The Sub-Protagonist Is Retiring

29 – 029.Ghost of Money

The identity of the plague is the dead poison of the undead.

The body of the undead has the aura of death, which is harmful to all living things.

For example, if you bite a zombie’s body with your teeth because you don’t have a weapon, you will be infected with dead poison and die slowly.

Fortunately, the undead dead poison can be purified with divine power… … .

‘The poison that spreads in Bardel is of different quality.’

Demi Richie lives in hiding in Bardel Village. He was half demon, half undead.

He remodeled it by injecting his demonic energy into Sadok.

When the divine power came in, it was to accelerate the progress of death poison by causing a violent rejection reaction by the demons.

Having perfectly prepared the countermeasure against the divine power, Demi Lich immediately released the mutated Sadok into the well.

That’s how the town of Bardel fell into a desperate crisis.

‘Until this point, his plan can be considered perfect.’

However, there was a weakness of Sadok that even such a demi-rich could not bear to think about.

It is dark under the lamp, and Sadok’s other countermeasure is the sarlac grass that grows near the village of Bardel.

The villagers thought it was a weed and pulled it all out, but in fact, this grass had a special property hidden in it.

It is a characteristic that only uses animal corpses and bones as nutrients, and even decomposes dead poison of the undead.

Because of this nature, sarrak grass grows unconditionally around cemeteries or corpses.

‘Originally, it would become known through the war against the undead that would take place a year later.’

As a possessor, I knew this in advance. And with that knowledge, I started working on the cure.

“Hoo-wook… ! 300… ! Whoop… ! 301… !”

“Today is the day to get your lower body in order!”

“Whoops… ! very good!”

First of all, I ordered the elves to gather sarlac grass.

When I instructed the athletic elves to squat and pull the grass, they gladly followed.

The amount of sarlac grass collected in this way was enough to feed the villagers.

Meanwhile, Lewen and I fetched water from the nearby stream, while Renee and Lynn crushed the grass and poured it into the water bottle.

“Is this a cure for plague?”

“that’s right. Drinking this will cure the plague. By the way, it also has a 24-hour preventive effect, so drink it beforehand.”

“By the way, are you going to just release the cures made like this in the village?”

“It doesn’t really matter if we provide it for free, but then how will the villagers view us?”

“I’m sure everyone in the village will realize the greatness of the teacher and look up to him!”

“Yes, that is the problem.”

“yes?”

Rin tilted her head and expressed her doubts.

Come to think of it, he doesn’t know yet.

“I don’t want to build a reputation. If your name or face is known for no reason, it will be a headache.”

“Oh… !”

Rin groaned briefly and flinched.

Everyone’s eyes turned to her in response.

She was sweating profusely and restless.

“what’s the matter? Like someone who has something stabbed.”

“That, that… .”

Lin confessed to me what had happened.

After she dealt with Belmond at the academy, she said that the feat was put in my name.

As soon as I heard that sound, my mind went blank.

“So, it turns out that I not only found the demon hiding in the academy, but also dealt with it?”

“yes… … .”

It’s nice that Belmond’s early death also ended Rin’s death flag, but the problem was public.

It is said that the princess knight’s favorability rating has accumulated more while I was not aware of it.

I got goosebumps all over my body when I imagined becoming undead by a princess knight instead of a demi-rich.

“Sin, sorry! I did something stupid… !”

Rin has been apologizing while bending over, and Renee has kept her mouth shut and suppressed laughter.

I lightly punched Renee on the forehead.

“Uh, why?”

“They say they hate a sister-in-law who laughs more than a mother-in-law who beats them.”

“Isn’t that Marlin’s sister-in-law?”

“is it? Anyway, the way you laughed behind me was even more disgusting.”

“Ugh… !”

Renee started pounding my chest with her fist as if it was unfair.

Either way, I kept talking to Rin.

“Isn’t that the only public forgery?”

“yes. For now… … .”

“You mean there was more to go up?”

“I will accept the teacher’s will and upload the rest with my own!”

“Please.”

I couldn’t change the achievements that had already been raised, but I thought it was good to block the addition of new achievements before it was too late.

If I stay quiet for a while, it will naturally be forgotten even in the princess knight’s mind.

Therefore, the treatment of the plague in Bardel Village will be carried out while thoroughly hiding my identity.

and… … .

“I’m selling a cure for something like this!”

All I had left was money.

While staying in Bardel Village, I decided to become a ghost of money.

***

Day 1 of pesticide administration.

Many people doubted Bern’s cure.

It was because Bern, who thoroughly concealed his identity, was suspicious.

However, with the testimony of Sister Maybell and the appearance of a cured person, people began to accept the cure little by little.

Day 2 of pesticide administration.

More patients than the day before found the medicine.

1 gold wasn’t that cheap, but people flocked to it when they said that those who didn’t have money could pay it back in a year from now.

The temple officially acknowledged the cure Bern had brought and purchased it in large quantities from him.

Day 3 of pesticide administration.

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No one in the village doubted the cure anymore.

Everyone praised Berne for developing and bringing a cure, and the temple hoped to raise him as a candidate for a saint.

However, Bern flatly rejected the offer.

Day 4 of pesticide administration.

About 90% of the people suffering from the plague in the village disappeared.

Although there were still carriers on the outskirts of the village, the temple actively supported the disease by providing a cure.

In the meantime, Vern went to the village’s water source and purified the water with sarlac grass.

There were people who complained about the bitter taste of the water, but Bern cast Alpano.

Day 5 of pesticide administration.

There were no more infected people in Bardel Village.

After the hellish days, people returned to their daily lives before the plague.

However, there were many deaths due to plague, and they were honored with cremation according to Berne’s suggestion.

Day 6 of plague treatment administration.

When news of a plague lingered in a nearby village, they began to export the cure on a large scale.

There was a strong desire to buy the cure from neighboring villages, so Bern produced additional cures.

And Bern’s money bag had become difficult to carry around.

And the 7th day of the long-awaited plague cure.

“Cheers!”

“Cheers!!”

A banquet was held to commemorate the cure of the plague in Bardel Village.

The protagonist of the banquet was Bern, but he avoided the seat as he seemed to be exposed after drinking.

Instead, Renee and Rowen decided to enjoy the banquet.

[The dying village has become agitated.]

‘What, did you want to join the banquet too?’

[no. This body prefers time with you.]

‘Why do people around me seem to put honey on their mouths like this?’

[This body just told the truth.]

‘That doesn’t change the contract for the better.’

[…] … A shrewd contractor.]

Bern sneaks out of the banquet hall at night and heads for the river.

I was thinking of making more cures when I had more time.

Since the method of making the cure is not disclosed, when you leave the village and the stockpile of the cure runs out, the plague spreads again.

Considering that, it was the intention to leave after mass-producing.

‘I’ve gotten used to collecting wild grass now.’

[It’s been almost a week, so isn’t it natural?]

‘It must be strange not to get used to it.’

[Anyway, this is amazing. Even though I’ve been grazing a lot, I can’t believe there are still so many.]

‘Come to think of it, I didn’t tell you why there are so many sarlac grasses in Bardel Village.’

[Wasn’t it simply because the environment was good for growing sarrak grass?]

‘Sarrak grass is a grass that grows even in polar regions. Terrain or climate doesn’t matter.’

[Then why are there so many?]

‘Simple. It’s because there are a lot of corpses piled up in the basement of Bardel Village.’

Funerals in the village of Bardel were traditionally mass burials.

They made a large pit in the basement of the village and buried the bodies there one after another.

Seeing that over thousands of corpses were clumped together in one place, sarrak grass gathered in a frenzy.

It was also for this reason that Demi Lich tried to make this village the home of the undead army.

For Lich, the corpse was a soldier. Bardel Village was soon a soldier’s gathering place.

However, Demi Richie’s plan was destroyed by a man and lost its meaning.

Richie’s anger was naturally directed towards the man.

“You are the one who made the cure for the plague… !”

In the thick darkness, a skull with eyes glowing red appeared from the air.

Its skull had two pairs of horns that humans couldn’t have, and wings made of bones were attached to its back.

A demi-rich who is both a demon and an undead. The Demon, who appeared wearing a dark gray robe, exuded a strong sense of intimidation as soon as it appeared.

“You are finally born.”

Bern stopped pulling the grass and stood up.

As if he had expected Demi Richie to come, he calmly faced the red eyes.

“Look at me and don’t be afraid… … Please admit that grit.”

“Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Darkness of Plague.”

“… … You must have known of my existence.”

“of course. The symptoms of the plague match Zadok, so how can you not know?”

“I can’t say that I was estimated based on that information alone. Surely there must be separate information?”

“I can’t say no. I won’t tell you.”

“Does not matter. If I take your soul and find out, it will be over.”

Richie’s eyes burned even more red.

The sign that he would tear him to death right now, the life of the dead grew thicker.

Even so, Bern’s attitude was still very relaxed.

“Can you kill me with such a pitiful body?”

“okay. Judging by your appearance, it will not be easy. But what about my legion?”

It was then.

As the black fog cleared, hundreds of undead appeared behind the demi-rich.

A zombie with rotten flesh in places, a skeleton soldier in pure white, a golem made from dozens of corpses, and even a black armored Death Knight riding a skeleton horse.

All kinds of monsters representing the undead showed off their majesty.

However, the undead had only one human opponent, so it was an excessive amount of force on the undead side.

That’s how much I was able to recognize that the anger of the demi-rich was about to pierce the sky.

“You rake in a lot.”

“There is no need for bluffing. If you bow down in front of me even now, I will bless you with death as well.”

“Blessings of death are horns. Are you saying you’re simply going to turn them into undead?”

“You are a man who never compromises. Alright, then, take the death march with your body… !”

“Sorry, but I don’t mean to.”

Vern pulls out a pitch-black sword from his waist.

At the same time, the runes engraved on the blade began to glow red like the eyes of a demi-lich.

“That black… !”

“Is he recognizing because he’s also a demon?”

“Uh, why is the demonic sword in a human hand!”

“Kill me and find out.”

“… … .”

The demonic sword Prach, who is as powerful as the undead army.

Demi Richie showed a puzzled look at the unexpected situation, but soon calmed down her confused mind.

“Does not matter. Even if you have a demonic sword, you’re like a helpless ant in front of these overwhelming numbers… … !”

“Oh! I forgot to tell you, your army is mine now?”

“Hmm?”

As soon as he finished speaking, the undead standing behind the demi-rich began to move.

“What, what?”

The undead moved wildly even though they were not given an order to advance.

They naturally changed their camps and started lining up behind Bern.

“There are many strange functions in the magic sword. There is also necromancy, so I checked it, but they say they follow orders from the stronger side?”

“What?! Could it be that the demonic sword’s necromantic technique overlaid my legion’s dominion over!”

“Since the undead have all passed over to me, should I say that?”

Bern took all of the undead.

Demi Richie was watching the scene with a dejected expression.

A shock that was worse than when Vern pulled out the magic sword hit him.

“Well, it’s the undead you’ve been collecting so hard, but it’s because you don’t have a conscience to take them all away. I will give you a choice.”

“what… ?”

Bern laughed and tapped the skeleton’s head with his sword.

“Skeleton and zombie, 1 gold each. A corpse golem costs 5 gold. Death Knight is 10 gold, but Skeleton Horse is sold separately! Come on, take your pick!”

Demi-Rich felt like she had touched something she shouldn’t have touched.