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Former General Is Undead Knight (Web Novel) - Volume 4, Chapter 9: Holy City Raid③
Volume 4, Chapter 9: Holy City Raid③
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The nature of the 『Enhanced Demonic Insect』 of the Hudo tribe was their ability to multiply.
The downside was their individual power. It was so weak that even a normal adult could beat them as long as they had a weapon in hand.
But the most terrifying thing about them was their reproductive abilities.
Due to their curse, the 『Enhanced Demonic Insect』 could grow from infant to adult in just a few minutes as long as they had enough food. Once they reached adulthood, they would grow to half a hein (meter).
The reason for their difference in size was solely due to nutrition.
Basically, they ate everything. That was why they were normally buried inside the opponent’s body. The larvae would then grow from inside and eat up the living creature used as host.
In no time, the 『Enhanced Demonic Insect』 would give birth to a lot of eggs.
Just like that, the reproduction of 『Enhanced Demonic Insect』 was truly otherworldly, but since their growing speed reduced after that, the process couldn’t repeat indefinitely.
Although their reproductive ability was great, their growth rate became an opening to exterminate them.
But the problem was the fact that the users of this technique kept several 『Enhanced Demonic Insect』.
「If they were going to capture the holy city, they should’ve prepared 『Enhanced Demonic Insect』 from the very beginning…」
Anyhow, the only way was a hard approach—kill them all as soon as possible.
Defeating one 『Enhanced Demonic Insect』 was equivalent to defeating the hundreds of insects yet to be born.
On the other hand, missing even one was equivalent to missing hundreds of them.
「…I’ll spare you for now. You guys are lucky.」
「G-going to escape, eh, you damn undead…」
Johann stood up while pressing his cracked mask.
「You’ve noticed, eh.」
Lambert spoke with a bored tone and looked up.
「You should prioritize the protection of your capital, right? You have to crush all those 『Enhanced Demonic Insect』. At this rate, all citizens of the holy city are going to become prey to these insects. They are cursed creatures created by 『Devil’s Piper』. They can become quite troublesome foes depending on the number in the first generation.」
「…」
Johann fell silent.
Even if Lambert was such a sinister existence for Johann, he understood his priorities
Lambert headed toward the staircase and descended to the ground.
「How dare a mere filthy undead interfere with us, the living! O FLAME, BECOME TIGER!」
Johann conjured a tiger from the flames of his spell, which then rushed toward Lambert.
Lambert turned around immediately, readied his greatsword, and sliced the flame tiger in half.
「…Don’t forget that I’ll come to inquire about your justice once I take care of this matter. I’ve no intention to change that now. I’ll overlook you guys just this once to see how you respond to this situation.」
Lambert released his miasma as he gave that ultimatum.
Johann, who received direct hit from Lambert’s miasma, staggered back and fell on his rear.
「…Impossible, my mental state—which is stabilized with with sorcery—actually felt such overwhelming fear.」
Johann muttered this.
After that, Lambert ran around inside the holy city, slaughtering every 『Enhanced Demonic Insect』 he met along the way.
He aimed for their heads to kill them for sure.
He had no leeway to strike at the same 『Enhanced Demonic Insect』 twice.
He tried to kill as many 『Enhanced Demonic Insects』 as possible, in the swiftest possible way.
And yet, another 『Enhanced Demonic Insect』 crawled atop the corpse of its peer, bit into the corpse, and laid its eggs.
The 『Enhanced Demonic Insect』 whose head should be crushed turned out to be alive.
They had such terrifying life force.
He also saw the citizens of the holy city, who had become the prey for the insects.
「…Damn, there’s no end of them.」
When Lambert muttered this, he heard a noise from afar, a sound similar to a horse’s neigh.
It was then followed by another scream.
It turned out that the one who came was the headless black warhorse, Nightmare.
Although Lambert ordered it to stand away from the holy city, it seemed it came after noticing the current situation.
Lambert rode on Nightmare, swinging his greatsword and killing 『Enhanced Demonic Insects』 around him.
But each slain 『Enhanced Demonic Insect』 was immediately replaced by another.
As times went on, it became more and more difficult to avoid the scattered corpses of 『Enhanced Demonic Insects』.
Lambert heard a scream from nearby.
Using his undead power to sense mana, he detected four people around him, so he brought Nightmare toward their direction.
「HYAAAAAAAAAH, what the hell…!」
The bald man who wore the mantle of a believer trembled while protecting two children in his arms.
『Enhanced Demonic Insects』 eating the nearby corpses turned their attention and moved toward them.
「G-God, please save us!」
Lambert threw his greatsword, crushing the head of a『Enhanced Demonic Insect』.
The most terrifying thing was the fact that the『Enhanced Demonic Insect』’s leg twitched uncontrollably.
The man and the children raised their faces.
「G-God…」
「Too bad, I’m the furthest existence from God. In your faith, I’m more like a devil.」
Lambert pulled out his greatsword, which had pierced the earth, as he rode on top of Nightmare.
The man was looking dumbfoundedly at Lambert and his headless black horse, Nightmare.
「Eh…?」
「…Sorry, I’ve got my hands full with handling these bugs and can’t escort you to a safe place. Use that way. There are less 『Enhanced Demonic Insect』 corpses over there. Bring weapons with you. These insects are weak, so you can stun them by hitting their heads. Go now. You’re going to meet more and more of these insects the further you go from this place. Now is your chance to get away.」
Lambert turned around and massacred the 『Enhanced Demonic Insects』 around that place.
The bald man took advantage of that situation, picked up the wooden staff falling nearby, and ran along with the children.
But whether they were safe or not wasn’t something that Lambert could worry about for now.
‘…I can’t save another person just for the sake of those before me. Saving them in this place is the best I can do for them.’
It was the problem that he always had to ask himself after seeing the brutal deeds of the inquisition squad.
Lambert felt that his OCD might become his doom.
Moreover, in this situation, he was more worried about what would happen if the inquisition squad handled the situation improperly.
He saw the sorcerers of the inquisition squad baking the corpses of 『Enhanced Demonic Insects』 in the distance.
It seemed they started to understand the main problem when facing 『Enhanced Demonic Insects』 and opted for a burning method to increase their efficiency, destroying the corpses that would become incubators for egg.
「…It would be much better if I could use magic too.」
Lambert heaved a sigh and went to another place
