The Necromancers
Ch. 26:Try at Night

Fireworks can be seen in the darkness of the night in the depths of the forest.

The sound of the shrill sword complaints high in the silent and silent air, accompanied by high speed in both figures in the shadows that can be seen through the sidelines of the tree branches that radiated the light of the full moon makes the two seem like they are fighting each other.

"alright. Enough practice this time."

Raising his hand, the figure of the man who stopped making attacks made the figure of the little girl with the animal's ears finish his training.

They were none other than Regard and Fenrir who were fighting against each other. Regardless of how fast and powerful they were in movement, attack, and defense, both of them had a wide attack range that exceeded reasonable limits.

"I'm sorry to bother you, Fenrir."

"It's okay. I'm glad I could help with the exercise you're doing."

Although Fenrir hated the existence of other humans, he similarly did not vent his anger and hatred towards Regard after knowing the past of Regard from Shilphonia.

Instead, Fenrir felt destiny was on his side.

Found under certain conditions, he is faced with a fight that ceaselessly causes himself to be defeated by Regard without mercy in the slightest.

Regard who sat on the surface, pondered for a moment.

"What's up, Regard?"

"I'm curious about the abilities you've had all along. You're great at attack and speed without any other technique being placed on a specific area."

Speaking of techniques, Regard did not find any tricks from the abilities and strengths obtained from Fenrir.

Most of his abilities and strength lay in his physique, whereas the rest was reinforcement over certain stats just like what happened in their previous fierce fight.

What makes Regard curious is [Fenrir Mode] which is felt strong enough to require certain conditions in using it.

It depends on the situation. A certain condition is that a user is required to have deep anger and hatred for something that causes negative emotions to flare up in him that makes him able to issue [Fenrir Mode].

Just like [Infinity Spirit], [Fenrir Mode] could not be used continuously every day for a long period of time.

The effect can cause the user who relies on [Fenrir Mode] more than the specified time in part will turn into Fenrir in the arms, hair, ears, tail, etc, and it was his legs that caused him to be unable to return to his original human form that took him a long time to recover to his human body.

Under certain conditions, Regard convinced himself not to use Fenrir's strongest abilities in combat, even in desperate conditions.

"Would you like to eat something today?"

"Yes. Ever since the training, I've been hungry for energy and effort all this time."

Holding his stomach, the sound of rumbling was heard clearly to Regard.

Smiling at his audible hunger, Regard took out some leftover meat that was still stored from the flesh of the other monsters he had hunted during the adventurer missions of the Adventurers Guild.

Taking out some meat, stabbing it, and burning it with a [Fire Ball] directed at the pile of wood that Regard had managed to collect through cloning himself, he waited for the meat satay to ripen.

"Are you always eating these foods?"

"Yes. I used to eat wild meat on every adventure, but now it's different."

Regard's expression that looks happy and sad at the same time makes Fenrir sure the times where Regard lived on the road are quite difficult.

Even though Fenrir pitied her, he remained proud of the Regard who still cared about him making him able to get trusted people to carry out daily missions.

•••••

The Regard POV

Every night, Fenrir and I trained themselves in the depths of the forest.

I did not use the various abilities and powers that exist in the Necromancer class, instead, I only used the abilities that Fenrir had managed to obtain.

Fenrir himself neither angry nor hated me, he gladly accepted my existence as his successor.

He told me earlier, I am the successor for him as well as his partner who is looking for him. Even so, I myself did not understand the intention of the couple he said so I agreed.

Instead he always clings to me.

Every morning, we were always alone in my room. Every afternoon and evening, Reita and I, as well as Fenrir attached to me, took part in the mission. And at night, she sleeps with me like a couple.

Huhhhhh...

The days passed were hard.

Sensing the envy and anger emitted by them towards Fenrir, he paid no heed to it at all, instead, he felt pleased over the emotions directed by the three of them.

Even in the times that Reita and I were alone as half-brothers, she always came and interfered.

I admit he was a great coach in teaching me how to use his skills and strengths, but the disadvantage was that he was unable to read the situation.

Really sad yeah.

Sitting in the library chair, I'm sure none of them will come.

Before I managed to control Fenrir's abilities and strength, but everything required extra practice.

Like [High Acceleration] which is higher level. It requires oneself to determine which direction to be able to be moved and aimed at.

If I am not able to reach the direction specified and addressed, I will fall and fail. It's embarrassing, but that's why I understand a little more.

Other examples are [Wind Burst], [White Aura], and [Fenrir Army], all three of them are abilities that are difficult to implement in the near future.

[Wind Burst] which requires one to rotate his body using the right momentum to control the air and then blow it up. [White Aura] that had to expend full energy with white mana to be emitted throughout the body to increase the physical stats of speed, endurance, and attack. As well as the [Fenrir Army] which was difficult to summon because to call him, one must concentrate fully on the aura around him to summon a large number of Fenrir in the same form as Fenrir did in our fight.

Especially in using [Rage Mode], I must be in a certain condition when I want to use this ability. For example like I was pouring all the negative emotions inside me, activating [Fenrir Mode], [Rage Mode] would activate by itself.

Well, everything went well thanks to his help.

Who would have thought a person like me who should be able to master it self-taught was required to ask for his help.

Too bad yes.

"Yes, what a pity."

"Law..."

Surprised at his arrival, I almost fell out of the chair.

She was none other than Fenrir, a little girl with long blue hair, her eyes silver like snow could be clearly seen by me.

"Are you daydreaming, Regard?"

"No, I'm understanding some of the most important parts."

"Most important part?"

"Yes." Yeah."

The way how to be able to unite several pieces of the puzzle into one takes a long time for someone to realize it.

Like a piece of a puzzle, a few pieces of each of their strengths and abilities could be put together without any side effects on me.

I haven't tried it myself because it would be dangerous for the environment around.

Even if required to try, I will choose the strongest opponent, such as Stahark to be used as a test in the next exercise that can stretch my life.

It's really interesting.

Whether or not we'll meet anytime soon, I'm sure we'll face each other if fate brings us together later.

•••••

In the middle of the city, flames were rising high. The townspeople were scattered in panic and fear, each of them being killed one by one by a group of figures flying on the ceiling using their engine wings.

Inseparable from that, missile fire is carried out continuously without stopping causing the area affected by the greater range of explosions resulting in the entire building and ground surface destroyed.

"Everything is done."

"Good."

A group of mysterious figures left without caring about anyone in the uninhabited city, leaving the dark emotions that enveloped him making him look terrifying.

Inside Resihei City, Regard woke up from his sleep.

As usual, next to him was Fenrir who hugged him tightly. Moreover, Fenrir did not wear any clothes in his sleep that could be fully visible his naked body showing ********** small, thin and thin body.

"....."

Ignoring the indifference to his body, Regard believes this has become his daily routine that makes him accustomed to living it.

"Fenrir. It's morning."

Slightly opening his eyes, Fenrir rubbed and looked at Regard with sleepy eyes on his face.

"Let's go, Fenrir!"

"Good."

Rushing away to the hot spring, Regard and Fenrir decided to take a bath in the mixed public bath as they could not be separated from each other.

Even when Regard tried to separate himself from him, Fenrir easily reattached like a glue that had long been able to be released but when still new can be firmly attached.

"Morning, Regard."

"Morning, Shilph."

Shilphonia sharpened her eyes on Fenrir. Fenrir averted his gaze from Shilphonia and increasingly hugged Regard tightly.

He knew that he was jealous of his honesty in approaching Regard, but the reason Shilphonia felt uneasy was that Fenrir could not tell which job and which personal time made him look like a bad boy in general.

Despite this, Shilphonia did not hate him at all.

He sees Fenrir's inseparable cuteness from Regard making the days feel so refreshing, at least to forget the envy and jealousy of their closeness.

"Where are Friya and Reita?"

"They're training each other."

"Practice in the morning?"

"Yes." Yeah."

According to Regard, the two have had quite a lot of training in the past few days that he himself does not know what kind of training they are doing.

At Mount Baurme, Friya and Reita rushed to train as much as possible in places far from Resihei City and the surrounding area.

It was extremely dangerous if they practiced their fight when someone as well as the adventurer group watched the event, which could have cost them their lives unnoticed by the two.

That's why Reita who proposes to stay away from the city in order to avoid the direct gaze of Regard, her new sister approved by Friya.

"Are you ready?"

"Yes." Yeah."

In the place of those who had a considerable distance, they vanished in a place that left empty air.

Dum!

The sound of each other's blows can be seen through snowflakes thrown around causing artificial blizzards to be visible to anyone passing through the area.

Reita who strongly let out a barrage of [Earth Lance] in large numbers shot towards Friya. Friya easily brushed it off using the [Ultimate Barrier] installed around her body making her immune to any attacks.

Not missing the chance, Reita with another barrage of shots coming from [Ice Crystal], [Wind Ball], and [Fire Cracked Stone] was directed straight towards Friya.

Each of the sizes launched by Reita is of various types. Starting from [Ice Crystal] which was the size of an ice crystal, [Wind Ball] which was the size of a tennis ball, was, and the [Flame Cracked Stone] which had the size of a chunk of rock coated by lava inside.

Gawat, I should avoid it.

Although it can be overcome easily, Friya hesitates if her last attack can survive as much as possible.

So, he immediately activated [Instructions] which caused the ground tremors to stand forming pillars, gates, and thick walls that were solid like forming a kingdom.

Not to miss the opportunity, though, Friya also used [Teleportation] which made it easier for her to move places in an instant and then used [Wind Walk] to walk on empty air to notice how powerful the attack launched by Reita was.

•••••

The Regard POV

How strange.

It's been two weeks, there's no news from Sasaki.

Where the hell's he going? Wasn't she supposed to inform me of her condition through the [Mind Reading] that I provided specifically for her.

Did something happen to her? Who could do that? Could it be that demons or other beings that were higher in existence than humans?

Thinking about the various possibilities, I did not find the answer at all.

"Hey, have you heard any recent rumors?"

"Rumors?"

"Yes. He said many of the towns and villages were easily destroyed by a group of flying creatures who allegedly they were neither humans nor monsters."

A bunch of flying creatures? Are they not humans or monsters?

Does this creature really exist?

Thinking about it many times, the answer I could not find. So, I slightly attached a hearing to the Adventurers Guild Hall ensuring that they leaked out other important information.

"Yes. According to reports, they call themselves Hu-Machina."

"Hu-Machina?"

"Yes. They are arguably a type of creature that has more modern weapons, sophisticated, and powerful than any creature in this world."

"....."

Stronger than anything.

Striking the table hard, I got the answer.

It is possible that a creature called Hu-Machina, he is the perpetrator of which Sasaki has not informed her of her current condition.

Usually he who always reports and talks important things to me, this time he does not sound anything even his whereabouts are still unknown.

Damnit. What am I supposed to do?

So far I managed to get and save Sasaki's life. But, the result was all destroyed by them.

"Regard..."

"Can you stop your anger, Regard?"

"Well..."

Suppressing the emotions that had been bubbling up from within me, I looked around. They seemed surprised at my actions earlier which made their eyes look confused over what I was doing.

In front of me, the two people Fenrir and Shilph looked terrified at my anger that had been expelled.

Did I mess it up?

If I am indeed a troublemaker, I must be careful from now on so as not to leak any more anger that manages to escape from within myself.