Necromancer Academy’s Genius Summoner - Chapter 358

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The Summoning Genius of the Necromancer School Episode 358
“I’ve heard the rumors, Simon Polentia.”
On the way to the Artifact Auction House, Simon found himself in conversation with an aristocrat he hadn’t expected to meet.
An Ivory Tower nobleman, no less.
“You certainly do stir up talk wherever you go. Even here in Pentamonium, you made quite the splash, and already the rumors are spreading like wildfire. Ha ha!”
Simon offered a modest business smile.
“You’re too kind.”
“And—”
The nobleman’s eyes fell on the girl with ivory-colored hair clinging to Simon’s arm. A satisfied smile played at his lips.
“I see you’re on very good terms with our successor.”
“Oh ho ho!”
Serne laughed elegantly, covering her mouth with the back of her hand.
“Close? More than friends, less than spouses?”
Serne began chattering away like a songbird, while Simon offered no comment, his face masked in a smile.
The Ivory Tower nobleman turned back to Simon and spoke.
“If you don’t mind, we’d like to extend an invitation to the Academic Symposium our Ivory Tower is hosting.”
“Ah, if you would do me such honor, I’d be delighted.”
“Pentamonium may possess vast knowledge and materials, but since they peddle that knowledge and sell it for profit, they’re more merchants than true scholars. A pity, really.”
A subtle dig at Pentamonium paired with quiet self-promotion.
After parting ways with the Ivory Tower man, Simon decided to rest for a moment and stepped into a nearby cafe.
“Simon. Ah—”
Serne held out the ice cream she was eating. Simon, uncomfortable with the gesture, leaned back slightly.
“…The Ivory Tower man is already gone.”
“So what?”
Serne spoke with a playful smile, her brows knitted and her eyes bright with an unwavering determination that suggested she would not be swayed.
Unable to resist the pressure and the eyes of those around them, Simon reluctantly took a bite. At which point Serne immediately opened her mouth and consumed the spot where Simon’s lips had touched in one bite.
“Wait—!”
“?”
Serne blinked her eyes innocently and began licking every corner of the ice cream. With fox-like eyes, she tilted her head back and forth, playing dumb while knowing perfectly well what she was doing.
Overwhelmed with embarrassment, Simon turned away. Serne found his reaction so cute that she giggled, her shoulders shaking.
“Lucky fellow.”
Kassan, who sat between the two of them, spoke in an emotionless voice.
“Besides, a cafe like this is unsuitable for protection. The artifact auction will begin soon—finish eating.”
“Oh, come on!”
Serne’s face was still smiling, but a faint vein had appeared on her forehead.
“You’re no fun at all! Even when I was talking with those elders, you were right behind me, following along. Can’t you help a little?”
“Simon’s protection is more important. And no matter who he’s talking to, Magnus might approach in disguise.”
“You certainly are tiresome.”
Serne was eating her ice cream with a sullen expression while Simon’s face had grown tense, his eyes darting about.
“What’s wrong, Simon?”
“Doesn’t something feel off?”
“Of course it feels off. The cafe is packed with people.”
“No, that’s not it.”
Simon gazed out the window, then suddenly stood and rushed out of the cafe.
Once outside, away from the noise of the cafe, his unease crystallized into certainty.
“Kyaaaaaah!”
Stark screams echoed from all directions.
Kassan and Serne hurried after him. The screams reached their ears too.
“Run! Get away!”
“They said the city was safe!”
Pale-faced people fleeing in panic made it clear that something had gone terribly wrong. As the screams drew closer, what lay at the root of the chaos finally became visible.
‘Zombies…!’
They were zombies bounding on four legs.
“Huh, what? Did some foolish necromancer lose control of his Thought Control?”
“But there are too many for that.”
What had been a handful of zombies in the distance now swelled into an uncountable horde.
Kassan’s expression grew grave, and he nodded slowly.
“Those are zombies from outside the barrier.”
Simon’s head snapped around instantly.
“Wait, Kassan! You mean…!”
“Yes.”
Kassan spoke in a cool voice.
“Something’s gone wrong with the barrier that was surrounding Pentamonium.”
Wee-oo!
Wee-oo-oo!
Sirens and alarms wailed from every corner of the city.
[Emergency! Emergency situation in effect! Undead monsters are roaming within the city. All visitors are urged to evacuate immediately to the nearest Glass Tower!]
Waves of zombies surging forward, evacuation broadcasts proving this was no mere spectacle, red emergency lights flashing everywhere.
The vibrant city plunged into chaos in an instant.
“Simon! Look over there!”
Serne pointed behind them.
Barriers were beginning to unfold around Pentamonium’s seven tallest Glass Towers—its heart and core. It was an automated system that activated whenever an alarm sounded, designed to protect the records stored within.
“If we don’t run soon, we won’t be able to get into the Glass Tower, will we?”
……
Simon closed his eyes.
Hundreds, thousands of emotions and thoughts churned in his mind.
When he opened them again, his gaze fell upon the zombies and the terrified people fleeing from them.
“Let’s guide the civilians to safety first. We can buy them time.”
Simon opened a Subspace. Skeleton archers responded to his will and burst out immediately.
“Shoot every zombie you see!”
At his command, the archers nocked arrows with lightning speed and fired. Arrows punched straight through the heads of zombies chasing the people—thunk, thunk!
Then Simon swept both arms in a laundry-gathering motion, and skeletal bones shot through the air, clinging to the bodies of the fleeing people. He hurled them skyward and set them down safely.
“Help us two as well!”
“Can’t be helped~”
Serne grabbed her ivory-colored hair and shook it several times, letting it cascade like a photoshoot. The strands shimmered as countless feathers poured down and scattered across the ground.
“Come forth.”
The feathers transformed into magic circles, and from within them emerged Serne’s Feather Soldiers—the very ones she’d presented in her recent thesis.
The Feather Soldiers soared through the air to engage the zombies, while Serne herself coated other feathers in shadow element and hurled them like shuriken. Zombies fell spraying blood wherever the feathers passed.
“Multiple targets approaching from the right.”
Kassan took a combat stance as he spoke. A massive horde of zombies was surging in from the flank.
“Wait, Kassan.”
Simon held him back. Far overhead, large and small fireballs were descending.
Boooom!
Crash!
The flank’s zombie mass vanished without a trace under a barrage of black flame.
“We’ll help too! For Kizen!”
Aland and Sierra, along with the student Moyran, abandoned evacuation and joined the front line.
As they moved their arms, unfamiliar summoned creatures burst forth from every direction—plant-based monsters and undead stingrays drifting through the air.
Whoom!
Pentamonium’s counterattack began in turn. Guided Magic Circles unfolded across the ground, and massive Ragged Golems started falling from the sky.
The golems descended like meteors, crushing zombies around them as they crashed into the battlefield.
“Fast.”
Kassan remarked.
“Pentamonium’s defense system is operational.”
Even as they deployed barriers around the seven Glass Towers, they were simultaneously casting remote barriers over restaurants and outdoor performance venues where civilians clustered.
The moment zombies touched these barriers, they crackled and turned to black ash.
‘This area’s under control.’
Simon scanned his surroundings and spotted someone he knew among the Aland students—the only one he recognized.
“Benz!”
At Simon’s call, Benz’s face lit up with undisguised joy.
‘He still remembers my name!’
“I’m leaving this to you. Fight as you retreat with the civilians into the barriers.”
“Got it! Leave it to us!”
Golems fell in various locations, barriers unfolding everywhere.
Though the city’s barrier had been breached—an event unprecedented in Pentamonium’s history—the city was responding admirably.
Above all, the visiting Necromancers rolled up their sleeves and stepped forward. All who could fight emerged outside, while civilians fled into the Glass Tower barriers.
Simon, Serne, and Kassan moved across the battlefield, continuing to rescue civilians.
‘For a zombie war, this is actually manageable.’
Under normal circumstances, he’d never consider summoning the Legion’s Ancient Undead, but in a chaotic battle overrun with undead like this, it was acceptable.
“Help me. Prince.”
Simon spoke to the ring on his left hand and placed his palm against the fallen zombie’s corpse. Immediately, black lightning descended from the sky and struck the zombie’s body.
[As expected—]
And rising slowly from the ground was a small boy wearing a faded Crown.
The moment his eyes opened, he caught sight of the pitch-black zombies swarming all around him and let out a hollow laugh.
[Every time I’m summoned, it’s always a situation like this.]
“Prince, I need your strength!”
[Heh heh!]
Prince seized the Crown atop his head.
[This Hidden Card’s time to shine, that’s what!]
He activated the power of the Crown. Prince’s Crown possessed the ability to control zombies.
Several zombies that had been rushing forward in a dark mass had their eyes change color to match Prince’s.
And the zombies now under Prince’s command—
‘Corpse Explosion!’
Simon, the Legion Commander, could trigger Corpse Explosion.
Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom!
Crash!
Massive explosions erupted throughout the horde of rushing zombies. With each Corpse Explosion, nearly ten to twenty zombies were obliterated.
“Keep it up!”
[Got it!]
Through the combined efforts of Simon and Prince, the swarming zombies along one line vanished without a trace.
“Oh, splendid, splendid~”
Serne, who had been controlling the Feather Soldiers, approached with a grin.
“I’ve never seen such adorable little Undead before.”
[What, what did you say?]
Prince bristled with indignation and glared up at her.
[I am Prince, the ruler of Deathland and the apex of all zombies in this world! Don’t call me cute!]
“Oh my, how adorable you are.”
Serne ignored him and gently stroked Prince’s head. Prince’s face flushed crimson with anger.
[Stop treating me like a child!]
“Would you like some candy?”
[I won’t eat it!]
“You two stop playing around and help already!”
The combo of Prince and Simon, backed by overwhelming firepower, stabilized the situation in a single sweep.
However, with zombies pouring endlessly through the ruptured barrier, it was like pouring water into a bottomless jar.
“The evacuation of civilians is nearly complete, according to the report.”
Kassan spoke after hearing from the Communication Crystal.
“Let’s head back to the Glass Tower now. It’s far too dangerous here.”
“Yes!”
The three made for the nearest Summoning Glass Tower.
“How troublesome.”
But the barrier had already enveloped the entire Glass Tower. It was completely sealed off.
“Closing it off so quickly? There might be more people still outside~”
“Let’s try another location.”
The three pushed through the zombies toward the next Glass Tower. But this one too had its barrier completely raised.
“Looks like someone in Pentamonium’s upper ranks got careless.”
Kassan spoke with clear displeasure.
“For them, there’s nothing worse than data loss. They probably decided that sealing the entrances takes priority, even if it costs lives.”
“Ah! Look over there!”
Serne pointed at the interior of the Glass Tower visible beyond the barrier.
It was a disaster. As if catastrophe had swept through, everything was drenched in blood and zombies shambled about within.
“It’s chaos in there. Could zombies have gotten inside before the barrier was fully raised?”
……
At that moment, Simon’s expression turned noticeably pale.
“What’s wrong, Simon?”
“This building.”
Simon’s expression grew grave.
“Sasha is in this building.”

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