At the entrance to the fortress were several large pots and grills, but Elsie didn't want to investigate what the meaty aroma was.
He simply released a few fireballs and completely annihilated it...
“Yes, if you don’t act now, you won’t have another chance later,” Elsie suddenly said, raising her head.
On the city wall, a group of blue-eyed zombies slowly revealed themselves, the leader of the zombies shaking his head as he looked at Elsie:
"I never expected to meet you at this time, Lord of the Bloodcrown."
“I didn’t expect to find blue-eyed zombies here either. When did you arrive?” Elsie turned around and looked at the other person.
The progress of the Blood Child's curse has not changed at all, and yet a blue-eyed zombie has appeared!
"Is that so?" The leader zombie drew his sword and said calmly, "Do you think we need to communicate like this?"
“You will want to communicate with me.” Elsie’s body was instantly enveloped in flames, and a vortex of magic shot straight into the sky!
...
A few minutes later, the lead zombie and Elsie sat cross-legged in front of the fire.
The remaining zombies also put down their weapons and sat cross-legged.
We can't win! Our economy is bad! We surrender! Surrendering means losing half the battle! It's not shameful!
“To be honest, this operation isn’t targeting you,” the zombie leader said. “The king is acting very strangely.”
“Kaomi?” Elsie asked.
“Yes, I, the king, should have made the slaughter of the crown my top priority.” The zombie leader looked at the ground and said, “After all, in our original world, there are still many of our people in danger.”
"Their people?" Elsie tried to understand them.
"We followed the King out of the swamp, gathered together, and survived. He taught us the value of freedom and freed our minds from our bodies." The zombie leader's eyes gleamed.
He looked at his hands and smiled, saying, "We...we no longer seem to be filthy zombies, but a race that can be looked at with respect, whether they see us as enemies or madmen!"
"It's much better than maggots in the mud!"
His eyes widened, and his body trembled: "The king said he received the revelation of the Black Crown, which can grant us eternal freedom!"
"I've had enough of suffocating in the swamp!"
"I've had enough of the sacrifices made for freedom!!"
“I’m fed up with the weird looks you give us!!! We are who we are!! We…we’re fed up with this shackle that started sometime in the past.”
"Therefore, we swear..."
"At all costs, at all costs, at all costs!"
"For the Black Crown! For our freedom!"
Sudden!
The zombie leader clenched his fists, his brow furrowed.
"but……"
"Your Majesty, no order to slay the crown was given during this descent."
"He led us to the north."
“We haven’t received any instructions. Sord and Smile told us to take the nearby cities first to prevent our people from being frozen by the snow.”
"Your Majesty, no instructions have been given."
“Until recently, he said that Smile and Soder, who attempted to enslave others, had been executed.”
The words "executed" made Elsie stroke her chin in deep thought.
Is Keomi fighting amongst themselves?
Did they engage in internal strife during the reign of Emperor Wu?
He clearly didn't need to do that!
"Are Keomi's eyes red?" Elsie asked.
“Blue, only blue is the sign that our thinking has returned to stability,” the zombie leader said.
"No!" Elsie interrupted, continuing, "Did you see the color of his eyes with your own eyes?"
The zombie leader shook his head: "Our long-distance communication relies entirely on the mental network. I haven't met the King yet."
[Ugh—(yawn) This side quest isn't over yet, Elsie, you're so slow~]
"What is a mental network?" Elsie pressed.
The zombie leader hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I can't say."
"Whoosh—" Elsie's sword was instantly pressed against the opponent's neck!
"This is not friendly communication. If you don't want to lose your life, you'd better..."
"Then let's do it!" The zombie leader's eyes were firm: "Only this, I will not say another word."
Elsie thought for a moment and decided to put down her sword. She said, "You feel that something is wrong with your king. Why is that?"
The zombie leader stared at Elsie and said, "Your Majesty, it seems you don't want to slay the crown."
"The smile kept reporting to us before he died that the king was walking in the snow-capped mountains."
"A pointless stroll, or even a pointless swim in the lake."
"He...is not in a hurry to go home."
Elsie stroked her chin. According to what the other party said, they did not want to stay in this world for too long. They still had their own people in their world to protect.
However, Keomi's actions seem like...playing? Entertainment?
This is probably the most strange thing about Keomi.
He seemed to have given up, having lost all interest in pursuing the Black Crown.
"We can't find the King's exact location. The King has blocked his mental network and can't receive commands."
The zombie leader pointed to the city and said, "We can only roam freely. Take my own squad for example, we've been wandering around this area for five months."
They seemed to have been abandoned, completely reduced to mindless machines!
“I know it’s pointless to tell you all this,” the zombie leader shook his head and said, “I no longer have any intention of killing the crown. I’m just a beast now.”
He pointed to the group of goblins that Elsie had killed: "I've come very close to living like them."
"So! Go ahead!" The zombie leader spread his hands, resigned to his fate.
"..." Elsie glanced at the fortress and asked, "What happened to this fortress?"
"I don't know. A lot of people suddenly died inside the fortress. Their commander was stopping the soldiers from drinking," the zombie leader said.
"They didn't hesitate to fight each other, completely destroying the already weak defenses."
"The goblins took this place without lifting a finger."
"My team and I just happened to be passing by and were taking shelter from the heat."
After the zombie leader finished speaking, Elsie stood up and silently closed her eyes.
“I won’t kill you,” Elsie said to him.
"Live well, and don't go to the south."
The zombie leader was surprised, and before he could say anything, Elsie asked first, "Have you heard of the Abyss of Souls?"
"The Abyss of Souls?" The zombie leader pondered for a moment, then shook his head. "Never heard of it."
“Alright…” Elsie sighed. In the end, she would have to find it herself.
"By the way, if Keomi dies, will you return to your original world?"
The zombie leader looked up, thought for a moment, and said helplessly, "I don't know, maybe?"
“Northern Frontier, Soul Abyss, Keomi…” Elsie muttered these words, feeling extremely troubled.
"It's going to be troublesome for a while again..."
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