Necromancer Academy’s Genius Summoner - Chapter 305

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The Summoning Genius of the Necromancer School — Episode 305
“Watch out, Jamie! Something’s coming!”
“What? What is it?”
Whoosh!
Out of nowhere, something that looked like a tree fruit came hurtling from the jungle.
Simon arched his back and dodged it swiftly; the fruit that sailed past him crashed into a tree on the opposite side. The impact left a deep gouge in the trunk with a sharp crack.
“……Wow.”
Jamie let out a gasp of amazement.
“If that had hit your head, even a barrier wouldn’t protect you.”
“Dodge! More coming!”
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The one hurling fruit was a long-armed monster that reminded them of a primate.
It was pulling fruit from a pouch on its belly and flinging them indiscriminately.
“Tch.”
Simon, seasoned in magical combat, wove his body left and right to evade. Jamie tried to follow his lead, but after taking several hits, she realized she couldn’t keep up. She spread Darkness Defensive Magic Circles on both arms instead.
Thwack!
Bang!
But the defensive magic circle began to fray after just a few fruit struck it.
As Jamie’s face went pale, Simon glanced back at her.
“Can you hold out much longer?”
“Si-Simon! Ahead!”
A massive boulder jutted up suddenly in front of them, directly in the path of the rapids. It was positioned in such a malicious way that it seemed perfectly designed to smash the raft to pieces.
Simon summoned Darkness to both his feet and anchored them firmly to the raft, then extended his right arm.
“Everyone out!”
A subspace opened, and skeletons burst forth like lightning. As they emerged, they decomposed, their bone segments linking together to form a long pole.
Simon grabbed it and braced it against the boulder, then pushed with all his strength.
Crack-crack-crack!
Simon’s strength plus the skeletons’ pulling force combined—the raft barely twisted sideways and slipped past the boulder.
“Impressive!”
Jamie had moved to Simon’s side and was holding up a shield to defend him. It was decent teamwork, but the incoming fruit soon shattered the shield anyway.
“Choose, captain!”
Simon shouted while dodging the flying fruit.
“You want to keep holding on? Or go with my way?”
“I’m not on Team 7! What’s your way?”
“Pushing our limits!”
The speed of the raft drifting downstream nearly matched the speed of the primate monsters racing through the trees in pursuit. And with each passing moment, the horde kept swelling.
“Ugh!”
Jamie was an aspiring Curse Magic user. Unless she specialized in wide-range curses, a curse caster had little to contribute in a situation like this.
“Alright, fine! I don’t know what you’re planning, but hurry!”
Simon’s lips curled up as he opened a subspace.
“Come forth, Deimos.”
“What?”
Splash!
A subspace tore open, and an Undead composed of whale bone burst out and plunged into the river.
‘So that’s the summon that made Simon first place in the 3rd BMAT!’
Jamie knew all about the renowned Deimos, of course.
Simon extended his fingers.
‘Cloud.’
A cyan-green mist shot out like a rope, coiling around Deimos’s massive body as it swam alongside the raft.
‘Delicately……!’
Simon’s fingers moved with piano-like precision. The cyan rope that had wrapped around Deimos and returned now wound tightly around the raft itself, settling firmly into Simon’s hands.
“Pardon the liberty, captain.”
Simon then flicked the rope toward Jamie. The cyan mist began to coil around her body.
“Wait, just a moment! Why am I being bound?”
Her face reddened as she cried out.
“To fix you to the raft.”
Simon moved the Cloud to press her snugly against the raft as if she were one with it.
Simon wrapped the Cloud around his own body to secure himself as well, then lowered himself as flat as possible and lay down beside Jamie.
“Let’s go, Deimos!”
-Screeeeeech!
Deimos charged forward, pulling the raft over the rapids at breakneck speed. The world around them suddenly began to blur, compressed into streaks of motion.
Whoooosh!
Deimos surged ahead, overtaking the pursuing monkey monsters in an instant. Massive torrents of water whipped violently left and right.
“Faster! Keep going, Deimos! Faster!”
Simon shouted.
“Y-you’re going way too faaast!”
Jamie, sprawled beside him, was crying, her eyes glistening as she desperately called for her mother.
Simon had pushed this “game” far beyond its intended pace. Deimos’s forward momentum outstripped the rate at which the monkey monsters could emerge from the jungle.
‘Right. Left. Right again.’
Simon stayed alert, his mind linked to Deimos’s consciousness, deftly guiding them past the boulders that dotted the path. The monsters launched no attacks.
‘We’ll make it to the destination in one go at this rate.’
Even Simon felt as though they were covering an enormous distance in a single breath.
Then a new message appeared.
[Record time confirmed.]
[Additional Objective: Hunt the Boss Monster.]
‘What?’
Simon’s head snapped around.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
Something on two legs was chasing them through the jungle, matching the speed of Deimos thundering down the rapids.
He couldn’t see its form clearly, but with each step the creature took, trees were ripped from their roots and hurled skyward.
‘An additional objective?’
He’d learned from reading the rulebook that while completing a single primary objective was enough to clear a game, additional objectives appeared when specific conditions were satisfied.
Then he saw the creature leap into the river where he and Jamie were.
“Simon! Above!”
Simon’s gaze was already tilted upward.
‘I can’t block that.’
The decision came in a flash, and his action was faster still.
He severed the Cloud connected to the raft, then stomped off the Darkness Element beneath his feet, launching skyward. Jamie, bound to him, was swept upward with a cry.
Crash!
The gorilla monster’s fist obliterated the raft. Fragments scattered in all directions.
Thump.
Simon landed narrowly, barely evading the blow, and Jamie tumbled down after him.
“This is insane! Absolutely insane!”
Jamie shouted, her face pale with terror.
“Now I know what Merin and Kamibarez are going through!”
“I always make the best choice available.”
The gorilla monster was already clambering up from the river, its wet body charging toward them both.
They quickly assumed defensive stances.
Grooowwwl!
The gorilla threw its fist forward.
‘Gate Opening!’
Two blade-tentacles rose from beneath Simon’s feet, crossing as they met the gorilla’s incoming punch.
Boom!
The blade-tentacles buckled and warped under the impact. The creature possessed an absurd amount of raw strength.
“Ugh!”
Simon, linked to his Overlord’s consciousness, grimaced at the reverberating force. At the same moment, four more blades lashed through the gorilla’s body.
Blood spurted from four deep gashes, and the gorilla roared in fury.
“Nice work!”
Pounce!
Jamie had already scaled a nearby tree and leaped onto the gorilla’s back, raking her palms down its spine as she descended. Flowers bloomed wherever her hands touched its flesh.

The effect was devastating. The gorilla thrashed in agony, clawing at its own back and writhing.
“A curse mage through and through!”
Jamie quickly jumped down and fled, but the gorilla pursued her relentlessly.
Simon charged forward boldly, passing between the creature’s legs and driving his fist upward. His knuckles crackled with Darkness Element.

Shrraaaack!
The dark blade-strike cleanly severed the gorilla’s Achilles tendon. The creature’s legs gave out, and it crashed to one knee with a heavy thud.
“Done.”
Simon quickly rose and positioned himself in front of Jamie protectively. She stopped in her tracks, preparing her next curse.
-Kwraaaargh!
The enraged gorilla monster, dragging one broken leg behind it, charged straight ahead like a tank.
That’s when Simon lowered his arm and moved toward Jamie.
“Simon?”
“Get down!”
Simon pressed down on her shoulders, forcing her flat against the ground.
“Why, why are you—the monster’s right there!”
Simon flicked his fingers sharply.
“Ocean Current Bullet.”
“!”
Boom-boom-boom!
A bullet of water materialized from the river, enveloping the charging gorilla and pinning it against the cliff face behind.
Crunch-crunch-crunch-crunch!
The cliff collapsed inward, the gorilla’s body pulped to ruin—muscles and bone alike compressed into a mangled mess.
“Wow…!”
Jamie’s mouth hung open.
Simon rose to his feet, drew his Short Sword, and mercifully ended the gorilla’s tortured groans.
[Additional Objective Complete]
[Please accept your reward.]
The gorilla dissolved into the air, leaving behind only two pairs of Glasses lying on the ground.
“These are the reward?”
The two split them between themselves. Simon put on his pair and looked around, but noticed nothing different.
“I’m not sure what kind of artifact this is.”
“Let’s take them anyway. We’ll find a use for them eventually.”
The two resumed their path and returned to the Valley.
“There.”
Beside the fragments of the destroyed Raft, a brand new one sat waiting. Apparently the dungeon provided a replacement after each monster hunt.
They boarded the new Raft, and Deimos led them forward.
“But you know—”
Jamie folded her arms.
“In those storybooks my mother used to read me when I was little, rapids like this always end in a waterfall.”
“…You should learn to watch your tongue.”
Whoooooosh!
Sure enough, a waterfall roared into view ahead. Jamie shrieked in terror.
“What, what do we do! Stop Deimos!”
“Hold on.”
Simon pointed forward.
“That’s the exit, isn’t it?”
Beyond the waterfall, hundreds of meters up in midair, a portal shimmered into view. By any measure, it was the way out.
“S-surely you don’t mean we have to jump into that? It’s in the air!”
“Looks like it.”
Simon saw no reason they couldn’t manage it. He withdrew Deimos to the Subspace and summoned Skeletons instead.
“Bone Armor.”
The Skeletons locked onto his body with practiced precision. He equipped Jamie with a set as well.
“I have something too.”
She traced a Curse Magic Circle across both their bodies.
“It normally increases an enemy’s weight, but I’ve reversed the calibration—now it makes us lighter.”
“Got it. When I give the signal, we stomp the Dark Element and jump as high as we can.”
“I’m ready.”
Jamie nodded, her face tight with concentration. The cliff’s edge was now inches away.
“Now!”
Both of them planted their feet hard on the Dark Element and launched themselves into the air.
The Raft tumbled down with the current, but their bodies soared upward. The portal to freedom lay directly ahead.
‘The distance is a bit tight, but—’
Simon issued an Absolute Command to the Skeletons in their Bone Armor state.
Using the Skeletons’ attraction effect, he channeled maximum upward force, creating a sort of gliding effect.
“The Curse is still active!”
Their bodies felt genuinely lighter. With arms fully extended, both of them drifted safely toward the portal.
“We made it!”
Simon’s cry of joy rang out. Jamie’s eyes sparkled with triumph.
“Thanks to meeting you, Special Case #1, I got lucky and found what I needed. See you tomorrow in class!”
“You did well too. I hope you find the next card soon.”
The two of them passed safely through the gate.

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Whoosh!
As Simon passed through the gate, he found himself back in that Valley. In the distance, the walls of Kizen were visible.
He’d made it back safely.
“That was rather entertaining.”
Simon took the Navy Card in hand, delighted. The glasses, too, had survived intact.
Simon made his way out of the Valley and climbed onto dry ground.
Two hours had already passed. After checking the time, he put on the glasses once more and surveyed his surroundings.
“!”
An exclamation escaped Simon’s lips before he could stop himself.
‘……This is incredible.’

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