The Kind of Evil-Chapter 211: Corrupted.

‎A tall and slender figure with a rusty greatsword in his hand, dragging it on the ground appeared from the corner of the tunnel. His figure was no longer as that of a human, his arms were long all the way down to his knees. He was taller than Aris even with a hunchback, and his eyes were pitch black.

‎"Hmm, this reminds me of the Corrupted. This thing is no longer a human," Aris narrowed her eyes. "This isn't the possession of a living human, it possesses a corpse..."

‎Rasmus narrowed his eyes as he readied his stance and remembered the information that Videl had given him. The experiment that Yaza did to recreate lives using human bodies. In front of him, it might be a failed product, but even so, it looked strong.

‎‎The hunchback man's eyes suddenly glowed and glared at them. He raised his sword and charged toward Rasmus who stood in front. He didn't hesitate to swing his sword down vertically at him.

‎Rasmus coated his sword with Aura and swung it upwards horizontally. The moment his sword clashed with the man's greatsword, his sword shattered the man's greatsword easily.

‎No matter how strong someone was, if their weapons were no match for the Blackheart Sword, it was pointless. Rasmus immediately swung his sword down vertically at the man, but the man dodged it by dashing away.

‎They didn't expect the man to move swiftly with that tall body. They watched the man climb the wall and hang on the ceiling like a spider, hissing at them.

‎The man tried to run deeper into the cave, but Rasmus immediately cast a lightning bolt at him. The man got zapped and toasted by the spell, which should be enough to kill a human being.

‎To Rasmus's surprise, the man was still alive and immediately got back up to his feet. He realized that he wasn't facing a living being, and if that man was similar to a demonic beast that was immune to magic to some extent, his lightning bolt wouldn't kill him. What was dead, it couldn't be killed anymore.

‎Rasmus chased after the man with Javi and Aris following him from behind. The man crawled on the ceiling so quickly that it was hard to keep up with it.

‎The man suddenly stopped running away and landed on the ground. The pungent smell became unbearable, and Rasmus had to use the remaining Mana that existed in the cave to create a stronger wind barrier.

‎Aris lit up the dark cave with a ball of light that she had made with Mana. That was when they saw piles of corpses everywhere with maggots feasting on the rotten flesh. Suddenly, the corpses began to move their fingers and toes as the man kept screeching.

"That thing is releasing a demonic energy..." Aris said with her eyes narrowed. "He's going to bring those corpses back to life," she added.

Rasmus didn't say a single word and instantly ran toward the man with his sword ready to cut him in half. He swung his sword and decapitated the man in a single slash, but he knew it wouldn't kill him since he remembered what Lenin said about the Corrupted beings that they couldn't be killed with physical attacks.

He looked around and saw the corpses begin to rise and crawl off the piles. He cast fireballs around him, and when he was about to throw them at the piles, the fireballs got extinguished.

"You can't use something like that to kill them, at least not yet," Aris shook her head as she raised her sword. "I'll kill them, so stand behind me," she said and looked at the demonic energy that loomed over the cave.

Rasmus immediately followed Aris's words and stood behind her with Javi.

Aris swung her sword horizontally from left to right in the blink of an eye. A strong gush of wind pushed both Rasmus and Javi even further back. They saw traces of light blue lights that looked like small fireflies scattered around the cave. They didn't know what had just happened, but what she did there made the corpses stop moving.

Since that attack that Aris did, the corpses began to decompose faster. They saw the flesh of the corpses vaporize into thin air until there was nothing left but the bones. Rasmus and Javi had never seen anything like that before, and it was both amazing and terrifying.

"They're gone now, they won't come back to life anymore," Aris said as she swung her sword around. "This doesn't look good at all, Rasmus. Nobody can kill these things unless someone with powerful divine power cleanse them," she pointed out and turned around to look at Rasmus.

"This is similar to what happened beyond the Blackcliffs?" Rasmus asked.

"Yes, and now all we have to do is to burn these skeletons," Aris glanced over her shoulder at the piles of skeletons, and then suddenly a blaze of flame appeared from thin air, turning the skeletons into ashes.

"This is problematic, but that's fine since Saint Astrea will be coming here to do these kind of job," Rasmus said as he stored his sword into the ring. "For now, let's head back. We need to inform this matter to Thalior," he sighed and noticed the Mana had become rich again after Aris burned the corpses.

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Aris and Javi nodded then followed Rasmus go down the mountain to go back to the city.

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"So it's the Corrupted again..." Thalior rubbed his jaw with a troubled look on his face. "This is not good... The Alliance doesn't know about this at all, and if they encountered the Corrupted, they can do nothing..." He sighed as he shook his head.

Rasmus furrowed his brows as he crossed his arms deep in thought.

"Something bothers you, Count?" Thalior asked with his brows raised.

"The only one that benefits from this war against the revolutionary parties is the emissary and the demonic cults. We have decided to go to war against the revolutionary parties, and what will happen to the corpses if we let them be, Your Grace?" Rasmus asked and stared at Thalior with a serious expression.

"They would turn those corpses into an army of the dead," Thalior crossed his arms and looked outside the window.

"It can be prevented if we burn all the corpses until there's nothing of them left," Rasmus said with his head rested on his fist. "That way, they won't gain anything from this," he added.

Thalior nodded in agreement and then he excused himself to write a letter. It didn't take a while until he came back and told Rasmus that he had sent someone to deliver the message to Xena. He knew that Xena had the power to make the Alliance listen to her and could prevent unnecessary problems.

"I can't thank you enough, Count. You have prevented humanity from destruction once again..." Thalior said, and then sat across from Rasmus. "I couldn't imagine what would happen to us if we were oblivious of their existence here..." he clasped his hands and sighed.

"Keep your eyes on your surroundings, not just the one that's in front of you," Rasmus responded as he stretched his fingers underneath the gauntlets he wore. "We don't know how many tricks that the emissary has under his sleeves, so keep an eye on everything."

"Yes, I understand," Thalior nodded.

"Have you sent the warning letter?" Rasmus asked.

"We did, and our next plan is to take the remaining cities and small towns while we wait for their response," Thalior answered. "More than half of the civilians are against us, Count. They have been brainwashed that we are their enemies. It's going to be hard, but it's managable," he added.

"Someone must to take the blame for their disatisfaction, and the majority of them chose us," Rasmus nodded with understanding. "It's not an issue to be bothered about, Your Grace. We should focus on the real threats out there," he continued as he stood up.

"We will be moving tomorrow in the morning, Count. Get some rest, and thank you," Thalior looked up at Rasmus who was about to leave the room.

"Say that once we solve the problems, Your Grace. We are barely done anything," Rasmus said and then left the room as he put on his helmet.

Thalior leaned back as he sighed and nodded.