The Necromancers
Ch. 20.5:The Greatest Magic

"I finally have a pawn that's stronger than them."

Chuckling and seeing that Regard was successfully controlled by him, Fuzikumibaru was convinced he was invincible now.

"Are you really sure that you're invincible?"

"....."

At his side, Regard with a murderous gaze was emitted towards him.

In front of Fuzikumibaru who managed to control the Regard had vanished without a trace in its place which made him wonder how he managed to do it and avoid his trap.

Before being able to evade it, Regard took out [Wind Blade] and hit Fuzikumibaru's body. Scratches that occur make the wood body crack.

"Tsk...."

Jumping away from where he was, Fuzikumibaru rushed to retrieve the pawn that was still lying on the surface. Before he managed to get what he wanted, some balls led to the corpse that Fuzikumibaru would reconnect using [Magic Rope].

The originally small red ball slowly grew and exploded in an instant. The explosion could be said to be equivalent to a hand grenade capable of obliterating the surrounding area within a small range.

"....."

"You're really good at avoiding it huh."

"Yet..."

Moving using his legs that point towards Fuzikumibaru's head, he was able to dodge his attacks easily.

Smiling at his conjecture that predicted he had managed to dodge it, Regard firmly pressed against the surface of the ground using his other leg. The ground started to crack and disintegrate in an instant causing the two of them to fall to the deepest surface.

Before Regard finally ended everything, he used [Water Crystal] towards Fuzikumibaru. Fuzikumibaru who saw him tried to dodge but failed.

The barrage of [Water Crystal] that led to it was unlike [Ice Crystal] and [Ice Lance] that were packed with ice pieces that were able to maintain their form, on the contrary, it was, [Water Crystal] in large numbers directed at Fuzikumibaru turned into a [Tsunami Wave] on a large scale which caused his body to be swayed by the ferocity of the waves dragging him.

Water Crystal, a crystal that is able to hold large amounts of water into a crystal tube, it solidifies which looks beautiful over the beauty of the resulting transparent color. Although it looks beautiful over its beauty, it has quite a deadly attack when the crystal breaks which can activate the Tsunami Wave.

Tsunami Wave, a tsunami wave that is able to throw whatever is in the waves of water, it is able to provide a fairly fatal attack power but slowly. The range of the Tsunami Wave is quite large for a region so it is not surprising if the ability is able to destroy one village or city in an instant.

Not allowing the opportunity to be obtained by Fuzikumibaru, Regard pointed his arm at the surface of the water.

The high-voltage electricity that spread across the surface of the water made Fuzikumaru's body convulsively explode in an instant causing the water that was previously created using the [Tsunami Wave] to have completely disappeared.

"The game is over."

Directing the tip of the sword from [Wind Blade] towards Fuzikumibaru, he was sure that this was the last time he played around against him.

Fuzikumibaru who did not have enough strength and ability to stand up, stared intently at Regard. A look of hatred was directed at him that Regard could tell that he did not accept his defeat.

"No matter how strong you are. You won't be able to beat him..."

Hearing the last seconds of his life, Regard grabbed his hair and lifted it up to be seen by his own eyes.

"beat him? Do you know about Stahark?"

"Yes, he's far stronger...."

Closing his eyes mercilessly, some [Wind Blade] tore Fuzikumibaru's body apart causing his limbs to be severed.

He is stronger than me.

Directing the [Flame Ball] to Fuzikumibaru's limb, Regard blew everything away, except for the clothes he had taken before.

"Whatever you say! Whether he is strong or not, I am ready to serve him whenever he comes to me."

Not forgetting the words from him, Regard with open arms gave Stahark a chance to himself to avenge him. Surely he would not allow his emotions to control his body and mind unless he himself would kill him to the exclusion of the ego of revenge against him.

No matter how powerful the enemy before him was, as long as his original strength and ability as a Necromancer had not been fully demonstrated, Regard was undaunted in the least.

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The Regard POV

Enjoyinge.

After a full day of overcoming the cruelty and fear emitted by Fuzikumibaru, I was finally able to enjoy some relaxing time.

Well, I was surprised when Uncle Veru scolded and lectured me over the fake deaths that managed to deceive him.

I know he worries about me, but at least he has to think about his own condition in order for him to be stronger to be reliable in desperate situations.

The future is unknown.

Though I thought we would meet for a long time, but it seemed like it was faster than I expected. It's really hard to guess.

"I hope no problems have happened recently huh."

Spending time with friends in night activities as The Necromancer, I purposely used the [Shadow Clone] so that I could take a break.

All thoughts, certain ways, as well as handling things that are difficult to do, have all been deployed in the face of Fuzikumibaru.

As far as the research I did in the room in the middle of the night, I managed to extract information from the cloth he left behind.

The information that he was a human being who was hurt because his father who could treat his mother harshly made him sick until finally an incident happened to his residence, he said, that made him join the demon army more powerful and powerful than himself in the past, and he who was assigned with Stahark killed many innocent lives in every small village they targeted before.

Including my village, Elforia Village. Where the days of calm and peace have completely disappeared.

The day that their desperation and hatred were directed at Fuzikumibaru through his point of view, I can be sure that one revenge I managed to take on them. The rest is Stahark, who I don't know where he is.

As long as he doesn't bring himself up to look flashy, we won't meet.

In other words, we will meet if fate brings us together. When we meet, I must be stronger than I am now. It was much stronger in order to torture himself mercilessly and then kill him.

That's the scenario I'm going to make.

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Away from Resihei City, a few horse carriages ran quickly. Inside the train carriage, there were several adventurers who were exploring the snow mountains on the east side of Resihei City.

"Are you sure he'll be a very expensive price?"

"That's right. With the price of this hunt, we can buy a luxury house and land for us to live in."

Imagining what their friend had said, the dreams of each adventurer came to their minds.

Starting from getting a lot of wives, having full power in a small village, building a good household, living as a farmer with a lot of land that each harvest produces a large profit, he said, it all comes to their minds that makes them laugh and can't wait to take the rewards later.

In a place not far away, in an ice cave there were ice crystals hanging on the ceiling of the cave.

"It seems they still haven't noticed it yet."

Around the figure that was in the depths of the cave, the white wolf pack barked at him as if reporting the situation at hand.

"Let's teach them a lesson in respect of what they've done in the past."

A pair of silver-colored eyes with a straight line in the pupils of his eyes it was obvious that the figure hated human existence.

Elsewhere, the day has come.

Regard who is still asleep in his sleep hopes that his days run quiet and peaceful for a while.

Due to the day that Fuzikumibaru did the act caused his idea to be completely drained on a plan that had never been thought of to make his opponent who believed he had won successfully defeated completely.

"It's noon."

Stretching his hands up, his mind turned back to the scene where he had managed to kill Fuzikumibaru.

A few days ago.

"alright. Now what am I supposed to do?"

His gaze that led to the body collection previously controlled by Fuzikumibaru had completely disappeared.

At first glance, he wanted to awaken his body and soul using the Necromancer ability, but his desire was stopped by him who was convinced that each life had their own rights.

"There's no other choice."

Using the [Soul Return], souls that had previously disappeared returned to the ground level in the same amount as the one that Regard had killed before. Next to Regard using the same abilities as Reita, he easily makes a replica body from the ground adjusting the appearance that Regard remembers in facing them.

Finished doing so, the Regard quickly took out a certain amount of mana into their bodies, allowing it to spread so that the previously visible bark slowly began to transform into human skin, allowing it to spread, likewise with meat that began to grow in their skin.

Regard also added [Infinity Spirit] to their bodies, recovering souls that could not be saved could be saved. Plus he activated the [Soul Contract] which required them to obey him after they came to their senses, working smoothly without any constraints.

"alright. Time to get out of here."

Spending time waiting for them to come to their senses, Regard did not want himself to be involved in the affairs of return that caused him to be followed by many people.

As much as possible he only did it to some people so that he did not look flashy in front of the public, especially himself who contained the ability as a Necromancer.

He wants to avoid things that are not necessary.

After finishing his memory, Regard was convinced that they had returned to their hometown. Given that the memories shown by each corpse were successfully resurrected by the [Infinity Spirit], that said that they were important people somewhere made him grateful that it was the right course of action.

Had Regard been caught in some trouble elsewhere, he would not have had to worry about his condition later. As long as he had a chance to meet them, he would be released. That was why anxiety and worry disappeared from him.

Alright. What am I supposed to do today?

Changing clothes after bathing and having breakfast during the day inside the inn, Regard decided to try out his new abilities at a nearby location before continuing on another mission that would endanger him.

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The Regard POV

Alright.

Amidst the crowd of monsters present, I created a [Shadow Clone] and then used [Illusion] to turn their bodies into my friends.

After successfully doing so, I tried to use the [Special Rope] that Fuzikumibaru managed to get from them to be able to control it.

Moving fingers and hands, their limbs move according to the finger movements I do.

Sip. Seems successful.

Staring sharply at them, I smiled.

Time to try it out.

The shilph that I was moving to guard in the back row aimed the magic arrows in his bow at them. He easily unleashed the [Multiple Arrow] that had been coated by the [Magic Arrow] in large numbers causing some of the monsters that were behind to fall helplessly.

Moving her fingers, Friya took out her magic wand and cast a spell.

The magic that was released was only low-level magic that was [Dark Wave] capable of creating a black fog around the collection of monsters, the [Wind Cutter] that slashed several monster limbs, which was capable of creating a black mist around the monster body, [Ice Lance] who was able to freeze enemies after an ice spear stuck in their bodies, and [Flame Ball] was directed at some monsters on the left side that caused small-scale explosions like hand grenades.

Reita who used [Cracked Stone], [Golem Arm], [Water Ball], and [Thunder Burst] was deployed by him on the monsters that were on the right side.

[Cracked Stone] that made their bodies big holes from the barrage of stone balls that were deliberately fired using Reita's body. [Golem Arm] who were able to crush their bodies. [Water Ball] who hit their bodies made a water balloon that locked some monsters out of breath.

And the last one is Reita's strongest weapon, [Thunder Burst]. Shaped down from the sky with the appearance of a huge dragon capable of circling their bodies, the huge dragon exploded which was accompanied by a lightning strike that rumbled.

Alright. Trial complete.

Now the rest is to finish them off easily.

Releasing the [Special Rope] that bound their bodies, I took out the [Black Sword] and started slashing one by one of them quickly. Dodging from several attacks like claws and bites, I slashed at them so many times that there was nothing left.

Alright. Seems like enough.

Paying attention to the corpse that I had completely exterminated, I used the [Dark Drain] on their bodies to absorb it without any remaining limbs in order to eliminate any trace of the existence of the monsters that we managed to exterminate.

If other adventurers saw it, I did not know if bad rumors would circulate so I chose to be careful and vigilant.

Time to get back soon.

Eliminating the [Shadow Clone] that [Illusion] had given their bodies, I rushed back to Resihei City before the adventurers passing by this place could see me.

It would be troublesome if I were to be caught as a Necromancer. Not only bad reputation and hatred, there is another possibility that the demon race will recruit me as their partner.

I don't want that to happen.