Holy Emperor’s Grandson is a Necromancer - Chapter 21
Episode 21. The prince bestows his blessings.
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A zombie catapult hit the outer wall that was going up.
Zombies that had been gathered together were scattered in all directions. Some of them were struggling and blocking my path.
“Remove it.”
The ghostly soldiers bowed their heads once and ran out.
Swing the sword to slaughter the zombies and throw them down the outer wall with the spear to open the way.
The prisoners who saw the ghost soldiers coming out from the top of the outer wall spoke.
“…Seo Paladin?”
“The Paladins have arrived!”
The outer wall quickly became noisy due to the prisoners’ cries.
The eyes of the prisoners and soldiers were focused on me.
I ignored it and looked at the legion of dead across the street.
“…There are so many of them.”
I clicked my tongue behind my mask.
The number 20,000 was by no means a small number.
An undead army filled the front of Ronia territory.
They are armed with long spears, swords, shields, crossbows, and siege weapons, and their eyes are glowing red.
As I was looking at that, I became nervous without realizing it.
My heart pounded to the beat of the drums.
I felt the urge to cover my ears.
The screams of the dead are heard in all directions.
The Necromancer’s passive skill: All you had to do was see the other person’s appearance, but thanks to the Necromancer’s characteristics, you could even hear the voices of the souls of the dead.
thud···! thud···! thud···!
The undead climbed up ladders on the outer walls, and zombie catapults filled the sky.
The staggering zombies shoot bows and crossbows.
It was slow and had poor accuracy, but they had no guidance to offset that.
They kept coming and kept pushing without stopping until the skull filled with magic was broken.
If we continue like this, we might be taken over.
Memories of the Morgana witch incident came back to me.
When I remember being attacked by a zombie bear, I got goosebumps all over my body.
“Goddess, no matter what, this is too much.”
This is difficult to block even for professions other than Necromancer.
How can we stop 20,000?
Goddess of love and mercy, no matter how much you become enemies, isn’t this true?
I stuck my tongue out.
Can we stop this?
I shook my head.
It might be impossible.
It will soon be night.
Immediately after sunlight completely disappears, the undead who receive the energy of darkness will become even more powerful.
Also, in two days it will be the 25th.
The time when King Amon, the King of the Dead, died.
A time of turbulence comes as the continent’s magic becomes stronger.
At that point, it’s over.
The dead will become stronger and the Lonia territory will fall.
The dead will be spread all over the continent.
“It’s a ridiculous game.”
The opponent is an immortal army.
These soldiers have infinite stamina and are not even afraid.
When they die, their corpses spread plague, and when they kill their opponents, they contain a poison that can turn them into zombies.
They are difficult to kill with ordinary weapons, and they cannot even communicate and negotiate.
It is not enough to stop these people with prisoners without actual combat experience.
“…Is there only one way to win?”
But there is a way to beat even such an opponent.
A way to win that even a fool can understand.
That’s right…
“Killing the commander.”
I looked away.
A place where hundreds of undead are concentrated.
At the center are naked slave zombies swaying and holding palanquins.
There is a monster of scaffolding on a palanquin.
I used [Mind’s Eye].
[Name: Vampire Count.
age : ???
Characteristics: Bite Magic Release Necromancer Magic Arrogance Extremely excited state.
+ I am a legion and the one who will become the king of vampires! ]
“…Something has changed.”
The information seen through [Mind’s Eye] has changed.
‘Specialty’ has become a ‘characteristic’ and is also added as a plus factor.
“Kill that pig!”
I looked to the side.
The prisoner controlling the ballista aims the wedge at the vampire.
“I’ll blow up that lump of scaffolding!”
The ballista was fired and the spike flew towards the vampire.
and···.
“…Huh!”
The wedge collided with the purple curtain in the air and shattered.
A veil made of magical power protects the vampire.
“also···.”
That guy is the commander.
A magical barrier has been deployed as if to completely block long-distance attacks.
However, if you approach from close range, you will be blocked by hundreds of undead and die.
The person who controls these 20,000 undead.
Vampire Count!
I took out a musket from the item window.
“…I don’t know if I can do it.”
The distance from the vampire is 400m.
It is also covered in a magical veil that blocks ballistas.
“You should try.”
Snipe the commander vampire and destroy him.
That is the only way to win this war.
I gently lifted the bird’s beak mask with my left hand.
He lifted the musket with his right hand and brought it to his mouth toward the bullet point.
Breathed into the musket.
[Creates bullets using holy power…]
[Activates divine power. Temporarily improves equipment.]
[Enter Holy Power Control.]
Don’t report them one by one. Because I can’t concentrate.
The sacred bullet was created into a dense bullet composed of holy power.
But this is not enough.
You need to concentrate more.
More precisely… So that it doesn’t bounce off due to recoil…
[Strengthens the spirit.]
[The sharpshooter skill is temporarily granted through the advancement of the equipment. Accuracy increases.]
[Temporarily gives the equipment the ‘Piercing’ skill.]
It is not enough. This is not enough. This cannot pierce the vampire’s veil.
That’s right…
“Gaia, the goddess of love and mercy.”
In the book of the Holy Emperor at the monastery, methods of collecting ‘sacred power’ were described.
Among them, there was a very interesting theory.
It contains quite provocative elements.
-You must offer a sincere prayer. Pray until your faith is conveyed to God. If so, God will make your wishes come true and give you miraculous protection. Their praise songs will soon become your strength!
Wizards create magic based on spells and mana, priests create magic based on prayer and holy power, and necromancers create magic based on lifespan and magical power.
I am both a necromancer and a priest.
Lifespan was not sacrificed. Also, he could use magic without prayer.
But what if I use it?
I don’t know how to sacrifice one’s life. But you can at least pray.
Prayer to God.
For priests, it was a highly efficient ‘sacred power control’ that collected holy power at a faster rate and lowered its usage.
There were many pseudo-like and crazy phrases in that book that could have been simply explained.
It feels quite uncomfortable.
But praying will not harm me.
If you can use your sacred power more usefully, such as praying to God, it is better to use it.
“Please grant your sacred protection to this lamb…”
[Holy power is concentrated.]
“With your sacredness, you will subdue the dead…”
[The bullet becomes more precise.]
“Let your holy protection pierce the dead.”
Holy power swirled around me.
It feels cozy, like being hugged by a soft woman.
Okay, this is enough.
There is no need to pray to God anymore.
If Gaia has given you strength, it is time to wield it.
I pointed my gun at the vampire.
The vampire count spreads his hands and bursts into laughter, whether he is aware of this situation or not.
I curled up the corners of my mouth.
“I hope Gaia’s blessings will be upon you. vampire.”
And pulled the trigger.
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Harmon, who was looking at Charlotte, looked away at the commotion.
A priest wearing a bird-beaked mask climbed up the outer wall.
Surrounded by soldiers, they slaughtered the undead.
“…who are they?”
They were different from ordinary prisoners or soldiers.
It’s faint, but it has a sacred energy.
Is it possible to become an apprentice paladin?
But a priest guarded by those people…?
For Harman, it was the first time that people like that were here.
Charlotte, who was nearby at that time, opened her eyes wide and muttered.
“Prince?”
Harmon was startled by those words and looked at Charlotte.
A prince?
Harmon turned his gaze suspiciously towards the priest wearing the bird-like mask.
Harmon and Charlotte’s eyes widened.
It’s not just them.
I could see all the prisoners, soldiers, and residents around me.
Particles of holy light gathered next to the prince on the outer wall.
The white particles create the shape of a woman, gently embracing the prince’s back.
Harmon had goosebumps all over his body. I covered my mouth without realizing it.
He knew what that was.
‘Goddess Gaia… God bless you!’
A grace given directly by God!
A miracle that even high-ranking clergymen would only experience once in their lives!
That’s what was happening to the prince now.
‘Nonsense···!’
God’s protection for the prince who blasphemed Gaia? What kind of contradiction is this!
The prince is at least loved by Gaia!
It was then.
After the prince finished praising God, he pointed the musket at the vampire and uttered one word.
“I hope Gaia’s blessings will be upon you. vampire.”
“…”
Just as Harmon couldn’t believe his ears, he heard an intense light and an explosion of sound.
Intense light obscures my eyes.
and···.
bang!
When hit by the vampire’s curtain, the curtain was distorted and broken.
The energy of death was shaken by one heavy blow.
and···.
ㅡKoooooooooooo…!
As the holy power spread around, dozens of zombies and skeletons fell.
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ㅡHuh!
The Vampire Count sucked in a breath in confusion.
As a dead person who was almost like a corpse, his lungs were not functioning properly, but his weakly beating heart was pounding, instilling a sense of ‘fear’ in him.
He opened his eyes wide and his pupils trembled at the unknown light that struck his curtain.
‘What is it? ‘What was that?’
The Vampire Count was so shocked that he tried to raise himself up, but was unable to bear his own weight and sat down on the palanquin again.
It was strange.
That territory should have been swallowed up by now.
They are deliberately pushing ahead with enormous consumption.
The soldiers who were preoccupied with the outer wall were thrown into confusion when they realized the ‘undead’ had invaded ‘inside’.
But it was so quiet.
He could not feel the energy of the undead he had sent inside.
Are you saying they were harmed?
But how…? How did humans find the tunnels that were evenly spread out?
‘No, now is not the time to worry about that!’
Maybe it was because my brain was rotting and my magic was taking over my thoughts, but my attention kept wandering elsewhere.
He recalled the bullet flying towards him.
It was truly a disgusting aura.
A force completely different from death shattered his veil.
Oh my… A strong shield made with magic using the ‘Skull of the Demon King’ can pierce a barrier that not even a ballista can pierce!
The Vampire Count looked away.
With bleary eyes, I looked at the outer wall of Ronia Estate, 400 meters away.
His eyes could not see the countless people in detail. But I felt some ‘energy’.
A sacred energy that drives away death.
A terrifyingly terrifying aura!
It’s coming together again!
-Oh my…!
The Count’s face turned pale.
Gathering back together? Are you saying that the blow just wasn’t the end?
You have to stop it!
The Vampire Count waved his hand.
The veil regenerates again. A zombie ogre blocks his path.
and···.
An intense light flashed from the outer wall once again.
The veil that has not yet been created breaks down. The zombie ogre’s body exploded and was pierced.
and···.
ㅡ···!
The white light’s trajectory changed due to the blocking barrier and zombie ogre, and landed on the vampire’s lower abdomen instead of the head.
ㅡ···.
The Vampire Count looked at his lower abdomen.
The area between the crotches is burning and ashes are scattered.
An intense and hot energy spread out, making my whole body feel like it was on fire.
ㅡAaaah!
sick! it hurts. how···. As a vampire, I suffer…?
The vampire count struggled with the pain he felt for the first time in 50 years.
Thanks to this, the zombies below lost their balance and fell. It burst under the weight of the palanquin and the vampire count.
ㅡ Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Damn you damn priests…!
The vampire count crawled awkwardly on the floor.
Could it be that there is a group of high-ranking priests over there?
Did they get together and pool their holy power to develop a weapon that shoots?
The Vampire Count screamed.
-Run away, run away… retreat···!
The vampire count crawled and touched the floor.
Following the vampire count’s orders, zombie ogre zombie skeletons grabbed the count’s body and dragged him away.
The flesh is dragged to the floor by the weight. It feels like a zombie ogre is being cut off.
-Now, lift me up for a moment…!
The vampire count spoke, but the undead did not listen to his delicate command.
The vampire count was led away from Ronia territory by the zombies.