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Episode 69. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Undead.

They move rotten and dry bodies, and are fundamentally beings that can never be seen as alive.

The movement of the body is simply the result of reflecting on the records of the corpse and inducing its actions during life.

“Woohyooooo… ….”

As such, their actions, excluding the instructions of a higher entity or the caster, tend to be centered around past memories, especially lingering feelings they retained during their lifetime.

That’s why regular undead are obsessed with the living.

All undead inevitably possess a survival instinct, and so they instinctively aim to satisfy their thirst by taking the blood and warmth of the living.

“Woohyooooo… ….”

However, occasionally, a small number of undead who have awakened their egos appear with a purpose that goes beyond this one-dimensional desire for survival.

Whether it is revenge, honor, love, or a sense of duty to carry on tradition.

The powerful attachment that transcends the desire for survival in some way overcomes even the obsession with life and gives them the purpose they deserve.

“Woohyooooo~ Woohyooooo~!!!”

One of the beings who caused such a miracle was seen by King Britain IV, who was passing by, screaming at the undead gathered in the temple’s prayer room.

A man wearing a crow-like mask, clad entirely in white leather.

The act of resting one’s chin and tilting one’s head in such a way showed that one was looking with interest at the undead who were praying in front of the statue.

“What an interesting power. “When it comes to the dead, they usually don’t think about anything except their own regrets, so why does this power forcefully delve into their minds and even cause changes in their words and actions?”

Blight, the white knight of the plague.

The fact that he is still interested as a scholar probably means that a phenomenon that cannot be overlooked has occurred.

“Hey, Archbishop. “Please look over here for a moment.”

“Woohyooooo…?”

Blight gives instructions to one of the undead, feeling his interest in him deepening.

When the bishop, attracted by his gesture, turned to look, Blight put his arm around his neck and gently pulled him towards me.

“Yes, Archbishop. I called you. “I have a quick question, but could you tell me what comes to mind most clearly right now?”

Undead is a law that cannot be violated by higher entities and the village of magicians.

The words of Blight, who is clearly one of the Four Knights and close associates of the Corpse Lord, cannot be disobeyed by mere undead beings.

Even if he was the highest-ranking person except the Pope in the past, unless he awakened his ego, he would ultimately be nothing more than an equal dead person.

“Ooh, ooh…” ….”

However, even such a being would not have priority over survival instinct, and would certainly have had something called lingering regrets while alive.

In response to Blight’s question, trying to shake off those lingering feelings, the deceased immediately recalled the clearest memory he had and put it into his mouth.

“Woohyooooo… ….”

“Pahahahaha!! Okay!! Woohyooo!! “Is that more important than your old memories!?”

Blight bursts into laughter at such an answer and violently strikes his body.

As a result, the vertebrae in his neck were broken, but the deceased, who could not feel pain, did not care about the degree to which his bones were broken.

The moment he got out of control, he just walked away from the scene as if he had never done it before, put his hands together in front of the statue, and prayed while making a loud noise.

“This is so amazing. The memories of the corpses, eroded by the monarch’s power that can stain all living things on this continent with death, endlessly repeat the name of a single human being! “What a bizarre phenomenon that destroys common sense!”

Blight, who found such a discovery very interesting, spread his twisted hands wide and began to vent his anger.

“For now, I’m just memorizing the name, but this humble discovery may one day lead to a grand ending. Therefore, I, Blight, who was the first to discover the value of this phenomenon, will give this phenomenon the name ‘Woo Hyo-byeong’!! Woohyooooo~!!!”

“…… “You’re full of energy today, Blight.”

Woo Hyo-byeong.

It is a name that still remains in my memory and would make a young man feel bad when he hears it. As Britain IV approached the background, Blight, who recognized his presence, began to turn his attention to him.

“Oh, I heard someone said it was the King.”

The joy evident in his voice.

He took out his twisted hand and placed it on his chest. He opened his beak under the mask and greeted him.

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“Ah, you are the great and brilliant fourth king of Britain. I, Blight, your loyal vassal and humble scholar, give greetings for the first time in a while~”

“Of course, the kingdom and the people you tried to protect have long since rotted away and fallen. hahahaha! hahahahaha~!!”

Despite the lifeless corpse body, the atmosphere is very humorous and noisy.

Kingdom of Britain IV, recalling his intelligent and quiet past, displayed a bold attitude while hiding his pity for him.

“…… “If it is also my mistake, I have to accept it.”

“Oh my gosh, I was just joking to lighten the mood, but you’re overreacting. “If you don’t take the joke as a joke, it becomes more difficult for them to react.”

Blight laughs and pats Britain IV on the back.

In fact, he had no resentment towards the person in front of him.

Some people may have woken up from his death with such resentment, but at least Blight felt more satisfied with his life as a dead man.

“Well, we’ve always had an awkward relationship with you to joke around with. There’s no point in talking just the two of us, so let’s go straight to the altar. “The rest will be waiting there too.”

“… “Let’s do that.”

Britten IV answers silently and crosses the temple with Blight.

The place we arrived at at the end was a place that had been used as an altar for ceremonies in the past, but there was a hole in the ceiling, revealing the dark sky.

Strewn beneath that sky were bone fragments that could not even be considered undead.

In a place where flesh had become abundant over time and was now full of bones, an emaciated dead man wearing a black hood and a heavily armed knight were quietly sitting in front of an old coffin.

“hahahaha~ Red Flag Love High School Graduate came first as expected!?”

Blight greets the two dead people warmly.

The deceased, who was offended by the friendly attitude, returned the favor by swinging the long sword in his hand at his neck.

-Jeok!!!

Blight’s head being cut off mercilessly.

The rotted body fell to the ground along with him, but the sword-wielding dead man could not control his anger and could only sob.

“Damn crow, is your brain so rotten that you can’t even remember my name!?”

Black Knight of Famine – Gorgon Zola.

The moment a sob burst from his mouth, the head that was rolling on the floor opened its mouth and began to burst into laughter.

“Kahyahya! I’m sorry about this! “Even though I was a doctor when I was alive, I’ve been dead for quite some time, so my memories are quite vague~?”

A sound of laughter bursting out from a fallen head.

And then the body begins to crawl as it pleases while still lying down.

The behavior of moving his joints abnormally and picking up his head was considered bizarre, but Gorgon paid no mind to it and just focused on relieving his emotions.

“Okay, if you’ve become senile and forgetful, I’ll tell you clearly again. My name is Gorgon Zola! “I’m not saying I graduated from high school, but I’m a gorgonian!!”

“Oh, Zola the Gorgon. Yes, that was the name.”

-Ttogak.

Blight immediately adjusts the joints of his head and rests his chin.

The answer came after a moment of silence was broken.

“The name is too long to remember, so why not just shorten it to ‘High School Graduate’?”

“Don’t shorten my name to high school graduate! “If you don’t want to die!”

“hahahahaha! We’re already dead, so why are you killing us again? If you don’t know that, that’s why you’re a high school graduate! “You stupid high school graduate!”

“aaah!! I can’t take it anymore! “Today I will bury your ugly face in the grave!”

A gorgon is angry as always, draws its sword and prepares to attack.

The person who stopped Gorgon’s actions was Britain IV, who was silently observing the situation as usual.

“Gorgon. I understand you’re angry at Blight, but is it okay for a moment?

“… “What are you doing all of a sudden? You dethroned guy.”

A gorgon gritting his teeth and burning his eyes fiercely.

Nevertheless, King Britain IV only conveyed his intentions to him in his unique serious manner.

“If you are angry with me, please tell me now.”

“What?”

“If there is something you don’t like, please tell me now. “If there is something that can be fixed, I will do my best to fix it.”

“… “Look at the four-year-old king.”

Gorgon feels doubtful as he sees Britain IV expressing his guilt.

The current situation seemed absurd to him, to the point where he even gave up his characteristic sarcastic remarks.

“Why are you suddenly saying that? “I always call you dethroned, but that’s just what I meant. I didn’t say it because I thought of you negatively.”

“But didn’t you just say you hate me?”

“Me?”

“You said this just a moment ago. Don’t shorten Gorgon Zola to Gojol. If you don’t want to die (Death Knight)…….”

“What kind of senile thing is this dethroned guy talking about?!”

-Quad!

Gorgon’s long sword that splits skulls.

Blake, who was watching this, grabbed his belly button and started laughing.

“Puhahahaha! I didn’t see it that way, King, but you’re good at telling jokes! Anyway, I came down from the throne and became a vassal, so I need to get used to playing a clown like this guy!”

“Why is this old guy asking for my sympathy there!? I am not a clown, but I call myself a professor…….”

-Quaaang!!

As the three knights gathered together and chatted noisily, a red greatsword was swung.

As the ominous red magic turned into black energy and flew in, everything except the heads of the two dead people scattered like powder and disappeared.

“… “Can’t you guys be more serious and wait until your mother finishes getting ready?”

Red knight of war.

Gorgon, who had barely restored her broken body, shouted at her, who was annoyed by her current noisy atmosphere, as if it were unfair.

“Look here, the red knight. I feel wronged. In the first place, the crow guy here started first….”

“If you feel unfair, you should have graduated from college and earned a bachelor’s degree. Ah, the world is like this, and things like college have been ruined, so it’s an achievement you won’t be able to achieve even if you live your whole life. Pahahahaha!”

“Kyaaagh!!! That bastard’s academic background! “If you need that qualification, I will kill you right here and steal your doctorate!”

“Do you think that a degree can be taken away by fighting and winning? This is why high school graduates…….”

-Quang!

A red knight blows his sword at two dead men who are about to fight again.

It was a common occurrence, but the Red Knight, who was still puzzled, turned his attention to the two fools and looked back at Britain IV.

“Even if those two idiots are like that, he is still the King of Britain. “Why are you joining in with their stupid antics?”

“… “Please refrain from calling me the king, because right now I am just a knight serving a monarch like you.”

The King of Britain raised his aged body by using the great sword in his hand as a walking stick.

After straightening his body, he quietly returned the answer to a loyal subject like himself.

“And I can’t say that the actions of those two are desirable, but regardless of the past, I am now on equal footing with you… …. “Unless there is an order from the lord, wouldn’t it be helpful to understand them by going along with the atmosphere?”

“…….”

The red knight turned his gaze away from him without saying a word.

Afterwards, where my eyes turned, I saw two idiots facing each other with only their barely regenerated heads.

“Crow. I admit that you are a scholar with a better academic background than me. “But now, it’s a university and everything has collapsed so I can’t get a degree even if I try. If people laugh at my efforts to achieve an unattainable dream in a world where everything is falling apart, I can’t help but feel bad, right?”

“Seeing as you speak so grandiosely, it seems like your dreams are really wild. Why not talk openly about it here and now?

“First of all, a suitable slave to wander the world… …. No, we are recruiting graduate students first. And one day, when everything on this earth is driven to death, I will build a graduate school on top of it that will never collapse and continue my eternal quest with the graduate students I have recruited. If I do that, I will be called Dr. Zola there forever, right?”

“Oh, do you want to become Dr. Zola?”

“That’s right. “I want to become a doctor!!”

“That’s such a wild dream, hahahaha~”

Two idiots who keep talking nonsense with only their heads left.

The enemy knight who was watching them sighed through his dry throat and withdrew his hand to swing his sword.

“Why does my mother keep such poor things by her side…? ….”

If he had the authority, he would first teach fractions to those two guys who were in the same position as him.

Britain IV, who had been silently watching her divert her attention while mulling over her frustration, belatedly asked her a question.

“You… …. “I just want to ask you one thing.”

“Something, King of Britain.”

“Are you still having trouble remembering your own name?”

“… ….”

“… “It may be unclear to you, but names are important to dead people like us.”

For the undead who rely on and live for their regrets, their name is a must in order not to lose themselves.

That’s why they never forget themselves at any moment.

The names Blight, Gorgon, and Britain IV that he still uses were to maintain that identity.

“… Does not matter.”

Still, she is not obsessed with her own name.

I live with regrets about my past, as if it’s okay, and I’m just obsessed with getting recognition from my mother (monarch).

“The name doesn’t matter. “The reason we defied death and woke up was to fulfill our mother’s wish, nothing more, nothing less.”

“…If that’s what you want, let’s watch.”

According to her words, those gathered here woke up from death for the sake of necessity.

Whatever their ideology and purpose, it was clear that they had to obey the words of the lord they served.

-Click.

Yes, the one who has just revealed his existence in this space is the one they serve.

The moment the old coffin left on the altar was opened, the four knights who sensed a powerful presence immediately took their stances and began to show courtesy.

“Everyone…”

What came out of the coffin was a woman with pale skin.

Soon she stared at them with open eyes, parted her dry lips, and began to utter a weak voice.

“I’m glad you gathered safely today, my loyal knights.”

Corpse Lord – Gwen Whivar.

A being whose goal is to erase all living beings from this world and reign as their king.