117 Secret Five. (1/2)

We're almost there. Follow the signs and proceed with caution.

It took a lot of effort to make my way through the dense labyrinth, fending off the marauders. Especially when you have to endure the sable curse that torments your entire body.

I managed to keep my consciousness from being distracted by the pain. The labyrinth was truly vast, and there were many traps lurking within.

What makes this labyrinth more difficult is that it is not a two-dimensional labyrinth, but a three-dimensional one. There are loopholes and narrow passages here and there in the high ceilings, and assailants will attack you from there, and on the contrary, there is a possibility that the right answer is at the end of such passages. If you didn't have the ability to sense the crystals in the night like I do, you wouldn't have known if the goal even existed.

The castle of the Demon Lord of the False Shadow was located on a steep cliff. It would be difficult to create a vast labyrinth underneath it, unless one had the magic to twist the space described in the legend.

The multilayered structure of the underground labyrinth may be a solution to this problem. It's not too convenient, but the golems won't complain, and the undead won't complain either.

However, what I'm curious about is the identity of this ”enemy”.

It can't be that the defense mechanism from the time when the Demon Lord of the Void still exists. Too many years have passed, and we should assume that we've been trapped.

Normally, the most suspicious person would be the employer of Razal and the others, and the mayor of [Descend], who revealed the existence of this place to Senri and sent him here.

However, as I felt earlier, these traps and labyrinths are not the kind of things that people would build.

In response to my question, Senri was silent for a while and then said in a small voice.

”Undead created by necromancers are basically incapable of using magic.

”What ......?　But I can. Besides, vampires have magical powers.

I've only learned a little bit of magic myself, but it's still magic.

And the reason why vampires are so good at curses and attack magic is because they have a huge amount of magic inside them. In response to my question, Senri replied in a quiet voice.

It's just something you have. It's a source of resistance and powerful physical abilities, but it can't be turned into a phenomenon called magic. You were special.

”............ I see. Safety, huh?

Deadly wizards are cautious. And the master's advantage over the undead, with their physical strength and immortality, is magic.

I've always wondered. The definition of ”King of the Dead” is a special kind of undead mutated by necromancers. So what is this ”special”?

Why aren't powerful undead who have grown through repeated rank mutations called ”kings of the dead”?

At first, I thought it was an undead with a special curse, like a ”sucking curse.

But perhaps that's not the only condition. If that's the case, then there must be many more ”kings of the dead.

The answer is necromancy. The first time we met, when Sable saw me use necromancy, his face changed.

I'm sure the ”special undead” are the ones who can use necromancy. And I'm sure that ordinary undead can't learn necromancy afterwards.

Even vampires have a resistance to necromancy. You don't know how long your absolute command will last.

If a time-honored vampire gains access to magic, he can break the shackles he has placed on himself. No master would allow that.

”Yes. The undead with intelligence can eat their masters, so necromancers put restrictions on learning magic.

The only reason I don't have those restrictions is because the Lord intended to use my body. All kinds of luck came together to bring me here now.

I cut down the golem's arrow with a cool sound. In the darkness, a poisoned arrow rolls across the floor. Senri said in a serious voice.

It will only be removed by the heart.

He didn't know how many golems he had already slaughtered.

I didn't know how many golems I'd already slaughtered, but the ones that came at me in the dark weren't strong, but they weren't weak either. But that's just for me. If these golems attacked the city in a mob, a small city would not be able to handle them.

I don't know much about golems, but if you can create and control this many golems, you must be a very powerful magician.

So, ............ is a nasty opponent.

The longer the undead live, the stronger and smarter they become.

I hate that. I don't mind fighting. I don't mind fighting because it makes me feel alive.

However, I like to fight battles that I can win, and try to avoid fighting to the death like I have been doing so far. If the opponent is not only strong but also smart, it's different from the ones I've fought in the past.

This time, Senri would be there, but the opponent would have taken countermeasures against the Demon Knights, and I would feel safer without her just in case.

I wonder if undead can learn recovery magic. As I was thinking about this in silence, Senri added.

”End, you're strong enough already, and you're very annoying.

”............

I want to suck your blood. I'm still walking around in pain.

I'm amazed at the fact that I can move this far. I feel like singing my own praises.