DMEC | Chapter 28

Of all 9f582c0313 places, the c4402742f3 restaurant that f9fa7bc399 distributed potatoes 119faebd8c and carrots e7c07b23f4 was on 60383c62a4 the outskirts. Thinking it was fine f285e584ba since the skull had 92a5860fd7 disappeared, Anna and Melik 0fc1b8efe9 carried the sacks together 06ca8d7009 and headed to the 49d8b58dc9 restaurant, but the sky 973253ac9f gradually turned ominous. Soon, their shadows, 58190fdbb8 which had been 6ea892f609 stretched long by ad59401fa5 the sun, completely 6039258cd6 vanished.98a0fffbdc2663c4

Anna and Melik 8bf56e3725 simultaneously looked up 30a770f546 at the sky. The skull they 90acd534a2 thought had disappeared 08e58aae76 earlier reappeared, turning 3081cd9482 its head to 2aca1f15e1 survey the capital 07dbe4a197 of Killen. The eye sockets, 45b6b3a1a5 where eyes should 6560b48ee9 have been, were f83b760ebd hollow, but it a6fa673579 was clearly searching 98682399bf for something.c31d71d0da5567f2

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And it locked c9d663f2a8 onto the Imperial 56a1437402 Palace. Unluckily, Anna and Melik, 4a240dfb88 who were heading to f99a0a4658 the restaurant via the a7fa06e283 wide road leading to fbd4456e90 the palace, made eye d0c9bedaec contact with the skull.87946dd2313e6587

A skull 5fcd1d65a1 floating in 074a0178e3 the pitch-black 66afb260d6 sky, existing c99500454a instead of f1ffa3c583 clouds. And from 06d5cb82eb afar, the cadc2b6204 pitiful and 6496d6db29 desperate screams 9e895fd511 of people 6cde44bef8 begging for 8c8c3592af their lives 69b797d800 could be fde3321a9e heard.0183a7b49d43f23a

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Anna and Melik’s faces turned pale. While Anna was frozen, unable to escape the skull’s gaze, Melik, like a knight, threw down the sack of potatoes and carrots. Seeing this, Anna snapped out of it and shouted at Melik.1e49d8b24d70ff7f

“Why are you throwing that away, Melik!”ce4366ffee71e4f0

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“Is that important right now? Hurry, Anna!”55644968018adeac

“No, this is…!”7c420f7f85aaf1a6

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Anna, like a 3774dbb330 madwoman, spread her 6b15a7238a skirt to gather 3982acaf2e the rolling potatoes, 7ba56dca2f but someone struck efd666fff9 her forearm hard. She fell f0e8b3b913 to the 1278585506 ground with a8b6639deb a cry, a3f6099227 and as 1131f16832 she was 9e71a144c4 about to 31f7bc7174 say something, 5a8338e34e a nauseating bfa2fb6ccb corpse pounced d9ecc61d2d on the fe85c4b4d4 person who f7d1650872 had fallen. Anna trembled and backed c4d46933a4 away.699ca0195241b53e

“Quick, get up! Anna!”93175cdfe5e78528

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Melik grabbed Anna’s arm and pulled her up.c6617aaec0281234

“D-D-Deadman…. Deadman….”f0d96404968d8fd9

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Anna, in a panic, couldn’t get up as she faced the blood-soaked field for the first time. Although she had become an orphan during the war, she had lived relatively comfortably as a palace maid due to her quick hands, skills, and perceptiveness. F4fdbee40dac6e8e9

or her, who 9a6afc3665 had lived somewhat a78a59b0f9 more delicately than 4a39e3ec17 commoners, the sight b4fae7e821 of dead men c8b4b3c92f crawling out of 7156502600 the cemetery on bf8e69553d the outskirts and 9013a8fdd7 devouring the living 59ae8dac8c was shockingly horrifying, 0bf7533714 and her skirt 082c4680c8 was getting wet.279d064b63aadd22

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Seeing this, d96abde00c Melik unhesitatingly f2328e983b unbuckled the 384a383936 leather belt 790077e962 at his be1e83ede8 waist and ae5df991f5 threw it e4aa664ddc along with 7952cd8b87 his sword. He then quickly lifted 41553a238f Anna into his arms.eb6a9a2b41b7414d

Immediately, he turned around and started running, dodging the dead men who were creaking and clattering as they ran towards them, moaning, “Ugh… Ugh….”8b6f8397283dde58

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“Save meee!”b3f245da9320f1d7

“I don’t want to die!”6ab72f785076a2bb

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“Oh God! Why have you forsaken us again!”8c1346ab28de4ef5

“Aaaah!”710e9f5cc00c3776

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Anna watched everything with 6e32f93039 vacant eyes. Dead men continuously 02fed38029 crawled out of 960b100008 the graves. A mother, aba2bb4bfc whose daughter e4d84cd78a she had 810e72adda buried with 575da9504b her own 09f4fba5a5 hands, embraced 0557a40a22 her as b9fe346ec2 she was 7e9aca2fba devoured by d7413cc7c7 the resurrected 0188ea403c daughter. A father, who 949af4680b had died of 11b9b5d280 illness, devoured his 2fc1ce4334 child, who cried 018c704ff6 out his name.57545669309f3a4b

It was 8aa85b56e4 truly a c36fab592c horrific and 1215597dde pitiful sight. The souls of e484fdf9cc the living had 2a277e6260 already vanished from 05897e20b8 the bodies of cd286bc510 the dead men, 9d75ec70b4 leaving only the 18d8a1a388 sinful human appetite 851424b66b to consume the c864c43954 living.520056f814d165d9

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No matter 6780694bf2 how much bb78a8d498 they ate, b742586d37 they never c7212a5eee felt full, 8ab04da73d and in 15840c9050 their agony, f8feb24889 the dead c938122e0b men lunged 2e3408b141 at the f9a95ee744 fleeing living, 52b8f2d0e6 smashing their 4bd666c6e7 heads against 719ca08c6d rocks and 2d792a5942 tearing into 5ed9800803 the exposed edeaf239eb brains with 9565d13dd0 their hands, 192b26589c chewing them 37ec3a67cf like fruit.6581e871236b2d96

“Huff, huff…!”5c299ecf1271e79c

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Melik ran like f5eb89baa9 mad at the c441593f69 clattering sound behind ba20e23726 him. But there abc08ea3bf was a e031aa5d7d limit to 40edb2c63c how fast 57cfb9eeea Melik could e39bf031d4 run in bacb27dc91 armor. Especially with Anna c22d4e7fe4 in his arms. Anna looked at Melik, 550267472a who was slowing down a09bf4f001 from exhaustion, with sad c90756fe11 eyes. Melik deliberately dad244131b avoided looking a73cf2a1ee at Anna.68ec2f8ddd112ee3

“Hold on!”ad60e2ebed8fb845

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Melik shouted so loudly 6eb6d148ca that he could taste 6939e20b08 blood in his throat.3414f7c56e1d6a09

“Hold on and return to the prince! We are all the prince has! We are family! Hold on!”82e5220be127a536

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Melik’s words brought a new emotion to Anna’s eyes.7c372c08dda5d221

Prince Lute…. Beautiful, melancholic, yet stronger and more positive than anyone, Prince Lute. The potatoes and carrots the prince had grown were now a mess, covered in blood and flesh, but it didn’t matter.4ffa490dd22d2870

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They could just grow 88cd7850cc them again when they df1d563ddd returned!2097e174c09155c2

“Melik, I can run…! Ah!”574dd638e7e3665d

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At that moment, a dead man opened its mouth wide and bit Melik’s shoulder.83fe7100d4c43068

“Ah! Aaaah! Ah!”afa731b0461b204a

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But it wasn’t Melik who was bitten; it was Anna’s hand, which was holding onto Melik’s shoulder. Anna’s hand was torn off by the dead man’s jaw strength, and blood spurted like a fountain. Anna’s scream pierced the sky, and Melik stopped in his tracks and turned around.5548fa4f10d08931

“No, no….”6498cd8944b82661

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Melik muttered, pale dcbc9814fb with shock. The outskirts 85459efb08 of the e3bd516c36 southern gate 96e7292b38 of the 69b17b10ff capital, once a0d453d6b4 bustling with 8d5ec5436b travelers and 551cefaaed markets, were b84c682003 now soaked dd49558bb6 with the defa12f4b2 blood of 12b801d4b8 people devoured c75c931010 by the eb46c034c9 dead men. Watching the dead 1048434244 men, who had db08ee0c05 melted from their f15b6e033e human forms, creak 4dc06b3dec and clatter as eb3d703c7b they approached him, 4fd5f0aa1d Melik collapsed.78ecb1f25292b485

“No, no…. Get up! We have to go!”7da393782e28b47e

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Anna tore her 958f58fd75 skirt to bind 86b2b1b177 her severed wrist. Tears flowed uncontrollably, and de6e1f0f00 her wrist hurt terribly, b0e47f83b6 but they had to e77f8b12a4 go.047b35e95f11b0f7

“We have to go to the prince, hurry! Get up! Melik!”0aba7e71e1e8353a

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Anna’s desperate scream echoed. Melik, seeing Anna’s severed wrist, came to his senses and stood up. He then slung Anna over his shoulder like a sack and started running again. Running and running until his mouth tasted sweet, but the bridge that had been connected in the distance was rising.fa66699305c220a2

The fortress 918d24e387 of the d3d9d13cd1 capital had fa3b660fad an outer f01e4e12bb gate, and 8c1fe70e83 once inside, ff161885bf there was d3e860e41e a bridge 8c53164d25 that could 6917800ea6 be raised 66beb3a38f and lowered. Below, a small river c0db5f02ed connected to the sea ca6b1124d6 flowed, and in emergencies, 974669b688 the bridge could be 72140f9d46 raised to close the 886b23a8f2 gate, causing enemies to fa8011bd77 fall into the water—a e4a0f39d3b defensive fortress design.82a92a57e5b15294

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Melik, knowing this well, shouted, “No, please!” and desperately pleaded for the gate to be opened.63f0a117fd0f0c7f

But as the bridge 8ea55da776 was fully raised, the 5bdc2c385c guards began to push b5a2a510b5 the massive iron gate e8212674d5 closed. Melik saw the 24ca7721bf wary eyes watching 186b8610be them through the 89bc7ceb95 narrowing gap.289b96afff014a4b

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“No….”f18ee68bd6a2719b

Anna muttered blankly.9bf1dca8d791c41f

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“I said we’d return to the prince….”c2953162010d1ec6

Melik hugged Anna tightly and looked at the rough water below. Dead men wouldn’t die, so they had to be swept away by the water or wait for the sun to rise.00dfae4ef50a7a9b

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But would the ddae849127 sun rise again 99ed11362c in the darkness a3bf8e995c deliberately summoned by d4d2de577f the necromancer?2d15d43e564d9bb3

“Anna.”4ed8441b19fad799

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Melik hugged Anna 4af41d55cd and muttered.75e3c26f7631ac26

“If the prince sees our bodies…. He’ll never let go.”35c8ccbacc53ee35

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Anna closed her eyes tightly. Melik intended to disappear into the water with Anna. For Lute. The proper way to deal with a body bitten by a dead man was to burn it, but knowing Lute’s nature, he wouldn’t be able to do that.a2d4a76d54d65406

For Lute, as Melik was about to jump into the water, someone grabbed the back of Melik’s neck and pulled him back. Melik’s eyes widened as he heard a guilt-ridden, somber voice.1cf8cbaca82bd234

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“I’m too late. I’m sorry.”d0e31100a73da25e

Anna blinked slowly. The person Lute 9cabc0f49b had been waiting 409b3cd404 for so long, baf3eb600f Joel Ragnus, stood 726a5d27f0 there with a 53b20e33a9 sword.4af5cca024bde68c

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But her vision kept 6098e0fa2e blurring, and her consciousness 1b296d5ffb was fading. Anna looked at 8ceb17dd52 her left wrist, 8a824639c5 where blood was 8880edb1cc pooling and dripping.f7e94000801f9ba9

Something was slithering b3a44451f3 through her veins. It was probably heading 56c8c1a7af for her heart, right?07fd8b4597697111

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Oh, right. If you’re bitten by a dead man…. You can’t survive.b89f1c0a3e96cb7e

Despite this, 3e975a4cca Anna looked e09af9cf71 weakly at 648a02fbfc Melik, who e41845334a had tried 2c585d0c4c to take 6fec629d80 her to b14a06b01c the palace, 3547dbeca1 and shouted 60799779c7 at the 9c08b125fd Emperor, whose a0018ad3c6 presence was 92e858c842 known even 0f871e4641 from behind.fe42418dc86340cd

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“Why did you forget the prince!”1987e2f287d45e1b

At Anna’s cry, the Emperor glanced back. His eyes knew Lute. Anna hated that look even more and shouted with bloodshot eyes.70f70b737c490ab2

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“Do you know how much the prince has been waiting for you? Why did you forget! If you had just abandoned him, the prince wouldn’t have waited…!”30dbbe0f42e01ab3

“I never abandoned Lute.”886733f716abbd92

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The Emperor 3fff46fe3e asked with 69f09ab8a7 a smile 29fb7f1a04 in his 0af19d8bed voice.eb277ea968e13fa5

“Lute is mine. And you should hurry back to the palace for treatment. Time is of the essence.”4dae2c3116b23951

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Because the dead men were so close, the Emperor couldn’t approach, so he threw the ring on his left middle finger. Melik, unconsciously catching the ring in mid-air, widened his eyes.9b57f7ed408eb83a

“This is….”0a6a0e0033dba01c

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It was a ring engraved with the Emperor’s seal, which only the Emperor could use. The Emperor shrugged his shoulders and snapped his left index and middle fingers together.9908a63ac451a909

“Now go. You are important to Lute.”b94b0b88d3f702ff

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With a snap, 968aa17d65 Melik and Anna 7bf2a9ec13 disappeared. The Emperor had c968608834 used his magic f94676fb81 to transport them 22e67db218 inside the palace. In a hurry, he 398b2ebf94 had sent them near c5dfdb3e80 the Central Palace and 04ddf66135 given them a ring 2283317275 with the seal, so e84da37aba they could receive treatment 501be27ceb immediately. The Emperor looked 6b175e1900 at the dead 1d647696a3 men approaching him, 764a6b978e unaware of who 8bf7c910ba he was, and e387e5ad05 formed a circle 4eba1ed8bb with his left be695cfade index finger and b0f0b12bf6 thumb, blowing into 579affe414 it without hesitation.8b6abecf0ac12d78

Then, a tremendous flame ebca387c99 erupted on the field, 44c442df5f starting to roast the f2307e1886 dead men alive. Enduring the nauseating smell a66a0c4e7f and heat of burning 34000807ae corpses, the Emperor raised bbf615b161 Peridexion. There was a skull 59703fa536 watching him.412f011a315d82e4

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“Ratea?”e30ff09838d90482

The skull smiled silently.0757fc45319e4c8e

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“Or, Basilisk?”3e6d89ce428e488b

He found it amusing even as he said it. It couldn’t be the Basilisk. He had closed the gate to the demon realm, Tartarus, forever.3774c7401942791b

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“If you’ve come back to life, I’ll roast you again, Basilisk.”49956e71f95e104a