"How are things going, Archie?""Interesting. I got some new skills and was thinking about how to use them later. By the way, where are Luca and Lucius? Are they still eating at Jenny's?”The one who greeted Archie in front of the church was Layla, his fiancé. He had not seen the two colleagues who had escorted Archie's arrival before."They took some snacks for Gimmond."“Huh? Gimmond still working hard, too, isn't he? Even though I'm sure after the adventurers clear the irregular dungeon, the transmitter will recover," said Archie.After taking quite a break, Archie got back into shape. He felt the herbal tea that Jenny's mother had served him was adequate. Maybe he should ask for the recipe.<
Luca wanted to rest his body immediately; he felt sore in several places, especially his feet, after walking quite a distance and climbing the mountains. The more his desire appeared, the more he realized how physically weak he was compared to his other colleagues."Welcome back, Master Luca."The maids greeted Luca as usual as he entered the church building. In all the years, he had never noticed such a marked difference in almost anything around here, regardless of the good or bad that was going on in the empire.Usually, Luca would report to the staff, but this time, on direct orders from Archie—his new best friend—he had to confirm the young master's preconceived notions. "Is Sir Rubben in his room?"Rubben Antraghski, the man in charge of all kinds of re
The commotion started to break out as panic from both sides—adventurers and guards—they still couldn't determine the sudden attack’s direction, instead pushing and pointing their weapons at each other. Not long after casualties fell, the adventurers began physically attacking and were driven away by the guards who tried to defend themselves. From the entrance, other guards started arriving. “Oh, thank goodness, reinforcements,” they thought. They never expected that the guards coming from behind would instead start attacking the adventurers with spears and swords. The confused adventurers could only resist while observing the situation before deciding. Luca jumped up and witnessed the commotion in the hall; he didn't know what attitude to take under such circumstance
It was the first time Luca faced an international criminal directly; he couldn't focus on the newly appeared clown; his body had to avoid and withstand the swings and attacks from the mummies creature.“Damn it. If only we could avert the spiral,” Luca grumbled.Countless creatures filled the hall, scattered in all directions, and gave everyone a headache. Choosing which enemy to cut down for real and which partner to make is a confusing choice, not because the external appearance is so obvious, but because the momentum of the coming attacks from almost all directions makes even skilled combat adventurers have to think twice."If we just cut this puppet human, it'll be fine, right?""Stupid. Who knows if they are still alive?”
“Ardian?!”Luca once again confirmed what he saw was true; he was surprised to see Ardian's physical appearance, which was no longer the same—his clothes were tattered with several bruises on his chest, shoulders, and cheeks.Slightly inside the hall, three guards were wearing light-blue armor, standing in front of a room. They had just finished giving the higher-ups time to escape first. That was the reason why there were so few reinforcements coming to the hall; the church prioritized the evacuation of the higher-ups.From the vantage point of the three light-blue guards, they could see into the hall full of mummies and several of their comrades trying to keep the creatures from scattering any further."Is everything in order?"
“My time is almost up, huh? Too bad, hea hea hea. Then I will raise the difficulty level.”Maybe only a few heard the clown mutter, or even not at all, which is evident after he said that almost all the occupants in the hall began to show changes for the worse.“Uuw. What else is there now?”"Have they gone mad?"The guards and adventurers inside the hall—who should still have their consciousness—screamed in pain while trying to strangle themselves. The sudden and strange sight made the light-blue triad wonder, especially their two active individuals, Fernis and Hollis.“HEA HEA HEA.” Laughter followed from the clown, who started standing on the railing around the second-floor s
Luca and Dannais took turns facing Haiyakami's skilled sword slashes and swings. Luca tells how the enemy can control Haiyakami at the same time. Everything just happened when Luca tried to protect Ardian who the enemy controlled.“...and Ardian is lying there frozen while Haiyakami is the controlled puppet? Tch, what a trouble.” Dannais had some knowledge of Ardian's identity and served as the butler at the church. If he had to choose, fighting a controlled Ardian would undoubtedly be easier than the current Haiyakami."You guys are known as the Triad, but why are you taking so long to fight a clown like that, huh?!" Even though he was being controlled and unable to control his own body movements, Haiyakami could still shout and admonish Hollis and Fernis on the second floor. They were confronting the clown head-on, but time had passed, and nothing
The controlled humans’ faces showed their alterations. The previously expressive eyes could still answer questions, and greetings were gone, turning into humans without any signs of life, just like the bodies of empty containers.Black shadow marks slowly circled from the nape and spread to their faces and hands. The appearance was too clear and was easily seen by others. The changes that occurred became even more significant after black smoke appeared behind the two controlled humans. The black smoke had the shape of a head, and human-like body parts seemed to be embracing the two from behind."Tch, this is dangerous. They are starting to be fully controlled."Two controlled humans jumped alternately—it was a high jump—higher than an ordinary human's jump—black shadows shot out and formed li