Overlord, Vol. 1 (light novel): The Undead King by Kugane Maruyama

Author:Kugane Maruyama [Maruyama, Kugane]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Yen Press
Published: 2016-05-23T16:00:00+00:00

2

They were nearing the village’s edge.

Behind them, Enri heard the clanking of metal—and at a regular pace, too.

Praying in her mind, she glanced back. As she’d thought—as she’d worried the worst-case scenario might be—a knight was chasing them.

But we’re so close! She wanted to hurl the words in frustration, but she held them back. She didn’t have any energy to waste.

She took ragged breaths one after the other. Her heart was beating so fast she thought it would explode; her legs shook and it felt like she might run out of strength and collapse to the ground at any moment.

If she had been alone, she probably would have despaired and lost the energy to run. Her little sister, whose hand she held, gave her strength. Yes, the wish to save Nemu’s life was the only thing keeping Enri going now.

She threw another glance over her shoulder as they ran. The distance between them had not changed much. Despite the armor, the knight wasn’t slowing down. The difference between a trained knight and a village girl was painfully clear.

She was sweating and her entire body was assailed by a coldness. At this rate, she wouldn’t be able to escape with Nemu.

“Let go of her hand…,” she heard a voice say.

“You might be able to make it on your own.

“Do you want to die here?

“It might be safer to split up.”

“Shut up, shut up, shut up!” She ground her teeth and gasped a rebuke at herself.

I’m the worst big sister.

Nemu looks like she’s about to cry, so how come she doesn’t?

It was because she believed in Enri. She believed her big sister would save her.

Clasping the hand that gave her the energy to run and the courage to fight, Enri thought, Who could abandon a sister like this?!

“Agh!” If Enri was severely fatigued, Nemu was completely exhausted. She cried out as she tripped and nearly fell.

The reason she didn’t fall was that the two of them were connected by their tightly held hands. But having to pull her threw Enri off-balance as well.

“Hurry!”

“I-I am!”

But when they tried to run again, Nemu’s leg cramped up and wouldn’t move right. When Enri panicked and went to pick her up, she realized in horror that the knight was right next to them.

The sword the knight held was slick with blood. And that wasn’t all. His armor and helmet had both been splattered.

Enri stared the knight down, shielding Nemu.

“There’s no point in resisting.” There was no tenderness in his words. They were said with more of a sneer. His slimy tone seemed to imply that he could kill them either way.

Enri’s chest burned with rage. What is he talking about?!

The knight slowly raised his sword. Faster than he could cut her down, Enri smashed her fist into his iron helmet as hard as she could. “You think I’m that easy?!”

“Gwah!”

She’d put all her anger, and all of her will to protect her sister, into her fist. She wasn’t scared of hitting metal. It’d been a punch that contained her whole body and soul.

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