rather unfair that I’ve been perforree with es? B-but, everyone as exiled here so far were…”
I quietly stared at the village chief
The silent pressure I gave off forced him to shrink back and nod his head “I-I understand”
“Don’t rat on the Paladins later, got it?”
As long as I stayed in the et a bit of food and water for free However, that was pretty ht now
Once every e, so it’d be a good idea to fix up theto receive later The Theocratic Eht end up spending the rest of my life here, so shouldn’t I try to spruce up the place with a few decent pieces of furniture?
“Oh, and one ” I pointed at the dilapidated monastery “I want you to fix that while you’re at it too”
“Pardon?”
The village chief looked at the building Although it was quite old and worn-down, the building was still large enough to house 100 or so of his fellow villagers Thisit would require a considerable sue chief finally spat out a groan and nodded his head “I understand Within my limits I’ll…”
“And, you need to periodically provide supplies for free”
“…I’ll see what I can do within our means”
Nice! With that, all my problems had been sorted out
You see, rain water that leaked into thewhile
Not only that, the provisions I received as co the ceetables I should be able to get ht as well get the villagers to diligently bring et firewood personally