‘What’s this. Ruth, why did you come so quickly?’
Ruth Critchett, who I thought would arrive tonight at the earliest, was right in front of me as if she had been sent by express delivery.
I wondered why there was a living person flitting about in front of the Duke’s mansion, and it turned out to be Ruth.
‘Well, it’s good for me anyway!’
“Because the number of humans with good fighting abilities has increased?”
‘Yes, yes.’
I nodded cheerfully to Zero’s words and grabbed Ruth’s hand, moving to where the zombie elimination squad was located.
Since one Ruth is equal to a multitude, the tension that had built up melted away.
As I went with Ruth to the third floor’s corridor where the wide window was open, the maids and butlers, head maid, Merion, and Michael, who had been on standby with crossbows and small magical bombs, appeared.
They were about to greet me, but they shouted with joy when they saw Ruth Critchett, who had been eagerly following my hand.
“Oh my!”
The one who recognized Ruth first was definitely Merion.
Although she claimed she had hardly ever seen the sensitive and irritable Ruth, Merion immediately recognized that the person I had brought was Ruth.
“Lady Ruth! To think you would come so quickly……!”
‘What’s this? Is she crying?’
Zero clicked his tongue disapprovingly as he looked at Merion, who was shedding tears in disbelief.
‘She must have had a hard time.’
I responded nonchalantly, positioning Ruth by the corridor window.
Unlike me, the Duke’s servants, who were on standby to fend off the zombies, were thrilled.
“Lady Ruth Critchett has already come?”
“She came incredibly quickly! Amazing, I thought she would only come through the communication magic tool…”
“So that presence I felt briefly outside earlier was Lady Ruth?”
People circled around Ruth.
“Now, one at a time. Speak one at a time.”
‘There are too many people!’
For Ruth, who had been a hermitlike loner, cooped up in her research lab on the tower with little interaction with people, this moment must have been overwhelming, as she broke into a cold sweat.
Knowing that she wasn’t accustomed to such a situation, I stealthily separated Ruth and the people, then cocked my loaded gun.
“I know you’re happy to meet Mage Ruth, but we mustn’t forget our mission.”
“Ah!”
“Right. We can’t let the remaining zombies escape!”
My words quickly regathered the clucking crowd of maid Emily and Rose, butler Patrick, and head maid Iliana by the corridor window, where they sat in a serious posture, eyeing the zombies.
“There are two each at 10 and 11 o’clock!”
“There are also two each at 1 and 2 o’clock.”
“The crossbows and small magical bombs are ready to fire at any time!”
“Give us the command, Your Grace!”
Although not trained soldiers, the servants’ passion to eliminate the zombies with precision was admirable.
Michael also whispered to me.
“We are ready. Your Grace, shall we fire as you have instructed?”
“Of course. Everyone, aim precisely at the head of one.”
At my words, those gathered to eradicate the zombies each chose a zombie to kill and waited for the order to fire with a grave attitude.
I, too, took a corner of the corridor, sat down, and aimed at a zombie.
“When I count to three, everyone shoots the zombie they can target from their spot. Understand?”
“Yes!”
My earlier elimination of two zombies must have impressed them, for the returning answer was robust.
Only Ruth, who had just joined, blinked in confusion, unaware of what was going on.
“Uh, Duke Keaton? What’s happening here?”
“What do you mean? As you saw earlier, we’re hunting zombies.”
“What?”
“Lucky timing. Ruth, can you cast some auxiliary magic to more accurately target the designated objects? That way, we can eliminate them more easily.”
I said this, implying that since I saved her, she should help a bit.
Whether she roughly understood or not, Ruth sighed and picked up several auxiliary magic formations.
“I understand. I don’t know what’s what, but I’ll follow the Duke’s will for now.”
“Good.”
I was glad I didn’t have to say more.
Rus cast a spell to increase sniping accuracy for everyone, as I requested.
“Target, be pierced.”
A bright spell, tinged with blue magic that resembled the color of Rus’s hair, shone.
A notification floated up to me, signaling the effect of the buff.
[Party Member: Rus Kritcherin’s sniping accuracy increase buff is activated.] [The aiming accuracy of the temporarily formed ‘Zombie Extermination Squad’ is increased by 80%.]’80 percent might be enough to annihilate them all at once.’
With excitement, I aimed my barrel at a zombie wandering far in front of the Duke’s main gate.
“Ready… Fire!”
“Don’t bark, you crazy bastard.”
Cursing the overly serious Zero, I shouted,
“I’ll do the countdown! Just make sure my voice isn’t heard by those zombies for a moment!”
“It’s as easy as eating cold soup. Just leave it to me.”
“One, two, three!”
With my countdown, the gathered people each fired at the zombies they were responsible for.
Bang!
Kugwagwagwagwagwang!
Whish.
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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