I Became a Foreigner Loved by Transcendentalists

Episode 70. The Fallen King’s Longing

Undead.

They were just living corpses, but the only time they were recognized as a danger in this world was when a transcendent being appeared.

Starting with raising countless corpses of the fallen kingdom, it spreads its influence to the surrounding area, targeting humanity and escalating it into a ‘catastrophe’… …. A being more terrible and grotesque than the Demon Lord in terms of his fear of humanity.

“Everyone, have you had a good time so far?”

As the monarch rose from her coffin and greeted her, a knight stepped in front of her and began to take her courtesies.

“hehehehe, take care of yourself.”

Plague White Knight – Blight.

Although she always had a humorous and frivolous attitude, there was something that could be called politeness and loyalty in her attitude towards her at this moment.

“Actually, it would be strange not to be able to get along. As long as your power is maintained, we will never be buried again. “There are plenty of people who can perform God’s miracles, but isn’t that something that can only be done if you have the capabilities?”

“As you said, as long as you exist, we will never disappear from this land.”

The gorgon continues his words and is equally polite.

He coveted more than anyone else and harbored an underlying desire to rule over others, but he also knew well that he could not prioritize loyalty to those in front of him.

“Some people may say that it is ungodly to lead this rotting body, but if they too become a body like ours, they will surely understand. “The lingering feelings of unfinished business are worth waking up and refusing to rest because you want to achieve them even without warmth and reason.”

“So, Mother of all the dead, please do not hesitate to take charge of us. “

After that, the enemy knight of the war bowed his head in greeting, and the old hero who had even abandoned his own name bowed his head before him and continued his speech.

“Just being free from the dirt that imprisons us is reason enough for us to move for you.”

Three knights showing loyalty to themselves.

The monarch looked confused at that, but since they also had expectations for him, he should not reveal his feelings directly.

“… “Yes, if that’s the case, let me read your memories for a moment.”

The Four Knights feel a strange power flowing from their hands and ravaging their minds.

However, this is nothing more than digging into their memories and extracting their contents.

Once you complete this task, even if you don’t listen to the long story, you will not only know what they have been through and its contents, but you will also be able to share the reverberations with other undead.

“Red Knight and Black Knight… …. “It seems like you two are going through the dungeon smoothly as I instructed.”

He had no hesitation in being polite to the retainers whose memories he had read.

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In her memory, there must be respect for the dead, and that is what can be called the lingering affection for her, the deceased.

“Yes, we collected the bodies buried in the mausoleum and placed them in the morgue. “Under your power, they will become our powerful allies.”

“After that, there was no need to control the remaining dungeons. “Foolish humans may belatedly attack the place we swept over, but since we planted our mother’s magic there, those who died there will naturally join our army.”

If the exploration fails and they are wiped out, they will automatically be resurrected as undead, and then they will exit the dungeon and naturally join their army.

Humanity will soon notice this, but they will not close the dungeon they passed through.

No matter how many people there die and join the undead army, the temptation of the huge treasure trove called the dungeon will not be something they can easily shake off.

“hehehehe, humans are such foolish things. So, I need to make them dead as soon as possible, recruit them to the graduate school I will establish, and awaken their wisdom…….”

-Quad!

The black knight is crushed by the red knight’s great sword.

The Corpse Lord gave him an empty look and looked back at Blight, who was giggling next to him.

“White Knight. “Your research has also advanced further.”

“Yes, just a little bit. If you can find a powerful body to test my research on, you will be able to achieve your wish more quickly and efficiently.”

“If that’s the case, sooner or later there will be a place to be active.”

“Yes~ I think it’s very appropriate, seeing as you just shared your memories. We will wait for the order to be issued. Woohyohoho~”

-Quad!

A great sword lands on Blight’s head as he bursts into laughter.

Blight, whose head was split in half, opened his mouth and vented his frustration towards the enemy knight.

“Hey, Red Knight, why are you suddenly attacking me again instead of beating up a high school graduate?”

“Shut up, Blight. “How many times must I have told you not to laugh so frivolously in front of your mother!?”

“Does it make sense for you to use violence in front of the monarch? And the crow guy! “How many times have I told you not to call me that!”

The three knights begin to fight, pointing their swords at each other.

The Corpse Lord, who was familiar with the scene, soon turned his attention to Britain IV, who had remained silent.

“… And finally, the Blue Knight. “It appears that you have failed in your task of seizing the leadership of the Anti-Human Coalition.”

Shocked.

The moment when Blight and Gorgon’s eyes widened after being crushed by the Red Knight.

I felt that memories that I had not been aware of before due to lack of excitement were gradually becoming more prominent through the words of this moment.

He, the first vassal of the Corpse Lord, failed in an order given by none other than the monarch himself. Is that really possible?

“…… “I apologize, Your Majesty.”

Hearing those words, King Britain IV continued speaking in an attitude that showed no shame.

“We listened to your orders and launched an all-out war against the beastmen, but their resistance became stronger than we imagined, so we had no choice but to reluctantly decide to retreat.”

“No, you did well. No matter how dead they are, everyone who is revived deserves respect……. “Increasing the sacrifices in an unreasonable fight would be an insult to their deaths.”

Winning a fight is not everything.

Their goal is to ‘save’ as many people as possible.

Sacrificing someone who needs to be saved for the sake of relief is a decision that must be made very carefully.

“But although death is equal, life is not. Therefore, it takes a long time for some people to enter into rest, but even at this very moment, the time of destruction is coming.”

Yes, because there is no longer any hope in this world.

Monsters, undead, and dungeons that arise due to dimensional distortion… In addition to vampires and beastmen, demons from the outside world are also invading.

However, even if we somehow manage to prevent all of that with the power of humanity, we will not be able to prevent the being that causes the phenomenon.

There is even a being called ‘Oeshin’ who once landed on this earth, but for some reason ascended back to heaven and disappeared….

“In a world destined for destruction, we must avoid slowing down our plans in order to save as many people as possible….”

“…… “You’re about to start.”

“Yes, if this plan is successful, we will be able to save more people.”

The purpose is to destroy intelligent beings, including humanity, more quickly and to attract as many people as possible to their power until the promised time arrives.

The Corpse Lord, who took this moment to reflect on such a grand ideal, quietly closed his eyes and spoke softly to them.

“The three of you, excluding the Blue Knight, please step aside for a moment. From now on, I will tell him what he needs and share it with him.”

“Yes, then…” .”

After being polite, the red knight pulls Blight and Gorgon by the back and leaves.

Britain IV, who was left alone at the altar, soon faced the corpse monarch sitting in the coffin.

“…… Name.”

No, only when we are alone, you should call me Gwen, not Lord.

“Do you remember your name?”

Gwen Huvar.

The moment her cloudy eyes turned to him, Britain IV quietly lowered his head and answered.

“I am the fourth generation of Britain… ….”

“Yes, you were the greatest king.”

“A powerless leader who could not prevent the fall of this land.”

“You did your best. “It is simply because the disaster that has come to this land cannot be handled by mere human hands.”

As if pursuing a recollection of such a being, Gwen’s hands soon began to reach out to Britain IV.

“Please forgive me for bringing you back to life for you. However, if you don’t do this, I will forget you.”

“…… “Gwen.”

“Even in this body, I remember the glorious days I spent with you. Even at this moment, in the memories of the dead that are weighing down on me, if I fail to recall the foundation that is you, I will become a monster who has lost faith.”

“… ….”

“So, I think of you even at this moment. Everything is done to leave behind the traditions and history that humanity has left behind, and that our beautiful lives existed even in a destroyed world…….”

Slender fingers slowly moving over the armor.

Soon, it wrapped around the head of the white bone, which had no flesh or blood, and began to pull it towards itself.

“… Do not worry. “My lord.”

The head sinks due to the constant pulling.

He began to feel the feeling of cold lips touching his closed teeth.

“Even at this moment, I feel myself disappearing due to the lingering feelings of the dead, because it will be the last time I forget my love for you.”

No, I’m sure it was like that.

Now, the only thing that is allowed to the ghost, who can only recall her senses through her memories, is the fact that she once shared her intense love with her.

“So, don’t lose yourself either.”

As she recalled those memories and was driven to her own mission, she soon laid her wasted body in her coffin and prepared to fall asleep once more. .

“Don’t forget that the purpose of all living beings is to leave their traces on this earth. And… ….”

It teaches me that even when I felt my consciousness fading away, my love for him still existed.

I hope it lasts forever.

“Please forgive me for insulting your noble end in order to follow your teachings.”

“… ….”

-Click.

Kingdom IV quietly covers the coffin and looks down at the lingering coffin.

Afterwards, as he knelt in front of the coffin, he looked up at the open ceiling above his altar and began to recall his memories.

‘I am the King of Britain.’

He was a king, the husband of a woman, the head of a family with children, and a leader who did his best to rule his people.

However, despite such efforts, the prosperous kingdom collapsed due to a silent disaster, and eventually entered the path of destruction, leading to his own death.

It was a life that should have ended that way.

Not knowing what those who remember themselves will do to leave their traces in their absence.

‘It is not just this land where disaster has spread.’

The disaster that has spread beyond the fallen kingdom to the world is eating away at the world even at this moment, but no one is confident that it can be prevented.

So there will be nothing left at the end.

History, a place to live, someone’s memories…

‘So it must be preserved.’

We must try to preserve even a little bit of the beauty of this world and someone’s life.

That ideology was what he knew best, having always emphasized the importance of life. But……

‘Is it really permissible to remove something that already exists in order to preserve it?’

Do they really have the right to humiliate the lives of the living and rob them with their own hands in order to preserve the stories they will write?

Is filling the world with moving taxidermy truly something that can be forgiven by heaven?

“…… Woo Hyo-seong.”

As the respect for the dead continued to change into skepticism day by day, the fallen king soon felt that this was leading to a yearning for the living.

Among them, the main character whose name is still unforgettable must be carrying out even the desperate resistance that came to mind when he shared the memories of the Four Knights because he has something he wants to achieve.

“I am becoming more envious of you as the days go by.”

Yes, death is.

No matter how beautiful it is to reach that moment, it is still worse than the desperate struggles of a weak living being…

****

And as time passed, a major forest located in the northern mountains of the empire emerged.

-Quaaang!!

The moment an explosion rang out at the entrance of the bandits’ fortress that was based on a hill there, the bodies of the bandits guarding it were pushed in and fell to the ground.

“hehehe! Well, what is it? What on earth happened…….”

“Call the boss right now! “We can’t handle that guy on our own!”

The frightened voices of the thieves guarding the entrance. The thieves who had doubts about him began to voice their doubts while looking at him.

“How can we not do it on our own? Who is this guy?”

“This guy is making a name for himself these days. The warrior slayer, Woohyo…….”

-Quaaang!!

The attackers sweep around as if stimulated by their fuss.

Afterwards, he cleared the smoke screen with his spear and spoke while increasing the output of the magic power fluttering from his armor and spear.

“Not Woohyo, the warrior slayer. This is Woo Hyo-seong, a warrior hunter. “You damn bastards.”

Hero Hunter.

A veteran adventurer who spent three months focusing on those designated as ‘corrupted warriors’ by the empire, and was recently promoted to a higher rank in recognition of his efforts.