I Defeated the Guide Angel and I Became a Necromancer ~ I Feel Like I'm Playing a Different Game from Everyone Else, but I'm Doing Fine ~ - Chapter 33

Chapter 33: On a Moonlit Night

◆ On the Way to the Abandoned Church ◆

On our way to the abandoned church, it was already past 10:30 PM, and we encountered a few players logging in while passing through. The journey was rather dull, with nothing but the usual weak monsters, so I chatted with Lia-chan about the book she was reading. It was titled “On a Moonlit Night”.

“On a Moonlit Night.” It seemed to be a diary that was put into the library after some sort of appraisal event, I think. When Lia-chan told me about its contents, it was the diary of a knight who boarded a merchant ship bound for Lorelei and then crossed to an island nation southwest of there. There, he encountered people with slender, long swords and unique clothing, and they enjoyed onigiri made by rolling cooked rice into balls. Hmm, sounds like a country with Japanese motifs, right?

Come to think of it, Rage-san had a sword, and there are often swords among the equipment found in the Ocean Abyss Dungeon, so did Rage-san pick up a sword and become a samurai around here?

“Well, his ship was attacked by pirates and sank. After drifting, he barely survived and found a cave under a cliff where he rested… But the story ends abruptly after mentioning meeting a certain woman there.”

“He’s dead, huh…”

“Deceased indeed.”

“Wiped out.”

“Woof? (Is that cave under the cliff the one?)”

Wait, what? Don-chan found that cave mentioned earlier? Where?!

“Don-chan seems to have found that cave…”

“Eh! Well, there are indeed many washed-up items around here. It’s possible that he washed up around here, right?”

“…Too much elevation difference.”

“Woof!! (I’m curious, I’m curious!)”

“Well, I found it, but there’s too much of an elevation difference. Lorelei is surrounded by sea cliffs to the east and west, so if you aim for the abandoned church on the cliff top and want to go down to the road below, you have to go all the way back around. It might be impossible…”

“Woof!! (Charge!!)”

“Hey, wait a minute?!”

“Ahhhh!?”

“Woahhh!”

“Huh?! Don-chan?! You’re carrying everyone on your back?!”

Don-chan!!! Even though you’re carrying us on your back, why would you suddenly start descending the cliff?! Ahhhh, ahhhh, I’m scared!!!

“Woof! (We’re here!)”

“You call this ‘here,’ you idiot?! I thought I was going to fall and die!”

“I’m alive…? I’m alive…”

“That was fun.”

“Lia-chan, do you like this kind of thing…?”

“I love it. When I go to an amusement park, I always head straight for the roller coasters.”

“I’m not very good at them…”

“Eek…”

“I’ll carry each of you back up one by one when we go back up.”

“Oh… I see… I wish you had done that when we were coming down…”

Don-chan’s no-questions-asked descent down the cliff had a drop of 20 meters… I really thought I was going to die. But well, we’ve arrived at a place where washed-up items are scattered. And this cave, is this it? Was it eroded by the waves? It’s surprisingly spacious inside. But it feels like there’s nothing here…

“…What’s this?”

“Ah…”

“Oh, a quest just popped up!”

Ah, this feeling… I think I’ve seen it somewhere before…

◆ ◆ ◆

– The doomed fate of a merchant ship attacked by pirates. For those skilled in sea battles, mere merchants passing through the sea are no match. Even those accustomed to battle struggle on unstable ground, soaked by the spray of waves, unable to exert their full strength in unfamiliar environments. The knight who lies here also became prey to the pirate ship.

He was fortunate to escape. Escaping from the sinking merchant ship, clinging to the wreckage of the ship, he managed to roll all the way to this cave. However, his luck ended here, as there was already someone in the cave.

What lies here is the knight’s corpse. The knight, whose head was cleanly severed, was killed in a single blow. Who could have killed him? You have discovered the strange knight’s corpse. If you’re curious, you may investigate the mystery of his death, or if you pity him, you may bury him. In that case, even if you take his Full Plate Armor, he won’t resent or curse you.

◆ ◆ ◆

“Is this a limited-time quest?”

“It might be one of those named NPC corpses. Since the Full Plate Armor seems to have good stats, if we bury him, we shouldn’t be cursed, right?”

With the addition of the subquest “[Moonlit Night]”, along with the cutscene, a new subquest appeared. Oh, this is the same as when Lia-chan found the skeleton corpse. This one involves burying the knight or taking his equipment to complete the quest under various conditions. I wonder if my karma will increase if I bury him? Nah, I’m not afraid of curses! If anything, should I just wake this guy up?! If I just take his equipment, maybe he’ll curse me for disturbing his peace? He might still have lingering thoughts, right? Can we even wake him up?

“Hey, there’s another person dead over here.”

“Huh…? Oh, you’re right…”

Wait, really? This one is wearing a black priest outfit with armor attached, like a black miko battle costume! I love this kind of design… Oh, she’s holding a sword. Wait, could she be the one who beheaded the knight? Considering the circumstances, she’s the only one here, right? But why is she dead too… A double KO? But there are no signs of wounds or anything…

“I’m curious why she’s dead too. Should we wake her up?”

“Eh? Ah, now that you mention it, I have that skill, don’t I?”

“I forgot I’m a necromancer!”

“W-What do you mean you forgot?! I never thought of you as a dark magician or anything like that?!”

“Oh… right, I was a necromancer…”

“Alright, let’s show off some necromancer skills once in a while. Wake up!!!”

(Clatter)

“Oh, it moved?!”

“It moved~~”

“★The Headless Knight has become your follower. Its name is– Its name is [Freonil].”

Wow, the Headless Knight moved! Its name is Freonil, just like Aurelia-chan, it’s named right after waking up! A named monster? Oh, it was originally an NPC, so it’s a named NPC. Nice~… From now on, I’ll make good use of you~

“Your name is Freonil. From today, I’m your master, so follow me.”

(Silence)

“It’s not speaking…”

“It has no head. Can’t talk~. Boring~”

Oh, right… it can’t talk because it has no head… Maybe I wasted my time waking it up…

“Oh! That’s right, I thought someday another undead like me would come along, so I copied this from the library for you!”

Oh? Lia-chan, you prepared something for your future junior?! You’re amazing, Lia-sama, truly exceptional! Um, what… what is this?

“It’s an Emoticon Acquisition Book…”

“Ah~. The one that lets you paste emoticons into the chat box~”

“Oh, there’s something like this… um, can we use it? Freonil, can you use this? Or rather, can you read it?”

“……….? !!!”

“Oh, it seems like it can read it…”

“It can’t speak but it can see, it’s a mysterious principle…”

“It’s probably getting assistance from the game system… definitely~…”

“Freonil is learning [Emoticon Acquisition Book – Copy]. It will take some time…”

Alright, if you can read it, then please read it and start communicating with us! I really want to know the truth about why you’re dead!

“It will take some time, huh?”

“Then, shall we wake this one up too?”

“Dark Shrine Maiden~. I like the design.”

“Right! This kind of design for a shrine maiden outfit is great!”

“Excellent. A black shrine maiden outfit with only the torso armored. Perfect in design.”

“Then let’s wake her up! Wake up!”

“Warning! This is a dangerous operation! There is a possibility that the subject may go out of control!”

Eh…? But, this one was already level 80, right? Originally stronger than that…?! Can’t be true…?!

“T-There’s a possibility of going out of control…”

“Eh?!”

“That’s also possible~”

“Do you really want to revive the target undead? It’s a highly dangerous operation– Let’s wake her up, let’s wake her up~♡ This time, I’ll help with its rampage♡ Shall we wake her up again?”

“Babylon-chan is going to help with the rampage!!!”

“Oh my! Will you help with the rampage?!”

“I actually want to fight against a strong NPC~”

“Woof!!! (If we’re doing it, let’s do it!)”

“Alright, shall we do it?!”

“Let’s give it a try!”

“Let’s do it, let’s do it!”

What should I do? Even though I know it’s dangerous to wake them up… I’m starting to want to wake them up?! Being tempted by Babylon-chan, and feeling like there’s no other choice but to do it?!

“Submerge, Negative Aura!”

“All party members’ stats have increased by +40.”

“Aegis!”

“I’m ready~. Anytime~”

“Gaaaah!!! (Let’s do this~!!)”

“Using dragon magic in this place would be bad, right…?”

“Lia-chan, stay back! At worst, I’ll use Abyss Walker to escape to Lia-chan’s place! Take Freonil with you! Block them, Bone Shield!”

“Y-Yes!”

“All party members are now in the [Bone Shield] state.”

“Alright everyone!! Let’s do our best! Blesii-iiing! Blessi-iing!!”

“[Maiden’s Blessing] state activated. All stats are increased by 1.1 times for 1 minute.”

Alright, we’ve prepared as much as we can! Freonil and I will evacuate from this cave with Lia-chan for now. Since they’re probably the one who got their head cut off, they probably won’t be useful! If I cast Undead Creation one more time…!

“Let’s go!”

“Bring it on!”

“Alright~”

“Roar!!!”

“Wake up!!!”

Here we go, bring it on! Black-clad undead!!!

“The Undead Creation is activated, reviving the target undead—Intervention.”

“Direct intervention from the goddess Meltis—Resurrection of that one is not permitted—Oh, you’re so noisy~♡ Okay, Reconstruction♡”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) has been restored♡ Do your best, everyone♡”

“Flesh!!!!”

“Woof?!”

“Flesh?! Does that mean they hate it?! Wait, they charged straight at Donta, but oh no, Donta, dodge!”

“Prepare yourself!!!”

“Woooooooon!!!!”

“Donta has activated [Powerful Howl]”

This super roar in a cave… It’s making my head spin… I won’t be affected by status effects, but it’s still incredibly loud!!

“07XB785Y is in a [Faint] state.”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) is in a [Faint] state.”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) has activated [Self-Discipline].”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) has recovered from the [Faint] state.”

Oh no, this isn’t good. Only Lia-chan passed out, and they recovered from fainting right away! But still, Donta, just by momentarily stopping them, you’ve done great!

“Perforate, Curse Spear!”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) recovered 50 HP. Curses do not affect undead monsters.”

Yes, undead!!!

“Will you stand in our way?!”

“Oh no…”

“Wooooo!!! (Turned their back! It’s our chance!)”

“07XB785Y has recovered from [Faint].”

“Calamity Wave!!”

“Take this!!!”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) has activated [Wave of Killing Intent], nullifying the area attack skill.”

Hold on a second, is Princess Chiyo really that strong?! Nullifying everything we do is insane, but the match-up is over!!!

“Donta has activated [Warg Bullet].”

“Huh…?! Oh, even if you’re adorable, I won’t hold back!!”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) has activated [Aqua Moon], dodging [Warg Bullet].”

They disappeared?! They even have evasion skills?! Where did they…?

“Above!”

“Woof?! (Huh, where did they go?!)”

“I got it!!! Become our sustenance!”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) has activated [One Sword Severing Iron], then canceled it.”

“07XB785Y has activated [Quick Draw Shot].”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) has activated [Aqua Moon], dodging [Quick Draw Shot].”

“Mysterious, iron…!”

“No way…”

This person is too much! They’re teleporting around and their combat ability is off the charts! Just when I thought they were going for Donta’s head from above, they reacted to Rena-chan’s attack, dodged again, and disappeared! Rena-chan who’s far away might be in danger! I need to refresh the Bone Shield!!

“Excuse me!”

“Huh, no way–”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) has activated [One Sword Severing Iron].”

“07XB785Y’s [Bone Shield] status has been removed.”

“Renew, Bone Shield!”

“All your bone shields, are they some kind of witchcraft? But they’re fragile!!”

“I can’t catch them at all?! They’re too fast!”

“First…”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) has activated [Destroying Demon Slash].”

“07XB785Y’s [Bone Shield] status has been removed.”

“Weak!!! 07XB785Y has received a total of 42,994 damage and died.”

“One strike?!” No, it looked like one strike, but it hit multiple times. It blocked one hit with the Bone Shield, but this is bad! This person is seriously dangerous! I was tempted by Babylon-chan to wake them up, but they’re the type we shouldn’t have woken up!!!

“I can’t hit them with such speed! Let’s go all out then!! Princess Crisis!!!!”

“Perseus has activated the awakening skill [Princess Crisis]!”

“Wow, Pers-chan, as soon as no one is in front, she activated her awakening skill!! What’s with that huge beam sword-like thing? This should hit for sure, definitely hitting!”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) has activated [Aqua Moon], avoiding [Princess Crisis].”

“That Aqua Moon skill is really handy!! Very useful!!”

“Is it over?”

“Huh?!”

“Frioleil has learned the Emoticon skill.”

“No, this is not the time for that!!”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) has activated [Hundred Flowers Dance].”

“Perseus’s [Penetrate] status has been removed.”

“Perseus’s [Bone Shield] status has been removed.”

“Perseus has received a total of 21,994 damage.”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) has activated [Destroying Demon Slash].”

“Weak!!! Perseus has received a total of 49,921 damage and died.”

“Pers-chan, went down so easily…? No way…?! The skill activation is too fast, the attack frequency is too high, the evasion ability is insane, can we even win against this…?! Next is my turn! I didn’t want to use this last resort, but now’s the time!”

“Night, cry out in despair! DarkRain!”

“Dark Rain pours down… The surroundings have turned into night.”

“Don’t get in our way!!”

“They’re coming this way! It’s all down to luck now! It’s a game of luck! Their skill power is formidable, but with continuous hit damage! I’ve been thinking about using this move from the beginning, and now, it’s worth it!”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) has activated [Hundred Flowers Dance].”

“Here it comes! I’ll make you regret activating that continuous attack skill!!!”

“[Bone Shield] status has been removed.”

“Took 1,442 damage from Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125).”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) took 700 damage.”

“Reflection!!! Dealt 721 damage back to Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125).”

“Soar!”

“[Soaring] status activated.”

“Took 1,446 damage from Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125).”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) took 700 damage.”

“Reflection!!! Dealt 723 damage back to Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125).”

“Turn into the living dead, Zombie Powder!”

“No effect on Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125).”

“Took 1,444 damage from Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125).”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) took 700 damage.”

“Reflection!!! Dealt 722 damage back to Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125).”

“Huh?!”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) has canceled [Hundred Flowers Dance].”

“This is the reflection effect of [★Maru de Uni]! If you discard the staff, the magic power will drop considerably! If you can’t equip a shield in your left hand, just use your right hand! And how about the HP damage from Dack Rain’s MP consumption? It must hurt. How does it feel to receive almost the same amount of damage you dealt?! You flinched, didn’t you? You showed an opening, right?!”

“Don-ta!!!”

“Gaaahhh!!!”

“Don-ta has activated [Warf Bullet], and Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) took a total of 4,442 damage. She is stunned.”

“Kah… Ha…!?”

“2COMBO! Don-ta has unleashed [Explosive Two-Stage Palm], the golden right leg explodes! Critical! Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) took a total of 14,442 damage. She is stunned.”

“3COMBO! Don-ta has activated [Slash Annihilation], the golden right leg explodes! Critical! Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) took a total of 5,587 damage and died. Experience gained: 7,980,980”

“Dark Rain activation has ceased.”

“Level increased to 81. Congratulations!”

“Don-ta has reached level 46.”

We won… We won… We won~… This was the first time I struggled this much… Rena-chan senpai and Pers-chan died, it’s the first time for me…

“We… we won…”

“Waahh…”

–Amazing, right?♡ I didn’t think we’d win~! Next time I come back, I’ll be very obedient, promise~♡

…Can I revive her? This monster. But she says she’ll be obedient next time…

“Get up…”

“Waahh?! (You’re waking me up again?!)”

“Undead Creation has been activated, interfering with the resurrection of the target undead.”

“Direct intervention from the Goddess Meltis–resurrection of that individual is not permitted–shut up, you’re sooo loud~♡ Reincarnation♡”

『Princess Chiyo (Lv. 125) has been reincarnated by Yours Truly♡』

Ah, the scene was interrupted again by Meltis. But this time, Babylon intervened, and she was reincarnated… Huh? Reincarnation?! Oh, Babylon can do that too!! Come to think of it, that’s right, otherwise everyone wouldn’t be able to use the reincarnation command to be reincarnated by Babylon, right?!

“★★Dark Shrine Maiden has become your follower. Her name is– her name is [Princess Chiyo].”

“Hah…!?”

“Oh, she’s awake…”

“Waaah…”

She’s awake… Well, it’s clear it’s Chiyo, considering how much she was slashed… Dark Shrine Maiden, huh…!

“Ah… I… can’t… muster… strength…”

“Hey, wait!? I hit you in the face just now!?”

“I… tried…”

She’s awake, but Chiyo-san… this time she didn’t come charging at us, she just collapsed face-first on the ground. Looks really painful…

“Are you okay?! You’re not going to attack us this time, right?!”

“I… I apologize for my previous rudeness… I am Princess Chiyo, of the Chiyo clan… I can’t seem to move… (Grrrrrrr……)”

“Waaah…? (Hey, hey, are you hungry?)”

“Yes, embarrassingly… Oh…?! I can hear the dog’s voice… I think I have reached my limit…”

“Oh, it’s probably normal. I can hear it too…”

Ah, I see… She’s hungry, huh… Maybe she was energetic earlier because Babylon restored her to her prime state with “Reconstruction”? And now that she’s been “reincarnated,” she’s unable to move due to hunger… Probably. Just my guess.

“Here. Just eat this.”

“W-what is this…?”

“Just a regular Tough Shark Burger… If you’re okay with this, I have more.”

“T-thank you! Thank you so much!!”

Wow. I thought she was going to devour my hand whole. Well, she must be unable to move because she’s hungry, and if she’s at level 1 now, we should be able to defeat her. So, it should be fine to let her eat. These were made by Baldy-san and stored in the guild warehouse, but luckily I brought a few. They restore HP for about an hour, so I thought it’d be good to have them ready once the effect wears off. There are about 20 of them, enough for everyone. I brought them just in case, and Napping-san said it was okay to take them. I’m assuming we need one for each member, so there are about 20 of them…

“…Is there… another one?”

“Thank you!! It’s delicious!! I’ve never had anything this tasty before!!!”

“Waaah… (I’m getting hungry…)”

“Yeah, yeah. There’s one for Don too, so make sure he eats.”

“Don, my lord? Umm, are you sure…? I’m terribly sorry for trying to eat meat earlier… munch…”

–Did she just say “meat” when she woke up for the first time???? Isn’t that more about hunger?! Did she attack because Don looked so plump and delicious?!

“Woof! (It’s okay! We won!)”

“…Ah…”

“Yes, there are still more.”

“Thank you, thank you… munch… Don, my lord, you are very strong…”

No, it was 4 against 1… Plus, those two were pretty high-performance units… Your strength won us the battle, not mine, you know? If you hadn’t been deterred by the reflect shield, I don’t think we would have had a chance. It was just luck that Don fired the Warg Bullet without hesitation at that moment, probably a one-in-a-hundred chance of winning by fluke…

“…Big sis! Are you okay now?”

“Yeah, Lia-chan! I’m fine!”

“Woof! (All good!)”

“Ah, Lia-chan… And, uh, Frioneil! Frioneil is back. What about Pers-chan and Rena-senpai… Should I have Don go pick them up?”

“Don, could you go pick up Pers-chan and the others?”

“Woof woof! (Sure thing! Got it!)”

I’ll send a message to Pers-chan saying, “We’ve defeated her. Don and the others are starving, so it would be great if you could bring some food.” That should be fine, having Don go to pick them up!

“…Even though I killed those two. I really appreciate your mercy.”

“Don’t worry. Those two will come back to life and return.”

“Huh…?”

“Hime-chan has come back to life twice already, right?”

“Eh?”

Could it be that Princess-chan hasn’t noticed that she died twice and came back to life…?

“I’m a necromancer. I revived your corpse, then you were attacked, so I beat you down and woke you up again.”

“But… I didn’t just hit my head hard and faint, did I?!”

“You were dead.”

“D-dead…?! Oh, now that you mention it! You peeped at me changing into this armor! Pervert!! Wait, my head is gone?! Really, is that…? G-ghosts… I-I’m scared of ghosts–”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv,1) is in a state of [Fear] [Unconsciousness].”

“Wait, what?! Are you seriously unconscious?!”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv,1) activates [Self-Discipline].”

“Princess Chiyo (Lv,1) has recovered from the state of [Fear] [Unconsciousness].”

“… G-ghosts don’t scare me at all!!”

Princess Chiyo (Undead, Demon Form, Medium Size)

Height: 172 cm, Bust 90, Waist 61, Hips 93, with very fine thighs.

She has long black hair, crimson eyes with three white pupils, and an intense gaze that even when in a good mood, seems like she’s glaring. She has very fine thighs.

She belongs to the class of Dark Shrine Maiden Princess. She is an ultra-close-range speed attacker, proficient in consecutive attacks, and possesses powerful single-strike skills. She has very fine thighs.

She has an immense appetite and may engage in a fierce competition with Don. When hungry, her eyes become increasingly aggressive, and ultimately, she will pounce the moment she spots meat. If interfered with, she will slash indiscriminately.

Her equipped weapons are swords. She has very fine thighs.

Frioneil (Undead, Formless, Medium Size)

A fully armored figure with no head. Formerly male. He accidentally wandered into a cave while Princess Chiyo was changing, and ended up having his head chopped off by her. It was fortunate that his last sight was a beautiful view.

Even without a head, he stands at 160 cm. Originally a sturdy big man, he’s now just an empty undead with his soul clinging to the armor. He can’t speak now, so he communicates using emoticons.

He belongs to the Knight class, focusing more on defense than offense, and excels in handling shields over weapons. Well, he did have his head chopped off in a single blow by Princess Chiyo, though (laughs).

He uses one-handed swords, blunt weapons, axes, spears, and all types of shields. Plus, he communicates using emoticons.