The Necromancer Who Was Despised - The Necromancer Who Was Despised chapter 125
The main golem began to massacre the mercenaries in earnest.
And so, corpses started to appear one by one.
I directly raised them up.
[Turn undead!]
The priests, who had been kneeling with their protection broken, hastily tried to restrain me at the appearance of the undead, but my undead weren’t weak enough to fall to such low-level spells.
“From the start, pure magic doesn’t deal that much damage to divine power, anyway.”
If it’s magic mixed with mana, that’s a different story, but pure magic is almost on the level of a strength contest.
It’s a fact that undead are relatively weak against divine power and fire, but since they were created with pure magic, and their divine magic was far inferior to mine, their struggles were futile.
[Corpse explosion]
And so, I used the created undead as disposable items.
A massive explosion occurred, dealing significant damage to the surrounding mercenaries.
And during that battle…
Cuckoo.
The massive stone statues began to crumble one by one.
“Why, why won’t you fall?!”
Perso was shouting in a desperate voice.
“How can a human withstand that many attacks, make that many movements, and remain unchanged? Are you a master or something?”
He couldn’t hide his frustration at a situation that defied his common sense.
But there was no changing the fact.
The wizards were all dead, and the mercenaries couldn’t break through my undead.
I had tried to minimize casualties, but even that had become pointless.
The surroundings were filled with blood and flesh, and the bones had turned into skeletons that were attacking the mercenaries.
There was no need for any more curses.
The corpse explosions had also lost their meaning.
More than half of the mercenaries had already become skeleton warriors, holding their swords upside down, and I had strengthened them one by one.
The mercenaries were already reusing the equipment of their fallen comrades, and as a result, they were losing their will to fight. In the end, they fled to the vicinity of the paladin and priest, avoiding the original golem.
I ordered them not to pursue the fleeing mercenaries.
“Follow me.”
And I took Anelis with me, avoiding the place where Kayla was fighting, and moved to where the wizards’ corpses were.
Until then, Artina had not revealed her presence, so the paladin could only watch my movements.
“What do I do about this…”
I thought, looking at the wizards’ corpses.
“Should I make them permanent undead, but there’s not enough space… or use them temporarily and then discard them, but that’s a waste…”
It was a pity to give up the original golem, which took up the most space and was made from the bones of the Minotaur, which had been exposed to holy power for a long time and could be strengthened to resist holy power in the future.
I couldn’t give up such a valuable golem just for two wizard corpses.
“And yet, it’s hard to give up on the wizards…”
It would be difficult to obtain wizards’ corpses in the future.
The undead who could use magic were highly valuable, and I was tempted.
“Inha!”
At that moment, I heard Artina’s voice and the sound of metal clashing.
“What’s going on?”
I looked around to see Artina had blocked the paladin’s attack and was retreating.
I immediately supported her with Living Armor and called over Kereo and No. 2.
“Are you running away? You’re running away from the black wizard in front of you, along with the paladin and priest?”
“…Are you mocking me?”
When I expressed my surprise without hiding it, the paladin seemed to take it differently and said, looking at me with shame.
“No, that’s not it. I was just surprised because it was different from what I heard. I heard that the paladins of the Goddess Church would always kill the black wizard, even if it meant dying.”
“We are not from the Goddess Church.”
“Do you want me to believe that?”
I asked, looking incredulous.
“Then, what organization do you belong to? Which god do you serve?”
The paladin didn’t answer.
I suddenly realized that there was no sign of the Goddess Church on their uniforms.
“…I see. The Goddess Church’s involvement was a secret.”
Again, the paladin didn’t answer.
I roughly guessed why the paladin was trying to flee with the two priests.
“This must not be known.”
Those two priests were also important individuals.
“High-ranking priests are not that common, after all.”
Their identities were unknown, but their value was also high.
“That means… it means they can kill us.”
It means they can’t say anything to us outwardly.
On the other hand, we can’t use this as an excuse either.
My words made Seonggisah’s face distort.
“…If we’re enemies, we’ll have to pay the price.”
Seonggisah realized that I was certain they belonged to the Goddess Cult.
So, I chose to indirectly threaten them without directly mentioning the Goddess Cult.
But it was useless to me.
“Don’t you think you’ll deny the Dark Mage itself, regardless of whether I’m an enemy or not? You’ll try to kill me anyway, won’t you?”
“We’ll get their attention. We’ll also get their anger. Can you handle it?”
“Again. I’m not going to directly enter the Holy Empire’s territory, do I need to know?”
They couldn’t kill me with indirect means.
“The 6 Kingdoms Alliance won’t allow the Holy Empire to run amok in their territory either.”
So, the methods they could employ were limited, and I could handle that level.
When the threat didn’t work, Seonggisah’s gaze wavered.
“Hmm… even Seonggisah and the priests are useless. This is troubling.”
A corpse of that level, I could use well even now.
The problem was each individual’s space.
“I can’t always carry them around, can I?”
It would be fine if I had completely secured my position, but I wasn’t there yet.
Seonggisah’s expression was humiliating, knowing that I already saw them as corpses, and the two priests behind him looked terrified.
aah!
Someone’s scream was heard.
I slightly turned my gaze, and Kyra had finally broken through the encirclement, killing all the elite mercenaries, including Perso.
The last cry was Perso’s.
“Athena will be disappointed.”
I had said I would kill him directly, but it had become regrettable.
Kyra must have heard Athena’s words, and it seemed she didn’t like him either.
Then.
“Wait, I surrender.”
Clang.
One of the mercenaries threw away his weapon and said.
“Do anything. Just spare my life.”
“What, are you out of your mind? The opponent is a Dark Mage!”
“If we go on like this, we’ll die anyway! Rather…”.
The mercenary who threw away his weapon knelt and shouted.
“I’ll testify! I’ll testify! It’ll be useful!”
“Testify?”
“Yes! About Doriem and Juterus…”
“Shut up!”
At that moment, Seong-gisa loudly shouted and charged towards the mercenary.
However, 2-ho and Kereou slipped in between them, and Seong-gisa’s attack didn’t reach them.
“You’re going to betray us!”
“You’re the one who abandoned us first. You were going to abandon us and run away, weren’t you? I didn’t expect someone like you, who calls themselves a holy knight, to do that.”
The mercenary, who had received my help, continued to speak.
“I can testify that Juterus and Doriorem have formed an alliance, and that some kind of power has intervened between them. It will definitely be helpful.”
It didn’t seem like a bad idea, but…
“Do we really need that?”
“What…?”
In any case, I had connections with the royal family, and I was acquainted with Colmail, the guild leader of Doriorem Mercenary Guild.
Even if I didn’t have witnesses, the probability that they would believe me if I spoke about this matter was high.
I had a trustworthy relationship, and it was actually a commissioned job. Having their corpses or mercenary badges would be sufficient evidence.
Therefore, there was no need to take prisoners.
The mercenary’s face fell at my words.
Kyra, who had slaughtered the elite forces including Purso, approached me.
“Are you going to kill them all?”
“It seems like that would be better.”
“Then I’ll take care of it. I’ll finish it quickly. There’s something you need to see.”
“What do I need to see?”
“Yes. The central altar has been a bit strange since those statues were destroyed.”
“The altar is strange?”
I turned my head to look at the central altar at her words.
I couldn’t help but stiffen my expression.
‘Why… why now?’
The central altar.
A slight crack was visible in the empty space above it.
And I could sense a very faint energy emanating from there.
It was too small a flaw, and I wouldn’t have noticed it if I hadn’t been far away.
‘It’s growing. That’s… the real deal.’
The dimensional rift. The place that was called the early dungeon.
My seal was also one of the dimensional rifts.
The only difference was that the place connected to it wasn’t a dimensional fragment, but a powerful dimension, the Demon Realm.
‘It will take at least a year for it to form….’
Suddenly, Kyra’s words came to mind.
‘Was the statue sealing that dimensional rift?’
I thought that maybe the Orb of Fire was also sealing one of the dimensional rifts.
It was a slightly complicated thought, but ultimately, it was a blessing for me.
I didn’t need to wait for a year; I could get everything I wanted at once.
However, there was no problem.
‘The information about the dungeon is lacking.’
I knew what I could gain from this.
However, I didn’t know much about internal information. Some speculation was possible, but…
“It’s because the reward was too famous.”
I didn’t know how much time it would take.
“This request is a bit of a problem, but… it’s worth taking the risk.”
Suddenly, the mage and the priest, who would soon become a corpse, caught my eye.
“I’m lucky.”
“Help Kaila and process this as quickly as possible. If the two of you block the priest, Baldur will take care of it.”
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Baldur bowed his head, indicating that he would follow my orders.
Then, he pointed to the mercenaries and gave orders to the undead.
“Kill them all.”
At my command, numerous skeletons and living armors rushed towards them.
The dimensional rift on the altar was slowly widening.
Meanwhile, I was using the undead to arrange the corpses here and there.
“Trying to make undead?”
“That’s right. Since I don’t know what’s inside the dimensional rift, I need to prepare as much as possible.”