Necromancer Academy’s Genius Summoner - Chapter 399

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The Necromancer School’s Summoning Genius — Chapter 399
[How is it, Legion Commander? Pretty seamless, wouldn’t you say?]
Erzsebet unveiled her creation with a dramatic flourish.
Lying on the bed in the Medical Ward, wrapped in a blanket, was a doll that looked identical to Simon—and it had been made entirely from spider silk.
“……Um.”
Simon rubbed the space between his eyebrows with an uncomfortable expression.
“It’s disturbingly realistic, somehow.”
[That’s the beauty of it! Since the girl cuddles and nuzzles it every day, the realism is guaranteed!]
“……Please, Erzsebet.”
That late into the night, leaving the decoy in the Medical Ward, Simon and Erzsebet arrived at Pier’s Ruins.
[Welcome, young master!]
Achemous was waiting at the entrance and bowed deeply. His frame was so massive that it looked like a bear folding itself in half.
[I’m relieved to see you unharmed! Are you feeling better?]
“Yes, I’m fine now. And thank you for your efforts, Achemous…….”
Wait.
Couldn’t he gain some points with Achemous at this very moment?
Thanking him for his hard work, for his efforts—those were too predictable.
“You were the only Ancient Undead in this entire war who captured the Bishop without destroying her.”
[!]
Achemous’s eyes widened. Simon continued with a gentle smile.
“You did that thinking of my situation and the Legion’s circumstances, didn’t you? I’m grateful.”
Achemous’s shoulders trembled with emotion.
[I only did what I should have, young master!]
This seemed to be working. Simon bit his thumbnail nervously.
“But I have nothing worthy of repaying your loyalty…….”
Splash, splash!
That was the sound of Achemous’s tears pouring down. He collapsed to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.
[Loyalty does not seek reward! Simply by reigning as our lord, I shall fight with body and soul! Young master!!]
[Get out of the way.]
Erzsebet flicked her wrist with disdain, launching Achemous across the space with a net of spider silk.
[Gaaaahhh! Young maaaasteeeeerr!!]
With his cries echoing behind him, Simon entered deeper into the Ruins.
[Hey, it’s Simon!]
Prince lifted his head sharply. Pier raised his hand in greeting.
[Simon! Simon! That staff woman from last time was incredible!]
Prince thrust his fists forward emphatically.
[I had no idea she could call us across space like that! We were just standing around and suddenly got summoned—gave us quite a fright!]
Simon nodded.
No matter what anyone said, the greatest hero of this battle was Herseba after her Legionization. Beyond her own Mummies, she had summoned three Ancient Undead and completely turned the tide of war.
“That’s precisely the problem.”
Simon withdrew Herseba from his Subspace and laid her on the Altar.
“Herseba’s consciousness still hasn’t returned.”
In this battle, she had exceeded her limits even more than when she used the Sand World during the duel evaluation against Shatel.
Pier stepped forward and spoke.
[We need to examine her true form first. Boy!]
“Yes.”
Simon withdrew Herseba’s true form from his Bracelet Subspace and placed it on the Altar.
The Life Vessel was pulsing steadily, but the Dark Element reserves had bottomed out and showed no signs of recovery, and her mind still had not returned.
‘First, we need to restore her.’
After examining Herseba’s condition, Simon turned and spoke.
“Everyone, please help.”
Centered on Simon, Pier, Erzsebet, Prince, and Achemous stood in a circle with their palms extended toward the Lich’s Life Vessel. Their thoughts were already connected, so no further explanation was needed.
“We’re beginning.”
From five open palms, teal-blue darkness flowed forth, filling Herseba’s Life Vessel. The Dark Element in the Life Vessel, which had been barely visible at the bottom, began to rise gradually.
[Oh! The capacity for holding Dark Element is bigger than I thought.]
Prince muttered to himself.
It seemed to be a change that had occurred when Herseba awakened as a Legion-type Undead. Even with four Ancient Undead supplying the Dark Element, it was filling up slowly.
[Boy!]
Pier, watching the situation unfold, called to Simon.
[Leave the Dark Element supply to us. You should focus on inspecting the Magic Circle’s circuits. There might be parts that are broken or loose.]
“I’d prefer that.”
They immediately divided the work.
Simon examined the magic circle of the Life Vessel. The rune language and core formulas were sound, but following Pier’s experienced advice, he spotted several circuits that had grown slack.
‘The circuits must have shifted when the undead changed from summoning-type to legion-type.’
He straightened the loose sections and properly realigned the mismatched circuits, crossing them correctly. With each repair, the Life Vessel grew brighter.
Soon the three bands began their work again. They drew in the dark element like a pump and distributed it through the body, while the summoning magic circle in the skull also received the dark element.
Immediately, the staff resting on the altar floated weightlessly into the air. The eye attached to its front suddenly snapped open.
[Huh? What?]
At last, Herseba opened her eyes.
[I’m still intact? I thought I’d been completely destroyed!]
“I told you.”
Simon smiled despite the breath caught high in his chest, panting.
“I’d never let you go.”
He thought it was a genuinely moving moment.
[Die, you bastard!]
Herseba came flying down and began pummeling Simon’s head repeatedly. Simon shielded himself and stumbled backward.
“Wh-what’s gotten into you?”
[You put me through all that agony?! That’s so typical of a Necromancer! Using me to the point of destruction just to win?]
Pier and Prince were smirking as they watched the scene unfold, but Erzsebet’s clenched fists were trembling.
[A pale young Lich like that daring to lay hands on me!]
[You’re counting hitting as physical affection?]
Prince asked with wide eyes.
[Indeed, Prince. Such play might well represent the ultimate—]
[I have no interest in your peculiar tastes, Erzsebet.]
Achemous cut her short.
Herseba, having exhausted herself pounding Simon, was panting heavily. Simon collapsed onto the altar step and clapped his hands together.
“Then allow me a moment. As Legion Commander, I have something I’d like to announce to everyone.”
[?]
All eyes turned toward Simon.
“As Erzsebet said, Herseba is still young and not an Ancient Undead, but I believe there’s no denying the power and capability she possesses.”
Achemous nodded in agreement.
[The ability to draw all of us scattered throughout the dungeon was truly remarkable, young master.]
[And she commanded a mummy corps.]
“Yes, so—”
Simon opened his palm and pointed toward Herseba.
“From now on, I’d like to treat the legionized Herseba as the ‘commander’ of the mummy corps, equal to all of you. Would that be acceptable?”
Pier laughed loudly.
[Khahahaha! She’s more than worthy!!]
Erzsebet pressed her forehead.
[Ugh, the girl has no manners, but I do acknowledge her abilities.]
Prince and Achemous consented shortly after. The Ancient Undead immediately assumed formal stances befitting the Legion’s protocol.
[By the Legion Commander’s permission, I, Pier the administrator, shall elevate the standing of the departed!]
Whoooosh!
Herseba’s body was engulfed in radiance.
What Pier was doing now was releasing the constraints of a legion-type undead and granting her the authority of a commander capable of ‘Autonomous Action’ without orders.
[…….]
Herseba seemed somewhat surprised. Multiple emotions swirled in her eyes attached to the staff.
“I look forward to working together, Herseba.”
Simon spoke with a smile. Surely this was the moving moment he’d been waiting for.
[You think I’d fall for a simple title?!]
Herseba flew over and repeatedly struck Simon’s crown. Laughter, large and small, echoed throughout.
Thus the Legion gained a new and formidable pillar.
It held great significance that this ‘commander’—born not from his father Richard’s legacy but from Simon’s own power—represented something truly his own.

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The following morning.
Back in the Medical Ward, Simon was conducting another experiment, mixing dark element and holiness to create void.
Boom!
As expected, another failure. Dark element and holiness refused to blend like water and oil—they scattered, the holiness purified the dark element away, or collided too violently and exploded.
‘It’s difficult.’
Simon collapsed onto the bed.
‘No, there’s not even the slimmest chance this is difficult.’
What troubled Simon most was that the bodily sensation he’d used to create the Void was gradually growing muddled.
‘Back then, I could just merge them like that.’
Of course, that was possible because it was right after meeting ‘that existence’. Perhaps it had been arrogance to think he could manage it with nothing but bodily sensation, without knowledge or theoretical understanding.
“Then let me shift my approach!”
Simon jerked upright and extended his right hand.
He drew a small magic circle on his fingertip, then extracted blood and darkness, blended them in a 6:4 ratio, passed them through the circle, and a lustrous emerald-hued vapor flowed out.

Truth be told, given how much he’d dwelt on this incident, using the Cloud technique that Silaji had taught him felt slightly uneasy.
But ultimately, this technique too was a strength I’d honed myself, and my own asset. There was no need to seal it away.
“All right! So now with this Cloud…….”
Simon maintained the Cloud in his right hand while opening his left palm.
“If I summon Holiness and crash them together!”
Splash!
This time it didn’t explode. Rather, when the Cloud and Holiness met, they took on a strange form.
Like a game of tail-catching, biting and being bitten, the Holiness and Cloud spun around each other in lazy circles.
“What’s happening here?”
Simon quickly poked at the badge-shaped fragment of Pier that sat in the corner.
“Pier! Pier! Could you look at this?”
[Hmm? What is it, boy?]
Simon picked up Pier’s fragment and adjusted its position for better visibility. Pier’s fragment furrowed its brow.
[Hehehehe! What is this bizarre thing!]
“I mixed Cloud and Holiness together and this is what happened!”
The spinning force soon exploded with a bang! Thankfully, Parahan’s sound-dampening magic circle prevented the noise from leaking out.
“One more time……!”
Simon summoned Cloud and Holiness again and crashed them together. This time too, a spinning force like a spinning top was created.
[Ah, I see!]
“You figured something out?”
[Open your eyes wide and look carefully, boy.]
Pier’s voice turned grave as he continued.
[The Cloud is decomposing. When Holiness stimulates the Cloud, the darkness within it retreats to the corners to escape the Holiness. Look—the edges of the Cloud are staining black!]
“Ah……!”
Because it was spinning, Simon hadn’t noticed, but Pier was right. The edges of the Cloud were indeed staining black.
Beginning with a combination of Holiness and Cloud, as time passed, Holiness remained on the left, Simon’s SM-1 blood in the middle, and darkness on the right.
The Holiness, seeking to purify its opposite darkness, threw itself forward, but was blocked by the SM-1 blood barrier in the middle, spinning round and round.
Then, when the blood barrier thinned and darkness clashed with Holiness.
Bang!
That was when the explosion occurred, as it did now.
“This is actually fun!”
Simon cried out with unbridled excitement.
“Couldn’t I use this as is?”
[Hehehehe! I’m not so sure. I’m not certain of its practical applications.]
“With this technique, I might be able to inflict both darkness and Holiness damage on an enemy simultaneously!”
Already caught up in the thrill of this new discovery, Simon wasn’t listening to Pier’s words.
He bunched the Cloud and Holiness together again to create the spinning force, then lifted it slightly into the air.
“!!”
But suddenly it spun out of control. The two forces, rotating like a top, flew through the Medical Ward in an unpredictable trajectory like something gone mad, then shot out through the window and crashed into a nearby tree.
From the impact, the SM-1 barrier scattered, and Holiness penetrated the darkness.
Crash!
An explosion erupted.
The tree swayed violently, and with a sound like whoooosh, leaves poured down like rain.
“Look, look at that, Pier! It’s an unexpected situation, but at this level it’d have plenty of value in real combat……!”
“Who the blazes is doing this!!”
Simon quickly ducked low. Through the window, an enraged Dormitory attendant with a face flushed crimson was rushing over.
Simon peered outside and, embarrassed, scratched his cheek, then spoke in a very small voice.
“I, I think it’ll need some refinement before it’s ready for real combat…….”
Pier burst into loud laughter. When this normally levelheaded fellow discovered something new, he lost his composure—just like Richard.
[Not some refinement—plenty of refinement. But it looks quite far removed from that ‘Void’ you used before!]
“Yes. It’s definitely far from the power of the Void. But still.”
Born from an idea conceived in the Void, a completely original technique unique to Simon.
“It’s still in its experimental stage, but if you’ll allow me to name it…….”
A power that was neither Dark Element nor Holiness.
Simon pictured it in his mind—Dark Element and blood and Holiness swirling together in dizzying rotation.
“What about Chaos?”

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