Necromancer Academy’s Genius Summoner - Chapter 235

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Summoning Genius of the Necromancer School, Episode 235
A small villa, set apart from the Kizen Campus Grounds where guests milled about in clusters.
Inside that building, the Kizen professors who taught the 1st Year classes were sipping wine and observing the situation.
All examinations were controlled from headquarters, and professors were strictly forbidden from interfering with the tests.
—Amazing!
—Special Case #1! Student Simon’s breakthrough! This goes far beyond mere indomitable will! What sort of magic is he even employing?
The professors nodded in satisfaction at Simon’s performance.
“He’s doing well, very well indeed.”
“I wondered at first why he was ranked Special Case #1, but he keeps standing out. I’d like to teach him something myself.”
“His growth rate is steep. I doubt he came here without prior study.”
“I’d bet money on it. Look at his written exam score—it’s a mess. The kid just has raw talent.”
The sharp-haired professor who said this turned to the side and laughed loudly.
“Ha! Professor Walter!”
Walter, who had been seated on the sofa sipping wine, offered a gentle smile.
“Remarkable! Truly remarkable! How long has he been here, and already he’s laying hands on Special Case #1? He’s using what he just learned on the spot! This is when a professor feels real pride and joy!”
Walter bowed politely.
“Not at all. It is all thanks to Professor Silaji’s research achievements.”
“Ha ha! There’s no need for such formality! We’re not professor and student as we once were—you’re now an equal Kizen professor yourself!”
“Thank you.”
Walter adjusted his glasses, and his eyes gleamed quietly.
He had taught Simon the Cloud technique, but he had never imagined the boy would use it to create a Blood Golem.
“Aaron, you must be having the time of your life these days.”
The sharp-haired professor’s gaze turned toward the back. Aaron, who had already received congratulations from two professors, looked toward him.
“How long has it been since we’ve seen a proper student of Summoning Magic! Already rumored to be the next student council president—that original cyan Blood Golem is your work, isn’t it?”
“I didn’t—”
Crash!
The sound of shattering glass cut through the air.
“Oh.”
All eyes turned to find Bahil smiling.
The wine glass he had dropped lay in pieces scattered across the floor, and the red wine had stained it a deep crimson.
“An accident—I dropped it.”
“…….”
Anyone could see it was deliberate.
Bahil approached with quick, purposeful strides. Aaron, watching him, let out a sigh.
“Are you out of your mind?”
“Aaron, let me address this for a moment.”
“Bahil.”
Aaron’s eyes narrowed coldly.
“We have professors here, and the Vice Chancellor himself. This is hardly appropriate. Clean it up.”
Bahil turned his head to look at Aaron. Aaron did not avert his gaze.
In the silence, only their eyes met.
Gulp.
Jane, who had been seated alone on the sofa enjoying wine while watching the spectacle, finally looked at the two of them.
“So Simon has created a new Blood Golem.”
At Bahil’s gesture, a magic circle traced itself across the floor, and the broken glass and spilled wine began to float upward.
The shards came together, transforming into something pristine, and the scattered wine gathered inside.
The work required considerable fine control, yet Bahil performed it effortlessly. A seemingly new wine glass materialized in his hand.
“Black Magic created through Combinatorial Magic, is it not? With Summoning Magic as the base, enhanced by Blood Magic and Curse Magic.”
Bahil’s gaze, which had been fixed on Aaron, slowly shifted toward Walter.
“I could have offered assistance as a consultant in Curse Magic.”
Shatter!
The wine glass in his hand shattered without a trace, dissolving into wind and vanishing.
“It does not sit well with me to be excluded by the two of you in such a manner.”
“That is a misunderstanding. Allow me to explain, Professor Bahil.”
Walter rose from his seat with an amiable smile.
“What is wrapped around that blue Blood Golem is called the Cloud technique. It is a skill utilizing his SM-1 Blood, and——.”
As Walter’s explanation continued, the other professors, as though the topic had lost its savor, began chattering among themselves about the students passing through next.
Listening to the explanation, Bahil’s expression finally relaxed, the misunderstanding apparently resolved.
“……So that is how it came to be. I too had never seen a Blood Golem until now.”
Bahil approached with an unhurried gait, then placed a light hand on Walter’s shoulder.
“The new Blood Magic professor is quite capable, I see. Let’s work well together going forward.”
“I look forward to working with you as well.”
As Walter answered, he felt a dull ache creep into his shoulders. Bahil turned to Aaron with a faint smile.
“And Aaron. Shall we make a wager?”
Aaron touched the dark circles under his eyes with the expression of someone tired of everything.
“What now.”
“I’m curious—which side will Simon ultimately choose?”
Bahil added slowly as he turned away.
“I’m confident about it.”

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“Phew. Gasp! Huff! Gasp!”
The moment Simon pressed the Red Buzzer, all the traps ceased.
‘…I made it.’
His mind swam, and his entire body throbbed. Simon stumbled and leaned his back against the wall.
Or rather, he tried to, but the weapon lodged in his back hurt too much, so he stood upright again.
[Boy! Are you alright?]
‘Ah, yes. Thanks to the Blood Golem, I’m at least alive.’
The Blood Golem’s most vital ability lay in damage distribution with the caster through Life Link.
The golem absorbs eighty percent of external impact damage meant for the caster. Even if pierced by a spear or sword, the golem’s body sustains a deep wound while the caster receives only minor abrasions.
To achieve this, the Blood Golem must master Life Link, a high-difficulty curse—but Simon already possessed the Cloud ability.
Aaron had modified Cloud to produce an effect similar to Life Link, which allowed even a 1st Year like Simon to learn the Blood Golem.
Just then, a clear broadcast voice echoed from somewhere in the ceiling.
-You will be teleported to the final fourth-stage testing grounds in five minutes.
-All equipment on the examinee, fallen belongings on the ground, and summoned creatures will teleport together.
-Students who passed the third stage may end their examination here. If you declare your examination concluded at this point, your ranking will be determined by the time you cleared the third stage.
‘So there is one more, after all.’
Of course, Simon had no intention of stopping here. He reached his arm behind him and grasped the spear embedded in his back, pulling.
‘Thank you, Golem.’
As he pulled, the spear came free with a clean, painless slip—completely different from the grunting struggle when he’d extracted an arrow earlier.
Clang!
He dropped the spear and touched the wound. Despite being a penetrating injury, the wound was remarkably small. When he poured a Potion on it, it healed as if by miracle.
‘Fascinating. So this is the effect of Life Link?’
A summoned creature made from the caster’s blood, taking damage in the caster’s stead—he had created it himself, yet it still seemed miraculous.
Thud!
Clink!
After extracting all the weapons embedded in his body and recovering with a Potion, Simon gave a light test jump.
His body felt much lighter. And yet.
‘I can’t move properly.’
He had lost too much blood creating the Blood Golem, and in his exhausted state, he’d used Black Abyss Split as well. The truth was he could barely stand.
But he had no intention of quitting the exam. He’d only just crossed the minimum threshold, and to rank in the competitive range, he needed to clear the final stage.
-No examination termination signal detected. Moving to the fourth-stage testing grounds.
-Please remain in place.
Hum!
His feet lifted off the ground, and the space shifted.
In a blink, he emerged outdoors. A sunset-stained sky and a barren wasteland devoid of grass stretched before him.
The Blood Golem was transmitted alongside Simon, its body tattered from absorbing hits via Life Link.
Simon, feeling both grateful and apologetic, gently stroked its body with his palm. The sensation was squishy and wet.
‘But what am I supposed to do here?’
-Manifesting Memorize Magic.
Suddenly, a map of the entire location flooded his mind.
It was simply a desolate island, with one hundred Chalices scattered across it.
-This is Cobalt’s Island.
-Currently on the island are three hundred examinees. One hundred Chalices exist. Destroy a Chalice and you pass. Students who fail to destroy a Chalice will have only the ranking from when they cleared the third stage applied.
-Starving Cobalts will greet you.
As Simon looked around, he saw brown-skinned monsters resembling cursed sprites shambling about.
[Kekeke! Kizen, these people really are out of their minds! It’s the ultimate test of endurance!]
The final stage of this exam was a competitive battle to break through monsters and destroy the target.
Simon steeled his mind once more.
Simon had cleared the third stage by creating a Blood Golem, so his time was slower than average. He couldn’t consider himself safe yet, and even now, many students were racing toward the Chalices.
‘Good. I’ll give everything until the end…….’
Thud!
A blunt impact sounded from nearby.
Simon turned his head. The Blood Golem had already pounced on one of the Cobalts and was striking it down. As the Cobalt fell, the golem pressed its palm against the creature’s face.
Slurrrrrp!
The Cobalt’s blood was drawn into the Blood Golem.
‘!’
Then, from the unhealed scrapes on Simon’s body, wisps of smoke curled upward, and the wounds began to mend of their own accord.
‘So this is the Blood Golem’s recovery effect!’
The Blood Golem could absorb the blood of other living creatures to restore its own stamina. And as the Blood Golem recovered, Simon’s stamina—being the caster—recovered proportionally as well.
Not only did it take the wounds in his stead; the Life Link effect was applying to his recovery too.
Crack! Thud!
The Blood Golem methodically beat down the Cobalts. The Cobalt, being one of the weaker Grade 3 Monsters, stood no chance against the golem.
The wounds on Simon’s body healed, and his muddled mind began to clear.
‘Good.’
Once all the Cobalts were down, the Blood Golem stomped forward to Simon. He closed his eyes and drew a long, deep breath.
Whoosh!
He raised both arms before the Blood Golem, unfolding Magic Circles one after another above the creature’s head.
‘Let’s push all the way through!’
Shiiiiiii!
The Blood Golem’s body, which had been held together by its core, transformed into a gas-like state and began to be drawn into the Magic Circle.
As the golem’s form shrank, the Golem Core at its center finally dropped to the ground with a soft thud. All the Cloud that had been sustaining the golem flowed into the Magic Circle.
‘Good. Next phase.’
Simon opened an Extra-Large Subspace and called forth a swarm of Skeletons.
Twenty ordinary Skeletons each bearing spear and shield, and three Skeleton Archers.
A total of twenty-three Undead.
Currently, Simon could only simultaneously control six Undead. This number was nearly four times that limit.
[Krackling! You don’t find this reckless, boy?]
‘I’ll manage no matter what.’
Simon lowered both arms.
Whoooooosh!
From the Magic Circle that had consumed the Blood Golem, Cloud poured forth and wrapped around the bodies of the Skeletons.
There was no law saying Cloud could only be used on golems. Through all his training, he’d already confirmed that combining Cloud with Skeletons was possible.
‘Focus!’
Across all twenty-three Skeletons’ bones, Cloud refined from the Blood Golem layered itself.
As if donning additional armor, the crude skeletal joints took on a teal hue, and wisps of smoke rose like heat shimmer from the eye sockets of their skulls.
-Tap! Click!
-Tap-tap-tap!
The reinforced Skeletons wreathed in Cloud each took unique stances—some shouldering their weapons, others tilting blades or raising bows.
Flutter!
Behind them, a teal cape woven from Cloud billowed in an unseen wind.
Through Cloud’s effect, Simon could now exceed his control limits and command the twenty-three reinforced Skeletons as naturally as his own limbs. And the Blood Golem’s Blood Absorption and Life Link effects remained fully active.
Not Summoned Undead, not Natural Undead, not even a Legion—only these, which belonged to Simon alone and obeyed Simon alone.

-Shriek!
The Cobalts’ cries reached his ears. Simon’s eyes turned toward them.
Slash!
Swipe!
The moment Simon’s gaze fell upon them, ten Skeletons dashed forward and severed three Grade 3 Monsters’ heads clean from their bodies.
Scritch.
The Skeleton Archers nocked arrows to their strings. Cloud wrapped the shafts and enchanted them before they flew, piercing straight through the Cobalts’ eyes.
Shhhhh.
Finally, a handful of Cloud transformed into the shape of a crown and came to rest in Simon’s upraised hand.
When Simon set the crown upon his head, the presence of all twenty-three Skeletons became vivid and clear.
One of his eyes had also shifted to a brilliant emerald glow.
‘Forward.’
Whoosh!
Click!
All twenty-three Honor Guard billowed their shadowless cloaks and followed Simon.

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