A Korean Office Worker Who Became a Nuisance Villainess in a Zombie Story - Chapter 158

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“Pochacha, how far is the Temple of Beauty and Marriage from here?”
“It’s halfway up the mountain.”
“So what does that translate to in actual distance?”
“I don’t know! I’ve never been there!”
“Your Majesty, how long do you think it will take?”
“I couldn’t say. At this pace…”
“Ughhhh… ughhhh….”
I couldn’t tell if she was a zombie or a jiangshi.
Praha watched Yujein with visible unease as she shuffled forward, both arms raised overhead and her neck twisted to the side, and whispered his observation.
A horde of zombies shuffled past us.
Aspara, who had been staring fearfully at the zombie that brushed against his shoulder, quickly ducked behind my back.
It had been at least an hour since we left the Temple of Lust, yet we were still in the heart of Sodom.
There were several reasons for this.
“Ughhhh… ughhhh… ack.”
“Grrrrr….”
First, zombies didn’t run without prey, so we had to move as slowly as possible to avoid drawing attention…
Second, the streets were absolutely packed with zombies.
Pretending to be one of them while naturally pushing past the horde was proving to be far more difficult than anticipated.
“Sister! Sister! I’m stuck! What do I do? Should I just shoulder-check my way through?”
“What zombie goes around shoulder-checking people, Minor Duke? Can’t you squeeze through that gap?”
“Shh! Keep quiet for now!”
“I’m sweating so much! At this rate, all the blood we smeared on ourselves will wash away!”
“S-should we duck into somewhere in the middle and apply more blood?”
“I think it’s better to just get out of here as quickly as we can.”
Yujein, who had been singing Aspara’s praises moments ago, was now practically ignoring him, while Tangerine had already lost most of the blood covering her face.
Between the sweat and the concern that zombie blood might drip into our eyes, the situation was becoming increasingly precarious.
I blinked away the moisture and looked at Cyprus, whom Praha was half-carrying.
My heart lurched at the sight of his limp, lifeless arms.
“Cyprus…?”
“He’s still alive.”
Praha, his face hardened, answered in Cyprus’s stead.
“But we need to hurry.”
“Let me cast a healing spell on him…!”
“Not now, Yujein. There are too many zombies around us.”
“Then what do we do?”
“…We have to move faster.”
Cyprus’s condition hadn’t improved at all since we escaped the temple.
Yujein had been steadily channeling her holy power into him, but it was like pouring a few drops of water into a leaking vessel.
The man who had been speaking coherently until moments ago was now unconscious, unable to maintain awareness.
“…We have to hurry.”
But how could I rush like that….
Fortunately, once we left the bustling district, I could finally breathe easier.
“It looks like Elephant drew all the zombies that way.”
Pochacha spoke, her voice noticeably louder than before.
“Don’t relax yet. This is a residential area. Zombies could burst out from inside the houses at any moment.”
“…You’re right. Look over there.”
Pochacha pointed to the alley between two houses.
Adolescent zombies were clustered there, blocking the path.
“Please tell me we don’t have to go through there?”
“We do.”
“What if we go around?”
“I have no idea how far we’d have to detour.”
“Wait, those zombies….”
“They’re coming this way…!”
“Have we been spotted?!”
“No. They’re just coming.”
“Why are they just coming?!”
“How do we get past?!”
“Shh. We need to wait until those zombies pass by first.”
“We’ve been spotted!”
“We haven’t.”
“Then why are they coming?!”
“Should I strike them with lightning? Should I do it now?”
“Ugh….”
“We’ve been spotted! We’ve been spotted!”
Thwack.
Tangerine struck Aspara’s neck to silence his panicked outburst.
Aspara’s eyes went wide before he lost consciousness.
She conveyed her message through lip movements alone.
‘Well done.’
Because of this younger sibling, everyone else was losing their composure too.
“Huff.”
As the zombies passed by us, we all held our breath without needing to be told.
Blue veins stood out prominently on Praha’s hand as he gripped his sword hilt.
But Praha was carrying Cyprus, and Tangerine was carrying Aspara.
If the zombies noticed us now, there was no one free to respond quickly.
“…Phew.”
After the zombies passed, I exhaled deeply.
The moment I turned around in relief.
“…Wait, where did Melon go?”
“Melon!”
At my cry, Pochacha spun around and spotted her younger sibling being swept away by the horde of zombies.
Melon, her face drained of color as she was shoved about by the undead, locked eyes with her sister and reached out with a whimper.
“S-s-sister…!”
“Quiet! Don’t make a sound!”
But it was already too late.
“Grrgh?”
The zombies, who had been wandering aimlessly, froze in their tracks.
Without hesitation, I shouted.
“Melon! Get away!”
From that moment on, it became pure chaos.
“Run!”
“Melon!”
“No! Pochacha, don’t go too!”
Crack!
“Ahhh!”
“Were you bitten?!”
“No! No!”
“Come this way! Run!”
“Melon!!!!!!!!!!!”
“No!”
“Kyaaah!”
“I shall handle this, Your Majesty!”
Thud!
“Everyone, go ahead!”
“Wait, behind us!”
“Get down!”
“Kyaaah!”
Tangerine cast off Aspara, who clung to her back, and drew her blade. She struck the first zombie that came rushing toward them at the sound of commotion.
Lightning from Yujein’s spell split the skull of the zombie that had bitten Cheese’s shoulder.
Crack!
“Yujein!”
“Hah!”
It was providence that the zombie attempting to attack Yujein stumbled over Aspara’s outstretched form.
Yujein drew forth a wand-shaped holy relic obtained from Promé and smashed the zombie’s head with it.
“No, my sibling!”
“It’s useless! Give up!”
“Kyaaaah!”
Crack!
“This won’t do! Yujein! Please clear a path for us!”
“But!”
“We have no choice!”
“We’re almost there!”
“Yusara!”
Praha practically pulverized a zombie that lurched from the side with his bare hands.
Back-to-back with Praha, I slashed the throat of a zombie lunging toward us.
Gritting his teeth, Praha hurled his sword at a zombie charging toward Aspara, who still hadn’t regained his senses.
Not to be outdone, I drove my blade through a zombie snapping its jaws at me.
Squelch!
“Ugh!”
“Ah, ah….”
Once he’d come to his senses, I grabbed the whimpering younger sibling by the collar and hauled him to his feet.
“Now that you’re up, go open the door!”
“Where, where?!”
“There! Where Little Girl is running!”
I pointed toward the Temple, where Muffin, safely freed from the zombies, was sprinting ahead.
Rose vines adorned the dazzling cream-colored walls in thick clusters.
Aspara, stumbling forward in panic, threw his body directly against the Temple door.
Crash!
“It won’t open!”
“Just break it!”
“I’ve got this!”
Crack!
“Ahhh!”
The lock struck by Yujein’s lightning shattered and fell away entirely.
Cyprus, visible through my reddened vision, was now blackened to his fingertips.
“Hurry, hurry…! Cyprus first!”
I shouted while driving my blade into the face of a zombie trying to bite Praha’s elbow.
Tangerine rushed over and took Cyprus from Praha’s arms.
She practically hurled Cyprus through the wide-open Temple doors.
Thud!
“You too, Praha! Quickly!”
Without responding to my words, Praha lifted me up and hoisted me onto his shoulder.
Crack!
Yujein’s lightning struck down upon a zombie trying to bite my fingertips.
“Hurry!”
With Praha and me as the last to enter, everyone made it inside the Temple.
We didn’t need to close the door again.
The moment we crossed into the god’s domain, the zombies couldn’t enter, as if blocked by a veil.
“Cyprus—where is he?!”
Before I could even wipe the blood pooling in my eyes, I found myself searching for Cyprus.
Everyone except the person who had lost their senses and collapsed to the floor rushed toward Cyprus, who lay sprawled on the ground.
I slowly closed the door, its lock now shattered, wiped my eyes with my sleeve, and stood apart from the group.
“Ah, ah….”
“It worked!”
The moment Tangerine tore open Cyprus’s shirt—which she had carefully fastened—I could see his pale, ashen skin recovering its natural color beneath the tattered fabric.
“It worked!”
“Success!”
A rumbling sound.
Simultaneously, something distant collapsed with a faint, echoing crash.
“…It must be the Temple of Lust.”
Yujein murmured.
“The god cursed Cyprus to death, but ultimately failed. A god’s word carries far greater weight than a mortal’s—the price of breaking one’s own oath. The god’s true form must have suffered a severe blow as well. Cyprus is now freed from the curse. He’ll regain consciousness soon.”
“Then…”
“Yes. The god’s body likely took significant damage. Your Highness Cyprus is liberated from the curse now. He should come to shortly.”
“…That’s fortunate.”
“It’s all thanks to Yusara!”
How did you even know the Temple’s power was this formidable?! Yujein turned to me with a radiant smile.
Everyone looked at me.
I stepped back, keeping myself apart from the group.
“…Yusara?”
“…Yusara.”
Praha, who had been staring at me intently this whole time, tried to approach, but I raised my hand to stop him.
“I’m sorry.”
“Yes…?”
“I… I think zombie blood got in my eyes.”
[Temple with Sacred Relics]
You have entered a Safe Zone.
Survivors: Praha, Cyprus, Yujein, Tangerine, Aspara, Muffin, Cheese’s Younger Sibling, Pochacha

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