The Necromancer Who Was Despised - The Necromancer Who Was Despised chapter 285

“Even an earthquake would be incredible, but…”.

A breathtaking spectacle created by two 8th-class mages. The two of them trembled slightly at the sight, which changed the terrain and environment.

Atina let out a deep sigh, wondering if they were really protecting Inha.

Kaila didn’t say anything, seemingly in agreement with Atina’s sentiment.

“Don’t say unnecessary things. Thanks to you two, we were able to succeed…”.

While encouraging them based on facts, they discovered a human flowing out from the volcano and were left speechless.

There was only one person who could come out from inside.

Pergin.

They felt a moment of tension, but his unique magic was barely detectable from his body.

The Demon King’s death. To be precise, his spirit had returned to the Demon Realm, unable to maintain his incarnation.

Even so, I couldn’t hide my shocked emotions.

‘Did he maintain his form inside…?’

I had expected him to be completely annihilated.

His body was tempting, but he wasn’t an opponent to be fought with remaining strength.

That’s why I had practically given up on his corpse, but he seemed to have endured until the end.

If I had been blinded by greed and left him with remaining strength to fight…

My body broke out in goosebumps.

◈ Support

Tinus, excluding others, had also suffered severe damage, but they couldn’t hide their astonishment at Pergin’s remaining corpse.

If he had been in a slightly more intact state, it would have been truly dangerous.

The only exception was Tinus.

He didn’t let his guard down, even when approaching Pergin’s corpse, as if he had considered the possibility that Pergin might still be alive and escape from there.

It seemed that the possibility of surviving was low, considering the state of the demon.

After all, only we knew the true power of the Demon King. Having experienced it firsthand, it was hard to relax.

Tinus had recovered the demon’s corpse and conducted multiple inspections, confirming even the slightest possibility before handing it over to me.

The face was unrecognizable, with only one arm remaining, and the remaining skin area was no larger than the palm of a hand… it was a gruesome sight.

No one said a word, but it was a relief that we had finally taken down the demon.

The volcanic eruption on the ground had subsided, and the magical energy had dissipated. It was only a matter of time before the land returned to its former state.

‘In any case, this land was uninhabitable anyway.’

The demon’s death didn’t significantly change the environment.

It seemed that we had not fully utilized the magical energy of this place, just like how we had rushed in without proper preparation.

‘I wonder if they had planned to use it during the summoning or as a backup plan afterwards.’

It didn’t matter.

We cleaned up the battlefield, stored the Undead and Perugin’s avatar in the dimensional fragments, and tracked down the people from the Kingdom of Gobalt.

They seemed to have sensed the intense battle from afar and were frightened when they saw us.

“The Black Mages…”

“We’ve taken care of them. If you’re ready, let’s head towards the polluted swamp.”

I informed them that the Black Mages had indeed summoned the Demon King, albeit imperfectly, and that the Demon King had genuinely descended.

“That’s right. We were caught off guard by the massive battle.”

It seemed that the Black Mages they had been tracking didn’t possess such immense power, so they must have felt uneasy.

‘Ah, so that’s why they were afraid?’

It seemed that I had killed the other Black Mages too brutally.

When they confirmed that we had taken down the Demon King’s minions and had genuinely summoned the Demon King, a mix of relief and pride appeared on their faces.

At the same time, their gaze towards me and my companions was tinged with respect.

After all, to them, we were heroes who had tracked down and eliminated the Demon King’s minions even in the midst of war.

It was a bit laughable to call us heroes, but our actions were indeed heroic.

And they were collaborators who had contributed to our success.

Feeling proud wasn’t unusual.

“There are some who are in poor condition, but we can divide our numbers to handle it. I’ll guide you.”

I nodded briefly in response to the guide’s words.

“Then let’s head out. Those who will return to the kingdom, thank you for your hard work. Thanks to you, we were able to prevent a great disaster from befalling the continent. We will remember the deceased…”

“We only did what needed to be done. It’s fortunate that we could help.”

We parted ways with those who couldn’t stay in the land of death and headed towards the polluted swamp.

When we arrived near the polluted swamp, we encountered fleeing Black Mages.

I immediately captured them and, upon interrogation, discovered that they knew their plan had already failed.

From Perugin’s perspective, it was essential to keep some followers alive to secure their future, so they had to inform them of the current situation to keep them alive.

That’s why they chose to flee, and in the process, they clashed multiple times with the Kingdom of Gobalt’s information agents who were tracking them.

Originally, the Gobalt agents would have avoided conflict, but since the Black Mages were acting differently than usual, they judged that they had to stop them, resulting in multiple clashes.

However, the Black Mages’ military power was stronger than that of the Gobalt agents, causing more damage to the latter.

I immediately released all the Undead.

I also made Artina and Kayla act separately, and Tinus flew through the sky in his true form, tracking down the Black Mages.

Fortunately, the sacrifice of the Gobalt side was not in vain.

Even if the dark mages were stronger, they couldn’t avoid taking damage, and thanks to the traces of battle, it became easier to track them down.

That’s how we spent several days tracking and killing the dark mages.

We focused on preventing them from escaping the Land of Death, and after a relentless pursuit, we successfully eliminated almost all of them.

“Some may remain, but it will be an extremely small number.”

I nodded briefly at Cayla’s words.

This was enough.

While I wanted to wipe them out completely, it was getting closer to wasting time.

“It’s safe to say that there are no followers of Perugi left. Even if some remain, they won’t be able to threaten the continent.”

It would take at least a hundred years for them to recover.

It was difficult to raise followers even now, so when would they get another chance?

Moreover, when the war ends, Tinnus and I will be free.

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If things go as planned, the Empire will crumble, and my influence will be enormous. Based on that, I planned to crush the followers of the Demon King.

“Even imperfect beings are dangerous.”

I realized that from personal experience.

We had achieved sufficient results, so there was no reason to stay on this land any longer.

We quickly left the Land of Death and returned to the territory of Ellaire.

Thanks to the information provided by those who had gone ahead, there were people waiting to greet us.

“I pay my respects to the hero.”

The person was from the Gobalt royal family, but since Ellaire was currently busy with reconstruction, it seemed they couldn’t respond properly.

“How was the conquest of the 2 kingdoms?”

“…It’s going as planned. We’ve already prepared everything.”

As planned. I suddenly realized that we hadn’t had much rest recently.

Even when we took a day off at Ashulin, it wasn’t a real break.

But it couldn’t be helped. There were so many urgent matters, and we couldn’t afford to take it easy.

Thanks to my increased level, my physical and mental strength had improved, so it was manageable, but if it were in the past, it would have been tough to endure.

And that was still the case now.

Honestly, the conquest of Malicos wasn’t worrying me.

What was worrying was the Maladin Kingdom, but since Ashulin had shown up, I couldn’t help but worry.

However, after receiving the information, I could feel a little relieved.

“They’re doing well.”

The conquest itself was slow, but it was proceeding steadily.

As expected, the Malicos Kingdom was being pushed back by our forces without being able to resist.

The joint forces of the non-human alliance, my undead, and the remnants of the 6 kingdoms alliance had broken through the Empire’s supply lines and were marching towards Malicos.

The Malicos side was completely unaware of the situation, and even if they knew, they couldn’t do anything about it, so they were easily breaking through the borders that the 6 kingdoms alliance had failed to breach countless times in the past.

“I’m sure they’re frustrated.”

Teilton and Baren’s faces came to mind. They had been part of the 6 kingdoms alliance before the Empire intervened, so they must have participated in the conquest of the 2 kingdoms.

The fact that we had easily breached the place they couldn’t…

“No, I’m sure they’re ecstatic.”

After the front line broke through, it was a landslide victory, they said.

Several regions had fallen, and by the time Ashulin invaded Maladin, they had already taken over half of the Malicos Kingdom at an incredible speed.

It was said that their speed was halted after the person I sent arrived.

My concerns were not unfounded.

The Ashulin Kingdom’s invasion of Maladin did not start well.

Although I had destroyed the main forces of the two kingdoms, the Maladin side was different from Malicos, as they quickly realized the situation.

Even if they knew, they couldn’t respond in time, and the Ashulin side failed to do so.

Their deployment was a bit late, and as a result, Maladin successfully defended against Ashulin’s first attack.

However, it was a close call, and Ashulin did not give up.

Around that time, the person I sent to the Malicos invasion team, precisely, the one sent by Gobalt on my behalf, arrived and showed that they would move first, even without Ashulin’s request.

But that didn’t mean the invasion of the Malicos Kingdom was stopped.

Maladin and Malicos were adjacent kingdoms.

At the same time, their alliance was the strongest on the continent, and their borders were almost as good as open.

Our side, the Malicos invasion team, took advantage of this and changed their direction to march towards the border.

Maladin was shocked and had to disperse their troops.

To do so, Maladin had to give up their border.

Precisely, they tried to stop it somehow, but they barely managed to do so previously.

Even with a holy land, it was impossible to completely block the border in its current state.

So Ashulin crossed Maladin’s border and continued to encroach on their territory.

“It’s a shame that the invasion speed of Malicos has slowed down…”

They were still pressuring Maladin’s border, and thanks to that, Ashulin was able to fulfill its role.

Of course, it might be unnecessary to pressure them now that they had already crossed the border.

However, due to their previous behavior, the Malicos invasion team’s appearance seemed very wise.

As I looked away from the documents, a person from the Gobalt royal family immediately spoke up.

“As you know, the occupation of the two kingdoms is proceeding smoothly. We must have requested support from the Empire, but there’s no news of the support troops arriving yet.”

The Empire was also in a chaotic state.

Their main forces had disappeared.

Those included top-tier powers like the Saint and Master-grade knights, as well as cardinals.

They had lost the neutral zone and were being pressured by the strongest enemy, the heterogeneous alliance.

It was not easy to worry about the two kingdoms in this situation.

“It seems… there’s no need to provide support immediately…”

I thought of the Golun-related incident I had put off and the new avatar of Pergin I had acquired.

It was a personal desire, but it wasn’t a useless thing.

If it went well, it would be a great help in the main dish, the Empire’s mainland invasion.

However, my secretly raised desire had to be put down again.

“Urgent report!”

The Empire had sent support troops to the two kingdoms.

The messenger hastily brought information about the support troops and mentioned the name of one of the commanders.

“…….”

Kaila’s face stiffened.

◈ Traitor

“Archinide Moroto….”

“Do you know that name?”

“I’d like to hear more about the information on that commander.”

At Kaila’s request, the messenger hastily handed over the documents in his hand, and she quickly read through the contents.

“…It seems to be true. I knew they had defected to the Empire, but I didn’t expect them to rise to such a position….”

The commander’s true identity was the noble’s son from a aristocratic family that had targeted Kaila in the past.

“Abandoning their old name is a given for a traitor, but using that surname is…”.

Kaila’s expression showed her disgust, as if she had seen something hateful.

“Why that surname?”

With a puzzled tone, she asked, and he replied.

“Moroto is the person he respects the most.”

It was unthinkable that a noble family with that surname existed, as far as Kaila knew.

The officials from the Govalt royal family also expressed their agreement with Kaila’s words.

“I’ve never heard of that name or surname before. As an Imperial citizen, we’ve thoroughly investigated major figures and families, but Moroto is a new name to me.”

They said it was a name they had never heard before.

“It’s not a famous person. They’re from a family that has already disappeared into history, and it’s from a previous generation, too.”