Travels of the Necromancer

More than 300 years ago, the mainland fell into chaos and darkness because of my most famous predecessor, the first necromancer "contractor" who reached the level of a law god.In order to crusade against the races that have fallen into darkness and restore light and freedom, the Temple of Light sent the most elite Knights of Light to attack the dark empire established by people who believe in darkness.The Skeleton City, formerly known as Days City, was the capital of the Dark Empire at that time, and it was also the place where the battle was the worst.

Because of the tenacious resistance of the city guards and residents, the Knights suffered heavy losses, and the heads of thousands of light knights were placed on the city wall.You must know that all of the Knights of Light are high-ranking knights, and each of them is a precious treasure of the temple.

So in order to retaliate, after the city of Days was captured, the head of the Knights of Light at the time ordered the massacre of the city, and all residents in the city who refused to change their beliefs, regardless of age, were slaughtered.The head of the regiment also ordered to burn down the original city wall and build the city with the bones of [-] residents in order to demonstrate the authority of the Temple of Light.

And then, there is the focus and the most controversial part of the legend - the night of death.There are many versions of what happened on the night of death, but there is only one result. All the creatures in the city turned into undead creatures overnight, and the knights and temple priests in the Knights of Light were no exception.

Although the Temple of Light finally announced that everything was a conspiracy of the evil demons, it is an indisputable fact that the holy war in the Temple of Light finally created a city of the dead, and the Western Expedition has stagnated for more than 300 years.

It can be said that the existence of this city itself is a mockery of the temple. Thinking of this, I suddenly feel that the journey in the next few days will be very pleasant.Of course, other people don't necessarily think so. After all, not everyone can get used to the way of walking that will kick the skeleton at any time.Therefore, before our group entered the Skull City, the nerves of my companions were already tense to a very high level.

My current temporary companion is the Tenth Trial Squad of the Holy Sword Mercenary Regiment led by Noah.Because they are not yet official members of the mercenary regiment, they do not have a squad name, only a number.There are not many people in the team, but they have various backgrounds: there are thieves who can't get along in the original territory, there are female archers who have jumped from other mercenary groups to the Holy Sword and their group of flower protectors, and some have just graduated from school. Rookie Bright Mage...

And my previous speculation has also been confirmed. Noah turned out to be a nobleman who came from a family of knights.He was originally a reserve knight of the Knights of the Temple of Light, but was later deprived of his knighthood and surname.Even so, Noah still stubbornly insisted on following the knightly standards, which made him a little bit out of tune with other civilian-born members of the regiment.So although he was appointed as the captain because of his strongest strength, he seemed a little isolated in the team.

Of course, this isolation may also be due to the proud and beautiful female archer.She hoped to develop a super-friendship relationship with Noah, and after being rejected, love turned into hate-this statement comes from the enthusiasm of Mr. Thief, which has not yet been confirmed.But the half-orc who clashed with Noah in the bar was one of the supporters of the female archer in the team.

And I, because I was recruited by Noah, seemed to be counted as one of his factions, and I was also isolated.Other than Noah himself, only gold-loving thieves talk to me.Of course, for me, this is a good thing, and I can move more freely.

So, in a not very harmonious atmosphere, our group came to the gate of Skeleton City.

"My God, this is brutal!"

Not only the female light mage, but even me as a necromancer was shocked when I saw the city.

The turquoise city wall is densely covered with countless faces of the same turquoise, men, women, old people and children, still carrying the expressions of pain, fear and resentment they had before they died.These expressions were forever frozen by the ice magic, and pairs of empty eyes silently stared at us outsiders.The shock brought by this scene cannot be described in words.

It is not surprising that the people who believe in darkness will decorate the city walls with the heads of their enemies, but it is indeed surprising that the knights who represent the light will follow suit, and do it more cruelly and thoroughly.You must know that the principle of forgiveness is written into the teachings of the Temple of Light.Perhaps in the bloody war, those originally bright souls have been polluted by darkness.

"Originally the residents of the city have become the building materials of the city..." After the initial emotion, I began to think.As the same cursed land, the lethality under the calm appearance of the dark swamp is much greater than this city wall.However, because the appearance is too calm, occasionally some unknown adventurers come in by mistake. Maybe I should suggest to the teacher to change the decoration style of the dark swamp?

"No—" the half-orc who had been silent at this moment suddenly held his head and screamed.

"Guard with your heart!" I immediately understood what had happened, and turned to shout to the female mage.

The female mage who was still in a daze was stunned for a moment, and then instinctively chanted the mantra, and the white light slowly spread around her, covering everyone.I suddenly felt a tingling pain in my skin, of course this is just my feeling, ordinary people should feel that their heavy heart is relieved.

"Chris, what the hell is going on here?" Seeing that the half-orc returned to normal under the protection of the mind, the female mage took the initiative to talk to me for the first time.This is not because of any faction, but because this mage has a very introverted and shy personality. Except for the female archer, he hardly takes the initiative to talk to other people.Still, I was very careful with her.

"This is the curse of the undead. People who die violently are most likely to degenerate into undead creatures. Even if only one in a thousand of these executed residents degenerates, it is a considerable number. Although they cannot move freely due to the imprisonment of magic , but the spiritual magic 'fear' of the undead creatures themselves, the 'fear' attached to so many undead creatures gathered together, is enough to affect people with weak mental power." I explained, and was very careful Instead of the word "reincarnation" commonly used by necromancers, he used the word "fallen" promoted by the Temple of Light.

"By the way, I remembered it. It was written in Chapter 13 of the "Guidance for Battle" that when encountering undead creatures, you must first use the guardian of the mind to avoid being affected by spiritual magic. It's too bad, how could I forget, I'm so stupid... ..." Hearing such a "deep" self-blame from the female mage, what else can I say, I really deserve the name of a rookie.