Holy Emperor’s Grandson is a Necromancer - Chapter 51
Episode 51 〈The prince hunts Santa. 〉
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I stayed at an inn in the city center for a week.
As I was eating bread in my assigned room, I looked at Harmon.
“How many children have been kidnapped so far?”
“About 15 people.”
Even before we arrived, they were moving every three to four days or at most a week.
There are about 15 people, so that’s how many in one month.
It was safe to say that he was being secretive and sleeping, and that he was moving almost openly.
It was too bold a move for timid guys.
“There are too many. Are you saying there are a lot of noble children here? Aren’t the security lax?”
“They attempted to kidnap mainly commoners. There are no victims among the children of the nobles.” I
was very dissatisfied with those words.
I began to suspect that some of the security was assigned to the nobles.
Looking at my dissatisfied gaze, Harman shook his head as if he had read my thoughts.
” Don’t get me wrong, the sons of noble families used the family’s private soldiers as escorts. Also, the Black Church guys wouldn’t even think about messing with the nobles. They would be reluctant to have their troops stationed in the city.”
Harmon sighed and said.
I raised the teacup to my mouth and asked,
“What is the maximum power here?”
“It’s the Golden Cross. It’s close to the Aslan border area, so part of it is stationed on the outskirts.”
At those words, I looked at Harmon in surprise.
“Golden Cross?”
Isn’t it a unit under the Holy Emperor’s direct command?
The Heavenly Army, the Holy Cross, the Green Cross, the Red Cross, and the Golden Cross
. Among the five Holy Emperor families, the Golden Cross is said to be the strongest.
As such, they were the ones who did not move without orders from the Holy Emperor.
Even though there were such people, they would not commit a crime. Can’t you?
“It’s a different area of expertise. Above all, they set up a nest here only a month ago, and they boldly disposed of the Red Devils when they were tracked down. As a result, I don’t have any information. If you wish, I will ask the Golden Cross for help. “With the current authority of the prince, it is possible.”
“No. Don’t do that.”
Just by having me and Harman, we won’t have much trouble stopping the Red Devils. If the
Golden Cross moves, they will hide even more secretly.
Also, the fate of the kidnapped children becomes unclear.
Celt does not give separate orders to the Golden Cross. That may be the reason why they don’t do it.
“If they didn’t run away, they would move slowly.”
I took out two red devils from the item window and laid them on the floor.
I liked this about zombies.
Unlike vampires, their bodies do not disappear even if their heads are blown off, so I was able to study them.
I used the surgical-torture-tools used by the Red Cross. He took out a knife and dissected the red devil.
Seeing that, Harman covered his mouth.
Since he was in the middle of eating, what he had eaten would come up.
“Prince, if you can, you should behave in a way that suits your status….”
“Where is something like that in the Seonghwang family? “We need to hurry.”
I took out the organs from the split stomach and threw them on the floor.
“Is this the structure? It’s no different from a zombie.”
The organs were pulled out. Then, the heart was grabbed and pulled out.
Although the heart was weak, it still contained magical power.
“It is also worth studying.”
It’s a magical structure I’ve never seen before. It seems to move the body by forcing the heart to beat.
“It’s great. This is all you need. You can’t use one, but the other one…”
I curled up the corner of my mouth as I looked at Santa’s corpse.
” “I could use it.”
“You mean to use it?”
“Santa Clause.”
I smiled at Harmon.
“I want to give them an unforgettable gift. So, do me a favor. Please prepare a blue robe.”
I used my mind’s eye to look at the heart. The flow and structure of magical power was understood.
And after a while, a message appeared in my head.
[A new skill has been created.]
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Two weeks after the two red devils disappeared, they appeared again.
Red Devil.
A chubby, bearded devil was squatting on top of the chimney.
He gave me a playful look and suddenly tilted his head.
Security was more lax than usual. Actually, I went into hiding for three weeks. Also, the guards killed two Red Devils, so the soldiers must have thought they had escaped.
This is human foolishness.
Over time, you forget your fears. At that time, the Red Devil appeared again and kidnapped the children like in a fairy tale.
Although others would pursue me persistently, I was able to easily outrun them.
If a tail was attached, the Red Devil would be destroyed immediately.
The Red Devil’s gaze turned to the town square.
There is one boy.
It is a shabby outfit with a robe.
Are you a traveler who has just entered the territory? Otherwise, there is no way you could be so defenseless.
Age is?
Appears to be 15 6 years old. Maybe he was growing up, but he wasn’t very tall.
The Red Devil looked back and forth between his sack and the boy.
I nodded, trying to gauge whether it was big enough for the boy to fit in.
He smiled.
It jumped up onto the roof and attacked the boy.
At that moment, the boy seemed to sense his presence first and turned his gaze to smile.
“There is only one smell. Fortunately, there is no need to treat it separately.”
The Red Devil crushed the boy and knocked him down.
The boy smiled and remained still.
The Red Devil saw that and tilted his head.
Something was strange.
You should be scared, but the other person seemed relaxed.
The boy was thinking about something under the suspicious gaze, then cleared his throat.
“oh my god…! The devil appeared. “Someone help me!”
The boy got scared and shouted.
Well then. I was so scared that I just lost consciousness for a moment.
The Red Devil cast aside his doubts. He covered the boy’s mouth, lifted him up, and placed him in a sack.
The sack is heavy. If more children are included, the precious sacrifices will be harmed.
One will be enough for today.
“Holy shit… it’s so damn narrow. Carry it in a bag that is big enough for your size, not just a small top! What is this…!”
The sack is noisy.
“It’s the Red Devil!”
The Red Devil looked away.
He saw the guards running.
The Red Devil climbed onto the roof.
He moved nimbly and hid his presence. He even blocked the sound of the sack.
They chased him for a while, but he had no problem eluding them.
Between the alleys . I entered the building, closed and locked the door.
I opened the floor leading to the basement and went down the stairs to the basement.
At the entrance, a necromancer wearing a black robe stopped the red devil.
The necromancer looked back to make sure there were no pursuers, and the red devil He felt and examined the condition of his body.
Finally, he smiled as he looked at the boy in the sack.
“Passed.”
The red devil passed by.
After passing through a narrow corridor, they arrived at a wide hall.
It was a large underground hideout.
Necromancers were wandering around the basement, which was made like an anthill.
They were carrying magic books or looking through documents.
A crying child was forcibly dragged away. There was also this.
The summoned zombies were lined up like statues, and the necromancers inspected them one by one.
The place the Red Devil went to was a storage room where red demons just like him were placed. He
opened the steel door and went inside.
Plump things were on the floor and ceiling. There were large corpses hanging.
There were two necromancers there.
They were red demon crafters who sewed and assembled the corpses.
“Oh! It looks like the sacrifice has arrived.”
“I just needed magical power. That’s a good thing.”
The necromancers showed happy expressions.
They were all wrinkly old men.
However, in real life, they were probably in their early to mid-40s.
It was a common sight for them to use their lifespan and youth as magic.
They sacrificed ‘others’. It maintained magical power and youth. Among them, the most effective ones are children.
The necromancer removed the handle.
A boy came out.
His eyes were not crying or fearful.
Rather, the boy looked around as if he was curious.
Is that all?
He made eye contact with the two necromancers and smiled brightly.
“Hello!”
“…what?”
This is absurd.
The boy stretched as if he was relieved of his frustration and waved his hand at the necromancers.
“Wow, it was hard. You’ve been wandering around alone all night for a week, and now you’re taking the bait. I’m so anxious because I thought you ran away.” Do you know if you did it?”
“…”
Seeing that, the necromancers looked at the red devil with dissatisfied eyes.
When they asked them to kidnap a normal and healthy child, they kidnapped a mentally ill person.
Although such a child would not be harmful to them, it still felt uneasy. There is no choice but to do it.
However, it cannot be disposed of either.
“First, stop that mouth.”
The red devil moved at the necromancer’s words. He
took out a machete and approached.
“Hmm, I’ve come to give you a precious gift. It’s a gift from Santa, so take it well.”
The boy’s tone changed.
He made exaggerated gestures and pretended to take something out of the bag he came in.
Then, a blue corpse was pulled out of the bag.
It was a corpse with a chubby build and a beard, wearing a blue hat and robes.
“What? …?”
The necromancers’ expressions hardened.
How could something so big come out of such a narrow sack?
Moreover, it looked like a blue devil to them.
Their eyes turned to the boy.
The boy held the blue devil’s hand and shook it, saying,
as if he were ventriloquizing. He chuckled as if to say,
“Hello. “I am Santa!”
The boy injected sexual power into the corpse.
And he said with a sincere smile.
“I think you like death, so I came to tell you about it!”
The blue demon infused with holy power opened its eyes.
The head of the approaching Red Devil was cut off with a machete.
The red devil fell down and the blue devil raised his machete in his place.
“So please don’t decline.”
the boy said to the blue devil.
“Kill me.”
“Now sleep…!”
The blue devil jumped up and swung the machete.
Blood was sprayed everywhere.
The necromancer died with the machete stuck in his shoulder and head without even being able to use magic.
The blue devil grunted as the machete was stuck in his head. Pulled it out.
The boy’s 7th Prince, Allen Allfols, looked around.
In a tight space, the Red Devils were lined up like a doll factory.
It seemed like they had arrived at the target point.
The boy checked the status of the Red Devils
. That was enough.
I’ve received plenty of blue robes from Harman, so I’ll just wear them.
It’s a perfect symbol of fear and a Santa Claus costume to give death to evildoers. It’s
already gone, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea to spend Christmas here. * *
The necromancers were busy moving around.
Carrying corpses and assembling skeletons. They were
panting as they walked with sticks.
For them who were far from healthy, this narrow hall felt quite spacious.
“What on earth? ”
“What is going on, so much preparation?”
“I don’t know. It looks like other districts besides here are preparing. There are probably other people in this city besides us. It looks like they’re making a big move this time.”
“Are you planning to blow up the Humite itself and go to war with the Holy Empire?”
The necromancers fell silent as they looked at the zombies and skeletons lined up in the hallway.
“How can we do this? There is a golden cross here. I don’t know about the other Earths, but it must be difficult here. Should we throw away the power we have managed to build up?” “What difference will it make if we think about it? As long as we work quietly as we are told…”
Boom!
The necromancers who were talking turned their gazes.
Boom!
A loud noise was heard from the iron door.
Boom!
Fixed door. It bent and broke.
And then…
Boom!
The iron door flew out.
Numerous eye lights were seen between the narrow cracks in the door.
Bodies waddling and dressed in blue clothes walked out.
The necromancers tilted their heads as they looked at the corpses.
“ “What is that…?”
“Red Devil…?”
As wizards, they gave interesting looks.
The necromancers approached the blue-clad corpse without hesitation.
“The structure is the same. But… it’s different.”
“But what is this strange energy? It’s different from magical power…”
His curious expression gradually hardened.
“This is… holy power? Oh my god. What is this…!”
The blue demon smiled.
He raised the machete and slashed it.
The necromancer’s head split open and blood spurted out.
The necromancers paled as their comrade fell.
The bearded and chubby blue demon glared at them and smiled. .
“Merry Christmas! Necromancers of death!”
At that time, a boy walked out from among the blue devils and said,
“This Santa has come to give you gifts!”
The boy’s excited voice rang out.
The necromancers stepped back in fear.
They looked at the alien boy standing in the center of the blue demons. He
smiled. He
smiled cruelly, tilted his head and said,
“The gift of death. To you. “It’s the perfect gift.”
As soon as those words were said, the Blue Devils moved.