The Barbarian Became a Necromancer

028.

Valik gazed at the fragment with loving eyes.

The Archbishop of the Cult of Darkness cult.

His role must be to give that resurrected fragment a whole body.

“It looks like you’re offering Gantryon’s soul and your body as a sacrifice.”

“It is also a fragment of the Demon King. You know everything.”

“So I have a question. If I absorb that fragment when it is resurrected, how did you bring me here?”

Fragments must be merged.

The means was to absorb other fragments.

Simply put, they kill each other.

“hahahaha, do you think you can win the Confederation War alone?”

It’s a convergence war.

Are you talking about a war where the fragments of the demon king fight each other and only the last one remains?

It wasn’t difficult to make a convincing guess.

I opened my mouth without a single expression on my face.

“Do you think you can’t?”

“I think what the fragments have in common is pride and greed. Well, as long as we can walk the path of revival because of that, we’re satisfied, but don’t you know? Even with their great necromantic skills and black magic, a huge group is a tough opponent.”

Valik continued, staring at the shimmering debris.

“Even more so, if it is a fragment that has been recognized by even one of the Three Poles in the Demon King’s Army, the number of troops following him must be enormous.”

triad.

It refers to the sword, shield, and staff of the demon king.

It was the reason why the war did not end despite the presence of heroes.

“You speak as if someone has already been recognized.”

“I am willing to tell you if you are on the side of the Dark Lords. Don’t you know too? Information is sometimes more powerful than a powerful weapon.”

“… … .”

This baby.

I thought he was blindly following the fragments like an incarnated god, but no.

Even if it is the same fragment, it is said that it is sure to only worship what it enshrines.

“Do you have any absorbed forces?”

“if there is?”

“We will also empower you. You won’t regret it. Amnesia is a denomination that has established itself all over the continent, with numerous members… .”

Balik’s religious pride began.

They expressed all the financial and military benefits that can be given when supporting their size, intelligence, and fragmentation.

It was something that didn’t appeal to me very much.

At least, the things I’m interested in are intelligence, basic black magic, and necromancy.

‘This is information that can be obtained by using the black child clan. Besides, if you hunt warlocks for basic magic, you’ll have a chance to get it.’

Of course, it’s good if you can command these forces.

There is only one reason for reluctance.

‘It’s so big that I can’t control it alone.’

Even blind loyalty carries the risk of betrayal.

Even the Black Child Clan could betray them.

Still, it was because their scale was not large.

So it was a bad idea to ally with the Amtheists.

It’ll be fine until halfway through.

If we join forces with the resurrected fragments of Amnesia, we will be able to gain the upper hand in the Confederation War.

Then it was obvious that we would reach one of the two endings.

Either they get caught pretending to be fragments of lies, or they judge that they’ve run out of usefulness before that.

Both ended in my death.

‘It’s better to kill him here and prevent my identity from spreading to the Dark Church.’

It is always a day of walking on thin ice.

Even a single mistake in this body leads to fatal consequences.

“I refuse.”

“Hmm, that’s the answer I expected.”

Even in my answer, Balik was calm.

What I expected was not an empty word.

Then what will happen now?

He seemed surprisingly unwilling to attack.

“If we had accepted the proposal twice, all the fragments would have been on our side. I respect your will. This meeting is not just this one time, so we promise the next one. Now that we know each other, our next meeting will be more enjoyable.”

Balik didn’t want to fight.

If necessary, wouldn’t it be enough to secure me by cutting off my limbs?

That way, it would save me the trouble of finding and absorbing a fragment.

“Surprisingly. Are you avoiding a fight?”

“Isn’t it too much of a loss to fight because the negotiations broke down? Knowing that you can’t even absorb that fragment anyway.”

Are you saying that fragments in that state can’t be absorbed?

I think we judged that our skills were similar because we exchanged workshops a little while ago.

So, what you said doesn’t apply to me?

“The next meeting will be during the Convergence War. I won’t be there then, but Shard-nim will remember you.”

“hmm.”

I don’t know when the merger war will start, but I can roughly infer it.

‘Because they said that the demon king would be resurrected after 5 years. A war will break out in two to three years.’

When that time comes, the northern battlegrounds and all over the continent will be filled with chaos.

Because the Dark Gods and the Demon King’s army, which were said to be in various places, would be turbulent.

The answer to delaying this was at hand.

“Remember me… .”

“hmm?”

What I found out was the existence of the Confucianism War, which will break out in a few years.

It made me think again about how to deal with the black child clan.

It seems unreasonable to talk more.

It was a loss for him to take the time since he made Gantrion’s soul a sacrifice for the fragments.

‘Because I don’t know when I’ll absorb it.’

The conversation is now over.

I shed my will.

“Then I’ll have to get rid of it so I don’t remember.”

“you… !”

The guy let out an astonishment.

Quicker than he reacted, Degris broke through the floor of the Sanctuary and landed on the sarcophagus.

bang!

Penetrate the shrapnel and break the sarcophagus.

yes, penetrated

‘It won’t disappear?’

It was a blow from Degrease that contained plenty of dark magic.

I thought I could get rid of the defenseless fragments at once.

‘Still, is it like getting one?’

I also expected to fail.

I then chanted while watching Balik respond.

“Sink.”

“You are crazy!”

Arcane magic, the power of Untime secretly attacked him.

Valik didn’t notice and reached out his hand.

The artifacts he possesses shine.

It’s not even a fragment, but I’m curious about how to deal with the demon lord’s artifact, but I decided not to think deeply right now.

There must be conditions that can be used in the yard I use too.

Shake!

Insects pour out of the back of the hand.

I analyzed the principles of the artifacts it handles with the true eye that was used to the extreme.

‘A very small open sub-space. Is it to shoot black magic that has been compressed to the limit from there? The reason I use bugs as a medium is because they are efficient.’

Just like Death Swallow’s amplification can only be applied to the undead, that power will have limits.

For example, only black magic can accelerate.

‘Is it because fleas have strong jumping power?’

A sharp black magic power added to the springing power.

All forces are directed towards me.

Staring at it pouring down like bullets, I used the artifact.

silent steps.

It is a magic that quietly accelerates the body.

When this was manifested, the fleas penetrated only the poor stone walls.

Valik looked up with a contorted face.

“Did you think getting rid of the debris was easy? Do you think I didn’t even prepare for it?”

he stamped his feet

When his elongated shadow reached the surface of Sanctuary, he was not underground.

“Is it a shadow transition?”

“Then you used an ancient sorcery. Is it a silent step? But I didn’t feel any black magic. What is it? What is it? what?”

The bloodshot eyes and torn smile on the already pale face were truly grotesque.

Balik did not relax even when the thorns around the forbidden book tore his hands.

Rather, it radiated a steady stream of dark red energy.

I would have been hurt if I didn’t know

but i know

‘Arcane magic, the black red god.’

It was a kind of strengthening magic.

Magic that targets undead or living beings other than oneself.

It was expected that he would strengthen.

Bona mana bugs and monsters… .

“… … !”

Awesome!

Instinctively, he unfolded spiritualization.

But the blow came.

At this rate, I would be swept away into the spirit realm, so I was able to solve it, but why did it hit me?

Even in the midst of pain, the mental power analyzes.

Behind him, the soul that appeared in another subspace caught my eye.

‘That’s a specter.’

It is a high-level soul-type monster.

The specter, strengthened by the black red god, was continuously leaking dark red energy.

The effect of that arcane magic is simple.

‘Was the blow going in in any form?’

I thought that even if it was a soul type, it could be avoided by transforming into a spiritual body.

However, I would have thought that this would be the result of adding black red shoes to a soul-type monster.

Kwa-chwak-chwak!

The body is pushed back by the shock.

It stopped, leaving two furrows on the ground.

‘f*ck.’

The crossed arms hurt terribly.

It seems that the forearm bone is broken.

As if there was no need to hide, I glared at Balik, who poured out all sorts of soul-type monsters.

“You worked a lot with mental black magic.”

“How dare you, an awakened pup who has only been aware of his destiny for less than a year! The day I prepared for this day from 20 years ago! Did you think you could win? It’s not for nothing either. It’s called suicide.”

“Is it really so?”

“yes.”

The voice that had been filled with passion until just now was overturned.

A chillingly subdued answer came back.

The change of black magic is a bonus.

Spirit-type monsters with black red shoes soared through the ground.

It was an attack that could not be blocked by the undead.

I knew that it would be difficult to stop even with spiritualization.

‘Is there anything special?’

I hate being sick even if I die, but it seemed like I needed to get out of bed right now.

I spread my dark magic wide and increased my magic sensitivity.

The detected wind property condensation area is… Is there

As soon as I confirmed it, I turned my body in that direction.

It did not resist the enormous physical force exerted by the soul.

‘The growing darkness.’

It is me who knows from long game experience that cherishing and then becoming sh*t.

At the same time as using the symbol of resistance, he boldly used an artifact that could only be used once.

Fu Hwa Hwa!

Black smoke filled the surroundings in an instant.

The growing darkness could not be penetrated by anyone except me.

Melted into it, I flew backwards, and the place where I landed was an upward air current.

‘I bought time for now.’

Leaving herself in the air current, she stared at Valik’s flustered appearance.

Then, I turned my head to two familiar auras other than Valik.

In my field of vision, I caught two women running.

No, Bella, why is she here?

who is the woman next to him?

‘uh?’

It’s a familiar outfit.

That’s right, that ignorantly large cone hat was what I bought for you.

‘What is Leah doing here?’

A party member who should be in the North.

No, putting aside the whole thing, it is impossible for Leah to deal with Valik.

It was because he was a 7th-circle black magician who wore arcane magic and the artifact of the demon king.

The number of monsters that worked with spiritual black magic was also considerable, so Leah from Circle 6 was not enough.

‘I just hope I don’t lose my sanity.’

If he knew I was dead, he would definitely go crazy.

Even in the game, it was necessary to report survival as soon as Leah, who cared for the party members implicitly.

“Whoa… .”

It arrived at a land mass that was floating in an updraft.

Sprawled out, I summoned Degris.

‘If I had obtained Gantrion’s secret skill, Balik would have been an easy opponent.’

It’s a plan that went wrong, but I felt fortunate that I was able to solve it even now.

“Spit it out.”

At my command, Degris opened his mouth wide.

At one point, the stomach tumbled and what came out of the mouth was the head.

It was the core of a corpse with a soul.

“It’s too bad we couldn’t remove the debris.”

After licking my lips, I grabbed Gantrion’s head and used Soul Binding.

“Wake up.”

***

“you are… .”

The growing darkness lifts.

Seeing a woman walking through them, Valik recognized Leah.

But Leah didn’t even hear what he said.

He frantically pursued the remnants of his magical power.

Eventually, she came to a conclusion.

I couldn’t feel any magic, no presence, nothing.

‘doesn’t exist.’

“No.”

Confidence came through training.

The cool voice turned to frost.

Leah’s face was covered with a white mask before she knew it.

white side.

The magician in charge of Aden’s party’s backguard surrendered to the emotions that exploded.

“kill.”

A frost storm descended from the sky and engulfed the area.