The Necromancer Who Was Despised - The Necromancer Who Was Despised chapter 128
There were enough corpses piled up.
Although they weren’t humans, those monsters had flesh, blood, and bones.
They were massacred in large numbers, leaving countless snake-like corpses around us.
I used them as sacrifices and immediately constructed a temporary stronghold, creating a wall to protect myself.
My magic amplified, and the power of my spells changed.
When I built the stronghold, Kyra and Atina, who were initially shocked by the endless stream of snakes, regained their composure.
The two of them, instead of helping me, charged towards the boss that was spewing out snakes, and I told them not to interfere with the boss.
“…Then we should kill the snakes instead of the boss.”
As soon as I said that, the two of them changed their target.
The snakes attacked Kyra and Atina as soon as they began supporting my undead.
However, even the boss couldn’t do anything against Kyra and Atina.
Clang!
Although we had a new method using poison, it was meaningless.
Kyra had the Armor of Vitality, and Atina had the Wind Dragon’s Fang.
The Armor of Vitality had resistance to poison, and Atina used the Wind Dragon’s Fang to apply Wind Cutter, preventing the poison from even approaching.
Thanks to her frequent battles, Atina’s skills in using her artifact had improved dramatically.
The Dark Ball of the Skeleton Mages fell onto the snakes’ heads.
The dead snakes rose again, biting their former allies.
It wasn’t that the poison didn’t work on them; it was just that they were of a different species, and some had resistance or were partially immune to the poison.
No. 1 and Specter also showed off their skills.
The boss stopped spewing out snakes, seemingly unaware of what was happening.
But it was too late.
My two mira priests had already used strengthening magic on the golem, and…
The golem, which had been completely bound by the boss, finally began to move.
The boss, realizing the golem was moving, used even stronger magic to bind it again.
The boss’s body expanded greatly as it tried to rebind the golem, but this time was different.
“It’s definitely weakened.”
I was receiving support from the temporary base’s reinforcement, unlike before.
My staff, Elroset’s wand, resonated with a stronger power than before, and as a result, a different outcome was inevitable.
Grrr… Crunch.
The golem, who had its body wrapped around the boss’s gap, pulled out its arm and started to tear apart the boss’s massive body.
The boss refused to let go, biting the golem’s hand, but its body was too strong to be torn apart.
Although part of its hand was torn off, it quickly regenerated by absorbing my magic.
I instructed Kyra and Atina to support the golem.
As they approached, the boss finally let go of the golem, and it seemed to be trying to escape.
However, this time, the golem caught up to it.
Strong downward strike.
After that, it grabbed the boss’s body with its hand and pulled it strongly.
The boss struggled, but it was meaningless against the golem’s overwhelming power.
The sight of the 20-meter-long snake, which couldn’t shake off the 4-meter-tall golem, was unbelievable.
And so, with time on our side, Kyra and Atina were able to arrive, and they began to slash at the boss’s body.
The boss’s wounds rapidly worsened.
The golem hindered the boss’s movements, and Kyra and Atina attacked its body, while I exacerbated its wounds.
The snakes summoned by the boss couldn’t surpass my undead, and in the end, they had to pay the price for their danger.
The boss’s struggling ceased.
And then, an enormous number of snakes burst out of the boss’s body like crazy.
Dimensional fragments
“Wow, I’m shocked.”
Atina wiped the sweat from her forehead, muttering.
“What, how did so many suddenly appear? We almost got killed.”
“That’s a good reaction. Don’t let your guard down until the very end.”
“Yes, Master.”
When the boss died, all the snakes inside its subspace burst out.
There were thousands of them, and in an instant, the area was filled with snakes.
Atina and Kyra, who were on top of the boss when it died, were about to get swept away by the snake wave.
Valdur and Anelis were safe, protected by my temporary base.
Kyra and Atina quickly reacted, flying onto the golem’s back, and managed to survive.
If they hadn’t, they might have died, as Atina said.
Especially Atina, who used the Wyvern’s fang to prevent the poison from approaching, didn’t have a high resistance to poison itself.
“It seems we’re still preparing.”
I knew that Kyra was guiding her to build up her resistance to poison.
Of course, resistance is something you build up for unexpected situations, and it’s a fatal mistake to underestimate poison just because you have resistance.
There are many types of poison, and some are impossible for humans to withstand.
Even if you have a strong body and resistance using mana, there are limits.
After killing all the snakes, a single bracelet remained.
“Was it called Yakumama’s bracelet?”
It was called that in the past. This time, it didn’t have a specific name.
“‘It’s just an artifact or a bracelet, isn’t it?’”
I picked it up and wore it naturally.
“Is that an artifact? Are you using it?”
There was no opposition from my companions.
Artina, Kyle, and Valdur all had expressions that said it was only natural.
My companions’ reactions made Anelis look flustered.
“It’s common for mercenaries or party members to fight over artifacts when they get a good result.”
But we were different.
“I thought you wouldn’t take it this time either.”
“Yeah, Inha, you should take something too.”
“Congratulations.”
No one showed any signs of discontent or jealousy on their faces.
Their reactions were genuine, not just pretending to be okay.
That’s why Anelis muttered in disbelief.
“This can’t be… a party like a dream…”
“A party that only exists in imagination.”
“What’s the function of that artifact?”
I naturally placed my magic into the artifact.
“Luckily, it’s responding.”
The artifact, which came from a fragment of another dimension, accepted my magic without resistance.
Then, a gap opened in the air, creating a space.
“Is that an air gap? Is it really an air gap?”
Kyle asked, looking surprised.
“That’s right. It looks like it. The size is… um, about the size of a large warehouse.”
“A large warehouse? Oh my god, an air gap artifact…”
“It’s convenient, though.”
Kyle, who knew the true value of this artifact, couldn’t close his mouth, and Artina had a very pleased expression, happy to have a convenient artifact.
Valdur’s face looked a bit self-deprecating.
It was because he didn’t contribute much to obtaining this artifact.
By absolute standards, he wasn’t lacking, but relatively, he seemed lacking.
And to make matters worse, the level of the monster we encountered this time was extremely high.
“We fought a monster like this…”
It’s estimated that there were enormous sacrifices in the past.
Even the boss was a boss, and the snakes it spawned were originally very troublesome creatures.
As a necromancer who used the undead, my level was decent, so I was able to clear it easily, but if it were an ordinary mercenary party, they would have been poisoned to death by the summoned snakes, boss or not.
“The boss’s corpse disappeared.”
It wasn’t strange for a boss’s corpse to disappear and an artifact to appear.
“…It’s better not to reveal the air gap artifact carelessly.”
“I think so too. I didn’t plan to use it openly from the start.”
Artina said it would be convenient to have this, but her words were hard to come true.
“I’m thinking of using my undead storage as a vault.”
This main golem can store over a thousand undead.
Of course, I intended to store the originally engraved ones in the engraving itself.
“Ah, come to think of it, I told you that the mercenary guild has an artifact like that.”
I had lied about having an artifact that can only store undead.
I glanced at Anelis and said,
“This one will also be made to look like that kind.”
There are many excuses. I could just say I got a new one or that I improved the existing one.
Kyle nodded in response to my words.
“That sounds good.”
“Is it that kind of item?”
“It’s that kind of item. It’s extremely rare and sought after, so many people would want it.”
Especially merchants treat it as a treasure.
“It’s an item that allows you to hire just a few bodyguards and still make a profit, so it’s no wonder they’re after it.”
Of course, if I used it openly, rumors would spread, and I’d be attacked and killed, and the artifact would be stolen.
“Especially since it has a large capacity.”
“…That’s true. Then it won’t be easy to use it comfortably.”
“It’ll be comfortable to use. It’s not just for storing undead.”
At that moment, Athena looked at Anelis and said,
“But if it’s that kind of thing, shouldn’t she not know about it? She’s going to leave someday.”
Athena’s words drew the attention of our group to Anelis.
Anelis shook her head, acting as if she wouldn’t say a word, but no one in our group believed her.
“It won’t matter by then. I’ll be a recognized black wizard of the earl’s family, under the royal family’s protection. By then, there won’t be anyone who can force me to do anything.”
Someone might try to buy it, but I had no intention of selling.
Our group’s power was growing rapidly.
If we could just buy time, we could protect it even if its existence became known.
“Something that absolutely can’t be revealed is something like a dragon’s corpse.”
Spatial artifacts are extremely rare, but they do exist.
However, something like a dragon’s corpse is a different story.
The royal family, who are protecting us, would want it desperately.
I wondered if I could find a dragon that would fit in a space of this size.
“I don’t know.”
Of course. I’ve only heard rumors, I’ve never seen one myself.
However, if I think about the recorded size of dragons…
“It’s said to be as big as a house.”
Then it wouldn’t be difficult, I thought.
“Well, I’ve got the artifact too. We can’t stay here forever, so let’s go.”
I returned the undead to the engraving and stored the remaining permanent undead in the new spatial artifact.
“It’s reassuring.”
I smiled lightly at Athena’s joke.
“As the boss is dead, this place will slowly crumble.”
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“Is that so? Then what will happen to the entrance in the ruins?”
“It’ll probably disappear once we’re all out.”
I’d heard that there’s a way to maintain the entrance to the cleared dimensional fragment, but I didn’t know how.
We followed the path we came from and returned to the ruins.
And as we emerged from the dimensional crack, it started to slowly disappear.
“Well, now we’re back to Doriem…”
Suddenly, my seal began to glow fiercely.
The disappearing dimensional crack resonated with my seal.