The Necromancer Who Was Despised - The Necromancer Who Was Despised chapter 61

“How amusing.”

“I’ve met countless humans, but the kindest among them is a black magician.”

Well, most of the humans she’d met so far were slave hunters and nobles, so to speak.

“And yet… you waver, if only for a moment, at such a slim, improbable possibility.”

It was true.

In this vast world, finding Mutr’s family, who had been scattered far and wide, was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

‘Still, it’s not entirely impossible.’

Dwarf slaves were valuable, so there was a high probability that they were in the possession of high-ranking nobles.

Moreover, they wouldn’t mistreat them because they were expensive, and since they had long lifespans, there was a high chance that they were still alive.

The possibility of reunion was slim, but not zero.

Of course, it would be difficult to find them if they had gone to another kingdom or into hiding.

And if they had managed to escape, there was no way for me to know.

So it was more like a promise in name only.

But even so, it seemed that Mutr had wavered for a moment.

‘A kind of nostalgia.’

Home, family.

As harsh as reality had been, the memories of them would have been all the more precious and deeply rooted.

Even the slightest possibility would have reminded her of reuniting with them, and she couldn’t help but be moved.

So I understood.

I had a similar experience.

In my first life, I missed Earth so much.

If I had been told that there was a slim chance of returning to my country in my first life, I would have been shaken.

But I realized that there was not even that glimmer of hope, and so I gave up on returning.

It was a miracle that I didn’t commit suicide then.

Or rather, I couldn’t even choose suicide.

“…Is that promise certain?”

“I don’t lie. I will find and rescue your family if possible, without going to extremes.”

“…I will believe you. You are the most unusual and… special human I have ever met.”

“Then will you give me your best?”

“You may speak casually. And take this.”

I threw her the artifact that controlled the magic seal I had found in the lord’s arms.

“Unfortunately, I can’t remove it.”

It wasn’t that there was no way, but I couldn’t do it.

“I know. I know better than anyone how terrible and complicated this is.”

Honestly, it was amazing that Kayla’s magic seal had disappeared.

If you tamper with a magic seal, the slave will either die or become crippled. However, Kayla was able to escape her status as a slave without any aftereffects or side effects.

‘Well, no matter how great a magic seal is… it’s not easy to reconstruct a body.’

I had made it so that she could accept Denok’s body without any side effects and even created a mana heart.

With that, it was understandable that the magic seal had disappeared.

That’s why, instead of trying to tamper with the magic seal, which I couldn’t do anyway, I decided to hand over the means of control to Mutr as a way of showing him that I wouldn’t treat him like a slave.

Mutre, who received the artifact I threw to him, made a briefly surprised expression before smiling broadly and replying.

“As expected, you are the most peculiar human I have ever seen.”

“Can you relax your speech?”

“I will do so as I please, so do not worry. Ah. And you sent those two for nothing. If they weren’t fools, they would have properly destroyed the entrance. They have that level of equipment.”

“I know. It’s just that I sent them to check just in case.”

I had experienced it once myself. Of course, I know.

“Have you decided on a location for the dungeon?”

“Specifically? I have dug up the ground in the basement of my residence, but if there is a better place, I should move it.”

Since I had Mutre, I wanted to secure the basement of the Kuman mansion if possible.

It was because it was on a scale of three floors, was fairly well-equipped, and if there were slaves remaining there, it wouldn’t be bad.

‘I could just make them manage various things.’

It wouldn’t be difficult if I used Baldur, who was stuck in one corner over there.

It would be a little difficult to secure food, but I have enough to last for the time being.

“If that’s the case, how about the basement of the lord’s mansion?”

“Hmm? Why there?”

‘What’s over there?’

I’ve never had any reason to go there, so I don’t know exactly.

“That would be best. It’s isolated from here, but it’s not difficult to break through. I just need a little help.”

“There’s also a three-story slave camp in the basement of the Kuman mansion?”

“I know. I was involved in that, too. You’ll know once you see it.”

There was no harm in looking, so I nodded at his words.

“If you say so.”

In the meantime, Athena and Kyla returned, and both reported that the entrance had been properly destroyed.

“Then let’s clean up here for now, and Athena, you go and bring Tia here.”

Athena nodded at my words.

I must have been very anxious since I had left her alone in this situation.

“I’ll leave Baldur to you.”

As I expected, Kyla replied to my words.

She had also made suggestions, and there was no one else to manage him if not her.

I handed over to her the means to control Baldur that Athena had given me.

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Rather than handing it over because I was worried about controlling Baldur, it was closer to handing over authority.

After giving each of them their tasks, I followed Mutre down to the basement of the lord’s mansion.

At Mutre’s request, I used Skeletons to dig a trench, and then adjusted the power of the Dark Ball to start digging a tunnel.

“Is this level of power okay?”

“Yes. It’s perfect.”

In the meantime, there was considerable noise coming from above ground, and the ceiling shook from time to time.

“You don’t have to worry. It will never collapse at this level.”

I nodded slightly at the confident appearance of the dwarf Mutre and concentrated on my work.

After about an hour of using small magic spells, Athena and Tia came to visit while I was recovering.

“You’ve dug a lot in the meantime.”

“You aren’t using the method you created for the backdoor?”

“I don’t have the jewel.”

It is possible to use it if Atina or Kayla cooperates, but the efficiency isn’t that great, and I would rather use magic like this.

“Here, I have the jewel.”

Atina said as she handed me two jewels.

“I found them when I searched through Koo-man and the Lord’s belongings.”

They were precious, so how could she have more of them?

‘Does that mean the Lord originally had two jewels?’

I was honestly a bit surprised by this.

Of course, I had no intention of using this to Dig.

Jewels are consumables. Even if they can be recovered, there is a limit, and there are other methods, so it would be a waste to use a jewel just to cast Dig magic.

‘I used it before because I had to.’

It was necessary at the time. But not now.

“I’ll keep them for now.”

“Besides that, I gathered lots of other things. There were gold accessories and quite a lot of gold coins. “If you combine all the things we got from both of them, there were over twenty.”

I wondered why the Lord had accessories if he didn’t even have a wife.

It seems that they were for women.

By the way, Koo-man didn’t have a wife or children.

“And remember the artifacts we borrowed before? I brought those too. “Other than that, a bit of food?”

“You brought a lot with you as you escaped.”

While Atina and I were talking, Tia looked at the specter and skeleton as if she found them curious.

It seemed that Atina had already explained that I was a black magician, and fortunately, she didn’t seem to be particularly afraid of me.

She should have known by now anyway.

“Lord In-ha.”

At that moment, Tia approached me.

“Do black magicians not use mana?”

“I don’t use it, but normally they do. To be exact, they use transformed mana.”

“Then… can I also become a black magician?”

Atina looked displeased, but she didn’t interfere for now.

It seemed that the two had talked about something.

“My older sister said that I can’t become strong. So she told me not to do anything dangerous. She said that the reason I was sick before was because of a curse, so it’s dangerous for me to use mana.”

“That’s true.”

“Then, I don’t have to use mana…” Especially if I became like this because of a curse, black magic might not be incompatible with me… .”

“First of all, it is possible if that’s all you want.”

Tia’s expression had become quite stiff.

It felt more like Tia was adamantly against becoming a fighter rather than a hatred of black magic.

“What you said isn’t wrong. If you’re worried about mana contamination, you can become a black magician who uses magic power, contaminated mana.”

Tia’s expression brightened at my words.

“But you can’t. Don’t do it.”

At my words, Atina and Tia’s expressions changed.

“I’m a special case, but to put it bluntly, it’s terrible. I know because I’m a black magician. Especially… It’s hard to resist the temptation of the demons. I’m also greatly influenced.”

That’s how it is. In the first place, it was too difficult to obtain magic in the middle world.

‘All sorts of inefficient methods prevail.’

The best thing to do was to make a contract with the demons of the demon world, pay them a price, and receive magic in return.

There is no problem when using magic, but it is really hell when practicing.

Most of them were unable to practice because they lacked magic power.

‘But I have an unlimited supply.’

However, Tia is not such a special case.

Of course, there is a way for me to provide magic power.

I know all kinds of black magic, so it’s not difficult to teach magic.

If you have talent in mana, it was not difficult to raise it.

Even if you don’t have talent, you can enter the black magic due to its characteristics.

However, I still opposed it.

“If I help you, you can become a black magician without making a contract with the demons. Then you can avoid the temptation of the demons unless you approach them first. But I can’t do anything about the unique influence of magic.”

“The unique influence of magic?”

“Yes. Magic is originally the power of demons, not the power of humans. I’m a special case, so it’s not like that. It’s a very ferocious and dangerous power. So when you come into contact with a lot of magic and use a lot of magic power, humans are affected to some extent.”

This is the same for other races.

For example, there was the dark elf, one of the races that uses a lot of black magic.

“Elves tend to have rational personalities. For your information, that’s the same for dark elves. However, only for those who have not learned black magic.”

To elves, compared dark elves were known to have violent or emotional personalities.

This was all due to the influence of magic.

“That’s why humans are worse. “I repeat, I’m a special case.”

As the level increases, the influence of magic decreases. They protect themselves through mental armament. However, the changed personality does not return, and it only becomes a level that does not improve.

The fact that the black magicians’ humanity was broken was definitely due to this influence.

Tia’s mouth closed at the words that her mind could be influenced by magic.

No matter how much she wanted to become stronger, she didn’t seem to want to go that far.

“Thank you for letting me know. … I’ll give up black magic.”

“Yes. “You thought well.”

Athena sighed as if she was relieved.

Then, as if she suddenly remembered something, she said.

“Then, if I come into contact with magic through you often, will my personality change? To be violent?”

“Temporarily. Unless you use magic or magic power directly, it is rare to become like that permanently. If you are influenced for a long time, you will eventually change.”

I added quickly, seeing that Athena seemed a little worried.

“Those who have awakened their mana have resistance, so you and Kyla will be fine. You don’t use it directly either. In addition, I’m controlling it properly, so Tia won’t be affected either. And to do that, I have to make up my mind and pour out my magic. There is no problem with a small amount. “Don’t worry about useless things.”

It is more effective to just use magic once than to do that.

“I see. After all, there’s no way you’d do anything that would harm us. Sorry.”

“You don’t have to apologize.”

Since my magic power had recovered quite a bit, I followed Mutrue’s instructions and paved the way, while Athena and Tia watched me.

Kyla seemed to be busy controlling the slaves, including Balder, and in contrast, these two seemed to have nothing to do.