I'm the Only Totem in Another World - Chapter 126

Chapter 126: Hot Potato （3）

“It’s over there.”

Where Rake pointed, there was a village with houses made of tents clustered together.

This is Latria. The place where George’s raid was wiped out by the Dark Cloud Demon.

I stopped by once while moving the Sky Tree Tribe to Bolvano where the Golden Sun Tribe is.

I saw the tombstone that Close-Range Spy made to commemorate George’s raid.

Well, it was the same wasteland I saw back then. The only difference is that this village in front of us has sprung up.

A group of survivors came here and made a small settlement, but they seem to have been unlucky enough to run into a mid-ranking demon and become worshippers.

Krur…

That giant sloth, sleeping soundly under the protection of the worshippers and feeling the warm sunlight, is our target, the mid-ranking demon.

I don’t know why it came all the way to the wasteland instead of a city and sought worshippers without even a single lower demon subordinate.

Was it pushed out of a power struggle? Maybe a stronger mid-ranking demon appeared and drove it out. That’s all I can guess.

The demon ecosystem is still a mystery. Since they are creatures created by high-ranking demons, there might not even be an ecosystem.

━ It seems like we just need to catch that one.

A few Demon’s Eyes, one-eyed flying creatures, were patrolling, but that was all.

“I’ll finish this quickly.”

Rake clenched her fists and ran into the enemy camp. She didn’t draw her sword because I told her not to kill.

“Ene, my!”

“Kill, it!”

The demon worshippers attacked with shovels, hoes, and sickles for harvesting crops. Of course, they only ended up with their faces caved in and flew far away from a single punch from Rake.

Koo?

The sloth demon, who was sleeping while stroking its belly, opened its eyes wide and got up.

Its body, at least 5 meters tall, stood tall, but there was no real sense of intimidation.

Both Rake and I had experienced too much to feel threatened by a mere large beast.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Legs. Belly. Head.

Three hits. In just three hits, it neutralized the sloth that was charging at us in an attack stance.

Kooaaa!

The sloth, enraged, glared and tried to cast a coordinate transmission spell, but my ‘Totem of Chaos’ was faster.

Kyuat!

It let out a pathetic scream, blood spurting from its eyes, nose, and mouth.

Was a mid-ranking demon this weak? It feels like just yesterday I was putting on a show riding the Totem Golem to catch a single mid-ranking demon.

“So noisy.”

Thwack!

Rake’s fist landed squarely on the struggling demon’s head. The sloth stuck out its tongue and fainted.

Subjugation complete.

━ There’s a cart over there. I’ll have the demon worshippers transport it.

“…Can I try it?”

Rake asked cautiously, wanting to try zombie control.

━ Sure.

“Thank you.”

Rake smiled brightly and reached out her hand towards a demon worshipper she had instantly killed with her punch.

“Ugh…”

The guys slowly getting up turned their heads a few times before collapsing.

“It’s not working well.”

Rake watched the zombies crawling on the ground with a disappointed expression.

━ It takes a lot of practice. Let’s do it when we have a chance.

I also spent a lot of time trying to control zombies. No matter how much of a genius Rake is, she can’t master this right away.

Still, I appreciated her thoughtfulness. Rake knew I was exhausted from using blessings for 10 consecutive days and volunteered to do it herself.

She’s so admirable.

━ And, you don’t have to worry. I’m just a little tired.

I woke up the demon worshippers as zombies. Rake loaded the fainted sloth demon onto the cart, and the zombies under my command pulled it.

…Ah. This is so tiring. Saying I’m just a little tired was a lie. I’m actually dead tired.

Using the Totem of Chaos was the decisive factor. I suddenly felt all my energy drain away.

I had to gather every ounce of my mental strength to use it, so it’s hard to bear. I need to pass out for a bit.

━ I’m going to rest for a while. Call me if anything happens.

“Yes.”

I just gave the zombies the command to ‘follow Rake’ and closed my eyes.

I need to recharge now, since I’ll have to use ‘Follower Summoning’ to bring Rake back after everything is done.

It’s been a while since I checked the community.

Should I take a quick look?

As soon as I thought that, I drifted off to sleep.

What community? Sleep is the best medicine.

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“Malak-nim.”

I opened my eyes at the sound of Rake’s calm voice. Wow, I really got a good rest. The sky was already getting dark.

It must have been at least 3 or 4 hours.

Rake and the zombies pulling the cart were huddled together, sitting down.

What’s going on? I looked around with that thought in mind. Zombies came into view.

━ …!

For a moment, I was so startled that I almost screamed ‘Eek!’ I thought Karon had noticed us.

But seeing the zombies just standing there, staring straight ahead, calmed me down.

Why are they acting like that? They don’t seem like the zombies Rake is controlling.

“They are the guards stationed at the entrance of Dubenheim. They’ve been like that for the past 5 minutes.”

The ones in front of us weren’t all. When I zoomed out my vision to see further, I saw quite a few zombie armies of this scale.

The strange thing was that they were all standing still, staring straight ahead. Not a single one of them turned their heads.

As if they had been ordered to become totems.

━ It seems Karon still hasn’t recovered his strength.

Karon felt this was his last chance to stop my late-game rise and invested everything he had, but ultimately failed.

This is the price he has to pay.

He doesn’t even have the strength to move his petty zombie armies, so he just stationed them as guards and left them there?

The thought of Karon suffering fills me with tiger-like energy.

You little punk, you shouldn’t have messed with me.

━ Is there any other way?

Still, it’s impossible to pass through here.

They’ll probably react if they see a living being or get attacked first. Unless he’s an idiot, he would have given them at least that level of command.

“I’m thinking of climbing that mountain over there. There are fewer zombies there.”

━ Let’s get through this carefully.

Rake and I moved forward, avoiding Karon’s army without being detected. It wasn’t a difficult task.

Oh, we left the zombies I was controlling behind. They were cumbersome and noisy. Rake is carrying the cart alone now.

She even lifted it up to avoid the sound of the wheels rolling because it bothered her.

I had some free time, so I logged into the community. There must be a ton of information piled up.

[I Trusted the Monkey Man but: Real-time Seongbung…I keep making eye contact with a girl lately

（Picture of a girl looking this way）

That’s the jammin’s older sister lol

I’m not delusional, I really have been making eye contact a lot lately. When I’m teaching the jammin the Paladin’s ‘Mind of Emptiness’, she peeks her head out and watches.

It’s been a while, so I think her guard is down a bit. Should I try talking to her?

I’m not thinking anything weird. I just purely need someone new to talk to lol

I have common sense too. I’m not trying to do anything to a girl in her late teens. She looks a bit younger because she’s so skinny, but anyway.

…But I just got my ID too. So wouldn’t it be okay?

No rebuttals. That’s all.]

[Irinam: Got dragged here while playing a game;;

My character with 89 defense has status immunity, teleportation, stealth⚠, health regen♥, and…

80% movement speed increase⛸, with a cooldown of only 3 seconds, Sta‍❓ cost of 20, and W even resets on teleport, and the ultimate has %HP damage+, and the more you increase attack speed, the ultimate cooldown decreases by 0.7 seconds+, allowing you to spam it! Every time you use the ultimate, damage increases by 33% up to 3 stacks, and then Q has a 90% attack power ratio, so W takes advantage of that━ Aaaaaargh—]

━ Comments ━

[Close-Range Spy: What kind of game is this?]

[Full Play: Get a grip, man. If you don’t leave that cave after 72 hours, you’re in big trouble;;]

What information? It’s just full of useless posts. Nothing’s changed here.

There were a few posts asking what was going on with all the commotion when the Giant and Stingray Demon were fighting, but that was it.

Besides that, there was a promotional post for the Tribal Federation written by Noah and Siu together.

I just replied to a message from Hanna and closed it.

━ Let’s do it here.

We must have reached about halfway up the mountain.

I think this is as deep as we can go without getting caught. If we go any further, we’ll be spotted.

It’s about time to wake up the sloth and ask（?） it to transmit the coordinates.

“Yes.”

Slap!

Rake slapped the sloth, bound tightly with chains, hard on the cheek.

The demon, who had been in dreamland longer than me, opened its bloodshot eyes and roared. Or rather, it tried to roar.

Rake had sealed its mouth shut, so no sound could escape.

Click.

Rake freed the demon. The sloth jumped back and started transmitting the coordinates again.

Kooaaaaah━!

It’s funny how it’s scrambling on all fours and running away as if it’s determined not to get caught this time.

It’s going far? Even better. Just go straight to the center of Karon’s camp.

“Uoooh…!”

The zombies, seeing the sloth descending the mountain, sprang into action. As expected, their eyesight is fine.

It doesn’t seem like Karon is directly controlling them; they’re just moving according to pre-programmed commands.

Since they’re just worshipper zombies, they probably won’t be able to catch a mid-ranking demon.

I have a good feeling about this.

“Shall we stay and watch until the Dark Cloud Demon arrives?”

Rake grinned. It was a confident and cool smile.

━ Let’s do that.

Karon. We’ve had a long and tangled history. It’s been shitty, and let’s never see each other again.