I Became A Zombie Chapter 9
Chapter 9: The Plunderer’s End
~ Alto Kingdom Royal Capital Alraine ~
In a corner of the royal capital’s tavern, amidst the usual hustle and bustle, Madas of the “Red and Silver Moon” party and Bride of the “Tempest Cloud” party were drinking together.
「Bride-san, our most recent quest was profitable and also an easy success. We even got new equipment.」
「Are you referring to your new weapon, the Magic Sword Flam? Where did you get it?」
「I can’t tell you that. Even if you are our client. Which reminds me… Why was there a need to kill a nobody like him?」
The usually expressionless Bride frowned slightly.
「…Because he might know my secret. I didn’t want it to come back and bite me in the back.」
「I see… Tempest Cloud’s secret, huh… Perhaps I should have asked him about it.」
「If you knew, you’d be erased too.」
「How scary. I didn’t ask about it, so you don’t have to worry.」
「That’s a smart choice. Leaving that aside, have you already used the magic sword?」
「No, I’m planning to go to the Adventurer’s Guild training center to see how it feels. Are you interested?」
「I just wonder what kind of ability a red rarity magic sword has.」
「Would you like to come along? I am planning to join up with my party after this.」
「…Alright, let’s go together.」
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~ Adventurer’s Guild Underground Training Center ~
Several adventurers were practicing with their weapons when Madas and the others arrived at the Underground Training Center .
While checking out the adventurers’ equipment, Madas stopped near the center of the ground with a sense of superiority and pulled out the Magic Sword Flam.
「Let’s try channeling mana right away. I don’t know how much is needed, so let’s channel little by little.」
Madas poured mana into the magic sword.
A magic sword’s ability is activated by channeling mana (MP). Although the amount of mana required for each weapon differs, it is said that the greater the required amount, the stronger the ability.
「It’s not easy to activate this. Then I’ll pour everything I have into it.」
And when his MP was reduced by about half, Madas noticed something unusual.
「I-It’s absorbing my mana on its own! Gaaah!」
Madas gradually became contaminated with evil emotions that were not his own.
「Stop, stop… Ugh, Hahahaha! Hahahahaha!! Blood, give me bloood!!」
Madas’ two party members noticed something was not right and rushed over.
「Hey, Madas? What’s wrong?」
「You look strange? Are you okay? Gah…」
Catherine, the healer, was stabbed through the chest with the magic sword. However, she didn’t bleed.
As if all the liquid in Catherine’s body was sucked out, her body became thin and wrinkled, and fell to the floor.
「Huh? Why… ugh! Stop it! Let me go! Stooooop!」
Madas laughed out loud as he stabbed the sword into the abdomen of the mage, Stair. Eroded by the Magic Sword Flam, his right hand gradually turned red and black.
「Ghahahahaha! Blood! Delicious!!! Gimme moreeee!!」
Madas tossed away the wrinkled mage and laughed as he cut down the surrounding adventurers one after another.
「Ahahahahaha!! Not yet! Still not enough bloo–」
「As I thought, it’s a magic sword that corrupts the mind….」
In Bride’s hand was a sword that burned red, and in his line of sight was Madas, whose head had been cut off, with an expression of despair, and the magic sword Flam that had assimilated into his right arm.
「I should have asked where he got it even if by force.」
He stabbed his sword into Madas expressionlessly, and poured mana into the sword. The flames on the sword flared and consumed Madas.
Leaving only the magic sword Flam…
「Gosh, it’s become troublesome. I lost my pawn. I’ll have to raise a new one again… No, perhaps I can use this thing.」
The incident that occurred in the basement of the royal capital Adventurer’s guild was treated as a rampage by Red and Silver Moon’s Madas, and the existence of the magic sword Flam was concealed by the S-rank adventurer, “The Great Flame, Bride”.
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