Ch 34

Chapter 34

9. Ranfeld Mansion (3)

He doubted his ears for a moment. But it was unmistakable. Having met several times, Alius remembered this voice clearly. It was Straf, Bishop of Trist.

“Why do you use necromancy…..?”

A mocking reply came back, “What are you so surprised about? Didn’t you doubt me in the first place, so you sneaked in like this?”

Of course, he had his doubts. However, it wasn’t to the extent that he thought he might’ve joined hands with the necromancer. He never imagined that he would become a necromancer.

“Oh my god! Do you mean the servant of the goddess covets the unholy power of darkness?”

“What else can you not covet, hahaha!”

The entire space wriggled with the deepening ridicule. The force of darkness intensified and turned into a feeling of heaviness, weighing down the whole body.

“Keugh!”

Sensing a sense of danger, Serati looked around. When the situation was not going well, the first thing to do was to secure a retreat.

“Where is the exit?”

The gate that had been destroyed upon entering was now studded with hideous chunks of debris. Serati immediately raised her sword.

“Taat!”

A red aura hit the wall, but it disappeared right away. It shook for a moment, but the wall didn’t break through at all.

“Why is it so hard?”

Riltain didn’t stand there blankly either. He struggled to regain his composure and prepared his magic.

“Fire Arrow!”

Flame arrows exploded one after another toward the wall of meat.

Bang! Kwak, Kwak, Kwak!

Unfortunately, the result was the same. An explosion occurred, and after a while, intact chunks of meat were seen wriggling. Auras and magic were engulfed in darkness and lost power before they could exert their power.

“I’ll kick a scam like you!”

Aiming at the oak tree stuff, Alius raised his holy power.

“The light of Hatoba!”

Brilliant flashes spread in all directions. The radiance of a divine goddess set all wicked beings on fire. No darkness did not disappear before this light.

……So far.

The darkness did not disappear. On the contrary, it swallowed the holy light and gained even more prestige. Everywhere was overflowing with the energy of death, and the pool of blood on the floor swirled.

“Holy power doesn’t work…….”

Alius put on a tired expression. It was the first time he faced such a powerful necromancer. No, he never thought the power of darkness could be this powerful. It hasn’t happened before.

“Tsk tsk, look, Alius.” A voice resounds beyond the space filled with tableware, “Did you think the people you met were real necromancers?”

The voice seemed a little bit sad….

“N-No.”

In reality, it was a voice full of mockery.

“Think about it. If necromancy was only that much, why would the 7 Goddesses be so wary of the powers of darkness from generation to generation?”

Most of them didn’t know what necromancy was. He just wielded it because it had power. In other words, it was like accidentally ordering a treasured sword.

The ministers of the ‘darkness of the end’ that were currently rampant across the continent. Could you call yourself a swordsman just because you recklessly wield the sword in your hand?

“How does it feel to meet the real thing after dealing only with idiots?”

Serati and Riltain groaned. The invisible pressure intensified. Just standing there made their mind foggy, and their breathing quickened. Alius’ complexion turned pale as he looked around.

‘Shit. What should I do now?’

Barros remained unconcerned even in front of the hellish landscape and the thick darkness that seemed to pierce the brain.

“Hey, is this enough to call yourself a real necromancer?”

Others might be terrified by this terrifying landscape and dark aura, but he was different.

‘I miss seeing you for the first time in a while.’

He had been tired of seeing it in the past because Karnak was one of the ordinary spirit barriers that openly strangled his enemies. Of course, unlike then, this space was no longer an ally, but well, it didn’t matter. A person who had reached the pinnacle of necromancy, with Karnak, the king of the dead, next to him, what was he worried about?

‘It’s a good thing…….’

A necromancer this powerful would have eaten a lot of the darkness of the apocalypse!

‘If I do well, I might be able to go home right away?’

Anticipating, Barros glanced to the side. He saw Karnak, who looked around with a stiff face. He was amazed again.

“As expected, our young master killed one acting ability? Even to me, who had been with me for a long time, it seems really embarrassing.”

Ah?? Those seasoned acting skills were really worth emulating. Barros secretly sent a message while giving himself a shocked expression.

[Now, Young Master, what should we do now?]

Karnak would soon grasp the flow of command power as usual and teach him the weakness of the barrier. All he had to do was poke that part as instructed. Barros was waiting patiently for instructions…….

[Young Master!] But there was no answer from Karnak?

Was he always doing this ‘embarrassed acting’?

[Why are you like that? Like you’re someone new to necromancy.]

Only then did the answer come back.

[I’m just seeing this for the first time.]

[What?]

[This is the first time I’ve seen anything like this!]

[……Pardon?]

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Karnak was breaking out in a cold sweat, ‘How did this happen?’

Straf’s field of command was at a considerable level. In a world of war where necromancers were rare, even by the standards of that time, they were comparable to first-class necromancers.

Even so, it was third-rate from Karnak’s point of view. It was still insignificant in the eyes of the King of Death. Even if you lightly concentrate, you could clearly see the flow of magical power and the technique. The problem was that it was obvious.

“Why is the holy power mixed with the dark power?”

The present dead spirit barrier wasn’t formed only with the energy of pure darkness. In the flow of black magic power, the orbits of divine light overlapped intricately.

The fusion of that divine power turned the obvious barrier of death into a third method that could not be destroyed. Translating that into a common sense expression, this is it.

“Light and darkness fused? Does this make sense?”

The light purifies the darkness. In that state, even if left alone, it would have been normal if the death barrier had collapsed on its own. Command power and divine power are absolutely incompatible. However, they were compatible. It’s so natural, too.

‘How is this possible?’

It was so out of common sense that he couldn’t even come up with a hypothesis. Moreover, it was not a situation where he could leisurely hypothesize or establish theories.

‘There’s nothing I can do about this!’

So far, Karnak had not suffered at all despite dealing with all kinds of necromancers. This was not because his magic power was higher than his enemies.

After returning to space-time, it was Karnak, who purposely developed only chaos magic. He managed to deal with the situation with minimal force somehow, avoiding necromancy training as much as possible.

As a result, the command power itself was extremely small. In terms of pure command power, even those nerdy necromancers with their heads burst open were ten times more powerful than Karnak.

Even so, the reason he had easily dealt with the necromancers was because he clearly understood the opponent’s weaknesses. Since he was almost at the level of foreknowledge, even if he did a pin, he was able to strike ahead to prevent the necromancer from being activated and easily subdue him.

But that method now seemed impossible……

[Barros, don’t be nervous.]

He had to deal with the man with only chaos magic and a handful of command power.

[If we don’t get lucky, we will all die here.]

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Karnak swallowed. For the first time since returning to this era, he felt a sense of crisis. Barros’ complexion hardened immediately.

[Is that the situation?]

He didn’t know the details. But, he knew Karnak’s expressions all too well.

[Somehow, I thought it worked out so well]

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“There is no way to escape…….”

The dark space moved with an eerie voice. The bloody swamp wriggled, and dozens of tentacles surged through the air.

“Sacrifices, offer your foolish souls to darkness!”

Riltain hurriedly prepared the wind magic. The windstorm became the blade of decapitation–the wind blade. Serati also threw a fighting sword. Wind blades and red auras spread through the heights and hit the tentacles.

Papa pat!

The flying tentacles were either broken or scattered in all directions. Riltain muttered.

“Oh, will it work this time?”

The aura and magic didn’t work at all earlier, but the attack went in properly this time. If Alius and the others had a bright color, it was emotionless. He heard Karnak’s cold voice.

“No need to be happy because it was done on purpose.”

“Pardon?”

A strange sight was reflected in the eyes of Serati who was puzzled. All the fallen tentacles changed into different forms at once. Each of them became a two-meter-tall giant of darkness and began to shout with grotesque noises.

Gwwww!

Gwwwww!

It was a chaos golem, a ghost puppet made of blood and darkness. All at once, the golems started attacking the party. Alius expanded his sacred wand.

“Hatoba! Protect your servant!”

A hemisphere of starlight wrapped around the party. The golden wand pushed away the golems that were rushing in momentarily. But it didn’t last long.

Gooooo!

With screams, the Golems began pounding on the light curtain.

Goooo!

Whenever a blow was struck, an explosion sounded, and the curtain distorted. Alius let out a groan.

“Kuk! Keuuk!”

Every time the golem’s barrage was unleashed, the shock flowed back and hit him hard. It was not because of simple physical force, but because of the fists filled with dark energy.

“It is useless. Priest Allius!”

Ridicule was heard.

“Your light is too weak in the face of true darkness.”

His intestines twisted, and blood spurted out.

Aaaaa!

Alius stumbled, coughing up blood. Riltain shouted while concentrating.

“Hold on for a little while!”

You never knew when this veil would break. Therefore, it was necessary to turn the situation upside down with the most powerful magic. When the spell finished, Riltain raised the wand above his head.

“Frenzied heat that burns everything, flame strike!”

A huge pillar of fire filled the hall and swept away the golems in one fell swoop.

Hooo……!

It was the strongest fire-type spell he could currently use, and he thought he was going to be swept away. The chaos golems opened their mouths the moment the pillars of fire flew. Throwing up the darkness, they let out a roar.

Gooooo!

The heatwave was enveloped in darkness, and all of them died away. They were not scattered or smashed. They had completely disappeared.

“Oh, is it okay if I set fire to someone else’s house?”

With a tongue-in-cheek voice, the curtain of light finally broke.

Quaang!

Chaos golems swarmed and attacked the party. A huge dark grip gripped Alius’ neck.

“Ugh! Ha, Hatoba……”

He tried to cast a holy spell, but it was no use. Darkness pierced the whole body and drove away the activation of the divine power itself. A pleasant voice rang out.

“As expected, we need to secure the priest first.”

Riltain was in a similar situation.

‘Damn! Hurry up and cast the next spell…….’

Normal Magic was boiling right after he had cast such a large amount of magic. If he could control his breathing for a moment, he would be able to use his magic again, but that.

‘At the moment, it’s not possible.’

Fuck! A golem knocked him down and trampled him. Riltane wriggled on the soles of his feet.

“Ugh, uh uh uh!”

And soon, he was drooping. As expected, the mind was suppressed by the invasion of darkness.

“Well, I also caught a high-ranking wizard.”

Straf’s attention shifted to Serati.

“Is that girl the only one left now?”

Of course, Karnak and Barros still remained. But, Straf paid little attention to them. They were just ordinary knights who had not awakened to fighting spirits and intermediate wizards from the 4th circle. It was an insignificant sacrifice compared to Aura users. It was going to be pushed out of the priority list. Serati was still holding out.

“Hey, heck heck!”

She never despaired even when her teammates were defeated one after another, aiming at the chaos golems while wielding a fighting sword.

“Taaaaaa!”

But it didn’t work. No matter how much she wielded her fighting sword, she was only blocked by the armor of darkness clad in golems. In the end, the blow was allowed. A heavy regime hit her on the shoulder.

Poooooop!!

It barely deflected, but the shock stopped her movement for a moment. In the meantime, the golem’s savage grip gripped her neck.

“This, profit!”

She hurriedly tried to cut off the golem’s arm with a fighting sword, but to no avail. Still, the chaos golem didn’t get a single scratch.

“You are truly a full-fledged soul.”

A voice of satisfaction came from the air.

“You will indeed make a great sacrifice.”

It was then.

Whiik!

Suddenly, a plain steel sword flew at the golem’s forearm. Thick forearms cut right away, with a loud metallic sound went out. The golem’s severed forearm lost its strength and untied Serati’s neck again. Taking advantage of the gap, Barros hugged her and stepped back.

“Are you okay, Miss Serati?”

Serati widened her eyes. The armor of darkness, which was useless no matter how much it was cut with a fighting sword, was cut like a can of sorghum by fear of steel.

“Uh, how?”

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