The Forbidden Magic Laws of a Fallen Princess

Moreover, these things have no sensation and are not afraid of pain. Unless you pierce their heart with a wooden stake or destroy their head, such as by severing it or injuring their brain with a blunt instrument, they will not die.

Seriously, this is a truly terrifying existence.

This kind of undead outbreak is not unprecedented in this world. More than a hundred years ago, there seems to have been a case of the undead controlling the undead.

However, it was contained in advance, which is why it did not cause particularly large losses.

However, the treatment at that time was extremely cruel. That's right, the entire town, including both the living and the undead, was burned to death.

However, this time it happened in the land of Yishi. We can't just abandon such a large city-state and burn it all down...

That's absolutely impossible...

"However... Your Highness, what you say makes sense... From such a deep hole, and being able to crawl out of it, and being about the size of a human... If I'm not mistaken, it is definitely a living dead."

At this moment, a chubby man, who was probably the ambassador to protect the country, picked up his handkerchief and wiped his forehead in a flustered manner, saying something that sounded rather panicked.

However, this immediately caused an uproar, because it meant that the Kingdom of the Beginning was facing its greatest crisis yet.

"The strange thing is, these burrows are all empty. We've dug fifty or sixty of them, but we haven't found any trace of the undead. If they really are the undead, then where did they all go?!"

At this moment, a bearded nobleman who seemed to disbelieve in superstition stood up and retorted in an exaggerated manner.

Indeed, there were at least a hundred earthen caves, which should have housed at least a hundred undead. Yet, these creatures seemed to have vanished without a trace.

Moreover, with so many undead people walking on the street, they would be too easy for passing patrolling soldiers to spot.

"Yeah, this is really weird."

The person sitting down couldn't help but respond quickly.

"The corpse carrier."

However, at that moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew by, and then Otoha appeared directly behind me, standing straight behind me with her eyes closed, and then said directly.

"You actually said you were a corpse carrier?!?"

Upon hearing this, for some reason everyone gasped in surprise.

"And this corpse carrier shouldn't be human, right? How did he get into our Beginning Kingdom?!"

Instantly, the bearded nobleman stood up from his seat again, and this time, his expression was very unnatural and terrified.

"Well..."

At this moment, Otoha seemed to be in a dilemma as well, perhaps because she didn't know what would happen next.

"There are at least two possibilities."

However, at this moment, Elena stood up from her seat and said calmly.

"Oh? You can tell me about it, Princess Elena."

At this moment, my father, Emperor I, remained completely calm and looked at Elena with a smile on his face.

Since he didn't know what kind of heir Elena was to the Kingdom of Edla, he could take this opportunity to test her.

"One of them secretly infiltrated the royal city through the city walls when the Demon King's army was besieging the city."

"That's impossible. We've sealed off the city walls tightly. Not even a fly could get in, let alone some corpse carriers. So the possibility is zero!"

At this moment, a general guarding the city wall also quickly responded.

"Alright, then there's only one possibility: we have a mole in the Demon King's army here, and he's even helping them with their business."

At this moment, Elena disregarded all the nobles and generals, and didn't care that she was an outsider, and replied directly.

"Huh? Little girl, I've been reluctant to speak to you because I think you're a princess from our friendly country. How dare you frame one of us and try to tear us apart?"

Sure enough, the bearded nobleman was instantly enraged and roared again.

"Oh? Viscount Finnock, why are you reacting so strongly? Is there something you're hiding?"

At this moment, a long-haired, blond nobleman sitting opposite him put his hand on his chin and directly refuted the bearded Viscount Finnock.

“Count Papillon, don’t frame an innocent man. I am loyal to our country, as clear as day.”

"Ha, who knows how much fat you're hiding inside?"

"you……"

"Okay, okay..."

Seeing the argument, my father, Emperor I, could only helplessly try to stop them, because it would indeed be a loss of face for a nobleman to cause trouble again upon returning home.

Besides, I'm here for the first time to attend a political meeting.

Although it is called a hearing for collective discussion.

"Since that's the case, this matter still needs to be investigated. Therefore, starting today, the city gates will be closed, and everyone should stay home as much as possible. I will personally send people to search for traces of the living dead from house to house. Once discovered, they will be dealt with seriously."

"learn!"

However, the meeting made the decision, and my father, the King, trusted me and Elena very much, because one of us was the princess of King Edela, and the other was my precious daughter.

After the meeting, my father kept me, Elena, Shiro, and Lira behind, while Otoha stood beside me, watching us without moving.

"My dear daughter, there's something I need you and your friends to investigate thoroughly, is that alright?"

At this moment, my father said something that seemed to have a deeper meaning.

"No problem, Father, please speak."

“Alright, from now on, the entire royal city, including the church, will be under your investigation, because I don’t really trust anyone else to do it.”

"Ah, no problem, Father, you can leave it to us."

Honestly, we're all very strong now, and I'm still one of the Four Gods, so it's really good that you've entrusted the investigation to me. After all, there's no one here who can defeat me.

And so, I took over the task from my father, Emperor I, and the formal search will begin tomorrow.

Chapter Fifty-Three: Searching the Castle of the Beginning Kingdom

However, the capital city of the Beginning Kingdom was so large that finding any trace of the corpse carriers was indeed quite difficult.

In addition, there's the fear that someone might have some kind of secret passage or hidden room in their house, which would make finding them even more troublesome.

Just as we were all back in our rooms, feeling a bit down about what to do, we suddenly heard a "knock knock knock" sound coming from outside my door.

"Please come in."

At this moment, I quickly said.

However, at this moment, the little werewolf loli Angelize came in carrying a pile of clean clothes.

At first, they were probably happy to see me because they had just traveled a long way, but when they saw my worried look, their brows furrowed instantly.

"What has happened, Your Highness?"

At this moment, Angelize put down the clothes in her hands and then quickly came forward to ask me.

I then directly expressed my distress, because I really didn't know where to start with this matter.

"Does Your Highness mean there are absolutely no clues..."

At this moment, Angelize also fell into deep thought.

"Yes, even if I enter a nobleman's room to search, I'm afraid there might be some hidden room or something. Wouldn't it all be for nothing then?"

"Indeed... However, if you're talking about the smell of a corpse, I can smell it."

"What? Ange, you can smell the scent of corpses???"

Hearing this, I was overjoyed, because with the Gray Wolf God clan's keen sense of smell, even the slightest hint of a corpse would not escape their noses. Therefore, if Angelize really had the ability to distinguish the smell of the dead and the living, then we would have completely resolved this crisis.

"Yes, I have participated in many reconnaissance missions and have also been on several missions to find mutated corpses. Therefore, as long as it is in a room, even if there is only the slightest trace of smell, even if it is hidden in a secret room, I can smell it."

At this moment, Angelize quickly nodded in response.

"Wow, that's great! Ange, you'll start the mission with us tomorrow. Make sure you sniff carefully."

"Yes, I'd be happy to."

At this moment, Angelize wagged her gray-white wolf tail, seemingly quite pleased as well.

The next morning, according to intelligence, there were indeed about thirty more pits across the country, bringing the total to nearly two hundred.

If more people gather, it will be extremely dangerous. Therefore, we must stop this now, find the murderer as soon as possible, and eliminate these living dead.

Once the number of them accumulates to a particularly large extent, the entire Beginning Kingdom will truly begin to disintegrate from within.

We quickly finished our breakfast and then began searching the castle of the Beginning Kingdom, room by room.

Since the castle was inhabited by envoys from the Kingdom of the Beginning, the investigation was very convenient, and they were all quite cooperative.

In a day, almost every corner had been investigated, and there was no smell of corpses or anything like that.

That would prove that the entire interior of the castle in the Beginning Kingdom has been completely ruled out as a suspect.

The next step is... to begin investigating the residences of nobles surrounding the royal castle.

However, I was busy from morning till night today, and I didn't eat or drink anything during the investigation. It was really tiring. If I had known, I would have just taken on the royal castle of the Beginning Kingdom and left the rest to the investigators.

Ugh, I really don't want to be the investigator this time, because... this is just too tiring.

So after dinner today, we all went straight to our rooms to rest.