The Necromancer Who Was Despised - The Necromancer Who Was Despised chapter 175
“I’ve suffered while waiting. Now I’ll reclaim what was taken and block the gate.”
“Um… is it possible?”
I nodded in response to Artina’s question.
“It’s possible. I’ve prepared the top side to be able to block the monsters without me. I can do the same for other places.”
Artina seemed to think it wouldn’t be easy.
“It’s not about reclaiming, but protecting… our numbers are a bit lacking….We’ve also lost Gagar.”
She seemed to have thought about it while fighting monsters.
I understand.
Artina had never seen a necromancer before and didn’t know how big the difference was between 6th-class and 7th-class.
On the other hand, there was no single doubt in Kaila’s eyes.
She was the one who had the master right in front of her.
She would have somewhat anticipated the tremendous power a necromancer of the same rank as the master could wield.
Even if not, she would have heard stories about it when she was active in the noble family before meeting me.
Artina had some doubts, but I didn’t say anything more, vouching for myself.
“First… let’s go to the place Gagar guarded.”
It’s closer that way.
The oasis area we arrived at was extremely chaotic.
The land that had been dyed red by magic was completely ravaged, and the naturally spawned undead were trampled by monsters.
There wasn’t a battle going on when we arrived, but the air was tense, as if a fight could break out at any moment.
“About five groups, I suppose?”
“There are more lurking on the outskirts. There have been several instances where they almost took over the oasis, but we weakened them, and other groups took advantage of that.”
The blue-haired lion and desert orc formed one axis, but the other three groups were monsters we had never seen before in the barren lands.
“That golden-haired troll… is it a troll that lives in a group?”
The last group was something we hadn’t seen in a long time.
“Hippogriffs… did they get dragged in too?”
They’re really hard to handle, and it seems they inhabit the great forest.
“They’re quite troublesome.”
“I wanted to try taming them, but it was impossible.”
It seemed the previous Siglen Earl’s family had tried to tame them.
Come to think of it, we were the ones who caught the orc back then.
We even tried to tame the desert orc, but it was no use.
“There’s a wyvern on the other side, so it would be convenient to have one of those.”
“Is that so.”
If there’s a wyvern on the other side, it would be quite desirable.
If we could ride the sky, it would be really convenient to scout the surroundings, and from Artina’s perspective, it would be even more desirable.
However, there was no need to forcefully tame them.
“Ah, having one would be nice, wouldn’t it?”
The recent situation in the territory was precarious, and someday, we would have to make a name for ourselves again in the central region.
If we had a hippogriff then, it would be easier to gain fame.
In reality, Siglen had risen to prominence as a family that possessed a hippogriff.
“It’s a good way to ride the coattails.”
It’s a decent method.
Of course, I didn’t think that way at the moment.
Those guys had their own uses.
“There’s no need to forcefully tame them.”
“What?”
“We can just create a flying horse.”
Ghost horse, Phantom Steed.
“A hippogriff would be sufficient.”
I smiled slightly.
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Our party launched a large-scale attack on the oasis according to my instructions.
It wasn’t a selective attack like before, but a indiscriminate one.
I instructed Kyra and Atina to kill the Hippogriffs first and store their corpses separately, and then deal with the other monsters indiscriminately.
“Do you think this is an emergency situation? It’s ridiculous.”
I looked at the desert orcs and blue-maned lions, thinking they were strange.
They were acting together, but it was clear they weren’t from the same tribe, and each group had more than five male lions, making them look grotesque.
Normally, desert orcs and blue-maned lions wouldn’t gather together like this, as they would consider each other rivals.
This sudden large-scale summoning must have been a disaster for them as well.
“I suppose they have some intelligence.”
If we had encountered them when we first entered the barren land, it would have been quite difficult, but it wasn’t the case now.
Moreover, it wasn’t like they were all gathered together because they were of the same tribe.
There must be other groups like them in other oases as well.
If we combined all of them, it would be unimaginable, but it was impossible with just this many gathered.
Instead of strengthening the undead, I revived all the dead monsters as undead.
Although I didn’t recreate them to suit me, the circle expanded, and my entire body became a vessel, making the existing magical power’s might completely different.
Thanks to this, the newly created undead could continue to act endlessly as long as I supplied them with magic, which allowed us to take advantage of the necromancer’s unique strength, growing stronger with each battle.
Moreover, these created undead didn’t consume much control power.
It was just that the magic efficiency was poor, so it was better to abandon them after the battle was over.
I didn’t mind maintaining them, as my magic supply was infinite, but it was a bit tiring.
“It’s good for battles, though.”
Before I knew it, the number of undead I created and maintained exceeded a thousand.
As the revived monsters overwhelmed the enemy with sheer numbers, Atina and Kyra, who had returned, were just watching the battle instead of fighting.
“This is a one-man army, isn’t it?”
“You’re crazy, really….”
I had done something similar before, but it wasn’t on this scale or with such speed and overwhelming power.
Without any preparation, I was creating undead left and right on the spot.
The revived monsters were all efficient zombies, but they weren’t just ordinary zombies.
They were fast and had tough skin.
Honestly, I was confident they could reach the level of a skeleton knight.
It was the result of using my trait of having excess magic to pour it wildly and create them.
Of course, the opponents were monsters summoned from the great forest, and the existing monsters were also those that had revived from the cracks.
So, even if they were special zombies, they could still be killed, but there were too many of them.
In the end, they would be surrounded and crushed if they kept pushing forward recklessly.
And those who died would join our side, making it endless.
“The Hippogriffs?”
“They’re here.”
Atina tapped her wrist casually.
The storage artifact. It seemed to be stored inside.
“How many did you secure?”
“Was it ten?”
“Nine,” Atina corrected, with Kyra confirming her answer.
“Many, indeed.”
It’s hard to even see one of them, but Phantom Steed is definitely special.
“Can we really make a horse that can fly in the sky with these guys?”
“We can make it.”
“Phantom Steed, right?”
Kyle seemed to expect that, and I nodded.
“That’s right.”
“Phantom Steed?”
“You can think of it as a Ghost Horse. It’s an upgraded version of the skeleton horse we ride. Well, you’ve heard of Death Knight, right?”
“Yes.”
“You can think of it as a horse they ride. If we make it right, just like the master’s words, it can even fly in the sky.”
The only problem is that it’s difficult to make it that complete.
However, if we have the corpse of a Hippogriff, the story is different.
“I need to research a bit, but…”
I didn’t think it would be that difficult.
Maybe the dragon knows something, who knows?
-Master! It’s all done! We’ve won!
In the meantime, the countless monsters that had occupied the Oasis area were either killed or fled, and as a result, we were able to easily reclaim the Oasis.
“This was so easy…”
“This is originally the specialty of a Necromancer, a massive battle of quantity.”
Kyle said briefly to Athena, who was feeling frustrated.
“Plus, our master, who is not a wizard but a sorcerer, can be considered as a given.”
“…You said a sorcerer is on the same level as a master, right?”
“For now, yes.”
The path may be different, but the level of mastery is the same, they say.
It’s unavoidable, as only a master can kill a sorcerer, and vice versa.
A simple 1:1 battle is advantageous to the master, but if the sorcerer is prepared, it’s common sense that the master would avoid them.
Even though the battle was over, I didn’t release the zombies.
They still had a use.
“Gaguring…”
The connection was completely cut off, and it had been a while.
Still, I remembered the last location, so I used the zombies to search the area.
And there, we were able to find Gagur’s traces.
Armor fragments.
That was all.
The soul had completely dispersed, and revival seemed impossible.
The party that had discovered Gagur’s traces fell silent.
“We can’t save…”
I shook my head at Athena’s words.
It’s regrettable, but it’s something we had anticipated.
I’ve lost all my powers for the first time.
Although I felt regretful, I had prepared myself mentally.
After a brief moment of silence to bid farewell to Gagaru, I crossed the 2,000-zombie threshold and headed towards the oasis.
“You guys stay back.”
It’s a hindrance.
Since I had turned all the surrounding monsters into zombies, my companions nodded silently.
I led them and created the zombies’ shelter first.
[The Mausoleum of Eternity]
The 2,000 black gravestones rose in disarray.
Each one was a shelter for the zombies.
The process was tedious, but it wasn’t that difficult.
I assigned a zombie to each one, and after completing the task, I built a silent fortress like the one I had built at the first oasis.
However, although the framework was the same, the details were completely different.
Unlike the surrounding buildings I had absorbed, I didn’t plan to consume these numerous mausoleums.
Nor were there any remaining buildings.
They had been destroyed, and the original bone walls and underground bones didn’t exist either. The land didn’t even have a Soul Tower.
Therefore, compared to the original, this fortress wasn’t that threatening.
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There were no Shadow Demons either.
But it was enough.
Here, I had created a new 2,000-graveyard, and within each, a zombie slumbered.
Dududud.
The completed black fortress began to resonate, connecting each of the 2,000 graves.
The black gravestones and black fortress harmonized, and the connection between the zombies and me began to break.
However, the zombies still maintained their existence.
Instead of relying on me, they received magic from the Mausoleum of Eternity and the silent fortress.