The Betrayed Necromancer - Chapter 10
God's Soldier
"――What? An angel?"
When I asked back in disbelief, Alicia—my head maid and personal maid—nodded slightly.
This is the giant city located at the bottom of the Abyss. Originally, it was a city called Isa Feldina, but now it has come to be called the Crow Kingdom.
The name Crow naturally comes from my own name. I don't mind leading them and becoming king, but I have some reservations about having a country named after me. When deciding the country's name, I gently tried to steer it toward something else, but my subordinates unanimously pushed for the Crow Kingdom, so it was decided by force.
Since it's impossible to overturn now, I have no choice but to accept it. Pushing thoughts of the country's name aside, I turned my gaze toward Alicia.
Currently, we are gathering information from the surface and preparing for our revenge. Since we haven't been up to the surface for a long time, we needed to acquire intelligence on the world above.
We possess overwhelming military power, but if our existence were discovered by the gods, we would likely be burned away by the light of the gods, just like Isa Feldina was.
Carefully, yet boldly. We were making sure to approach our revenge in absolute perfection.
"An angel... You mean those beings with wings and a ring of light glowing above their heads?"
"Yes. Those with wings and a halo of light."
Alicia answered without changing her expression, as usual. While Alicia is surprisingly fond of jokes outside of work, she almost never fools around while on duty. It would be wise to take this story seriously.
"It seems the gods have their own personal army called 'Angels.' Some people saw angels back when Isa Feldina was destroyed. There were those who tried to fight back against the light from the heavens and strike back at the gods, but they were pinned down by the angels and burned away by the divine light without ever getting the chance to counterattack."
"There are guys like that... If we're going to pick a fight with the bastard gods, we'll need to figure out how to deal with angels, too."
Looks like the number of things I need to figure out just increased again. Well, since our to-do list is already massive, one more thing doesn't make much difference now, I suppose.
"It would be easy if we could capture one of those angels so we could research them... but they probably aren't on the surface normally. What should we do?"
"In that case, I have a good idea."
Alicia replied as if she had been waiting for me to ask.
"According to reports from those in charge of gathering intelligence, the trash who betrayed you, Crow-sama... ahem, those foolish individuals, all seem to have been assigned an 'Angel' by the gods."
"Them...? I wouldn't think they're the type to receive anything so grand."
The members of the hero party
They might have talent, but they are scumbags who rest on their laurels. That's what they are.
"――Or perhaps, precisely because they are of that caliber, they were kept alive and granted a reward."
"What do you mean?"
"The gods regarded us heroes as a threat and annihilated us. If that trash possessed the kind of power to pose a threat to the gods, they would have been disposed of."
"True enough. But the only one who laid a hand on them was me, while the rest
were not only spared but even assigned angels. I see, so they were propped up
as a
Alicia nodded at my words.
If they lent their own soldiers, 'Angels,' to the heroes, the common people would develop an even stronger belief in the gods. As a result, their religious devotion would deepen, and the number of believers would increase.
In short, the heroes are the advertising pillars for the gods. Disposing of them whenever necessary would also be easy—it's a clever plan.
However, the gods made one major mistake.
"In other words, if we torture those guys, angels will come out to help them. And if we 'capture' them there, we'll be able to learn all about angels."
"A truly excellent strategy. As expected of our sole and supreme King... In front of your wisdom, even the gods have no choice but to follow in your dust."
Alicia said with a rapturous expression.
I'm not really that wise myself, but... oh well. For now, nailing down the strategy is more important.
"We'll have a strategy meeting in an hour. Call the usual crew, and... yeah, call Merlin too. Tell them we're figuring out a way to capture an angel."
"Understood. Leave it to me."
Thus, alongside my subordinates, I formulated countermeasures against the angels.
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"――Confirmation that the
The angel who called herself an angel of the
"As expected of Lady Angel! Way to go and completely waste that piece of shit!"
Gaoran cheered while crawling on the ground. Judging from his attitude, Gaoran was quite smitten with the angel. Even though the angel was merely 'loaned' by the gods, he seemed to think she was his personal property.
"You'd better heal me too, Lady Angel! And beat up that beastkin over there, too! Oh, I'm going to deal with her myself, so don't kill her!"
Gaoran licked his lips as he looked at Gina. It seemed he still hadn't given up on making Gina his.
Good grief... What an utterly hopeless bastard. I brushed away the swirling smoke and reappeared before the angel once more.
"W-What... Crow!? Why the hell are you alive!!"
Gaoran went pale with shock upon seeing me. Even the angel, Milial Arkray, who hadn't changed her expression until now, slightly altered her look upon seeing me.
"――Incomprehensible. The Arc Blaze should have hit dead-on. Even so, why..."
"It's simple. I'm stronger than you, Angel. A technique like this can't even leave a single scratch on me."
I always cloak my body in high-density magical power. To put it simply, it's 'armor of magic.' As long as I'm protected by this, nobody can deal me any damage.
"Now... it's my turn."
Saying this, I thrust my hand into the dimensional rift and pulled out a
jet-black
In the treasury of the hero city Isa Feldina, countless weapons, treasures, and magical tools had been stored. Most of them had safely survived to the present day, and I kept several of them stored in a subspace to carry with me.
This jet-black scythe,
If it were to appear out in the world, it would undoubtedly be valued far higher than a national treasure.
"Unidentified weapon confirmed. Raising alert level to maximum and repelling――"
"Too slow."
When I swung my scythe, a black shockwave was generated and struck the angel. Taking a blow fierce enough to crack space itself, the angel was blown away with tremendous momentum, punching clean through the wall and flying outside.
Looks like I put a bit too much strength into it. Well, she's an angel, so she probably isn't dead. I'll go give chase and capture her.
"Now then, it's 'Angel Hunting' time."
With that resolve, I set out to capture the angel.
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