Out of the studio-like room, we decided to lice the room in the building.
Even if you say lice, it's a short way to get Amako to predict the inside of the room in front of the room you stopped by and go to the next room if no one is around. Given that Mr. Alk is outside, it's not exactly a situation that I'm looking for in the room, so I let him take such an easy way.
But wherever you look, there's no necromancer.
Amako was slightly upset when she saw the large international hall in the middle of the third floor, so I thought I'd found it!?, but she wasn't there in the end.
"Usato, the room just now..."
"Hmm?"
"... yeah, nothing"
Are you concerned about the large hall earlier?
For once, I peeked inside too, but there's no such thing as a strange philosophy. I think it was just a big room.
Think about what's going on next to Amako, who is worried about something.
Maybe the Necromancer is already on the run. I don't know how they noticed, but there was someone in that room from the magic props left on in that study, and someone there ran off to the spot when we got into the hall. It would be natural to think so.
However, the search continues because it is too early to determine that he is no longer here...
"Later... just here"
The place is on the ground floor.
At the end of my gaze and Amako's, there's a door attached to the floor. Underground door, was it? I look at Amako as he crouches at the door, which probably leads to the basement.
"I can't see anything in the dark. There's no light anywhere in here."
"... was it a food bin or something? Well, no, let's open it."
Hold a ring shaped fitting and open the door.
Moments, dust, mold, and some kind of strange smell pushed up from the basement and stuck to my face. I can think of brulin when I say it smells close to the beast, but this smells like something that combines rot with beast odor and stiffness.
I mean, it smells like tea.
"Gee ho, what is this... is there some kind of peel or something? Amako, are you okay?"
"It's okay, it stinks a little..."
Return your gaze to the back of the open door as you see Amako holding her mouth and nose down at the hem of her jacket.
Brilliantly dark. You can't just look from the side, but even the slightest light in the dark indoors doesn't give you a peek at how wide the basement is.
In the meantime, let's take a peek inside.
Open the door that was halfway open to the end and peek inside with your hands on the floor.
The basement is dark, and I can't see a thing by looking at it.
But...
"Something, something big"
I feel like there's some kind of sign that it exists. I don't see it, but it's definitely there.
That's right. Wouldn't it be better if Amako took a look at it than I did? She works better at night than I do.
"Amako, look. Oh, not predictions, normally."
Amako nodded like me, peeking into the dark end.
Well, I was only distracted, but how about Amako? I think maybe the big one is some kind of antique, but then I'm convinced of the smell.
And the moment I was looking at Amako peeking into the basement thinking, she accidentally shook her body and slipped her hands.
"Ooh!?"
I panicked and picked up Amako's coat collar like a cat, and I lowered my weak girlfriend to the ground.
What are you doing, not like you? I thought so, and when I tried to talk to her, she suddenly hugged me in the arm.
Is it fashionable to hold people today? And when I thought about saying one of the sarcasms, I realized that Amako's body was trembling.
"Amako, what... no, what did you see"
"... eh"
Was it something somewhat shocking? Amako piercing silently with her head pressed against her uniform.
The silo thing she's so frightened of. You should check it out, right? It could be dangerous for the villagers.
In the meantime, if you bring even that study demon prop, you'll be able to secure the lights. As Amako stood up holding her arm, she stopped me with more strength in her hand, which she silently grabbed.
Did you try to predict what I was going to do, and those eyes seemed desperate to stop me?
"Usato... no... go"
"No, either way, I need to check this place out..."
"My eyes, they fit"
... with whom?
What in this case?
"That's not an organism. More another horrible thing. I've seen a lot of things, but I've never seen anything so tough. So go... no."
"... I get it."
I reluctantly obey Amako, who complains with a cursory eye.
You should check in early, but you can't just leave this kid alone right now.
Slowly close the basement door and turn back to her.
"It's all right now... let's find somewhere else"
…………
That was a mistake.
Though I didn't get it, I seem to have shown something quite shocking. Amako is only a fourteen-year-old girl, no matter how grown up she is. I can't help but think that something scary is scary for the year.
Stand up, even though you are disgusted by your own inadvertence. Amako seems to have settled down a lot too, and when she stood up with her hands off my arm, she apologized with regret.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
"I don't care. I'm not as narrow-minded as I get angry with you right now."
"... you're always mad at me for tiny things"
I'm sure that's because you're being petty. [M]
To her, who has said so pointing her mouth, she turns her consciousness to the search for the Necromancer, giggling.
"There are hardly any more rooms to look for. We'll rendezvous with Mr. Alc and the others when we're done."
Where's the Necromancer?
No, does the Necromancer exist here in the first place? But I'm pretty sure someone lives in this building.
I don't even think the story of the villagers suffering from the zombies manipulated by Necromancer is a lie...
There's so much I don't know.
As soon as I was about to walk out of here, holding my forehead down all the time, I realized something.
"... that?"
"What's wrong?"
"I can't hear you from the outside?"
The voices of Mr. Alc and the villagers, who are giving me the positive moves of the zombies, are interrupted at some point. As my voice can't help it, it's odd that I can't hear the battle noise that I was hearing slightly.
Was it possible to overthrow the zombies, or did I hate to think about it, but Mr. Alc and the villagers got hit by the zombies...
Amako has a tough look on her face when she thinks the same thing about me.
"Change of plans. Let's go to Mr. Alc and the others!"
"Yeah!"
We run for the exit on a small run.
Looking for a Necromancer is also important, but my people and villagers are more important!
I hung my hand on the door knob at the entrance and let it open - at that moment, a few dead branchy hands were plugged in from a slightly empty gap, and a large number of zombies pushed me from the outside.
"Chi...... ugh!!"
He was ambushed!?
I grabbed up Amako's collar, which I couldn't react to in time, and I immediately kicked straight into the belly of a zombie who had pushed every door in. It wasn't very powerful, but it succeeded in involving a few bodies behind it and knocking them down. In that gap, hold Amako and jump back.
If you notice, you can hear zombie screams from all over the building.
I don't know where he was hiding, but...
"Amako, you're going to rock a little!!"
"Wow!?"
First things first, you need to get out of here.
Keeping Amako by his side, he avoids the hands of the zombies attacking him from front, left and right, and runs up the stairs.
Luckily, he didn't seem to be lurking that far upstairs, so he puts the door to the big hall on the third floor up the stairs into sight and heads there. It's a door that seems like a very tight value, but it's not something I found out, I jump right in the middle of a kick.
The Great Hall is as idle as it was earlier, with no zombie appearance.
"I've been pushed... Usat"
This is the third floor, there's no escape.
I can hear the zombies pushing from behind, so it would be the och to be surrounded even when I return now.
"Ha -"
"What do we do? Try to escape where I predict there are few zombies?"
"You don't have to. There's a quicker way than that."
From the placement of the lurking zombies, I feel the kind of manipulative intent that deliberately created an escape route to go to the third floor. But first, it's about the height of the third floor.
Who do you think my master is? It's an out-of-the-box road that throws me off a cliff for a long time, remember?
"Kukukuku, don't think I cornered you on the third floor or so..."
"... wait a minute"
Amako opened her mouth with a trembling voice to me as she opened the large hall window.
... Huh, I knew you were a girl too, and some places are so cute that you're afraid of high places. If you're a senior dog, you're just getting bored. But I can't afford to be stopping in this situation, so give it up.
I can't land on a boulder holding it aside, so I hold Amako with my back and knees in my hands, a little further away from the window and put on a run.
"Don't worry. I won't let you go. Absolutely."
"Well, don't even look good."
"Let's go! Amakoo!! Don't bite my tongue!"
Listen to me.
He builds momentum and jumps out of the window on the third floor.
Amako screams without a voice.
There is no zombie under his eyes, and he lands about fifteen meters away from the hall. Was it impossible to support the weight for two on the boulder, or a slightly paralyzing impact hits the body.
"Phew... Successful escape"
Check your surroundings again for immediate healing magic on yourself and Amako in your arms. I don't see any zombies around the hall and in the woods around it.
"Zombies, it almost seems, are inside the hall. Let's find everyone now, can we stand?"
"Wow, wow..."
".................. poor thing"
You were so scared of zombies. Yeah, I can't help it.
Walk with her down the confusing Amako down the road where there is a village.
Then we find a falling shadow near the woods. I didn't think so. I rushed over, and he was someone we knew.
"Mr. Alc!"
A small amount of blood was shed from his neck, and Mr. Alk, who sleeps like a dead man, was there.
"Are you okay!?"
There is no sign of healing magic and healing to full speed.
I groan to be done to something every time I call. What was that wound on his neck? Two wounds already healed by healing magic, but worn around the neck as if they had been bitten by something.
Perhaps this wound is also why Mr. Alk did this.
What happened to him. And where did the villagers go?
"Those people, they may have escaped. So, Mr. Alk is alone..."
……
I can't deny Amako's words that squealed so with a bitter look.
Running away, huh?
The most probable possibility was that Mr. Alk was letting the villagers get away and fight alone. Our unexpected enemies appeared because they were not the kind of people who would be hit by zombies.
But to this...,
……!
Thinking that far, the nearby bushes make a stirring noise. Zombies!? I thought it was the villagers who came out - thought they had escaped.
Amako, who saw the villagers, immediately hid behind me and wore his coat deeply. I decided to speak to the village chief to understand the situation. [M]
"Mr. Village Chief!! Were you okay?!?"
"Oh, oh... more so Lord Alc..."
"The injury has healed, but so far I can't say anything. What could have happened?"
That said, we all tanned our expressions uniformly.
According to the village chief, another demon attacked him from behind where he was repelling the zombies. The demon was very strong and seems to have been so hard that its teeth could not stand with the weapons held by the villagers.
Prioritizing the safety of the villagers, Mr. Alk told the village chiefs to flee, and fought the demons alone...
……
Is that a true story?
Mr. Ark is the one who was entrusted with the gates of the castle in the kingdom of Ringle.
I'm proud to protect him. If he's serious about fighting, he should spare no effort to use his own flaming magic to try to protect the villagers. But if you look around, there are no more unnatural signs of contention. All the more so if that flaming sword flash he showed when fighting the zombies.
Moreover, the wound to his neck is on the clavicle side. If that strong demon bit him, he would have been bitten from behind. I don't think he'll take the back when it's that easy.
"... leave this to us and go back to the village first. I'll carry Mr. Alk."
"U, Lord Usato..."
"I haven't found a necromancer yet. Besides, the demon that attacked Mr. Alk may also be wandering around. Maybe to the village...... So please go back."
If you say so, the village chief and the people of the village will be wolves.
I don't know if that's the fear of being attacked by the village or because I acted unexpectedly.
... Now all I have to do is hide Mr. Alc and Amako in a bush where no one can find them, and go crush their limbs so the zombies don't come to the village to retaliate, just as I would have thought if Necromancer hadn't been there.
I don't feel comfortable, but I have to do what I have to do.
"Come back to the village and reassure your family."
………
"Hmm?"
I haven't heard back.
I try to look back suspiciously.
But at that moment, the torso, arms and feet solidify like they were tied to something.
".................. ugh"
Your body's not moving?
Precisely from the neck to the bottom.
When I look at my body, it stretches out to my torso, limbs, so that the black text that glows purple is stretched all over my body. The text flowed to bind my body, covering not only my uniform, but even the shoes I was wearing.
What the hell is this?
When did this happen...?
"Huh! Usato, what's wrong!?"
Amako, who noticed my anomaly, approached me.
But for some reason, some of the villagers who were nearby suddenly attacked her. Amako, who avoided the hands of the villagers immediately with prediction, but his expression had changed to astonishment.
"These people are unconscious!!"
"What? So you're being manipulated!?"
Necromancers can only be manipulated by the dead.
But the villagers and the village chief are supposed to be human beings living properly...?
"Huuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."
!!
A laugh not a village chief, not a village person.
The direction in which the voice was heard was the hall's - the large hall window on the third floor where Amako and I popped out. As if he had been there from the beginning, the shadow sitting on the edge of the window leaks a grin as he bruises and laughs at me, unable to move, and Amako surrounded by villagers.
At that time, the light of the moon, which was blocked by clouds, illuminates the entire Western Hall. With that, the figure sitting in the window of the hall becomes clear.
Hair stretched to about shoulder.
But her brown hair, as I know it, had been repainted in pitch black, and her eyes had turned to red, which glowed suspiciously in the dark.
"Nair, ……?"
"Ha, Mr. Usato"
I couldn't help but hide my confusion from her, who was dressed the same way when she came here and the atmosphere and everything changed.
"... why you..."
"Don't you see?"
Nair sitting on the third floor of the Western Hall.
The hall is where we were looking for the Necromancer until earlier. I hate to admit that she's sitting there, but she's considered the killer or one of the killers who made this case.
"Did you do Mr. Alc...?"
"Huffle, yes. But you're calmer than I thought, right? I thought you'd panic more..."
I want to panic, but I can't tie my body up with something I don't understand.
This situation is not good. If the villagers are unconscious, maybe this kid in front of them is manipulating them. Instead, you can look at it as manipulative.
Their eyes behind them are so vain...
I turn my gaze to Amako, who is diagonally behind me, and urge her to leave the scene.
"... Amako, run"
"So, Usat..."
"Don't make me say it again and again! Get the hell out of here!! Is there anyone else who can do something about this situation with me and Mr. Alk sealed up?!?"
"Heh... ok!!"
Whether the intention had been communicated, Amako, bewildered but nodding, ran straight towards the village.
The villagers being manipulated do not move on the spot.
I look at the villagers on the sidelines and shift my gaze to Nair, who is sitting in a good mood over the Western Hall.
"Don't you have to chase me"
"Mm-hmm. That kid will be fine later. I'm interested in the beast boy, even if he's sensible."
Right, Mr. Nair...... doesn't Nair know the magic of Amako?
It's good to keep it a secret. If they were interested, Amako might have been in danger.
"So what did you do to me?"
"I just sealed the movement of my body. Zombies and they have a hard time holding you back, no matter how hard you hit them."
That's what I said. She makes herself look proud of herself. The same text that is stretched around my body rises in my hand and glows suspiciously.
"This is called a curse of restraint, and it's hard to make, but it only binds the subject strong and hard for the amount of time it takes. Was it tough? Anyway, the limit I can put in is critical................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. That's all I took to make it. Well, you don't know what I'm talking about."
Nair, who wiped out the magic of his hoops, gently jumps straight out the window on the third floor. As she jumped, she emerged her black bat-like wings from her back and gently descended to the ground.
I understood that this girl was not normal at this point.
Nevertheless, is the text of this body more of a form of magic than a spell? It was when she hugged me before I came here.
I thought it was strange at that time...
"Cheng Cheng, is this the magic? Like I heard, user-friendliness looks bad."
"... how do you know that?"
…………
"There was a magic book in the study, and the lights were on..."
"... lying, forgot to turn it off?"
"Huh?"
"Nothing. Doesn't that seem like an explanation? Yes, I can handle witchcraft"
He's strong, but he's a kid who's missing it.
But...
More than that, you're the demon.
Someone who was a normal girl in the village can't hide his shock that she was a demon.
No, this is how I've walked in front of you. I still only look human. She grins poor as if she enjoys this confusion, pointing to herself.
"Do you have demons that look like people? Not many, though."
"So you're the Necromancer…?"
"Half correct. Because there's no way a normal Necromancer can manipulate a living human being."
Sure it is.
But there's no such thing as a demon manipulating people in a book Rose gave me.
"I'm half Necromancer and the other half is another demon."
"Hahaha, what the hell. You don't say vampires around the neck, do you?"
……
"... sorry"
I feel sorry for Nair for solidifying me with a smile.
No way, I really don't think he's a vampire. Is it because it's a rare demon that it wasn't even in the book?
Necromancer and vampire half. Cheng Cheng, if the story of the fantastic vampires of my world and the vampires of this world is close, I might manipulate a blood-sucking human being, have tremendous powers, or have some sort of transformative ability.
I know that you have the ability to manipulate people so far.
"Huh, huh... you really are a weird person. Even if you seal the movement this way, you don't look scared of me at all..."
"Don't lift me up too much, I'm not a big person"
As far as fear is concerned, it's just more resistant because I lived under one roof with more horrible beings than that.
But Nair, who erupted pussy about what was wrong with my words, suppresses his mouth and laughs.
"Aren't you a big man? I don't think so. 'Cause pure physical ability isn't the only viable thing to defeat my servant. My charm's gonna resist, and I'm already doomed."
"... Charm?"
"Enchantment. My ability as a vampire. Most people fall and delude themselves with this... what's your spirit? I'm not supposed to be able to stand it?"
You mean every moment of my life was your ability?
Instead, that hug was also meant to put magic on me to stop my movements.
............... I can't forgive you.
"Hey, why are you angrier than when you betrayed me..."
This is what happens if you are tempted to be pure.
Nevertheless, Nair's selfie had begun since then. You're acting like you're manipulating a zombie yourself to get attacked. Daikon actor, this kid.
"... what the hell are you going to do with me"
"I'll get you to be my talker."
"Who are you talking to? Yours?"
What, not sucking blood or feeding me, but just wanting me to be the one to talk to?
... No, you can't have done anything so handy for that reason. There must be some other intention.
Nair, who was backhanded in front of me, approached me as close as she could reach and looked up at me with a full grin.
"I told you, right? I want knowledge. I want to know the memories that people have cultivated on a journey called life, not paper or book. But not everyone. I want to know about you. What life did you lead, what trials did you scratch and how did you gain such a detached power..."
"It's not like I'm gonna tell you that."
"I'll talk to you. 'Cause you're ordering me to talk."
Nair peeks at his fangs with a smile on his face.
You chew on me just like Mr. Alc, you manipulate me. [M] So the people in this village were bitten, too?
"Wait, what time have you been doing this again and again"
"Hmm, maybe 200 years ago? That's about what I do with my village daughter..."
"... So, Mr. Tetra..."
"Tetra? Uh, it's more like I'm the parent of that kid. Rather than that, everyone living in the village is my puppet, and their memories and emotions remain my thoughts. So it's also a lie that I don't have a parent, and it's a bright red lie that Tetra is replacing her. She thinks of me like a daughter with imprinted memories."
……
I'm flabbergasted by Nair's words, which I said beforehand.
Two hundred years, then I can snort the number of armor that was in that western hall. In the meantime, nobody noticed... No, even if they noticed, they manipulated or enslaved my memory, and I've been doing things like this for so many times now. That's the identity of the rumors Mr. Alc told me about.
It's not a sanity shack.
But it's not like we can't talk, so we try to persuade him to include "buy time”.
"... ok. Let's talk about you."
"Oh, I don't need to manipulate this one, so I can be quick."
I don't mind being the person to talk to.
But that's not now.
"Wouldn't it be nice if we ended our journey?"
"Hmm?"
"We are on a journey with an important mission. That's for the future of this continent, as I told you yesterday. So wait till then. If that's what you call witchcraft, I'll give you a contract. I said I'd come back to see you."
Of course, I am willing to step down.
I will take Rose, the Great Demon King of Fear, with me to visit you.
But I don't know how you took my word for it, but she dyed her cheeks frigidly, keeping her cheeks down and squirming.
"I've never been so bold confessed"
"It's not a confession!?"
Tied up and confessed. Am I a dm?
This scratchy piece of nair laughs.
"But - you know what? I can't wait that long. I want to know what's in your head as soon as possible."
"... there is an imminent crisis on this continent."
"I have nothing to do with demons."
"Really?"
"How dare you?"
This woman.
"Stop beating me, little girl."
"Huh?"
"Mmm, nothing"
The vegetables came out smiling. Fortunately, you thought you heard me wrong. He's rubbing his eyes when he looks at my face. Whatever happens, this kid doesn't seem willing to let me go.
"... if you talk to me of your own free will, maybe I can set you free soon? Oh, of course, I'm assuming you suck blood, so even if you're lying, you'll soon find out by my insinuation."
"If you obeyed adults... how long will you let me go?"
"Hmm, when I lose interest?"
Normal people would love to take that suggestion, but I am a summoned man from another world.
You have to tell her about the other world, no matter what. [M] For this child, the unknown is a treasure. If I tell you about the other world, I'll be trapped by her for the rest of my life.
That's all we have to avoid at all costs...
"... is there any other way?"
"Why? If you hang out with me so much, I'll let you go soon?"
……
"You can't answer that."
He grabs the collar of his uniform and attracts it.
Because of the height difference, Nair, who looked up at this one, turns that eye into a curious thing, and looks at it. I haven't been charged with what she says, but I can't turn away from her trying to explore my insides.
"Huff, after listening to that 'story I want to hide', let's just say I enjoy a tea party with you back to sanity"
After a few seconds, another few minutes, or a staggered gaze that felt unusually long on her body, Nair suddenly smiled lusciously, grabbing both shoulders behind my back and leaning back.
It's like a vampire coming out of a story when he sucks blood from a human being -,
"I'm not kidding...... ugh!!"
As much as I can do, I cage my strength in my right arm.
I make a giddy noise in my arm and feel the pain like an electric shock ran on my arm.
But it also heals instantly with healing magic and tries to move it regardless. Every time instantaneous severe pain and recovery is repeated over and over again, the binding of the literature running gradually to the right arm becomes dull and gradually cracked and broken.
I can go - ugh!! I'm not free to move yet, but I manage to put my right hand against the neck muscle she's about to bite and make my hand bite.
Her fangs are stabbed in the back of her hand, blood is drained, but nothing is wrong with my body. Apparently, manipulating humans is conditional on biting them in the neck.
"Ugh!? What?!?"
"I'm not sweet enough to let you bite me so easily!!"
"Ku......"
Take your mouth off my hand that bit you, Nair retreating to the rear.
I didn't think magic could be broken by force moves, but you're going to try. Break both leg restraints just like your right arm.
"I knew the body I worked out wouldn't betray me... ugh!!"
"With force...? You're lying!?"
I turn my foot toward Mr. Alk, sparing Nair to see the blood dripping from the edge of his mouth.
We need to keep running for now, we can't wait for help anymore. The curse of restraint is still activated, but if both legs move at all, we can move forward.
"You won't let him get away with it!! Catch him!!"
The villagers Nair manipulated jumped at me heading to Mr. Alk's place. I can't move satisfactorily. Now I can't fight back or evade, they stick with me, but I eat my teeth and pull every villager away.
Even with your body tied up, do you think that clinging to me in the lifeguard that carries the injured will work? I've been through this weight over and over again.
But it could be tougher than this...
Mr. Ark, who was in front of me, woke up when he had a weak inner voice.
"Mr. Alc!! You noticed!! A little help... Ke..."
…………
"Uh, could it have been manipulated?"
The response was a tackle to my torso.
MAZUI MAZUI MAZUI!! If Mr. Ark at heart is falling into Nair's hands, we can't leave here. No, there's nothing I can do about this situation without it.
"" "GUGA -!!" "
"Whew..."
Besides, even the zombies came together from the hall.
If a boulder holds you back by a zombie, it's over.
Rest in peace, at that moment when words like that crossed my mind...,
"Grrrrrrrr!!"
A roar echoed around me reminiscent of a fierce beast.
Nair confused by his voice, but I knew the Lord of his voice.
"Finally, have you brought me..."
Now that Mr. Alk and I are unable to move, only he has the strength to manage this situation. That's why Amako left me to go get him.
Footsteps have already come close.
Then what I have to say is settled.
"BRULLIN!! Do it for me -!!"
"Grrrrrrrr!!"
Appearing with a powerful roar was the blue Warcraft, the Blue Grizzly thing Burlin. On its back is Amako, who called him.
Did you hear my voice, Burlin teased me to the best of my ability to seize the villagers without any slowing down?
The villagers and I, including Mr. Alk, blow up heavily around Burlin's intense body - but fall on Burlin's back, who moved to the landing site in advance just before he fell to the ground.
I fell into a bluff, and while Amako supported me, I thanked both of them for everything.
"The boulder is my partner. Amako too...... thanks"
"Grrr."
Naturally, there's a lot of laughter of joy in the burlin that just rings out loud.
"Let's get out of here faster than that"
"But..."
Mr. Alk..., stop trying to put it that way.
I can't help Mr. Alk right now. Does Amako know that too, she's biting her lips off so she doesn't desperately put her emotions on the table.
I can't help you now, though. Definitely help me out and show it.
I only move my neck while I'm on Brulin's back, and I look at Nair and declare that I'm staring at this one.
"Tomorrow night, I'll go get my people back... and I'll keep Mr. Alk until then. Nair."
As soon as he said that to Nair, who glanced at me, Burlin ran back to the hall.
Village in crisis by Necromancer.
It was a tentative first appearance, and its identity was a garden to satisfy the intellectual desire of a demon named Nair.
Necromancer and vampire hybrids, their two bloods and powerful enemies and we - we must fight.