I don't like the gods, I want to be a hero

The skeletal undead who spent all his magic power to bless the bone dragon with enhanced magic sat there blankly, with a dumbfounded and speechless expression on his face without a trace of flesh.

He can accept that someone has amazing magic that surpasses his own wisdom. After all, there are people beyond people, and there is a sky beyond the sky, not to mention the world where there are undead like him.

But he couldn't understand that such an existence also possessed even more frightening power——

It was as if the source of magic he was pursuing was actually unscrupulous hand-to-hand combat. Just thinking about this terrible conclusion in his mind put his spirit in a forced depression all the time.

"My... my lord."

The skeletal undead, whose spirit was on the verge of collapse, tremblingly stretched out his hand to Serius, who had appeared by his side at some time, just like a believer accidentally glimpsed a god in despair, his eyes full of prayers looking at the crimson boy.

"Can you tell me... please have mercy, and tell me how the magic ends?"

"Is the end of magic?" Seleus pointed at the trembling undead skeleton, and a red thunder that represented destruction leaped between his fingers. "There is a high probability that it is omniscient and omnipotent."

"Omniscient... Almighty?" Although he had already sensed the countdown to death, the skeletal undead just muttered in a daze.

No begging for mercy, no howling, the skeletal undead who spent their whole life pursuing the origin of magic didn't want to waste any time when death came.

However, Seleus, who had just become enlightened, did not intend to leave him any chance, and the thunder of destruction exploded, directly flashing towards the ecstasy skeleton undead.

The Skeletal Undead's field of vision was instantly filled with dazzling crimson light, and then, in the explosion of thunder, his mind and body were completely reduced to dust that permeated the world.

"I'm really sorry, based on your respect for me and Lord Osiris, I should let you choose a way to die."

There was neither sadness nor joy on Serius' face. He waved his hand, and the skeletal undead residue was blown up by the non-stop swirling wind, and gently sent out of the city.

"In addition, it was because of you that I woke up to my own problems. With this, before I kill you, it is not unnegotiable to tell you about part of the magic path in detail."

"But... um~~~ Let's forget it."

Serius didn't continue talking. Since he had already taken action and the other party was reduced to ashes, what's the point of continuing to confide in his heart?

"Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!"

A burst of unexplainable screams, whether it was happiness or fear, suddenly sounded not far away.

Seleus, whose thoughts were interrupted, followed the prestige, and saw that Keno, who had spread his arms and tightly covered his face with his cloak, was moving towards him at full speed with an unexpected agility.

And when he approached, he directly threw himself on the young man, and shivered around like a kitten worried about being abandoned.

Serius felt a little strange, since the crisis had been lifted and he had seen his own terrifying power, why did Keno still act so flustered?

'Maybe it's because you've been suppressed too hard? '

Thinking of this, Serius stretched out his hand to caress Keno's blond hair that was slightly disheveled due to the fast running...

'It's strange, she is obviously undead, but why is her forehead so hot? '

Chapter No.16 Keno's Request

"In these years, have you been studying the transformation of the undead alone?"

It took a long time to deal with the night mage who came suddenly, and calm down Keno's 'frightened' emotions.

Back to normal... The most important thing is that after the body temperature finally dropped to the freezing cold unique to the undead, the girl took the initiative to take Serius to the palace.

Seleus, who needed to be by Keno's side, naturally nodded in agreement, and talked about the girl's experiences over the years on the way.

"It's not alone."

"Isn't he alone?" Serius expressed his doubts.

He had already confirmed the fact that there were no living people in the entire royal city, and as for Keno, he was the only special case among the undead who could preserve their sanity.

And since it is called a special case, normally speaking, there will be no second one in the same area.

"Although they were all transformed into unconscious undead, my father and mother are still by my side."

Keno didn't bring her loyal Nasta with her, it was really this maid running around that made her worry a lot.

And no matter what, a guy who always 'wanted' to run away from her wasn't exactly companionship.

"Sorry, I seem to have overlooked the bonds between your families." Serius bowed his head, apologizing for his slip of the tongue.

"No... there is no need to do that! Sir Seleus!"

The attitude of Serius seemed to have had a great impact on Keno, causing the girl to wave her hands anxiously.

"This is human nature. After all, apart from the person involved, few people can understand the idea of ​​​​treating the undead as family members."

The fetters of family members are like this, as long as they are not hostile or hurt each other, no matter what the other party becomes, they will be regarded as family members.

"And after all..." Keno's tone seemed a little melancholy. "If I hadn't also become undead, father and queen wouldn't be able to accompany me like they are now."

The undead loathe, and even hate, the existence of the living. Therefore, even though he already felt that the attitude of his parents who had become undead was completely different from other undead, Keno did not have the confidence to say something like, "Even if I am not undead, I am still alive." won't be attacked by parents' words come.

Naturally, he would not go online with Serius' unintentional words.

Of course, this is only part of the reason.

"Things that haven't been tried, who knows?" Stroking his hand to Keno's small head, Serius carefully concealed his guilt, while comforting the blond girl in a gentle tone.

"Didn't your father and Lingci already show their love for you beyond the soul? Why not have more confidence in them?"

For today's Seleus, those who can be called family members are all immortal beings, but the family affection in the ordinary world should not be ignored because of this.

And his guilt is also due to this undeserved attitude of 'superior' and 'why not eat minced meat'.

Keno lowered her head and fell into silence, which made Seleus unavoidably a little uneasy, firstly, whether his words would cause the girl to have any bad emotions.

The second is whether to withdraw the hand touching her head. If Keno is really angry, it is very appropriate to withdraw the hand, but if Keno is not angry, will it hurt her heart to withdraw her hand rashly? Have the same anxiety as yourself?

Serius was a little tangled, and what confuses him the most is that Keno is really angry, but he really didn't take his hand back...

'no!Just simulating such a situation in my head is so embarrassing that I want to shudder. '

The corner of Serius' mouth twitched, and he tried his best to control his body not to do any indecent behavior because of it.

But after accidentally noticing Keno's lost posture, Seleus still sighed silently, and stroked the girl's little head more gently.

It would be best if Keno wasn't angry, even if he was angry, he wouldn't leave the girl alone, or in other words, if Keno could channel this emotion on himself, it would be just what he wanted.

After all, it was better to take it out on him than to leave her alone to hate herself for being powerless and grieve for what had happened to her parents.

'It's just that I don't understand why Keno's head suddenly heats up from time to time? '

Fortunately, after the scene just happened, the two arrived at the city wall of the palace in a short while.

After talking with the justified reason of "should the zombies in the palace be sealed in the coffin of death?" and getting an answer that didn't look like he was angry, Seleus silently breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, Serius, who felt that the atmosphere had eased a lot, followed Keno to the throne room where the door was open.

Unexpectedly, the room between the thrones, which should have been very spacious, gave people a very aggrieved and narrow feeling. Of course, this is not talking about the occupied area between the thrones, but a kind of narrowness in space. feel.

The throne room was divided into three rooms, and the room directly connected to the door was filled with stacks of books and various scrolls, which seemed to be where Keno used to store books.

Separate the book mountain from the second room are a large number of desks, most of which were moved from other rooms, and many books were placed on them, and some parchment and papyrus were scattered on the ground in a mess. They read characters that Seleus could understand but did not understand.

'It's a completely different world after all. 'Selius thought so, and subconsciously placed his gaze in the third room.

The most eye-catching things in this room are some piled up books, papers and other things for recording, as well as carefully placed research tools like measuring vessels, beakers, etc. It seems that they are probably Keno A place for research.

Keno didn't take a second look in her research room, as if they were no longer important, and led Serius straight away from the side door next to the throne, and finally came to a door that looked like an important person's bedroom forward.

"That's... this is it, here."

For some reason, when she returned to her base camp, Keno's voice was inexplicably nervous, and she almost bit her own tongue.

Serius didn't care about these insignificant trifles, and after Keno pushed open the heavy-looking door, he followed her into the house.

A bed, four chairs, and an old desk are all the furniture, without considering the existence of entertainment and daily necessities. It can be said that it is really not a suitable place for living.

The most noticeable ones are a man and a woman sitting on the two seats as quiet as corpses, and the female mummy wandering around.

"Those two should be Keno's parents. Being so quiet can be called...err..."

Just as Seleus was considering how to comment on the behavior of these great parents without being rude, Keno's slightly soft voice interrupted Seleus' thoughts.

"That, Lord Serius."

The red-eyed girl knelt down on one knee directly in front of Serius, interlocking her fingers and bowing her head, begging in a prayerful way.

"Please, can you please change everyone back to how they were?"

Chapter No.17 The key to solving the problem

"Recover those who have turned into undead."

Serius groaned, holding his chin with his hand as if he was thinking about an important issue... This is not pretending to be a joke, because Keno's request really troubled him.

"If it's Sir Seleus who has set foot in the realm of gods, and even such a night mage respects him, he will definitely be able to transform everyone back."

Even though she was an undead person, there was a trace of tears in Keno's red eyes, but having said that, the girl's body temperature always showed abnormalities that did not conform to common sense.

Is it special because of saving... consciousness from that catastrophic magic?

Or is it because the girl's physique is inherently special that she...preserved her own consciousness?

Damn it!For ordinary people, the situation of being transformed into an undead should also be a kind of 'death', and the focus of attention now should be Keno's request.

Realizing the seriousness of a certain aspect, Serius frowned involuntarily, and this also made the already anxious girl show an even more panicked and anxious expression.

"I know that when you seek magic help from a magic caster, you must pay for it. I also know that the wealth of this royal city will be your spoils of war, but I still have 'I' to pay you."

Keno's words revealed an extremely firm determination, but Seleus always felt that there was some kind of emotion in the girl's brighter red pupils that he subconsciously didn't want to delve into.

"Although I don't know my specific value, as a treasure that a master of the night says needs to be lucky enough to get it, I should be able to help Sir Seleus..."

"STOP STOP!!!"

Celius waved his hand hastily, and finally interrupted the girl before she could say something more 'remarkable'.

"Honestly, your request is really bugging me."

"If it's not enough, just treat me as a deposit. I believe that everyone will work hard to repay the rest of the remuneration after understanding the kindness of Lord Serius..."

"It's not a matter of being paid or not... By the way, in fact, I've already received enough from you."

Under Keno's suddenly astonished gaze, Seleus pointed to the three extremely bright Command Spells on the back of the girl's hand.

"My situation is a bit special. Although I have mastered powerful power...um~~~ It is because I have mastered powerful power that I was rejected by the world..."

"In easy-to-understand terms, it can be considered that I was expelled from his kingdom by a certain king who said nothing, and I must rely on establishing contact with its citizens to be allowed to enter again."

"And that kingdom is the world. As for the king, you can understand it as the existence of 'fate' that dominates everything."

"Then these three magic lines..." The girl raised the back of her hand in surprise, showing the scale-like pattern to Seleus.

"As proof of our contract and as a physical manifestation of what keeps us connected."

Seleus flicked his right hand, actively activating the command spell to make the girl feel the connection between the two of them.

"I need to get in touch with you to enter this world, so, as a preferential treatment, I can help you solve some troubles within my ability, and even the three command spells have the authority to force orders on me."

"In addition, it needs to be explained that the authority of the Command Seals cannot really distort my will, and once all the three Command Seals are used up, it means that the contract between us has ended, and all connections except the fetters will no longer exist. re-exist."

"So...is that so?"

The girl murmured softly and lowered her head. It is worth noting that she very carefully pressed the back of the hand engraved with the command spell with her other hand, and at the same time treated her like a lover... no, it should be said that it was above that Attitude put his hands in his arms.

"That's what happened. I'm sorry I didn't say it clearly before, but it was also because the situation was very urgent at the time. So, can you forgive me once for this point?"

After saying all this, Seleus heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.

'The command spell injected by the main body for some unknown purpose really helped a lot, and it's really great to be able to come up with this set of rhetoric in such a short time. '

'And I have said so, the matter of remuneration should be settled, although I will worry about the image of myself taking advantage of others, but compared to the headache remuneration, I can make up for it in a short time , and image problems that happen for a reason are nothing at all. '

Thinking of this, Seleus looked at Keno who bowed his head silently. Although he couldn't see the facial expression, he felt that he could probably guess the girl's mood.

To be honest, Seleus didn't intend to take any payment in the first place.

In addition to taking into account Keno's current situation, whether this world has useful props for him is also a big question.

But after Keno said that the wealth of the entire royal city was his spoils of war, and that he even wanted to dedicate himself to him as a reward, Seleus gave the words "I don't need rewards" that had come to his lips. swallowed.

The behavior of helping others for free is of course worthy of recognition, and there is no time to discuss remuneration in detail at a critical moment.

But when the other party made a clear request and planned to pay the reward, Seleus had to consider Keno's current mood.

She had made enough awareness to ask herself, and if she continued to insist on not getting paid, the girl's determination to do everything she could would not only become a joke.

I will also become a bastard who looks great, but is actually aloof, completely contrary to the hero.