The Strongest Onmyoji and the Shikigami With AI are Unparalleled in Another World ~ A Second Life Properly Enjoyed Using Artificial Intelligence ~-Chapter 178 - Zombinu

The next morning, after waking up early, we finished breakfast and prepared.

“Alright, let’s go.”

Once we finished preparing, I faced AI-chan, Leanne, Annie, Natalia, and Koma-chan.

“Take care!”

“…………Good luck.”

“Be careful!”

“Nyanya.”

The remaining three people and one pet saw us off.

By the way, Pamela and Tama-chan were apparently taking the day off.

“Well then, let’s go. Please touch me… Paw.”

Leanne squatted down and extended her hand to Koma-chan, who placed his front paw on her hand.

When we touched Leanne, our vision changed.

The place we saw was a vast wasteland, and far in the distance, the sea could be seen.

I wanted to think it was rich in nature, but the ground around us had not a single tree or even a blade of grass.

“Such a barren land…”

I muttered as I looked around.

“The Magic Continent is said to have extremely little rain, making it unsuitable for habitation. This is probably the main reason why the Demon race dislikes it and tries to return to their continent.”

Well, it would be tough to live here.

But in reality, people must have been living here for years.

“Yuuma, what should we do? Or rather, which way should we go?”

Annie asked, but there was nothing around to help us figure it out.

“Wait a moment. AI-chan.”

“Okay. Umm…”

AI-chan took out the map Merell had drawn.

“How about it?”

“Hmm… Where are we? There’s no landmark, so I have no idea…”

Yeah…

There really is nothing here.

“Let’s bring out Crow-chan.”

I took a talisman from my pocket and threw it on the ground.

Then, Crow-chan appeared, cawing, and flew up into the sky.

We all looked up at Crow-chan.

“Hmm… Even from above, there’s absolutely nothing, huh?”

That dragon said it would drop us in a place far from human settlements, but it looks like it really was far.

“Well, let’s try heading north for now…”

The destination port town is to the north, so if we walk, we might find something.

“Understood. Let’s go.”

Deciding to head north we continued walking through the barren wasteland.

“It’s easier to walk than through a forest, but there’s absolutely nothing here. No monsters, no animals.”

As we walked, Natalia muttered.

“Yeah… It’s cold, it’s dry, and we probably can’t expect to find any magic stones here.”

Well, there’s not much we can do about it.

“Master, sorry to interrupt, but Crow-chan has spotted a wolf-like creature. It’s 300 meters away.”

300 meters?

That’s within my detection range.

I concentrated and scanned for magical energy.

Then, indeed, I felt a faint magical presence at that distance.

“A monster, huh. But it’s not moving at all.”

“We’re watching from above, and it seems like it’s resting.”

Hmm…

But to encounter a monster in a place like this…

I wonder how it’s getting its food?

There’s nothing here, and even if it’s a herbivore, there’s no grass.

“Should we go check it out?”

“Yes.”

I had Natalia and the others stay back, then continued walking on.

Soon, with the naked eye, I started to see something.

“Yeah, it’s definitely there…”

“Yeah. But it’s not moving at all. Do you think it’s dead?”

If it were dead, I wouldn’t feel any magical energy… so it should be alive…

As we kept moving forward, the wolf lifted its head.

Seeing that, we all stopped in our tracks.

The wolf looked around, then stared directly at us.

As we kept staring back, the wolf stood up.

“Ehh?”

“Eek!”

Annie lets out an confused voice, and Natalia screams.

This was because the internal organs were protruding from the abdomen of the wolf that stood up.

“What’s that? Did someone do it?”

“No, that’s… Master! Hostile reactions have increased! We’re surrounded!”

Immediately after AI-chan shouted, I could feel magical power around me.

Then, a similar wolf crawled out from the ground around them.

“Tsk! Foxfire!”

“Fire!”

“Air cutter!”

When I release foxfire, Annie and Natalia also release magic and attack the surrounding wolves.

The wolves burned by mine and Annie flames stopped moving, but the wolf that was cut in half by Natalia’s air cutter was still moving and crawling towards us.

Eek!”

“That’s a zombie! Attack with fire! Foxfire!”

While saying that, AI-chan released foxfire and burned the wolf that was coming towards her.

After that, we continued to burn the wolves with fire magic, and when there were only a few wolves left, they ran away.

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“Do you want to follow it?”

AI-chan asks.

“Even if it tries to run away, it moves slowly. It’s probably trying to lure us somewhere else. Leave it alone.”

There are probably wolves hiding on the ground in different places.

“Wow… that was scary”

Natalia patted her chest in relief.

“I was really scared too. What was that?”

Annie seemed scared too.

Well, I was surprised as well. A wolf suddenly crawled out. Moreover, all of their internal organs were sticking out.

“Those are zombie wolves. I just came up with the name, but think of them as wolf zombies.”

The name is probably something like that.

“Is that their hunting method, I wonder?”

Annie asked AI-chan.

“I think so. They were probably waiting for a weak one to attract prey.”

“Scary! I heard the monsters on the Magic Continent are strong, but they’re way too cunning.”

They’re definitely smart.

“However, now that it’s like this, detecting them is getting tough. I thought it would be easy to detect since it’s just a barren wasteland, but they’re under the ground… AI-chan, can you detect underground too?”

“The accuracy will drop, but if I focus on it, I think I can manage.”

“I’ll leave it to you.”

“Yes.”

Maybe we can manage.

“Leanne, are you alright?”

It’s unusually quiet…

“Ah, yes. Sorry… I’m not good with zombies…”

That’s normal.

“Don’t you ever get off Koma-chan.”

“U-understood.”

I guess I can’t let her go out every day.

TL Note:

I couldn’t think of a clever translation for the title. It’s just zombie + Inu (dog) and I think most people are familiar with the word inu anyway (Inu Yasha anyone?)