Asther’s allies didn’t need to come down to the scene of the fight anymore. The necromancer went to them himself. Bringing his usual calm and composed state which surprised his allies after everything that has happened. After all, the necromancer did display a level of power that went way beyond what a normal person should be capable of, especially at the current ranking of the necromancer.He is a person who has not even gone past a whole year after gaining his job class. And yet, Asther already has a couple of tricks that shouldn’t be possible for him to use. This naturally made the necromancer feel an odd vibe coming from his allies.They all looked at him with a bit of nervousness in their expressions and he understands why. He knows that this is caused by the fact that he just released an immense amount of dark mana in one go. Something like this shouldn’t even be possible. No. Something like this shouldn’t even be allowed to happen. That is the kind of thing that Asther just did
The group followed Claire Ildefonso’s command. Second to Asther, she is the one who holds authority over the group. Even if Asther is much stronger and seemingly has more experience, on paper it is Claire who should be followed. Plus, there’s the fact that the air of nobility lingering around her adds to the sense of superiority she has over others. Making it even easier for others to follow her because of this.Hence the group packed up just as Claire ordered. Asther actually wanted to go back to his own mission at that moment. But for some reason, he felt that it was not the right thing to do. Especially because Claire intended this retreat to be a means for them to have a better environment for asking questions.This might be a bad thing and Asther knows it. He knows it because, with the interval being given, the initial shock that he brought upon the group would’ve surely been wiped away already. And with this being the case, his allies would naturally be able to formulate better
“Let’s put things in order.” The necromancer said. “Since the intention of your question is to know whether or not my spells are correlated, I need to present them to you in that order as well.”“So there’s really a correlation?” Claire asked.“Probably.” The necromancer suggested. “Anyway, I’m going to begin.”Five spells. Asther has five spells which are given to him by his weapon. Among these, there are only two spells that affect him as a person. All the other three spells are used primarily by his weapon itself. And since he needs to place these things in order, he decided to begin with his skills that belongs to his weapon.“There are three skills that are linked to my weapon itself.” Asther began. “First are the Black Bullets.”“That’s the name of the skill sir?” Tyre asked.“Yes. As the name indicates, the skill actively coats my bullets with dark mana that is stored by the weapon. This increases the piercing capability of each round that I fire.”“But you didn’t use that righ
Asther didn’t have trouble explaining his third skill to the group. It is a curse. This skill is basically designed and developed the same way as a curse. That is how Asther’s allies sees this and Asther can see their point clearly as well.The skill makes use of Asther’s life force as the catalyst. The skill continually drains the life force of the user and converts this into attribute and status points for the weapon. Making the weapon a lot more stronger than it already is. That is what [Advent of Evolution] can do. However, there is one factor that Asther’s allies are missing out when it comes to this skill. And that is, a specific concept that goes along with the skill.Asther’s life span doesn’t actually get decreased because of this skill. First of all, the skill is reliant on the health points of the necromancer. This is what the skill drains. Hence, as long as Asther has health points to spare, there is no danger of his actual life getting siphoned by the skill. After all, ho
[Death’s Reward]This is the name of Asther’s fourth skill. A skill that continually went active in Asther’s fight against the high ogres. His allies weren’t able to see this because of how far Asther was from them. However, they were able to notice the anomalies during the fight. Instances where Asther wouldn’t even bother dodging, yet would not get hit by an attack.“This is my fourth skill. Basically, this gives me a shield that nullifies all damages on the next attack that would potentially hit me.” Asther said, leaving his allies with their jaws almost dropping.“Can you repeat that? I think I heard you wrong.” Claire commented.“My skill activates every time I kill four enemies. Upon killing the fourth enemy, I’d gain a nullifier. A shield that would block the incoming damage no matter how powerful or how weak it may be.”It didn’t sound right to Asther’s allies and this is clearly evident in their expressions. The necromancer can’t blame them for this as well. After all, how ca
Claire didn’t actually walk up to the necromancer to meet him. Nor did she even give him a notice that she’d like to talk to him in private. That is why the necromancer thought that it’s okay for him to leave already. Yet, even before he could step out of the forest, he felt a presence staring at him.The necromancer knew that he was a second too late in noticing this. This made him grin a bit as he already knows who the coming up to him would be and, he didn’t waste any time calling this person out as well.“Is that a new skill of yours? You’re getting quite good at sneaking up to people.” Asther commented.“I have my methods.” The saintess replied, coming out of the shadows. “Anyway, I know that you already have an idea why I’m here right.”“Actually no. I have no clue why you’re here.” Asther replied. “I thought everything was already settled earlier.”“It was.” Claire said. “But that’s only on the part of the questions that I’m permitting everyone to know about.”Asther already kn
“Reaper?” Claire repeated the word with shock and anxiety being evident in her tone.“That is what they called me when I was still alive.” Asther nonchalantly added.The term Reaper isn’t foreign to the world of Jhinn. That’s because this is also the role of the right-hand man of the demon king. The strongest general of the demon also held the title of reaper and, this isn’t just for show.The greatest general of the demon lord is said to be on par with the said creature. It is said that their level of strength is so equal that, if they fight, it would only end in a stalemate every time. That is why there is a lot of mystery surrounding this beast. Why he let himself become nothing more than a pawn and, why he has such loyalty to a creature as strong as he.This monster is responsible for the countless deaths of other races. The Reaper of Jhinn has even once gone on a fight all alone against a thousand enemies. And even with the numbers greatly against his favors, he is still the one
The necromancer is now caught in the situation that he wanted to avoid from the start. He is now without any options and his hands are tied. He needs to give the saintess the answers that she wants. This is the only way the night is going to end. All because he is also bound by a contract that would end his life once he lies to Claire. And so, Asther, began narrating his life. Not everything though, just the parts that Claire wanted to hear of.“I am originally an assassin. The best assassin to ever live in my world at that.” Asther said.“That explains how you were able to save us when we first met.” Claire replied.“You seem to be taking all of this quite well. I’m impressed.” Asther replied.“Oh believe me. I’m already at my wit’s end.” Claire responded. “But if I don’t take your words at face value, then there would be no other logical explanation that I can use.”“Fair enough.”“Yeah so keep talking.”“Right.” Asther scratched his throat. “I started off my training at a young age