The Necromancer Commands Slaves, Not Undeads

31 – Winter and the Chaser (7)

This is written in a book in the Imperial Library.

-‘Magicians are not the only beings who manipulate mana.’

The book containing that phrase, published in 192 of the Imperial Calendar, was written by a court wizard at the time, and unlike today, it was published at a time when wizards were still rare and contributing to the internal affairs of the empire.

That phrase even raised questions among other magicians. People called a being who understood mana and could use its source to transform it into whatever the magician wanted.

In that case, the noun of a being that can handle mana is clearly a wizard, and there are no other nouns. At the time, no one understood why the court wizard wrote such a phrase.

However, as the story of the legendary twin brother knights who single-handedly defeated an evil dragon and stopped armies of orcs and ogres spread throughout the empire, wizards understood the book’s meaning.

Wizards who knew about the potential of mana, a mysterious substance that can become anything, were able to find a connection between their legends and mana.

They discovered that they instinctively used mana to strengthen their bodies transcendentally.

Then should those brothers also be called wizards? A discussion continued.

The mana management technique used by the brothers was different from general magic in that it resided in the body, so unfortunately they did not become wizards.

However, he gave the name of the mana management technique used by the brothers.

The name Aura was given based on their last name and meaning.

And after the brothers showed their legendary actions. Strangely, martial artists using Aurors gradually appeared within the empire.

Aurors were only revealed to warriors who trained their bodies.

Currently, the number of Auror users was a very small number, less than 500, out of the empire’s population of 100 million.

Every one of them had the qualifications to write a legend as a wizard.

Dorothy’s eyes showed a faint blue glow, a symbol of Auror manifestation.

Of course, there was no one on this battlefield who had knowledge of Dorothy’s Auror manifestations.

Dorothy just thought that she would not give Junul, who was in pain and showing signs of weakness, time to recover.

Her broken rapier began to dance gracefully.

At a faster pace than before, the tip of the sword began to sharply cut into Znul’s body.

Numerous but shallow cuts appeared on Znul’s body, and blood poured out in large quantities from those wounds.

“aaah, ahhh!!”

Dorothy puts her broken rapier into her sheath. Seeing her patter, patter, and dripping blood from Znul, Dorothy was confident of her own victory.

And Znul could no longer move her huge body as she had believed.

Znul, who has lived her entire life as a predator, seems unable to believe her own defeat.

She stretched her hands to the sky and knelt down on his knees. The orc’s eyes lose their vitality, and soon his body falls to the ground with a small vibration.

***

I was watching Dorothy’s fight. And Philip, the chief of the Celtic village next to me, let out an exclamation.

“Oh my god… I never thought that that little girl could beat the orc leader!”

To be honest, my heart was pounding when Dorothy was hit by the orc’s fist and was sent flying away, but when Dorothy won, I was able to breathe a sigh of relief.

“Thank goodness. It’s a close call, but I can sort it out.”

When their leader fell to Dorothy, the morale of the orcs fell instantly.

Still, it was not easy for the undead to cook the orcs whose morale had hit rock bottom. All of the Skeleton Warriors were destroyed, and only one of the bears that had been stirring up the center remained.

The skeleton archers put down their bows and instead picked up the swords and shields of the shattered warriors.

Afterwards, the skeleton archers charged at the remaining orcs and slaughtered them.

However, only two of the orcs were kept alive for interrogation, and their bodies were tied up.

That’s how the situation ended. I quickly walked towards Dorothy before I could control the situation.

“Dorothy are you okay?”

While fighting the orc, Dorothy allowed a blow to be struck. Afterwards she lost the use of her right arm during her battle, as if her arm was broken.

However, contrary to my expectations, as I approached Dorothy was looking at her right arm with a curious expression.

“Dorothy?”

“Master, look at this. Her arm clearly wasn’t moving just a moment ago, but now it’s moving again.”

I looked at Dorothy’s wounds. If it was her original fracture, it would be normal for her injured area to be swollen by now, but the wound on Dorothy’s arm looked like nothing more than a bruise.

It definitely looked like it was broken…

I scratched my head for a moment at that strange scene.

I had no professional medical knowledge about fractures, so I couldn’t make an easy decision.

It clearly looked like a fracture… But since there is no X-ray or city in this world, it was impossible to film it.

“First, let’s watch the condition. Try not to move your arm as much as possible. It may be broken.”

“Yes. Okay.”

Once I confirmed that Dorothy was okay, I looked at the remaining undead soldiers.

No matter how immortal the army was, it was not invincible.

The orcs’ resistance was strong, so the losses were severe. Each individual was much larger and stronger than the human soldiers, so they were not an easy opponent.

The remaining troops are about 7 skeleton warriors who have abandoned their bows and are carrying swords and shields, and 1 undead bear.

But the situation did not end all badly. The great advantage of the undead army was that it was easy to supply and replenish.

It was difficult to replenish large beasts like bears, but there were many places where Skeleton Warriors and Archers could be recruited.

Because souls and corpses are everywhere.

And the biggest good news was that it was possible to use skeleton Orc Warriors that were 1.5 Times larger than the current Skeleton Warriors and even their leader, Znul, as subordinates.

It was a good thing to be happy because we got better infantry.

I reached out my hand toward their bodies. And then he muttered quietly.

“Dead bodies and souls, unite in one point.”

Then the bodies and bones of the dead Orc soldiers began to melt. The mysterious melted liquid began to clump together around a single point on the floor.

And when all the liquid came together, it soon turned into beads that could be swallowed in one bite.

Soon the bead floated and came up to my hand. I naturally swallowed the marble.

Gulping – To be honest, the act of swallowing a bead containing a compressed corpse and soul was repulsive at first, but I was used to it by now.

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The beads went down my throat smoothly, as if I was swallowing water, and there was no taste. Also, it was easier to store it in the body and take it out later.

“Oh…”

Philip was next to me. He was looking at me while sighing. I looked at him out of curiosity.

Let alone reviving bones through the soul, turning corpses into beads and swallowing them seems bizarre to the general public.

However, Philip was surprised with an expression that surprisingly showed no resistance.

“Don’t you feel any resistance?”

I looked at him curiously. Until now, whenever I raised a corpse using necromancy, I had never received negative attention, let alone derogatory attention.

At first, I think Morse thought I had an unpleasant look when he saw my spiritual eyes…

Then Philip shook his head.

“Isn’t it the end of a person’s life when he dies anyway? It might feel a bit weird to resurrect a corpse that still has the impression of a close acquaintance… But after all, they’re all skeletons with no one knowing who they are.”

“The wizards’ magic is generally all mysterious, so I don’t feel uncomfortable about it.”

Listen to Philip’s words, it seemed like people didn’t have that much meaning to corpses and death.

For some reason, the common religions and clergy did not exist in the Empire, and the fact that the image of wizards was absolutely positive in the first place also played a role.

In this world, most things are tolerated and tolerated under the name of magic. Unless they were outright killing people and causing harm, wizards were generally treated well.

“Then I’m glad.”

But you better be careful next time. I might have skipped it because it was a good impression because I saved the Celtic village.

I took the last step. The moment you are about to reach out to save Znul as a stock.

“Master!”

Dorothy quickly leaps away, hugs my body and rolls on the floor.

“Ugh!”

I rolled on the floor with Dorothy, who had thrown herself away. The world turned upside down. What kind of lightning is this…

“Dorothy…?”

When I opened my eyes and observed the situation, I saw a huge arrow stuck in the ground where I was standing.

After that. The sound of bones being crushed was heard. Of course, it wasn’t my and Dorothy’s bones, and looking at the direction, it was a place where undead were.

“What on earth is this…?”

“Master, it’s dangerous.”

Dorothy, who had been pressing down on top of me, slowly stood up, watching the direction from which the sound came with alert eyes.

My eyes followed Dorothy’s gaze. In addition to the undead, there was only one person in sight.

When his appearance was revealed, I felt my heart sink.

I narrowed my eyes and stared at his face.

“Mors…”

It seemed like this damned pursuer who had been chasing us from the old woman’s hut had finally caught up with us.