Damn Necromancer-Chapter 302

Chapter 302: Olivia (2)

Kim Minwoo looked at Olivia.

Pale skin. Sunset-colored eyes. A worn-out but still splendid dress.

What stood out more than all of that was her expression.

There was nothing.

No expectation, no anger, no sadness. A complete lack of expression, as if even feeling boredom was too bothersome.

‘That look in her eyes.’

A familiar image popped into Kim Minwoo's head.

A veteran player who had played a game for far too long.

The type who had seen every hidden ending, cleared every achievement, and no longer even logged in because there was no more content to beat.

But then, a second playthrough had forcibly begun.

Without even a logout button.

‘Nothing I offer will work on her.’

Rewards?

Meaningless.

Because she would have already had them all.

Revenge?

Not interested.

She didn't seem to have any grudges in the first place.

A cause?

Not even funny.

There was no way a grand cause would work on a being with eyes like that.

Olivia's gaze slowly scanned Kim Minwoo.

It was like looking at an item in a display case.

An item one wouldn't even want to bother deciding whether to buy or not.

"With your previous life……."

Kim Minwoo opened his mouth.

"It seems you were satisfied?"

Olivia's eyelids twitched minutely.

That was her only reaction.

"Satisfaction."

A languid voice flowed out.

"It's been a long time since I used a word like that."

Her fingers moved slowly to prop up her chin.

"I ate what I wanted to eat. I killed the bastards I wanted to kill. I got everything I wanted to have."

It was a calm listing.

"I've betrayed, and I've been betrayed. I've worn a crown, and I've thrown it away. Countless wars. Have I even destroyed a world once?"

Her sunset-colored eyes stared into the empty air.

"I don't have any regrets. My life was a perfect ending, you see."

Her words trailed off.

"But it didn't end."

Kim Minwoo listened silently.

"I clearly died, but my life doesn't end. Sitting alone in an endlessly repeating sunset, do you know what that feels like?"

The corners of Olivia's mouth curled up faintly.

It was closer to a spasm than a smile.

"I'm bored. It's so boring I feel like I'm going crazy."

"Have you tried dying?"

"Yeah. I've already tried it a lot. But, I don't die."

Laughing self-deprecatingly, Olivia spoke while looking at her own body.

"This body, its life force is too persistent. Even if I blow my head off or crush my heart, it just keeps regenerating."

"Are you immortal or what?"

"Not that. I need a very strong attack to wipe me out in one hit. But I'm not that kind of style."

Having said that, she looked at Kim Minwoo.

"So about that. Could you perhaps kill me?"

"If I just kill you, it's a loss for me."

"If I die, my corpse will be left. You can use that."

"A corpse isn't enough."

"Is that so?"

"Yeah. The exchange ratio isn't right."

"Then how do we make the exchange ratio right?"

"Let's see……."

After pondering for a moment, Kim Minwoo smiled broadly.

"Let's do this. I'm going to take you out of here."

"I don't want to leave, though?"

"But, you don't want to keep living like this either, right?"

"……So……?"

"Let's suffer for just exactly 6 years."

"6 years?"

"Yeah. 6 years. If you want, I can specify it in a contract. That I will absolutely kill you after 6 years."

Color returned to Olivia's eyes.

"Sly Necromancer. You're subtly leaving out a condition?"

"What condition?"

"What if you kill me and resurrect me?"

"Ah, you're worried about that?"

"Yeah. If I didn't smell my own kind on you…… I would have killed you right away."

A smile formed on Kim Minwoo's lips.

He thought her emotions were completely dead, but testing it out, it seemed that wasn't the case either.

At least the anger she showed just a moment ago was real.

It was an anger revealed even from an emotion close to emptiness, yet the fact that she didn't attack him meant…….

‘Merhen was right.’

Saying she likes her own kind, vampires.

It seemed to be certain information.

It was a good thing he obtained the Baronet's regenerative power.

"Seems you have a lot pent up against the Death Lord?"

"Because he's the one who imprisoned me."

"The contract, didn't you agree to it too?"

"I didn't know he would imprison me even in death like this."

As expected.

There was no way she would have willingly been trapped in a space like this.

It was an act typical of an evil Lich, one might say.

"I promise. In 6 years, if you want it, I will absolutely kill you. So that you cannot be brought back to life by any means, for sure."

"……."

Olivia, who had been silent, looked at the sunset.

Olivia slowly turned her head.

Her sunset-colored eyes faced Kim Minwoo directly. A different light from earlier dwelt within them. It wasn't boredom. It wasn't curiosity either.

It was calculation.

"6 years."

Her finger moved as if dancing in the empty air.

"What if you die in the middle of it?"

"Then, you regain your freedom. Leave to find an existence who will kill you. Or just live well on your own."

"Good. Let's make a contract. I, Olivia Desterosa, will contract with you, Necromancer. The period is 6 years. During that time…… I will follow your commands."

"I, Kim Minwoo, accept the contract."

A pattern appeared between the two.

[Peculiar Escape Condition!]

[Blood Queen Olivia contracts with you!]

[Olivia will fight for you for the next 6 years!]

[Death Lord's authority, Olivia Summon (SSS) is activated!]

[Eternal Sunset collapses!]

[Please escape!]

As the contract pattern disappeared, the space shook.

Cracks on the ceiling spread.

The walls began to crumble. The sunset light that seemed eternal grew faint.

"It's collapsing."

Olivia muttered calmly.

"This space, it seems it was maintained only if I was here."

Kim Minwoo looked around.

Cracks formed on the floor.

Dust poured from the ceiling. There was no time.

"Let's go."

"How? There's no such thing as an exit."

"We just have to make one."

Kim Minwoo drew his sword.

[Using Descent (EX)!]

Divine power of death.

That power condensed over the sword.

As divine power gathered like that, Kim Minwoo's senses also became extremely clear.

As if a caterpillar shed its pupa and became a moth.

In the midst of infinite expansion, a single realization came to him.

The essence of necromancy was crossing boundaries.

The boundary between life and death.

The boundary between this world and the afterlife.

And now, the boundary between this prison and the outside world.

Tear apart.

The black blade harboring his will cut through the empty air.

Space screamed.

Cold wind rushed in through the torn gap.

It was the exact place where the Death Lord's ring had been placed.

"Oh."

Olivia's eyes sparkled.

"It really opens."

"What did you expect?"

"Well. Who knows. It could be a bluff."

Kim Minwoo chuckled.

"I don't bluff."

The crack gradually widened.

Enough for one person to pass through.

Kim Minwoo pushed his body in first.

Olivia followed behind him.

Instantly, the world flipped.

Light and darkness intersected.

Gravity disappeared and then returned. A sensation as if his entire body was being crushed brushed past.

And…….

Thud.

Kim Minwoo's back hit the hard floor.

"Ugh."

A groan leaked out.

He opened his eyes.

A completely pitch-black space was visible.

Beside him, Olivia landed elegantly.

The hem of her dress fluttered in the wind.

"Your landing is not that great."

"Be quiet."

Kim Minwoo stood up.

He dusted his body off.

Soon after, the scenery flipped once again.

From the place where he obtained the ring, to the Demon Realm.

The wind of the Demon Realm blew in.

As Kim Minwoo snapped his fingers, a black magic circle bloomed above the earth.

"Vulcan."

A short call.

Flames burst. Dark red fire swirled, and from within it, a massive figure revealed itself.

Blazing black hair. Crimson eyes blazing like lava. A man exuding arrogance from his very skin.

Vulcan shrugged his shoulders and looked around.

"Did you call."

At that moment, Olivia's head tilted slowly.

Her sunset-colored eyes scanned Vulcan.

As if discovering a familiar title on an old bookshelf.

"……Vulcan?"

A languid voice flowed out.

"Your aura. Don't tell me……."

The corners of Vulcan's mouth went up.

"Hoh. Can you feel it?"

Puffing out his chest, he spat out a voice brimming with pride.

"The aura of a Lord from this body. And an impressive Rank 1 at that! Kuhaha! While you were asleep, a world-shaking event has happened!"

It was a declaration close to a roar.

Olivia's eyes widened minutely.

For the first time, a distinct emotion brushed across her boredom-soaked expression.

Surprise.

And immediately, doubt.

"Rank 1? You?"

Her sunset-colored eyes scanned Vulcan up and down.

"How did a meathead like you?"

Vulcan's expression hardened.

"What?"

His crimson eyes flashed.

Flames bloomed over his shoulders.

"You mosquito-like bitch. What did you just say?"

"I said you're a meathead. Are your ears clogged too?"

Olivia retorted calmly while looking at her fingernails.

"You're still the same, too."

"This bitch!"

Vulcan took a step forward. The ground caved in deeply.

Heat spewed out like a storm.

Olivia did not budge an inch.

Rather, she narrowed her eyes as if holding back a yawn.

"You're noisy. Then and now."

"You must have a death wish?"

"I'd be grateful if you could kill me. But you can't, can you."

The momentum of the two existences collided head-on.

Flames and cynicism. Anger and boredom.

The air became tense as if it would tear.

Kim Minwoo's face, watching this, was full of smiles.

Olivia.

Reviving her emotions might not be harder than expected?

At least one thing could be confirmed.

That if it were the Legion Commanders, communication would roughly work.

Even the exchange of emotions.

"Enough."

Kim Minwoo walked between the two.

"If you want to fight, fight later."

Vulcan ground his teeth.

"That bitch first―."

"I know. But not now."

It was a firm voice.

Kim Minwoo looked back at Olivia.

"You too. Refrain from provoking him."

Olivia shrugged her shoulders.

"I only stated the facts."

"Then try softening the facts a bit."

Kim Minwoo snapped his fingers.

Two black magic circles bloomed side by side.

First, blue eye glints flashed. A massive skeleton knight clad in bone armor revealed his form while leaning on a spear.

Beside him, silver hair fluttered in the wind. The hem of a gothic dress fluttered like a shadow.

Cedric and Merhen.

The gazes of the two Legion Commanders turned toward Olivia simultaneously.

Cedric's blue eye glint slowly scanned Olivia. Pale skin, sunset-colored eyes, a worn-out but splendid dress. And above all, the aura exuding from her.

―It's been a while.

A low and heavy voice rang out.

―Blood Queen. Are you still going strong?

It was a greeting with knightly etiquette. Although his expression couldn't be known because of his skeleton face, sincerity was evident in his slightly bowed head.

Olivia's eyelids twitched minutely.

"Ah."

A languid voice flowed out.

"Yeah, skeleton."

―That insincere name is still the same.

"A skeleton is a skeleton, what else would you be."

It was a calm answer.

There was no further explanation, nor emotion.

Cedric fell silent for a moment. The bone fingers holding the spear trembled minutely.

―……Yeah. A skeleton.

A sigh that seemed like resignation leaked out.

At that moment, with her silver hair fluttering in the wind, Merhen stepped forward.

―Olivia! Have you been well?

Merhen suddenly grabbed her hand.

Olivia's sunset-colored eyes looked at Merhen.

"I lived because I couldn't die."

It was a calm answer.

It was the exact truth.

―Really? It's okay though! Because Minwoo is here now!

"Hmm?"

Olivia's eyebrow moved minutely.

Unlike the other ignorant Legion Commanders, she had kept up a decent relationship with Merhen.

Although she had the downside of not being a vampire…….

Even considering that, Merhen was a very wise mage.

But, even though they had met for over hundreds of years…….

It was the first time seeing her show a sunflower-like smile like that.

Olivia's head tilted slowly.

Her sunset-colored eyes scanned Merhen.

And she looked at Kim Minwoo.

Back to Merhen.

Back to Kim Minwoo.

Silence flowed.

Olivia's mouth opened.

"You, did you seduce Merhen?" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"Seduce, what. I just saved her."

"That is seducing."

Olivia's eyes narrowed.

"Sly Necromancer."

For the first time, something akin to interest was mixed into that languid voice.