But while they were down stairs clearing them out as instructed, a few of them had already escaped through a different exit and were roaming the town of Oak currently. The priest had been a bit flustered as he asked the two of them to go and destroy the abominations before they had a chance to hurt anybody. Once they are destroyed, completely destroy their remnants so nobody discovers they are undead or bring back the body parts so they can be properly taken off. With that the priest walked over to one of the benches and seemingly disappeared when it looked like he took a seat.
What lies beneath [NQ/Keita]
Fri May 28, 2021 11:20 pm
But while they were down stairs clearing them out as instructed, a few of them had already escaped through a different exit and were roaming the town of Oak currently. The priest had been a bit flustered as he asked the two of them to go and destroy the abominations before they had a chance to hurt anybody. Once they are destroyed, completely destroy their remnants so nobody discovers they are undead or bring back the body parts so they can be properly taken off. With that the priest walked over to one of the benches and seemingly disappeared when it looked like he took a seat.
Sun May 30, 2021 11:52 am
Apparently they had done this when the two of them were downstairs taking care of the undead that they were supposed to be clearing out, and the priest decided not to inform them quickly, simply wiaitng for them to be done before doing so. This meant that a lot of the undead had a bit of time to spread out more, which was a massive headache. Keita had a plan, however. "Since you're faster than I am, maybe go around in a perimeter and I'll work the opposite way coming from the church to round everyone up. How does that sound?"
Sun May 30, 2021 6:16 pm
"Alright, that sounds like a plan, they shouldn't be too hard to locate as they shouldn't have gone far I imagine. If anything, they shouldn't have gotten that far, if they were the walking creatures anyway. If it's the specters that's a bigger issue. Anyway, let's get out of here and hurry. I hope I get extra for this kind of last minute request." Shichiro explained before placing his hands into his pockets. Unfortunately, a job is a job regardless of how it happens.
Mon May 31, 2021 4:13 am
Hallucinations aside, Keita started to execute the plan, and started to head to the actual entrance that the undead were pouring out of. This would make it easier to contain if he could go and close the damned door that was leaking all of the zombies out, and so this would stop any further spread. Only then would he think about exterminating the rest of the undead. He did not want to do twice the work for half the pay, so to speak. Still, he wanted to make sure he kept in contact with his cousin also. "Meet back here every half hour or so?" Keita would say instead of ask, as he was already leaving the area.
Mon May 31, 2021 10:24 pm
A lot of time had passed since both Keita and Shichiro were down in the catacomb entrances so he couldn't quite grasp how far the creatures could have gotten. Shichiro had spotted a couple a little older than him walking down the street in the direction towards the church. He hadn't found anything dangerous yet but he figured he couldn't leave it to chance. Shichiro called out to them, ordering them to vacate the premise using his authority as a Rune Knight.
Tue Jun 01, 2021 2:51 pm
It seemed that they notice him, and the couple of them started shambling closer, and at a faster pace than normal, although they were still quite slow, as their leg muscles were only being held up by residual magic. Keita looped a bit around the side of one, essentially splitting them up a little because of how they were positioned, before throwing one to the ground by sweeping its legs. The other one was dispatched with a wisp crawling into it's head and destroying it from within. He then focused back on the one that was thrown to the ground.
Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:37 pm
It seems to be so common even the common folk have adopted the hate of law enforcements but it didn't matter to him. In the end, he was being paid to save these idiots, even if they didn't realize it yet. Shichiro then decided to abuse his authority by threatening, not only them but their loved ones as well for obstructing justice, throwing them and their families in era dungeon.
Tue Jun 01, 2021 3:44 pm
Keita headed in a bit deeper, before seeing another zombie standing in front of a door, the wooden beam that was holding the door closed before this was on the floor in front of the zombie, with the double doors wide open. Keita could see the other zombies amassing on the other side, so he acted quickly, running over and jump kicking the zombie in the chest, shoving him back in, before closing and barring the door once again.
Tue Jun 01, 2021 4:46 pm
As quickly as the words left his mouth had the zombie turned it's attention towards him. As it began to shamble towards him, Shichiro decided to step in and swiftly punch it in it's torso, knocking it backwards around five meters. Afterwards, he relaxed his guard, walking towards the undead in order to see if he had put it out of it's misery, permanently or if he needed to apply any additional damage towards it.
Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:17 pm
Keita was unsure if it was the priest, as usually people could rule the priest out because they were the one that called in the request in the first place. It did not make much sense to call the policing members of society on yourself, did it? Keita still had a sneaking suspicion about that man though, but for now it was best to continue on. He then simply kept circling until he saw a couple more of the undead roving around outside, looking for flesh.
Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:24 pm
Regardless of if it could or not, he'd have to burn it anyway to make sure the towns folk couldn't discover the body. Kneeling down next to the corpse, he began to mutter some words, followed by making some signs with both of his hands like the ninjas he read about in his fantasy books, slowly lighting the body ablaze in order to burn it. He had to be through and watch it to make sure it didn't catch the buildings it was in between on fire as well.
Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:29 pm
Keita simply summoned another wisp, and this one would accompany the first to go over and destroy the head of the zombie, usually by getting into the head from the ears or nose and attacking the inside of the zombie's head until it broke. In this way, he could go and destroy multiple undead at once, himself going to seek out undead, and his group of wisps attacking the second. His efficiency increased quite a bit by doing this.
Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:37 pm
He was only here to make sure the undead didn't attack, kill and add more to their own ranks. Luckily, it was quite difficult for that process to happen as the targets would have to be completely dead first and it would take at least a day for them to turn. Placing his hands into his pockets, Shichiro continued on with his search for the undead in the surrounding area of the church. It didn't take long for him to find another undead, creeping on another unsuspecting victim.
Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:45 pm
This turned out to be a really good system after a while, a couple minutes going by and Keita realizing that the undead were being mowed down. It seemed like his cousin had to face off against a considerably larger number, as they would have poured out and scattered before the priest even figured out what was going wrong, so he was being far more stressed than Keita was, and he appreciated that, because just running around closer to the exit was making him out of breath.
Tue Jun 01, 2021 7:50 pm
The man was so out of it, he didn't realize he was in danger of death. Specters weren't like the walking dead that attack people physically in order to feast on their flesh, but more akin to draining their essence through their faces. It was a ghastly sight and it seems as if this one in particular would go after the man that was slumped over. Physical attacks weren't very effective to specters although they didn't render completely ineffective as they were more corporal beings than flesh and blood. Well, Shichiro had a job to do even if he didn't feel like it.
Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:04 pm
It gave him a nice and refreshing break from all of the undead killing. Soon though, this turned into a fairly tense situation, as out of the corner of his eye when he was drinking, Keita saw a large horde of undead coming towards him. These undead seemed to have banded together in a large swarm, and were slightly faster, almost as if they had become stronger by being in a group, and so Keita was forced to run. "Hey Shichiro! A little assistance please!" Keita would yell.
Tue Jun 01, 2021 9:16 pm
With that being said, after he had slain the specter, he had heard the call of his cousin, asking to aid him with what seemed like a horde of zombies somewhere back near the church. Shichiro had responded with, "on my way," as he took off in the direction of where he heard the voice. Running towards Keita's location, he had found a huge swarm of undead near Keita's position. He figured he would open up the assault with a powerful spell in order to subdue the horde, tonight was not his night he assumed.
Tue Jun 01, 2021 9:46 pm
With his panting and struggling, he finally made it over towards his cousin, Shichiro being only around twenty feet away from him, and Shichiro would be able to see the large horde of thirty or so undead writhing around and somewhat jogging. Normally this would not be any sort of problem, but with Keita being in between Shichiro and the undead, he hoped that his cousin had a way to hit them without catching him in the cross fire as well.
Tue Jun 01, 2021 10:14 pm
However this was the perfect scenario in which he could use it and not have too much to worry about. Well, after unleashing the spell, there wasn't a single walker left as Shichiro hoped. Now all he had to do was get out of the area quickly before people came to wonder what caused that huge explosion of flames. Moving back towards Keita, he began to tug on his shirt, whispering, "We have to get out of here now, quickly" Soon after afterwards, the two of them made it back to the church to find the priest had their payments prepared, handing it over to both Keita and Shichiro before they had head back out in order to do the next job.
[Exit.]
Tue Jun 01, 2021 10:45 pm
"Where, looks like I need more cardio." Keita would say in a slightly half hearted and joking manner to his cousin who had just destroyed all of the undead. After taking a bit of a break, Keita got up and walked with Shichiro back to the church, using what little energy he had left to jog alongside of Shichiro, as they had cause quite a big commotion, so they wanted to leave the scene immediately and get their money.
[EXIT]
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