The Necromancers
Ch. 37: We Meet Again

"It's so weird."

Inside the special inn of the royal knights, a long white-haired girl was pondering for a moment over their statement, the nobles gave it to her during the incident that happened a week ago that was discussed two days earlier.

Two days ago.

"It's really complicated."

"Complicated?"

"Yes." Yeah."

The man explained to the long white-haired girl who was in confusion over the decision made by the nobles that they would not follow up on the search investigation conducted by The Necromancer in the Finier Capital.

Whether it was dangerous or not, they would not be willing to do so before knowing that The Necromancer posed a great threat to them and the Finier Capital.

"I understand."

Although it sounded hard to accept, the long white-haired girl was unable to do anything as she had no right to act nor do without orders from them.

"What are you going to do, Chief Liliana?"

"I will wait as much as possible until they appear on the surface in the central Finier Capital."

"All right."

Holding the shoulder of the long white haired girl, Liliana, the man smiled and went to enter the room back without caring for her.

Finishing her memory, Liliana fell silent.

According to Liliana, the right decision is to wait for the results from them.

The fact is that he was ordered to investigate further investigations into the townspeople in the Capital of Finier that may have been from those who disguised themselves as The Necromancer, on the contrary, they keep their eyes closed until they find out that The Necromancer is a big threat.

Along the way in the central Finier Capital, all the adventurers, townspeople, and merchants lined up and talked to each other making the atmosphere crowded and noisy.

"Where are we going?"

"We will know where to get the mission through the available information."

After a long time they walked, they entered a large, tall building that read "Guild Adventurers" which in the hall contained countless adventurers chatting with each other.

"They are so many."

"Yes." Yeah."

A girl who was by the side of the white-haired man, Sasaki seemed a little hesitant to enter the guild hall that she was not used to entering.

Although Sasaki used to enter the guild hall with her old body, Demi-human, he doubted that if he entered the guild hall with his new body, Hu-Machina, it would startle any adventurer who realized that his existence was different from any creature.

"Don't worry, Sasaki! Even though you are my rival, you must be brave and know that I am by your side."

"Fuya..."

Proudly the long dark blue haired girl puffed her chest, smiling over a truly high sense of confidence.

According to the long dark blue haired girl, she would do anything to a person who deliberately committed acts of violence or infamy that would never be forgiven to her rival, Sasaki, for one purpose.

"Are we going to be okay?"

"Yes." Yeah."

None of the people were aware of their presence around the other adventurers present in the common hall.

Most of them initially glanced at the presence of Regard, Reita, Fuuya and Sasaki, but after that they ignored him and returned to their conversation in their respective groups.

"alright. Let's see."

In front of the four of them was a board with several pieces of mission paper attached. The missions themselves are believed to have been included in the category of Black Adventure which means that there is no mission from Colorful Adventure or White Adventure on board that they see.

"How about we take this one?"

"This?"

"Yes." Yeah."

Noticing and pondering for a moment, Regard did not know whether it was a coincidence or not at the mission taken by Reita, his half-sister in showing the mission that was on board without tearing and giving it to him.

"What if we do it?"

"Yes. Coincidentally since we're going to aim for Erlin Hill, we also have to complete this mission right?"

Hearing the words of Fuuya and Sasaki, Regard tried to fumble over the possibilities.

First, Regard wants to do a mission as well as investigate about the ruins on Erlin Hill. By completing the mission, he, Reita, and Fuuya will not be suspected by those Colorful Adventure in doing missions that are only special in Black Adventure so it is safe to do.

Second, there is a chance that Regard will ignore it and choose to do so without taking on any missions in Black Adventure. A shorter but also dangerous percentage rate. A short in time finish that only focused on the ruins, but it is dangerous if he and the two girls who become Black Adventure will be suspected and wary of by the adventurers of Colorful Adventure which will make their lives unsettled and peaceful by the bad rumors that will spread.

Those are the only two options that can be concluded.

On the one hand, he likes to choose the second option but it is very dangerous to do. On the other hand, he wanted to be careful and play safe in exploring the ruins by completing a light mission but it took a long time to complete the exploration of the ruins after completing the mission he took.

"How's it?"

"alright. We'll take this one."

Tearing up and bringing to be confirmed to the guild's receptionist, the maid who is partially robotic in human appearance who has been programmed tells them that it is not being worked on by anyone in Black Adventure.

"Thank you and be careful!"

"Yes." Yeah."

"certain."

"See you later."

Even though they knew that in front of him was a programmed ai that looked like a human, they still did their best to greet humans in general.

•••••

In the depths of the forest, a silhouette covered by a brown robe fell silent in place and looked up at the ceiling where he saw twigs and leaves covering the ceiling in the afternoon.

"Sooner or later, we'll meet."

With a visible smile behind the cloak hood, the silhouette leaped up onto the tree and disappeared in an instant.

Outside the forest in the north, the Regard who used the [Black Sword] slashed down some of the monsters inside from the area. The monsters themselves have the appearance of trees, camouflaged snakes, and grass that is able to move and extend like tentacles.

"It's really easy."

Unable to be amazed or proud of what he did, Regard could only yawn and get bored of the actions he used to take while in Black Adventure.

As much as possible, Regard who did it did not use as much ability and strength as possible, but rather his technique in playing the sword.

Inside the western forest, a long dark blue-haired girl was hunting at the monster she had killed. Starting from Megret, a tree monster that managed to be destroyed some of its wooden body by its claws, Ciel, a grass monster that could move with its black body behind the green grass was successfully torn apart many times by him, and Limy, a small monster that had the shape of a walking carrot, was successfully obliterated by its fangs.

"It's disgusting."

Every time the long dark blue haired girl bit Limy with her fangs, she always spat out to the surface because it tasted so much worse than the meat she had hunted all along at Mount Baurme.

Sniffing on the existence of Regard, the long dark blue haired girl, Fuuya with a grinning smile began to move swiftly towards the direction she was in.

In the eastern forest, Shilphonia and Reita are using minimum hunting skills in cooperation with each other. Starting from Shilphonia who played a supporting role with her arrows who managed to drop some Grela, a monster like a transparent green butterfly that flew, and the, and Reita who plays the role of eliminating enemies such as Megret who tries to approach Shilphonia with the sword and techniques given by Regard against him.

"They are very weak."

"Yes." Yeah."

Silent for a moment after killing a few Megrets, Reita felt that something in the distance seemed strong to feel.

"Felt? Is there something in the distance?"

"Yes. There were two people whose existence was so strong, and the other one was where Friya was."

"There's three?"

"Yes." Yeah."

Although Shilphonia did not understand and feel it, she was sure that the three people Reita felt were not friends nor adventurers but enemies they would face.

Moreover, Shilphonia had been told by Regard about the existence of the Fallen Angel Lucifer that was felt before when he managed to kill the Wyvern herd that attacked the northern Finier Capital, the capital, Shilphonia believes this is not easy for her to remember that she and Lucifer knew each other when they were in the Sky Palace.

In the southern forest, Friya who easily uses low ability is [Magic Blade] which is able to cut off Megret's body and shoot some [Ice Crystal] and [Fire Ball] to Grela makes him not look complaining but vice versa, he was cautious over the presence of someone slowly approaching towards him.

Is this the enemy or...

Groping as much as possible, sweat ran down his face. Anxiety and worry became one in his heart that he himself did not know whether he should try it or not, he was confused in acting.

"You..."

Squinting her eyes at a man who was standing right in front of her, Friya did not expect that she would meet anyone she knew.

"Are you here with Arthen?"

"Yes." Yeah."

The man in front of him had been circling around the forest where he stood to look for the whereabouts of someone he knew but he did not find it in the least.

It's so strange yes.

The man who was constantly searching for the whereabouts of people he knew was not interested in Friya who was sharpening her eyes to her who was suspicious of her sudden presence in this place.

Is he a demon or is he controlled by something?

Groping for the possibility, Friya who gripped her wand was getting ready to do something to the man.

"alright. See you later, Furuhiora."

"Tu-wait..."

Before it could stop him, the man disappeared in an instant from where he was.

•••••

The Regard POV

Leaning on the tree for a moment, I sat down while thinking about what to do.

Returning to the thought of the conversation I had with Shilph, he wanted to volunteer with his other friends so I couldn't bear to ban them.

The reason Shilph came along may have something to do with him being familiar with the Fallen Angel that I got memories of through Wyvern that I drank his blood and ate meat while being alone.

Ruins yes.

The memory was re-remembered for what I was thinking as long as I was alone in exploring the Sylvia Ruins.

I'm hoping to have a partner in the adventure really materializes now. I'm not whether it's good or not, but at least everything's been fun and calling lately.

Oh gosh.

If I were then and now, I prefer to enjoy the time now without the need to be alone again in exploring.

But still, those who have a life will one day die so I should be able to anticipate the bales to be back as they are now. Although there were bets in it, I did not care at all as long as they could come back alive and do their respective right.

"Hmmm..."

Slowly the sound of footsteps approached and approached.

Wh who?

Judging from the amount of mana he had, he was truly powerful. Likewise with the scent that managed to sniff and be heard, he was that person looking familiar.

"Regard...."

"Sasaki?"

What was in front of me was Sasaki who was supposed to be in the middle of the forest right now was precisely where I was.

"Sad. Cheating on you, Sasaki. You snatched Regard from the embrace I was gonna do."

"Hehe."

I knew this was going to happen.

As usual, Fuuya and Sasaki gathered together with each other. Every time Sasaki has Fuuya, and vice versa that makes me accustomed to their daily patterns.

"We'll see you again, Arhen."

"....."

"....."

"Man!"

This voice...

Slowly the voice approached and approached us until finally the appearance could be clearly seen by the three of us.

"Yo, we'll see you again, Arthen. How are you?"

"Did he know you?"

"No, I'm not sure."

When viewed from his appearance, he was not the same as the Uncle Veru I knew.

The aura that was emitted, the absence that could not be felt, heard and sniffed out was really strange.

Is he being controlled by the darkness or is someone controlling him from a distance just like Fuzikumibaru?

"Fuuya, Sasaki, I want you to return immediately to Shilph and the others to tell them that I will follow."

"Are you sure of Regard?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Don't tell me you're gonna face it?"

"Of course."

It seems like this is going to be something serious.

Whether he was the person I knew or not, as long as he was still suspicious, there was a chance that I would obliterate and finish him off without a remnant even if he was Uncle Veru.

"All right."

"Be careful, Sir!"

"Yes." Yeah."

Taking out the black sword from the black fog, the [Black Sword] in my right hand, I stuck out towards him and prepared to fight with him.

He's the same. In his hand was a silvery-colored sword that was on his waist previously held and extended to me indicating he was ready to fight.

"Let's do our best."

"Yes." Yeah."