Game Transmigration: Saving the World Again 1000 Years Later (ON-HOLD)

Chapter 74: Fighting Like a Mortal

Joshua held his sister, who wasn't even ten years old and stumbled across the fields.

There was an extremely hideous bite mark on his right arm and blood-soaked his entire sleeve. The bite mark was very irregular, and it didn't look like it was an injury made by a creature with sharp teeth like a wild beast.

The two of them ran on the seedlings that had turned grayish-white from the blight, raising a wave of dissipating dust along the way.

"Brother, are you still bleeding..." his sister asked worriedly.

Joshua had a chunk of flesh bitten off from his arm by the bloated undead that was covered in mycelium and mold about an hour ago while saving his sister from the monster that was no longer the blacksmith they knew.

He took the opportunity to stab the red-hot soldering iron in the forging furnace into the monster's eye socket, igniting its head from the inside. It emitted a crackling sound like ferns burning.

Then, he kicked over the furnace and ran out with his frightened sister while the fire spread.

The town was filled with miserable screams and sticky moans.

Countless bloated undead that were covered in mold and mycelium dragged their feet as they surrounded the surviving residents under the command of a group of strange people in brown-red robes and strange pointed hats. He held his breath and hid in the shadows with his sister. Taking advantage of the fact that the undead had been attracted to the Holy Spirits Church in the center of the town, he slipped out of the field through a tiny trail.

"It stopped some time ago. Save some strength and stop talking."

As Joshua spoke, he turned his head uneasily and looked at the wound on his right arm. Then, his heart sank.

Mycelium that resembled white hair was slowly growing. The exposed flesh on his wound seemed to have turned into fertile soil to nourish them, and greenish-black mold began to spread on the intact skin around the wound.

From the moment Joshua was bitten, he began to feel that something was amiss. The pain of being bitten only lasted for a short moment before turning into a strange itch. He felt as if something had spread through the wound into his flesh, taking root, and then growing.

Gradually, a strange hunger arose.

This made him involuntarily swallow his saliva when he spoke to his sister.

Recalling the bloated undead that was covered in mycelium and mold, Joshua gritted his teeth and stopped in his tracks.

"Brother, what's wrong? Is this place safe?"

His sister, who had suddenly stopped, panted for a while. When her breathing stabilized, she asked curiously, "No, I just suddenly remembered that there's a Bramble Guards sentry over there. There must be a military doctor there who can treat my wound."

As he spoke, he pointed at the other end of the field. The girl instantly beamed when she heard that.

"Great, let's head there now."

Joshua shook his head and said, "No, we don't have time to waste now. We have to quickly go to Thorn City and inform the overlord of what happened in Red Spring Town."

"Then what should we do?" his sister asked anxiously. Thorn City was more than 70 to 80 kilometers away. It usually took them a while to travel by carriage when buying things in Thorn City.

Joshua tried his best to make his expression natural and said,

"Therefore, the best solution now is for me to go to that sentry post to treat my wound while you go to Thorn City. This way, we won't be delayed."