The Golden Experience Point [Part 1]

Chapter 94: "Exchanging Venom, No Manners Observed"

Rare wasn't sure if the nobles would be inside the castle. However, even nobles wouldn't stay in the capital for no reason. If they lived here, then they should have some sort of work they needed to do here. Normally speaking, that would be running the kingdom, especially now during a crisis; it would be natural to assume they were probably all crammed together in some kind of centralized location. It was possible for some of them to hole up in their mansions, but those ones would be easy to spot by checking how tight their defenses were, so she could go around finding them later.

The castle gate was shut tight, but in a flash, Deas diced it up into tiny pieces and it crumbled apart. It didn't matter if those doors were made out of wood or any other material; while it looked rather solid, it was nowhere as sturdy as a treant.

<I must say, Your Majesty...>

"What is it?"

<You have taken yet another step toward divinity.>

Ah, that's right; her followers hadn't yet seen her after learning all those skills.

"It's pretty awesome, isn't it? I have to admit I quite like the look."

<Is there something the matter with your eyes? You have had them closed since earlier.>

"Hehehe. It's because I can still sense what's going on around me even with my eyes closed now. I only need to open them in times of need."

They chatted casually while forcing their way into the royal castle. Just as Rare had seen from above earlier, there were barely any knights within. Some were coming toward them, while others rushed further into the castle. Probably to report on the situation.

"Well, if they're coming for us, then let them. I'm sure they're currently shorthanded on all fronts. Try to kill them as cleanly as possible; that'll help when we turn them into undead."

However, they were probably already [Subordinated] by a noble. If so, then even if the corpses were zombified with [Necromancy], their souls wouldn't be bound. Without an accompanying soul, they could only create weak undead.

"Do we make up for it with numbers...? If we're just going to raise all of them as undead, maybe we'll get lucky and a few of them won't be under the effects of [Subordinate]."

After that, Rare and her generals continued raiding the castle, cutting down any knights and maids they encountered. Since they were unable to bind the knights' souls with [Necromancy], they could only be turned into weak undead monsters (which they called "lesser zombies" for the sake of convenience). That wasn't the case for the maids, though; between the effects of Rare's [Necromantic Barrier] and Deas and Sieg's [Miasma], they had been reborn as rather strong undead.

"Maids and civil servants are much more useful."

Regardless of what the body originally was, the type of resulting undead didn't really vary all that much. Both knights and maids alike turned into zombies. However, whether it was because they had higher INT in life, or because maids and civil servants just had higher INT in general, the way they walked was just as refined as when they were alive. If they were killed cleanly, ignoring the change in skin color, other people may not even be able to tell they had been zombified.

"But what the hell, what is up with these hallways?!"

They had already gotten lost and had to retrace their steps countless times. There weren't many windows so they couldn't see what was going on outside, but since there was no light coming in from them at all, the sun must have long set. That said, Rare's forces were stronger at night, so this was a welcome development.