Chapter 140: Desperate Realm
"We still have less than 100 people, and maybe a few more brothers can't hold it out today. What we lack is not only food, but also healing medicines. What's even more unfortunate is that the priest of the Immortal House died in the outer city, and even the warden himself performed his magic skills, but this was just a breath for those seriously injured brothers...... I think we're going to be done! β
The guard covered his head, and after spitting out the words, he collapsed at the door of his cell like a deflated ball.
"I can understand your pain, alas...... Not so long ago, or before I was alive, my comrades and I died at the hands of those damned undead monsters. It was a much more difficult situation than it is now, we had nothing to rely on in the icy wilderness, besieged by undead giants more than ten times our size. Have you ever seen giants, especially after becoming undead? β
Oscar lay on the ground unable to move, but he tried to pacify the poor Immortal House guard in his own way.
"Giants? I've never seen it before, is it what the Bible portrays? The Eagle-Eyed Giant, one of the four horsemen under the command of the Great Sun God King, is said to have been able to hunt ancient dragons with just a longbow! Are you meeting such a giant, oh! The Lord God is above! β
The guard seemed to be intrigued by Oscar's words, and he was temporarily relieved from that despair. You could tell he wanted to keep hearing the rest of the story.
"Well, you shouldn't be wrong. We stumbled into the Giant's Grave, where at least hundreds of giants were buried, and then they crawled out of the dirt and all became undead giants. We had little food and water left, our blades and armor in tatters, but we risked our lives for a ridiculous goal...... In the end, my companions died to cover me, although I still lived up to their hopes. β
In Oscar's scattered memories, those familiar but unnamed faces passed by as if they were in a different world.
"Lord God blesses, and their souls will surely rest in peace. And now that you're immortal, I think they'll be proud to have a friend like you! You're the most heroic immortal I've ever seen. β
"Thank you. And now that I am resurrected, I have always felt that this is the punishment of the gods, but it has not given me a chance to redeem. I have come for the curse of the undead, and it is my mission in this life to find a way to unravel it, for them and for my family! Now is not the time to despair, we will definitely find a way. β
"Hmmm! You're right, at least we're in a much better position now than you were then, we're just dealing with two big fat monsters stuck in the doorway with nothing we can do, and I'd rather face them than the giants. The big deal is to die, maybe I'll be able to live like you again, right? β
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After talking a lot with Oscar, the guards seemed to have regained their courage. In addition, Oscar convinces him, and he decides to ask the warden to let Oscar meet with the adults.
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It turns out that when humans have nothing to do, they will always try even the worst. A few days later, Warden Bernard came to the depths of the cell.
Oscar meets the hook-nosed warden who is almost in his sixties. Those deep, sharp eyes scrutinized Oscar, as if trying to see how he was different from ordinary immortals.
He had just been almost killed by his former comrade-in-arms Greif, and now he had palpitations, and it seemed that he was magnanimous that he did not directly execute Oscar.
Although Oscar did help him avenge him, and even saved the people they are surviving now, a kind of "undead are never reliable" mentality has always lingered.
Seeing that thousands of his brothers and comrades-in-arms were trapped and slaughtered by the undead, there are less than 100 people left, but now he wants to cooperate with another undead or even become a comrade-in-arms, I am afraid that it is difficult for a normal person to accept it for a while.
After all, the idea that the undead are always aliens is deeply ingrained, and not everyone is willing to listen to Oscar's thoughts like that guard.
"You're Oscar?" Bernard examined the undead man in the corner of the cell.
"Yes, I beg your pardon for not being able to stand up and salute, sir." Oscar is still recovering from his injuries, but he is actually able to get up. It's just that he can't regain any more affection for the warden who ordered the complete abandonment of the outer city and the knights of the outer city guards.
"Danny said you're a good immortal, I don't know that naΓ―ve kid is still using 'good' and 'bad' to distinguish a person, well, or an immortal. He said you want to see me, do you have a way to save us people? Benard's unhurried words didn't seem to care about their current situation.
"The guard's name is Danny? How is he now, why haven't I seen him these days? Oscar didn't answer him directly.
"He? Went where he was supposed to go, and if he was allowed to come here, I'm afraid he'll just let you go one day, hum. Bernard's words were full of mockery.
"He's just a guard, isn't the key to the cell in your hands?" Not to be outdone, Oscar was not to be outdone.
"Hehe, that's right. Say, your purpose is not to die. Don't use the ridiculous excuse of 'to lift the curse', do you think you are the savior or the main god? Hahaha, even God can't do anything. And you told Danny that you wanted to save humanity, and I heard you right, you're a blasphemous immortal! Bernard said through gritted teeth.
"Why not, I used to be human too. Besides, I don't think the undead are not human beings right now! β
"Heh, you'd better tell the living corpse next to you about this kind of nonsense. You see, I just believe the nonsense of monsters like you, and the Immortal House is now completely finished! Like a nervous old man, Bernard snarled at him with his slightly cloudy eyes.
Oscar understands that Bernard is almost insane...... But the madman still has a shred of sanity, otherwise he wouldn't be here to see Oscar, would he?
"God's Domain, only there can be a way to lift the curse." Oscar no longer intends to go around in circles with Bernard.
"Huh...... Scold...... Hahaha, you're finally telling the truth, there's nothing you can do! You just want to go to the God's Realm to carry out your undead, hateful and dirty schemes, right? Bernard laughed maniacally.
"This is the only way out, the Immortal House has been completely cut off from the outside world, and we can't go anywhere except the Divine Domain. I'm sure you have a way to get to the Divine Realm, right, Warden Master! Oscar continued.
"God's Domain? Hahaha, no! That's not the way out...... In addition, it is impossible for the Divine Domain to let the living enter it! Bernard's maniacal laughter came to an abrupt end, and he stared at Oscar with a twitch of his eyebrows and despairing.