The Necromancer Who Was Despised - The Necromancer Who Was Despised chapter 251

Most of them were Draug, and the one leading them, Wight, was a top-tier undead of the zombie lineage.

“…Tanac, sir…”

One red ogre muttered, looking at my undead Wight.

Tanac.

That was his name.

He was certainly capable of giantization and had come to represent his forces, making him somewhat famous among the red ogres.

However, my undead Tanac didn’t respond.

No, it was more accurate to say he couldn’t.

Wights, being top-tier undead, had a sense of self and could speak, but only if I allowed it.

I ordered Golrun and Tanac to lead their subordinates and block the red ogres.

Although our numbers were significantly inferior, I had deployed supporting undead behind them, and at the same time, I had assigned Tinos’s slaves, Solde and Langtem, and Volredi, who led my mira priest squad, to support them.

Therefore, the red ogres couldn’t easily break through our front lines.

It seemed that they didn’t realize the severity of the situation until they clashed with our front line.

Despite being superior in terms of large-scale power, they couldn’t break through our defenses.

According to their plan, they should have crushed our front line and turned our formation into a mess, but our defense was too strong.

Moreover, that was not all.

As we clashed, both sides suffered some losses.

However, our losses could be recovered using my magic, and it was only a matter of time.

My magic wasn’t infinite, but its storage capacity had increased significantly, and although the recovery efficiency had decreased, the absolute recovery amount had increased.

Therefore, the losses we suffered were negligible.

On the other hand, their losses would accumulate and become a significant burden.

Our undead couldn’t avoid sacrifices either, and the red ogre that was sacrificed soon became an undead.

Draugr.

It wasn’t created through multiple preparations, but a 7-class mage with eight circles had created an undead.

Moreover, the material used was a red ogre with the power of a giant.

The undead created in this way had a completion level comparable to that of a necromancer who had made multiple preparations.

Furthermore, this undead possessed power beyond that of a single undead entity.

‘When you see your comrades die and become enemies, even the most battle-hardened warriors will be shaken.’

As they watched their former comrades become undead in real-time, they couldn’t help but think of their own demise.

Moreover, they were anxious about when their injured comrades would become undead and revive, which would disrupt their focus during battle.

It was no wonder that necromancers were powerful in group battles.

From the necromancer’s perspective, it was more threatening to have a small number of strong enemies attacking.

However, from the perspective of the few, it was difficult to reach this point.

As their mental state and physical strength deteriorated, they couldn’t break through our front line.

As time passed, our front line grew stronger, and their slaves continued to decrease.

The monster wave that seemed endless was slowly decreasing.

As the situation became more urgent, some red ogres started to throw their slaves towards our formation.

Although they were slaves, they were still monsters and wouldn’t die from a fall from a moderate height.

Of course, they didn’t throw them from an excessive height either.

It was a desperate attempt to disrupt our strong formation, but it was to no avail.

The monsters that fell were quickly attacked and killed, and even those that managed to hold on for a while couldn’t withstand the attacks of Kailana and Death Knight.

The situation continued to favor us, and the red ogres that were blocking Tinas were eventually defeated.

As the old ogre’s face showed anxiety, he muttered, “When…?”

Just then, a new presence caught my attention.

Tinas narrowed his eyes and looked up at the sky.

“That’s….”

Unlike the surrounding slaves, this presence didn’t try to hide.

No, it was impossible to hide this presence.

Quake!

The surrounding area was destroyed, and new monsters appeared.

Flying monsters, large monsters, and even demonic beasts.

Of course, those guys had a seal on their foreheads.

Moreover….

“Did they ride the monster?”

There were enormous Basilisks and gray and black mixed wolves, with grotesque-looking toads on which red ogres were riding.

“What the…?”

Even Rithild, who was waiting nearby, looked surprised, having never seen those before.

The red ogre itself boasted a massive size, not much different from a giant monster.

Considering those guys could ride them, one could imagine how enormous those few monsters and beasts were.

They were almost twice as large as the giant monsters we had seen before.

“…Are they trying to say they won’t go down easily?”

Tinus muttered briefly and then spread his wings, flying even higher.

He seemed to be planning to take care of the flying monsters first.

“After all, the most annoying ones are the ones that are the hardest to deal with.”

Taking away their authority would be troublesome.

The morale of the red ogres, which had been slowly dwindling, suddenly rose again with the new support.

The enormous monsters and beasts. Especially the larger ones among them had red ogres riding on their backs.

The old ogre ordered them to take care of the undead first, and they immediately followed the command, sending the giant monsters and beasts to charge towards our undead, while they themselves took command of the monsters and beasts they were riding.

Some of our slaves were trampled and crushed, but they didn’t care.

Our undead immediately formed a tight formation to block them, but there was a limit.

The frontline that was supposed to block the red ogres was still solid, but they broke through the sides.

No matter how densely we packed our undead, it was difficult to completely block the enormous monsters that were charging towards us.

Of course, we didn’t just take it lying down.

We launched a counterattack with powerful magic, but we couldn’t stop our formation from collapsing.

Meanwhile, the monster slaves that had broken through didn’t give us time to regroup.

Our frontline began to show signs of chaos.

“…This is a real pain.”

We couldn’t just take this lying down.

I immediately began preparing an attack spell.

However, I wasn’t the only one who had started acting.

The old ogre was calling back some of the ogres that were blocking Athina, which caught my attention.

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Whoosh! Boom!

The magic that appeared at my fingertips struck the monsters and giant beasts.

While using magic, I couldn’t help but wonder why Tarnak didn’t know about the existence of these creatures.

“The numbers are a bit different, though.”

There were more warrior-type creatures than I had expected.

Of course, it wasn’t what the guy meant when he first spoke to us.

After the guy became White, Tinus and I had obtained information about the red giants from him.

However, there was no information about the enormous monsters and ogres, and the ogres riding them.

‘I couldn’t even sense the presence of the slaves….’

There were many things that didn’t add up when I thought about it.

But I didn’t have time to think about it now.

First, I had to deal with those enormous monsters and ogres.

These ones that came this time were particularly large, and the ogres riding them were as big as a house.

It wasn’t for nothing that our reinforced front line was on the verge of collapse.

‘It’s not easy to counter them.’

Although they seemed to have enormous strength, the power of the dark magic of the demonic system was different from other systems.

In reality, the magic I used was only 6th class, but its power was close to 7th class, and the ones who were hit by the magic screamed in agony as if to prove its power.

Considering that they were slaves of the red ogres and had gone half-mad, I could imagine how much pain they were in.

Especially, the fire that had stuck to their bodies wouldn’t go out no matter how hard they struggled.

Black flame.

It wouldn’t go out until all the magic was consumed.

It was a fire that even divine power couldn’t extinguish. No matter how hard they struggled, it was useless.

‘I had also put in a lot of magic.’

Although it was a 6th-class magic, thanks to the demonic system’s affinity with dark magic and my 8-circle body, I was able to create a fire that wouldn’t go out with just a little magic.

If I acquired even higher-level magical abilities here… I might be able to create a fire that even divine power couldn’t extinguish.

Thanks to my restraint, although our defense line had collapsed a lot, we were able to hold on somehow.

There were some intense battles in some areas, but if we built a new wall a little further back, it would be enough.

We just had to block the intense battles from spreading further from there and slowly suppress them.

However, the ogres on the other side weren’t easy to deal with either.

They knew they couldn’t put out the fire with their abilities, so they controlled the monsters and ogres to charge towards the newly created wall.

“…They’re quite stubborn.”

“I didn’t know they could control those who couldn’t withstand the pain, but it seems their dominance is quite solid.”

“I’ll send out the Death Knights on that side.”

“There’s no need to do that.”

I said, igniting a black flame at the tip of my hand.

“Anyway, we can’t hold out for long. If one of them dies, we’ll use that to respond.”

I had abandoned some of the heavily damaged undead at the front.

They weren’t important forces like the knights, so there was no need to be sorry.

I intended to fill the remaining dominance with those guys.

‘It’s not a trivial matter. But there’s no need to be afraid.’

We were capable of responding adequately.

The only problem was that the red giant’s power was stronger than I thought.

If I hadn’t reached 8th circle and Athina hadn’t become the natural enemy of the red ogres, it would have been difficult to win even if we had avoided a direct confrontation.

Maybe we would have retreated, promising to meet again later.

Perhaps Tinos would have done the same in that situation.

But currently, we had a much stronger advantage.

In fact, if I hadn’t been overly concerned about my safety and had gone forward, we could have easily crushed them.

However, even Tinus, Artina, Kyle, and Valdure didn’t like the idea, so they decided to take a safer approach, even if it took a little more time.

“It’s not like the battle will last for days, anyway.”

I argued that even if I went forward, it would only be a matter of hours, and there was no need to take any risks.

Although they were providing support, they didn’t feel any significant danger at the moment.

But it seemed we had underestimated the Red Ogre.

As we were burning the massive monsters and beasts, I felt a faint sense of unease and turned my head.

The source of the unease was in the direction where the elderly Ogre was.

There, several giant Ogres were gathered, doing something.

“What…?”

I had seen them summoning Ogres separately, but I couldn’t focus on it for long due to the appearance of massive monsters and beasts.

The elderly Ogre seemed to be taking advantage of the opportunity.

“Artina…”

She was absorbing the power of the giant Ogres, moving differently from before, and pressuring the Ogres alone.

While I was blocking their sudden attack, I was accumulating power defensively, and now I had enough power to switch to offense.

However, the Ogres’ resistance was formidable, and I couldn’t spare attention for the elderly Ogre.

Tinus was the same.

He was reducing the number of flying monsters at an incredible speed, but it was taking time due to their overwhelming numbers.

If we ignored the flying monsters and went down, the formation we had stabilized would be disrupted again.

“Even if the Skeleton Mages and the Mirra Priestess focus on defense, there will be holes.”

No matter how skilled our mages and priestesses were, they couldn’t protect all the units from the tens of thousands of undead.

Currently, there were many broken units, so it wasn’t possible to protect all of them, but there were still an enormous number.

Moreover, they were currently supporting the battle against the Red Giants at the front.

I couldn’t support the front lines because I was busy dealing with the massive monsters and beasts.

The dead Ogres weren’t becoming undead, so it wasn’t as advantageous as before, and if they were to retreat now, our side would be in danger.

“…It’s still advantageous overall, but…”

Although it was taking some time, there was no way to stop the elderly Ogre’s actions.

The only thing I could do was send Kyle and Death Knight, but they were already in the midst of battle, and it was difficult to open a path, and even if I sent them, they wouldn’t be of much help unlike Artina, who wasn’t the natural enemy of the Red Ogre.

“If I order them to go, they won’t go, but…”

They would obey if I commanded them, but it was a difficult situation, and sending them wouldn’t be of much help.