The Necromancers
Ch. 40.1: Shackles and Freedom (1)

"Welcome to you all!"

In front of them were the three figures who greeted their arrival with friendly smiles on both their faces, except for the man with silver armor who looked annoyed at the presence of someone among them.

"Kanae's..."

"You're really coming, man."

Among them, men in casual clothes look upset at the presence of his friend who came with them, the demons in killing humans around him.

As far as men in casual clothes are concerned, Veru, Kanae never thought of joining the demons nor cooperating with them. Every time he heard the word demon, Kanae immediately quickly rejected him and intended to kill them.

But, what he saw now was a situation that Veru did not want in knowing the truth.

"You've finally come yes, Shilphonia."

"Yes, I came here to solve the problems between us."

"Recover? Do you really think that we will forgive you for making us what we are now?"

"Eitherway. I don't know myself, but I'm sure you'll want to talk to me about something, right?"

"You're really confident."

Among them, a long blonde girl and a pair of pink eyes were talking to them, the two figures Shilphonia suspects of being Fallen Angels make her sure that they also want to talk more with her.

"You can handle one of them, let me take care of the white-haired man."

"Good."

Shilphonia who jumped straight up and took out a sword to slash at him, the short white-haired man quickly took out a pair of black wings that had held back the golden-coloured sword slash from Shilphonia.

"Let's get out of front of them!"

"As you say, Miss!"

With a laugh and chuckle softly at Shilphonia's words, the man quickly pushed Shilphonia's sword and disappeared from its place. Shilphonia is also the same, she immediately disappears and moves away from their place to let them fight the girl who is suspected to be a Fallen Angel just like her and the man she is fighting against.

"We're gonna end this now, buddy."

"Yes, you're right."

Veru and Kanae were slowly walking away from where they were holding their respective swords.

Kanae who was holding a pitch-black colored sword that was visible in the black fog around her, Veru who was holding a silver-colored sword that emanated a silvery aura around her, both fell silent and looked at each other.

"....."

"....."

Shortly after a few seconds they closed their eyes, they lunged directly which made the air around them blow fiercely as the two of them were smashing into each other's swords.

"I wonder if you're stronger than me or not, I'm sure you'll lose."

"Do you really think so?"

"....."

In one of his arms, Veru pulled out three balls that were directly slashed by one of Kanae's arms making the ball explode and produce a blinding light to the eye.

"Kuh...."

"As expected of you, you don't even understand my attack pattern."

By throwing the sword in front of Kanae, it emitted a dazzling aura which then exploded within a wide range making a small crater.

Not wasting any chance, Veru quickly took out some of the scattered gunpowder and matches he had to create an indestructible blaze.

"Goodbye, my friend!"

Throwing matches into the gunpowder that had been scattered around Kanae, the series of explosions occurring many times made Kanae who was protected by transparent protectors difficult to maintain her in a stationary position.

Veru, who notices the flames, is silent and daydreams over the memories she had as a child with her friend Kanae.

A few years ago.

When they were 8 years old, Veru and Kanae often visited the Eruguard Kingdom to do their own activities.

Veru, who had both her parents working as a sculptor of the king, came to the kingdom to tell her that the statue had been made. As for Kanae herself, she had a father who had become a respected royal knight and was looked upon favorably by those around her because she cared so much for the weak people who needed their help.

The two spend time meeting each other, learning swords with Kanae's father, and spending time telling each other stories about their future desires.

Veru who has a desire to become a strong and great person, she plans to dedicate her life as a popular man coveted by women. Kanae who has the desire to become the strongest knight beyond her father, he wanted to protect the weak with all his abilities so that they would not suffer bad luck as it did to the people from other cities.

Both continue to undergo their activities until they grow up who began to be busy with their respective activities.

Veru who started focusing as an adventurer, Kanae who focused on training the Royal Knights, the two were unable to meet which made them distant from each other.

I hope you really don't forget it.

The memory he has obliterated makes Veru sad for the right of his friend to side with the devil rather than the humans.

"Don't think you've won, Veru!"

"....."

Dumbstruck by the barrage of black-colored slashes directed at each side made Veru unable to do anything but fall silent when he found out.

On the other hand, a girl who was still staring at their whereabouts chuckled and laughed at what she saw.

"You guys look so pathetic. Thinking that you can defeat me, aren't you afraid that you'll be gone?"

There were no words of reply from them that made the girl smile broadly at her conjecture.

To him, they were just a bunch of useless trash deliberately told to fight him off. Rubbish is still trash, that's the mindset possessed by girls who pay close attention to them.

"Look and see my greatest strength!"

His two hands that stretched out on both sides were raised to the ceiling which made the black-coloured ball upwards and turned into a black dimension that gave rise to the many powerful monsters that were falling to the surface of the ground.

"It's terrible!"

"Yes, you're right."

"Let's do it as planned."

"Good."

The group of monsters surrounding them made the girl laugh with satisfaction at those who were unable to do anything.

An elf girl holding her staff hit her once onto the surface making their entire surrounding bodies wrapped in a greenish, reddish, and golden glow.

Not only light, some protectors such as [Ultimate Barrier] can also be seen that have [Magic Barrier] multi-layered protecting their bodies which are then transparent, which is then transparent, some additional abilities like [Reflection] were also added which looked like all four shield-shaped crystals surrounding their respective bodies, and on their heads were three silver dots can be seen by the girl.

"Let's do it, guys."

"Yes." Yeah."

"All right."

"Understand."

Reita who was on the right side, Friya who was behind, Fuuya who was in front, and Sasaki who was on the left side, all four were in a formation they made themselves.

"It's time to hunt."

A silvery aura appeared enveloping Fuuya's body.

Fuuya who ran straight towards the group of monsters, he quickly took out a few silver-colored transparent Fenrir lunging towards them, tearing the body apart with his claws and biting at them.

In contrast to some transparent Fenrir, Fuuya who pulled out a barrage of needles from his tail caused some monsters to freeze which he then smashed with a powerful blow using both of his arms which were strengthened with a silvery aura.

Reita who was still speechless, she took out a barrage of crystals that led to the ceiling. The barrage of crystals that fell from the sky made the entire surface turn into long sized needles that had various colors of endless piercing the bodies of several monsters that were within the range of its attacks.

Not to miss an opportunity, though, Reita also took out the [Arm Golem] that was on both sides protecting her from the blows and scratches of the surrounding monsters then smashed into their bodies making their existence disappear which left only blood.

"My turn!"

Sasaki flying to the ceiling issued a barrage of missiles in large numbers, releasing them simultaneously making flying monsters like bat and bird monsters, respectively, as well as several other strange monsters killed as a result of the large-scale explosion he made.

Not only a barrage of missiles, Sasaki also pulled out a pair of swords that appeared on both of his arms that slashed at some nearby monsters easily without the need to expend or exert any of his abilities.

In the back row, Friya who quickly used [Meteorit] made the ceiling dark which then destroyed the surrounding surface into a crater made the monster group disappear without any remaining.

It's not just [Meteorite] that it uses, though, Friya also used some of her abilities such as [Thunderbolt] which was able to cripple a number of monsters on a small scale which then used [Wind Cutter] to split the monster body using powerful wind slashes which were able to eliminate them by effortlessly.

"I didn't think you guys were strong enough."

Shocked at the power that could not be underestimated, the girl smiled and started descending from the ceiling to the ground surface then obliterating the few remaining monsters to no longer continue their fight.

"But you're gonna end this time."

In front of the girl was a thin, black-coloured transvestite that was slowly widening. From within the widened black dimension, there was a figure that looked like an angel with no head, legs and hands but only a body and a pair of wings that had not been stretched out.

When the girl's arm touched her, a silvery light shining brightly filled her place.

A pair of previously unfolded wings began to stretch widely across the ceiling in a beautiful white color. Some of them flew to the ceiling and some more feathers fell to the ground.

"This is the end of your life!"

Finish the blinding light was gone, seen before them a different figure that does not look a girl anymore but a figure that resembles an angel with a creepy form.

The figure itself had the same girl-like appearance but had some differences. Starting from a pair of white wings that stretched wide, the bandana worn there is a white wing decoration and a golden circle on the top of his head floating with a dim black color, blackish, a pair of sleeves equipped with silver-colored hand armor, a pair of legs equipped with a pitch-black protective armor could be seen, as well as his body wrapped in a silver-colored light that dazzled with its beautiful and beautiful shape made them fascinated by its beauty.

On both arms of the figure was seen a large-sized sword that looked like a spear and a shield held by the left arm had a strange shape between the fusion of angels and demons could be clearly seen.

"Let's start the fight."

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The Regard POV

They really look serious huh.

From a distance, I saw that their fight was fierce with each other.

Starting from Shilph who fought Lucifer, the four of them who fought Nanami, Uncle Veru who fought Uncle Kanae, the three of them were really quite fierce in the fight between life and death.

If either of them let their guard down, they'll be gone. That's what I can expect from their fight.

Now what am I supposed to do?

The clones I managed to make before had vanished, as well as the enemies I had managed to annihilate, there was no more busyness I could do.

Should I help them?

Help or not, I'd rather miss it.

Those who have high self-confidence it is difficult for me to help them. Even if I followed my selfish desires, they would hate me.

I didn't want it to happen so I was reluctant to do it.

Even though they are my friends, I still do not want to do it because they themselves ask me not to interfere in their affairs.

It's really boring.

There were no activities nor activities, the only thing I could do was to watch their battles from a distance.

Whether they manage to win it or not, I myself do not know for sure which one wins and loses later.

For a while, I'll be a spectator.