The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary Vol. 5 by Mine

Author:Mine [Mine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2022-06-15T07:00:00+00:00

Time passed, and the moon arced high in the sky.

Loren was fighting off his drowsiness to keep watch when he suddenly picked up a stench on the wind. He struck a palm against his cheek to fix his attention on the waking world.

He tried to restrain his own strength, but his fatigued brain failed him. As he slapped himself, his jaw let out a tremendous snapping sound and enough pain to make him teary. Lapis jerked up, casting about to see what had happened. Dia, who had fallen asleep against the dirt wall, rubbed her eyes, looking reproachfully at Loren.

He’d been so concerned about staying awake that he hadn’t paid much attention to the others. They’d gone and fallen asleep on him. But this wasn’t the time to scold. Loren stood to gaze over the wall, hoping to confirm the source of the stench, his aching jaw clenched and his brow furrowed. His eyes, still synchronized with the eyes of a Lifeless King, took in every detail unhindered by the night.

So many undead clustered in the darkness that they sickened one to count, a flock of bone and decaying flesh.

“They’re a lower rank than last time, but there are more of them now.” Lapis sighed at the countless swaying bodies. They were still a ways off, and she could tell from Loren’s expression that the crowd wasn’t what worried him. She squinted, her own eyes going wide at the shadow rising behind the masses.

“What is it this time?”

Their reactions made clear that tonight wouldn’t be a matter of zombies and skeletons. Dia turned to take in the towering figure, surprise flickering across her features.

The massive silhouette of a dragon rose against the darkness. However, none of them could make out the light in its eyes. While ominous, it didn’t look in any shape to fight; its wings had lost their membrane, and gaping wounds covered its body. Fluids—blood, pus, and the juices of decaying entrails—splattered onto the ground from its sides and bubbled away into grimy vapor. It had lost more than half of its sharp fangs, its mouth a ghastly, gaping maw.

“Zombie dragon…”

Regardless of how the dragon had died, it had been brought back with dark magic to create the thing before them. While made of the same stuff as soft and mindless zombies, the lowest class of undead, it possessed the bulk and sharpness to render it exponentially more threatening.

Undead beasts were supposedly unable to use the abilities and magics they had possessed in life. However, their massive physical might was further augmented by the uncanny strength bestowed upon the undead. Dragon corpses were rare enough, and even more rarely resurrected, but the appearance of such a monster would have rattled nations and rallied armies.

“Well, it looks like someone is taking this seriously.”

“How considerate of them…”

“You don’t sound too surprised, Mr. Loren.”

The sight of a rotting dragon corpse should have been quite the shock, and Lapis was sure Loren should have had some kind of reaction. While Loren was certainly put off by the sheer scale of their new foe, the other details didn’t unsettle him.

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