Ankoku Kishi Monogatari (WN) - Chapter 149.1: The Captured People

◆Dark Knight; Kuroki

「What do you think, Tibel?」

「U~hm. It still feels o~ff.」

Tibel had a strange look on her face.

What I was wearing now were the clothes used by the adults of this village.

I tried to somehow go incognito by covering myself with a white hood and only showing my eyes.

It was a naive tactic, alas, this was the only available tactic given my condition.

That’s why it was important to consider the next step carefully.

This attire was brought here by Wendy.

It was something I prepared just in case after hearing about the adults of this village.

「Let’s go, Tibel.」

「Yes, Kuroki-sama.」

Tibel snuck into my attire after she said those words.

Undead creatures had the ability to feel the presence of living creatures.

That’s why we couldn’t fool them with Tibel’s invisible magic.

Such an attempt might make them discover my whereabouts.

That was the reason why this disguise was a better choice.

We didn’t leave the dilapidated house in the evening.

I mean, the guards kept patrolling the lord castle regardless of the time.

I walked along Sanshos village. Honestly it felt more like a deserted village.

Were they actually hiding?

Well, I kept walking while pondering about such things.

A vast field spread before me upon leaving the village.

I saw a person standing in the middle of the field. It seems they were doing farm work.

Maybe these crops were raised to feed the children in the village.

「Doesn’t seem to be an undead. I hope they won’t notice me…」

The undead couldn’t do farm work. The reason was simply because all undead would naturally release miasma from their body. Normal plants would wither when they were exposed to miasma.

Moreover, the meals in this village were pretty normal. That’s why I knew that they grow their own vegetables and crops.

I didn’t know much about the people who did the farmwork. I wanted to save them if they were people who got kidnapped to this region to forcefully do it, but I would be in deep shit if they turned out to be followers of Zarxis. That’s why I had to ignore them for now.

I walked along the road between the fields.

The people who did the farmwork didn’t even take a glance at me and kept doing their job.

Am I really invisible to them?

I looked at the people who did the farmwork while pondering about that question.

Every single one of them was tall and hid their face with the same white cloth.

And then, I noticed.

「They’re not normal humans!」

Though their face was hidden beneath the white cloth, their arm was bare. I could see patched work around their arms.

Even their movements looked fishy as if they had no will of their own.

They might even ignore me even if I take off my hood right now.

Thus, I passed through the patched men working in the field.

No one cared about me even when I passed right beside them.

They’re like robots.

「Could it be that they’re some sort of remodeled humans? Tibel, do all the adults in this village have the same kind of feeling?」

Tibel, who hid herself inside my hood, cocked her head when she heard my question.

「Dunno~. But, they seem to have more sense of self.」

Tibel replied according to her understanding.

It seems the ones who made contact with Wendy and co were different adults.

The ones without a sense of self were left to do farm work. Or maybe, they were remodeled exclusively for farmwork.

That was the reason why they didn’t feel anything even when I passed by their side.

I kept walking forward.

Getting closer and closer toward the castle of the lord.

Skeleton gatekeepers were standing by the front of the gate.

「Can we… Fool those skeletons?」

I mean, we’ve entered the range where those skeletons should be able to feel our presence.

And yet, the skeleton didn’t react at all.

Maybe I could go.

「We should be able to go from this direction, Kuroki-sama.」

Tibel stopped me when I tried to walk to the gate.

「I see, I understand.」

Tibel’s keen sense of danger was really useful at times like these.

So we were actually looking for the safest place using her keen intuition.

I followed the direction that Tibel pointed at.

I went from the main gate of the lord’s castle to the side of the castle.

And then, I discovered logs lined up over there.

「Logs? I see now! We’re going to use this eh!」

It seems we can somehow use the logs.

I nodded in agreement seeing the logs.

「What are you talking about, Kuroki-sama? We haven’t arrived ye~t.」

Tibel went past the logs, ignoring my monologue.

Ri~ght! It’s impossible in my current situation after all…

I mean, where would we go with these logs?

Thus I also passed the logs and followed Tibel.

「Eh? What’s that?」

A while later, I saw a man with a white hood walking.

He didn’t see us since his back was facing us.

The man with the white hood kept walking in the same direction as me.

「Kuroki-sama. That’s one of the human serva~nts. What is he doing in this place I wonde~r?」

Tibel whispered to me.

「I see, let’s catch him.」

He was alone after all.

No one was around. Nor did anyone see us.

I haven’t recovered yet, but I guess I could do something by myself.

I closed in at once behind the man.

「What is it?」

The man was about to turn around when he noticed my presence.

Alas, it was too late.

I twisted his left-arm before he turned around.

「Don’t move!」

Despite being severely weakened, I’m still much more powerful than the average human.

The man tried to resist alas, he couldn’t free himself from me.

I twisted his arm even further. It must be quite painful.

But, something was amiss.

「An enemy?」

The man spoke as if he couldn’t feel pain.

Despite twisting his arm even further up, he didn’t even flinch.

I was the one who was surprised instead.

The man didn’t notice my shock and calmly drew his sword with his right hand.

「I said don’t mo— WHAT!?」

I let go of the man in a hurry.

The next moment, the sword pierced the man’s back.

The man stabbed himself with his own sword.

「Stabbing himself with his own sword…」

The man looked at us.

And then, he opened his mouth wide.

「OH CR*P!」

I sprung to him at once. My body still felt heavy, but I was still faster than him.

I dodged the man’s sword, grabbed his mouth, and slammed his face on the ground.

「This guy! Stop resisting!」

Tibel used her magic when the man tried to turn.

Thus, the man stopped resisting.

「Eh? You must be kidding me right? It’s working?」

I almost couldn’t believe my eyes seeing how easily her spell worked.

The man then passed out, still with his own sword stabbed into his che*st.

His eyes were suspicious. Yeah, it was the eyes of someone under the influence of magic.

「It seems to be worki~ng. But something is amiss. This spell had never worked this easily on humans before~」

Tibel was just as puzzled as me.

「Tibel, can you order this man to stand up?」

「Yes Kuroki-sama. Hey, wake up~」

The man stood up when Tibel ordered so.

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