The King of the Dead at the Dark Palace, Vol. 1 by Tsukikage and Merontomari

Author:Tsukikage and Merontomari [Tsukikage and Merontomari]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2021-04-20T00:00:00+00:00

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As the undead nightbear swung its shaggy black front leg up and charged her, Senli used her blessing-imbued sword to cut it down in a single stroke. The army of the dead was like an avalanche. She suspected they were the pitiful ruins of the magical beasts that had originally inhabited this forest.

Each individual creature’s abilities had been enhanced to the extreme.

The skin on their front legs split apart when they swiped with their claws, and large drops of blood mixed with drool spattered from their wide-open mouths. They were like demons raised from hell as they continued their attack, destroying their own bodies in the process.

And Senli knew why.

It was all due to the detestable powers of necromancy.

While they would have stopped normal mercenaries…they were not enough to stop the Ender Knights.

The positive energy Senli and the others controlled—the power of their blessings—drove away the darkness. Imbued in a sword, this power was able to slice through the dark; imbued in armor, it would serve as a barrier to drive away death. Energize it, and your physical abilities would increase.

That was how the Ender Knights could combat the kindred of the dark and the inhuman powers they wielded, while still being human.

“Did you find the necromancer?!”

“No! Damn—he can control this many undead from a distance?!”

Her companions’ breath was ragged as they continued to kill the flesh-beasts endlessly assailing them.

Light and dark. Positive and negative. They held the natural advantage. And so the necromancer thought to nullify quality with quantity.

The undead, through their strengthening by the necromancer in exchange for the destruction of their souls, would gain an even deeper abyss. So deep that even the Ender Knights, who were used to purifying undead, were having just a little bit of trouble.

Their master had been right—this necromancer seemed to be quite powerful.

“Senli, should we pull back for now? These things will destroy themselves in time.”

“We stay.”

“Heh. I thought you’d say that! That’s why you’re a first-rank candidate!”

Luphrey, who had worked up a light sweat, offered a deep grin at Senli’s immediate reply.

Their reserves were still high, but she could tell her companions’ blessings were slowly but surely draining.

The blessings possessed by the Ender Knights were great but by no means infinite. Should they exhaust them, it would take time to recover. And if they ran dry, they would have no way to protect themselves from the denizens of the dark.

Senli had barely worked up a sweat, but Luphrey and the others only had a tenth of the blessing she did.

The undead attacking them now were the minions.

Senli pondered this as she purified a pack of wolves with the same ease as taking a breath: A second-rank necromancer was extremely close in existence to a king of darkness. She doubted this army of flesh-beasts was all he had.

The Knights needed to conserve their power. Getting them home alive was part of Senli’s mission.

“I’ll deal with them all at once.”

“?! W-wait, Senli, they’re still—”

“That’s what Master would do.”

There was no hesitation.

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