Necromancer Academy’s Genius Summoner - Chapter 326

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Summoning Genius of the Necromancer School, Episode 326
Crash!
A well-dressed goat launched into the air, smashing a table in two as it tumbled down. Shattered plates and glasses rained across its body.
“Ugh!”
Spaghetti draped across its head, the creature staggered upright.
Or tried to. Its unfamiliar body swayed — tilt — and it fell flat on its rear again. Even so, both eyes remained fixed on Simon.
“What did you just do!”
The emotion in those eyes was half fury, half confusion.
“I barely touched you with my palm, and how did you—!”
The goat’s words cut short. A ribbon of crimson energy streaked in from the side, sweeping the creature’s body aside like an eraser.
Bang! The goat slammed into the wall.
Simon turned at the sound and saw Lorain with her right arm raised.
“Did I interrupt?”
“No, thank you for the help.”
Simon said this while looking past her.
No matter how many times he saw it, it was still remarkable.
The space around her tore open, revealing glowing red eyes beyond. What lay behind those rifts, he wondered?
As she lowered her hand, the gashes sealed shut and vanished without a trace.
“Lorain, did you deal with your opponent?”
She tilted her chin. Much like the goat, a cat was now embedded in the wall.
[Assassin team fully neutralized.]
[Anomalous game clear confirmed.]
[Additional objective has appeared.]
[Additional objective: Protect the Pig Princess from the new threat.]
“An additional objective!”
Because they’d abandoned the game’s intended strategy in favor of sheer overwhelming force, the bonus objective had triggered.
Simon thought it worked out better this way.
That raft game he’d cleared with class president Jamie at the start — when he’d just charged through with Demos, bypassing all the monsters, an additional objective appeared. That was where he’d gotten the Glasses that let him see the colors of terrain.
This time would be no different. Surely a reward awaited.
The goat and cat, having failed at their assassin roles, dissolved into the air and vanished.
Simon and Lorain exchanged a glance, then withdrew backward in a cautious stance, moving toward the Pig Princess.
“P-please, save me.”
The Pig Princess trembled as she spoke.
“Even if my ears are short, just acknowledge we’re the same! Even if I have no fur, accept that I’m your equal! Please, just spare my life—!!”
“Be quiet and stay still.”
At Lorain’s icy command, the Pig Princess clamped her mouth shut and crouched down immediately.
Simon added a word.
“Your Highness, we came to protect you.”
“That’s a lie!”
The Pig Princess shrieked as she shook.
“You just killed the goat and the cat, and now you—!”
Crash!
Smash!
The conversation was cut short. Every window in the Mansion shattered, and assassins in gray hoods burst through.
Thud!
Thwack!
Over a dozen men surrounded them in moments. From beneath their lowered hoods, their faces were obscured — instead, gray smoke coiled from every opening.
Simon and Lorain crouched into defensive stances, while the Pig Princess let out a squeak of terror and shrank back.
Clank, clank.
A man in robes over armor walked forward, gray smoke spilling from beneath his helmet.
[There is only one order.]
A chilling voice emanated from him.
[Kill them all.]
Whoosh!
The unidentified assassins drew their blades in unison and charged.
“Then there’s no need,”
Lorain brushed back her falling hair.
“to hold back anymore, is there?”
Space tore open behind her once more as crimson eyes spilled forth. From within, pillars of scarlet destruction erupted in all directions, sweeping the assassins back.
[!]
Crash! Crash! Crash! Bang!
Nearly half the assassins smashed into the walls and died on impact.
Simon couldn’t help but marvel.
‘Well, she really is Neftis’s daughter, isn’t she.’
“Simon! In front!”
At Lorain’s cry, Simon snapped his head forward. An assassin stood directly ahead, blade raised high.
He’d been waiting for this opening.
Whoosh!
He sidestepped the first strike with ease. Before the second could come, he’d snagged the attacker’s wrist and yanked him forward.
As the man tumbled toward him, Simon released the wrist and drove his elbow into the assassin’s skull—a sharp crack, blood spraying—then twisted his whole body and swept a spinning leg across the reeling figure’s head.
Thud!
The assassin crumpled, and three more rushed in to surround him. He had no intention of letting them encircle him.
‘Open Gate!’
Screech! Screech! Screech!
Screech!
Blades from his Overlord ability erupted outward, knocking the assassins back.
‘No rushing. Take them one at a time.’
Free of the enclosure, Simon drove down hard off his back foot and charged forward. Wrapping Dark Element around his fist, he lunged at an assassin who’d just landed on the ground.
Clang!
Fist met blade in a shower of sparks. With the man still off-balance from his landing, Simon’s follow-up came faster.
He swept the assassin’s knees out from under him, dropping him to a kneel, then flowed backward and seized his head, wrenching it up.
Thwack!
An arrow flew from the front and drove straight into the hooded face. The assassin went limp.
“Nice shot!”
The Skeleton Archer clicked as it nocked another arrow.
But two more remained. Behind Simon, two assassins thrust their blades forward.
Clang!
Clang!
Two shield-bearing Skeletons leaped out and blocked the strikes.
In that opening, Simon dropped low and extended his arm between the Skeleton’s legs, aiming at his targets.
‘Cloud!’
A teal mist erupted outward, coiling around each assassin’s legs before yanking them hard.
They were pulled forward with their balance shattered, while the shield-bearing Skeletons instantly dissolved into bone and floated into the air.
Click! Click!
In midair, the bones pivoted, sharp ends pointing downward. Simon’s index finger descended.

Thrust! Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!
The bones plunged down with savage force, and the assassins convulsed violently.
Watching from a distance, Lorain murmured soft appreciation.
‘……Raw instinct. The combat logic that reads the flow.’
He was wielding multiple difficult techniques in combination simultaneously. And beyond his primary Summoning Magic, he deployed Magical Combat, Blood Magic, and other arts learned at Kizen, each in its proper moment.
Though still only a 1st Year, Simon already showed glimpses of a Complete Necromancer.
‘Indeed.’
No matter what happened, she couldn’t let Serne take Simon from her. She reaffirmed it then and there.
[What are you all doing!]
The armored commander’s voice thundered with fury.
[This is pathetic. I’ll handle it myself!]
A boss-class entity hefted a massive pike and entered the fray.
“Squeeeeal!”
In the moments the two had locked eyes, the Pig Princess—now in full panic—bolted away, tears and snot streaming down her face.
She was making for the exit of the Mansion on her own.
“Simon!”
Lorain opened a Subspace portal and shouted.
“I’ll take the boss—get the princess!”
“Got it!”
A flying Skeleton burst from her Subspace. As she spread both arms, the Skeletons dissolved and began snapping onto her body in perfect pieces.
Lorain’s Bone Armor.
A cleanly fitted plate armor design settled over her form. The Skeleton’s beak transformed into a spear, which materialized in her grip.
In the next instant, both the boss and Lorain thrust their spears forward and collided.
‘Impressive. I’ll leave that one to her for now.’
“Squeeeeeeal!”
Two assassins blocked the path of the Pig Princess as she fled screaming. She stumbled backward with a yelp.
“Honestly!”
Simon sighed and swept both arms sharply to the sides in one broad motion.
Two skeletons shot forward like arrows and enveloped the Pig Princess’s body in Bone Armor.
Crack! Snap! Snap!
As her body was instantly covered in bone, the Pig Princess shrieked in disgust.
‘Two won’t be enough!’
She was simply too large. He needed to add two more skeletons, four in total, to properly armor her.
In the meantime, an assassin sprang forward and thrust a blade at the Pig Princess.
“Kyeeeek!”
Clang!
The Bone Armor she wore naturally blocked the strike.
The assassin staggered back in confusion, and Simon flexed his fingers. Like a puppet on strings, the Pig Princess clenched her fists and charged.
“What—what is this? My body won’t obey me!”
Thud!
A clean hit.
The Pig Princess’s blow sent the assassin flying in a spray of blood. Simon drew his finger sideways.
Whoosh!
The Pig Princess grabbed a nearby sofa with both hands and swung it wildly. The assassins scrambled backward in alarm.
“Oof!”
Crack!
Simon circled back and smashed an assassin’s skull from behind.
“……!”
Another assassin raised his blade warily. But Simon’s attack came not from the front.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
It came from above.
Webbing dropped from the ceiling and pinned his body—a Corpse Spider, one of Simon’s Summoned Undead.
Simon grinned and swept his arm through the air.
“Now, Your Highness!”
“Kyaaaah!”
The Pig Princess, puppeted by Simon, charged with the sofa and slammed the assassin hard against the wall.
Boom!!
The trembling assassin finally went limp, his head falling.
“Oh! Oh! Ohohoho! How delightful!”
The Pig Princess burst into gleeful laughter.
‘Ugh.’
Meanwhile, Simon furrowed his brow and pressed his palm to his forehead.
‘I got too excited and overused the Dark Element…’
A deafening crash thundered through the air.
Simon’s head snapped around at the sound, and he found himself staring at a scene that made his jaw drop.
The boss monster was slammed against the wall, its body riddled with five holes. Blood streamed from its helmet instead of smoke.
[A…a monster……!]
Squelch!
Lorain’s spear pierced straight through the boss monster’s helmet. She snorted and withdrew her weapon with a grunt. Blood spattered across her cheek.
‘Lorain doesn’t need any worrying about.’
With the leader fallen, the remaining lackeys were simple to dispatch.
As the last assassin dropped, a new message appeared.
[Additional Objective Achieved.]
[Please collect your reward.]
The boss dissolved into nothing, and in the space where his corpse should have been, two treasure chests materialized.
Simon finally let out a relieved laugh.
“Good work, Lorain.”
“You too, Simon.”
The two exchanged acknowledgments and walked toward the treasure chests. As the Bone Armor came off, the Pig Princess squealed and darted out of the Mansion.
Watching the Pig Princess flee, Lorain’s body tensed slightly, and Simon gripped her shoulder.
“That’s enough. It’s all over now anyway.”
“Right.”
Simon and Lorain each selected a treasure chest.
What could be inside?
Simon opened the treasure chest with a racing heart.
“Wow!”
An exclamation burst from his lips.
“A Crystal Skeleton?”
Inside the chest lay none other than a new undead—a product containing a fresh specimen.