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159 – Necromancer 2
– Ugh…
A corpse that should not move raises its body by adjusting its stiffening joints and bones.
Ssssssss..
This abnormal coldness, so much so that Elfriede’s flames were extinguished, was probably due to the frosty sighs that the guy was emitting.
That low, that low.
When the only noise was the sound of the floor and pillars freezing with ice, it was Hippolyta’s one word that broke the silence.
“…. She said Delphina. I guess now isn’t the time for us to fight amongst ourselves.”
“I agree. That thing… is an undead? A corpse that spreads such cold air. I’ve never seen anything like it before…? It feels like it’s freezing to the bone..!”
The city of Calcata is a stronghold city that makes money from the nearby underground labyrinth of Pluto.
Since all the labyrinths that appear there are of a high level, the adventurers of Calcata are naturally veterans who are experts in labyrinths.
Among them, if the leader of a party made up of veterans from the Silver Tier says that he has never seen a dead person before, it is only natural to be nervous.
“Lord Pluto…!”
While everyone was frozen in place, Paranoy ran over and knelt down in front of Ismail.
“I, I didn’t betray…! I was just acting to fool those idiots…! It’s true…!”
-Ugh….
The corpse, standing up unnaturally, let out a cold sigh, perhaps responding to Paranoy who was beginning to confess something.
Flash.
And then the pupils that opened glowed a strange and eerie blue. The guy lifted his tattered palms up.
-Grrrr…
“Lord Pluto..!”
“Hey, nymph! Get out of the way! This guy’s not like Pluto!”
At that moment, the Silver Tier adventurer Delphina, who was running quickly, grabbed Paranoy’s hood on the back of his neck and pulled it hard.
“Ugh!”
Paranoia, who was rolling backwards, screaming as if his throat was completely blocked.
Fortunately, however, thanks to Delphina, Paranoy was able to avoid the corpse’s attack.
-Grrrrghhh!!!
Ismail’s corpse, resurrected with blue eyes, howled as if it was angry at missing the attack. The voice resonating throughout the plaza was enough to make you want to cover your ears.
“Hehehe-!”
Paranoia is so scared that he runs away on all fours and hides in a corner.
It was quite comical because it resembled the jumping posture of a long-legged lizard, but no one laughed at it.
Ssung, sssssss.
Unlike when she was leisurely dealing with Silver Tier adventurers, Hippolyte is now holding her sword, lowering her stance, and preparing to charge.
“…The blue-eyed corpse. This guy is probably a Royal Guard.”
Delphina responds to Hippolyte’s words by holding her sword in the same way.
“Royal Guard? What is that!”
“The elite soldiers guarding Pluto’s Skull Throne. I’ve only heard of them through rumors. This is my first time seeing them in person.”
-Graaaaaaa-!!!!
The corpse screamed so loudly that it was almost loud. The guy started to stagger around, then he started to rush forward like a truck with its accelerator pressed down.
The one he was after was none other than Elfriede, who was checking the pulse of her colleagues in the corner.
“Elphie! Watch out!”
Delphi shouts at him to warn his colleagues of the danger.
Elfriede also leapt backwards and swung her short wand, striking the head of the dead Ismail.
“You’re a piece of shit from hell, where are you going to touch it!”
thud-!
A heavy impact sound, as if a truck had crashed, is heard, and the deceased, Ismail, who had been emitting a strange and sinister aura, falls headfirst to the ground.
– Ughh …
But that was only for a moment. The guy straightened up his misaligned bones and joints and got up.
Elfriede gritted her teeth at the sight.
“It’s tough-. Let’s see if it can withstand this too! Hell’s Flame-!”
With a short slash, a red flame begins to flicker from the tip of Elfriede’s wand.
Huruk, huruk..
It grew bigger and bigger, flashing red and blue. Delphina screamed in horror at the sight.
“No! If you use that here, everything will fall apart, Elphi! Hey, you! You’re going on a gold tier adventure! Isn’t there a better way!?”
“Then try setting fire to the surroundings! It should make my blood boil!”
“What are you talking about? Ugh, what the hell is going on all of a sudden? The Royal Guard! Why are these big-time undeads in the city’s basement?”
Fucking Sodomora! While Delphina was screaming.
Elfriede, who canceled the flame magic spell, eventually chose to dodge the corpse’s waving arms and counterattack with her wand.
?Oh, right! Oh my!
“But why doesn’t this guy seem to be attacking only me?”
As Elfriede said, the undead Ismail persistently targeted only Elfriede. However, she was able to dodge the attacks by making use of her physical abilities as a fairy and high-ranking adventurer.
“Ugh, ugh…..”
As I had felt before, Elfriede’s movements felt unnatural and awkward in many ways.
For example, you could say that the tempo of your movements is slow and unbalanced, as if there is a thorn stuck in the sole of your foot. Your breathing is also irregular.
“Phew.”
You might not notice it on the outside, but I could tell because I had been on bad terms with him for a long time.
As expected, Elfriede’s body is not normal.
Unlike Elfriede, who was becoming increasingly creaky, Ismail’s movements as he attacked her felt like they were becoming more and more gentle, unlike a corpse.
– Hydra, I, I am Hydraaaaaaaaaa!! I am-, I am the one, the evil moooooong of Sodomora!!! Humans’ – JUST MAAAHHH!!!!
He even opens his mouth and shouts.
The guy’s roar shook the air around him, like a scream clawed from the bottom of a deep cavern of hell. It felt like my heart was being squeezed.
But this timing, when the guy let his guard down because he was yelling, was my chance.
After I picked up Luna, who had fallen, I chose to hide her behind a pillar that seemed safe.
“Huh….”
Luna shows no sign of getting up despite the chaos. The thief’s stone throw must have dealt her a fatal blow.
Behind me, Delphina and Elfriede are barely able to stop Ismail.
“Speaking undead! This is spine-chilling! I’ve never heard of fighting something like this! The commission has been exceeded!”
“Delphin, focus! I’ll chant, so protect me!”
“Are you crazy? Elphi, that monster is snuffing out your flame! I can’t fight this guy! I’ll run away, so grab the unconscious guys and take care of them!”
Kang, Kang! Kagak-!
The dead man Ismail swings his sharp claws. Delphina, who blocks the attack with a long, sharp sword, clearly looks as if she has reached her limit.
“I can’t hold out for long! If I get hurt, I won’t be able to get my balance back, and this request ends here…!”
It was Delphina who shouted at Elfriede who was hesitating. Elfriede also clicked her tongue and placed her unconscious comrades on her sides.
And then he starts running away without looking back.
– I am, I am the bane of Middle-earth! I am the Hydra, the king upon the mountain!
“Flame Wall-!”
The dead are trying to chase after them, and Elfriede is creating a wall of fire to prevent them from chasing her.
Ismail waved his arms and put out the fire, but Delphina, Elfriede, and their companions were no longer visible.
-Oops!
The dead man growled indignantly. His eyes soon turned to Hippolyte.
“The children have fled. It looks like we are the only ones left. You, who are hiding behind the pillar, Hassan of Samaria!”
Me? You’re calling me, right?
“You still recognize me even though my face is covered!”
“You know? Do you think I’m a fool? Anyway, I’ll stop this guy somehow. In the meantime, find the necromancer who raised this dead man! He must be in this cave!”
“I’ll try to block it, is that okay? Right now..
“I know, it’s night. But I usually sunbathe for three hours a day just in case something like this happens. It’s a shame, but I guess I’ll have to use up all my reserves.”
Zuuuuung..
Hippolyta’s sword begins to flash a strange golden light.
You enjoy sunbathing for three hours a day.
Was Hippolyte’s life really that easygoing? Was her tanned skin not natural but something she got?
My brain seemed to want to ignore this terrible situation, and it started to conjure up complex, distracting thoughts like a defense mechanism.
But I quickly brush aside the incidents and turn my attention to finding the necromancer who can summon the undead, as Hippolyta had suggested.
I already have a lot of experience dealing with Pluto’s cultists and necromancers.
Subal, weren’t all the cultists captured during the war? Those remnants, as you might call them, might have been hiding in this underground market, plotting something evil.
So I wandered around this vast square, trying to find the sorcerer, while Hippolyta hacked at the dead with her strange, golden, gleaming sword.
However, there is no magic circle that looks like a magic spell or a spell.
What the hell is this?
“Hey, Paranoy! Don’t you know anything?”
What caught my eye then was Paranoy shivering in the corner.
“Hey, Paranoy!”
“Is that voice, Hassan-sama? I, I did not betray…! It’s not that I betrayed Pluto-sama, no, no, it’s true that I betrayed Pluto-sama, and in fact, I did not betray Hassan-sama….”
“What are you talking about now!”
Paranoy seemed to be panicking, so I lightly slapped his cheeks from side to side to bring him back to his senses.
Deering -.
『Paranoy’s negative belief in energy has been revealed.』
『Task value + 10』
『Current task value: +62』
I didn’t even give her a massage, I just slapped her cheek and the words came to mind.
And the eccentricity was revealed.
Now that I think about it, I remember being eccentric the first time I slapped Daphne on the cheek.
Is it like every time you slap someone in the face, the quirk is lifted? What the heck.
Anyway, this isn’t what’s important right now.
“Hey, is there a necromancer nearby? Since you’re a cultist yourself, isn’t there a way to sense something like mana and find one?”
“Ugh, ugh, my face hurts……”
Paranoia is crying, touching her flushed cheeks.
Did I hit you too hard?
I’m sorry, but now is not the time to worry about that.
“Paranoy, is there a necromancer around here who raised the Royal Guard or something?”
“The Royal Guard is the royal family’s bodyguard, the messenger of hell. It is not something that a mere necromancer can command… If there is a necromancer who can handle it, we will surely be no match for them…!”
“Sval, then what should we do?”
“Well, it’s not like there’s no way. Hassan-nim, Hassan-nim, maybe you can perform a necromancy spell on someone…!”
“I?”
“That necklace, the Black Star of Kalan, is something you can handle without any penalty, so you’re someone who has good compatibility with hellish magic, so you can definitely do it -! B, the method is…”
A paranoiac mumbling something.
The way he spoke was very simple.
The idea is to wrest control of the dead who may be under someone’s control. And it requires a fairly complex spell.
“Ugh, Hassan-! Where’s Hassan!”
At that moment, Luna, who had come to her senses from afar, got up. The first thing she asked for was my name. I was so touched.
“Luna, I’m here! This is perfect timing! Help me!”
“Hey, you thief boss!”
“No, it’s me!”
When the mask covering her face was removed, only then did the strength leave Luna’s shoulders.
“I thought you were a real thief! You suit him so well, Hassan! You look like a mean and ruthless back-alley thief boss!”
“Is that a compliment? Anyway, anyway, that’s not important right now.”
My eyes looked far away at Hippolyte, who was dealing with the dead.
Ss …
Hippolyta cutting off the thigh of the dead man and bringing him down.
-Geueuugh!! I, I!! Humans’ keemaaang-!!!
“Even if you cut off its neck and crush its heart, it will still rise again. It would be the perfect sandbag to place in the Mars Guild.”
It’s awe-inspiring to see him overpowering the mighty undead.
I could see the golden aura glowing from Hippolyte’s sword gradually diminishing. I didn’t say anything, but if it were to disappear completely, we would all be finished.
“Lu, Luna-sama, can you help me…! Oh, in the shape of a pentagram. Inside, draw a sextant, and on each corner, write the runes of Gaia..”
“You want me to draw a spell? I’m good at that!”
Swish, swish, swish.
Soon, two little women began to draw a circular magic circle on the floor with a slate pencil, and as it began to slowly come to completion, I shouted excitedly.
“Hey, you little shit who’s been digging around in the trash! This way!”
I wondered if my provocation would have any effect on the corpse who had just come back from the dead.
-Oops.
The guy immediately looked in my direction and started walking towards me with brisk strides. My provocation was very effective!
“So, you’re saying I just have to put that kid in the magic circle!?”
“That’s right…! Then, Luna and I will recite the spell to transfer control to Hassan…!”
I understand.
But how do you move a dead person who is running wild like that into that small magic circle? The magic circle is so small that it can be filled with one person standing in it.
It’s not even a pyeong (about 1.5 square meters).
“Hey, you little shit! Get here! Come here and stand! If you don’t stand, I’ll kill you!”
I threatened the undead with the feeling that I had nothing to lose. How dare you threaten to kill someone who is already dead.
Even I thought it was a very poor comment, but the situation was so confusing and chaotic that I couldn’t think of anything good.
-Ugh, my, mother, body…
But did my inhumane threats work? The dead members of the Royal Guard, who I thought would attack from all sides, obediently retreated into the magic circle.
Stand inside.
What the heck!
This could be the moment when my intimidation skills, which I’ve been practicing in back alleys, shine!
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