The Necromancer Who Was Despised - The Necromancer Who Was Despised chapter 209
No matter how sharp I was, I couldn’t understand the structure of the seal or the gate right away, and because of that, even if I were a mage, I wouldn’t be of much help.
Moreover, since I was using pure magic, I might even end up hindering the process.
“Let’s start.”
I immediately intervened with the seal I had created, slowly recovering my magic and weakening the seal’s power.
If I took too much at once, the seal itself might not be able to withstand it, so I needed to work carefully.
“That’s enough.”
I took my time to carefully weaken the seal, and when it reached a certain level, the chain began to shake, and Tinnus stopped me.
“Please maintain it.”
I nodded in response.
Tinnus’s hand touched the gate.
The gate showed a strong rejection of Tinnus’s hand, but suddenly calmed down.
Then, Tinnus slowly moved his hand.
Tinnus’s hand headed towards the darkened part of the gate, and soon his hand was sucked into the gate.
And at the same time, the darkened part of the gate disappeared.
‘Is he taking away the magic?’
Currently, Tinnus, who couldn’t use magic, was intervening with the gate, which had its limitations.
Moreover, Tinnus was at a 7-class level, which was a severely restricted situation.
“…Hmph.”
At that moment, Tinnus suddenly clicked his tongue.
“You’re more capable than I thought. Can’t help it. Do it.”
“Huh?”
“Reinforce the seal again. The gate will open.”
“What?”
“Don’t worry. It’ll just open for a moment and then close again. As long as the seal is there, random summoning is impossible. It’ll just open for a moment. During that time, I’ll erase the connection with the other coordinates.”
Tinnus said he needed time to sever the connection, so he asked me not to reinforce the seal all at once.
That wasn’t too difficult.
“…Open it.”
With his words, the gate shone brightly.
The space distorted, and soon the figures on the other side appeared.
There were humans with shocked expressions, all of whom were emitting dense magic around them.
‘Black mages. Are they from the Black Star faction?’
I had only heard about them, but I never thought I’d see them like this.
“…Dragonian? No, undead? And there….”
Among them, an old man who seemed to be the leader quickly assessed the situation and glanced at me and Tinnus alternately.
He seemed to be trying to come over, but soon realized the seal was there and clicked his tongue.
“Ah, I see. It was sealed. Are you the owner of this gate?”
I didn’t respond.
“You’re not one of us. I’ve never seen your face before. You seem human…. “
However, his expression soon hardened.
Then, he wore a delighted expression and shouted, looking at me and Tinnus.
“You’re…!”
But that was the end.
Tinus had stopped at the gate, and as the gate twisted back, I quickly poured in my magic to reinforce the seal.
The gate recovered its original appearance, just like when I sealed it in the past.
As Tinus returned to his human form, I asked him.
“Don’t we need to eliminate the other coordinates as well?”
“There’s no need. It’s difficult in our current situation, and they won’t be discovered anyway. We only found this coordinate because we grasped the thread of fate during the random activation and persistently pursued it. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to track it down.”
It was possible because it wasn’t that far away.
“There’s nothing around the other coordinates. As long as the gate is sealed, they’ll never be able to find the coordinates.”
Unless a dragon directly intervenes, it’s impossible.
There are no dragons left on the continent, which means it’s impossible.
“By the way, the power of the Black Star doesn’t seem trivial.”
“They’re just insects.”
The old man who seemed to be their leader. He was clearly a mage.
The other dark mages around him were also emitting an intimidating aura.
It was clear they had made contracts with high-level demons.
I suddenly remembered the old man laughing as he looked at me in the last moment.
‘I found it…’
It felt unpleasant.
It didn’t seem like he was talking about me.
He wouldn’t have had much information about me anyway.
I was in the care of my mother, a fallen saint, and because of that, he wouldn’t have known about my abilities or that I possessed a body worthy of the demon king.
He might have known that Tinus was an undead, so he might have suspected that I was a necromancer.
But that was all.
It was strange that he was so full of joy just from knowing that.
“…Do you guys not know where this is?”
“Yes. It seems they tried to track the location, but they didn’t obtain the gate authority, and the gate itself was sealed, so tracking the location was impossible.”
“Well, we don’t need to worry about it then.”
The continent is vast, and the Black Star is a secret organization that can’t act openly, so even if they saw something, there’s a limit to what they can do to us.
I have national-level protection, and my personal combat power is exceptional.
To be honest, unless the entire Black Star comes after me, they can’t do much to me. Even if they do, I won’t go down without a fight.
I don’t know what their abilities are, but I’m not someone to be underestimated either.
Of course, I don’t know where this place is, and they can’t get here anyway.
So, while it was a bit unsettling, there was no need to overreact.
“I should still be on guard, though.”
It was a natural thought, considering we couldn’t ignore them completely like before.
“Does it seem like those trash reacted to what I said?”
“A little.”
“Don’t worry about it and do as you were. Considering your current growth rate, you don’t need to be afraid of them.”
“…I wasn’t particularly afraid, though?”
It’s just a thought, hoping that things wouldn’t get too complicated.
“Can’t you even find your way here from the start?”
“Yes. If you think that way, then it’s fine. You sometimes worry about unnecessary things, and that’s just a precautionary measure.”
Tinus had wasted his energy on unnecessary things, taken away some of my magic, and absorbed his rare abilities into Necropolis according to his original plan.
He also formed an additional barrier around the Gate and applied magic to the entrance, making it impossible for anyone but him to access it.
“Let’s return.”
On the way back, Tinus muttered that the Gate had become like this, and he would have to check on it regularly, complaining that the burrows were no help.
Although he said there wouldn’t be any problems, his current body had limitations, and he seemed to be planning to perform several checks.
I thought that maybe he was considering my personality and being cautious.
After returning, Pochokurutein began to work towards creating a new oasis in their territory with the support of my Undead and Valdur.
Their goal was to take control of one oasis per faction.
Tinus regularly checked on the Gate, fulfilling his supporting role, and Artina asked Kaila to teach her, while Tia occasionally delivered goods and negotiated with the Desert Shield.
Later, we received news that the rebel army’s main force had been defeated thanks to Master Demain’s efforts.
With the rebel army suppressed, the king’s declaration was fulfilled, and a support army was formed, including Master Gallic and Master Demain, who set off towards another kingdom.
Meanwhile, I completed the Death Knight, and around the same time, dark elves sent by the Liiereia family from the Interspecies Union arrived at the Desert Shield.
I led my party, including Yeriya, towards the Desert Shield.
There, we received news that the Holy Empire had declared war on the Interspecies Union.
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“I had expected it.”
Among the dark elves who came at my request was Untinia.
“There have been continuous reports that the atmosphere in the neutral zone is tense, and Rin, the bishop of the Goddess Church and the observer of the Interspecies Union, is making suspicious moves.”
As a result, the Interspecies Union had also entered a state of war, preparing for any unexpected situations.
Thanks to this, they were able to respond properly to the Holy Empire’s sudden movements.
The Holy Empire was trying to invade the neutral zone to gain an advantageous position, and the Interspecies Union quickly responded by rapidly occupying the neutral zone.
However, there were bound to be sacrifices, as there were many criminals and monsters hiding within the neutral zone.
“It was like this, wasn’t it?”
It was predicted that Yeriya and I would have lost our lives in a similar process during the first cycle.
Recalling Yeriya’s dungeon location, it was closer to the Holy Empire’s territory.
“You managed to escape safely in that situation.”
“I received help from Governor Adias.”
Adias.
A Dragodian, whom I had met previously in the Desert Shield.
“Thanks to his words, saying that our alliance with humans was important and worth meeting, I was able to escape. If not, I would have been on the front lines.”
The conflict with the elves had greatly reduced the dark elves’ power, and currently, they were at a 3rd-grade level.
To be precise, they had lost the war against the elves a long time ago and had been unable to recover since then.
In a way, it was a civil war.
“Didn’t the Catacombs collapse back then?”
The limit of 3rd-grade was around that of a low-ranking commander, and only a few who proved their loyalty could surpass that limit.
By the way, 1st-grade was held by the Dragodians, and 2nd-grade was held by the elves and dwarves.
It wasn’t for nothing that the two governor positions were taken by a Dragodian and an elf.
“I heard that Yeriya-nim stayed in the neutral region. Thanks to Do-inha-nim, Yeriya-nim was able to escape safely. Thank you.”
Currently, Yeriya was chatting with other dark elves.
Untinia, thanks to her close relationship with Yeriya, was able to meet with her earlier and was now representing her group to discuss matters.
There were people above her in rank, but Untinia had a close relationship with me, and it seemed they had something to discuss with Yeriya.
“The only thing is that our exchange with the Kingdom Alliance has decreased due to this war.”
The interspecies alliance was focused on finding a direct route to communicate with the 6 Kingdom Alliance before the Holy Empire made a move.
However, with the conflict between the Holy Empire and us surfacing, the work on finding a route has been half-suspended.
“If we utilize slaves outside of the ranking system or 4th-rank laborers, securing labor power would be easy, but if we were to clear the monster forest and open a path, we would need soldiers…”.
In reality, it became difficult to proceed due to being sent to the battlefield.
The 6 Kingdom Alliance was also informed of this fact.
“Hmm…”.
Listening to this, I thought it might be useful.
“Thank you for keeping your promise and letting me know. I’ll make sure to give you a suitable reward from my family’s side.”
It seemed that Yeriya’s position was not ordinary, considering how the Liyei family was not in a good situation, yet they were acting like this.
“But… it doesn’t seem like you called us just because of the promise. Am I right?”
“Yes. I have a story to share with the interspecies alliance, specifically with the dark elf side. And I have a promise with Yeriya-nim as well.”
“A promise?”
“I promised to help the dark elves in exchange for pulling them to my side….Do you know that they had a contract with the previous demon king?”
“…I had a hunch.”
Untinia’s attitude was cautious, as this was a story that shouldn’t be revealed.
No matter how much the Liyei family tried to protect her, if it was known that she was a demon king’s contractor, it would be the end.
The interspecies alliance, which inherited the dragon’s will, would never tolerate such an existence, and neither would the 6 Kingdom Alliance.
If I were a demon king’s contractor, no matter how close I was to the Supeltran royal family, I would have been kicked out immediately.
Or rather, they would have tried to kill me.
But I didn’t make a contract with any demon tribe, and I didn’t show any behavior of paying the price of being a demon tribe’s contractor.
Especially, I didn’t show the same destructive personality as a dark wizard, which helped me gain the royal family’s trust.
“When I destroyed the Priogaha duchy, I did get quite out of hand…”.
Considering the circumstances, and thinking about how they were attached to the goddess faction that hated dark wizards, it was a natural thing to happen, so they didn’t seem to think much of it.
Many people died in the war, which wasn’t unusual in this world.
It was a war from the start.
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In this world, there was no Geneva Convention, and it was common for the people of a defeated territory to be sold as slaves as spoils of war.
If you controlled a territory, the story would be a bit different, but it wasn’t like things got better than before.
“But I heard it’s not the case now. That’s also thanks to Do-inha-nim’s help…”.
“Yes. I wanted to utilize their ability, but if they were a demon king’s contractor, it would be too dangerous.”
It was a natural action.
“It must have been difficult for you…”.
“I was lucky.”