Adolf extended his hand towards the lifeless body of the burnt knight before firmly saying something that only he could hear, when that happened a blood-red mist came out of his hand, the mist seemed to come straight from the depths of hell, the Bloody mist floated in the direction of the burnt knight before descending on him.
[Mana 86/104]
[Mana 58/104]
[Mana 24/104]
[Mana 03/104]
Quickly Adolf felt his mana being drained at a great speed, not even ten seconds had passed when his mana had almost bottomed out, Adolf without delay took a mana stone with his other hand before putting it in his mouth, when Adolf swallowed the mana stone and almost instantly his mana that had bottomed out was replenished.
But as fast as Adolf recovered his mana it was spent anyway, again Adolf took a mana stone to later consume it, this process was repeated at least a dozen times and Adolf still couldn't see the end.
'Damn it... I've already spent more than 10,000 mana points and the spell is still not complete, how much more does it take?'
Adolf slowly began to get impatient after seeing how he could not revive the corpse of the burned knight, when he was consuming the twentieth stone of mana what he wanted happened, his mana stopped being consumed relentlessly and the bloody mist stopped coming out of the room. hand of him
[Congratulations, you are the first summoned to create a superior Undead]
[He achieved [Master Necromancer] has been obtained]
The burned knight suddenly moved and held Adolf's neck tightly, the movement was incredibly fast, precise and contained no unnecessary movements, Adolf only felt that his neck was being held after he felt that his feet were no longer touching the ground.
But instead of fear Adolf only felt an indescribable joy coming from the depths of himself, his eyes were slowly tinged with madness as he watched as the burned knight seemed conscious.
"Who are you?".
The voice seemed to come from a distant place but it was heard strangely close, while Adolf's eyes moved trying to find the origin of the voice, it spoke again.
"I'll ask you again, who are you?"
Adolf's eyes moved quickly to the source of the voice, moved to the burnt knight, looking straight at the burnt knight's helmet, inside it a blue light seemed to dance mystically but what made Adolf happy was that this light showed consciousness and intelligence. .
"My name is Adolf but you can call me teacher".
"..."
The burned knight did not respond and instead smashed Adolf's head against the ground, the impact raised a small cloud of dust, under Adolf's head a small pool of blood formed but Adolf continued to smile without concern, thanks to his new race his regeneration ability had increased by several folds, so if before that small wound took a few fractions now with his regeneration ability it healed instantly.
"I'll repeat it one more time, so if you value your life, answer my question, who are you?"
"Well, I know it's rude to answer a question with a question so I apologize in advance, but... have you seen where we are now?"
The burned knight kept silent since he hadn't really paid attention to where he was, so Adolf's words made him hesitate and when he was able to dazzle the scene in front of him, he was shocked.
Everything was in ruins, he could no longer see even a small trace of what had once been his nation.
Adolf was able to observe how the burned knight froze, he had already foreseen that something similar would happen so he waited patiently for him to come to his senses, but as time passed and seeing that nothing happened Adolf decided to take the first step.
"Surprising isn't it?"
The burned knight did not react.
"Well, in the outer ring of this city everything is in ruins but I don't know how the middle and central ring will be, but I guess they will be more or less the same."
"..."
"It must be a big shock for you... I don't blame you, I think if I had been in the same position as you it would have been just as shocking to see the city in such a state."
"Who are you?".
The burned knight finally turned to look at Adolf to ask again about his identity, Adolf gave his best smile before saying.
"Well I'm the one who brought you from the dead back to the living, well I guess it would be correct to say to the Undead than to the living."
"Are you a necromancer?"
"I don't specialize in necromancy but I can use a few spells."
"But you still haven't answered my first question, who are you?"
"My name is Adolf De'Ath."
"So... Adolf I ask you to answer me honestly, did you do this?"
Adolf quickly shook his head as he calmly explained.
"Do you think I possess the ability to commit such a feat? First of all I don't even know spells that aren't dark, necromancy or curses, plus I was going to ask you the same thing."
"What do you mean by that?".
"I was going to ask you what the hell happened in this city, when they threw me here it's already in ruins so I was hoping you could answer my questions."
"It couldn't have happened in this city, with my lord protecting it it's almost impossible for anyone to have the audacity to try such a thing."
"I see, by your lord, are you referring to the 'Ruler of ><'?"
"Yes, that my lord, but his full title is the War Sovereign."
"I understand, but before I continue... Could you let me go? Although I don't judge the tastes of others, I'm not the kind of person who likes this kind of thing."
Only then did the burnt knight remember that he was holding Adolf by the neck, he quickly let go and Adolf fell heavily to the ground, the burnt knight didn't seem to care and instead sat up to look him straight in the eye.
"Now tell me, how did you get into the city of Rhyfel? I don't think you possess the ability to outwit the guards."
"That's what I would like to know, when I realized I was already in this damned city."
While the burned knight doubted Adolf's words, he was grateful to him, since the burned knight was effortlessly giving him the answers that he so desperately sought.
"I suppose you know the 'Gods', don't you?"
"Naturally I know them, they are superior beings with unimaginable power, many kingdoms praise one or more Gods, but the God praised varies depending on race and place."
"Well that makes things easier, so let me tell you a little story..."
After that Adolf began to narrate in detail how the Gods summoned people from his home world to this new world, how for an unknown reason he ended up in this city and the things he had to do to survive.
The burnt knight listened to everything carefully, thanks to Adolf's story he was able to obtain valuable information and although he did not fully believe his story, at least he could roughly say that it was true and that it was not, naturally he also realized that Adolf omitted several things in his story. but feigned ignorance.
After finishing telling everything, both the burned knight and Adolf remained completely silent, the former was silent while he digested all the newly obtained information while the latter waited for the former to finish his business.
"So…you clothed me in the form of an Undead with an ability of yours? Am I correct?"
"That's how it is".
"Also, are we the only sentient beings in this city?"
"I think so because I have not met another being with enough intelligence to communicate."
"I see, also if I'm wrong you mentioned that you hunt goblins right?"
"Right, the strange thing about that thing is that no matter how many of them I hunted down, it doesn't seem to end."
The burned knight was silent for a few moments before saying.
"The goblins are extremely weak and not very intelligent creatures but in return they are more cunning and depraved than any other monster of the same rank, at the same time as long as there are females among their ranks and enough food they will be able to reproduce almost infinitely, today it could be two but tomorrow it will be ten and in a week it will be one hundred".
"I see, I understand the necessities of goblins now, that means as long as I get my hands on a male and a female goblin I'll have an almost infinite supply of mana stones, right?"
"Yes, that is correct..." .
The burnt knight began to look at Adolf with some caution, the idea of enslaving monsters for forced labor was not new to him, several clans as well as associations did it, but there was never someone who would use monsters as livestock, since it was a unwritten rule that you should never cross that line.
"Oh, come with me."
With that Adolf got up and started walking towards a certain place, the burned knight did the same since he had decided to follow Adolf for now.
"Where are we headed?"
"Well, I guess it won't be a surprise if I tell you now right, so please wait patiently until we reach our destination."
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While they walked, neither Adolf nor the burned knight spoke to each other, the journey lasted a few minutes and when they reached their destination, Adolf walked towards some rubble, carefully began to remove it, the burned knight did not know why Adolf was doing that, but It didn't stop him either, after a few minutes what was hidden under the rubble was revealed.
While Adolf did not show a particular reaction, the burned knight trembled slightly, because under the rubble that Adolf had removed was the body of four of his comrades, Adolf looked at him blankly out of the corner of his eye but did nothing to comfort him, much less make an excuse about it, he just stood there doing nothing.
After a few more minutes Adolf approached the lifeless body of a burned knight and just like the first time a bloody mist came out of his palm, it flew towards the burned knight in front of him.
Again Adolf found himself eating mana stones to replenish his lost mana, after several mana stones the bloody mist stopped coming out of his hand, the burnt knight lying motionless on the ground began to move slowly.
When he finally fully regained consciousness he tried to attack Adolf but was stopped by the first burnt knight that Adolf revived.
Both burned knights stopped to stare at each other for several seconds before letting go and walking away a few steps, after conversing Adolf informed the burned knight, after that both burned knights moved to the side while words were exchanged that Adolf did not could hear.
Subsequently Adolf repeated the same process three times, finally having finished "reviving" the five burnt knights.
The group of five looked at Adolf and they exchanged glances with each other, they instinctively knew the meaning behind those glances, Adolf only smiled slightly at that, even if they joined them he had the confidence that he could survive, since now he not only had [Chaos Bugs] to heal but also possessed [Semi-Perfect Regeneration].
With those two hidden cards in his hands, he had the confidence that he would be able to get out alive even if the five of them came to attack him.
"You may be wondering why I brought you back from the dead, aren't you?"
The five burned knights looked at each other before nodding, Adolf snorted at the sight but said nothing about it.
"I want to become the new War Sovereign."
"..."
The five burned knights froze for a few moments before throwing all their aura without holding back at Adolf, he saw it but his expression did not change at all, but inside he was quite nervous.
"You... Do you know the gravity of what you just said?"
"I know".
"Then why did you mention it even knowing that?!"
"Because I want... no, I will become the new War Sovereign, you guys have your suspicions too right? Both I and you know that the War Sovereign is the only one who could make the city become what it is today."
The burned knights kept silent as they clenched their fists and lowered their heads, from the first moment they could see what situation the city of Rhyfel was in, they knew that the only being capable of doing such a thing was their lord, the Sovereign of the War.
He was the only being in their knowledge capable of using "it", so they could only think that being was able to corner their lord so much into using "it", they could only feel an immense and deep sadness and guilt, they blamed themselves for being weak and not fulfilling their role of being the sword and shield of their lord.
Adolf watched as guilt and self-loathing gnawed at them, so he seized the opportunity and struck while the iron was still hot.
"I was wondering if you guys ended up in such a pitiful and pitiful state just from being hit by the aftermath of what happened here, how bad will the War Sovereign's state be, in the end even if he survives he will become a being may he wander forever, a miserable and lonely existence."
The burned knights turned to see him when they heard his words, they didn't even want to imagine the state his lord was in.
"Then wouldn't it be nice to give it a dignified end? Of course, I will absolutely become the new War Sovereign after that."
"Young man, that's a good idea but my lord wasn't called the War Sovereign for nothing, he was the only one capable of turning even a small grain of sand into a deadly weapon, even if it's barely a shadow of what a once was still an incomparably strong existence, in your current state you wouldn't be able to even know that you died."
Adolf raised an eyebrow in surprise at that, but suddenly a risky bet came to mind.
"Then there's no problem, since I can't die."
"What do you mean by that?".
"Exactly what you heard me say, I am a pseudo immortal."
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quite strange chapter but necessary I guess, getting closer to the raid.