Tyrant

It was still early dawn, the time when light and darkness switch, enveloping the world in a dim glow. Grrraaah! Gaaaah! The tide of corpses surged toward Crossroad. Under the dawn sky, the writhing bodies of the zombies appeared gray. The mass of zombies, swarming over the land, resembled a fluttering cloth or a cluster…

Cromwell was walking forward. ‘Huh…’ Using her bloated arms as forelegs, she crawled along the ground and noticed an ant colony crushed beneath her tree-like hand, pondering in a daze. ‘Where am I going?’ The fragments of her torn thoughts slowly entangled and stitched together. ‘Ah, right.’ To Crossroad. To the gateway of the mortal…

For the next two days, La Mancha and the griffons poured diluted cure over the heads of the zombie horde. At first, most of the zombies endured with little reaction, but as the cure application accumulated, changes began to appear. The zombies’ condition weakened, and the parasites controlling the hosts gradually lost their grip. The…

“What do you think will happen if we pour this cure on the zombie monsters… Is that what you were asking?” I nodded heavily, and Rosetta scribbled the cure recipe on the parchment on the desk and handed it to me. “I think, Your Highness, that we will need a substantial donation to our temple…

A moment later. “Huff, huff!” I wiped the sweat pouring down my face and surveyed the infected still blocking my path. “Seriously…! Huff, don’t make! Huff, me do close combat like this!” Even with a few crowns and several powers, my poor stamina had not improved at all! Nevertheless, I had enough ability to beat…

Crackle, crackle… The broken corridor lights flickered. From the distance came the muffled cries of infected, mingled with the desperate screams of those not yet infected. ‘Damn, I hate horror games.’ I rubbed the goosebumps off the back of my neck. Charging recklessly could get us bitten by the infected, leading to our annihilation. We…

「Mikhail, are you there…?」 Hearing the voice of one of the queens, Mikhail urgently picked up the receiver and responded as gently as he could. “Yes, I’m here.” 「I’m sorry, we went out on the deck earlier and… encountered a zombie monster. We managed to knock it off the airship, but during the struggle, the…

Leaving behind the scene where their husband, Mikhail, was happily chatting with Prince Ash, the commander of the frontlines, the five queens of Vermillion stepped out onto the deck of the airship. They needed some fresh air to clear their minds. “Wow, did you see Mikhail’s face?” “Yeah, he had a big smile plastered on.”…

“Cancel the second bombardment! Increase altitude!” “What?!” “No questions, just up! Now!” But an airship is enormous and cannot move instantly just because of a command. The pilot, hearing my order, urgently moved the controls to raise La Mancha’s altitude again. It was a little late. Grrrrrr! Gaaaaaah! The horrifying roars of the zombies suddenly…

Dawn. I woke up from a call by Dearmudin, who had just returned from the abandoned cathedral, and hurriedly went down to the reception room. “The abandoned cathedral has fallen.” Dearmudin was covered in blood, but fortunately, it wasn’t his own. It seemed to be the blood of others from the battle. “And Cromwell… seems…