"Mm. She's top-class, the kind you'd immediately pick at a brothel."
"I wasn’t asking for that kind of information!"
When I glared at him, Gai-san adjusted a bit and said,
"Unfortunately, she’s undoubtedly an undead."
I wanted to ask what was so "unfortunate" about it, but before I could, the woman—who appeared to be an undead—spoke up.
"Oh my, I suspected a rat had sneaked in, but I never thought you'd make it all the way to me. You’re quite impressive."
Despite the situation, she wore a fearless and seductive smile.
Though she looked like an extraordinary beauty, her skin was pale, and there was no trace of life in her.
"Moreover, this aura. It’s clear that she's not just an ordinary undead. She’s probably a lich, the so-called king of undead."
"Hehe, you’re absolutely right."
At Gai-san’s comment, the woman—Lich—nodded.
"By the way, you, for a monk, have quite a good body. I do like muscular men, you know."
"Oh? In that case, I’ll gladly show it to you here. But in exchange, I’d love to see your body as well."
"Enough of this, you perverted monk!"
Hazena-san smacked Gai-san's head with her staff.
"Hehe, your companion is also quite feisty, which I like. And the others... Ah, wonderful! So many capable people have gathered for me! Please, join my—"
Suddenly, the Lich stood up from her chair, and an enormous magical power surged from her body.
"—Collection!"
" " " !? " "
The moment the Lich shouted, numerous magic circles appeared around the room.
And from them, appeared several clearly high-level undead monsters.
"We’re surrounded!"
"Four, five, six... Six in total!"
"And they don’t seem like ordinary undead!"
A headless knight in blood-red armor, mounted on a horse, a Dullahan.
A grim reaper-like monster, the Grim Reaper, wielding a massive scythe, floating in mid-air.
A three-headed dragon, rotting and emitting a foul stench, a Hydra Zombie.
An undead troll, wrapped in bandages, a Troll Mummy.
A Living Armor, clearly made from high-quality armor worn by a legendary warrior in life.
And an enhanced version of the giant skeleton we defeated earlier, with ten arms holding a greatsword and two arms holding a shield—a total of twelve arms.
And, the door we entered through slammed shut with a loud sound.
It seems like our escape route was blocked.
...Well, we could escape easily if we wanted to, though.
"Hehe, I’ll make sure not to damage you too much when I kill you. I want to enjoy your beautiful bodies while they’re still intact."
The six high-level undead monsters charged toward us.
"Ugh, what have I been doing...?"
"Ah, Akane-san woke up at the worst possible time."
"Huh? NGYAAAAAAA!"
Ah~ah, she fainted again...
While Akane-san was utterly useless, everyone else charged into battle with the high-level undead.
Selen and her brother Selius-kun, along with Philia-san, took on the Dullahan.
The hunting team, led by Balrath-san and Bern-san, dealt with the Grim Reaper.
Alex-san's adventuring party fought the Hydra Zombie.
Gori-chan took on the Troll Mummy.
Queen Maribel, Kashim, and Ganzas-san faced the Living Armor.
Noel-kun, Goate-san, former thief Dorial, and Dwarven warrior Bamba-san took on the Skeleton.
Meanwhile, I stayed behind with Vegalen-san’s party, guarding Akane-san.
In case of emergency, I planned to support everyone using the village’s enhancements.
"...We’re actually struggling a bit."
Despite having top-level warriors on our side, we were being pushed back by the six high-level undead.
The main reason for this, as expected, was the high durability of the undead and their troublesome self-repair abilities.
"Ugh, it keeps healing immediately!"
"Same here! This is why I hate undead!"
Even Selen and Gori-chan were having trouble.
"Ugh, I guess I have no choice but to use that."
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