54. Puppeteer (1)
“This is Zone X. Black Mage.”
A beggar guided Oliver and said so.
Oliver looked around the streets that looked a bit like Sector W, but much more dangerous.
“Here you go?”
“Yes, this is X…. I’m sorry, but if it’s okay with you, I’ll stop…”
“Oh, yes. Just go back.”
“Go, thank you. I beg you to be safe. Black Mage.”
The beggar, trembling in fear, bowed his head to the point where he thought it was too much and went back the way he had come.
Originally, Cant was supposed to come with me, but due to problems such as post-processing, in the end, only a guide was attached, but to be honest, Oliver didn’t care.
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No, to be honest, I was more comfortable being alone.The first warlock he meets after leaving Weinham.
If possible, I wanted to meet you alone.
If what I saw through the watcher’s eye (eyeball necklace) is correct, there must be a warlock behind the mole here.
He couldn’t explain it in detail, but Oliver could feel it.
A person who sees himself through his eyeballs.
“The question is, where exactly is it…”
I knew the approximate location, but I didn’t know the specific location.
But that wasn’t much of a problem.
Oliver focused his attention on his eyes.
Before long, I could feel a lot of emotions everywhere.
Anyone who came to Oliver for any purpose.
“Is there anything I can do?”
Someone came out through the dimmed streetlights.
“You just noticed it.”
Coming out of the darkness was a woman, a beautiful woman in a very colorful outfit.
“like······.”
If I had to compare it, would it be a doll?
High-heeled leather shoes, a plaid skirt with loads of lace, on the other hand, her chest was half exposed and her waist was tight.
A ribbon was tied around his neck, and a colorful feathered hat was worn on his head.
Her skin was as white as powder, and her lips were red as if burning.
It was the first Oliver had ever seen.
asked the woman.
“Are you the warlock brought in by the beggars?”
“uh···. Yes. My name is Oliver.”
“Olivera…. My great master, puppeteer Glyph, saw you fighting. Surprisingly, he showed interest. He wants to see you. You know it is an honor.”
His arrogant attitude reminded him of a theater actor.
However, Oliver didn’t care. He wanted to meet him too.
As Oliver nodded, she turned back the way she had come and began to guide the way.
Only the sound of footsteps echoed quietly, but Oliver looked around silently.
Landa’s Zone X.
Where the master Joseph lived. This is my third visit.
As Cant said, unlike areas V and W, which are beggars’ dens, from Area X it is a den of criminals and fugitives.
To be precise, it’s like the border between Y and Z where real monsters live.
In any case, it’s true that it’s dangerous compared to Area W.
As if to prove this, Oliver could feel the existence around them.
The woman who was walking with a sound came to a sudden stop.
“Oh, but Oliver. My great master told me to test you one more time. Because he does not deal with inferior beings.”
“ah····. then?”
“First, prove your worth.”
The woman snapped her fingers like an actress, and the zombies that were hiding between the alleys came out with him.
Cracklerrrrrr—-!
Kyakhhhh——-!
Kura la la la la la lak―――――!
One by one, the zombies were wearing swords and awls.
Oliver focused his eyes on the number of zombies.
about fifty.
It reminded me of a fight with Joseph in the past, and Oliver used Vine Shadow to catch zombies and then sliced them up like cheese.
That was then.
[Hat Bullet]
[Hat Bullet]
A bullet of hate that collides in the air and disappears.
The woman holding the test tube covered her mouth with her hand and laughed.
“That’s great. It’s basic… Even though the manipulation series is his specialty, he can even use basic firearms-based black magic.”
“…?”
Oliver tilted his head. Manipulative black magic is your specialty?
“I saw through the necklace of a mole. Your specialty is the operation class. Probably, only the shadow manipulation series were dug to death. If you get that level of proficiency… Who is your master?”
“Well····. If you answer me, would you mind answering my question as well?”
“Ho Ho···. It’s fun. Conversely, I would like to suggest a question. like. I will answer you.”
“Oh, thank you. This is Joseph.”
“Joseph . . . It’s someone you’ve never heard of. It’s third.”
“What····. I don’t know. May I ask you this time?”
“Yes. Shall we match? Why would you want to ask why my Great Teacher is interested in you?”
“…? no. I’m trying to ask why a man manipulates a corpse by pretending to be a woman.”
“········.”
“Isn’t that a lot easier to control? Some kind of command?”
Woman···. No, the female zombie’s expression was distastefully distorted.
Either way, Oliver praised her, no, he.
“Personally, I think it’s great. I’ve seen stories in books about being able to control a corpse like a living person beyond just a zombie… It’s actually the first time I’ve seen it. Maybe it’s because imitating the target makes it much easier to handle?”
“····Shut up.”
Her (his) emotions fluctuated with displeasure, shame, and anger, as if she had touched a place she shouldn’t have touched.
“Your talent is so cute, I tried to test it in moderation, but you dare mock me?”
“Yes? No, it’s not oolong, I think it’s really cool-“
“-Shut up! Hat Bullet!”
The woman extracted her emotions and fired ten bullets of hate at the same time.
Oliver shot the same bullets of hatred to hit the flying bullets.
Bang–! phut-! Fabababang――――!
Bullets of hate exploded in the air like firecrackers.
The shock caused his hair to flutter, but Oliver didn’t mind and looked at the woman in front of him.
It was really weird.
Even if you can make an appearance similar to a living person through processing, you can even use black magic.
Does the manipulator use it through the corpse?
Well····. No, it wasn’t. If so, one conclusion can be drawn.
“That corpse, was it made by a warlock?”
“···you! how?!”
“I saw it in a book. rich···. It’s similar but different. Is the invoice doll more appropriate…? Vine Shadow.”
Shadow tentacles wrapped around the woman’s arm.
It was meant to be tied up like a naked rat and observed.
“under-! You idiot!”
As soon as the arm was caught, the woman cut off her arm.
To be precise, it fell like a lizard tail.
With a click, his arm fell, and a blade similar to that of a mantis that had been hidden inside came out.
Then I ran at a very high speed, and I noticed that there were several spider legs hanging under the puffy skirt.
It wasn’t just makeup.
“I’ll cut off your limbs and take you away!”
“minion.”
With those words, the minion in Oliver’s arms jumped out and fired a ‘thrust’ at the woman who ran right in front of her.
Black magic that destroys and pushes the target by firing a shock wave.
“This is it-!”
Contrary to its appearance, the mortuary doll was stronger than expected and was simply pushed back, but for Oliver, that was enough.
[Targeting]×9
[Hat Bullet]×9
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Nine bullets of hate went into the lower body, four each, two each on both shoulders and chest, and one into the mouth.Wherever the bullets of hatred hit, they were halved, and embalmed leather, flesh, springs, tendons, and bones were scattered on the floor.
The damage was so severe that I couldn’t move any more. Oliver looked at the Invoice Doll.
“Five·····. I knew it was being remodeled, but seeing it this way, it’s different, isn’t it? Spider legs for increased mobility, arms and chest with blades and awls, and a gun in the mouth…. It’s not usually craftsmanship. It suits the name of the puppeteer.”
When Oliver figured out his identity so naturally, his only intact eye shook.
Personally, I was skeptical.
Why did you pretend to be your own disciple?
Is it because you think your workmanship is poor? good enough?
Oliver couldn’t understand.
Well, you can see for yourself.
Oliver looked into the doll’s eyes and focused on his eyes, just as he did with the mole.
The corpse doll tried to close her eyes, but Oliver forced her to open them and forced them to meet.
After a while, I was able to locate the location faster than before.
It was the warehouse building at the end of this alley.
Surprisingly, it was very close.
As soon as he finished his chores, Oliver drained all the life force of the corpse doll and put it in the flask test tube he had collected earlier.
Then I headed straight to the place where the puppeteer Glyph was.
Although he was a little farther away, he looked quite impatient.
why? Oliver just wanted to ask about this amazing workmanship.
His corpses, such as naked rats and corpse dolls, were on the good side.
How can you combine machinery and corpses in this way?
I wanted to ask how you came up with this idea and how you learned it. I felt like I wanted to be taught if I could.
I actually didn’t like it, though.
“Woo!”
When they reached the front of the warehouse at the end of the alley, a drug-enhanced muscular giant appeared, breaking the wall.
A nail in the head and a rotten body.
He was also Glip’s corpse doll.
Unlike women, they didn’t embalm, and I soon found out why.
[Burning Life]
[Muscle Up]
Another corpse doll appeared and cast black magic on the muscular corpse doll.
Upon receiving the power of vitality and rage, the rotten muscles swelled even more.
Apparently, the puppeteer Glyph could handle multiple corpse dolls with precision.
including animals.
Curl rumble—-!
Curl rumble—-!
Two dead dogs, with six legs and steel teeth, ran at incredible speed and attacked both sides of Oliver simultaneously.
It was so fast that it was difficult to hit it even with Hat Bullet.
There, the Warlock’s Invoice Doll even provided support with a ranged attack.
Attacks pouring in from all directions.
[Black Marble]
Bang—!
bang! Kyauk-!
bang! Crook-!
The shield of a sphere that rolled around his body saved Oliver with a spur of the moment.
Perhaps, even if it was a little late, he would have bitten his legs or suffered a ranged attack.
But it’s still too early to be reassured.
“Kyahahahaha -!”
As expected, the muscular corpse doll swung his hammer towards Oliver, whose mobility was sealed with defensive magic.
When black magic was added to the original strength, it was so powerful that the thin black marble went into incontinence at once.
“Kyahahahaha -!”
Tong-!
jjik-
Tung–!
sizzle-
Tung—!
blatantly-
Oliver looked around quickly, looking at the shattering shield.
A muscular corpse doll that pushes in from the front.
Behind the scenes, the Warlock’s Invoice Doll is in charge of support.
A hunting dog corpse doll that hovers around as if cutting an escape route.
I wasn’t as good as the previous female ceremonial doll, but rather focused on each characteristic and showed much superior fighting power.
He seemed accustomed to handling it.
It was no coincidence that Oliver was on the defensive.
“Hmmm…”
After organizing his thoughts, Oliver took out the life force he had extracted earlier and drank it.
Then he cast black magic on his body.
[Burning Life]
Black magic that burns life force to increase overall physical abilities.
Probably, there would be no problem if only the vitality he drank was burned.
With him, Oliver unlocked the Black Marble himself and delved into the moment the Muscular Invoker was in vain grooming.
It would have been difficult normally, but by borrowing the power of black magic, Oliver was barely able to avoid it.
humming—!
A hammer passing through the head and the hair swaying from the wind pressure caused by it.
The corpse dogs were chasing them, but Oliver didn’t care and rushed to the back of the warlock corpse doll.
[Hat Bullet]×20
Twenty bullets of hate fired from close range struck the Warlock’s Invoice Doll.
Of course, he also tried to defend the Puppet, but he couldn’t match Oliver’s own firepower.
It was utterly destroyed, but Oliver immediately turned around and cast black magic at the hound that came close to his nose.
[Ovidence]
Basic black magic that allows you to control a resurrected corpse.
Oliver tried to implant his control on a corpse that already had control.
Crumple…!
Quick profit…!
To their surprise, the dogs shook their heads in agony.
In the book, it was said that you should have superior skills than your opponent.
Oliver could see through the muscular corpse doll the emotions of the terrified warlock beyond.
[Ras Bullet]
[Hat Bullet]×6
Oliver fired bullets at the corpse doll, who had stopped acting in embarrassment.
One shot of Ras Bullet at the Invoice Doll enhanced with black magic.
Three hat bullets each to the hounds.
The corpse dolls were shattered, and the dogs were only broken to a point where they stopped functioning.
But Oliver didn’t stop.
I went to the building to meet the puppeteer Glyph.
And opened the door.
“hello?”