“Guto, Keita! I will be bait! Find openings, and attack!”
“A-alright!”
‘All of you, focus on dodging! You won’t know who will be targeted!’
The minotaur frowned and prepared to jump off of the ground.
‘I cannot leave it to him anymore. It is good that he is loyal, but I cannot allow him to crush such a valuable asset.’
The minotaur suddenly said the strange words.
“Wha…what…are you saying?”
‘I had heard the reports. But seeing the real thing now. It is quite different… Well, it’s not as if I am really seeing it…’
The minotaur was talking as if he was someone else. And he had a very calm expression as he looked at Sheto.
‘I will say it again. Become mine, kobold. I have been seeking something rare. In order to kill all of the Heroes and bring victory to monsters, power alone is not enough.’
The minotaur was no longer in an offensive stance. He stood there, wide open, as if forgetting his weapon. Like that, he walked slowly towards Sheto.
However, Sheto was too scared to move.
‘And so I heard about you… A miraculous creature with abilities that far exceed him!’
“St-stay away! Don’t come!”
‘A thousand strategies could not reach it… But you…can be the key to winning!’
The person in front of him was not the minotaur general. It just looked like him, but he was a stranger.
He was now smiling madly as he extended his hand.
‘Come with me. My beloved, weakest monster!’
“Ah…!”
“Stop!”
A shout, and then a light exploded at the minotaur’s back.
Keita had jumped out of the shadows and thrust out his staff. Desperately, he began to chant for the next spell. Guto growled as he prepared to attack.
‘…Hero of Lindle. Do you mean to disturb me?’
“Get away from Sheto!”
‘Now that I think about it, I owe you a debt. You killed my subordinates and destroyed a valuable dungeon… I must repay you for that.’
The battlefield became cold, and teeths started to chatter.
‘After all, I should thank you for finding this beloved monster for me. It will require some power…but that is fine.’
He said. And then he went down on one knee.
‘Hear my voice. Let forth a fleeting breath and reclaim the false light.’
And just like that, the fallen monsters around him rose like puppets. Their dead eyes began to move eerily.
‘A necroancer!?’
“Pu…pure grace and mercy, who takes away suffering and wipes away the sorrow of scars, in the name of the fingers that pluck withering leaves, I command you!”
As Keita shouted, white lights gathered around him. Upon being illuminated by them, the dark mist surrounding the corpses began to fade.
“Rise, even in death, apostle and vanquisher alike, by the voice of Keita Saegusa, who manifests divine authority, return once more to the oblivion of slumber!”
For a moment, Keita himself shone as if he was a mass of light. And then all of the corpses fell to the ground.
‘A magician and servant of god. Not bad…for someone who is rotting away in a small village… Still, how long will you sleep? Wake up now.’
And with that, the corpses rose once again.