7th Demon Prince Jilbagias’ Chronicle of Demon Kingdom Toppling

Chapter 77: Fun Necromancy Lesson

Fun Necromancy Lesson

Why are you leaving me behi~~~~~~~~~~~~nd!

Good day, demon prince Jilbagias who got scolded by the pouting Ante upon returning and hearing the situation is here.

What a blunder! Aren't we in the same boat here!!

Well, you were fast asleep after all

If you wake up, you should wake me up too! This traitor! How dare you go and talk with that Enma And don't invite me to see your flabbergasted face!

Oh c'mon, gimme a break. You seemed to be really enjoying your sleep after all, that's why I would feel bad for waking you up.

But then I realized that when I went out without you, I felt something was amiss, and lonely.

That's why please forgive me this time, I promise that I'll take you out with me on my next stroll even if I have to drag you out.

When I told her that, Ante's snappy attitude Mellowed a lot.

Humph I'll forgive you just this time. It was nice to sleep for the whole day.

Great, problem solved.

As for the matter of me learning necromancy, I naturally had to report this matter to Platy.

I won't stop you from wanting to learn more but, are you really sure it is going to be safe? I heard it will affect your mind.

And just as I thought, Platy tried to discourage me alas

I've Ante within myself, and Sofia will make sure that nothing goes wrong. And if it really is affecting my mind, I will stop learning immediately.

By the way, according to Ante,

Your soul vessel has already been filled to the brim with Our power. In short, your soul won't be distorted by the pressure of the world when peeking into the soul world Or what Enma calls the spiritual world

If that was the case, permission was given.

According to Enma, necromancy was unpopular among the demon race alas, Platy still gave me freedom of choice regardless of that fact.

She's quite an open-minded mother eh.

U~hm, no, that expression didn't seem to suit her An overzealous mother who lunged her spear at me with a pair of arms growing from her back wasn't a normal mother..

Anyhow, since I had no reason to postpone my necromancy class, I decided to take my first lesson tomorrow.

Heya, Jil-kun. Nice to meet you again.

The meeting place was, naturally, the garden in broad daylight.

Yes, the very same, sunny garden. Enma, who sat on the bench within the shade waved her hand at me.

Her features were the same as before alas, she apparently changed her hairdo. Yesterday it was bundled on the back of her head but today, she braided her hair and let it down on the front from her shoulder.

I also noticed that she wore a necklace with a delicate design. Yesterday was gold yet today, she wore rose colored crystal inlaid in silver. Well, she might be dolling herself up.

Except for Enma, no one else was in the garden. Since this was a literal midnight for the demon race. It was the ideal time slot to avoid public eyes, or should I say, secret meeting place

Yo. Do you really like to hang out in this place at this kind of time?

In this entire world, I might be the only person who had a rendezvous with No Life King outside in broad daylight.

Never expected that the place for my first necromancy class was in this botanical garden, in broad daylight. I thought she would bring me under the demon king castle, learning dubious arts While being surrounded by a lot of undead.

Today's lesson is the basic lesson of the basics after all. I do want to avoid public gaze but, this is countermeasure for when you feel unwell when you summon a strange soul or strange undead, in this way we can eliminate them immediately with sunlight.

Basic Of the basic?

Wasn't she fully prepared???

It's just to be safe. Making sure that nothing goes wrong even without sunlight with me around. Alas, and an open place like this might work better for your first lesson in heretical dark arts.

"Not to mention that you're one of the few exceptions who likes the sunlight," said Enma as she giggled at me.

Well. I guess this place does fulfill that criteria.

I actually want to invite you to my laboratory though.

Enma pursed her lips annoyingly.

Anyhow, it's been a really long time since the last time we had a living guest. Since the air might be filled with poisonous miasma, we're in the middle of airing it with wind magic so it might take quite some time.

Ah, no wonder

Do you want to come for our next lesson? I'll even prepare tea and sweets for you!

Y-Yes, I'm looking forward to it.

Honestly the fact that I'm about to be invited to the capital of undead sent a chill running down my spine but

But, this Doll Maker Enma was undead that not even the Holy Religion could kill after years. She might be able to transfer her soul to her next vessel alas Enma's real body might be hidden somewhere under the demon king castle.

Someday, when we fought Enma, that might be the key to destroying Enma for sure. And the base of the undead might be a hindrance for that.

Well then, let's start our first lesson.

I sat beside Enma and received the initiation for necromancy.

First, I'll teach you a few spells.

The spell to call the slumbering soul. The spell to find the soul you're looking for. And the spell to punch a hole between the spiritual world and material world.

Inirie Ne Woz Fapana

Ini What?

I was troubled since there were too many strange pronunciation from the ancient language and common language. It felt like when I learnt demon race letters for the first time.

I'm memorizing it.

Since Sofia, who stood behind me raised her thumb, I guess she had no problem memorizing it.

It's not a big deal. It's just scripture read backward.

Hearing Enma's remark A chill ran down my spine. Meaning that it was the prayer for happiness in the afterlife, and a scripture for the repose of the soul which was widespread in the alliance, read backward. Meaning that the prayer and wish in that prayer and scripture was twisted to become a curse

And then, it wasn't just memorizing the spell, I had to knead the magical power of darkness at the same time.

Aorat Teihos Po Horizui Ton Kozumo, Anixite

Especially the spell that punchs a hole in the boundary of the world.

Yeah, that's it. As expected of demon race, you really can use magical power like your own limbs.

When I made a vortex of magical power by imagining a drill that drilled through the boundary of the surface, Enma happily clapped her hands.

Properly speaking, this is the most difficult part in the basics of necromancy. Some schools even treated this basic spell with a grandiose name such as the Spell to open the gate to the spiritual world. Once you pass this level, the next part is solely relying on your mental strength and magical power

Yup. If I was a human, I would definitely have stumbled on this part.

Alas, the demon race could easily grasp magical power and manipulate it thanks to our horn. It's not like I'm following Enma's example word for word. The hardest part for me was to recite the spell without stuttering.

If I was replaced by a human, it was akin to learning from a merchant with a blindfold. Trying to do something without being able to see their limbs or merchant's movement, only relying on their ears. That is just how difficult this basics of necromancy is.

Since the demon race could do this with ease Maybe the same goes for the forest elf and the dragon.

You can't use this magic unless you have darkness attribute right?

Sofia asked Enma while observing her own magical power.

The devil was fundamentally attributeless. Something like Devil of Death By Drowning or Devil of Arson were attributes they gained upon crossing the boundary of the world, while the other devil said to be closest to darkness attribute, it was in fact something akin to their nature.

That's why save for a few magic that didn't require attributes such as soundproof barrier or defensive ward, the devils were mostly unable to use attribute magic.

That was the reason why Sofia couldn't use this Spell to open the gate to the spiritual world.

Yeah. The best one is the dark attribute. And the second best is surprisingly light attribute.

Eh, why light attribute?

Both Sofia and I made the same puzzled face, I mean we're talking about NECROMANCY.

This spell to open the gate you see, can be opened with a light attribute too, not that I've ever seen it first hand though. If the material world is the surface, the spiritual world is the underside, The surface is the domain of light, and the underside is the domain of darkness. Since this spell interferes with the other domain, both attributes should be able to open the gate Well, light attribute has the worst affinity with necromancy arts though, which makes it useless in this regard.

So taking out the soul from the domain of darkness was the specialty of darkness attribute.

Okay, now that you remember the chant and there's no problem with control of your magical power too. Let's try it.

Finally.

Ante, I already feel pretty guilty about this but, how's my power now?

It is slowly increasing. Well, the rate will speed up after this first necromancy lesson.

Ante replied with a wry smile.

I'm a hero Yet using necromancy I really had fallen so low

By the way, you may start, Your Highness.

Enma gently presented a paper box to me who made forlorn look on my face.

It's not a jack-in-the-box right?

Something like that.

Enma laughing complacently It sounds like dry bones though.

I opened the box carefully and peeked inside and just as I thought, it contained a centipede-like poisonous insect.

What is this?

Kill this and try to resurrect it.

As expected Rather, you can actually turn bugs into undead too.

Naturally. It just that they have an extremely feeble soul, that's why even if they turn. They turn into trashy undead who can't even do your order properly.

On the other hand, it was really good news that insects turned undead couldn't accomplish complex orders. Otherwise, they'll make an extremely troublesome assassin, which will endanger alliance positions even more than before.

If you kill it, it's easier to make a strong connection with it. And if it just died, the soul is still in the best condition. Open the gate, call the soul, and drag it out with your magical power, and offer their remains. That's how you make the lowest rank undead.

I see.

Does that mean it's impossible to revive the soul that already collapsed?

That's the true death. But, as long as there's strong lingering attachment, as long as there's some remnant left in the material world, it's possible to call them. That's almost the same as the rite to summon the ancestral spirit.

Enma pucked her lips but it was just what I had expected.

If that was the case The lingering attachment, was it?

Okay, here you go.

Well, let's focus on the topic before me for now. I switched my focus and killed the insect with a needle that I got from Enma.

My apologies.

Aorat Teihos Po Horizui Ton Kozumo, Anixite

Open the gate with dark magic.

Inirie Ne Woz Fapana

I stretched my hand of magical power, looking for the Centipede in pitch black darkness

And then pulled out a translucent centipede from the gate.

And offered its corpse right away.

Oh, you did it.

Said Enma with a really light voice.

Yeah I guess.

In the paperbox that I held in my hand.

The dead centipede started to move again.

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