The Necromancer Who Was Despised - The Necromancer Who Was Despised chapter 254

If that’s the case, even if I made it into an undead, it would be pointless.

Just stuffing the giant’s power in wouldn’t make it return to its original state, and even if it were possible, I didn’t think it was a good idea.

“Don’t get too attached to the giant’s power.”

It’s the power of the invasion-type monsters, after all. Tinos would worry about it, but if we didn’t have a reason to eliminate the red ogre, there was no need to.

I intended to completely eliminate the giant’s power after finishing off the remaining red ogre forces.

“For now, good job. But… do you have to keep that form?”

-It can’t return to its past form. But it’s not like there’s no method.

I’m thinking of creating a kind of activity avatar.

-The main body will stay in the dimensional fragment, and only the consciousness will be transferred.

“Isn’t that too dangerous?”

If my consciousness were to transfer into an avatar, my main body would be left defenseless. If the avatar were to be destroyed beyond the dimensional fragments, I might end up in a state of consciousness drifting aimlessly.

“It doesn’t matter. My main body will be sleeping within the dimensional fragments, so it’ll be safer than anywhere else, and the avatar will be fine as long as I prepare a safety device.”

If the avatar gets destroyed, I can escape with the safety device and return to my main body by opening the dimensional fragments.

“But if the avatar is that dangerous, wouldn’t the demon kings of the demon realm try to make one, risking their lives?”

“That’s true. Um… then making an avatar would be the problem.”

Considering the effort the demon kings put into making an avatar, even Tinos’ avatar wouldn’t be easy to create.

“It’s not that difficult. They just need to cross dimensions and prepare a safety device, but my situation is different.”

The level of preparation is different.

Although the dimensional fragments are from different dimensions, they’re not as far apart as the demon realm.

Besides, I’m connected to them, so…

Therefore, the difficulty level is much lower.

“I have a plan. I’ll actively utilize my situation.”

“Utilize your situation?”

“Yes, I’ll need your help a lot.”

I gave a brief response, shrugging my shoulders, to Tinos’ words.

“Anytime.”

As the commander of the legion, who occupies most of my power, I had the intention of fully cooperating with him.

I also received a lot of help from Tinos during this war.

“Thank you. It seems like I always owe you a debt.”

“It’s something that needs to be done, and it’s necessary for me too.”

It’s something that must be done to survive.

“What’s important is doing what needs to be done. Look at the state of the continent. Not doing what needs to be done is what’s wrong. There are so many who collaborate with the invaders from other dimensions…”

I showed a awkward smile at Tinos’ lament.

The demon tribe, who made a contract with the dark mage, the red ogre we’re currently facing, and even the Holy Empire…

From a dragon’s perspective, they’re all traitors who were born and raised on the continent but want to sell it out.

Even if there are circumstances, from Tinos’ perspective, considering the many comrades who died to protect the continent and his current situation, they would all seem like traitors.

Tinos let out a sigh and continued speaking.

“Let’s deal with the remnants of the red ogre first.”

We roughly know their location. With Tinos’ current abilities, it should be possible to find them.

“Ah, by the way… Tinos, how do you use elemental magic based on magic?”

“Are you talking about earth-based magic, including earthquakes?”

I nodded briefly.

“That’s also dark magic. I’ve modified elemental magic.”

“……”

“If there’s no magic, you can create it. You, as a mage, have created your own magic before, haven’t you?”

That’s just optimization. It’s modifying existing magic to fit yourself, adding or modifying parts, which is far from creating magic like Tinos did.

“I’m no different. I’ve modified existing earth-based magic into dark magic based on magic.”

“…No, that’s…”.

It’s like… when mages remodel a house, Tinos has changed the foundation and pillars of the house, leaving it intact.

Tinos smiled slightly, seeing my astonished expression.

-It’s not something anyone can do.

Tinus probably knows that too. He just seemed to be teasing.

He’s the main force of the Red Ogre, who claims to be the descendant of a giant and uses their power to destroy the enemy. That’s why he looks pleased.

“Then, let’s at least raise these guys… They’re too messed up.”

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-That’s what I mean. I want to use the giants’ power they have.

“Huh? This?”

-Yes. When I saw Artina gather the Stormwind tribe, I thought I should gather the Earth’s Guardian clan too.

“…Did Artina gather the Stormwind tribe?”

Could it be that the dimensional fragment I jumped into was related to the Stormwind tribe?

I had my doubts, but it didn’t matter anyway.

“Yes, that’s right. As long as we have the corpses, it’s fine.”

We can just use simple druids to raise the numbers.

-Thanks. I won’t regret it.

Tinus then began to absorb all the giants’ power around him.

As the ogres died, the giants’ power that was slowly dispersing gathered towards Tinus.

And that power began to convert into mana.

“That’s… what Artina did…”

Kayla muttered in shock.

Her words were correct. It was the same as the dragon form that Artina had on her back.

The only difference was that the energy quality was slightly different, but it seemed related to the dragon’s attributes.

“So, you gathered the Earth’s Guardians, huh.”

The Stormwind tribe worships the wind dragon, and the Earth’s Guardian clan worships the earth dragon.

Tinus seemed to be transforming the giants’ power to match theirs.

“The dragon race is… amazing every time I see it.”

I can understand why they’re called the strongest race, having taken on the role of the continent’s guardians.

“Even those dragons… against the Demon King…”

When the Demon King descended upon the continent, the last remaining dragons stood up to defeat him.

Moreover, considering that the place they were summoned was once related to the Land of the Ancients, the Land of the Ancients must have lent a hand as well.

Despite that, Tinus was the only one who survived…

This world is full of monsters.

“I also had indirect contact with Elrosett.”

I remembered that Elrosett had only recently escaped from under the Demon King’s rule.

“After all, magic is just one branch of power.”

Magic isn’t optimized for combat, and no matter how skilled you are, you can still be overwhelmed by the Demon King’s power.

It’s like the difference between a scholar and a fighter.

No matter how much knowledge you have or how smart you are, if you’re not physically strong, you’re nothing.

Meanwhile, Tinus converted all the giants’ power into mana, and I opened the dimensional fragment to bring out the people inside.

They were all stunned, unable to speak, especially the mages who were more shocked.

It’s not surprising, considering they know how difficult it is to achieve this level of destruction with magic.

The guardians of the Huangto clan, who had come out, knelt down before Tinus and received the mana he had transferred to them.

Their bodies absorbed the mana, and their horns grew even larger.

It wasn’t just that. The physique of the horned orcs also seemed to be growing slightly.

“He’s nourishing them.”

It seemed like he was going to provide magic guidance tailored to them as well, considering how much attention he was paying to them…

“It’ll be quite useful, indeed.”

As Atina and the Dolgebara tribe didn’t show up, it seemed like a similar incident was occurring inside the dimensional fragment.

Meanwhile, I had turned the dead red ogres into Draugr and raised them.

The number of raised red ogres was only about five hundred, but it was because most of them were not in a perfect state due to the lack of dominance, rather than being unable to raise them.

Most of them were caught in the earthquake and were not in a perfect state.

I ordered them to absorb the remnants to make them slightly stronger and to utilize the useless corpses.

Even though they were somewhat perfect, they didn’t have a completely perfect appearance.

I was regenerating that part and utilizing the corpses to make them slightly stronger, as mentioned earlier.

By the way, among the ones I raised, there was an old ogre who was their leader.

Tinus, who had distributed all his mana, flew to my side and said,

“The horned orcs won’t be able to handle the remaining forces.”

As I turned my head at his words, I saw the horned orcs lying down, as if they had fallen asleep.

“It’ll take time to absorb the divided powers.”

“Then, send them inside the dimensional fragment.”

It was an apologetic thing to say to them, but it was okay even if they didn’t exist.

It was nice to have them, but that was about it.

Meanwhile, Atina appeared inside the dimensional fragment.

As expected, a similar incident had occurred inside the dimensional fragment.

She was surprised to see that Tinus had done the same thing as her, and then she seemed to understand, nodding her head.

“I see. Since dragons created this in the first place… Even so, it’s hard to accept that they can do it several times.”

It seemed like she was forcing herself to accept it rather than truly understanding.

While the Draugr created from the red ogres were preparing, we took a short break.

After that, we marched towards the stronghold of the red ogres as soon as we were ready.

“But what if the Red Ogre King escapes?”

“I’ll chase and kill the last one remaining,” Tinus replied, not me.

“It won’t be difficult to track them down once they return to their main body. The mystery of the Great Forest is annoying, but it’s not impossible, so don’t worry.”

Atina shook her head briefly at his persistence.

However, she also knew how dangerous the power of the giants was, so she didn’t say anything else.

But Atina’s worry was unnecessary.

The red ogres didn’t flee.

Nor did they surrender.

They were… preparing for their final resistance.

As Tinus saw them, his eyebrows narrowed.

It wasn’t just me.

Even Rich, who was a slave of Tinos, and the dark elf mages, narrowed their eyes, just like Tinos.

“Is that… magic?”

Magic.

The red ogre’s stronghold was… surrounded by a barrier created with magic.

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It wasn’t black magic.

The foundation was different from the start. This magic was based on the power of giants.

“I’ve never heard of red ogres using magic…”

It was incomprehensible.

I called out to Lord, who had become White, and he said he didn’t know anything about magic.

Previously, when the giant monsters came, I felt it, but the memory itself seemed unstable.

And yet, he didn’t seem to recognize it.

This was the first time something like this had happened.

“Was there a… seal?”

Considering the impact it had even after death, it seemed more like it had tampered with the memory itself rather than just a seal.

“Does the red ogre have magic like that…?”

It was hard to believe.

Given that the foundation was the power of giants, it didn’t seem like something obtained through a deal with the black star.

Perhaps, even if it wasn’t a giant transformation, it was already decided that the horns would lose to them.

Of course, the horns must have been preparing something, but… just looking at it, it seemed like they were far behind the red ogre.

“It’s a magic that developed independently…”

I couldn’t shake off the thought that their independent magic system was related to creating slaves, tampering with Lord’s memories, and controlling giant monsters and demons.

At least, the part about giant transformation made sense when I thought about their origins, but magic…

“Did they achieve such magic in a short time, from the bottom…?”

It was unbelievable.

-…It’s not completely independent. Some parts are mixed with those of dragons and horns, and even primitive sorcery is mixed in.

Although it’s different in many ways, it’s just that multiple things are mixed together, not entirely new, Tinos said.

In other words, they took various magic systems and adapted them to fit their needs.

They made it possible to use the power of giants, maximizing the functions they needed.