Necromancer Academy’s Genius Summoner - Chapter 67

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The Summoning Prodigy of the Necromancer School: Chapter 67
“Begin!”
The moment the match started, Egir opened a Subspace and summoned three Skeletons.
Kamibarez curled her right hand like a gun and took aim at Egir. The stance of a Blood Bullet.
“Sorry about this!”
Even as she attacked, she apologized to her opponent.
A crimson magical circle unfurled at the tip of Kamibarez’s index finger, and with the recoil, a Blood Bullet tore through the air.
“There’s one more crucial thing about Egir, actually.”
Dick remarked.
Just before Kamibarez’s explosive Blood Bullet could land, Egir’s Skeletons stepped in front of him to intercept.
Boom!
A scarlet detonation erupted, engulfing everything around it. Kamibarez flinched at her shoulders, peering through the smoke.
[Kamibarez: 100%]
[Egir: 100%]
Not a scratch on either of them.
As the smoke cleared, three Skeletons bearing enormous Golden Shields came into view.
“Egir’s loaded with money.”
Dick brushed back his bangs and explained.
“Those shields go for hundreds of gold apiece, and he equipped them to his Skeletons. And his summoned creatures aren’t just any Skeletons—they’re Snowfield Nol from the Vanilla brand.”
“Hey! That’s actually a major factor!”
“Of course I filled Kami in on that.”
After guarding against the ranged attacks with expensive Skeletons and shields, Egir now conjured Dark Arrows in the air and sent them flying.
“Ah! Agh!”
Kamibarez darted about, weaving through the barrage.
At that moment, everyone watching—young and old, man and woman—thought the same thing.
‘…She’s adorable.’
‘Why is that adorable?’
Though the final Dark Arrow missed her, she fell to the ground with a pained expression as she desperately dodged it.
Egir, her opponent, reassessed his strategy.
‘She’s more nimble than I thought. Dark Arrows won’t work.’
Egir withdrew the Dark Arrows and drew a fresh magical circle on his palm.
Dick’s eyes widened at the sight.
“He’s preparing a Curse! Kami! Do something, anything!”
Kamibarez clenched her teeth and, bracing herself, fired a Blood Bullet.
But no matter how explosive the Blood Bullet was, it was nothing more than a straight-line attack, and the Skeletons with their Golden Shields blocked it.
The Curse would be completed at this rate.
She abandoned her attack and began unfurling a new magical circle of her own.
Tension hung thick in the air as both Kamibarez and Egir prepared their spells, settling into a duel of incantations.

Kamibarez was the first to complete the Dark Element spell. From her fingertips, a carpet of blood rose and billowed forth.
“What the—that’s a blunder! How’s she supposed to win with a spell that has no attack power like that?”
Dick scratched his head and muttered, prompting Merin to snort.
“If you can’t see it, just watch and trust her, you dolt.”
Kamibarez withdrew three Potion bottles from her Subspace that she’d crafted herself. The Blood Silk wrapped around them and surged toward Egir.
‘Something’s coming.’
Egir quickly sent his Skeletons forward to slash with their blades.
Whoosh!
Whoooosh!
But his control was clumsy—he wasn’t a Summoning specialist, after all.
The flailing motions of the Skeletons couldn’t catch Kamibarez’s spell as it slipped through like a loach.
‘Just a bit further!’
The moment the Blood Silk drew within striking distance, Egir barely managed to complete his Curse.

From the magical circle erupted a Curse in the form of black lightning.
Unable to evade while controlling the Blood Silk, Kamibarez took the Curse head-on.
But she never released her hold on the Blood Silk.
The blood carpet unfurled with force, and the Potions shattered against Egir’s body.
Crack!
Both happened in nearly the same instant.
“…!”
Egir, drenched in the potion, tried to move his arms, but his body’s sensation had plummeted to a bare minimum.
‘Don’t tell me Kamibarez prepared a Paralysis Potion too!’
Egir’s brow furrowed in frustration, while Kamibarez gasped for breath, her legs trembling beneath her.
Both of them were paralyzed.
‘A Curse and a Potion. The Potion wears off first, obviously. And more than that—’
Sensing victory, Egir stretched out his right arm.
‘I still have the Skeleton!’
Egir connected to the Skeleton’s consciousness and issued an attack command. Simultaneously, his left hand prepared the next Bahil Remake – Paralyze spell.
And Kamibarez’s response was instantaneous.
‘One Stack is manageable. I can still move.’
She charged.
Her paralyzed body lurched forward into a sprint.
Egir’s Skeletons swung their blades to intercept her, but Kamibarez ducked low to evade, and when she couldn’t dodge, she took the strikes on her body and kept running.
‘Melee combat?’
Egir frantically canceled the Curse and materialized Dark Arrows in the air.
Kamibarez raised her arms to shield her head and charged forward with grim determination. The Dark Arrows scored across her body as she passed through them.
[Kamibarez : 58%]
[Egir : 100%]
‘She took all of that on her body and charged in?’
Sensing the gravity of the situation, Egir hastily gathered Dark Element into his fists.
He was confident in his Martial Arts—certainly at the level of his peers—and he wasn’t about to lose to a slight girl like her.
Especially when they were both paralyzed.
“Aaaaaah!”
But the moment Kamibarez reached arm’s length, Egir realized something was wrong.
Her pupils—they were split vertically, like the eyes of a predator.
Thud!
Kamibarez threw her arms wide and plunged forward, slamming against Egir’s body and clinging to him. He staggered and fell to the ground.
“Wh-what?!”
Shocked, Egir’s face flushed crimson, and Kamibarez opened her mouth wide. Her fangs gleamed with a sharp, predatory gleam.
Snap!
Then she sank her teeth into his neck. Of course, the Protection Suit’s barrier covered his neck too, so it didn’t hurt.
‘What is this—in the end, just biting?’
Egir tried to shove her head away with a bewildered expression, but she clung like a leech and wouldn’t come loose.
“Ugh, listen! This is a sacred Duel Assessment—what are you doing?! Huh?”
[Kamibarez : 58%]
[Egir : 84%]
Just the biting alone was shaving off his gauge!
Finally grasping the situation, Egir swirled Dark Element around his fists and pounded her head repeatedly. Yet a bluish barrier materialized around her as well, and his strikes only chipped away at her gauge—they dealt no actual damage.
[Kamibarez : 51%]
[Egir : 64%]
‘This makes no sense—’
Her gauge was melting away at a manic pace. The bite force was no joke.
Panicked, Egir thrashed to hit her and break free, but she refused to yield an inch.
[Kamibarez : 43%]
[Egir : 21%]
“This is insane! What is this?! Let go!”
Between the paralysis and his collapsed posture, his punches lacked any real force.
The rate of gauge loss accelerated relentlessly, and then—
“Match over!”
The referee’s voice rang out. The final result was in.
[Kamibarez : 37%]
[Egir : 0%]
“The victor is Kamibarez!”
Everyone’s jaw dropped at the unexpected outcome.
‘I lost. I actually lost.’
Egir’s face went blank.
The moment they both fell under paralysis, he’d been certain of victory. He never imagined the momentum of one charge would breach his defense so easily.
‘In the end, it was my carelessness. I underestimated her.’
Egir was drawing a silent breath of resignation when Kamibarez, still holding his neck in her teeth, carefully pulled away.
‘Now that I think about it… I almost got bitten by a vampire, didn’t I?’
For some reason, a chill crept down his spine as he looked at Kamibarez. By then her earlobes had flushed crimson, and she was trembling on the verge of tears.
“I’m so sorry!”
She cried out, bowing her head.
“I’m truly sorry! My desire to win got ahead of me, and I just—! Are you hurt anywhere?”
“No, I’m fine.”
“Oh no! I’m really sorry!”
“What are you apologizing for? That was a fair Duel Assessment. You made exactly the right call.”
It had become a peculiar sight—the loser, Egir, consoling the victor, Kamibarez. Laughter rippled through the audience stands.
Watching Kamibarez examine his injuries through her tears, Egir felt his heart suddenly lift and float away.
‘…Wow. There are actually girls this cute at Kizen?’
As time passed, Kamibarez calmed down, and the two of them rose to their feet. The attendants were already mopping the floor with long-handled squeegees, preparing for the next match.
‘Maybe I should try to say a few words to her?’
Egir, wanting to grow closer to her, casually drifted over to Kamibarez.
“Kami! You all right?”
Just then, a boy’s voice called out from the stands. She, who had been burying her face in embarrassment, snapped her head toward the sound and quickly waved her hand.
“Yes! Simon! I won~!”
She bounded forward, beaming like sunshine. Then, remembering Egir a moment too late, she turned to him in alarm and lowered her head in a contrite gesture.
“Oh! I’m so sorry! I didn’t realize you were right here! So sorry!”
Egir nodded readily, telling her it was fine. Inwardly, however, he wept.
‘…Ugh. It was brief, but I did like her.’
Meanwhile, the audience stands were abuzz with talk of Kamibarez.
“Ha ha ha! Amazing! Only Kami could win like that at Kizen!”
Dick burst into hearty laughter as he spoke.
Simon added his thoughts.
“When she was paralyzed, the resolve to charge forward and take the full brunt of his attacks—that was incredible.”
“Yeah, I’ll give you that! And come to think of it, the paralysis was just one more move in her strategy.”
“Our Kami really does come through when it counts!”
Just then, Kamibarez climbed up into the stands. Her expression was utterly carefree.
“Everyone~!”
As she bounded over, everyone rose to their feet to welcome her.
“Great work, Kami!”
Merin wrapped her in a tight embrace.
“Aw, so small and precious~!”
“M-Merin! I can’t breathe!”
Simon and Dick joined in with boisterous laughter, ruffled her hair, and offered their congratulations.
And so all four members of Team 7 had secured their crucial first victory in the Duel Assessment.
All four had now begun their Duel Assessment in the Intermediate Squad.

* * *
Tomorrow, at last, a happy weekend awaited.
Having pushed relentlessly without break until now, Simon had planned to take it easy this weekend—maybe visit the Necromancer shop in Rochester and do some leisurely window shopping.
“No such luck.”
Merin cut him off bluntly.
“You know the midterm is right after next week ends, right?”
“Huh…?”
When he came to his senses, the midterm was only about a week away.
Simon, who had been preoccupied with the Duel Assessment, felt as though he’d been struck on the head. On top of that, this midterm included the mission he’d confidently promised Merin—to surpass her in Summoning grades.
‘This is not the time.’
Simon realized the fire was at his feet. As soon as he returned to the Dormitory, he tucked his textbooks under his arm and headed for the Study Room.
‘…Wow.’
They say all minds think alike.
Even though tomorrow was the weekend and the night after the Duel Assessment had ended, the spacious Dormitory Study Room was packed with students. They studied so intently without a breath that the silence was almost frigid.
Catching the contagion of urgency, Simon quickly claimed the last remaining empty seat.
‘I’m fairly confident about Summoning, so today I’ll shore up my weak subjects.’
He opened his Dark Mechanics textbook and began to study.
About ten minutes passed.
‘…Wait, I’m pretty sure we learned this in class. Why don’t I understand any of it?’
It was different from the Summoning magic training he’d been doing all along. Studying alone made his limitations painfully clear.
He needed some kind of strategy.

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The next morning.
“Haaa.”
Merin shuffled down the corridor in her pajamas, a toothbrush in her mouth, her expression still clouded with sleep.
“……These roommates of mine—what’s taking them an hour to shower?”
It was predictable. Midterm Exam or not, they were probably heading off to Rochester to see some boy.
Merin grumbled continuously as she made her way toward the communal bathhouse.
“Merin!”
The Dormitory Manager, someone she knew in passing, came rushing toward her. Merin stopped and turned to face her.
“There’s a male student looking for you at the entrance of the Dormitory!”
“What? Who, at this hour?”
“I didn’t catch his name, but he was a cute-looking boy. He said he’d wait at the entrance until you came out.”
The Dormitory Manager winked and passed by Merin. Merin’s expression twisted into something between dismay and disbelief.
‘……Wait, the only boys I know are just two.’
The communal bathhouse was too far away.
Merin spun around and dashed back down the corridor to her room. The bathroom door was still firmly shut. She kicked it hard and shouted.
“Get out of there right now, you bathroom hog! I need to use it!”
“Eeeek!”
Having driven her roommate out by force, Merin made a quick, casual-looking effort at her appearance in the bathroom. Then she threw just the outer layer of her Kizen uniform jacket over her shoulders and bolted out.
Moments later.
“…….”
Merin’s expression froze into a strange, bewildered smile.
“So you’re the cute boy she was talking about?”
Simon scratched the side of his head.
“What did she say?”

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