Damn Necromancer-Chapter 299
Chapter 299: Upper Ranking Battle (5)
Approaching Carnos stopped his steps.
Crimson pupils scanned Cedric and Merhen alternately.
“Hoh.”
The corners of his mouth twisted upwards.
“I feel the power of those two from your summons.”
A massive finger pointed at Cedric.
“Drakan.”
He pointed at Merhen again.
“Rafaela.”
Carnos laughed heartily.
“Kuh, did you devour the two?”
“You two will become like that as well.”
Kim Minwoo retorted calmly.
Elise smiled coldly.
Contempt dwelt in her frost-light pupils.
“We are of a different status from those two.”
Her hand went up.
Puuuung―!
The world flipped white.
Cold field of the White Night.
Moisture in the air crystallized in an instant.
Vision blurred. Pressure as if mana was freezing weighed down the whole body.
Simultaneously, Carnos kicked the ground.
The blood-red greatsword struck down toward Kim Minwoo.
At that moment, Cedric, who had come forward before anyone noticed, raised his spear and clashed.
Kwang―!
A shockwave spread in all directions.
The earth caved in deeply.
The power of two monsters collided head-on.
“Kuhaha! Power of a dragon!”
Carnos’s eyes blazed.
The greatsword swung consecutively.
Cedric’s spear blocked, deflected, and countered.
‘Strong.’
Cedric’s eye glint shone sharply.
Power more useful on the battlefield than Drakan’s.
Carnos’s movements were becoming noticeably faster.
The pressure had definitely increased compared to the beginning.
‘If he’s a type that gets stronger the more he fights…….’
Kim Minwoo’s brow twitched.
‘There’s no reason to let him keep fighting.’
Short-term battle.
Must not drag it out.
“Merhen.”
─Okay.
Merhen stepped forward.
A golden magic circle bloomed in the empty air.
─You, don't use magic.
[Merhen uses Divine Tongue!]
[Target Elise’s mana is significantly sealed!]
The ice flower blooming at Elise’s fingertip stopped.
The flow of mana was cut.
Her frost-light pupils trembled minutely.
‘Rafaela’s ability?’
No.
Someone like Rafaela could not completely seal her magic.
That summon’s Divine Tongue was much deeper.
Even the aura of magic blocking, which was familiar with the Divine Tongue, was mixed in.
It wasn't a simple seal.
Double restraint suppressing the mana circuit itself.
‘She must have gained Rafaela’s power not long ago, yet she mixes it with blocking.’
The conclusion was one.
‘That mage, she possessed overwhelmingly high skills from the start.’
“Interesting.”
Cold admiration leaked out.
“To think a mere summon’s magic would be this profound.”
Her finger tapped her temple lightly.
“My eyes have opened a bit.”
Merhen tilted her head.
─What are you saying, idiot.
Crunch. Cruuunch―.
Elise’s form began to grow larger.
Her skin hardened like ice.
Her limbs stretched.
Silver hair soared like frost and spread toward the sky.
Witch of the White Night.
Transformed like a massive ice statue, she struggled within the restraint of the Divine Tongue.
Her mana circuits were bound, but the body made of perpetual snow was already part of her. She intended to tear the restraint by forcibly increasing the size of the circuits through pure physical transformation alone.
Massive cold air flocked onto her hand.
The idea that if control is lacking, she would suppress it with sheer force.
Merhen’s eyes narrowed.
─How dare you.
She reached out her hand.
Golden patterns became even deeper.
Divine Tongue and Magic Blocking.
Double power tightened Elise’s body and circuits simultaneously.
Meanwhile.
Kwang! Kwang! Kwang!
The clash between Carnos and Cedric was becoming increasingly fierce.
Kim Minwoo aimed for a gap and intervened.
Hell Rhapsody aimed for Carnos’s flank.
Carnos struck the sword away with one hand.
His arm went numb.
The difference in strength was certain.
‘Dragon Tooth Soldier.’
He snapped his fingers.
Black mana soared.
A horde of Skeleton Dragon Tooth Soldiers pierced through the earth and popped out.
Soldiers made of dragon bones charged toward Carnos.
“Haha! Dragging even Dragon Tooth Soldiers here!”
The greatsword was swung.
One Dragon Tooth Soldier was smashed as is.
But in that gap, Cedric’s spear grazed his shoulder.
Dragon Strike activated, and the wound opened in three branches.
Blood-red blood splattered.
“Keuheu!”
Carnos bared his teeth.
“Good, good! It’s getting more fun!”
Blood soared from the wound.
Blood-red steam rose. Madness became even thicker.
Kim Minwoo’s gaze quickly scanned the battlefield.
Elise and Merhen’s confrontation.
Carnos and Cedric’s clash.
‘I have to decide the order.’
Calculations spun in his head.
Carnos gets stronger as time passes.
Elise dominates the board with her cold field.
‘Cut the Berserker first.’
Eliminate the most dangerous variable.
‘Then the mage.’
If only the Berserker running wild in front disappears, catching the mage is truly a piece of cake.
Because Merhen was an existence no different from a nightmare for all mages.
‘Leave the assassin to Mr. An.’
Contact had already come.
There is no choice but to trust.
‘Cedric, deal with Carnos first.’
Nod.
‘Merhen, when I give the signal, leave the witch for a moment and help this Berserker.’
Instructions were conveyed through the Heart of the Legion.
Merhen’s chin moved very minutely.
Cedric’s eye glint blazed.
Golden dragon scale patterns bloomed on the spear tip.
Drakan’s power spewed out like water.
Carnos’s greatsword was swung largely.
Cedric received it with his spear.
Kwang―!
A shockwave split the earth.
Kim Minwoo rushed in immediately.
‘Now!’
A golden pattern the size of a coin bloomed beneath Carnos’s feet. Minute shaking of mana. Carnos’s balance shook for an instant.
In the fight of super experts, even time split into instants decides life and death.
Kim Minwoo did not miss that gap.
Seogeok―!
Hell Rhapsody severed the bastard’s arm.
Before the bastard’s brow could contort at the pain and weight touching his arm.
Cedric’s spear tip grazed Carnos’s flank.
Dragon Strike activated.
The wound opened in three branches.
“Keu-euk―!”
Carnos ground his teeth.
‘What was that, just now?’
He glared at his feet.
The golden pattern had already disappeared.
‘Damn it! It’s that mage!’
It was faint energy, but it was magic.
And high-level magic enough to stop his body even for a moment at that.
He suffered massive damage from an unexpected surprise attack.
Even if he was a warrior who got stronger the more he fought and the more blood he saw, receiving this much serious injury at once was troublesome.
Because he would die before even warming up.
“Elise! Do it properly! You damn bitch!”
Having vomited rage, he swung his greatsword madly again.
Cedric stepped back one step.
The pressure definitely went up.
A Berserker who gets stronger the more he fights, that instinct was completely awakening.
‘Now.’
Kim Minwoo kicked the ground.
Hell Rhapsody harbored darkness.
The instant Carnos’s gaze focused on Cedric, he aimed for the flank.
Carnos instinctively twisted his body.
The greatsword struck away Kim Minwoo’s sword.
Jjaeng―!
His arm went numb.
But simultaneously, a golden pattern flashed once again on his ankle.
Gravity pulled his body momentarily.
Balance collapsed.
Cedric’s spear extended like lightning.
Puuk―!
It pierced his shoulder.
“Kuaaak―!”
Carnos screamed.
He reached out his hand to grasp the spear.
At that moment, Kim Minwoo’s sword aimed for his wrist.
Seogeok―!
His wrist was severed.
The greatsword fell to the ground.
Carnos stepped back while clenching his teeth.
His gaze turned toward Elise, filled with rage.
And only then did the war situation start to come into view.
‘What is that?’
Against merely a single summon…….
The Witch of the White Night had revealed her true body.
But even after doing so, she was suppressed and unable to move.
Elise’s face was distorted to the extreme.
‘Damn it!’
From the edge of the golden magic circle binding her, minute patterns were stealthily flowing out into the battlefield.
To beneath Carnos’s feet.
To Carnos’s sword trajectory.
‘Blocking my magic, while keeping that Berserker in check at the same time?’
Maintaining the double restraint of Divine Tongue and Magic Blocking, she was scattering minute interference across the entire battlefield.
‘Is that possible? How long has it been since she gained Rafaela’s power?’
Only then did she realize.
This summon isn't strong because she absorbed Rafaela’s authority. She was simply a mage transcending imagination from the very beginning.
A scream burst out from far away.
“Kuaaaak―!”
Carnos, who had become a mess, roared.
Blood poured from his severed wrist.
However, he did not stop.
A sword made of blood soared out from the severed hand.
Blood-red steam rose explosively.
“I will kill you―!”
Madness reached its peak.
The greatsword was swung.
Kwang! Kwang! Kwang!
Despite having only one hand, the pressure had actually increased.
‘Crazy bastard.’
Kim Minwoo’s eyes narrowed.
‘Does he get stronger the more he gets hurt?’
A monster that gets stronger the more he fights, the more he gets hurt.
He couldn't drag out the time any longer.
‘Merhen, now.’
─Okay.
Merhen’s hand went up.
The golden magic circle expanded explosively.
Instead of the power tightening around Elise loosening momentarily, the Divine Tongue, laden with weight, struck Carnos.
─Become heavy.
[Merhen uses Divine Tongue!]
Carnos’s body stiffened for an instant.
As if the earth suddenly clung to him, his limbs became heavy.
His mana was bound tight, making it difficult to utilize the skills he possessed.
The arm where the sword made of blood had grown drooped limply.
“Th, this―!”
In that instant.
Cedric’s spear tip was dyed golden.
Dragon scale patterns spread along the spear shaft.
The dragon’s power absorbed from Drakan began to run wild.
Kuuung―!
The earth split.
Cedric’s spear traced the empty air.
Dragon Strike.
Three slashes extended simultaneously with a single swing.
Carnos tried to block with his remaining arm.
However, his body bound by the Divine Tongue could not react properly.
Puk―!
Puk―!
Puk―!
Three slashes embedded simultaneously.
His chest was torn.
His stomach was split.
His leg was cut.
“Kaha―!”
Carnos staggered.
Kim Minwoo did not miss that gap.
He kicked the ground.
Hell Rhapsody harbored darkness.
The sword tip stabbed toward the heart.
Puuk―!
Carnos’s eyes trembled.
Crimson pupils looked down at Kim Minwoo.
“Like a…… moronic…… witch…… cough!”
He twisted the sword.
The sensation of the heart being crushed was transmitted to his fingertips.
“Your power, seems like it will be useful for my summon.”
The corners of Carnos’s mouth twitched.
“……Keuheuh. You mean…… that skeleton?”
“Yeah.”
“……Guess it would be…… cool…….”
As if imagining what it would be like if his power was added to Cedric, Carnos’s eyes became hazy.
“……Sure…… try it……. Mortgaging…… the soul…… is also…… the winner’s right……”
His words cut off.
The light in his crimson pupils went out.
Iron Blood King Carnos.
The monster that gets stronger the more he fights lost his life before he could even get strong.
“One.”
Kim Minwoo pulled out the sword.
His gaze turned toward Elise.
The Witch of the White Night was still struggling while bound by the Divine Tongue.
The restraint that had loosened for a moment was already tightening again.
“Th, this mere seal―!”
Elise ground her teeth.
She tried to tear the Divine Tongue’s restraint with pure power.
Her ice armor swelled up.
Cold air raged like a storm.
But the more she increased her power, the mana binding her circuits flexibly like a rubber band also increased its range and continued to be maintained.
─Noisy.
Merhen reached out her hand.
The golden magic circle became even deeper.
Divine Tongue and Magic Blocking activated simultaneously.
The double restraint completely blocked Elise’s mana circuits and body.
“Kuaaaak―!”
A scream burst out.
The massive ice body shriveled.
As the mana supply was cut off, it became impossible even to maintain it.
Ice fragments crumbled down, crack, crunch.
Cedric did not miss that gap.
This is the end.
The spear extended like lightning.
Seogeok―!
Elise’s neck was severed.
Silver hair scattered in the empty air.
Her frost-light pupils trembled as if in disbelief.
“H, How―.”
Before she could finish her words, her head rolled onto the earth.
Witch of the White Night Elise.
The monster of ice magic fell without being able to use magic properly even once.
“Two.”
Kim Minwoo exhaled.
The battlefield became silent.
Carnos and Elise.
Two of the strongest in the Upper Ranking Battle fell in succession.
It was then.
“Mr. Kim Minwoo, you were here?”
A familiar voice was heard.
He turned his head.
Far away, Andromalius was walking over.
Perhaps due to engaging in a chaotic battle, the edges of his cape were torn here and there.
Dark red blood leaking little by little between his gloves was a bonus. In one of his hands, he was tightly gripping the nape of a man wearing a black coat.
The assassin who had become a mess.
Formless Sword Wraith.
His limbs were twisted, and the pupils inside his helmet lacked focus.
Andromalius threw Wraith onto the ground.
Kung.
“Here. I brought a gift.”
He smiled gently.
“Please give me some praise this time?”
The corners of Kim Minwoo’s mouth went up.
“Good job.”
Short praise.
Hell Rhapsody flashed.
Seogeok―.
Wraith’s neck was severed.
Chains flowing out as the Secret Book unfolded wrapped around the souls of the three powerhouses trying to leave their bodies in an instant.
[Capturing the soul of Iron Blood King Carnos.]
[Capturing the soul of Witch of the White Night Elise.]
[Capturing the soul of Formless Sword Wraith.]
“Three.”
Kim Minwoo closed the Secret Book.
Five powerhouses of the Upper Ranking Battle.
Drakan, Rafaela, Carnos, Elise, Wraith.
All dead.
Instantly, the sky split open.
