Necromancer Academy’s Genius Summoner - Chapter 342

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Summoning Genius of the Necromancer School — Episode 342
[The North Gate of the Outer Castle has been breached.]
[Outer Castle Fall Event triggered.]
[All forces of the Aon Kingdom are withdrawing to the Inner Castle.]
“Retreat! The Kan Kingdom soldiers are coming!”
“Screech!”
The Aon Kingdom soldiers in pursuit were fleeing with desperate cries. The scene was chaos—many were bleeding freely, others struck down by arrows.
Simon and Dick were darting through the pandemonium.
“To the Inner Castle! Fall back to the Inner Castle!”
“The South Gate is still open!”
The situation was dire.
When the siege bogged down, Commander-in-Chief Elisa of the Kan Kingdom had brought her elite forces to bear, smashing through the North Gate of the Outer Castle by sheer strength.
But Elisa did not stop at breaching the Outer Castle. Instead, she deployed numerous cavalry to press the advantage, and had now driven the assault all the way to the gates of the Inner Castle’s North Gate.
The Inner Castle had only two gates—North and South. As the North Gate came under threat from Elisa, all the Aon Kingdom soldiers retreating into the Inner Castle surged toward the South Gate, creating a catastrophic bottleneck.
“This makes no sense to me, honestly!”
Dick scrubbed his scalp in frustration as he spoke.
“The North Gate had only four people defending it! It’s supposed to be tougher than the South Gate we’re holding! How did they breakthrough before even a messenger could arrive?”
Simon, who had been quietly wrestling with the same doubt, finally opened his mouth.
“There must be others at Elisa’s level.”
Elisa, being the prized daughter of a political dynasty, moved with meticulous strategy in every regard. It was entirely plausible that she had assembled a team of powerful fighters beforehand.
“Hmm, that’s a pain to think about, but it does track. If two or three Special Admission Students showed up at the North Gate…”
Just then, Kan Kingdom soldiers came into view before Simon and Dick. They were hunting down their fleeing comrades.
“Kill them all! Don’t let a single one escape!”
“Cut them down! Block the path to the Inner Castle!”
With the troop disparity so overwhelming, every soldier mattered.
Simon and Dick exchanged a nod and rushed to defend their allies.
“But Simon! You need to conserve your Dark Element. Want to use one of my swords?”
Dick offered his own blade, which he had enchanted.
“Combat Magic should be enough.”
“Combat Magic burns a lot of Dark Element too, you know.”
Simon accepted the sword. He swung it experimentally through the air—the grip felt decent, but something crucial felt off about it.
“Do you have a Greatsword by any chance?”
“I do, but do you even know how to use one? They’re ridiculously difficult.”
“I can manage.”
Dick looked uncertain but pulled a Greatsword from his Subspace anyway. It was the smallest size among Greatswords, but its solid weight appealed to him immediately.
“Good. Let’s go.”
“Okay!”
Simon and Dick stamped their Dark Element into the ground in unison and charged toward the Kan Kingdom soldiers who were slaughtering their allies.
“Watch out! Strange ones are coming!”
“They’re Guardians of Aon!”
Simon’s eyes flashed as he took the lead. Like a juggernaut plowing through enemy lines, he swung the Greatsword with tremendous force.
Bang! The impact sent several Kan Kingdom soldiers flying like bowling pins.
“Hah!”
Right on his heels, Dick flew through the air and drove his blade through the seams of a soldier’s helmet. He planted his feet on the man’s torso, wrenched his blade free, and moved with dazzling fluidity, his Swordsmanship focused on thrusts.
Whoosh!
Simon’s Greatsword Technique, meanwhile, was remarkably graceful.
He wielded that enormous blade with the ease of handling his own limbs, moving through the enemy ranks with a brutish elegance. The Kan Kingdom soldiers recoiled, too intimidated to stand against him.
“Don’t fall back! Hold the line!”
A Kan Kingdom officer charged at Simon, taking the lead himself. Simon raised the Greatsword to block the man’s blade, then pressed forward in one long stride.
Clang-clang-clang!
The officer’s sword slid up along the Greatsword’s edge, and Simon, closing the distance completely, brought the massive blade down with overwhelming force.
Slash! The black blade cleaved straight through his opponent’s body.
“Whoa, Simon! What was that just now?”
Dick called out as he struggled to overcome another soldier.
“You’re not handling the Greatsword at ‘some level’—you’re far beyond that. Did your father teach you that technique back home?”
“No. The Greatsword—”
Simon deftly deflected a spear thrust coming at him and cut down another enemy before answering.
“I taught myself.”
“Come on, quit lying! I’ve never seen you use a Greatsword before, so what are you talking about?”
“I’m not.”
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Soldiers crumpled like wind-torn leaves beneath Simon’s sweeping greatsword. Dick, who wielded his blade with practiced ease, matched his pace without faltering.
“Hyah!”
“Haaah!”
When Simon and Dick spotted enemies rushing at them from behind each other’s backs, they charged forward. As they crossed paths and swung their blades, two enemy soldiers fell spraying blood.
“Th-they’re strong! Damn it!”
“Fall back! We need Guardians here too!”
The Kan Kingdom’s pursuit squad finally broke and ran. Simon and Dick chased them down, clearing an escape route for their allies.
“To the Inner Castle! Retreat to the Inner Castle! The South Gate is open!”
“Hurry, please!”
Simon was herding his forces to safety and pursuing the fleeing enemy when it happened.
“Simon! Get down!”
At Dick’s shout, Simon dropped low. Something like a black flash streaked past overhead and struck the wall.
‘Curse!’
Simon lifted his head in alarm and spotted a Kizen student wearing a skull necklace standing atop the rampart. Curses fired rapidly from his fingertips.
“Curse mage! Take cover!”
Simon and Dick crouched low and rushed behind cover. The student’s volleys of curses, each radiating different colors, hammered against their shelter.
“Annoying!”
Dick extended his fingers.

Black smoke erupted from his hand and raced forward, but the curse mage quickly ducked behind the rampart. Dick’s curse struck the wall and dissipated, and the mage peeked out again, launching another curse.
“Ugh!”
Dick was hit and tumbled across the ground.
“Dick!”
“Argh! Damn it! What is this!”
Dick’s whole body convulsed as he clawed frantically at himself. Red blotches spread visibly across his skin.
“One down.”
The curse mage who had neutralized Dick laughed darkly, then turned his gaze to Simon. Simon, meanwhile, was already drawing a curse on his palm with his free hand.
Both curses completed almost simultaneously.

The moment both boys extended their arms, their curses crossed in midair and flew toward each other.
Simon dodged by simply turning his head.
‘So fast!!’
The Sickness curse, traveling at a speed incomparable to Dick’s Exgust, grazed past the mage’s shoulder.
‘Gak!’
As the curse mage staggered and dropped to one knee, Simon quickly hoisted Dick onto his shoulder and ran.
“I won’t let you escape!”
The curse mage gave chase, preparing and firing curses as he ran.
“!”
But before he’d gone far, his vision spun and he collapsed heavily to the ground. The Kan Kingdom soldiers who saw this came rushing over.
“Damn it! Guardian!”
“Are you all right, sir!”
Shudder, shudder, shudder.
The curse mage waved them off and staggered to his feet. But then—
“Ugh-uuuugh!”
He doubled over and vomited. The soldiers quickly stepped back.

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“Dick, just hold on a moment.”
Simon laid Dick down in the Empty House and drew a magic circle.
“Aaaaaah……!”
Dick’s nails had torn his skin bloody in mad scratching. Simon calmly completed the magic circle and placed it against Dick’s body, activating it.

A blue-green light rippled across Dick’s form, and gradually his thrashing stilled. The hives-like eruptions faded quickly, and Dick’s arms went limp at his sides.
“…Wow, I really thought I was dying. That curse was stacked twice over.”
Simon extended his hand.
“Can you keep fighting?”
“Of course.”
Dick grasped Simon’s hand and pulled himself up.
Stepping back outside the house, Simon found that the situation had stabilized somewhat. Other Kizen students defending the castle hurried about, helping the soldiers retreat.
Simon issued orders through his Commander-in-Chief Badge.
“Keep the South Gate of the Inner Castle open as far as possible to receive the retreating soldiers! Merin, don’t stay too long at the Outer Castle’s South Gate either. You could be surrounded. Everyone else, focus on defending against the enemy troops pouring through the broken gates!”
Simon and Dick decided to head into the Inner Castle now.
As they left the residential district and walked further, another wall appeared. It towered far above the Outer Castle and was built from thick, sturdy brick.
“The Inner Castle must be held, even if all our forces are annihilated.”
Dick said this gravely.
“The moment the Kan Kingdom breaks through the Inner Castle, they’ll climb the stairs directly to the Royal Palace. If the Aerial Barrier—the Guardian Stone—shatters in the meantime, Elisa will attack from the sky on her Phantom Ship. We have no worse scenario than that.”
The two men exchanged words as they walked toward the castle wall.
The congestion at the South Gate continued, so the Inner Castle was carefully positioning ladders along safe sections of the wall, allowing allied soldiers to climb up. It was a reasonably effective approach.
Simon and Dick waited in line as well.
“Dick, go first.”
“Right. I’ll head up.”
Dick climbed the ladder while Simon remained on the ground, turning to watch their rear. If pursuit troops arrived, he intended to buy time for the soldiers to climb.
“Tick! Hold back the pursuit!”
The Aon Kingdom soldiers had organized a defensive unit, constructing palisades and establishing a defensive position before the castle wall.
The Kan Kingdom had many cavalry. They’d dug the ground before the palisades and set up obstacles to block the mounted knights.
“Halt! Who goes there!”
But someone was walking toward the defensive unit’s position.
“Stop! Halt! Move and we shoot!”
The defensive unit aimed their bows threateningly, but he didn’t stop. Then the man placed his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist.
‘What’s happening?’
Simon stepped forward to look.
A thunderous slash split the air!
At the sight that followed, Simon doubted his own eyes.
All those palisades and obstacles—even the defensive unit soldiers—were split in half and sent flying into the air.
‘The entire defensive position… in a single strike?’
Simon stared ahead with sudden tension.
Step. Step.
The figure grew closer. It was a boy wearing an eye patch over one eye.
“Whoa! Was he part of the Siege Team?”
Dick also saw him and shouted to Simon.
“Simon! Elisa wasn’t the problem! That guy…!”
A massive slash tore through the air!
A long line was carved across the Inner Castle wall. The ladder that had been set against it split in half, and all the soldiers climbing it plummeted.
“Ugh!”
Dick fell to the ground as well. Simon’s eyes sharpened as he tracked the boy’s movements.
A figure vanished.
The boy had disappeared.
Simon, who had been on guard, widened his eyes and raised his Greatsword in front of him.
A deafening clash rang out!
Almost simultaneously, a longsword materialized from empty air and struck Simon’s Greatsword. The explosive sound shook the entire battlefield.
‘Ungh!’
Feeling an impact that seemed to tear his wrists apart, Simon found himself face-to-face with the boy who had suddenly appeared before him.
“We’ve met before, haven’t we?”
“We have.”
The boy replied.
He was Special Admission Student Number Five—Zule Vincere.
“How are you feeling today—”
Oddly, he had swung his longsword with it still sheathed in its scabbard.
Zule took a step back and, fastening the longsword to his belt, angled the hilt forward.
“Not bad.”
“!”
Simon immediately arched his back. A massive slash descended in an angled form, as though to cleave the entire Inner Castle in two, carving a long scar across the castle wall.
‘…Wow.’
Cold sweat dripped down Simon’s forehead.
This man was on an entirely different level from any opponent he’d faced before.

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