The Necromancer Who Was Despised - The Necromancer Who Was Despised chapter 305

“There’s no rule that says we can only use what’s flowing out. We can just absorb it from our side.”

Tinus said it was possible.

“If we succeed, the benefits will be huge, but…….”

To grow a World Tree using the hole in the dimensional wall, we had to grow it right next to the Abyss’s fragments.

It wouldn’t be easy to control the Abyss’s fragments during the rapid growth process, but if we succeeded, it would be a huge help in managing them.

Even a World Tree that was far away could be used to restrain the Abyss’s fragments, so how useful would it be if it was right next to us?

Moreover, we would have complete control over it.

This meant that we could use it more freely than the Elves, who were managing it.

“We might be able to research the World Tree.”

It may be possible for the elves to communicate with the spirit realm, just like they have been doing.

“But how are you going to manage that?”

Growing it might be possible, but managing it is unknown.

It’s not just about growing it recklessly. We need to be able to use it as we intend. If we don’t manage it and let it grow wildly, it could lead to a war that would last until one side dies, rather than controlling the fragments of the abyss.

“…Thinking about it, it’s a bit dangerous, isn’t it?”

If the abyssal fragments were to devour the world tree, it would become even harder to manage the fragments, and if the fragments were to collapse, we wouldn’t be able to safely block the holes in the dimensional wall.

If the world tree and the abyssal fragments were to really collide…

“We need to directly shut down the world tree and prevent it from being devoured.”

It’s going to be a hassle. But the benefits of succeeding would be too great.

We would be able to exploit the dimension of the Radiant Church and control the abyssal fragments more easily.

Compared to this outcome, the risk was manageable.

“Up until now, hasn’t it been the elves who have been managing the world tree?”

“We’ll entrust it to the elves for a certain period, and then we’ll take over or find someone else to do it.”

“Do you think they’ll accept it willingly? Even if the situation is urgent, the world tree is their lifeline. If they were to lose control of the new world tree, including its management method, their current position would be shaken, don’t you think?”

“If it doesn’t work out, we’ll have to keep using the elves. Personally, I’m counting on the dark elves…….”

“The dark elves?”

“Yes. They’re also a part of the elven race, after all.”

The two races have many similarities.

“The dark elves are practically our allies, so if it works out, it’s good, and if it doesn’t, there’s nothing to lose.”

So it’s worth a try.

It’s not a bad plan from our perspective, although it might sound ridiculous to the elves.

As expected, the elf summoned by Tinus listened to his words and broke out in a cold sweat.

“T-there’s… a new world tree in the world tree’s graveyard… it’s too difficult to say……”

“If we succeed, the elves will make a great contribution to the continent. If we succeed, we’ll take over the management. We just need a little help.”

“T-there’s……”

The elf said it was a problem that couldn’t be decided alone and that an internal meeting was needed.

Tinus seemed to have expected as much and didn’t say anything else.

He just pressed for a quick result, a positive one.

The elf was drenched in sweat and excused himself, and two days later, the elf side finally agreed to fully cooperate.

From their perspective, it must have been a painful decision.

They couldn’t even attach any conditions.

They were that bound to us.

But if this plan were to bring about a satisfactory result, we wouldn’t just let it slide.

Even if the elves had made mistakes in the past and had a bad relationship with the dark elves, they had made many sacrifices for the sake of improving relations and were bound to us, so we couldn’t just ignore it.

“Of course, there’s the condition that we have to succeed.”

The world tree project, which had begun like this, faced difficulties at first.

Creating the world tree’s graveyard was not an easy task.

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But we had infinite magic, the elves’ cooperation, and the existence of dragons.

Thanks to the spirit realm’s cooperation, which we had learned about, we were able to overcome the initial stages more easily than expected.

However, the abyssal fragments’ resistance exceeded expectations.

Perhaps it was because other world trees were growing around us. The fragments of the Abyss seemed to recognize the world tree as an extremely threatening existence, and they showed a fierce reaction as if they wanted to eliminate the new sapling.

To control this, Tinus and I had to manage it day and night without rest.

Of course, even if the reaction was more intense than expected, we couldn’t surpass it.

From the beginning, we had anticipated a certain level of resistance, and Tinus was confident in his ability to control it, which is why he dared to attempt this.

Even if the resistance was higher than expected, it wasn’t uncontrollable.

As Tinus thought, the fragments of the Abyss were eventually suppressed by us, and we could only watch as the world tree’s sapling grew.

As it grew to a certain extent, the world tree began to absorb the divine power of the Radiant Church through the hole in the dimensional wall.

At first, it was a tiny amount.

It was an experimental attempt to see how much the world tree could eat away at the Radiant Church’s divine power, and to test the possibility of it parasitizing the Radiant Church’s dimension.

However, the world tree began to absorb the Radiant Church’s divine power at an alarming rate, as if mocking our expectations.

Its growth rate was astonishing, even to us and the elves, and it made the fragments of the Abyss shine again.

“…This is beyond our expectations. The fragments of the Abyss are being pushed back.”

The fragments of the Abyss, which had blocked the hole in the dimensional wall.

We had controlled it to create a small gap for the world tree, but now the world tree was slowly taking over the spot on its own.

It was as if it would eventually take over the entire hole.

That wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it couldn’t be allowed.

The fragments of the Abyss played a role in preventing other dimensions from freely touching the dimensional wall’s hole, so they had to occupy a certain range.

Therefore, we had to put more effort into adjusting the world tree, and many elves were mobilized for the task.

In the process, Tinus made the dark elves intervene, and although the elves weren’t happy about it, they cooperated with the dark elves due to the circumstances.

Unlike us, who wouldn’t easily share our know-how, the elves generously taught the dark elves how to manage the world tree.

And we soon realized why the elves had acted that way.

“The Spirit Realm…”.

The Spirit Realm had welcomed contact with the dark elves.

At first, we had discovered that they used dark magic and were wary of them, but when we learned that the dark elves would receive magic from me and directly supply it to the Catacombs in the future, we changed our attitude.

“It seems the Spirit Realm’s reputation is indeed high.”

With the Spirit Realm’s cooperation, our plan to forcefully absorb the Radiant Church’s divine power, which we had originally intended to do, became unnecessary.

The world tree, which had grown faster with the Spirit Realm’s help, began to spread its roots to the Radiant Church’s dimension.

Unlike ordinary world trees that grew within a dimension and allowed elves to communicate with the Spirit Realm, this world tree had spread its roots to another dimension.

However, not long after, the world tree’s roots were removed by the dark elves.

Even though the roots that had invaded were cut off, the world tree didn’t give up its invasion.

The hole in the dimensional wall was small, but the world tree precisely recognized that it could endlessly absorb a tremendous amount of resources through that small gap.

“This…”.

A light thought that had started the parasitism.

But the result was far from light.

“This… is it not a level of invasion?”

An unintended harvest.

It could be called a new form of attack method.

It was just a plan to deal some damage to the Radiant Church and more easily control the fragments of the Abyss…

“…New research is needed.”

It was a limited attack method, however.

The dimensional wall’s hole was also clearly recognized by Kwangmyung-gyo.

As a result, the roots of the World Tree, which were growing rapidly, were quickly removed by those guys, and the outcome was not very good, no matter how hard we tried.

Therefore, Tinus was looking for a way to exceed that limit.

If we did it well… we might be able to make them give up on this place.

Or maybe we would be able to protect this place ourselves.

Colony.

The possibility of us retaliating against them arose.

◈ Epilogue – Stability

The growth of the World Tree had temporarily stopped.

It was a natural course of events. Since the roots of the World Tree were being continuously destroyed from the other side, there was no longer any driving force for growth.

Of course, if I continued to provide magic steadily, the story would be different, but there was no need to do so.

Our goals were different from the start. Even at this level, our original goal of parasitism was being met, and the World Tree’s growth was suppressing the fragments of the Abyss.

Moreover, the fragments of the Abyss had greatly reduced their luminescence after the World Tree’s growth stopped.

The problem was that neither I nor Tinus could be satisfied with this.

The World Tree had grown better than expected, and in the meantime, it had shown the possibility of invading Kwangmyung-gyo’s dimension, so we couldn’t just sit still.

However, I didn’t have anything to do, and Tinus didn’t want me to do anything either.

“Focus on your training.”

What he wanted from me was to maintain the current situation stably and, if possible, take a step further to reach the 9th Class.

To achieve this, Tinus was sharing all his knowledge with me and providing numerous souls for my training.

Some of them became undead under Ori’s control, but their numbers were not that great.

Currently, Ori had received the avatar of Perugin and was reborn as a legion commander.

She was quietly protecting the Necropolis and, in return, was bound to this land.

It couldn’t be helped. This was a measure to minimize my burden, and since I couldn’t leave this land anyway, it was an insignificant situation.

Until I reached the 9th Class, she would secretly protect this land.

As Ori had become the legion commander and was protecting this land, maintaining stability in this land was possible as long as I lived normally.

Therefore, what Tinus wanted was for me to advance to the 9th Class, and so he wanted me to focus on my training rather than thinking about this matter.

Occasionally, the fragments of the Abyss, which had been helping with control, had gradually decreased as the World Tree grew, and it had become an environment where I could focus solely on my training.

Moreover, as I mentioned earlier, it was difficult for me to do anything.

Tinus was researching something related to space.

It was difficult and complex.

Tinus was thinking of bending space.

Exactly, it seemed like he wanted to connect the other side of the dimensional wall’s hole to a different place.

It was impossible to completely connect it to a different place. The hole was in one place from the start.

If we could change this, then the other side would also be possible. If that happened, we would have no reason to be bound to this place.

But Tinus said that it might be possible to bend a small part of space.

It would be difficult to pass through, but if it was just a small part of the World Tree’s roots, it might be possible.

Tinus himself said that success would be difficult and that even if we succeeded, the gap would be so small that it would be questionable, but he didn’t stop his research.

There was no harm in trying, and if we could inflict even a little damage on Kwangmyung-gyo’s dimension, that would be enough, so it seemed like he would continue his research.

“There’s nothing to do anyway.”

Tinus was in a situation where he had to wait for my achievements, so he didn’t have much to do unless he was bothered with trivial matters.

He would simply gaze at the fragments of the abyss or occasionally utilize avatars to visit the Necropolis, where he would confront Dragoinians or other creatures.

The design of the Catacombs had already been completed, and the construction was being led by me and the Dark Elves, so Tinus didn’t have any tasks to perform.

It seemed like he had no intention of leaving the Necropolis from the start.

He also didn’t interfere with the forest creation.

So, both I and he began to focus on our own tasks.

About two years passed, and he finally achieved something.

He succeeded in occupying some space, although the location was random, but fortunately, it didn’t attract unwanted attention.

Thus, the stagnant world tree began to grow again after about two years.

However, we couldn’t just leave its growth unchecked.

So, the world tree took an alternative approach and started creating a kind of division in the other world.

This side remained the main body, but the division would be able to grow much larger, and the grown world tree would be connected to the spirit realm, transmitting its power to that side.

The world tree was special, and this was possible because it was the world tree.

“If we get caught, we’ll be destroyed.”

But we wouldn’t give up. As long as they didn’t abandon the dimensional hole, we would continue to harass them.

“It’s possible that we’ll maintain this hole.”

The absorbed power would first be transmitted to the spirit realm and then partly return to our side.

Since the world tree was under our control, and the spirit realm was relatively neutral, we would receive the deserved treatment, regardless of how much they disliked the invading dimension.

In the first place, our continent and the Bright Church were no different from being at war.

We were just avoiding direct confrontation.

We planned to use the absorbed power to restore our continent gradually.

Of course, the top priority was… the revival of the dragon.

“Originally, the world tree wouldn’t absorb power like this.”

If that were the case, the spirit realm wouldn’t be different from the invading dimension.

Therefore, the spirit realm was connected to the world tree, but the authority of the world tree was entrusted to the inhabitants of each dimension.

Those who managed the world tree simply maintained it properly and traded with the spirit realm.

In other words, it was originally just a transaction window.

However, now that we managed the world tree, we were using it as a weapon.

The responsibility fell entirely on us, and it was only natural that some of the benefits would return to us.