The Necromancers
Ch. 8: Suspicion of Friya

A moment ago.

This aura...

Inside a room in one of the villagers' houses, Friya felt the power and abilities that were far away in large numbers explode in an instant.

The aura emitted was very different from the aura in general.

This aura looked like it was gloomy and dark which made Friya convinced it was the dark aura of forbidden power and ability that should not be used in this world.

The ability itself was none other than the Necromancer ability.

That was all Friya could feel in the distance. Whether who was using it, Friya was sure that the existence of the person using it would harm them if she remained in the Elf Village.

Is it possible, no, I'm not sure it was them.

Deciding not to be prejudiced by the two adventurers he met a while ago, Friya decided to focus on recovering her population to be able to immediately evacuate from the Elf Village.

Because there was a much greater danger, Friya was sure that sooner or later the danger would arrive at the Elf Village without her noticing.

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In the pitch-black night, the light shining everywhere in the depths of the forest came from the small-sized balls of varying colors produced. There are blue, purple, green, yellow, and red that cause darkness to no longer be seen but rather beauty and beauty that can be seen by the naked eye.

"We need to rest first."

"Yes, you're right."

Resting the body in place, Regard and Shilphonia decided to settle in this place while recovering their energy.

After hunting down and exterminating a swarm of Orcs in the Fairy Forest determined by Friya, Regard was shocked at the abilities possessed by Shilphonia.

His ability is quite good in long distance and close range. The reason why he thought it was good was that Shilphonia's ability lay in her bow and arrow which caused her to be strong and powerful.

Every time the hunt was carried out, Regard made sure carefully that Shilphonia was always in control of the arrows she wanted in hunting them. Both ordinary arrows, large arrows, and large numbers of arrows he can remove depending on the wearer.

"Shilph, are you good at using arrows?"

"Yes. Since I was in Elphoria City to protect attacks from demons, I learned how to aim and shoot accurately."

City of Elforia.

Hearing the words of the City of Elphoria, Regard certainly knew the meaning of the words of Shilphonia.

His father and mother had told him that Elphoria was a city where calm and peace had existed before. But before that peace and quiet were lost, the inhabitants of the city had a terrible and terrible fate in them.

Some are able to survive but be used as an army of demons, some disappear not left, some survive but made into slaves**** by them, and so forth told by the family of Regard.

Clenching his hands, Regard decided not to let anyone destroy the city he was living in now, Farihiora City.

Even though he was a Necromancer, he would not forgive someone who dared to destroy his residence a second time, he would chase that person to the end of the world though.

"You can't show the ability and power you have huh, Regard."

"really?"

"Yes. As far as my vision goes, you're only using the human abilities you have so as not to be suspected and known to them."

"Yes, the reason I did it was that I wanted as much as possible not to rely on my abilities as a Necromancer."

"Do you doubt it?"

Waking up from the fall, Regard looked at Shilphonia with a smile on his face.

According to Shilphonia, the expression signified that she had wrongly asked him this. The obvious appearance of her small smile directed at him made Shilphonia feel bad if she had to tell a story without any desire of her own.

According to Shilphonia, it was the same as coercion.

"I just don't want to rely on the abilities of a Necromancer so that I can fight as a human being."

"Fight as a human?"

"Yes. In short I don't care if I'm going to be in a desperate position or not, I'm going to hold him back as much as possible from drawing anyone's attention to me."

Hearing his words, Shilphonia with a pessimistic look looked at Regard.

Regard who knew the pessimistic look he was pointing at, turned it away and rubbed his back hair with a soft laugh he did.

"That's because I don't want you to be provoked by her so I purposely did it without taking out the true abilities of a Necromancer like me."

Understanding what Regard meant, Shilphonia nodded once at him.

To Shilphonia, Regard's previous ability against the mysterious man could be said to be powerful and powerful. Not only able to make his enemy overwhelmed and troubled, Regard was also able to eliminate the protector he made without his own being injured in the slightest.

As far as Shilphonia is concerned, the protectors she makes will retaliate against any attack against the person who launches the attack. That's why Shilphonia was convinced the reason why the man didn't attack Regard was because he knew that attacking him was tantamount to suicide. That's why Shilphonia believes his departure is the best option for both Regard and the man rather than having to face each other.

"By the way Shilph, have you ever eaten monster meat?"

"No, I never. I also don't want to eat it like you do."

"so yeah. Too bad."

Finished making a fireplace from his magic, Regard also burned the meat satay he managed to get from the pile of fatty meat belonging to the Orcs he managed to hunt.

Waiting for the satay to mature, Regard thought that the next plan was to leave the Elf Village immediately before being discovered by the other elves and Friya about her possessing the Necromancer ability.

"Shilph, if I lose control of my body, will you stop me?"

"You...why are you saying something like that!?"

"Eitherway. Maybe I'm afraid that someday, I'll go on a rampage and destroy villages and cities without the slightest feeling of sympathy, I just don't imagine it right now."

Understanding what Regard meant, Shilphonia could not say anything to him.

The fact of Regard as a Necromancer was something he could neither deny nor accept at all. Although Regard is able to control and master it, according to Shilphonia one day Regard will lose control because his own body due to darkness that sooner or later mastered it someday.

"alright. I'll do anything to stop you."

"Thank you."

After grilling the meat satay, Regard ate it with a meal without any remaining.

Shilphonia who was by his side could only fall silent in his shock who noticed Regard's immense hunger compared to the general human hunger.

"alright. Let's continue the journey."

"Yes." Yeah."

Finished resting for a moment, they decided to return to the Elf Village to rest then return to Farihiora City when dawn had arrived.

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The Regard POV

We both arrived at the residential area.

Furuhiora who was waiting for our arrival greeted her with a friendly smile on her face so me and Shilph could only approach her and smile the same as her.

"Have you guys managed to exterminate them?"

"Thank God."

Approaching me, Furuhiora held both of my hands and smiled.

What's the matter? Does he want to express his feelings to me? No, that can't happen, right?

I am just an ordinary human being so it is impossible for me to be able to coexist with him. Especially if I have a family with him, it was obviously an unreasonable dream to accept.

"Will you walk alone with me?"

"That's..."

Looking at Shilph who noticed our closeness, he with a friendly face nodded at me.

I don't know if allowing it was the right decision or not, but since Shilph had given me permission so I agreed to it rather than reject it which could have disappointed him.

"All right."

"Thank you. Follow me, Regard!"

"Yes." Yeah."

Steering clear of the settlement, Furuhiora and I entered the forest deeper than before and came to a sudden halt.

"What's up, Furuhiora? Is there something you want to tell me?"

"Yes." Yeah."

Turning his body towards me, his expression started to get serious.

Whether or not she actually expressed feelings for me or not, I had a bad feeling for her serious expression that was different from her genuine smile earlier.

"Are you a Necromancer?"

"Eh?"

Have I been found out? No, that's impossible for him to realize, right?

I had completely kept my identity a secret from anyone, except Shilph so it was impossible for Furuhiora to know about my true identity.

"What do you mean, Furuhiora? I don't understand at all."

"Not being frank."

Sighing deeply, he walked over to me and then held onto both of my shoulders.

When I was touched by both arms, I felt a strange sensation on my body. Hot and tight, that's what I'm feeling right now.

What's the matter? Why does my body feel hot and stuffy? My vision suddenly felt faint.

Could she...

"Yes, I took out a certain amount of mana to transform into a Blessing God to find out how far you have survived."

I'm guessing he did it.

Damnit. Should I be honest with him?

If I don't do it, I will continue to be tortured as I am now. If I tell you the truth, there's a chance that Shilph will be taken hostage by them.

I don't want that to happen.

"You're really great huh, Furuhiora."

Forcibly removing the amount of mana inside my body, I disappeared from where I was.

"Where is he? How could he possibly do that?"

"I'm here, Furuhiora."

Surprised by the change in position, he said nothing.

He would be surprised because I was far away from him. Not only far away, I had also prepared a Death Trap around him to let him settle where he was without needing to get close to me.

"Do you think this can stop me?"

"Eitherway. I don't know about it myself."

Without saying anything to me, a certain amount of mana flowed on his body which caused the surface of the ground in an instant to turn into a crater.

Not only turned into a crater, a thunderous rumble of lightning could be heard on the ceiling which made me sure this was all coming from which stream it was ejecting.

"[Acceleration]."

"....."

Disappearing in an instant, I had absolutely no idea where he was.

Damnit. Should I leave this place? No, I have no choice but to fight him.

Doing it now or not at all, both of them are very influential on me.

If I decide to leave this place, Shilph will be taken hostage by them. If I decide to fight him, maybe I can bring Shilph back to the city without having to be tormented in this place.

Sip. It's been decided that I'll fight him instead of running away from this fucking forest.

Realizing that it was behind me, I took out the Black Sword and fended off its powerful magic wand that turned into a large, bright blue sword.

"I admit you're good at holding him back, but you're cornered now."

The corner?

Realizing that the surface of the ground had suddenly changed, I did not have time to escape from the ground surface which caused my body to hit the ground forcefully causing me to be sprawled on the ground helplessly.

"The game's over, Necromancer."

"Yes, you're right."

Raising both hands up, I decided to give up instead of fighting against him.

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Shilphonia POVs

Where did the Regard go? Why is he so long?

Walking back and forth outside the resident's house, I was worried over his condition.

What I fear is not his ability and strength, but the condition of Friya who will be battered and lost by him without getting a chance to win.

I hope he doesn't act rashly huh.

If he really did, I should stop him immediately so that he would not take on the other casualties that came from the elves in Fairy Forest.

It would be very troublesome if he killed Friya, an elf respected by other elves that could cause us to be hunted down and exterminated by them when we meet them again later.

I hope it's not just my gut feeling.