Damn Necromancer-Chapter 303
Chapter 303: Olivia (3)
Olivia's recruitment structure was slightly different from the other Legion Commanders from the start. Merhen, Cedric, and Vulcan each had their own regrets.
While he had worked hard, won their hearts, and gained their loyalty for them…….
Olivia was a being without regrets.
What they had formed was also closer to a temporary contract.
Even so, it was a fact that they had made a contract.
Reinforcement was essential.
He took out the Necromancy Secret Book.
"Olivia, I will reinforce you."
"How?"
"I'm going to feed you a soul. It just so happens I have a decent one."
Kim Minwoo snapped his fingers.
The Secret Book unfolded, and a black soul was sucked toward Olivia.
Kuuung―!
Olivia's ribcage opened.
The soul of the Formless Sword seeped between her ribs.
Light flickering like a shadow flowed along every bone joint.
[Devouring the soul of a High-ranking Being.]
[Legion Commander ‘Olivia's’ status rises.]
Pale eye glints fluctuated violently.
Bone fragments scattered, melted, and condensed again. A tremor, unsure if it was pain or ecstasy, leaked from between her lips.
Keueueu―!
Ash-gray patterns bloomed along her collarbone.
Patterns resembling blades wrapped around her shoulders and spread out.
Her wrist bones became thinner and harder.
The assassin's arts were engraved on every finger joint. The tips of her fingernails turned as sharp as razor blades. Blood-red patterns spread across the back of her hands.
Seureureuk―.
The air split.
Olivia's fingertips only swayed faintly, but thin cracks were drawn on three surrounding rocks.
"This is……."
Olivia looked down at her own hand.
Ash-gray sword patterns were engraved over the pale bones.
She clenched and unclenched her hand.
Just with that, shadows flickered and scattered.
[Inheriting a portion of authority.]
[Formless Sword.]
[Stealth ability significantly enhanced, Attack power significantly increased while in stealth, Aura becomes transparent, rendering trajectory invisible.]
Olivia's eye glint blazed red.
The instinct of a vampire and the techniques of an assassin melted into one. She licked her finger.
Sharp fangs were revealed between her lips.
"I can feel the scent of blood more clearly."
Olivia reached out her hand toward a nearby rock cliff.
Hwik―.
It was not visible.
It was impossible to even perceive that the hand had moved.
However, the result was clear.
The rock split into ten branches. As if invisible threads had hacked the rock wall, the cross-sections were as smooth as glass.
The corners of Kim Minwoo's mouth went up.
"I wondered if an assassin's soul would fit well. Seems like a perfect match, right?"
Olivia wiggled her finger.
Shadows danced along her fingertips.
"The compatibility seems to fit."
Sly Necromancer.
She muttered low.
Feeding souls to raise the status…….
It was a sight she had never experienced even when she was under the Death Lord.
"Do you intend to feed me more."
"Two souls per person. That's the maximum you can absorb."
"I hope the remaining one is similar to this as well."
Olivia said calmly.
Her gaze turned toward Cedric, no, the skeleton.
Many things had changed between the appearance of Cedric in her memories and his current appearance.
First of all, his exterior looked incredibly sturdy just by looking at it.
The density of the bones themselves was different.
The color too.
It seemed it was undoubtedly due to this soul absorption.
If she needlessly swallowed a soul of a similar category to Cedric, that skeleton, it might cause setbacks when it came time for her to die later.
Things like attacks not piercing the body.
‘As if I wasn't already unable to die because of my regenerative power.’
It would be a big problem if such a terrible situation occurred.
Olivia's eyes narrowed.
Cedric ate Drakan and became a monster.
Merhen absorbed Rafaela and even gained magic resistance.
She herself had just obtained the Formless Sword's arts.
"Skeleton."
―Did you call.
"How long has it been since you started working under this human?"
―It should be a little over 1 year.
"1 year……."
―When we first started, there was nothing. Both me and the master.
Olivia's eyes narrowed.
She had spent hundreds of years under the Death Lord.
She knew painfully well how long it took for a Legion Commander's status to rise.
But it became like that in just 1 year?
"You two. Try fighting each other once."
At Kim Minwoo's words, the corners of Olivia's mouth went up.
Her pale fingers swept through the empty air.
"Good."
It was before she even finished speaking.
Seureureuk―.
Olivia's form disappeared.
Like a shadow. No, fainter than a shadow.
Her presence, mana, and her very existence evaporated.
Cedric's spear moved instinctively.
Fingernails aiming for his back clashed against the spear shaft.
Chaaeng―!
Sparks flew.
Olivia melted away again.
Into the empty air.
Into the darkness.
‘Fast.’
Cedric raised his spear.
The dragon scale patterns obtained from Drakan pulsated.
Golden scales wrapped his entire body, forming a defensive barrier.
Right after.
Seogeok―!
A strike aimed at his neck was blocked by the dragon scales.
Olivia's eyes narrowed.
"It's hard."
―Unfortunately.
Cedric's counterattack extended like lightning.
The spear tip pierced Olivia's afterimage.
Her main body had already slipped to the side.
"Slow."
Whispering mockingly, Olivia disappeared again.
Kim Minwoo crossed his arms and watched.
The true value of the Formless Sword was being revealed.
The trajectory could not be seen.
The moment her fingernails moved, there wasn't even the sound of air splitting. Only the result remained.
Thin scratches being engraved onto the dragon scales.
Once. Twice. Three times.
Cracks multiplied over Cedric's armor.
―It's exactly the same as before. Hiding around.
Cedric swung his spear broadly.
A shockwave spread in all directions.
Olivia in her stealth state bounced out.
"Why would I face you head-on? It's not like I'm an idiot."
Olivia clicked her tongue as she landed.
An outer shell much harder than expected.
Combined with the sharp intuition of a knight, close combat was a bad plan.
‘Blood-sucking doesn't work either. Well, that's been the case since the past.’
That's why she really hated skeletons.
Even so, she was smiling.
"But you know."
She licked her finger.
Fangs were revealed.
"This much is enough."
Her form blurred again.
This time it was different.
It wasn't one. Two, three, four―.
Afterimages made of blood bloomed from all directions.
Soon after, the forms of the clones all blurred.
―Wow. The clones became transparent too, Minwoo!
Merhen, who was watching, let out an exclamation.
"She wasn't like that originally?"
―Yeah. She didn't have functions up to that extent. Is it because of the soul?
Chaaeng―!
Olivia's main body struck Cedric's spear.
Four transparent clones swarmed in from all directions.
Seogeok―!
The fingernails aiming for Cedric's neck cut through the empty air.
It missed. He had already slipped half a step to the side.
Behind his back.
Flank.
Behind his knee.
Attacks landed simultaneously from three directions.
Cedric's spear shaft drew a circle. The rotating trajectory deflected all three streams of fingernails.
Chaaeng―! Chaeng―! Chaeng―!
Sparks flew in succession.
"Interesting."
Olivia's voice rang out in the empty air.
It was impossible to tell where it was coming from. The main body was mixed among the clones.
Cedric's blue eye glint shone sharply.
―Such petty tricks won't work on me.
He raised his spear.
The dragon scale patterns pulsated.
Golden scales wrapped around his entire body, forming a defensive barrier.
"That is……."
Seureureuk―.
Olivia's form melted away again.
The five clones scattered simultaneously.
They all became transparent. Presence, mana, and existence itself evaporated.
"We'll have to see about that."
A whisper brushed past like the wind.
Right after.
Attacks poured down from five directions.
Neck, heart, both flanks, spine.
They were all vital points.
They were all simultaneous.
Cedric's body moved.
He rotated using his spear as an axis.
His hooves dug into the earth.
The first fingernail grazed his shoulder.
The second aimed for his waist. He deflected it with his spear shaft.
Third, fourth. He blocked them consecutively.
As the offense and defense continued like that, Cedric's stats began to rise explosively.
Bloody Battle Reinforcement.
It was because he possessed the grotesque authority where attack power and defense increased up to 50% every time he took damage after entering combat.
The fifth.
Seogeok―!
A strike that dug into the gap between his neck and armor.
Even though the outer shell wrapping his bones had become extremely hard, a long crack formed on the bone from this strike.
Even so, as if not satisfied at all, a sound of hollow laughter leaked from the darkness.
"How did you get so hard?"
―I'll take that as a compliment.
Cedric raised his spear.
His blue eye glint scanned all directions.
She could not be seen.
There was no presence either.
However…….
Strength was loaded into the spear.
Drakan's Dragon Strike activated.
Kuuung―!
The earth split.
A shockwave swept a radius of dozens of meters.
There was no place to hide.
Stealth became meaningless.
Olivia's body was revealed.
She took a direct hit for the first time.
Her flank was torn.
The massive area-of-effect attack completely blocked off even the space to dodge.
Blood flowed.
No, it stopped flowing down.
"That hurts."
The wound smoothly healed.
It was the terrifying regenerative power of a vampire.
The torn flesh returned to its original state.
Bones reattached.
Skin regenerated.
Not even a scar remained.
"That's enough."
Kim Minwoo raised his hand. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
The two Legion Commanders stopped.
Olivia rolled her neck.
A cracking sound was heard.
"I got a good look at both of your skills."
Especially Olivia's abilities.
Clones made of blood, stealthy ambush abilities, and even mighty regenerative power.
Her attack power was also close to the top tier.
Of course, Olivia's attack power couldn't easily pierce through Cedric, who had eaten two souls.
That was because Cedric was strong.
Not because Olivia was weak.
"Your evaluation?"
―She is tricky to deal with.
Cedric raised his spear.
―Her stealth ability has been enhanced to a level comparable to her prime.
Kim Minwoo nodded.
Olivia was also in her 2nd seal state.
Considering that, it meant the growth from the soul was incredibly massive.
When the seal is released, she will become even stronger.
Although it was stating the obvious.
"It was a good match."
"What good match. The compatibility is a mess to begin with."
Even so, there was no dissatisfaction in her eyes.
Rather, she looked at Cedric as if interested.
Her gaze lingered for a long time.
It wasn't the Cedric of the past.
He wasn't the guy who fought relying on an Ancient Dragon's body.
Dragon Strike.
Bloody Battle Reinforcement.
The absorbed souls had changed the very mechanism of his combat.
It was novel.
It was fresh.
It was a sensation she was feeling for the first time in hundreds of years.
The corners of Olivia's mouth slowly went up.
Because it was the same for herself.
The arts of the Formless Sword.
Invisible trajectories.
The thrill of dominating the battlefield with just her fingertips.
She hadn't known such a battle was possible.
Amusement began to linger in her eyes.
Soon after, her gaze turned toward Kim Minwoo.
"Necromancer, the remaining one soul."
Her pale pupils blazed.
A red light circulated within them.
Before she knew it, greed had settled in her eyes.
"I want it. As quickly as possible."
This power, it is interesting.
