The Necromancers
Ch. 45.1:Betting In (1)

"Is this the place?"

Inside the basement of Lien City, the long-draining aqueduct only showed a few small campsites that were on both waterways, as well as a camp in the corner of the drained water channel visible from a distance.

"Yes. Let's go to the big camp."

"All right."

Shilphonia who understood that every inhabitant in some small tent that came out saw their presence, they were all made up of a similar race like the Friya, the Elf race.

Just by knowing that Friya had come to visit here, most of them greeted Friya as if she was the vice-leader in the previous Elf Village that Shilphonia had visited with Regard before.

"It's..."

"Yes." Yeah."

Friya who was standing on the outside of the tent, allowed them to enter as she opened the tent cover, letting one of her hands hold the tent opener, they went inside.

I hope Regard is okay.

Looking at the ceiling in the basement, Friya hoped that their arrival would be on time when they finished this conversation to follow up to where Regard was.

As far as Friya is concerned, the only way to get to where Regard is heading is to be done by an elf elder whom she believes can help them, Nek Ryadu.

"alright. Welcome to our Slum Training Camp. I'm sorry if you're bothered by all the neighborhoods around, I hope you can understand this place."

A grandmother sitting on a sofa with her stooped body, sagging skin, and her height short as an 8-year-old, he held a stick as a buffer that looked to be watching the five of them with both eyes closed.

Although both of his eyes were closed, he could see it slightly through the sidelines of his opened eyes which saw beautiful girls standing before him with worried faces.

"Can I help you?"

"We actually want to know where our friend is."

"Friends? Ah... You mean the one who became the friend of the Great?"

"The Big?"

The four people who were near Friya looked at her with confused faces, they did not know about what the name of the grandmother meant.

"He's the Big One, the Elf who has a sexy body, big breasts, and a seductive butt, which is why I call him the Big One."

"....."

Resisting the embarrassment over the words of the granny on the sofa sitting while sipping tea on her cup, Friya's flushed face hung her head, closing her two eyes that could not look at them.

To Friya, the words of the grandmother sitting on the sofa, Nek Ryadu was too vulgar to hear. It is true that Friya admits her body looks seductive. So tempting, some of the men he passed by were eager to ask him to go on a date or take a walk with him.

Though Friya understands the meaning of their closeness to her, she thinks that their goal is only to her sexy and seductive body.

"Forget about the name problem. Are you looking for that Necromancer boy?"

"Son Necromancer?"

"Who are you, Grandma?"

"How do you know Regard's identity?"

Reita who was confused by Nak Necromancer's call from Nek Ryadu tilted her face, not knowing what to say to respond to the strange name that was deliberately given by her.

Sasaki, who seems suspicious of the knowledge possessed by Nek Ryadu, asks how the elves seem to know what they did not know all along.

Fuuya who had heard it earlier, put on an expression full of hatred and resentment towards Nek Ryadu. So upset and resentful, Fuuya who showed a pair of canine teeth above and below really hated the existence of Nek Ryadu who knew everything.

"You calm down!"

Friya who tried to calm the atmosphere regained her senses from her embarrassment, turning to Nek Ryadu who was still sitting on the sofa, she sat by her side.

"May I know how we got to where our friend is?"

"Yes, sure."

Friya who heard it, smiled happily when she knew there was a way. Not only Friya, Shilphonia, Reita, Fuuya, and Sasaki, the four girls were really happy for the answer.

So happy, the four of them held hands with each other. Fuuya and Sasaki, they held hands, laughing happily, Shilphonia and Reita were originally holding hands, hugging which made them happy to hear it.

"But there are conditions."

"Condition?"

"Yes. Condition is..."

The five of them who had set their hearing, looked towards Nek Ryadu who was about to say the condition.

As they focused on his hearing, Nek Ryadu said nothing but fell silent in his seat, without moving a bit.

"Geez, he's starting again."

"What do you mean, Friya?"

"Nek Ryadu has a strange habit of explaining things. Her sleepiness and sleepiness suddenly recurred when there was a precarious situation, that's what I always understood from her."

"Eh?"

"Don't tell me..."

"Yes, that's it."

Surprised at the explanation from Friya, the four of them really did not expect that there were truly strange elves like Nek Ryadu.

When it was needed and the situation was urgent, the elves they needed instead fell asleep without permission first, they could only forcefully smile on each other's faces, I don't think it really happened.

"What should we do?"

"That's a good idea."

"But wouldn't that surprise him? I'm afraid he'll have a heart attack when he's suddenly woken up by us."

Fuuya and Sasaki were confused as to what they should do, Shilphonia who suggested to build it all of a sudden, and Reita who objected to waking up an elderly grandmother because it could cause heart disease decided to tell them to stop doing it.

Those who heard all the sympathy from Reita, pondered for a moment and stopped the crazy idea from being done. Instead of waking him up, they were afraid that Reita's words might have a point.

On the verge of uncertain confusion, Friya who was just sitting on the sofa while paying attention to their dead-end condition, woke up from her seat.

"I have an idea."

After saying that which made everyone in the camp look at her, Friya went towards a different room, the kitchen space for the purposes of something inside.

"I'll wake him up immediately."

"Tu-wait, Friya! It could make him have a heart attack later."

Reita, who looked up at Friya who came out of the kitchen room carrying a stone pot in her right hand, ran over to her and prevented her from doing anything reckless.

Shilphonia, Fuuya and Sasaki are astonished to see Friya's attitude that is different from usual, which initially looks full of authoritative, elegant and beautiful, as well as genius, genius, now it looked like a silly elf and was reckless with the crazy ideas he had just said earlier.

Moreover, Friya wants to immediately wake Nek Ryadu with a stone pot that they think the four of them will be hit on the head of Nek Ryadu, who is killed, they are completely ignorant of the absurd and difficult to understand idea of him.

"Don't worry, Nek Ryadu has always been like this!"

"Like this!?"

"Yes. Every time he fell asleep, no one could wake him up in the usual way, instead, in this way then..."

Answering a question from Shilphonia who really looked panicked, Reita who was pushed by Friya made her able to move freely, walked towards Nek Ryadu who was preparing to hit the stone pot to his head.

"Please get up and help us, Grandma!"

"Stupid! What are you trying to do?"

"Stop, Friya! If you do it then-"

Not hearing the screams from Fuuya and Sasaki, Friya still hit Nek Ryadu's head hard so that the sound of a rock pan hitting his head made them look afraid of the consequences done by Friya.

Nek Ryadu, who had fallen asleep, woke up with a surprised face. Nek Ryadu's eyes that circled every place looking at the frightened four of them noticed, a smile was seen on his already wrinkled lips.

"Sorry, I fell asleep."

Hearing Nek Ryadu's words, the four of them could only smile a little, though, unable to understand what he was saying while they knew that the reason Nek Ryadu woke up from his sleep was none other than Friya hitting him on the head.

"Regarding the conditions required, I want you to gather some materials for me to make."

"What kind of stuff, Grandma?"

Nek Ryadu who noticed everyone in front of him was diverted towards Reita, the long blue haired girl who looked polite and friendly.

Judging from Reita's attitude, Nek Ryadu only attached a smile on his lips, feeling confident that someday this girl is able to seize any man with his gentle, kind, gentle attitude, and polite to anyone.

"The things you need to know are...."

Telling them about the necessary ingredients, those who heard him nodded in agreement then rushed away after knowing the materials needed by Nek Ryadu to be able to enter the same place as Regard, their friend.

•••••

"Hey, are you sure it's somewhere around here?"

"Yes, I'm sure because I found out based on the location shown by some elves earlier when I visited the Slum Training Camp."

In Friya's right hand, a medium-sized fireball floated in her open palm that extended forward as lighting within the darkness.

In the midst of darkness in a building, those behind, be careful and vigilant of what awaits them if something strikes behind the darkness, be it demons or monsters, be it demons, they're ready to handle it.

Fuuya who continued to be silent while sniffing the smell of the existence of the monsters did not find anything around him, instead, there was only the smell of them, there was only the smell of them, people nearby that he can smell through his nose.

Reita himself was also the same, he was unable to feel anything through the footing of the ground that was around inside the ruins of the buildings they passed, he was sure that monsters had not appeared in the depths of the ruins of the buildings.

"A door and a magic circle?"

"Yes, I'm sure that's the place."

Rushing closer and around the place that was in front of Friya, Shilphonia, Reita, Fuuya and Sasaki who were previously at the back began to line up parallel next to each other, to see if it is true or not.

After observing it directly, Reita who knew that it was real did not feel any traces left by someone both demons, monsters and humans. Fuuya was the same, he found nothing that could be smelled by his sharp nose of the scent of a person's existence.

"alright. Let's go in!"

"Yes." Yeah."

"certain."

"Everyone, let's be careful!"

After touching the two doors in front of him, Shilphonia who was in front of Friya was covered by a magic circle around her body that dazzled anyone's eyes. Because of the glare, no one can see the existence of Shilphonia after the light disappears.

Following in the footsteps of Shilphonia, Friya who allowed them to enter first let Reita, Fuuya and Sasaki who were around him into the circle after opening the wooden double door in front of them. Then Friya went inside immediately after they entered it, she was surprised by the scenery that was never expected in a different room.

"How can there be a place like this?"

"Yes, you're right."

The entire natural scenery that was clearly visible in their eyes made them wonder where they were actually.

To their knowledge, this place was often considered an ancient ruin called the Ilva Ruins, a ruin completely different from the concept of most ruins in the Symposium World, their world was now located.

Walking along the lush forest of trees and shrubs around, their vigilance increased when they knew that the area around there were many types of monsters in it.