Book 17: Chapter 52


    What will happen? What will happen to the people in Troy City?


    Im not sure, either. Didnt I tell you? Humans have nevere into contact with mana. Putting aside how humans that have consumed arge volume of mana will react, Ive never seen the mana the elf created. Thats why I dont have any clue how human bodies will react after consuming arge volume of it. If you want to know, you have to enter the city immediately.


    But Ive sent out an envoy. I cant do anything to Troy City until tomorrow morning. If I barge in without prior notice, the people will misunderstand that Im attacking them.


    While I did say that, I already reached the bottom of the city walls. The red uniform armys transportation unit behind me transporteddders over to await mymands. I didnt tell them what my goal was. They probably thought I wanted to take advantage of the nights cover to climb the walls.


    It was the first time I climbed the walls of Troy City in that fashion. The red uniform army and I silentlynded on the walls. There wasnt a single light in Troy City, including at the Imperial ce. The city was dead silent. The only light was the silver des in the soldiers hands. Nothing was out of the ordinary. It was as though the entire city was asleep, or maybe it was dead.


    A Valkyrie came up to my side and quietly asked, Your Majesty, what should we do? There are four soldiers in the watchtowers to our right. Shall we kill them off?


    Surprised, I asked, Theres someone? Ill personally go over.


    I looked in the direction of the watchtowers, which were located by the wall on the right hand side. They didnt have the fire torch in there lit up, but I could see their silhouettes. The Valkyries drew their long swords and carefully followed behind me as we approached the tower. The closer we got, the more distinct the footsteps sounded. It sounded as though the four in the tower continuously paced back and forth.


    The four of them should be looking in four different directions. What are they doing going back and forth? Are they trying to switch views with each other? I pondered.


    Below the watchtower was adder. The benefit ofdders made from stone is that we wouldnt make too much noise. Two Valkyries apanied me up. For every rung we went up, the clearer the view of the tower above was. The first thing we saw was four pairs of staggering feet. The next thing we saw was them dragging their hips along as they walked. Thest thing we saw was them swinging their arms in a random fashion. When we got onto the tower, we saw four staggering, lifeless-looking, wandering people?


    Judging from the way they looked, they were no different zombies out of a video game. They had no pupils or conscious, and they waddled as they involuntarily shouted in muffled voices. The four of them werent pacing back and force; they were zombies without a semnce of a conscious.


    It wasnt just me who was shocked; the Valkyries behind me were also shocked. Nevertheless, despite the shock, two Valkyries charged up to the zombies that charged at us. The scene was the exact same as what youd see in movies. There was no formation or strategy. They had only one goal and that was to kill us. An attackcking in strategy was totally useless against Valkyries. The Valkyries dispatched the four zombies without breaking a sweat. I didnt expect the zombies to spray blood identical to human blood.


    What in the world are these things?! I asked the woman in my head.


    I crouched down to look at the four corpses. For safetys sake, the Valkyries beheaded them.


    I dont know what theyre called, either. Theyre a new breed of creatures. Theyre not good news, though. Youre a dark elf, so you should be aware of what dark elves do on full-moon nights, right? They suck blood. They suck blood for mana. These humans have been contaminated with mana. As a result, theyve be muddle-headed creatures searching for mana. In reality, the mana wont do anything for them. Its just an instinct of magical creatures. Now, as for mana, even if its not for mana  since part of it is from the aggression of a wild beast  these people will have a desire to kill. By the way, due to mana being spread through mana and blood, if youre bitten or carelessly consume their blood, th-


    Ah! What are you doing?! What are y-, Argh!!


    I spun around to see two white robes stacked on each other. One Valkyrie cried out in pain as herrade pressed down on her. The Valkyrie roared as she tore into her neck as a bloodthirsty wild animal would. I sprinted over and put a bullet in the head of the infected Valkyrie.


    I apologised: Im sorry


    I didnt give the bitten Valkyrie any chances. I picked up one of the long swords on the ground and thrust it through her head, skewering her on the ground.


    The voice in my head wasnt as rxed as usual. To the contrary, she was very tense as she informed me, Those who are hurt will basically turn into that state. It seems that its due to the mana. This must be the so-called holy water, the water that can heal wounds. Those who have touched it, those who drank the river water here, have already turned into these creatures. In other words, unfortunately, the people of this city can no longer be saved.


    Can they be healed?


    No. After the full-moon night, they will remain in that state. Furthermore, these creatures will follow the river to the elvennds as well as Hilles City. Do you understand now? If I were you, Id destroy this entire city, and kill everyone inside it. You cant let a single one leave the city. They are a gue to the entire continent, get it? How many people reside in this city? Thousands? Tens of thousands? Can you imagine tens of thousands of them spreading this gue across the continent? Can you imagine hundreds of thousands of humans being infected with the gue? Troy City is no longer the city that you know of. Its now a den of monsters.


    Before she finished, I had blitzed out. I ignored the red uniform army behind me that was desperately calling out to me. I knocked away the zombie-looking things as they charged at me. Their arms nged on my dragon scales as I kicked, punched and wrestled my way through the city. They could never infect me thanks to my scales. I fixed my gaze the grandest structure in the centre of the city and fought my way toward it.


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    Meanwhile, in the imperial pce of Troy City


    Tanya, what happened outside? Tanya? Tanya!! Tanya! What are you doing?!! Tanya!!