The Necromancer Commands Slaves, Not Undeads

51 – Soiree (7)

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“What on earth do you mean? Her Royal Highness has disappeared…”

As long as Oscar is there as the princess’s escort, there will be no problem with her life… Oscar was one of the best Auror users in the Empire and was a strong man who could outsmart even Dorothy.

“I don’t know. You usually go for long walks, but you didn’t come back even after two hours had passed since you left for a night walk alone… I think something definitely happened…”

“Isn’t Mr. Oscar by her side?”

“Don’t even talk to that idiot! Oscar, that idiot left the princess alone and ended up like this…”

Maria spoke in an urgent voice.

Apparently something happened to Oscar, and someone took advantage of that to make the princess disappear. Is it okay to think of it that way?

“I understand. From now on, we will first secure Her Majesty’s personal safety.”

“The golem will stick next to you, so when you find it, press the button on the golem’s chest. I’ll release the other golems and continue searching!”

“Yes.”

Maria’s golem climbed onto my shoulder and firmly anchored her body with her claws.

I don’t think now is the time to leisurely watch.

I had to join Dorothy, who was chasing the green snake, and search for the princess’s whereabouts.

I raised a skeleton using necromancy. He wrote a note telling him to be quiet, handed it over to the skeleton, and sent him to the basement where the golden lion was.

Oh, come to think of it, I’ve never shown necromancy to a golden lion before?

Most people who see a skeleton for the first time are startled or scared… Well, it’ll work out somehow.

I took off the eye patch covering my right eye. The spiritual eyes began to stare at the blue souls swaying in the gray world.

I wonder if there are any useful souls around here.

I moved my head and searched for the spirits wandering around.

All souls have the shape of a burning flame, but there are detailed differences depending on the background, personality, and race of the soul owner.

I whispered softly to the soul with the freest form among the souls floating in this place.

“Wake up from the eternal world.”

As soon as the words were finished, the earth split apart. The flying monster, given new life in the crack, spread its wings and flew into the sky.

Griffin. A flying monster with the head, upper body and wings of a falcon, and the lower body of a lion.

The huge wings of the skeleton griffin flapped. The monster flies in the sky for tens of seconds and then lands on the ground.

A small gust of wind occurred along with a thud and vibration.

The griffin’s beautiful fur, skin, and beak no longer remained, but the intimidating feeling that came from its huge body and wings still existed.

I rode on the back of a huge flying monster that had nothing left but pure white bones.

The skeleton griffin roared and spread its wings.

Griffin began to take off with me on his back.

As the altitude rose, the distance from the ground widened. I held on tightly to the skeleton griffin’s back to prevent it from falling.

Once the griffin rose to a certain altitude, it slowly glided down and began to fly in the direction Dorothy was heading.

I took out the telescope from my pocket and looked around.

For some reason, I had an ominous feeling. Whether it’s the princess or Dorothy, everyone should be safe…

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Dorothy was running through the dark forest. Dorothy’s body, accelerated by Aura, surpassed human limits.

The green snake was chasing Dorothy, keeping a distance of 500 meters from her.

An ordinary human would never be able to follow Dorothy. But her green snake was also chasing her at a speed that exceeded her human limits.

Dorothy was able to realize why the green snake found the golden lion and naturally approached it in the first place.

The green snake was a vampire like Morse.

The physical abilities of vampires are far superior to those of humans. Strength that can shatter a stone wall, speed faster than a horse, and vision that can see places as far away as 1 km.

A truly unreasonable creature with blessed physical abilities.

This is a level that a person who cannot use Aurors can never reach even if he or she trains endlessly.

It also had excellent regenerative power, making it a very difficult enemy to deal with.

According to tradition, vampires are weak against the sun and silver.

However, the appearance of the green snake moving around safely even in broad daylight proved to be a disconfirmation of that legend.

If what is written in the legend is incorrect, there was nothing about the weaknesses of vampires among Dorothy’s knowledge.

However, even though the green snake had such an advantage, Dorothy decided that she could beat him.

She has grown since she fought Morse.

Until it arrived at this location, the green snake could not detect Dorothy’s presence. If she had planned and made her surprise attack, the battle would have started in a very unfavorable situation.

She was one of the top Auror users in the Empire. She even wears gauntlets that give her the power of an ogre.

Even if they successfully attacked without being surprised, the green snake could not defeat Dorothy head-on.

Even her green snake chasing her knew this very well.

But Dorothy’s biggest enemy was not the green snake, but the Predator.

This guy was on a different level from any enemy Dorothy had faced so far.

When Dorothy made eye contact with the Predator, she felt fear running down her spine.

The Predator’s body, which was standing still, was twisted grotesquely. Bat wings protruded from his shoulder blades.

Huung – As soon as the bat’s wings spread, the Predator glided to a low altitude and began to follow Dorothy.

Even if there was no green snake and it was a 1:1 situation with the Predator, Dorothy didn’t think she could beat him.

That’s why Dorothy chose to run away.

However, even that was not an easy task. The Predator had no intention of letting Dorothy go.

“Burn even brighter at the cost of blood.”

The sharp voice of the Predator reached Dorothy’s ears.

Three fireballs were formed centered on the Predator. They were all so large that they could swallow Dorothy.

The blazing fireball emitted intense heat and shot towards Dorothy.

Dorothy’s eyes rolled quickly. Her place where she was was the forest.

In other words, this place was full of trees that she could use as her cover.

Dorothy changed her running path. The trajectory of her fireball followed her as she changed direction.

The diameter of the ejected fireball was 1M and its size was larger than a person.

You can’t help but bump into her tree before you reach her.

Kwaang-! Pow-! Ujikkeun-! The sound of the explosion echoed throughout the forest.

“Tsk.”

The Predator tried to fire a fireball once again, but withdrew his hand. As her forest was dense with trees, it was not a meaningful means of attack for her as she escaped like a flying squirrel.

“If only it had not been weakened…”

The Predator’s face is distorted. He gritted his teeth. That was because an unpleasant memory, not Dorothy, had passed through his mind.

“I will slaughter your b*tch with my own hands.”

The veins on the Predator’s face stood out. The blood vessels in his eyes also become disgustingly clear.

The Predator began chasing Dorothy at a faster pace than before.

‘It’s okay, I can easily run away.’

The gap with the green snake widened further. The Predator approaching with wings spread was fierce, but he was not so fast that he could not be outrun.

Dorothy was sure of running away. He was confident that he would outrun them safely.

It was a rational judgment based on evidence.

As she was running frantically, a figure appeared in Dorothy’s field of vision.

‘Who is it?’

There was no way there was anyone in this place right now. Moreover, if you heard a loud explosion like just now, you should have run away from this place.

But the person who appeared did not seem to have any intention of running away. Rather, he blocked Dorothy’s path and stood still with his back turned.

‘We have to break through.’

Dorothy decided that he was an enemy. He held onto the handle of Lei Puyi so hard that he made a ‘kwaaak’ sound.

Dorothy’s eyes glowed coldly and she rushed forward to kill her enemy.

The distance narrows. The enemy came within range of the rapier. Dorothy tried to swing her rapier at the enemy.

At that moment, the identity of the person blocking Dorothy’s path was revealed. She turned her back and showed her face to Dorothy.

The identity of this person is none other than the First Princess of the Empire, Amelia von Russell-Wittenberg.

Dorothy opened her eyes wide and barely stopped her movements. Her rapier barely stopped at the tip of the princess’s neck.

“Princess?”

Princess Amelia did not answer Dorothy’s question.

She was just looking at Dorothy with cold, lifeless eyes.

Dorothy sensed something strange. But she was already late.

It was only for a moment, but Dorothy stopped her thoughts when she saw her princess suddenly appearing, and unlike Dorothy, Princess Amelia had made all her preparations to bite the enemy in front of her.

“Kyaaah!?”

Princess Amelia’s sharp fangs instantly bit into Dorothy’s pure white nape.