Chapter 112 – 112. Subjugation of New Monsters (5)
Necromancer (死靈術), or necromantic magic (降靈術), is literally one of the occult and black magic that summons the ‘soul of the dead’ and uses it as one’s servant.
The soul of the dead refers to the mental body that has been disconnected from the body, and the spirit summoned to this world by necromancy cannot disobey the order of the necromancer, the subject.
The fate of a spirit who cannot disobey his whole life and is abused as a servant of a black magician is harsh, unable to enjoy eternal rest.
Besides, the quality of this necromancer is even worse.
“You were playing with a dead body.”
How would the commander feel, having no choice but to watch the spectacle of attaching parts of the beast’s body to his dead body and synthesizing it?
The body of the deceased was also raped in front of the body owner, and now the soul was forcibly settled in the body of a monster that was not human for the rest of his life, and humans had to be killed according to the necromancer’s orders.
“It’s terrible…”
After hearing Eunhyun’s explanation, Cecilia muttered, frowning.
Likewise, Rio deu also nodded her head as if she understood Eunhyeon’s explanation while making a similarly unhappy expression to Cecilia.
“Is that why all of the Witchbeasts stopped their actions due to Princess Armitas’ ‘purification’?”
“Because the purification made all the spirits that had settled in the body of the Chimera become Buddhas.”
It was a gamble that Eun-hyeon guessed based on the clues he obtained while cutting the beasts, but the result was successful.
“Manipulating the souls of the dead…”
While thinking about the dangers of the ‘necromancer’ mentioned by Eunhyeon, Liode put the question that came to his mind into his mouth.
“I don’t think you even noticed at first.”
“Oh, I didn’t even notice. If I had noticed the chimeras as soon as I saw them, I wouldn’t have asked the princess for a ‘prayer of blessing’. If you immediately purify the demons with the ‘Prayer of Purification’, you could neutralize the Chimeras without a fight. This… It was purely my mistake.”
“Mistake?”
“In my head, I thought that the dark magic of necromancer would no longer appear in this world.”
“Why?”
“Because I killed him. The only necromancer in this world.”
“…”
“I burned away all her legacy that woman left behind. So never again… I thought that necromancers would not appear in this world. However…”
Naturally, power went into Eun-hyeon’s fists, and wild magic radiated out as if expressing his emotions.
“Huh… !”
Cecilia, who was choked by the harsh energy that oppressed the barracks, looked at Eun-hyeon in surprise, and Leo also looked at him with a surprised expression.
Emotions of hatred and anger flowed from Eunhyeon’s face revealing his blatant hatred.
[Hey. Calm down.]
‘… Goddess.’
[I know how the child is feeling right now. But right now, isn’t it urgent to solve this problem? Being able to vent emotions is a good thing for a child, but don’t you know that he shouldn’t be so swayed by those emotions that he can’t make good judgment?]
Eun-hyeon, who sighed a little at Belldandy’s comforting words as she hugged her neck and stroked his head, suppressed her growing disgust and apologized.
‘Whoa, that’s right. Sorry.’
[Whoops, it’s okay. Let’s move on with the story.]
‘Yes.’
After withdrawing the mana flowing from her body, Eunhyeon made an embarrassed expression and apologized to Leo De and Cecilia.
“Sorry, I’ve become a bit emotional.”
“No, it seems that this is also related to your personal story.”
“Okay, it’s okay…”
As if the trembling hadn’t gone away yet, Cecilia held her hands together trying to stop the trembling with her own force.
Seeing Eun-hyeon’s expression and sensing the bad relationship between ‘necromancer’ and Eun-hyeon, Liode naturally proceeded with the story as if it was okay.
“So, to sum up your thoughts, ‘Bandits’ raid a village to procure corpses, and then ‘Alchemist’ synthesizes parts of the Witchbeast’s body to create a humanoid Chimera. Settles and controls the soul. You mean?”
“That’s right. I examined the corpses that were at least untouched by the princess’s purification, and they were all villagers’ corpses. They found evidence of sexual assault on the bodies of men, the elderly, young children and women. Among the chimeras, only the bandits were invisible. This is why I thought that the necromancer, the alchemist, and the bandits were a gang.”
Instead of preserving the lives of the bandits, the necromancer and alchemist were using them to procure corpses.
Perhaps in the process, there would be an opportunity to plunder food and rape women, so I guessed that there would be a clear carrot and stick for the bandits to follow them even though they were afraid.
“I’ll organize a search party with the troops I can move tomorrow and look for traces of bandits.”
“I’ll go.”
“Are you okay?”
“Now that this has happened, we have to finish it quickly. We can’t neglect the fact that those monsters keep coming out, and the production method is even more dangerous. They will probably continue raiding other villages and start slaughtering humans.”
“What do you need?”
“Attach two fast-moving knights. So that I can send you a message right away if something happens. If me and the search party don’t return by the time the sun goes down, then you decide.”
“I want to go too.”
Entering the barracks, Eunhyeon and Riod, who were talking at the voice of a woman expressing her intention to participate, turned their heads towards the entrance.
“… There is no need for the princess to join the search party.”
“With that kind of logic, isn’t there any reason for you to be the first?”
“I came out because I have the ability to make appropriate actions and judgments in search and reconnaissance. Aren’t you a princess? Besides, the princess’s role now is to remain in the camp and take care of the wounded. Why do you want to join the search party?”
“I am on my way back after finishing first aid for the injured. I happened to hear the story of the three people while I was on my way to report to the captain. Did you say ‘necromancer’? It’s not enough to play with the soul of the deceased, even to insult the body of the deceased by synthesizing a demonic beast into the body.”
It wasn’t enough to clenched her fists tightly, so Eleanor, who gnashed her teeth and expressed her anger, continued.
“I keep thinking about what the child said, whose face was so distorted that I couldn’t even distinguish her expression properly. ‘Thank you so much for saving us.’ I hated myself for turning away and averting my gaze.”
How painful it must have been
How would you like to be free?
Feelings of frustration built up in my heart whenever I thought of the souls of the dead who became chimeras and were tossed around by the necromancer and experienced hell.
“I want to see the faces of the motherfuckers who made them like that.”
“If we catch it, we will bring it here first and show it to the princess.”
“No. I can’t wait.”
“The princess’ escort knights won’t allow it.”
“You can take it apart and take me with you. You are special.”
Her Eun-hyeon, who had carried her on her shoulders like a hauler, to forcibly expand the hierarchy of her divine powers in Eleanor, to keep her out of her way, and did something similar to her abduction, had no sound to say. It wasn’t.
“These days, you secretly mix half words. If you keep doing that, will I let you go?”
“Ah! Either way! While leaving it to my brother!”
“Anyway, no.”
“Oh really!”
“Yeah… Mister…”
“I would have told you to call me Captain or Marquis in public.”
“All right, Captain.”
“What?”
“Why are you two fighting?”
Cecilia looked at the two of them scuffled between ‘Absolutely not’ and ‘I’ll follow you unconditionally’ as they never narrowed their opinions, and Cecilia asked Riod with a puzzled expression.
Hearing her question, Lyod didn’t answer her for a long time, then folded her arms and closed her eyes.
“It’s the same reason I didn’t take you on the expedition.”
“Uh, uh…”
Cecilia, who was at a loss for words in her analogy of Leo de, was embarrassed, and avoided her gaze while fiddling with her own glasses.
The next day, Eun-hyeon prepared early in the morning and was waiting for the group to go on a search together.
“Hey. Are you still going crazy?”
“It wasn’t tight.”
“Then what is it? That expression full of dissatisfaction that I don’t like.”
“I don’t want to talk.”
All of a sudden, the search party was composed of 20 people, including Eunhyeon, Riod, Eleanor, and her escort knights, made up of the highest ranks.
The culprit of this situation was none other than Riod, who himself had no choice but to bring Cecilia by Eun-hyeon, but when he made a disqualifying logic as a commander, Eun-hyeon sent a stunned gaze.
In the first place, since he knew that ‘necromantic art’ was being used in the fight against the humanoid chimera beast, Eleanor’s ability as a priest was no different from a hidden card, so there was no problem with the judgment itself, so Eun-hyeon couldn’t reject it too much.
The commander of this expedition was Riod, and he had no choice but to give his opinion and not tell him what to do, so he had no choice but to accept Leode’s decision.
“… Are you mad at me for forcing me to follow you?”
“No, it’s not because of the princess.”
Recognizing that Eun-hyeon was feeling low pressure, Eleanor looked at him, but Eun-hyeon did not give a detailed explanation.
Eleanor, who did not properly hear about the relationship between the necromancer and Eun-hyeon, was rather worried that Eun-hyeon had such a hard expression and low mood.
“Are you feeling unwell? I prayed for vitality…”
“No. It’s not like that.”
When Eun-hyeon shook her head and made fun of her in a light manner, a different atmosphere than usual was formed, and Eleanor didn’t say anything anymore.
“From the moment the souls of the Chimera Witchbeasts attained enlightenment through purification, the necromancer must have noticed the change.”
“Maybe I’ll run away.”
Through Riod’s sword attack, Eleanor’s purification, and the battle of the expedition members, a total of about 200 humanoid chimera monsters were eliminated.
Of course, the necromancer who was manipulating the Chimeras would also feel the change and take some action.
If he guessed that there would be a large-scale force that had subjugated 200 monsters nearby, the black magician would naturally think that an army of a size he could not match had come and think of running away.
Riod’s judgment was correct as he quickly organized a search party and took action to find traces of the black magician, alchemist, and bandit.
“Let’s go.”
“Okay.”
“Ah…”
Eun-hyeon, who had been at the forefront of the search party nodding his head with his hard face, moved his steps and headed towards his ranks.
Eleanor reached out to him to say something of hers, but she put on a complicated expression thinking about Eun-hyeon, who soon disappeared.
“Are you worried?”
“My, why am I worried about that person?”
Eleanor, taken aback by Leo de’s sudden question to herself, replied to Rio de.
Feigning her composure, it seemed like nothing was wrong, but after confirming her gaze, which was obviously agitated, Riod turned her head and moved his gaze to the ranks of the expedition.
“I also see it for the first time. For him to show such disgust in her face so blatantly.”
“Even the Marquis… Are you seeing this for the first time?”
At Eleanor’s surprised expression, Leo de nodded her head slightly.
“We’ve been together for a long time, but he’s never told anyone his story. It was the same for me and Illyana. Perhaps there is a complicated story between the black magic called the necromancer and Eunhyun. I guessed that it was a bad relationship that was entangled even before we met.”
As much as Eun-hyeon put the word necromantic in her mouth, her deep disgust was real.
“That man… How old are you?”
The string of ties between a man who was called a hero of an era and a young man whose everything is veiled can be seen from the way Riod treats Eun-hyeon that it is not fake.
“Probably a lot more than me.”
Riod is one of the beings who saw Eunhyun’s power up close.
That’s why I know that many of the swordsmanship, chessmanship, spearmanship, magic, etc. He showed are not just talents, but the highest level created through painstaking effort and a lot of time.
The time of countless experiences that cannot be contained in a person’s life is engraved in Eun-hyeon’s body.
That’s why Riod respects Eun-hyeon.
He was truly a hero who protected this world, and only himself and Illyana and others knew.
“Slowly, let us prepare ourselves. Now that the situation is like this, we need to catch them before they escape, so we have to hurry.”
“All right.”
Eleanor replied with a firm nod of her head.
Perhaps after seeing Eun-hyeon’s uneasy, very low-spirited expression, a troubled mind did not disappear even in her heart.
