The reward for the quest to exterminate the undead was twenty-five gold coins.
After confirming our tentative acceptance of the quest and receiving two gold coins and five silver coins, we made the minimum preparations and headed for the village in question.

The village was said to be rife with zombies, and we could reach it by leaving the city and walking along the road through the forest for about half a day.
Since we left after breakfast, we would probably arrive in the evening or after dark.

Now, after walking along the road for a while..,

'I'm getting hungry. Let's eat somewhere else.

'Those rocks over there look like they'd be good for shade.

When the sun was just above us, we found a good rock to sit on, and decided to take a rest and have lunch there.
Satsuki, me, Cyril, and Mee sat down on the rocks side by side and took out our lunches.

What I took out of my luggage was a sandwich I had bought at the bakery before we left.

When I opened the package, I found that the bread was filled with vegetables, meat, and other colorful ingredients, and was placed cut side up, giving it a nice appetizing appearance.

The portions were decent, and five copper coins for the sandwich was a good cost performance.

I picked up one of the sandwiches and took a bite of it.
Sure enough, it's good.
The deliciousness of the meat that sizzled as I bit into it, the freshness of the crunchy vegetables, and the sweetness of the sauce all intertwined to create a satisfying taste that did not betray my expectations.

'So, how strong is this zombie thing?

Satsuki suddenly said something like that, and then took a bite of the sandwich, just like me.
And then, 'Yummy! and gulped it down with a happy smile.

Incidentally, she saw me buying it at the bakery and bought the same one.
Since she happily showed it to me, she must have had other intentions.

But that's beside the point.

'The monster rank of a normal zombie is I. Goblins are H-ranked, so they are one rank lower than goblins.''

'......? Weaker than goblins? It's a piece of cake.

Satsuki swallowed a piece of bread and said these words.

A zombie monster is, to put it simply, a 'moving corpse'.
They are highly durable but slow-moving, extremely unintelligent, and attack blindly when they see a living person.

In addition, in most cases, they have no weapons.
It is said that if you can fight them calmly, even an ordinary citizen with a weapon can defeat them without much danger.

However, there is a natural prerequisite for this.
The assumption is that they can be fought under favorable conditions, one on one or even more.

Mee points out this point in response to Satsuki's optimism.

'However, numbers are a problem. If all the inhabitants of a single village were zombies, there could be over a hundred of them.

'Ugh ...... that's annoying .......'

'And even if they are weak, numbers are still a threat. If you can't overcome them and are overpowered by the power of numbers, and they put you down, they'll bite your throat off and you're done.

'Don't be scared, Cyril. ......'

After Mee, Cyril pointed out that Satsuki, who had been in a good mood, was becoming more and more depressed.
It's nice to see Satsuki's tension change from time to time, isn't it?

'Well, at least we don't have to jump into a crowd of zombies without a plan. They're more troublesome than you think. Besides...'

Cyril said, giving me a look.

'The mage's specialty, sleep magic, won't work against the undead. They're not as good as the goblins.

'...... Well, you're right.'

I nodded honestly.

It's true that monsters classified as undead are a nuisance to mages because they are immune to sleep spells.

But that's the point.
If you are a mage at the beginner's level, or at least at the wizard's level, you can do something about it.

For example, the simplest way is to cast a fireball spell.
I avoided using it when I dealt with the goblins because of the need for secrecy and the risk of the cave collapsing, but this time there is no prohibition on destroying houses, so it should be no problem.

Besides, you know.

'The Holy Order's Cyril is more specialized in killing the undead.

'Well, that's true.

Priests are said to be those who have been given special blessings by the gods.
These blessings are commonly referred to as 'miracles' and can cause supernatural phenomena similar to magic.
The use of miracles requires mana, which is similar to the magic used by mages.

The most common miracle used by priests is the art of healing.
Adventurers who are often injured will actively seek to add priests to their party because of their nature.
There are many precedents of priests whose blessings have somehow increased in the course of adventuring, and many of them begin adventuring as part of their training.

Another typical example of miracles, along with healing, is the miracle of repelling the undead.

Miracles for defeating the undead, such as turn undead, can be a reliable tool for defeating the undead, although the results vary greatly depending on the skill of the practitioner who uses them.
For this reason, priests are sometimes called specialists in the extermination of the undead.

'But even if I say so, if there are actually a hundred of them, I won't be able to handle them all by myself. I'll need some kind of backup.

'All right. I don't know if it will be in the nature of backup, but I'll consider it.

'Don't worry. I'm here, so it'll be easy, easy, easy.

Seeing Satsuki laughing like that, Cyril and I both sighed at the same time.

'I think that Satsuki should drink a little of their nails.

Mee spat out her venom and drank water from her water bottle.