Chapter 3Volume 3 (1/2)
Well, skeletons (including zombies) are intelligent living beings.
Moreover, they were humans who lived in the era further ahead than our current Middle Ages-like era.
I was arrogant to think that my previous world is the most scientifically advanced.
Therefore, they're the equivalent of modern people, perhaps, they have even more advanced scientific knowledge, and behave according to that.
But, the thing called immortality corrupts people, makes them start to think like if you can do it tomorrow, then tomorrow is fine. If the day after tomorrow is possible, then the day after tomorrow. If one year later is possible, then one year later. Whether ten years later or one hundred years later, it's okay.
However, from the perspective of self-preservation, seems like many people hate ”death”, and they take a safe method and has no chance of dying.
They certainly won't kill too much, let them live too much, decrease the population too much, increase the population too much, they will move unpleasantly systematically like that.
And their ally is severe winter. The season where water will freeze, and salt water can't be created.
The tactic of medieval people whose civilizations stopped because ofis just like dancing on the top of one's palm.
Isn't all you need to do is heat up the ice back to water was what I thought, but it seems like the heater that will be heating it up needs to work 24 hours a day. Because, the enemies can attack without minding whether it's day or night nor minding the weather.
When blizzard is coming, it must be heaven for them.
And as for humans, it is the opposite of that.
The winter of those Three Baltic States can only be described as ”h.e.l.l”.
Not knowing when those skeletons will come. No salt water around the lookout, it is impossible to defeat them.
Even with soldiers with <sword> or <spear> or <bow> divine protection, they wouldn't be able to kill them.
They can only pray for the skeletons to overlook them, that kind of h.e.l.lish season.
When autumn changes into winter, the time when water becomes ice, the coldness came from the north.
That's why they also come from the north.
”Whoa, it's over one million, isn't it?”
I watched that h.e.l.lish apocalyptic scene from the sky and uttered my impression.
Hmm… the result of observation, ten white and ten white?
The color of snow is white. The color of skeletons is white too. Result, pure white.
I don't know the number of those pure white Nordic beauty, skeleton inside this world of snow and ice.
[The current number of afterlife race you can see below right now is about 20 million.]
A crowd of 20 million undead, and despite this, the conversation is really cheerful.
I can only feel uneasiness while seeing this.
”Ugh, lonelonelonelonely, that's a lie though!”
”Ahahahaha, just forget that, it's already ten thousand years, right? I don't know precisely though.”
”That's right, we no longer know such a thing like time. How old am I? ”
”You are me too, right? So, there's no way you know, right?”
”*guffaw**guffaw*, no mistaking it. My principle is to not mind about such minor details like that.”
”In the first place, how old were we when we got into this body?”
”…………Eh?”
The skeletons stopped simultaneously and tilt their heads out of wonder.
You don't remember your age when you die?
”If I remember correctly, we didn't pa.s.s thirty, right?”
”O-ou, around twenties second half…… No, twenties first half, maybe?”
”I think it's around thirties second half. What are you doing? Asking each other about our age with this body.”
”””You're right, *guffaw**guffaw**guffaw*”””
”In reality, precisely, how old?”
”……Hmm…, I don't remember.”
”Past thirty, our life will feel so fast”
Yeah yeah, I know right.
Past thirty, one year feels much faster, right? Faster than twenties.
”Hmm… Then how about at eighteen?”
”That's too young, how about at twenty two?”
”Then, how about we take the middle, at twenty!?”
”””Coming-age ceremony! Yeeeeeeeeeeeey!!”””
I want to join in! I want to join in very bad!!
So, let's join in!!
Heading toward the front of their army with Dragon's Don!!
”Whoa, amazing! It's a dragon!”
”Whoaaaaaaaa, it's so cool!!”
”It's my first time seeing this, whoa, I'm so deeply moved!! Is there anyone who bring camera here?”
”””No, *guffaw**guffaw**guffaw**guffaw*”””
As I thought, dragon is cool, isn't it? Because it's boys' dream.
You all aren't a boy anymore, because I knew it already that you all are already in your thirty second half!!
”My name is Leonhart Friedrich von Grosse!! I came here to challenge you all to a duel!!
”””Whooooaa!! A dragon knight!!!”””
Aah, I feel a bit happy seeing that empty hollow eye which full of their admiration toward dragon.
How's that~! Jealous, right~! It's [NTR-gou], you know~!
”I want to meet your army's supreme commander!! Because I want to declare my proclamation of war directly!!”
By my words, the skeletons become noisy.
What for? Why? This dragon is so frickin' cool, right?
Inside the noise, one skeleton raised its hand.
”Err…., inside our army, there's no leader though?”
”Eh!? That so? Oh my G.o.d….. Can somebody decide the representative?”
The skeletons in the front starts to play rock paper scissors. What a surreal scene.
Ooh, the last one won with scissors.
Looks like he became the representative.
”I'm the supreme commander who commands this big undead army! Dragon knight, I will accept your proclamation of war……”
They ride it on.
The skeletons who lost the rock paper scissors also look over here with the face of mighty soldier.
I don't know from their appearance, but their spirit.
It feels like the real undead army, very great. Because until now, they look just like a young s...o...b..arder.
”Then, in accordance of knighthood, I'd like to decide the place for the engagement. From me, I want to do it fifteen days later from now at the opposite sh.o.r.e of lake Peipus, around the vicinity of Mustvee, what do you think?”
”………………”
No response. It's just a corpse… It's not.
Huh? What happen?
”……Ah, sorry. We don't know the place called Lake Peipus and Mustvee.”
”Eh? Really? Sorry sorry, then can you look the map for a while?”
I descend from [NTR-gou] and go to supreme commander.
They won't attack according to their instincts when playing like this, right?
Even if they attack me, it's okay because I have [Unagi Barrier] though.