An egg shaped undead stood at the place the intestine came from. In front of it was a wide gap with the organs of several people squirming in it like parasites.
That was an undead known as Viscera Egg.
The intestine pulled the guard over.
“Yahh!”
Before others could help him, the guard fell with a scream──
“Help! Save me! Ah, Yahh──”
— The shriek started again. All the guards saw the terrible fate of their comrade as he was eaten alive by the congregation of undead.
The armor protecting his body and the action of protecting his face prolonged this cruel moment. Fingers, calves, face, all of them were stripped bare.
“Fall back! Down the walls!”
Seeing the Viscera Egg squirming again, the captain sounded the retreat.
All the guards rushed down the stairs and the sound of the undead banging the gate became louder, the creak of the gate became even clearer.
The feeling of despair grew stronger. The chance of reinforcements coming before a stronger undead appeared were too slim. Once the gate opened, the wave of death would rush forth, leading to the demise of countless lives.
When despair was written on the faces of all the guards, the sound of metal clanking could be heard.
Everyone looked towards the source on reflex.
Before them was a warrior in full armor riding a monster with black intelligent eyes. Besides him was a beauty who was out of place with the surroundings.
“Hey! It’s dangerous here! Hurry up and leave──”
At this moment, the guard saw the medal dangling before the warrior’s chest.
An adventurer!
But the flicker of hope was extinguished when they saw it was a bronze medal. There was no way an adventurer of the lowest level could resolve this crisis. All the guards showed faces of disappointment.
The warrior leap off the monster nimbly and showed no signs of bulkiness.
“Didn’t you hear! Leave this place at once!”
“Narberal, hand me my sword.”
The warrior’s voice was obviously softer than the guards, but despite the noise of the swarming undead it was unexpectedly clear. The beauty came to the side of the warrior and drew the sword from his back.
“Look behind you, it’s dangerous alright?”
Heeding the warrior’s warning, the guards turned back and witnessed their end looming before them.
There was a figure that was taller than the 4 meters high wall.
It was a giant undead made from countless corpses and ghouls.
“Wahhhh──”
As the group screams and was about to run away, something surprising happened before them. That warrior held his sword with the stance of throwing a spear.
What was he doing?
This question dissipated in the next instance.
The warrior hurled the sword out at an unbelievable speed. The guards tracked the place the sword flew and saw something even more incredible.
The giant made from the undead, the undead monster that seemed impossible to defeat was staggering backwards as if it was hit by an even bigger enemy. It then fell, a colossal sound erupted, proving the giant had indeed fallen.
“—the undead are in the way.”
The dark warrior only said this as he drew the other sword and strode forward
“Open the gate.”
The guard couldn’t grasp what he was saying immediately, only understanding after blinking a few times.
“Don’t, don’t speak nonsense! There is a huge mob of undead on the other side of the gate!”
“And so? What has that got to do with me, Momon?”
Facing the absolute confidence of the dark warrior, they were stunned beyond words.
“… Never mind, it couldn’t be helped if you don’t want to open, I will go over myself.”
The warrior started sprinting, leaped off the ground and disappeared on the other side of the wall. And he was in full armor too.
The scene was like an illusion.
The guards couldn’t believe what just happened, staring with their mouths wide open at that empty space.
The beauty who was left behind rose gently into the air and was about to go over the wall when she was stopped:
“Please wait. Do take this king along with you!”
The sound came from the powerful monster the warrior was riding, its voice was as dignified as its appearance.
The beauty frowned her brows slightly — which didn’t tarnish her beauty — and answered:
“… Climb the stairs over there. You won’t be immobilized just from falling from this bit of height, right?”
“Of course! This king wants to rush to master’s side! Wait for this king, master!”
The giant monster ran past the guards at a great speed, agilely climbed the stairs and jumped off the wall.
The scene turned silent.
It was like the aftermath of a storm, they stood stunned in place for an undetermined amount of time. When they gathered themselves, a guard asked in a trembling voice:
“Hey… Do you hear that?”
“Hear what?”
“The sound of the undead.”
Even when they strained their ears, they couldn’t hear anything. The endless banging on the gate had also stopped.
The frightened guard shivered as he mumbled.
“Hey, do you all believe this? That warrior… in the face of that huge mob of undead, he easily broke through… and proceeded ahead unharmed.”
The guards felt shock and admiration.
The noise subsided because the undead were drawn away from here by a new target. It was still quiet because they were still in combat and had yet to return.
This unbelievable thought compelled the guards to climb up the walls. The scene before them made the guards question their eyes as they couldn’t help but groan:
“What happened… that warrior… Just who is he…”
They could only see the countless bodies lying on the ground. The corpses piled up like a hill, the entire cemetery was filled with fallen bodies. Some of the dead still had their negative life force, but they could barely move their body and lost their ability to fight.
The rotten stench came with the wind as expected and the sound of fighting could be heard in the distance.
“… No way… They are still fighting? They broke through the huge amount of undead! That is unfathomable…!”
“Who in the world is that warrior!”
“… I think he called himself Momon… Being a copper medal adventurer with such skills is too outrageous, it is impossible. He should be the legendary possessor of an adamantium medal right?”
Everyone nodded in agreement with that assessment, that skill was definitely not a copper medal adventurer.