I Became a Retired Warrior Who Suffered NTR in the Novel

49 – Seir and Kimaris

The location where the Necromancers are currently gathered is roughly near the valley that was the main stage of the last fight.

Perhaps the Necromancers used black magic to control dead spirits or corpses, so they probably chose the area near the valley where many people died in the last battle as the Demon King’s camp.

Since thousands of human allied forces died, and the Demon King’s army was also almost wiped out by Lucia, who came out of the vicinity,

It was difficult to estimate the number of undead that the Necromancers are currently wielding.

However, according to the words of the scouts who scouted the place, they are talking about tens of thousands…

It is said that skeleton soldiers called skeletons and undead such as zombies and ghouls are scattered all over the land, making it impossible to see the ground.

“Hero… The saintess…”

After reading the scout’s report together, Count Rocelli was looking for the saintess, frightened by the number of undead in the tens of thousands.

In a situation like this, it would be very helpful to have someone competent in divine magic, but

But I didn’t have the slightest desire to fight alongside Emilia.

“If I lose this battle, so be it.”

“I… I don’t mean that…”

Count Rocelli was worried that I might be offended,

Irene stared at the map that came with her report, then she quietly opened her mouth.

“Should I just freeze it whole?”

I was wondering if this was a joke…

She seemed sincere from the look in her eyes.

If it’s Irene’s [Frost Hell], Which is said to freeze the sea… It might be possible, but…

In the case of demons or monsters living in the demon army, there may be cases of freezing to death,

The undead did not take damage unless they were cut with holy magic or silver-plated weapons, so once the ice melted, they could move again as before.

“No, that’s the only way to freeze it.”

“…..”

If Irene was good at fire magic instead of ice magic,

Things would have been easily solved by turning the skeletons into bone meal and putting the zombies and ghouls in makeup on the spot…

Perhaps knowing that, Emilia and Lydia might have appeared in front of me confidently.

I am the only fire attribute in my party right now…

Assuming I catch all the undead, then I have to ask Irene or Elim to find the necromancer who controls them…

I wonder if this place is the size of a village,

Having to search for the entire Lexen Territory, which is huge for a normal territory… It was not an ordinary task.

“Count, a woman wearing a hood asked me to deliver this.”

“What!? No way…”

Same thing as before…

In the last battle, many people’s lives could have been saved with the help of Kir, who was delivered in this way…

How did Kir know that I came here again today?

Earl Lochelli also checked the information this way with me last time, so he was looking at his note with a surprised face.

“Oh! As expected this time, it seems that the hero’s colleague gave the information.”

“What does it say?”

I asked Count Rochelli, he handed me a note,

I looked at the contents written inside and the map.

“Huh?”

Something strange about the map…

I drew the location of the Necromancers on the map, but it was none other than the area in the middle of the valley where the allied forces were isolated last time.

“Why… In a place like this…”

Of course, the valley is steep and it is good to hide due to various obstacles,

Because it was so isolated, it was a terrain that was no different from suicide if you were blocked in front and back.

But anyway, since it was the information Kiru gave me, I had no choice but to trust it…

“I will infiltrate into this valley. Elim and Irene are in the center of the valley entrance, and Lucia takes care of the soldiers in the rear.”

“Yes.”

Lucia and Irene answered, but Elaim nodded.

I didn’t like the fact that I was separated from Lucia, so I didn’t like the expression.

“Rather than attacking the center, Elim and Irene are to be dealt with so that they don’t spread to other places by capturing them, and if I kill the Necromancers, we can deal with them together.”

“Can’t we just shatter them all with AoE magic?”

“No. Irene. If you do that, the undead will scatter in all directions and only distract the battlefield, so if you do something wrong, damage to the village or other territories could happen.”

“Yes. All right.”

It’s probably water and ice magic, so even if you don’t kill it, you’ll be able to capture it to some extent.

For example, if Elaim swept the undead into the waterway, things could have gone much easier if Irene had frozen them and rendered them incapacitated.

“Then, hero, what should our soldiers do?”

“First of all, I think you can prepare for the undead that may come through other paths by focusing on the side or rear. Anyway, as long as Elim and Irene hold on, it won’t be a big problem.”

“Yes. All right.”

Again, Kir’s information seemed to make things easier.

Whether there are thousands or tens of thousands of undead, it will be easy to get rid of the necromancer who controls them…

*

The next day,

As planned, we approached the undead crowding at the valley entrance, and except for a small group of soldiers who followed us, most of us were in charge of the flanks and rear.

The outcome of this battle was all up to me, so the amount of damage in this battle would depend on how quickly I infiltrated the valley and dealt with the necromancer.

Fortunately, Emilia, Lydia, and Iluen, former warrior party members, returned to their countries after being kicked out of the barracks yesterday.

I didn’t see them when I left town in the morning, and thanks to that, I felt much lighter.

“They are crowded in the front.”

Early after Elim’s words were finished, I saw the undead covering the valley in pitch black.

“First, I will go through the entrance and enter the valley. After that, please gather the undead that are about to scatter.”

The two nodded at my words, and I summoned the holy sword, Ascalon, and started running toward the valley.

“[Deterioration]”

As the holy sword, Ascalon, burned red, flames began to burn all around me.

The two men, who thought it was just an ordinary fire, looked a little surprised at the heat they felt from the fire and the temperature that made even the rocks around them burn red.

Roaring! Roaring!

The flames gradually spread and headed into the valley,

Undead touched by the flames were melting or being scattered in the spot without much resistance.

Behind me as I walked towards the valley, the ground was still burning hot.

The undead that followed me were also stuck to the ground and their bodies from the remaining heat and couldn’t come closer.

*****

The two remaining at the entrance of the valley turned the surroundings into an inferno, unable to keep their mouth shut when they saw the warrior entering the valley.

The place he passed was full of corpses of the undead that had melted or turned to ashes,

After that, as the heat of the ground cooled, it turned black and became a monstrous object.

In the place where the warrior swept away, the stream of water caused by Elim cooled the ground and gathered the surrounding undead in one place.

The undead were struggling to get out of the water stream, but they couldn’t dare to get out because of the whirlpool of the Elaim swirling around them.

Furthermore, if they gathered to a certain extent, Irene’s freezing magic would freeze the undead with water, rendering them unable to fight on the spot.

In the place where the undead gathered, beautiful icebergs created by Irene began to appear here and there.

On one iceberg, thousands of undead were frozen solid, staring at them.

In addition, the splendid magic used by these two women attracted the attention of the other undead around them, so the effect was perfect…

“[Fireball]”

Roaring!

After a while…

Their efforts were undone by a huge fireball passing over their heads.

Boom!!!

The fireball landed on the undead that Elaim had painstakingly gathered,

As if the firepower was quite high for a human shot, the undead scattered in all directions with the explosion.

“Look, I’m not dead yet. Is this Lydia-sama still in her prime?”

The magical protagonist who appeared behind Elim and Irene…

Lydia, who had become overweight due to her recent birth, proudly told Illuen about her magic.

“Heh.. He boasts that he cast a small magic..”

“Then what about you?”

“Look carefully. [Cylairon]”

At Lydia’s provocation, Iluen summoned Cairron, a high-class wind spirit.

“Because I will blow them all up!”

When Iluen’s finger pointed to the place where Elim gathered the undead by the waterway, a huge whirlwind was approaching.

Cylairon’s whirlwind, which had flown vigorously, had to come back again with Elim’s touch.

“What… What… Why… Why…”

“Quit now.”

Irene stepped forward and blocked Iluen.

“Did you just stop my spirit!? Don’t you get out of the way?”

“Don’t you know we’re on an operation right now?”

“Operation carried out? Whoa… That’s funny. Do you think we are not a warrior party? Do we all know I’ve caught more undead and been with more warriors than you guys, so don’t bother and get out of here.”

“No. The hero told me to gather the undead here.”

Iluen continued to send spirits toward the entrance of the valley,

Silairon, a high-ranking wind spirit, did not listen to the summoner, Illuen’s order, because he was in front of the spirit king.

Iluen was also unable to move due to Irene’s death.

As Iluen stepped back, Lydia, who was laughing at her from behind, put her in a dilemma, unable to advance or retreat…

“[Sacred Meteor]”

The fight between these four was brought to an end when Saint Emilia slowly approached from behind and recited her prayers.

“It’s ruined…”

Elim, who saw the meteor of light summoned by Saint Emilia, said a short word,

He was creating sympathy for Irene and curiosity for the three women.