The Necromancer Who Was Despised

“I know where the body of a dragon is.”

At my words, Kayla’s smiling face hardened.

“Right now, did you just say dragon?”

“Uh, yes.”

“The dragon that the bull orcs think of as their ancestor?”

“The one that is called the Lord of Magic, flies in the sky, and has an estimated lifespan of at least several thousand years?”

“Are there other dragons?”

“The one that is now nowhere to be found, and each of its body parts is a treasure, is that the dragon?”

I didn’t answer any more.

“… We mustn’t take that. No, we can’t afford it. It’s a sin just to have the treasure. We can get rid of the elixir we have by eating it, and we can just dirty and disguise Athina’s dagger. If we just don’t use Wind Cutter, we can easily hide the ability to make the body light or the wind blade.”

That’s right. That’s what I was planning to do.

“But a dragon, a dragon’s body is different. There’s no way to hide it, and if we’re caught, we’re finished. With our current strength, we can’t even afford to take on a single noble family. Don’t think that we can hide that. Since we found it, or rather, since you know about it, it will eventually become known to the world.”

That’s right. Its discovery is not too far in the future.

‘About a year from now, right?’

Based on the current point in time, it will be around that time.

It’s not like it will be discovered by chance, but it will be discovered.

Kayla earnestly told me.

“If we had that, it would surely be a great help. But even if we don’t, we can eventually rise to the top. I believe in Master’s and Kayla’s potential. Rather, let’s look further into the future. If we reach a level where we can handle it in the distant future, we’ll take it, and if it’s discovered before then, it’s better to just give up.”

It certainly makes sense. No, I should say it’s the right thing to say.

“There’s a way to keep it from being discovered.”

“But… !”

“The place where it is, is inside the territory of the Count’s family.”

“Surely not Sign…” .”

“No, no. It’s not here. It’s inside the Shupetran Kingdom, but it’s a different Count’s family. It’s the Lyneta County.”

“… Lyneta County?”

Kayla tilted her head as if she had heard it for the first time.

“I don’t know. It’s not the capital, and although the title is Count, it’s not a Grand Lord. It’s a territory that has almost collapsed.”

A long time ago, it was a founding subject of the country and boasted the best heyday… .

‘I heard it slowly collapsed.’

It’s not that the royal family didn’t give them a chance. They just missed all those chances and ended up in this state.

“There’s a dragon’s body there. That’s why it can’t be discovered.”

“… What are you going to do… .”

“I’m going to receive the guarantee of that family and become a public black magician. The family is on the verge of disappearing, but it’s still a Count’s family. It’s still a place where appointing a public black magician is possible. It’s a kind of authority. Since there’s no black magician who’s going there anyway, I’ll be able to take that position.”

Public black magician.

At my words, Kayla seemed to notice what I was going to do.

“… Are you thinking of building a tower?”

Tower.

The tower that comes to mind when you think of a magician was right.

Magic Tower.

It is a living space for magicians and a kind of huge research institute.

Originally, it started as a prison to confine magicians, but I don’t know if that’s true.

‘I heard that the imprisoned magicians developed each other through the process of exchanging knowledge and turned into a huge research institute?’

Also, one tower refers to one school.

Currently, the mainstream schools have many towers, but in the past, one tower was one school.

Therefore, in the past, it is said that a huge tower was also indirect evidence of the power and authority of the school.

It has changed a lot now, though.

“I plan to become a public black magician and receive part of the territory to build a tower.”

I didn’t plan to build a huge tower. I don’t have that much power anyway, and my skills aren’t that good.

It was just a pretext.

“The place where you’re going to build the tower has a dragon’s body, huh.”

“Yeah. The research of a public black magician can be checked by the guaranteeing aristocrat at any time, but… the situation there isn’t very good. So, a deal is possible.”

It won’t be as easy as it sounds.

Even though it’s on the verge of collapse, it’s still a Count’s family. I won’t be able to get all those things in exchange for an ordinary price.

However, Kayla seemed to have noticed that the fact that I was saying this meant that I already had some kind of plan.

“… “The danger doesn’t change.”

“That’s right. But it’s worth taking the risk.”

It’s possible to create equipment or create undead.

The fangs of the wind dragon that my staff and Artina have are equipment made from a dragon’s body, and their performance is all at an incredible level.

What about the undead?

‘The most representative ones are the bone dragon and the bond dragon.’

The bone dragon is a bit subtle to call undead. You could call it a magical lifeform.

The body of a dragon is something that can’t be handled at all at a certain level, but if you can handle it, it’s worth it.

‘Especially when I go up to 7th class, I might really need it.’

In the previous round, I didn’t reach 7th class. No, I should say I didn’t.

Because even though I had the chance, I forcefully avoided it.

‘Who would want to become a high-ranking black magician?’

Even if I grew up, I was destined to become the avatar of the Maou. It could be called natural resistance.

The problem is, I can’t be sure if that opportunity will come again in this life.

‘Even though it was the last round, I still forcefully rejected enlightenment once.’

Just like how I’ve done things in this round that I couldn’t do in my previous life because I was affected by my past life, there’s a chance that I won’t be able to overcome the wall in this round because of the influence of my past life.

In preparation for that time, I planned to get my hands on a dragon’s body no matter what.

‘If I have a dragon’s body… I can try the research that I couldn’t do in the past.’

If I can’t reach it the existing way, I have to find a new way.

The dragon’s body was going to become that new path.

There wasn’t just one path.

Of course, this is just my worry. Enlightenment might come to me again the existing way.

However, I couldn’t be optimistic and just had to do what I could do.

‘In the first place, the reason it was discovered was because the collapsed territory.’

The collapsed territory became part of the royal family, and they discovered the dragon’s body while turning the entire territory upside down to see if there was anything useful.

That’s why if the territory doesn’t collapse, if I can just avoid the attention of the Viscount Rinetta family, there’s a high possibility that it won’t be discovered.

“… You don’t… plan on giving up.”

“… Whew. It looks like it’ll be difficult to stop you.”

She still had an unpleasant expression.

“Just promise me one thing. If the plan goes even a little bit wrong, if you think it’s even a little bit dangerous, choose safety over the adventure.”

It meant to give up on the dragon’s body if things went even a little bit wrong, because everything could fail then.

Of course, there was no reason to refuse.

‘Safety is important to me too.’

I’ll do my best, but I’ve already experienced history changing because of my actions.

If it really doesn’t work out, I’ll secretly support the family so that they collapse as late as possible, and if they still collapse, then it’s right to just give up.

“That’s fine.”

Kayla looked somewhat relieved at my decision.

It seemed like she thought that I wasn’t blinded by greed yet and my judgment wasn’t wrong.

‘Still, I’ll keep watching.’

“Then I guess it’s right to feed you the elixir. “You said you didn’t have much time?”

“Ah, but a year should be fine. I need to prepare this and that, and becoming an official black magician doesn’t just happen, so I’ll have to start working soon anyway.”

“A year… It’s not short, but it’s not long either.”

Originally, a short period of time would have been right.

However, for us, it wasn’t that short of a time.

‘It’s been just over a year since I regressed in the first place.’

That means it’s only been a year since I met Kyla.

In the meantime, Kyla had recovered her legs and reached the expert level, and she even got her hands on a Mana Heart.

Athena is also close to being evaluated as an intermediate, and I’m in the 4th class, so a year wasn’t such a short time for us.

‘Besides, if you’re a mercenary with this much skill…’

Fame will build up quickly.

Furthermore, while black magicians are notorious, in a way, notoriety can become fame.

Build up fame for a year, establish yourself, and then use that as a foundation to become a certified black magician.

I’m not just going out there recklessly.

I’m a regressor, and I have a lot of information.

Especially during this time…

‘It’s the point when I barely escaped, tasted freedom for a while, and then fell.’

Thanks to that, I have a lot of information that I know from experience.

Where dungeons are located in each region.

Which monster tribe has an artifact.

Where ruins were discovered.

Where dimensional rifts appeared.

Even if you only find one, this is great information for building wealth and fame.

I had several pieces of information like that, and I knew the most efficient way to grow myself and my party and earn money and fame at the same time.

‘Well, things like dimensional rifts won’t happen within a year, so that will be difficult, but ruins or dungeons aren’t going anywhere.’

“I understand. Then… I’ll tell Athena and have her prepare.”

I left the word that she should come to the lab.

Kyla immediately went out of the room to find Athena, and I went to the lab first and took out the elixir I had hidden.

‘It’s intact.’

Well, it’s not something that would change just because some time has passed.

In the meantime, Kyla brought Athena with her.

“You called? What’s going on?”

Before I could say anything, Kyla interjected.

“I told Tia. Based on my experience, it didn’t take me as long as the master, but just in case.”

“You told Tia?”

Athena still seemed to be unaware of the situation. Well, I had never mentioned that I had made an elixir with the blue root of Trenessey and that I was going to give it to her.

There was no reason for Kyla to say anything. There was no point in telling her since she had trained properly even without knowing, and there was a small chance that she would just get her hopes up if she was told but it wasn’t going to be given to her right away.

“Athena, come here.”

“…Why?”

Athena hesitated for a moment at the unusual atmosphere, but she soon approached me.

“I heard you’re close to being an intermediate expert.”

“Oh? Yeah. I guess you heard. But I’m still far away. I don’t have enough mana, my swordsmanship is lacking, and there’s a ton of things I need to learn. Didn’t I say I was going to leave the underground dungeon soon and work as a mercenary? I’m trying to fill in the gaps before then.”

She said that she couldn’t be an intermediate because she didn’t have enough mana, but she didn’t think she would be a burden.

“If I do well, I’ll be able to get my position back sooner, and if that happens, the day of my return will be one day sooner.”

That’s right.

“So I prepared it. Take it.”

Artena, who received the vial I handed over, has a puzzled expression.

“I said I’d try to come back as soon as possible, right?”

“Oh, yeah.”

It’s a promise I made.

“It will help you.”

“What… “is this?”

“Elixir.”

It wasn’t me who answered, but Kyla.

“You’ll remember that I fixed my leg and created a mana heart with the master’s help.”

“Oh, yes.”

“It’s the same thing I used then.”

Artena looked surprised at my words.

“So, if I eat this…”

“It’s not impossible. Originally, I wanted to give it to you when you became an advanced level…”

Kyla’s gaze turns to me.

“Inha, did you tell her to give it to me?

“The outside is dangerous. Rather than looking into the future, you should do everything you can now.”

It didn’t matter if she didn’t have a mana heart.

There were other ways to get other elixirs, and even if she failed, I think she has enough talent that Kyla recognizes her as a master, even if it takes time.

‘It doesn’t matter if you don’t.’