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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
-Author notes-
Chapter 133: The Necromancer's Weapon
James pulled the black stone hanging from his neck. The runic engraving on its surface created an array that would absorb a large part of the souls from anyone dying in the proximity and store them inside.
"Okay, that's better," James said as he observed the changes on the stone. Eight necromancers had just died, and their spirits were used to temper the Philosopher's Stone.
The surface of the stone was no longer pitch black, but it had begun to gain a reddish tone in some parts of it.
"Much more promising than with the vampires. That's a shame, though… I had planned on exterminating most of the clans in Europe." That would be a waste of time, though. It had become immediately obvious that he needed humans for this to work.
James was sure that the souls of innocent humans would have worked much better, but that price was too high for him to pay.
If this cursed artifact wanted human souls, he would give it the souls of those who deserved such a fate. It was the least he could do.
"Mmm, it's still hard to estimate how many souls I'm going to need. But there is still a long way to go, that's for sure." James glanced at the door.
On the other side, there should still be a few more necromancers, including their leader, who had quickly run away.
"Master." Nyxaris hovered next to him. "Shall I destroy this door?"
"Kyu?" Primum was asking the same question.
"I'll do it." He looked at Primum for a moment. "You can come back."
"Kyu!" The chimera moved its wings quickly as a form of complaint.
"You have done enough. Don't worry… there are going to be more chances for you to demonstrate your talents. We still have much work before this is finished," James said.
This seemed to cheer up the little guy, who quickly turned into a white ring that flew onto James' finger.
"Master, that slime has sneaked from under the door," Nyxaris pointed out.
James nodded. "I sent it ahead to start cleaning." But more importantly, he didn't want the necromancers to start awakening their army of zombies and skeletons now. That would just increase his workload and bring him no benefit whatsoever since he could not use those undead creatures.
His wand traced a line from the top to the bottom of the door, revealing all the protections that were keeping it sealed.
"Unlocking this will take too long." On the palm of his left hand, a golden flame appeared out of nowhere.
"Aureo Ignum." Of the five Alchemy Flames he could create, this one was the second most powerful, at least when it came to the temperature of the flames.
This one would be able to melt the scales of a red dragon.
The golden flames shot out of James' hand like a flamethrower. The reinforced wooden gates and stone wall had no chance to resist this magical fire and melted in a matter of seconds.
As soon as holes began to appear on the gates, the screams of the individuals on the other side could be heard.
"Let's go, Nyx. Kill on sight, but be mindful of what magic you use. Remember that we are underground." James passed by the hole left behind by his flames while the fairy followed right behind.
"Yes, Master."
The bodies of two necromancers could be seen just a few feet away from the gate. They were laying in a pool of blood that was still pouring from their necks.
James ignored the bodies and continued moving. Ahead of him were several more chambers. One could never have guessed how big this hideout was.
"Master… I cannot detect any more magical signatures from living people," the fairy said while looking around. "I believe the slime may have killed them all by now."
James' eyes became narrow. He didn't doubt what Nyxaris said, but he still felt something moving on the other side of those walls.
"Crack…" Something hit the walls, creating countless fissures on them.
"Master!" Nyxaris went on full alert and created a shield around him.
A moment later, the wall exploded and a massive bone hand emerged from the rubble.
"Tsk! They had to make two of those." James looked with irritation at the two massive skeletons that were now crossing into the chamber he was in.
In front of him were two skeletons that were raised using the bodies of adult giants. They were unarmed, but that didn't make them any less dangerous.
Skeletons like these could keep almost the full strength of the living creature they were made of, with all the benefits that came from being an undead.
"They are autonomous too," James commented. Sometimes, when a necromancer dies, the creatures they had created would fall as well, because they were dependent on their creator's magic to continue moving.
These two would continue to move and attempt to fulfill whatever order their master had given them before dying. Most likely it was something along the lines of 'Kill the intruder' or something like that.
James spotted something silver that was stuck on top of the ribs of one of the giants.
"Come back, Tertivor." The slime was very effective against flesh opponents, but not so much against skeletons who had no flesh or muscles to cut nor organs to pierce.
The silvery substance stuck to the ribs of the giant quickly changed forms and shot out.
James extended his left hand and it wrapped around it, forming a silver bracelet.
The massive red eyes on the giants seemed to shine brighter the moment they spotted his figure, and they began to move towards him.
"Now, how do I deal with you?" James scratched his chin while thinking about it.
Most spells were going to be useless in this case, but then something seemed to occur to him.
"Oh… I think I just have the thing..." A confident smile appeared on his face.
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