The Necromancer Who Was Despised - The Necromancer Who Was Despised chapter 246

“That’s pointless. If you’re determined, just keep trying like you have been. Don’t blame yourself.”

You’ve done well so far. It was just an unexpected disaster.

I’m fine, so there’s no need to blame yourself, I told her again.

My firm words made Kaila hesitate for a moment, but she soon closed her mouth.

She isn’t the type to say much.

‘She’ll probably take action instead.’

I thought I needed to be careful not to let her overdo it with training.

“There’s something strange, though…”

I felt a slight change in my magic.

The magic I use is a minimally processed version of the pure magic from the magical realm.

That’s why the purification speed itself was fast.

But the magic I felt now had a strangely different quality.

I was about to focus to understand the difference.

“I’m back.”

“Teacher, are you taking advantage of me? If you’ve also awakened, you should let me know quickly. What are you two doing?”

Tinus and Atina entered the room where I was.

“Tinus, what’s going on? My circle…”

“Am I ignoring you? I just woke up and this is my first conversation.”

It seemed that Atina had also joined the battle in a flash.

Thanks to that, Kayla was able to conserve her strength, and although she failed, she had tried to cut off Rochis’ neck with Kayla.

As a result, we didn’t have time for a proper conversation, and when the battle ended, I passed out.

“…You suffered. It’s fortunate you woke up safely.”

“You too. I’m sorry I couldn’t help.”

Atina scratched her head, looking rather embarrassed, saying she had become a master but ended up in a miserable state.

During the battle, she had suddenly appeared, looking somewhat different from usual, but now she seemed perfectly fine.

‘It’s not good.’

“I thought I’d caught up, but you ran away.”

It seemed she also knew that I had become an 8-circle.

When Kayla found out I had become an 8-circle, she didn’t react with much surprise.

Perhaps Tinus had told her.

“That’s not all. My magical nature has changed a bit, and my magical power has increased significantly, but…”

Honestly, I felt a sense of reduction, but it wasn’t entirely wrong.

My circle had increased, but I genuinely didn’t have the feeling of being an 8-class.

‘Can I use 8-class magic…?’

I didn’t know. With Tinus and the Dark Elves by my side, I wasn’t too worried.

“That’s how it is. You’ve just forcefully widened your vessel.”

“What?”

“You’re aware, but you can’t properly use 8-class magic.”

“…….”

In other words, I wasn’t truly an 8-class.

I recalled cases where people used elixirs to forcefully reach 4-circles, but their talent and realization were lacking, so they couldn’t use 4-class magic.

Their body was at 4-circles, but they couldn’t use 4-class magic because they didn’t have the proper qualifications, and their abilities were insufficient. It seemed like that was my current situation.

In other words, I was a half-baked product.

“…Is that how it is? You reached 8-class without qualifications?”

Even reaching 4-circles required precious elixirs and risking one’s life.

It was unbelievable that I had done something that was only possible at a lower circle level and had succeeded.

“It was originally impossible. But if that wasn’t the case, there would be no way to save you. It was half a gamble. Honestly… it was a miracle. Multiple conditions came together to make it possible.”

“Conditions?”

“That damn staff, your body, the seal. And… the fire orb you possessed, and finally, me. If any one of these conditions wasn’t met, you would have died.”

“…Fire orb?”

It was an artifact material I had obtained before getting the fragment of the dimension.

It was a top-grade artifact material, and I had already used it before my regression. It had remained in my hand and was still with me now.

It was precious, so I had brought it with me, intending to use it later, but I had been putting it off due to lack of resources, and it had remained with me until now.

Inside the fragment of the dimension, I had kept it stored away, and the previous Tinos had shown interest and told me its name.

It was a rare and high-level material, even for a dragon, but…

“Perhaps…”

The Fire Orb. As soon as I heard its name, I sensed a strange power similar to the one I felt from the Fire Orb, and my magic began to change.

“You’ve noticed, haven’t you? That’s right. I placed it at the center of your circle. Thanks to that, I was able to rebuild your circle.”

However, that alone was not enough. The massive magic that flowed out of the seal and into my body, and the dragon’s corpse that I used as a staff, all contributed to my forced growth.

Physically, it was correct, but it wasn’t as if I grew or became stronger. My body was already that of a complete adult.

It’s correct to say that my body as a magician grew.

“When I reached a certain level, my survival instincts kicked in, and I broke through the wall. Honestly, that was my only hope. I really did come back from the dead.”

I gazed at my body in a daze.

“Should I say it’s a ‘ebirth’?”

“As a result, my body recovered, and my circle expanded, but…”

“My body was forced to grow, so my rank remains the same, right?”

“That’s right. But I believe that you’ll eventually become a proper 8-class mage. It’ll just take time.”

I’ll continue to help you.

“By the way, the staff is connected to your seal. You can take it out whenever you want.”

“…Didn’t I use it?”

“I did use it….I didn’t think you’d grind it up and put it in your mouth like a potion, did I?”

I didn’t think that far.

But I did think similarly. It was absorbed into my body like the Fire Orb…

“If that were the case, it would have ended with just that much potential. Well, the result is the same, anyway.”

Tinos seemed to understand my thoughts.

“Is the result the same?”

I immediately summoned the staff from the seal. I was familiar with taking things out of here, just like when I hid the undead in this place.

Just as Tinos said, the staff was inside, and…

“This is…”

I realized it as soon as I grasped it.

This is a part of me.

“Eloset, the disgusting remnants of the Rich are completely gone. It seems that the magic that flowed out of your seal took over that place and even affected Eloset’s main body.”

“…That’s great.”

Tinos nodded in agreement with my words.

In the end, the main body was damaged, and the connection was severed.

I grasped the staff and focused my mind.

It’s not an exaggeration. This is… really a part of me.

“The vessel…”

I understood what Tinos meant by saying that the result was the same.

The staff’s original magic and its function to amplify magic remained.

However, now it’s impossible for anyone else to use it, and it’s completely bound to me, amplifying only my magic.

And I can use the dragon heart, which was like a gemstone, as a storage device.

‘…It’s incredible.’

It really feels like I can use it as a part of myself. A storage that I can use whenever I want.

If I add this to my expanded vessel….

‘The worry about maintaining Tinus is… temporary.’

“I finally realized.”

As I lift my head, my eyes meet Tinus’.

He’s smiling broadly, looking satisfied.

“You may not be an 8-Class, but that doesn’t matter to me. As long as you have 8 circles, that’s all I need.”

Although I can’t use 8-Class magic, Tinus is different.

He has broken free from numerous restraints as my circle grows.

If I were an ordinary commander, I would have rebelled and killed myself at this point, but Tinus is a different story.

He absolutely needs me.

It’s not loyalty, but ultimately, he won’t betray me and will be a great help, so it doesn’t matter.

“…It’s a good thing I came back to life.”

The situation has improved to an astonishing degree.

“What about Rochis, then?”

“He’s dead. Elosette was chased away, but she couldn’t escape from the Abyssal Fragment. Kaila and Atina killed her.”

In the end, the Oracle Blade couldn’t stop her.

Elosette not only suffered damage to her main body but also lost her contractor.

I think she won’t be able to intervene in the continent for a while.

“Then, the Abyssal Fragment is….”

“I’ve secured it for now. It transformed into a seed-like state after he died.”

It’s currently in a quarantined state.

“And, the Red Ogre bastards have caught wind of the situation here.”

Red Ogre.

One of the culprits that led us to this expedition.

We defeated the Black Star, but some of them still remain.

However….

‘It doesn’t seem that difficult.’

Especially with Tinus, who has obtained the power of 8-Class, and Atina, who has become a master and is a natural enemy of the giants.

With Atina having reached the master level….

It’s hard to say, but we might be able to defeat the Red Ogre more easily than we initially thought.

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No, it will definitely be easier than we thought. Our combat power has increased significantly compared to before.

Although we’ve consumed most of the undead, this is a vast forest.

There are monsters everywhere that can provide us with the materials we need to fill the numbers.

As I look at Tinus, he seems to have similar thoughts, and his face doesn’t show any signs of tension as he talks about the Red Ogre.

Instead, he has a strange, expectant expression, as if he wants to get rid of them as soon as possible.

◈ Half a step

Tinus’s mind is separate from mine, and we can’t immediately launch a full-scale attack on the Red Ogre army.

We had lost contact with the Red Ogre, Lorod, whom we killed, and had sent a separate ogre to gather information on the situation, which led to the discovery that the Black Star had been defeated.

We needed a little more time.

To be exact, I needed time to check my condition and fill up my undead numbers.

I didn’t know how things would turn out on the other side, but at least I had some time since they wouldn’t be charging in immediately.

“The priestess’s side had a certain number of casualties. But it wasn’t that severe.”

“I’ve recovered all the sacred artifacts and handed them over.”

Since the black star’s power had completely disappeared, there was no one to hinder the recovery of the sacred artifacts, so it wasn’t that difficult.

Sold and Langtem had also become Tinus’s slaves, so the dungeon conquest was easy as well.

“How were the sacred artifacts’ conditions?”

“They weren’t that great. But they said they’d try to make do somehow.”

We had made a promise, and the priestess’s side had contributed significantly, so I decided to put my attention on the sacred artifacts for now.

“I’ll make sure to reward you for staying behind and watching my back.”

Nodan had also supported Kaila, and thinking about that, I felt that I had enough qualifications to receive the sacred artifacts.

The demon hunters were currently scouting the terrain and creating a map, and my undead were guarding them along with Valdur.

Although I had lost my mind, since I had reached the 8th circle and the magic supply hadn’t been cut off, there was no hindrance to my activities.

“I thought you were really going to die when you fainted, but… “

If I stopped breathing, my undead would also disappear, so Tinus had been desperate to save me.

“What about the dark elves?”

“They’re searching the black star’s tower.”

“…I suppose they’ve cleared out the other leaders’ dungeons as well.”

“Yes.”

Our goal was their research data. The black star had a long history, and since they had operated in a place where humans or other species couldn’t intervene, they must have conducted all sorts of experiments. That vast amount of data would be invaluable, and my curiosity was piqued.

Especially since Tinus had said I was okay, I felt at ease and was eager to examine the data.

It was a dragon’s word, so I believed it.

“Good. I’ll take a look later too.”

I had also thought about extracting the dark elves’ magic, which would likely include the black star’s knowledge as well.

They couldn’t refuse. Naturally, the fate of their species was in my hands, and in reality, we were tied together by fate.