In the square in front of the guild.
Right now, a criminal was tied to a pillar and was about to be executed. He is Mordea, an elf who is the former deputy guild leader. He is a senior member of the anti-adventurer guild organization called Rebellion and he is guilty of deceiving the guild and getting into a key position. Of course, he was given a death sentence.
“Kill him quickly!”
“You’re the one who disseminates that abominable magic potion!”
“What a villain!”
It’s also a public execution as demonstration. A large number of people gathered in the square to catch a glimpse of the situation, and they hurled insults at the elf. Some of them threw stones, which struck Mordea several times.
“~~! ~~!”
“I’ll allow you to say your last words.”
The person who ordered it was Ark, the guild leader who served as a witness. The gag that sealed Mordea’s mouth is then removed. At that moment, Mordea cried out in tears.
“P-Please! Please forgive me…… I will spend my life paying for the crime I committed! That’s why…… Please, spare my life!?”
A stone hits Mordea in the head.
“Are you begging for your life at this time?”
“Because of your magic potion, an acquaintance of mine has become an outcast!”
“Die to atone for your sins!”
More yelling is heard. Mordea’s crimes had already become widely known to the public, and their group had aroused tremendous anger.
“…… Do it.”
“G-guild Leader, Ooooooooou!?”
Ark gives a signal mercilessly. Then the executioner casted a spell. A ball of flame hits Mordea directly. However, it was just a shot of magic. Elves with high magic resistance will not die at this level. But then, the second, then the third, and so on, was fired one after another. In order to prolong the pain that the sinners would feel, the executioners deliberately avoided lethal level magic and thus burning Mordea little by little.
“S-stop! P-please…… stop. I don’t want to die yet…… uguaaa!”
Moldea writhes in agony inside the flames and continues to plead desperately. Of course, no one listened to him. Then the execution lasted for an hour. Eventually, the beautiful elf’s body is scorched black, and it became a miserable appearance to look at. For a while, it was left there for display.
Midnight.
In the square in front of the guild, which was no longer popular, the elf’s corpse was still there. A suspicious shadow slowly approaches it.
“……Oh, such deep-seated grudge.”
The shadow murmurs happily.
“What’s more, he’s an elf and a high-ranking magician. This would make a great body.”
A vicious magical power erupts from the shadow, enveloping the elf’s corpse. Then, the scorched flesh crumbles into ash. Eventually, in the dark night, a skeleton appeared. In the depths of the eye socket where the eyeball has been lost, a blue flame lights up.
“Now, wake up. From now on, you are my faithful servant. Follow my order and destroy this abominable city!”
“……As…… you wish…”
The skeleton begins to move. The destination is the Adventurer’s Guild.
“Huh? What was that? Did something pass just now?”
“No, nothing. Maybe it was just your imagination?”
The guards did not notice the skeleton as it passes through the gate under the cover of darkness. After a while, the former elf showed up in the prison inside the guild where he had been held not long ago.
The innermost cell for felons.
“Huh!? What!?”
Sensing a disturbing presence, Zebra, the leader of the Rebellion, jumped up on the shabby bed. He, too, had been sentenced to death and was awaiting his execution.
“……Undead!?”
Zebra braces himself against the mysterious skeleton that suddenly appeared in his cell.
“What the hell is going on?!”
“…… Zeb..ra…. it’s…….me….”
“This magical power…… N-no way….. is that you, Mordea!?”
“You, too…… Great…power… for that….person…..become…immortal…too…”
“What are you talking about?! W-wait! Don’t come closer……”
“Don’t be….afraid……there’s…nothing…..you can do……Anyway……you too…… execution…… you are… going to die….. I’m going to ….…”
“S-stop it! A,aaaah! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!?”
Screams rang out in the cell, and then it fell silent.
The city is ruled by the Adventurer’s Guild. As a result, there is a vast prison facility within the guild where not only the members of the Rebellion but also all the criminals who have committed crimes in the city are captured. All such criminals suddenly turn into undead and run away.
It didn’t take long for them to take over the Adventurer’s Guild.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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