The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing.

Chapter 113 All fear stems from insufficient firepower

"I didn't expect you to be so afraid of evil spirits."

Sato Kazuma looked at Zun Zun who buried his head in Youyou's chest, and he didn't know whether to show ridicule or envy on his face.

But Huihui is much simpler.

She looked at her barren, nutrient-less plate, then at Youyou's plump agar slime. Her gnashing teeth and regretful expression made everyone feel her unwillingness.

Now they were on a hill far away from the town, where there was a public cemetery for the poor and the lonely.

The mission they accepted this time was to defeat the undead that emerged from the public cemetery. This mission could only be done by priests, so Aqua, who was a high priest, accepted the mission easily.

It was almost evening.

Several people are now near the cemetery, setting up a tent and waiting for the night to come.

Sato Kazuma looked at the trembling Zun Zun, and his previous evil thoughts turned into apology.

He was a little surprised and asked, "Zun Zun, why are you so afraid of ghosts? Did you encounter any supernatural events when you were a child?"

"You know what, Kazuma, I've always believed in one thing - all fear comes from insufficient firepower, but evil spirits..."

"Ah, I understand."

Zun Zun is the great magician, and he is the best in the team in terms of combat power, but evil spirits cannot be touched or attacked, so he must be afraid of the unknown.

As a boy of the new era, Sato Kazuma also believed in science at first, but things were different after his reincarnation.

As for the evil spirit…it’s powerful enough to be able to get within ten meters of Aqua.

Sato Kazuma couldn't understand this kind of fear, but just like the Dullahan was afraid of water and Aqua was afraid of steel, Zun Zun must also have a weak ghost attribute, just like a certain Pokémon.

Yes, that's right.

Normal people are not allowed to exist in this team!

As he said this, he turned over the barbecue on the iron plate.

Aqua looked at the barbecued meat that was emitting a fragrant aroma longingly and asked, “Kazuma Kazuma, when is the barbecue ready?”

"Soon, wait till then."

They set up the grill a little away from the cemetery and waited for it to get completely dark while grilling the meat.

“By the way, Megumin’s explosion magic is useless against evil spirits.”

“…Is this true?!”

Hearing what Zun Zun said, Sato Kazuma's hand holding the barbecue tongs paused.

In his opinion, explosive magic is the team's strongest firepower, and if it doesn't work, he might as well give up the mission.

"Why are you so scared? Don't you still have me?"

"Aqua?"

“That’s right! I’m Aqua, the high priestess of the goddess of water. I can easily deal with any evil spirit! So, Kazuma, hurry up and give me that piece of roasted meat!”

"Don't grab it, don't grab it! You idiot, let go quickly or you'll be burned!"

Sato Kazuma and Aqua wrestled with each other.

According to the lady at the guild counter, the target of this crusade is a minor character called Zombie Maker, an evil spirit that controls zombies. It will possess relatively high-quality corpses and control several zombies as its subordinates.

This is a monster that can be defeated by a team of novice adventurers, so Sato Kazuma accepted the mission without hesitation.

I think it will be no different from before, except that when Darkness is in charge of welfare, it will be Aqua instead of Megumin and Yunyun who take action.

Time passed little by little.

The moon rose and it was already late at night. Zun Zun and You You hugged each other in the tent. Hui Hui also squeezed in. The warmth brought by their soft bodies made people feel somewhat relaxed.

Although he was hugged by women on both sides, there was no romantic atmosphere.

“It’s getting colder.”

Aqua suddenly said, "Hey Kazuma, the mission we accepted is to defeat the zombie maker, right? I have a feeling that the one who will appear is not a small character, but a more powerful undead."

"Hey, please don't say such things. What if your bad words come true?"

Sato Kazuma rolled his eyes at her, then glanced at Zun Zun secretly and said, "Today's mission is to defeat a zombie maker and return the zombies following it to dust. Then we will go back to sleep immediately. If anything unusual happens outside the plan, we will go back immediately. Do you understand?"

Hearing him say this, the team members all nodded vigorously.

It's almost time.

The group walked towards the cemetery, with Sato Kazuma, who had learned the skill of sensing enemies from Chris, walking in the front.

Soon, a strange expression appeared on his face, and he said, "What is this? I have a strong feeling. Maybe the enemy sensing function is working? There are enemies, one, two, three... Oh, there are too many enemies, right?"

At this moment, a blue-white light appeared in the center of the cemetery, looking eerie and dreamy.

It was a huge magic circle, and next to the magic circle, there was a figure in a black robe.

"No, no way..."

Zun Zun huddled in Youyou's arms.

Huihui touched his head, as if to comfort him while looking at the figure in the distance, and said unconfidently: "I think... that doesn't seem to be... the zombie maker."

And around the black-robed figure, there were several ghosts wandering back and forth.

“Do you want to charge? Even if they are not zombie makers, those who stay in the cemetery at this time are probably undead. Even so, with Aqua as the high priest, there will be no problem.”

Darkness held a long sword, looking impatient.

Just then, Aqua suddenly shouted.

"ah------!"

"ah------!"

Aqua suddenly yelled, not knowing what she was thinking. She stood up and ran directly towards the figure in the robe. Before everyone could react, Zun Zun seemed to be stabbed by Aqua and suddenly yelled and ran in another direction. "Wait... wait, hey!"

Sato Kazuma extended his hand.

Uh...what should I do now?

Youyou quickly said, "I'll go after her, you guys go take care of Miss Aqua."

"I also……"

“Meihui, you’re too slow. You’ll be holding us back. Wait here.”

"Well."

After hearing this, Huihui clenched her wand tightly and looked at Youyou's receding figure unwillingly. She had already begun to consider whether she should strengthen her physical strength. After all, if this continued...

"arrest!"

"no, do not want--!"

There was a sound behind them, and Aqua threw the cloaked person to the ground. Sato Kazuma and the others went over to see that it was the owner of the magic tool shop, Wiz. It was also thanks to Megumin who recognized her that she was not purified by the stupid goddess.

Huihui asked curiously, “So, what is Ms. Wiz doing here?”

“Yes, yes… As you can see, many of the souls in this public cemetery are unable to return to heaven because they have no money, so I come here regularly to send those children who want to return to heaven on their way.” Wiz explained timidly in a low voice.

What’s going on? Is this person a goddess?

She really... I cried to death.

Just as Sato Kazuma was thinking this, he heard Wiz say, "But recently, I don't know what happened. There is a particularly strong seal in the cemetery, leaving these children with nowhere to go, causing evil spirits to spread. Even a while ago, a gentleman was possessed by an evil spirit."

“Ah, ah…?”

At this moment, Aqua's expression suddenly became stiff, as if she had thought of something. She hunched her shoulders and tried to sneak away, but was held down by Sato Kazuma.

"Wait, Aqua."

“What, what’s wrong… Mr. Kazuma.”

"I remember you said before that there were too many evil spirits, so you had to purify them. The next morning you proudly told me that you had improved three levels overnight..."

Even a fool could guess it.

Obviously, all this was caused by the stupid goddess. It was probably because of this that the zombie maker was not sent back to heaven, but instead possessed a fresh corpse to spread cholera in the world.

Huh? Speaking of zombie makers...

"Zun Zun, where is You You?"

"Haven't they come back yet?"

"Because you just yelled and scared Zun Zun."

Several people looked worried.

"Well... it's better to go look for it. The zombie maker is actually quite powerful. I heard that many adventurers have been injured."

"Well!"

Huihui's face changed, and she was about to walk deeper into the cemetery, but someone held her shoulders.

“Wait, Megumin.”

“Don’t stop me, Darkness. I have a reason to go.”

"Nah!"

Darkness stepped aside, revealing her companions behind her and said, “Let’s go together.”

"Yes, we are a team."

"Leave the evil spirits to me. I'm the high priest!"

"No, you need to remove the magic circle first."

Looking at such a reliable companion, Huihui showed a heartfelt smile, but...those two people were kissing each other somewhere, which made her a little angry.

Including Wiz, the five of them walked towards the depths of the cemetery. Soon they discovered a bright yellow light coming from inside, as well as the frantic voices of Zun Zun and the anxious voices of Youyou.

“Ahahahaha——what zombie maker! Come over here if you’re not afraid of death! Don’t you even know who I am? Let me physically liberate you! Light of Saber! …of Saber!! …Saber!!!”

"Respect, respect!? That's enough, that's enough!"

Deep in the cemetery.

Zun Zun continuously emitted powerful electric magic like an electric rat, and his scarlet eyes contained a look of collapsed rationality, and his paranoid aura of "no approaching" looked particularly scary.

Not to mention Youyou, who looked worried and wanted to go forward to comfort her but couldn't do it.

Even the zombie maker was huddled in the corner, trembling, looking at the furious (wrong) Zun Zun as if he were looking at a god.

"Hey……"

"Should this be called physical salvation?"

“Your Excellency…”

Under everyone's worried gaze, only Darkness had an excited and eager expression on her face. Just as she was about to rush forward, she was stopped by Sato Kazuma.

However, if she is stopped, someone will be in trouble.

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

The electric current shot out randomly by Zun Zun fell into Sato Kazuma's body.

His retribution finally came.

Accompanied by the lightning and the bones that could be seen through the lightning, Sato Kazuma's miserable howls resounded throughout the cemetery, making Darkness envious and jealous.

(End of this chapter)