84 – Academy Attack Case – 6
‘It’s not too late.’
When we arrived at the bottom of the strangely shaped portal, we saw a monster that had just pulled out its tail.
It had two horns sprouting from its head, red scales covered its entire body, two legs that were too thick to be considered human, and sharp claws on the ends of its arms that looked a bit weak compared to them.
In addition, a monster that looked like a beast made of a dragon, with a thick tail extending behind it and a head resembling a dragon above its neck, was chattering its teeth.
‘Did you say they were undead made from the corpse of a red dragon?’
It was an undead created by resurrecting the corpse of a red dragon that died a long time ago, so it was half a dragon.
There is a story that because it had been so long since it died, most of its flesh had irreversibly rotted away, making it human-sized.
I took a breath. If the other side starts to use its power in earnest, it will be difficult, so we need to resolve it quickly. It’s not because I’m being pushed, it’s because this area is going to be completely destroyed.
The guy was about to head somewhere, as if he had a purpose for coming here, but he stopped dead in his tracks as he spotted me walking confidently.
Even if it rots, a dragon is still a dragon. It looked to be almost 4 meters tall. Even though only a small part of the body was used, I wondered how big the original was if it was that size.
ㅡKrrr… ….
With a howling sound like boiling phlegm, the red scales heated up. White smoke and haze rose above the scales.
After finishing my breathing, I exhaled the refined mana and kicked the ground.
“Kyaaa!”
The guy raised his arm as if he wanted to fight back, but it was already too late. When the scaly arm was halfway up, the newt cut its neck into pieces.
An additional blow was inflicted on the body that tried to move without even knowing that its head had been cut. The wind split cut exactly through the joints on the guy’s limbs. His arms and legs were each divided into three pieces.
‘This breath is short.’
I cut him as if grazing him and spread a magic circle as he passed by. Refined mana bloomed.
Ice fog covered the entire area, and purple sparks flew out of it. As the ice stuck to it, the red scales cooled down in an instant. Lightning struck the frozen scales.
ㅡKwagwagwanggwang!
The corpses of the undead were instantly torn apart and scattered everywhere. I landed on the floor and exhaled. Blue mana spread from the corner of the mouth like winter breath.
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I observed the fragments that were divided into hundreds of pieces for a while, wondering if it might come back to life. His severed head still looked ready for battle, as if he hadn’t even realized that his body had been torn apart.
There was no further movement.
‘It’s over.’
The monster has been dealt with. All that’s left is to erase the traces and naturally head to the shelter.
“Stop… ….”
The space nearby was torn into black, and a eerie voice was heard from within. I immediately fixed my eternity.
Four Death Knights appeared in the blackened space. It was a death knight holding a large pillar rather than a weapon. The horizontal pillar was connected to a strange-looking thing in the back of the palanquin.
4 In front and 4 in back. It was a structure where an undead in the form of a desiccated corpse was sitting on a palanquin carried by a total of eight Death Knights.
He was adorned with all kinds of jewels and accessories on his body, and the black robe he was wearing was as flashy as the Pope’s robes. In his left hand, he was holding something that appeared to be a human skull.
There was only one Death Knight who decorated his body with all kinds of decorations and could use the Death Knight as a means of transportation even if only one appeared, requiring three Royal Guards to cling to him.
‘…… Elder Lich?
Elder Lich, commander of the 5th Legion of the Demon King’s Army.
The guy looked back and forth between me, who was standing on high alert, aiming for eternity, and the remains of the undead dragon that had exploded into pieces, then raised the orb in his hand.
Then, the pieces that had been torn into hundreds of pieces were instantly reassembled into their original shape. As soon as his body returned, the undead dragon bowed his head deeply in worship to his master.
‘What, was something like that even possible?’
I finished it in one go, so I’m not really upset, but it was such a simple revival that if it had been like that in the original, I would have been criticized a lot for having no conscience.
“You…… Is it a mummy crate? … Astaroth…… He wants to take his life so badly…….”
“Then what?”
The hollow eye sockets looked me up and down. By Astaroth, he was probably referring to the Succubus Queen, but I wondered how much he was gnashing his teeth to say something like that as soon as he saw me.
“Relax…… I didn’t come here to fight…….”
“A guy as big as the commander of the 5th Corps didn’t come all the way here to fight? “Then why did you come?”
“I came to negotiate…” ….”
“Well. “There’s no reason for me to negotiate with someone like you, right?”
“Your knowledge is truly admirable…” … Human breathing will soon become no more than a magical chant…… This is an unexpected concept even after living for so many years… ….”
Despite the fact that I drew a line saying that there was no reason to negotiate, he refused to listen to me and started talking arbitrarily.
I thought about responding with a preemptive attack, but I held back. I might spill some useful information.
Of course, it would be a different story if he was internally preparing to attack while doing that, but there was no sign of that happening in the flow of mana.
“To reach such a level with a human body…… The knowledge to do so…… It is truly wonderful and wonderful…… Talented and qualified…… I have a proposition for you… ….”
The eyes of the skull in his hand glowed black.
“Become a sacrifice for the Life Vessel…… I, in the name of the Elder Lich, promise you eternal life if you do so…….”
I heard that I was an asshole. Surrounded by mana in eternity. The Elder Lich spoke in an incomprehensible tone as he watched her shine as if the refined mana piled up around me resonated with him.
” Are you willing to give up your immortal life and live your life as a mere human…? … ? Isn’t that knowledge that will disappear with your death a waste? … ?”
“It would not be an immortal life, but a life in hell. “It’s better to die than to live like that.”
And, this is not knowledge I gained through my passion for learning. It’s knowledge that I desperately had to learn because I didn’t want to die. That was all the magic in my head.
“I don’t understand…” … I don’t understand…….”
Even though he said he couldn’t understand, he snapped his fingers and created undead. A Death Knight with a proper weapon rose up next to the Death Knight. The undead dragon also straightened his knees.
“I’ll give you another chance, so think about it…… “We are developing magic together”
ㅡPeoeuung!
Before he could even finish his words, the spear made of flames hit him directly on the right half of his body.
The entire area where he was hit melted, and the kiln made up of his unknown bones and skin caught fire. The only remaining eye socket looked straight at me.
The orb shone. The body that had evaporated was immediately regenerated. The same was true for the palanquin. As soon as the fire was extinguished, she regained her original appearance.
I did it knowing it was useless. As is the case in other creative works, the Elder Lich in this novel was also immortal as long as the Life Vessel was not destroyed.
The Life Vessel is sleeping in the deepest part of the area ruled by the Elder Lich of the Demon World.
“Foolish and foolish…… I’m going to turn down the advice and drink the punishment…….”
He raised the orb up to his eyes. Dozens of Death Knights appeared at once. It was enough to make even the Empire run to the Sword Saint in astonishment.
The Elder Lich’s anger did not stop with the Death Knight. Human corpses, monster corpses, and demon corpses rose up from all directions.
In just over 10 seconds, thousands of undead were suddenly surrounding me. Every place the eye could see was filled with rotting corpses.
“Bring that person back with only his head left…” … The only thing you can take is that knowledge…….”
The guy’s finger pointed at me. The undead army, whose numbers are still amplifying in real time, has begun to surge.
Of course, I had no intention of being treated gently. I took my next breath. The refined mana that was waiting to be activated turned into sparks of enormous size and swept everywhere.
The undead banded together and entangled themselves to receive the electric shock. If it were a monster or demon, just being touched by electricity would have stiffened its muscles or caused it to die from an electric shock, but there was no such effect on the undead.
He was hit directly by a spark and exploded, jumping into the dead empty space and swinging Eternal. Dozens of undead were wiped out with the first slash, and the undead that tried to fill the void were swept away by the magic that exploded one step later.
I took the next step and planted my eternity in the ground. The refined mana on the blade seeped into the ground and spread like tree roots.
ㅡRurrr!
The ground shook as if exploding. Unable to withstand the pressure, blue light burst out from all over the place. The undead body swept by the blue light disappeared as if evaporating.
Soon after, the ground began to collapse.
The entire army, which numbered in the thousands, was sucked into a pit that was more than ten meters deep, crushing their comrades underneath with their own weight. Although he wasn’t dead, it wasn’t like he could come out right away.
Magic was scattered in the pit. The undead piled up inside were torn apart one by one, starting from the top. I pulled out eternity. The undead that were approaching from afar fell straight into the pit and were repeatedly torn apart.
“It’s a large-scale magic that doesn’t even require spells or chanting…… This is truly an interesting sight…… You must see your limits…….”
Perhaps he was very intrigued by the fact that I wasn’t chanting at all, so instead of charging the Death Knight and Undead Dragon, he raised the orb again.
A lump of undead that had been torn apart indiscriminately rose upward from a dozen meters of ground. They repeated summoning after summoning, squeezing and crushing each other so that they could be pushed out.
As evidence, the sound of something being crushed was constantly being heard from inside the pit.
I didn’t just watch either. Refined mana was changed to fire magic. The blue fog made of mana burned with bright red flames and fell toward the underground.
In the blink of an eye, thousands of undead burned and turned into ashes, and the process of thousands more undead rising again was repeated endlessly. It was a terrible war of attrition and attrition.
“Oh my god! I knew it would be like this! “I knew it would be like this!”
Just as I was preparing for the next attack, a frivolous voice I had heard before rang out. Immediately afterwards, something crashed down in the empty air.
After confirming its identity, she frowned slightly.
“You can’t believe we’re playing together when it’s not enough to kill Mira Krayt right now! “Are you here to hinder me, not help me?!”
The first corps commander of the Demon King’s army, Maker, was stretching his neck to protest against the Elder Lich.
“Tell me why you came…… Maker…… If you want to interfere, I won’t let you go…….”
“What a distraction! What a sad sound! Isn’t the interference what they are doing to us now! “Why are you throwing out such vain things instead of the Death Knight and the newly created one?”
“It is a process of exploring knowledge…… The joy of seeing new knowledge that has not been known for hundreds of years…… How can something as insignificant as you know? ….”
“Did you call me a hat and an insignificant thing?! How dare you treat that maker like that! “I will not forgive you!”
I was wondering something when two corps commanders suddenly appeared, but without me paying attention, they started fighting among themselves. The Death Knight, who was ready for battle, also returned to his absent-minded stance.
‘…… ‘Is that also part of the plan?’
They plan to catch me off guard and attack me by making them fight among themselves. The policy of deception was a method that was used very often in the old world.
“… ….”
But if not, I really wanted to show that side to the Succubus Queen.