The Necromancers
Ch. 30: The Rise of Young Necromancers
Before we left, we decided to go explore Lost Town.
It would be a pity if we didn't get anything in this place. Instead, I wish there was something to check in the city despite knowing that this city has long since vanished from the face of the earth.
"This aura..."
My body felt a strange sensation.
"What's up, Mister?"
"Are you okay, Regard?"
Near me, the two girls who accompanied me looked worried and anxious over my condition.
I couldn't tell them that I felt a strange sensation in my body. As if someone was pulling him out, I don't know if this city sucked the dark energy and emotions out of me to go berserk or vice versa.
The more we walked, there was no sign that anything was left in the city.
Oh, I forgot that right now we're split into three.
Me, Fenrir, and Sasaki are in the north. Shilph explored the western part. Friya and Reita explore the eastern part.
Maybe I should use a special detector to find out what was actually hidden and felt earlier, only it was too dangerous if I did it wrong.
The dark souls that were still wandering around the city, I knew they were trying to pull dark emotions from someone, especially a Necromancer in order to lose control.
I know because I can feel it.
Despair, hatred, resentment, sorrow, that's what the wandering souls feel filling this city.
Ughhhh...
The pressure is too heavy.
Every time I go further, my body feels heavier than usual.
"Are you okay, sir?"
"Should I help you?"
Raising my hand as a form of rejection, they could do nothing but look at me.
Damnit. Something is not right in the city.
Unlike usual when I entered for the first time, on this occasion I really did not expect myself to feel heavy and the emotions in my body as if being pulled out.
Could there be a mastermind behind all this?
My only guess is that the person controlling these souls is most likely a Necromancer.
Otherwise, it would be impossible if the city could be shaped in such a way as to be luxurious and beautiful to be seen by the naked eye, whereas the Necromancer's eye could not be lied to.
"Destroy..kill..destroy..."
Footsteps were heard from a distance.
Slowly approaching, and approaching towards us until finally appeared the figure of a man whose body could not be saved looking towards us.
"Destroy..kill..destroy..."
With an unreasonable speed, I avoided the ramming of his body as much as possible towards us.
What the hell's going on?
There was no sign that someone was attacking us.
The proof was that the man looked like an illusion. Coming and going, that's what I can describe in that situation.
"What's up, Mister?"
"Did something happen?"
Impossible.
Even they don't realize it?
Something is strange. Whether my body and mind were beginning to be blinded by illusions they couldn't see or if it was a real event, I didn't understand at all.
As long as I don't know it, I have to be careful if the man reappears.
•••••
In the eastern Lost Town, Friya and Reita were checking the surroundings. The eyes of those who circled every missed location actually found nothing but an uninhabited city.
"The satisfaction is more terrible."
"Yes. I hope we can leave now."
Both of them who felt a bad feeling made their hearts wary of the possibility that happened.
Footsteps are heard from a distance. Slowly approached, and approached until finally revealed the figure of a man whose thin body was dry, his face sunken, his skin which looked bones on his body, and his red eyes were right in front of them.
"Destroy... kill..destroy..."
That's...
"What's up, Friya?"
Shocked at the confusion, Reita looked at her friend.
Friya who knew that Reita saw nothing, shook her head. His heart felt alert over the mana in large quantities that was on the man's body.
"Raaaaaarrrrh..."
At high speed, Friya pushes Reita's body to the surface.
Due to Reita's ignorance, she wonders what happened but she can't ask Friya about her strange behavior.
Although she did not ask her friend anything, Reita could vaguely feel a thin air of existence that could slowly be felt but disappeared once in a while, so it happened repeatedly.
In the western Lost Town, the Shilphonia who stepped forward felt nothing.
At first glance there was a strange feeling that someone was following him, but when he turned around back, he found nothing that followed him.
Shilphonia, beware!
Careful then?
Yep. I felt an energy and evil air following you.
Hearing Stephani's words from within him, Shilphonia was convinced it was not a lie but a reality.
Every time Shilphonia stepped on her feet to continue walking, footsteps could often be heard in her ears.
Silently, Shilphonia was astonished.
His eyes that know nothing can see nothing. In contrast to her, Stephani is able to feel the air of a thin and vague existence of someone who follows Shilphonia.
Stephani accidentally tells Shilphonia nothing.
According to Stephani, he will only observe the situation from within Shilphonia to find out how far he is able to understand the situation and conditions that occur now.
Had Stephani helped Shilphonia, it would have been tantamount to her allowing herself to interfere in the problems that Shilphonia was supposed to solve.
That was why Stephani only warned Shilphonia without explaining about the thin and vague figure she felt.
Within the Eruguard Kingdom, a king sat on his throne. The chair was decorated by jewels, coated by gold, and the red cloth that was on the chair made it look beautiful and beautiful for her to sit on her own throne.
A long distance away in the red carpet in the middle of the marble floor, the knights gathered, kneeling before the king they respected and glorified.
"Is there a recent report?"
"No, there's still too little information we've got from the events at Mount Baurme."
"That's it."
The 65-year-old, sagging-skinned, plump-bodied, gray-haired man, and a pair of bright blue-colored eyes were directed downwards, pondering for a moment.
According to the man sitting on his throne, the incident that happened earlier was very strange to be considered a mere coincidence.
Mount Baurme which was once occupied by the existence of Fenrir, now none of them inhabit the mountain or cave in the region.
"How is Veru Sukijane?"
"She's on a long break."
Starting from Dark Knight Hero, The Necromancer, Fenrir who is already invisible, the three feel awkward and strange to be trusted by the King. Moreover, with no words from Veru, the extraordinarily great honorable knight did not open up to him which truly disappointed him for his dishonesty.
In the depths of the cave in the basement, a man sitting by the side of the mattress looked at the food he prepared.
Wait for me, Arthen. I'll make sure I come with you.
His eyes were filled with determination for the injustice that existed in humans, men who were pensive absolutely could not let them know for what happened.
As long as the Regard is safe, Veru believes it is useful for him to stay away from the kingdom as well as the people who will utilize his existence as an absolute power in the human world.
Moreover, Veru knew about the disposable being discarded, which meant that after they used Regard, the Necromancer, he would be discarded by them.
That's the reality Veru has been able to deduce so far.
•••••
The Regard POV
Damnit. My body feels heavier.
Unconsciously, I fell to the surface. Before they realized something was wrong, they lifted my body, helping as much as possible by holding my hands together to continue the journey.
Is this town getting dark?
Looking up at the night-visible ceiling began to appear, I had no idea of the conditions outside the city at all.
"Gohaw!"
"Sir..."
"Regard..."
The organs in my body feel pressed very strongly and violently.
But there was no sign of anyone following us or attacking me, which meant that everything that happened came from the darkness in the city.
Darkness yes.
Surprisingly, those memories returned to my mind.
The flames that burned everything, the innocent lives were killed one by one by them, the powerful enemies that were hard to defeat, as well as the deep despair and hatred that could be felt, he said, everything was back in my head.
Do you really want more power?
This sound...
Deep inside me, a voice that looked like a meek girl offered me strength.
Whoareyou?
You don't need to know who I am.
My body feels more and more heavy and heavy.
Will I lose consciousness?
Closing my eyes slowly, I did not know what happened next but I gave everything to them even though no one knew I would be unconscious.
Where'sisthis?
Fufufu.
Who'sis that? Come outside!
Not a single sound came after I snapped.
The deep silence and silence left a darkness I could see meaningless.
Ughhh....
My heart beats faster than usual.
What the fuck?
You know, I'm a little interested in the advantages you have now, Man.
Something rubbed my face. It felt soft and fragrant, that's what I could smell from its scent and feel the sensation once it touched me.
Is he the enemy?
There's no answer.
As long as he doesn't tell me his true identity, I hesitate to trust him as a friend rather than an enemy.
"Sooner or later, you'll know the truth."
The entire place suddenly turned bright.
"....."
"What's wrong?"
"Are you having a bad dream, Regard?"
On both sides, Fenrir and Sasaki looked at me with worried and anxious expressions.
Dream yes.
It feels too real to be called a dream.
If it wasn't a dream, then what made us meet each other in the dark?
Damnit.
No answer can be found.
How much I thought about it, I did not find the slightest bright spot over the previous dream and what happened in Lost Town.
"Destroy... kill..destroy..."
They're...
Unintentionally, I saw that they looked real in front of me.
The man who looked shabby and walked staggered, his thin body with his skin that looked like bones, his sunken face, as well as his red eyes, all of them could be clearly seen by me.
"Destroy..kill..destroy..."
This...
Overall their energy and presence soared high up in the ceiling and fused together in large numbers, filling the entire city and turning it into night.
I get it now.
Dreams are not reality but illusion.
"You two, go!"
"Go?"
"But, how's your condition?"
"I'm fine."
"....."
The two of them looked at me, fell silent and lowered their faces.
I know it's a little bit more assertive and fierce towards them. But what you can do, this fight will be a different fight than we have been doing all this time.
The man that was in front of me in large numbers, he was not an opponent that they could underestimate.
"Go! Please, tell them this place is dangerous."
"Good."
"Understand."
In an instant they left and disappeared from where they were before.
Now it's...
What am I supposed to do?