DMEC | Chapter 28

Of all 2787f97b11 places, the b6685d2e16 restaurant that 23ba81ee71 distributed potatoes f48ddb6865 and carrots a90d2d11a8 was on 11a626d072 the outskirts. Thinking it was a295306033 fine since the b643cd7778 skull had disappeared, 2876ebc99d Anna and Melik 354ab2b588 carried the sacks 1915f6014b together and headed a78381af9b to the restaurant, a9466786ab but the sky 0de791f150 gradually turned ominous. Soon, their 2e80f19b51 shadows, which 94b49eaf42 had been 97b055f338 stretched long 9074fcdd78 by the bf1c6e3b72 sun, completely bd4be53cbd vanished.e68497798fb0513c

Anna and Melik simultaneously d54c3bdac9 looked up at the 0d97766abd sky. The skull b0ed681205 they thought 45f8648ed1 had disappeared 018f1da38c earlier reappeared, 8f99014400 turning its 79a3a1f5ad head to c5b77f62c0 survey the 920201336c capital of bfab50607a Killen. The eye sockets, where fad1ef221e eyes should have been, 1741f19a64 were hollow, but it 030d1a3daf was clearly searching for 8036493d78 something.0203095c9954c696

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And it locked onto cb57f68a3f the Imperial Palace. Unluckily, Anna and 8e4bc317fa Melik, who were 3a3a35d698 heading to the 2c7f63a408 restaurant via the 81ae87c689 wide road leading 2074ac54b6 to the palace, 0f651ecf05 made eye contact f79a8c19a1 with the skull.626a44e6073dc690

A skull floating in 5cfecb6793 the pitch-black sky, existing 514d14297f instead of clouds. And from 20055b666e afar, the 2ca52dfdc5 pitiful and 12c7d72abf desperate screams 9373b1da3e of people 6ca8deaec8 begging for 00ce3bb268 their lives ee4ea2866c could be 1526ca3450 heard.b2589b783248074d

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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.4c5ee3794cffb242

“Why are you throwing that away, Melik!”1e4ee68a92d3c93a

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“Is that important right now? Hurry, Anna!”35140b516154ca48

“No, this is…!”66e9768704733f7d

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Anna, like feec3d42de a madwoman, a8a8e506a2 spread her 219c4ecb70 skirt to df7131880d gather the f2c9e1470c rolling potatoes, 5334dd36e8 but someone c077f81863 struck her e2e55ee2ca forearm hard. She fell 5ffca6e151 to the 29c37fc2a2 ground with 173387413e a cry, 4875545935 and as f83c4d0614 she was 60bac76677 about to 2f8f9d20f8 say something, 25b985664e a nauseating 5873e3f8bd corpse pounced 8a84df289f on the 8f228092b4 person who a9f440bad5 had fallen. Anna trembled and backed 8c2e0d7f25 away.cb8164b140a99e66

“Quick, get up! Anna!”0af289d4a5aa1db7

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Melik grabbed Anna’s arm and pulled her up.4961d63aff66f981

“D-D-Deadman…. Deadman….”472fe2242c509880

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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. Fea259eb5ebf82aae

or her, who had 397c01e5a3 lived somewhat more delicately bb46b75fbc than commoners, the sight 47c218ed48 of dead men crawling 56e1687d97 out of the cemetery d223d07c2f on the outskirts and 8e32dddf0b devouring the living was 3bcee7f7b7 shockingly horrifying, and her bc89dbcc5c skirt was getting wet.d80cc16a4fb2512f

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Seeing this, Melik unhesitatingly 00494dea9f unbuckled the leather belt a87ae80cbc at his waist and 6090c009cd threw it along with 8cc5136597 his sword. He then 92f44813ee quickly lifted 232cf8c0ec Anna into 2a00c69877 his arms.8bc14d95f6cc54be

Immediately, he turned around and started running, dodging the dead men who were creaking and clattering as they ran towards them, moaning, “Ugh… Ugh….”0182b79a39d8ed82

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“Save meee!”ed6fcde982297988

“I don’t want to die!”faddb8c69787529c

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“Oh God! Why have you forsaken us again!”3e1bf0cf306af52a

“Aaaah!”d28d60bb1c5b9539

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Anna watched b3bcb79f88 everything with 1c5d581bff vacant eyes. Dead men 9f91f6eead continuously crawled 330d3e171d out of eece894dfb the graves. A mother, a4d577bcdb whose daughter 9be087a29a she had 365b3ed2da buried with da06b4ffbd her own e87228ac78 hands, embraced 285f382888 her as d9c1565fa5 she was 12c81bd449 devoured by 3724b48119 the resurrected 0a6462d0be daughter. A father, 06f267044f who had e29c04c4a7 died of cd5f3ede3d illness, devoured 0847671169 his child, 523b138768 who cried 79c02f33d2 out his b00b2900f8 name.8cd70acee80aedd6

It was truly 1e89cf7f7a a horrific and c7d9b7d4d6 pitiful sight. The souls of the 110ad81b2a living had already vanished f755372b15 from the bodies of 995fa44f6b the dead men, leaving 68f6ca897a only the sinful human bba46ba57a appetite to consume the 660bc073bc living.d28daabe3c8f7340

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No matter 84635a6495 how much d83f0b43c9 they ate, 15c946841c they never d39fbc3bf6 felt full, 714e48e3f9 and in 7bad536d7a their agony, 780bbdeb34 the dead c61179d99d men lunged 2800b1fe85 at the 84f7dd47c6 fleeing living, 93524edcea smashing their c76765e0ac heads against 68231b42d0 rocks and fdab8e28b1 tearing into b3ff879e6d the exposed 73fa6b5904 brains with aa0a04de7c their hands, 0c65b0aa65 chewing them e741807d78 like fruit.732712dc2fd6eb63

“Huff, huff…!”19f0a2d1c4a471de

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Melik ran like 5e7f2efed2 mad at the bd4446bcba clattering sound behind cbe1b22181 him. But there c36d17ad90 was a 556b212469 limit to d25764680f how fast 3af6d0f471 Melik could 041c2d95b0 run in 15cb655467 armor. Especially with Anna in 10d5ec52db his arms. Anna looked e9a888d477 at Melik, 067eb2bfa0 who was a5c0b3dd55 slowing down cedf2aacf5 from exhaustion, 48444276e6 with sad 6d4802445d eyes. Melik deliberately 1fae2db656 avoided looking 94fa0138a2 at Anna.4bbf13f559a6d872

“Hold on!”5c3c939679322e82

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Melik shouted so loudly 6864aea693 that he could taste 5bf173836e blood in his throat.58ae0ec8cb1c7c6f

“Hold on and return to the prince! We are all the prince has! We are family! Hold on!”61f21b72b8702936

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Melik’s words brought a new emotion to Anna’s eyes.e5e6389d33a1b75b

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.e43f7e6debd45d42

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They could just grow 132e88ba39 them again when they 9f86dc2e3f returned!5798498d8d6d9200

“Melik, I can run…! Ah!”4566d47b00ad5a46

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At that moment, a dead man opened its mouth wide and bit Melik’s shoulder.836911d7e9e444d9

“Ah! Aaaah! Ah!”25a41bbd7315cfad

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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.adf99521f14f1004

“No, no….”98cd11d5d6d0558e

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Melik muttered, pale 4fc656fb5f with shock. The outskirts of the dd4ac402d1 southern gate of the 8d5c515f84 capital, once bustling with 1f936154e3 travelers and markets, were f15fe29dc0 now soaked with the f05c75dbb7 blood of people devoured b3bcb07e0b by the dead men. Watching the dead men, add8e85c24 who had melted from 9d9301297f their human forms, creak 8969b4de1a and clatter as they e17d8e672b approached him, Melik collapsed.a780baf73efb3f22

“No, no…. Get up! We have to go!”bfd8aa9c6e0f0ed7

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Anna tore her 7ba51f58fb skirt to bind 4f8773b3bb her severed wrist. Tears flowed db9a5b3db4 uncontrollably, and 5ca7302620 her wrist 0e154d2e0d hurt terribly, 9aae72a6a5 but they 0d76df8016 had to 7e49ad580a go.ebdc478e30311988

“We have to go to the prince, hurry! Get up! Melik!”ad9dcc8e182bd804

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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.d81ca995e3480b65

The fortress of the 9a795474b1 capital had an outer dc27d5ca25 gate, and once inside, 5f9916d647 there was a bridge c503217473 that could be raised a538f7e632 and lowered. Below, a small 8263e28597 river connected to e09d8ba2dd the sea flowed, f6c6f833e9 and in emergencies, e7060582c3 the bridge could 6a3e1d8a8c be raised to c7f45feb5f close the gate, c9cd579e66 causing enemies to 8c5559b3cf fall into the 3eeaedb33d water—a defensive fortress 218457b9c6 design.66cda7158b169968

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Melik, knowing this well, shouted, “No, please!” and desperately pleaded for the gate to be opened.e0796f38ba6fb952

But as the f16819a578 bridge was fully c97373a3da raised, the guards f7dc92f403 began to push b7f6f8a987 the massive iron a75991d6e7 gate closed. Melik saw the wary 84e1865f50 eyes watching them through a6e08e3b12 the narrowing gap.c446977df65bbc1c

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“No….”5d9bc96142c8ab3b

Anna muttered blankly.7ab019712f0bbb06

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“I said we’d return to the prince….”829d772e1b09b650

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.a27de426dc4e0c0c

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But would 36af56fc18 the sun 450bf78066 rise again 19272f1afc in the 909c28d851 darkness deliberately f4871baf69 summoned by e765970ec9 the necromancer?a1bee52ae90f0b78

“Anna.”3eb334d7f8b7163f

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Melik hugged Anna 6fcb67fde0 and muttered.edfbc8d20de15763

“If the prince sees our bodies…. He’ll never let go.”45c1888dc2eef943

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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.1f462afdd43103e1

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.ad6d68fbdbf4db00

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“I’m too late. I’m sorry.”d3d67dd41f2578c1

Anna blinked slowly. The person Lute 29861aa8a1 had been waiting 1e4bf31625 for so long, cbcc3be3eb Joel Ragnus, stood 22f386a653 there with a 7c4b9d0f38 sword.f2b339ec4e1db2f2

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But her vision kept 6c2a4d3d85 blurring, and her consciousness 8c2b02c30f was fading. Anna looked at 9c211814d3 her left wrist, f5c5ba1cae where blood was b3e6ac3323 pooling and dripping.5fcc421711508fc7

Something was c00046e616 slithering through a2685c9b0e her veins. It was probably heading b344b1c4c6 for her heart, right?53f5867c9806c4b3

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Oh, right. If you’re bitten by a dead man…. You can’t survive.ddb1c2d5ad685d8f

Despite this, 39a0777984 Anna looked d1e081fd49 weakly at dedf9e5e4d Melik, who 03b50e01b9 had tried bac3f85bba to take 246123d52b her to 7e9f66e410 the palace, e2726be324 and shouted 56278a54e0 at the fb3a4bb8a6 Emperor, whose 30954f9f5c presence was a1fc273a33 known even 28457812f5 from behind.5af728a546697bed

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“Why did you forget the prince!”5e1864d401ceae0a

At Anna’s cry, the Emperor glanced back. His eyes knew Lute. Anna hated that look even more and shouted with bloodshot eyes.70635f8fad7b1c06

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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…!”5afab64c70933ef9

“I never abandoned Lute.”4494528bacd05c0c

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The Emperor asked 0f422607f0 with a smile a666c2ac3d in his voice.76ec62a44fedb18c

“Lute is mine. And you should hurry back to the palace for treatment. Time is of the essence.”4d2c73a7593a4642

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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.6a46fcf2cd7a6277

“This is….”956d9a955d1171c9

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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.55e944fc7436bce5

“Now go. You are important to Lute.”818c8a92b3355be7

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With a snap, Melik 0e987f15c1 and Anna disappeared. The Emperor 3e98eb3887 had used 640391f1bb his magic 3ca4fa8a5c to transport 4e7922ad0e them inside 52b2d209a0 the palace. In a hurry, 57508930a8 he had sent 03580182e0 them near the 7d795f219d Central Palace and c4874b6bc3 given them a 87eb731a21 ring with the 7dd7910275 seal, so they 9b2ff9801e could receive treatment 9d0dc0255f immediately. The Emperor 32fa76706e looked at 215b172020 the dead e75f943a1f men approaching b540ae7bf7 him, unaware 667549bfa1 of who d13032ffbd he was, 936bffb65b and formed fa56766eb1 a circle df6dc777a7 with his ace088c55e left index 487f911782 finger and 85d38e2e43 thumb, blowing 4ebab74d11 into it 921a829fa9 without hesitation.364a22fc62fae96a

Then, a tremendous b41ec80f9e flame erupted on d76192b431 the field, starting f8a65e3c3c to roast the 8853fcdece dead men alive. Enduring the nauseating ddc1176410 smell and heat 4a8bbfe6ca of burning corpses, 17338f65a7 the Emperor raised 9f98c66bfa Peridexion. There was 279c8e1104 a skull 11a5369970 watching him.6ff5d8ba4d6acf9f

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“Ratea?”e571337068e35bb9

The skull smiled silently.7dd19bf265c20521

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“Or, Basilisk?”5d35a91935f8dcfc

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.5113b362629d1af4

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“If you’ve come back to life, I’ll roast you again, Basilisk.”9227c56a74298a88