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Necromancer Academy's Genius Summoner
[Translator - Ramen]
[Proofreader - Artethrax]
Chapter 285
The night was filled with light from the raging battle.
Amidst the flames of torches, the scattered reflections of light from swords, and shimmering splashes of blood, Camibarez held Sasha by the hand and frantically ran.
"Are you alright, Sasha? Can you keep running?"
As Camibarez looked back, Sasha, still holding on to her hand for dear life, gave a small nod.
Camibarez was also running out of breath, but she tried her best to smile.
"There's the bitch!"
One of the Sentinels came running in with a crude mace. Camibarez quickly curled her free hand into the shape of a gun and pointed it at him.
{Blood Bullet}
Pow!
The red bullet flew out with a deafening roar and struck directly against the man's chestplate.
Boom!
The blood quickly expanded into a fierce explosion, launching the crony into a tree.
"Where's the kid?!"
"Just get that monster kid and take her hostage, then it'll all be over!"
They just kept on coming.
Camibarez looked around for a moment, then ran into the trees.
"And where do you think you're going, you cute little ladies~"
"!"
But she ended up running right into one of them.
Camibarez froze in her tracks. A leering man was approaching them, bleeding profusely from his arm.
He licked his lips and said,
"Hey little girls, I'll buy you some sweets~ Wanna come with me?"
Sasha trembled with fear and fell into Camibarez' arms.
"It's okay."
Reassured Camibarez, pointing her fingerpistol at the approaching man.
"D-Don't come near us!"
"Oh my~"
He playfully put his hands in the air.
"You seem pretty exhausted, too. Are you alright? Wanna come along with—"
Fwhiiip!
Just then, a rope was wrapped around the man's neck, and he was dragged screaming into the dark forest.
Thud!
The screams turned to silence.
"?"
"??"
Camibarez and Sasha, who were hugging each other, looked puzzled.
"Cami! Get downnnnnn!"
Hearing the warning from above, Camibarez pulled Sasha flat against the ground.
"Aaaaaaayaiya!"
Grabbing the rope he had tied on a tree, Rick descended like Tarzan and kicked one of the enemies in the face, knocking him over.
"I am here!"
After landing with a spectacular double flip in the air, Rick pulled a sword out and swung.
Clang!
He deflected the swing that was aimed toward Camibarez.
Clang! Clash! Clang!
Continuing to fend the attacker off, their sword clashed in rapid succession, then locked together in a contest of strength.
Creeeaaak!
Rick's foe strained himself to bring out all the strength he could muster, but Rick continued with his characteristic bored resting face as if this were nothing to him.
"You seem to have taken good care of your sword, but it's beginning to show its age…"
{Enchant}
Then, the edge of Rick's sword became dyed black, and like an infection the black seeped into the other sword.
Their swords grew extremely heavy, and with a heavy thud, their swords both fell from their grips and crashed into the ground.
"Why don't you buy a new one?"
In less than a second, Rick held a new sword in his other hand.
"It's a reeaal bargain!"
Slaaaaaash!
Blood spewed from the gang member as he lost consciousness. Adjusting his grip on the sword after giving it a practice swing, Rick looked back.
"Cami! Take the kid and keep running!"
"Thank you! Can you keep running, Sasha?"
"Yeah!"
Camibarez and Sasha took off running again, and Rick turned to face the remaining cronies. They surged in like a tidal wave knowing that their target was past him.
"Time for me to use what I learned in Kizen!"
Dropping his sword to the ground, Rick put his hands together.
Then, he stamped a completed magic circle from his palms onto the ground as the enemies charged toward him.
{Venom Swamp}
Wobble, wobble!
A green liquid erupted from the ground like a geyser and quickly covered the surroundings, forcing the gang members to a halt.
They tried to back off, but they were already ankle-deep in the sticky goo before they knew it.
Rick smirked and placed his palm on top of the surface again.
{Enchant}
The liquid on the ground turned black and hardened. Not even swords could break them out of the now rock-solid glue.
"That damned necromancer bastard!"
"Now, then."
Rick pulled something black and round out of his subspace before tossing it in front of the immobilized foes. He then ran away while waving his hand.
"I hope you have fun with my friends!"
Rick snapped his fingers.
{Dismiss}
As the black aura disappeared from the sphere, the gang members belatedly realized what it was.
"A-A wasp's nest?!"
As Rick's enchantment lifted, a hole grew in the surface of the nest, and wasps began pouring out.
"U-Uwahhhhhhhhh!"
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Camibarez and Sasha were frantically running, and the people pursuing them were also desperate.
They knew they had to take Sasha hostage to stand a chance against the necromancers.
"Pant! Pant!"
Gang members were pouring in from all directions.
Then Sasha, who was running while holding Camibarez' hand, let out a small scream and tripped.
'Ah!'
"Sasha!"
She had sprained her ankle, running too fast to get proper footing with each step.
Camibarez quickly conjured a wall of blood to block the incoming arrows, then checked on Sasha's condition.
"…You run away first, miss."
Said Sasha.
"No! I could never do that."
Camibarez shook her head with determination, then crouched down in front of Sasha.
"Ride on my back!"
Now carrying Sasha on her back, Cami kept running.
However, she was also tired. Cami had opened this attack, and at this point her blood reserves were running low.
The gang members broke through the wall of blood Camibarez had set up. They were barely an arm's length away.
"Gotcha!"
The moment a gang member stretched out his arm to grab Sasha's hair, a nail of ice shot out of nowhere and struck perfectly into the middle of his forehead.
{Cruel Blizzard}
Chunks of ice rained down on the foes from the sky.
Camibarez only knew one person who could use such powerful jet-black ice elemental magic.
"Meilyn!"
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Meilyn winked at Cami as she entered the fray. Swinging her hand that didn't cast the blizzard, Meilyn activated the magic circle she had already formed within.
{Dark Flare}
Fwoooooooosh!
Flames surged across the grass, forcing the gang members out of the way.
"Come at me. I'll take you all on."
Meilyn gave a relaxed smile and spread her arms wide. Numerous magic circles stacked up in her hands.
"Dammit!"
"Don't be a chicken! Necromancers are defenseless while they're setting up!"
Two of the men charged in. As she glanced at them, skeletons stepped before them, swinging their swords.
"Tsk!"
Undead control while preparing dark spells.
Meilyn's summoning skills were pretty good, as well. She safely completed her next magic circle under the protection of skeletons and lifted it above her.
{Hail Storm}
Sharp chunks of ice began to fly in all directions from the magic circle.
With Meilyn's signature accuracy, every shard of ice stabbed into one of her many targets, turning the tides of battle in one fell swoop.
She gave a light sigh.
'They're all smallfries, but it's a little bit tiring with some of them using mana or jet-black.'
Crack!
That moment, the ice wall she had put up earlier began to crack.
Crick!
Crackle!
Poooooooow!
Soon, the thick wall of ice had been shattered.
A man flew in back first and slammed into the ground.
Startled, Meilyn stepped back.
"What now??"
Swish!
Another boy flew in after him, trampling on the man's face.
They continued to slide for a couple of meters, leaving a long trail across the ground.
'Kuhugh!'
The trampled man let out a painful groan.
This boy, his eyes glowing in the dark, was none other than…
"Simon!"
Simon, who was glaring down at his enemy, spotted Meilyn and smiled with a wave.
"Hey! Below you!!"
Simon stepped on jet-black and jumped up without even looking down.
The captain, stuck beneath Simon, formed a claw out of jet-black and slashed at the now-empty air.
Spinning through the air, Simon landed soundlessly on the ground.
"He's one hell of a damn good fighter for his age."
Muttered the captain as he wiped the blood from his nose.
Caught off guard by Simon's sudden appearance, the surrounding cronies charged at him, gripping their weapons.
"Back off! He's not someone you can hand—"
'Open.'
Fwiiiiiiish!
Fwiip!
Six portals opened up around Simon, and the tentacle blades shot out of them with vicious force.
In an instant, a dozen gang members were oozing blood from horrific wounds as they fell to the ground.
"M-Monster…!"
The lone gang member who survived, thanks to his slow movements, watched on from behind Simon in terror.
Hearing him, Simon turned around, and the gang member let out a yelp and collapsed on the ground.
"…What terrible luck."
The captain stood up and said,
"You're a necromancer from Kizen, aren't you? Can't you just go fight monsters like Efnel? Are you even allowed to bully commoners like us in our stage of amateurs?"
"You people…"
Said Simon, clenching and unclenching his fists,
"…are involved with Efnel."
"…"
"Are you trying to act dumb? Do you not know who the girl you tried to kidnap was?"
The captain let out a long sigh.
"As expected. Something had to be off when the pay offered was too generous. I'm sorry, but we don't know the client or anything. They gave us the money, so we made the move."
"I see."
"We'll give up on the girl cleanly. Could you please back off?"
Simon smirked.
"Why should I?"
"Hah! I guess you shouldn't!"
The captain smirked and charged in. His sword shimmered with everchanging jet-black.
"Even if I didn't get to have an elite education like you bastards…!"
The shimmering jet-black clung to the sword, morphing it into a sharp saw.
"…my experience living and dying by my blade is still worth something!"
Just as the distance between them closed, Simon stretched his fingers.
Fwooosh!
Simon pulled his arm back as turquoise smoke enveloped the captain's leg, dragging him to the ground.
"Kugh!"
His leg being forcefully lifted into the air, the captain swung his sword in desperation, but Simon leaned back out of the way.
Simon immediately charged in, pulling on the smoke once more just as the captain staggered and stepped on the ground.
'Just how many attacks does this bastard have?!'
Slaaaaaam!
Simon's knee crashed into the captain's face. A tooth flew from his mouth, the moonlight reflecting off of the resulting stream of blood.
Thud!
He fell down, and Simon took the end of the cloud he was holding and sent it upward.
The cloud looped around a sturdy branch, and Simon grabbed it with both hands and pulled. Using the makeshift pulley, he lifted the captain into the air from his legs.
"Kuhugh!"
All that remained in the captain's face was terror.
Sshhk. Shk.
Two of Simon's fingers moved as if dancing. The bones of the skeletons on the ground floated up.
{Bone Nail}
The bones rained down on Simon's victim, stuck in the middle of the air.
Stab! Pshk! Pow!
Gruesome noises filled the air until Simon deactivated the cloud. The captain fell headfirst to the ground, already unconscious.
"That was easy."
Muttered Simon as he looked around.
"C-Captain is down!"
"No way, that easily…?!"
"Nice, Simon!"
Meilyn raised her thumb in Simon's direction, and then walked out. Then, she spread her arms wide.
"This is your last chance to drop your weapons and surrender, misters~"
Clank.
Thud.
On cue, the gang members dropped their weapons.
"Taking out the Sentinels this easily…"
From the arms of Camibarez, Sasha's shoulders shook in disbelief.
"That mister is strong, isn't he?"
Said Camibarez, her face slightly red.
Sasha turned around.
"Wh-Who in the world are you people?"
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