Chapter 6: The Undead That Serves Evil
The party were guiding the villagers to their destination. Renee was walking beside Fyuria and Renee noticed she was eying her suspiciously. Renee, Neptune and Noire were back in their normal forms.
"...You, human." Fyuria stated a bit coldly.
"Yes? What is it, Fyuria?" Renee asked, matching Fyuria's glare with her own.
"Your clothes... They're unlike anything I have ever seen... They looked too advanced. Where did you get them?" Fyuria asked, looking at them more suspicously.
"I'm from another world..." Renee sighed in annoyance as she looked away, closing her eyes while she walks.
"...Another world?" Fyuria asked, confused on what she meant.
"Don't believe me if you want, but I'm from another world, pulled out of it by Summeril." Renee opened her eyes and looked up at the skies.
"...I see... What's your world like?" Fyuria asked, now she was intrigued by Renee's story.
"I don't know. I woke up in Agarest with almost all my memories gone. All I know is this Power Pendant that is the clue to my lost past. The other strangely dressed ones and penguin also lost their memories." Renee sighed a bit sadly.
"I'm... sorry to hear that..." Fyuria stated, looking down in sadness. Renee looked at the syrium oddly.
Fyuria noticed and stuttered "D-Don't get the wrong idea! I'm not showing you any symapthy... yet."
Renee chuckled a bit. "W-What's so funny?!" Fyuria's face turned beet red.
"You're a odd one... But it can't be helped." Renee closed her eyes and smiled.
"W-Whatever! I'm not that odd!" Fyuria growled, turning away shyly.
"Do you have a family?" Renee asked the syrium.
"My parents died when I was very young. I only have my brother now." Fyuria looked at the ground sadly as she walked.
"I'm sorry to hear that... What's your brother like?" Renee asked, feeling sorry for the syrium.
Before Fyuria can answer, the party and villagers heard a gun shot.
"W-What was that, dood?!" Prinny panicked, nearly peed himself.
Leo narrowed his eyes fiercely, he let his hearing and thinking skills do the work. He spoke after 20 seconds "It's coming from the direction we were going. Let's go, comrades!" He rushed forward.
"Alright, lead the way, captain." Yuri shrugged with a small smile as everyone followed him.
When they got to the source, they see 7 people fighting... humans? Wait, they don't look human at all. Their skin is gray and they seem to be wielding dark blades. The normal 7 were wielding weapons like guns and swords they have never seen before.
A 17 year old boy with brown hair, with a black school uniform with a red T-shirt underneath.
An 18 year old woman with purple long hair like Renee's, only longer and was wielding an katana and wearing a white and green school girl uniform and it looked like a bloody mess.
An 17 year old woman with lightish brown hair with two stands sticking, wearing the same uniform as the purple haired girl.
has long pink hair which she mostly keeps in two pony tails on either side of her head. Her hair also has two thin, long bangs at the sides, two thin strands of hair over the left side of her forehead, and a spiky larger portion of hair covering the left side of her forehead, she also has glasses and wore a similar uniform like the other two girls.
A 27 year old buxom woman, with ridiculous curves. Her physique is most pronounced by her humongous breasts. She has long blond hair that extends down pass her waist, and hazel eyes. Several bangs of her hair comes down into her face, with two bangs come down at the sides running all the way down while also framing her face. She wears a blue turtleneck sweater and white capris.
A 16 year old short overweighted boy with black hair and wore a black school boy's uniform and he has two guns.
Finally, the last member of this normal group is a little girl with pink hair and wearing some normal clothes that are like the ones in Renee's world or other Earths.
"What the... Those humans... Are they...?" Kirito eyed the pale gray humans wielding dark blades, they also seem to be wearing clothes from the modern times in other Earths.
Dyshana stepped forward with a frown. "They are zombies that have been inflicted with Summeril's undead curse. Slaves to do his every bidding." She stated calmly.
"W-W-What?! Are you saying these zombies were once human?!" Noire gasped in shock and horror. Soon, she and Neptune transformed.
"Leo! Let's help them out!" Renee also transformed and got out her whip.
"Right! Fyuria, are you gonna help us?" Leo asked the syrium.
"R-Right! Don't let me die in battle, Golden Leo!" Fyuria warned as she got out two daggers and charged at one of the zombies, chopping its head off. The first zombie's body limped to the ground as it burned to ash, leaving only its skeleton.
"W-What?! Them never do that before when they died!" The lightish brown haired girl gasped in shock.
Leo slashed one of 5 remaining zombies' heads off and turned to the black haired boy. "Are you ok?!" He asked him.
"Yeah! Thanks for jumping in to save our asses! Name's Takashi Komuro. You are?" Takashi smiled.
"Leonhardt Raigan. But call me Leo." Leo grinned as he sees Renee use her whip to slice one of the zombies' heads off. Neptune and Noire combined their attacks to kill the other 2.
The last zombie was standing as he looked at the party and muttering "Lord Summeril..." Takashi got out a gun and fired it at the last zombie's head, killing it. Everyone watched as the zombie's body burned, when it was done, only its skeleton remained.
Leo, Fyuria, Renee, Neptune and Noire walked up to Takashi and his group.
"You were surrounded by these zombies, but are brave to try to kill them. These are my friends and companions. Renee Roberts, Neptune, Noire, Fyruia, in the back are Ellis, Borgnine, Yuri Lowell, Kirito, Edward Elric, Vira-Lorr, Prinny and Dyshana." Leo smiled.
"These are my friends, Rei Miyamoto, Saya Takagi, Saeko Busujima , Shizuka Marikawa, Kohta Hirano and this little girl is Alice Maresoto." Takashi introduced his group.
Vira-Lorr walked up to the group. "I'm sure you seven have lots of questions. Right now, its getting late. Let's set up camp." She stated.
They nodded in agreement.
Later that night...
Almost everyone was gathered around the campfire, tents were set for everyone and the villagers. It was then Alice walked up to Borgnine who was standing watch.
"Hello mister Furry Man. I'm Alice, what's your name?" The young girl asked sweetly.
"...Borgnine." The larva replied, not fazed by this charming little girl.
"...I'm gonna call you Borg-Borg." Alice closed her eyes and smiled.
"Oi! Alice. What are you doing here with Borgnine?" Kohta asked with a smile as he walked up to the two.
"Oh. Uncle Kohta, Borg-Borg was just shy so I want to be his friend." Alice beamed excitedly.
"Is that so...?" Kohta smiled softly. He looked at his right hand. It was a ring similar to the one Yuri was wearing, only with a dark gem embedded on it. He also saw the same ring on Alice's hand. Oddly enough, his friends all have the same ring and they can't get them off.
"Say, Borgnine. Where are you from?" Kohta asked the larva.
"...My only duty is to protect my master." Borgnine stated emotionlessly.
"Master...?" Kohta was confused then Ellis showed up.
"Hehe, I am his master. He appeared when I was in danger." Ellis closed her eyes and smiled.
"That right?" Kohta looked at Ellis' ears. Leo told him and his friends that Ellis was an elf, not just any elf, a High Elf.
"Say, Ellis... How long have you known Leo?" The fat asked her.
"Since he rescued me from Gridamas soldiers." Ellis place her hands on her hips with a smile.
"Uh... Ok. Let's head back to the campfire." Kohta smiled nervously and sweat dropped. Ellis nodded as the three of them headed back to the campfire.
Leo looked at Takashi and begin striking a conversation with him.
"So, Takashi... What's your world like?" He asked him.
"..." Takashi was silent as Rei and Saya looked at him in worry.
"Takashi..." Rei muttered sadly.
"...Our world, Earth is in ruins due to a epidemic called the Outbreak. A event where something has turned the populace into Them..." Takashi gritted his teeth angrily.
"Them?" Ellis asked confused, then she figured out what he meant. "You mean those zombies?"
"Yeah, that's right!" Saya nodded. "One bite from them and you'll join their ranks!" She added, still sadden by some closed to her turning into flesh eating zombies.
"That's scary... But I wonder what caused it?" Neptune shivered.
"...It was Summeril..." Dyshana stated calmly and seriously.
"...Excuse me?" Saeko asked, looking at Dyshana skeptically.
"Wait... Are you saying Summeril somehow made it to Takashi's world?!" Kirito's eyes widen in shock upon hearing that.
"Correct. Summeril wishes to expand his darkness into other worlds and he inflicted an undead curse on a human who is filled with despair in Takashi's world, thus causing the Outbreak..." The mysterious woman stated.
"Hmm... Come to think of it, one of Them mentioned this Summeril guy." Shizuka stated, placing a pinky on her chin.
"Are you saying this Summeril guy is the reason our world is in shambles?!" Rei stood up from her seat in anger.
"Impossible... Summeril's evil has breached other worlds..." Fyuria gasped in shock, now she was starting to understand this.
Takashi closed his eyes in thought. 2 minutes later, Takashi opened his eyes and they were fierce.
"What Summeril did was unforgivable..." He stated darkly.
"Takashi?" Rei gasped.
"We finally learned what caused the Outbreak in our world and it was a demon from this world... We lost friends, and family at the hands of that monster." Takashi stood up from his seat.
"We have no choice. We have to help Leo defeat Summeril. But I doubt that will stop the Outbreak." Takashi was angry, his friends could tell.
"Not true..." Dyshana smiled eerie.
"You know something, old woman?" Saya glared at the mysterious woman.
"I do. If Summeril is killed, the undead curse will be lifted and all those who have turned into zombies will revert back to normal humans."
"I see..." Takashi raised his fist with a heroic smile and shouted "Today, our journey in Agarest has just begun! Summeril's have become the hunted and we have become the hunters!"
To be continued...
Next Chapter: Fyuria's Brother