The Necromancer Who Was Despised

It had an unpleasant smile on its face, and it seemed to think of us as new prey.

Its gaze was especially focused on me.

“… Rude.”

Kayla muttered quietly, noticing its gaze.

“Can I take care of that one?”

Kayla could have handled it on her own.

I nodded and answered.

“Don’t kill it.”

I planned to use Enchant.

“Of course. “I will avoid its legs.”

Then, there was no problem.

“I will block any intervention around it.”

Kayla immediately stepped forward, and I blocked the Giant Spiders that were closely guarding the surroundings with the other undead.

“Artina, Balder.”

“There might be some living people among them. Rescue as many as you can. Even if they’re dead, take them with you if their condition is okay.”

“We shall do as you say.”

The two seemed to like my order.

Of course, I’m not giving this order out of sympathy.

‘It’s for our image.’

This is our first request.

Is it enough to capture a troll in that request and rescue the people who were taken?

‘There wasn’t even a single word about the people who were taken.’

Of course, they think they must be dead. It wasn’t a human who kidnapped them, but a monster.

If not all of the mercenaries were black magicians like me, there might have been someone who would have asked for help in rescuing them with a separate reward, but since I’m a black magician, or because we moved so quickly, there was no such request at all.

‘Even so, if he saves people, I’ll be grateful for the time being, even if I’m a black wizard.’

It will still be unpleasant, but it will be better than before.

Especially since I will be coming to this remote village often from now on, it would be useful to have a good image for the long run.

I threw down the human the troll had been eating and lifted my weapon, the wooden pillar.

Kayla was slowly approaching it with her shield in front.

The troll moved first.

It was able to move boldly because it looked down on Kayla, or rather, humans.

The huge wooden pillar, much larger than Kayla, was swung down at her head.

Kayla lifted her shield as if nothing had happened and blocked it.

“Crook?”

Its expression twisted in wonder at the strong repulsive force it felt in its hand.

I could see that it was trying to push down with all its might.

Thud.

Only an unpleasant sound came from the wooden pillar, but Kayla did not even flinch.

Instead, she looked at the troll’s face, which was bewildered as if it did not understand, and lifted her shield.

Boom!

‘… How much mana did she pour into it?’

The mana heart makes it incomparable in efficiency, but… I never imagined that the troll’s hand, which had been pushing down, would be lifted into the air.

“Kuwaak!”

Of course, if you do something like that head-on, your arm will not be unscathed.

The joints were all twisted, and its posture was sloppy.

However, as befitting a troll, I could see that its arm was regenerating in an instant.

Kayla did not care.

She instantly moved to right in front of the troll with high-speed movement, jumped up slightly, and rammed her shield into its side.

“Cough!”

The troll gasped as if its breath had been cut off.

From then on, one-sided violence ensued.

Kayla started hitting it with her shield from the middle, even putting her sword away.

‘… This is a pushover.’

I thought I would win. However, I did not know that it would be so one-sided.

‘But it was a mid-sized monster anyway.’

Its movements were not that slow, and it constantly regenerated.

However, Kayla was overwhelming it with her pure physical abilities without even using aura.

In the middle, the troll attacked Kayla again with its recovered arm, but Kayla simply smashed the wooden pillar with her shield head-on, and the troll tried to take Kayla’s life with the sharp part of the broken wooden pillar, but Kayla dodged it easily and responded by breaking all of its fingers.

In the meantime, Arthia and Baldur had dealt with the giant spiders and rescued the people trapped in the carriage.

Specter was a great help in the process, as it ignored the giant spiders’ attacks and unilaterally attacked them, drawing their attention.

Thanks to that, Arthia and Baldur were able to deal with them easily and rescue the humans.

Of course, there were some who were after me during that time.

Clang, clang.

I was lightly punished by living armor armed with maces and shields.

Initially, my weapon of choice was a sword, but upon realizing that a mace was more efficient despite my limited experience, I switched to it.

Perhaps it was because their movements were sluggish compared to the skeletons.

Even though the surroundings were clear, Kyla’s beating continued endlessly.

“Kuak, kuak! Kuuaak!”

The troll had completely given up on defending itself and was enduring the beating in a huddled position.

“… Teacher must be really angry.”

Athena muttered, looking at Kyla with goosebumps.

I glanced at Baldur, and he too was looking at Kyla with a slightly fearful gaze.

I couldn’t help but think that perhaps the training I had usually seen was quite tame.

Quite some time passed like that.

“Master, it’s finished.”

The troll, covered in red and blue bruises and unable to regenerate any further, lay defenselessly.

As I approached, it looked at me subconsciously.

… [Charm]

I cast the spell on it.

The troll, whose mind had literally exploded, was unable to resist my charm.

The troll, who had half given up on life due to the constant pain, hadn’t shown much movement even when I approached, so if its mental state had been normal, it would have been quite absurd.

Under the charm, its already unfocused eyes became even more relaxed.

As I gestured, it raised its body.

Thud, thud.

‘Fortunately, it understands.’

Since there was no way this guy could understand human language, body language was the easiest.

“You succeeded in doing that in one go?”

Athena looked at me with wonder.

“Thanks to Kyla’s preparation. It was easier because the guy had half given up on life.”

“… Indeed, I think I’d lose my mind if I got hit like that.”

Athena replied, shuddering.

“There’s no point in staying here long, so let’s go.”

Although there was a troll, it still wasn’t a good place to be.

Not because it was dangerous. Honestly, with our skills, it wasn’t that dangerous.

In fact, some of the intermediate and advanced mercenaries had to be careful in such places, but we were able to move freely while maintaining our formation.

Even though the troll had cleared the path, it still wasn’t an easy place.

However, since the troll was a medium to large monster, the charm duration had to be shorter compared to the lower-level ghouls.

‘It’s harder to cast it in the first place.’

In addition, as its mental strength recovered, it would become increasingly difficult to cast it again.

Therefore, it was better to return as quickly as possible.

I made the troll carry the corpse of a dead human.

“That… “What do we do with that?”

Athena asked hesitantly, referring to the corpse the troll had left after eating.

“Let’s just leave it.

Only the relatively intact ones.

It would only increase their pain to take those that were so badly damaged.

The examination revealed there were only two living humans.

They were a man and a woman, the man looking quite old and the woman young.

Aside from them, there were three relatively intact corpses that looked relatively undamaged.

Judging by the traces, it seemed they had captured about seven people.

I thought to myself that it was quite impressive to bring so many people on his own.

I had the Living Armor carry the survivors. Magi could have affected the survivors, but I had no intention of being considerate to them.

Because we were leading with the Troll, the Giant Spiders abandoned their nests and ran away as soon as they saw us.

They were not intact nests, and they were no match for the Troll in their unfinished state.

Given that they had already had a run-in with it, their choice was understandable.

It was the same with the other monsters, and thanks to that, we were able to leave the forest at lightning speed.

Whenever it seemed like the Troll was about to break free from the spell, I would cast it again, and Kayla would keep an eye on the Troll.

Fortunately, it did not resist, and we were able to reach the vicinity of the village without difficulty.

“Athena. Go ahead and let them know that we are returning.”

“Huh? Oh, right. I guess that would be annoying because of this….”

“Yes, that’s right. And bring me a large pillar that can be used as a stake.”

“A stake?”

“Yeah. You probably have one. You need them to rebuild collapsed buildings or fences. I’ll borrow that.”

I said as I looked at the Troll, and Athena, who had noticed why I needed a stake, shook her head and replied.

“It’s annoying in many ways.”

“It’s worth it to be annoyed to that extent.”

The reason I sent Athena was that she was already acquainted with the village chief.

He had once listened to her story in private.

After she entered the village and some time had passed, we headed for the village.

Of course, most of the Undead had been put away.

Only two of the Living Armors, which were relatively less disgusting, were taken out, and the survivors were loaded onto them, so it should be fine.

As we approached the village with the Troll in front, the villagers, who had already heard the news, gathered near the fence.

The village chief, who was very nervous, stared blankly at the Troll at the village entrance, then seemed to come to his senses and spoke to me.

“Oh, are you here….”

“I have completed the request. As you can see, he is under my control.”

At my words, a flicker of fear crossed the village chief’s eyes.

He glanced back and forth between the Living Armor and the Troll several times before speaking.

“T, thank you for your hard work.”

“Where is the pillar I asked for?”

“It will be here soon. But why the pillar….”

“The control is not permanent. I’m going to ask the Mercenary Guild to request a capture cage. I can’t just leave him alone in the meantime, so I’m going to pin him to the ground so that he can’ t move.”

In short, it meant that I was going to nail him to the ground like an insect specimen.

I was also thinking of taking a little break, and there was a chance that problems would arise if I just took him to the castle, so I had no choice.

‘I should give the villagers some time to vent their anger.’

It will probably be a productive time.

The village chief swallowed when I said that my restraint would not be forever, but he answered when I said that we would keep it outside the village and that we would keep a good watch.

To begin with, he had no authority to say anything to us in his position as village chief.

While waiting for the requested pillars, I motioned for the troll to release the dead villagers.

“These are… .”

“There were some who were kidnapped. It seems like they are the people of this village… .”

Not knowing that he would do this favor, the village chief bowed his head and expressed his gratitude.

Then he lowered two survivors through the living armor and said,

“These two are still alive.”

The village chief quickly raised his head when he heard that there were people alive.

“Li, living people, you say?”

“Yes. They have yet to regain consciousness because the giant spider’s venom has entered them, but they will wake up by tomorrow at the latest.”

If their conditions were not so good, I would have called a doctor, but that is not the case.

However, the village chief seemed to think differently, so he quickly called the village doctor and had the two retrieved immediately.

“H, how can I ever thank you…” .”