Ch 36

Chapter 36

9. Ranfeld Mansion (5)

Space changed.

The swamp of blood, tentacles of darkness, and walls of meat that covered the hall collapsed, revealing their original appearance. It was because the spirit barrier was out of control.

“Hey, why didn’t you listen to me all of a sudden?”

Straf frowned. Judging from the circumstances, it must have been the work of that Karnak…

“What the hell did you do!”

The barrier was not broken. He was still exuding the magic of darkness as he unfolded. It wasn’t even the command power that was blocked on the way. It was still transmitted steadily according to his will, flowing over the barrier according to reason.

As written in the commando, he did it without any mistakes. Everything was running fine. But it didn’t work all of a sudden.

‘What happened?’

Karnak smiled coldly as he watched the collapsing dead space.

‘Don’t you know?’

Even though the barrier was breaking, there was no reaction and this was proof that Straf was extremely flustered.

‘And there’s no way you’ll ever find out.’

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A mixed barrier of light and darkness that threw Karnak into anarchy. He tried to take away control of the barrier all the time, but he couldn’t damage it. To be honest, he was even frustrated.

“No, do you mean that there is still a necromancer in the world that I don’t know about?”

Particularly frustrating was that the original priest used a technique that even Karnak, the King of Death, could not understand. Since he lost all his powers during his reincarnation, he understood that he was being pushed out of his powers.

However, he was still proud of his knowledge and wisdom as the ultimate necromancer! It was then that he suddenly realized. Something was strange.

If so, Straf was the ultimate necromancer, a monster among monsters who conquered the world, brought down even the Seven Goddesses and the Dragon Emperor, and possessed profound wisdom and knowledge unknown even to the necromancer Karnak.

What was that? That guy who pretended to be proud while summoning at least a chaos golem?

“This…..”

He had a reasonable doubt.

“Actually, that person doesn’t even know?”

He tried to change his method just in case. Instead of removing the opponent’s darkness and control, He put another command barrier on top of it!

As he was, he was stupid. It was just something that added strength to the opponent. Even if he had a basic understanding of necromancy, he should use a tactic that would destroy him quickly.

No, it was a level that could not even be called a technique. However, if this fusion of light and darkness did not originate from some profound technique if it just happened by chance and Straf himself did not know the reason…

“That guy is also in the same position as me.”

The moment he changed his technique, confusion would arise!

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As expected, Straf did not manage the situation at all. No, he didn’t even seem to know that the confusion had occurred in the first place. If he noticed, at least he tried to fix it.

Eventually, the barrier of death came to a complete stop. Looking back at the hall on the mansion’s first floor, which had returned to its original form, Karnak smiled bitterly.

“You’re just a guy who’s learned to scratch the surface of a watermelon.”

It was much better than the others who hadn’t even touched a watermelon but still didn’t know what a real watermelon tastes like. Thank to this, the spirit barrier that subdued them no longer existed.

Karnak shouted, “Barros! Let’s jump!”

It was Barros who had been waiting for instructions.

“Yes!”

It was time to run toward the exit as if he had been waiting for it. Karnak, who had escaped first, screamed.

“Hey, I need to take care of that girl too! Are you going to throw it away?”

“Yes.”

Serati was still down. And that was a terrible look with both arms cut off.

“Gosh!”

For a moment, Barros was stunned.

“Do you think the Young Master cares about other people now?”

At the same time, he felt a sense of bewilderment. He was worried about her for a moment, but he quickly forgot about it. However, Karnak was able to take care of others’ comfort before he knew it.

‘Do you mean ‘like a human’?’

‘Unbelievable! No matter how much I thought I was more human than that human!’

With deep self-reflection, Barros hurriedly ran to Serati.

“I-get off… The necromancer bastard…”

Even while unconscious, she struggled.

‘Ah, this lady also saw the Young Master use necromancy, right?’

Hatred-filled gazes from a deep sense of betrayal were shooting at him.

“You were fooling us all this time… You wicked…”

Barros didn’t care.

“I hadn’t seen this kind of gaze for a day or two.”

Barros ignored whether or not she struggled and carried her on his shoulder. Then, her whole body went limp. It was exhausting and temperamental.

‘It’s more comfortable to hold…’

Barros ran straight through the exit to the front yard of the mansion. Then he approached Karnak, who was anxiously waiting for him, and spoke admiringly.

“Young Master, have you changed? You told me to take care of this lady too.”

“Of course,” Karnak replied.

“Aura users are highly valued as sacrifices. We’ll just kill him, but we’ll want to secure this lady alive. You can use it as a shield.”

Barros smiled brightly.

“So it is.”

“As expected, Young Master doesn’t disappoint.”

Even so, he still seemed a little more like a happy human than that guy.

“Now is not the time to talk nonsense! Run!”

“Yes, yes!”

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Two men jumped out through the open entrance of the mansion. Barros followed Karnak and Serati, who led the way. Seeing the two of them cross the garden, Straf gnashed his teeth.

“Huh! Do you think you’ll miss it?”

He didn’t know what had happened. The spirit barrier he opened still didn’t close. However, that didn’t mean he had to stick to it all the time.

“It looks like I have some talent, but…”

Straf’s powers of darkness were still vast. There was no reason to be obsessed with the invisible barrier. Just throw it away and open it again!

“In the face of overwhelming power, even tricks are useless!”

With a roar, the landscape of the desolate garden began to change. The sky whirled and turned blood red. The ground swayed and stretched out dozens of tentacles. A thorny vine sprouted and became a huge wall, blocking the two.

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Looking around, Karnak stuck out his tongue, “His death power is really overflowing. I think he ate a lot of other necromancers?”

But, it still wasn’t a big deal. You were saying that you were going to open the Command Barrier again? No more confusion!

“Huup!”

Karnak spread his arms wide. Darkness rose and stretched out its arms in all directions. Compared to the thick aura that covered the garden, the darkness was too feeble. Still, the results were surprising.

The unfolding barrier of death disappeared again. As if time had been turned backward, both the sky and the earth returned to their original form.

“Damn, doesn’t this work?”

With a swear word, Straf changed his tactics. Another death barrier unfolded, the world changed again, and it collapsed again. This situation kept repeating itself.

Taking advantage of that gap, the two eagerly ran away. He was running like that. Barros asked, suddenly puzzled.

“Do you really need to run away, young master?”

Apparently, now Karnak could definitely break Straf’s scheme.

“I think it’s better to just go back like this and kill him.”

Karnak shook his head, “No.”

“Why?”

“Because he’s trying this and that.”

It was when Barros, who did not understand, tilted his head. Bodies began to rise all over the garden. They were the soldiers of Ranfeld Mansion whom Karnak and his party rushed in and slain. They turned into zombies due to Straf’s necromancy.

A group of corpses began to walk the ground while letting out a bizarre moan. None of them were ordinary zombies. It was so ignorant that he poured out his commanding power and became a monster comparable to a fairly high-rank undead. Still, Barros wasn’t worried.

‘I’ll fall on my own again, well.’

All high-level death barriers were useless, so how could that be different? It wasn’t.

“Prepare to fight, Barros.”

“Huh? Are you saying it doesn’t work for them?”

“Yes.”

Straf’s barrier of death was easier to break with more advanced techniques. The more complex the spell, the more confusion occurred. Conversely, simple necromantic methods did not work well.

“It’s not like he knew what he did, but…”

Saying that he knew this would happen, Karnak was prepared for battle.

“If you try this and that, one thing will eventually get stuck.”

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“Is it working this time? Why?”

Though puzzled, Straf’s eyes lit up. He didn’t know why, but this technique was not hindered. If so, he didn’t miss this opportunity!

“Go, my people!”

The shape of the zombies changed. Abominable fangs sprout, and nails change into those of a beast. Skeletons grotesquely twisted, and muscles swelled.

“Tear them apart and offer their souls to me!”

The cursed monsters, neither human nor beast and whose original form was no longer visible, let out a pain-filled roar.

“Kuaaa!”

Barros shook his sword at the group of deformed zombies that attacked.

“Taaaat!”

Even though he was swinging the sword with only one hand while carrying Serati on his shoulder, his movements were unstoppable. It was thanks to the rich experience of carrying people and fighting from before.

“It’s only once or twice that I’ve fought on the back of an exhausted boy!”

Fortunately, in this lifetime, Karnak had also improved considerably. Thanks to that, he had plenty of time to walk around on his feet and use magic.

“The light of pure destruction, Arcane Burst!”

He fired a series of flashes of destruction to push back the approaching monster, then activated necromancy.

“Blade of darkness, protect your master, Dark Blade!”

The black blade cut through the approaching zombies one after another. So, Barros and Karnak fought fiercely against the zombie horde. Even though it seemed like he would collapse at any moment, he surprisingly endured it repeatedly. It wasn’t just because he was used to fighting the undead.

“W-Do you see those guys?”

Even though there was danger while fighting, nobody missed the fact that he carried Serati on his shoulders while battling the zombies in front.

“I’m sorry, Miss Serati!”

Since they couldn’t carelessly kill precious sacrifices worth each Aura user, they had no choice but to reap the attack. Excited, Straf stuck out his tongue.

“What are all these guys like?”

Using an ally as a meat shield! Wasn’t that the pitiful woman with both arms cut off? Were they really human beings?

“Really, necromancers are things you can’t do with each other!”

It seemed that he had erased from his mind that he had made Serati look like that. Self-justification was not the only characteristic of necromancers, so there was nothing particularly surprising about it. Anyway, Karnak and Barros were fighting surprisingly well. It was a great talent compared to the skills he possessed.

“Although it’s only leftovers.”

No matter how talented you were, they were only ordinary. His commanding power was low, his magic power was low, and his fighting spirit was not awakened.

“I’ll put an end to it!”

Straf concentrated. A powerful, commanding power emanated from the mansion’s basement and penetrated the sky above the garden.

Whoops!

“Come, the demon of Gehenna!”

A door of darkness opened in the air, and a bloody three meters tall giant appeared. It was a maz-nun, a demon of the abyss with two black horns on its head, a hideous appearance, and bristling muscles.

“Kuaaa!” The demon growled, revealing its presence with a roar.

“Contractor, tell me what you want!”

Straf replied triumphantly, “Kill the boys and bring that woman to me!”

If it were Maz-nun, its power would be comparable to that of a Purple Aura user. No matter how familiar they were with necromancy, they couldn’t help it in the face of overwhelming power! However, the devil reacted unexpectedly.

“Who?”

“……What?”

“Who the hell are you going to kill?”

Straf couldn’t understand why the devil was doing that. It was when Straf put on a dazed expression.

“Did you catch it soon?”

Karnak glanced at the demon with a fishy smile.

“Well, that demon came out late, right? Of course, you won’t be fooled.”

“Are you fooling me? What…..??”

Karnak waving his hand was reflected in Straf’s field of vision.

“Thank you, nerdy necromancer man.”

At the same time, the figures of Karnak, Barros, and Serati began to blur.

“I’ve never seen such an innocent human as you.”

Suddenly, the appearance of the three disappeared completely. All that remains is a legion of zombies and demons roaming around.

“Contractor, tell me exactly what you want! Who do you want to kill and bring?”

Straf opened his mouth, “……It was all an illusion?”

Since when? Where? Shouts filled with anger filled the basement of the mansion.

“You motherfuckers dare!”

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