Necromancer Academy’s Genius Summoner - Chapter 424

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Summoning Genius of the Necromancer School — Episode 424
Simon and Rette entered the Black Cave without hesitation.
Outside, the bitter cold raged with fury, but the interior of the cave was unusually warm.
“For a dungeon entrance, it looks rather ordinary.”
Simon surveyed the jagged stalactites hanging from the cave ceiling as he spoke.
“I think we’ve found the right place.”
Rette, walking beside him, pointed ahead with her fingertip. They hadn’t walked far, yet the end of the cave was already visible.
The cave’s end was sealed, and two elaborate Barrier Magic Circles lay spread across it.
One was black, the other white. The long circuits flowing from both circles led into a very small crevice in the cave wall.
“Just as Israfil described.”
Simon stepped forward as he spoke.
“A Black Magic Circle and a Holiness Magic Circle. That’s what he meant when he said we’d need both darkness and holiness.”
“If you hadn’t come with me, this would certainly have been difficult.”
Rette continued, examining the composition of the circles beside him.
“If we recklessly try to alter the structure, the cave will collapse.”
“There’s no need to change anything anyway.”
Simon placed his hand on the black circle as he spoke.
“Let’s begin immediately.”
“Understood.”
Rette placed her hand on the white circle as well. The two closed their eyes simultaneously and raised their concentration, beginning to channel darkness and holiness into the circles.
Hum—whoooosh!
The empty shell of a magic circle that had retained only its form awakened, stirring the Rune Language and activating its formulas.
Component by component began to receive power like gears interlocking, and the circle started to operate in full.
Click-click-click-click-click-click!
The two turned their heads.
Not from the end of the cave they had been focused on, but from the side—the cave wall opened, and a massive Portal revealed itself.
“Good, good.”
Rette brushed her palms together and smiled.
“Everything is going as planned. That relentless cold is finally over!”
Simon withdrew his hand from the circle and moved to Rette’s side.
“Let’s go.”
“Yes!”
The two threw themselves toward the Portal simultaneously.

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The Portal was not particularly deep. They fell to the ground with a thud immediately after passing through.
‘Hmm.’
Simon’s expression stiffened slightly.
Bones everywhere.
The bones of humans, animals, and monsters formed a vast hillside.
Crunch!
Rette landed beside Simon at that very moment.
Then, hearing the clatter of bone beneath her feet, she looked down.
“!!”
She let out a startled cry and clung to Simon’s arm. Rette feared skulls because of memories from her past.
“Are you all right? Rette.”
Simon asked gently. Rette, her face gone pale, looked at him, then hastily pulled away to the side.
“Yes. I’m fine.”
Then she gave an embarrassed cough.
“If it’s too difficult, wait outside. I’m more than capable alone.”
“… Whether that’s kindness or looking down on me, I can’t tell.”
Her eyes grew sharp.
“This is the Sacred Federation’s duty. As a Saint, I could never back away.”
He’d known she would say that.
Simon said nothing more and moved forward. Rette walked beside him, keeping pace.
Sweat dripped from her brow onto the skulls below. Each time her foot crushed bone, the clattering sound made her flinch, yet she pressed forward desperately, eyes fixed ahead.
This woman was truly remarkable.
“Simon, there.”
Then Rette extended her hand, pointing ahead.
Someone was there.
A young woman dressed in a priest’s vestments, wearing glasses, smiling brightly.
‘I’ve seen her somewhere before.’
A chill of foreboding crept up Simon’s spine. He rustled through his black robe’s pocket and withdrew a photograph.
“That’s her.”
Simon’s face hardened as he spoke.
“The teacher who arrived at the Village before us and went missing.”
“It seems she was sacrificed to the Dungeon.”
Rette’s expression turned cold in an instant.
“Does it have a hobby of shapeshifting into whatever it’s just eaten? Monster.”
As though understanding those very words.
The flesh-thing wearing human shape began to swell grotesquely, its mass expanding several times over.
Splurch! Crack!
Massive limbs tore through the skin, bursting outward.
Crack!
A reptilian head emerged—something closer to a dragon, all elongated snout and fangs. Its entire body was covered in brown scales, with blade-like spikes running down its spine.
Cold mist poured from its jaws, and its eyes burned an icy blue.
Though the Dungeon’s monsters had no official danger rating, it was common knowledge that any creature bearing the form of a dragon was extraordinarily powerful.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
It must have thought of them as prey, the way so many before had been. The wingless drake lunged forward on its massive legs, crushing bones to powder beneath its feet with each stride.
“Ready?”
“I won’t fall behind.”
The monster’s maw gaped open, revealing rows of razor-sharp teeth. Rette raised her right arm.

A deep, resonant hum.
The monster’s charge slammed against the barrier, and in that same breath, Simon slipped through.
His black robe billowed as six vials of Deadly Poison Potion arced through the air.
‘Gate Opening!’
Overlord, too.
Tentacle-blades struck from six directions, shattering each vial in turn. Dripping with venom, they carved through the gaps between the monster’s scales.
-Screeeeech!
The creature shrieked in agony.
“Nice!”
This time, Rette dropped the Divine Barrier and launched herself upward.
Holiness gathered in her palm, reshaping itself into the form of a massive hammer.

A thunderous boom!
The blow landed square on its skull with crushing force.
The great beast staggered backward, and Simon and Rette immediately dissolved their techniques, rushing in together.
-Grrrrrrr!
The monster’s body convulsed and swelled, its legs thickening with new weight as it shifted into a bipedal stance.
Just as it had taken human form before, shapeshifting seemed to be its defining trait.
“So what.”
Rette kicked off the ground, launching herself skyward.
“Changing shape won’t save you.”
Her body transformed into pure white light, streaking forward like a comet.
The monster thrust out its arm, but Rette’s kick shattered five finger joints clean through.
-Screeeeech!
The creature twisted its head, snapping its jaws toward Rette’s thigh.
Crack!
But Simon’s right foot found the monster’s face first. The beast’s snout caved in like it had been trampled, and Simon tucked into a backward roll, landing smoothly on his feet.
‘My form’s sharp today.’
He traced a Magic Circle in his palm and activated it. A vast tide of Shadow Element seeped into the bones scattered across the ground.
‘Follow me.’
As Simon raised his index finger, the bones stirred to life, rising and drifting upward at his command.

For a Necromancer, mastery of terrain is essential.
The bones clung and clasped around the monster’s body, linking like chains to form a cage. Trapped without warning, the creature thrashed and writhed, desperate to break free.
“Rette!”
“I’m ready!”
The moment Rette saw the Bone Prison, she wove the perfect White Magic to match. Twenty blades of pure Holiness materialized in the air and hurtled forward, slipping through the gaps of the prison to pierce deep into the monster’s flesh.
The monster twisted in agony, unleashing a tortured shriek.
“Damn it, the thing won’t die. Stubborn as hell.”
“We need to finish this for good!”
Roooaaaaarrr!
Trapped within the Bone Prison, the monster fired a breath of freezing cold from its maw. The bones crystallized like icicles and clattered to the ground.
Simon and Rette both retreated swiftly, readying their next technique.
—Grrrrrrr!
And the creature, ceasing its breath attack, began its third transformation.
From biped to quadruped once more—but no. Eight additional legs sprouted, bringing the total to twelve, as it charged toward Rette on its newfound multitude of limbs.
It had taken on the shape of a centipede.
“Here we go.”
She exhaled sharply, bringing her hands together as if in prayer. Then, closing her eyes, she began to chant.
<Strength, Bless, Haste, La Vitesse>
No Magic Circle was needed. With each word she spoke, countless blessings descended upon her form. A brilliant cascade of radiant hues enveloped her body.
Simon, meanwhile, raised his fingers toward the creature. Multiple Curse Magic Circles floated suspended in the air before him.
<Exgust, Sickness, Weakness, Paralyze>
Curse spells erupted in succession from Simon’s fingertips. As the monster grew progressively weakened by the curses, Rette grew ever stronger, fortified by blessing after blessing.
And when Rette and the monster finally met.
Whoosh.
The gap between their full power became as the difference between heaven and earth.
Crack!
Rette drove her fist, wrapped in Holiness, straight down onto the creature’s head as it charged. It plowed directly into the ground.
An onslaught followed—utterly one-sided.
Rette’s mastery of Holy Combat, the martial art of Priests, was supreme. With every punch and kick she threw, the monster’s joints shattered and its scales split apart.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat!
The difference in strength and speed was undeniable.
Smash!
Her straight punch sent the creature crashing into the cave wall. Suddenly regaining its senses, it turned and bolted for escape.
“How annoying!”
Rette gasped for breath, extending her arm.
The monster was fleeing, and obstacles lay thick around them.
‘Now’s the moment.’
‘Switch to Holiness!’
Simon withdrew the Dark Element and clothed himself in Holiness instead. He stretched out his right arm fully.
A lance of Holiness materialized before him, and blessing magic came streaming like ribbons to wind around it, transforming into a spiraling drill.
And in perfect mirror to his stance, the same configuration unfolded on Rette’s left side.
The magic of both users completed simultaneously.
<Rette Original – La Escrim> ×2
Boom-crack-crack-crack-crack-crack-crack!
With a roar of discharge, the twin Holiness lances shot forth like white streaks.
Thud!
Crack!
The monster, skewered on both drills, slammed into the wall.
A deafening boom shook the entire Dungeon.
Green blood sprayed from the creature’s abdomen, drenching the surroundings in sickly hue.
“Hah.”
“Whew.”
Simon and Rette lowered their arms in unison. They glanced at each other for a moment, then both broke into quiet laughter.
“Not bad at all.”
“Still far from the original version.”
No further words were needed. The two rested their hands on their knees for a moment, savoring the afterglow of victory.

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After destroying that creature, Simon rummaged through its corpse. Rette, looking queasy, stood turned away with her arms folded.
Soon Simon discovered a Key-shaped ore among the monster’s remains.
The two moved at once and finally reached the final destination of the Dungeon.
“The Dungeon isn’t as large as I expected.”
Rette swept her hair back as she spoke.
“Right. And it seems that monster was the last guardian protecting the Dungeon Master.”
“Feels like someone’s already cleared everything out.”
She waved her fingers dismissively.
“Of course, this someone ultimately failed to defeat the Dungeon Master and was killed instead. That much we can reasonably infer.”
“So that Dungeon Master is standing right in front of us.”
Simon picked up the Key that had dropped from the monster he’d killed earlier and stepped before the massive door.
“Open it.”
“Ready when you are.”
Rette gathered Holiness around herself, bracing for whatever might come.
Simon slowly inserted the Key into the lock.
‘Ah!’
The Key suddenly slipped from his grasp and was sucked into the keyhole with a sharp click, and with a heavy thud, the stone door began to swing open.
Grrrrrrrrk—
As the stone scraped against the floor, an ominous white smoke curled out through the widening gap.
At last, the Dungeon Master’s chamber lay fully revealed.
“……!”
Simon and Rette’s expressions hardened in unison as they peered inside.
“……What on earth is this?”

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