The Crown Prince That Sells Medicine - Chapter 194

The Crown Prince That Sells Medicine Chapter 194

Episode 194 Even zombies sometimes become patients (1)

It’s real.

This is real.

No matter how you look at it, it is like that.

That’s why it’s confusing.

“…How on earth did you end up like this? “Huh, kkuik?”

In my complicated mind, I heard the voice of Orc Chief Brash. It’s a very embarrassed voice. I guess so. I’m sure you’re feeling a lot more embarrassment than you are feeling.

Rakiel raised his head.

Chief Brash’s shaking eyes were visible. The chief’s eyes were not directed at this direction, but at the zombie whose entire body was tied up and writhing.

“Tell me, Tulun. You are a warrior of reversal that I recognize. “How did you end up like this?”

Brash’s horse’s tail trembles.

But the answer that came back was vain.

“…Roll! Guuuuu!”

A zombie, or rather a being that was once called the Tulun Grandmaster, came out from the mouth of a scream without even a trace of intelligence. There were no pupils at all. Only the dull grayish whites of the eyes were shining and showing their instinctive ferocity.

Rakiel asked Brash.

“How about it? Are you sure that you know the leader of Tulun?”

“That’s right, kkuik.”

Brash nods with a confused face. I knew it. I thought my eyes weren’t wrong.

‘I was hoping it was my imagination.’

Rakiel quenched his bitter taste. Just in case, I captured a zombie alive and brought it to the lodging to check. I brought him face to face with Chief Brash. Brash lived up to our beliefs exactly. In a direction I didn’t want.

“I don’t want to believe it, but I’m sure. The head of Tulun is correct. Look here. “Do you see the scar?”

Brash pointed to the corner of the zombie’s right eye. Indeed, when I followed the hand and looked, I saw deep scars carved around the zombie’s eyes.

“This guy was greedy. The same thing happened when ironing. I always put on too much weight. It was the same that day. “I was exhausted, but I ignored the advice from those around me not to overexert myself, so I started doing shoulder presses with dumbbells that were heavier than usual, but ended up losing the dumbbells.”

“So is your face stamped on a dumbbell?”

“No, kkuik.”

“then?”

“I was so surprised that I quickly reached out to take the dumbbell.”

“Could it be that you got hit by that hand?”

“Yes, the feeling of hitting was refreshing.”

“….”

Even though I remember it, it was really bloody in detail.

Brash continued.

“Anyway, the wound was caused by being hit by my hand at that time. “I’m sure this zombie Tulun is his friend.”

The chief’s voice was filled with extreme confusion and shocked regret. It wasn’t too much of a stretch. A friend whom he recognized and had a close relationship with, who died before him, turned up as a zombie, which could have been a psychological shock.

Rachiel was equally shocked. Although it was a slightly different kind of shock than Brasch’s.

‘Tsk. ‘This is a mess.’

Tulun Chief.

He died recently. That person had become a zombie and was wandering around the city. What does that mean?

‘It means a warlock is nearby.’

He suddenly remembered the contents of the novel Demon Sword Emperor. According to the setting in the novel, zombies are beings that can never be created naturally. He said that voodoo, necromancy, and black magic, which creates zombies from corpses and treats them like puppets, is absolutely necessary.

In other words, the guy who turned the recently deceased Tulun merchant into a zombie is secretly operating nearby.

‘Besides, this doesn’t seem to be an ordinary warlock.’

Rachiel’s eyes glanced at the Tulun chieftain zombie. The more I looked at every aspect, the more surprising I was. This was because the level of perfection as a zombie seemed to be considerable.

‘It’s the best skill.’

The stages of zombie completion that were mentioned earlier in Demon Sword Emperor came to mind. In Demon Sword Emperor, the level of zombies was divided into high, middle, and low.

First of all, the lower class said that although they made zombies, their movements were very unnatural. It was said that all he could do was walk with a limp and a slow crawling pace because his joints were almost stiff.

Next, the intermediate level said that body movements such as walking and moving become natural. However, there was still a difference in that he could not make facial expressions.

Lastly, what is the reward?

‘It is said that not only are the movements natural, but even the facial expressions become more diverse, creating a sense of liveliness. Well, most of them have ferocious facial expressions.’

Rakiel’s gaze turned to the Tulun boss zombie. He was making a fierce ‘face’ towards Brash. Also, what was it like when you first discovered your identity? He even showed a surprised and embarrassed expression for a moment.

The meaning is clear.

‘He’s a warlock skilled enough to create high-level zombies. And in the world of the Demon Sword Emperor, the only warlock who can create advanced zombies at this time is… that guy, Cartu.’

The contents of the novel flowed out one after another from the drawer of my memory.

Cartu.

The strongest and worst warlock of his time.

At the same time, he is a rare psychopath.

He dreamed of a society that actively utilized zombie labor. Thinking it was a reasonable world, they trained an undead army. In the end, a disaster occurred in the Midgard region. It went on a rampage, swallowing up as many as three cities.

That is what will unfold in about 7 years in the future.

‘Tsk. So, after a few years, I started paying attention to the Midgard region. But why is he setting it up here, hundreds of kilometers away from Midgard?’

So at first I thought it was someone else. But no matter how much I thought about it, it wasn’t true. This was because advanced zombie manufacturing was an unrivaled black magic possessed only by the Cartu gnome.

‘Does that mean… the place where he secretly increased his power was here in the Kranosk region?’

Wrinkles appeared between Rakiel’s eyebrows.

I guess it seems like that.

‘but. Even in the novel, there was no specific mention of how or when and where he raised the undead army.’

As expected, the parts that did not appear in the novel were also progressing steadily. Rakiel once again realized that this world was the world of the Demon Sword Emperor. On the one hand, he acknowledged that there were many parts that even he, who had read the novel, did not know.

‘Anyway, if that’s the case, we have to stop it. ‘Because this is an opportunity.’

This is an opportunity to prevent future disasters. Moreover, it is also for the sake of peace(?) in the long-root licorice farm, which he has high hopes for. Only when long-rooted licorice is supplied smoothly will Byeolgung Oriental Medicine Clinic develop further.

Rakiel said after organizing his thoughts.

“Anyway, I understand. “If it is clear that this zombie is the Tulun leader, it means that there is a warlock nearby that needs to be defeated.”

“yes. Shall we prepare the warriors?”

Chief Brash was already bulging his pectorals and letting out harsh snorts. He seemed ready to rip out the head of the warlock who had insulted his friend by turning him into a zombie.

But Rakiel shook his head.

“no. “Not now.”

“Yes kkuik?”

“First, we have to find out where that warlock is hiding. The priority is to find traces and clues of the guy. “Apart from the warriors, a message will also be placed in the ecliptic.”

“What if it’s a message?”

“Request for punitive forces.”

Rakiel spoke as if cutting with a knife.

“I know very well that your warriors are brave. However, if the subjugation force dispatched from the imperial family joins in, they will be able to more surely rip off the warlock’s belly… no, his head. “Isn’t that right?”

“also! You are wise! “Then shall we prepare the warriors immediately?”

“huh? No, not now. “Gathering information comes first.”

“Yes, then shall we gather the warriors right away to collect information?”

“….”

“We are ready at any time, kkuik!”

“…Oh yeah.”

Rachiel smiled bitterly. I understand Brash’s motivation, but mobilizing warriors to raid the wilderness will not work. If that happens, the warlock who senses danger will hide deeper.

‘Besides, he probably already knew he was caught.’

It certainly will. Because the zombie I was controlling was captured. It’s probably already cut off its tail and moved its hiding place.

‘So simple methods such as blindly searching the wilderness or throwing corpses as bait won’t work.’

So how can we dig up his information? Can we find out its hiding place? Wrinkles appeared between Rachiel’s eyebrows, as clear as the depth of her worries.

‘I’d rather ask that zombie.’

I would like to if I could. It would be great if that zombie at the top would tell himself where he was manufactured(?).

I was just having this thought in mind.

The top zombie shook his body violently, as if responding to his thoughts.

“Bake!”

A zombie that is tied up and screaming. At the same time, I felt a faint yet strange flow of mana. It was the same mana that I had sensed earlier when I first discovered the zombie.

But…

“….”

Wait a minute.

Rakiel felt something flashing in his mind. For a brief moment, an absurd possibility crossed my mind. Acupuncture point scanning was turned on. I looked at the zombie’s body.

That moment.

“…Guoeoeook!”

The top zombie screamed again. At the same time, the distorted flow of mana was sensed again. This time it looked more detailed thanks to acupoint scanning.

‘There’s something engraved all over the zombie’s body…?’

A tiny magic circle?

Or traces of witchcraft?

Mana kernels the size of pumpkin seeds were lodged throughout the body of the zombie. They were emitting twisted mana and forcing the dead body of the chieftain to move. But the flow of mana is like…

‘It’s like the flow of acupuncture points.’

It was so similar.

Artificially created acupoint flow. That’s what’s making the body move. So, even in the body of a dead person, acupuncture points can flow if the conditions are right.

That was the moment I realized that.

“Kid, give me some thorns.”

A new possibility vaguely emerged. It still seems like a crazy idea. It may seem like a crazy idea, but On the other hand, I thought it was worth a try and lifted up the white thorn. I approached the top zombie. And without hesitation.

Tot!

I stabbed the squirming zombie in the back of the neck. A concave spot behind the sternocleidomastoid muscle on the side of the nape. It was the Cheonyuhyeol (天牖穴) of the Su-so-Yang-Three-Cha-Sutra (手少陽三焦經).

“…Geuuk!”

After applying the needle, I checked the reaction through acupuncture point scanning. But there was no response. No mana flow was produced from the thorn-pierced Cheonyuhyeol.

But Rakiel did not give up on possibility.

“Little girl, brown this time.”

“Little girl!”

I accepted the brown thorn. Once again.

Toot!

This time, I pierced the acupoint just above the top of the auricle. It was examined through acupuncture point scanning. As expected, there was still no response.

“Prince of humans? “What are you doing, Kkuik?”

Brash asked with a puzzled look. It could have been shocking because this side suddenly started shooting zombies, not even living people.

But instead of answering, Rakiel took out the next thorn.

“Little one, black.”

I accepted the K-flavored thorn. Rakiel’s eyes sparkled as he aimed at the top zombie.

‘If brown was less stimulating, how about this?’

perhaps.

Really maybe.

Even if you are dead, as long as your acupuncture points respond to stimulation. If only it were possible to artificially induce the flow of acupuncture points like that. Wouldn’t it be possible to hear some of the memories stored in brain tissue that were experienced while becoming a zombie? Wouldn’t it be possible to obtain a clue to the warlock?

This is ridiculous.

This is so absurd.

But I can’t say there is no possibility at all. I’ll have to check it out, even if it’s a faint possibility.

Tot-!

The black K-flavored thorn was used to stab the top of the top of the zombie’s head at the Baekhoehyeol (百會穴).

That moment.

“…ouch!”

Instead of an ignorant rant, a long-awaited human(?) reaction erupted from the top zombie.