My Alter Ego Is Becoming a Giant

Chapter 9

Fragments of the Immortal King (2)

Eyes met with the warlock guarding the entrance.

He was a friend who helped me a lot in gathering information with Jeraf.

[hello? How is the weather today?]

I greeted him with a happy heart, but what he returned was a cold exterior.

As soon as he could speak, he started running away without looking back.

[No, ignoring it like that will hurt you.]

I took a look around the trustworthy friends who were with me to appease my slightly dismayed heart at the cold reaction.

[Kuh-huh…]

rattle- rattle-

Hundreds of glowing eye lights resounding in the pitch-black passageway with the death energy emitted by the undead.

Even the silhouettes that appeared at first glance were unusual, and their strong-looking majesty was unreliable.

‘Ummm… they did look a little scary.’

However, no matter how intimidating my friends were, I could not forgive them for discriminating against people based on their appearance.

The inside was more important than the outside.

And I was confident inside.

‘Cancer, my skull is a good-looking head. The bones also fell out smoothly.’

[Khehehe—]

“Ugh—! When are you here?! Get it off!”

pop-!

The warlock, who was running away, was surrounded by ghosts protruding from the floor of the building entrance, unable to escape any more, and began to fight.

In fact, I had no intention of sending it from the beginning.

Because I was planning to get rid of all the warlocks and minions in this town.

I immediately ordered all the undead under my command.

[Kill all humans in this town. Don’t miss a single one.]

I didn’t even worry that an innocent person might be arrested.

My ‘Vital Sensing’ that evolved into a demilich spanned the entire village, and I was able to grasp the black magic of the beings in it.

None of the living in this town are innocent.

[Kieek—!]

Tickle, click!

Hundreds of undead behind me passed the warlock at the entrance and were released into the village.

We will surround them from the outside to prevent them from escaping and attack the inside.

Burst— bang!

“Ahhhh, my… I’m in a place like this…! To these guys!”

Trapped in the middle of the undead, the Warlock was struggling to live and die by mobilizing all kinds of magic.

And I pushed him to the undead, adjusting it appropriately so that he could bring out all his abilities.

It wasn’t really caring. rather···.

Bursting—

[Um… is it like this? It’s not that difficult.]

I muttered as I watched the black flames burning above my hands.

「Evil Wisdom」 gave her an absolute understanding and talent for black magic.

However, it was not necessary to directly transmit the ‘knowledge’ to use it, so it was necessary to learn it separately.

The barrier at the entrance of the secret passage could be broken through direct contact and understanding, but other black magic is a different case.

[Shut up—]

🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

And here was a great teaching aid.

As I watched the undead being torn apart by black magic, I absorbed all the practical knowledge like a sponge.

And 「Evil Wisdom」 didn’t just follow along, it made me realize the more advanced improvement direction, application method, and derivation ability.

“Big…. Cool!”

I thought I was putting pressure on it while giving it enough time, but the warlock used magic forcibly and collapsed while vomiting blood to see if he had reached his limit.

‘Well, it looks like I’ve sucked it all up, and it doesn’t matter anymore.’

I organized my thoughts with a glimpse of the warlock being buried by the rushing undead.

‘You were really lucky that you killed Jeraf by surprise.’

As an elite skeleton, it was not uncommon to face opponents of that level.

Zeraf must have been on the same level as that warlock, so if he really did, he would have been smashed without being able to do anything.

‘Now, to some extent, preparations are complete. Shall we meet the robbers who took away the guests… or the house?’

Aww—!

The barrier surrounding the entire building was broken, and something flew in front of me and shattered it.

One of the undead sent out earlier, the most powerful among them was the Death Knight.

“You bastard … you dare …!”

Malcolm, an old man with a contorted, wrinkled face, entered the building.

He was wearing a black robe and holding a skeleton staff in his hand.

I looked behind Malcolm.

I put all the three Death Knights I had to take the time, but all I could see was a fragment.

I had already guessed it from the moment the connection was cut, but I couldn’t help it.

Although his condition was not good, the Death Knight was the highest level undead that was difficult to obtain.

It was a waste of money to spend on just earning time, but there was no other way.

When I discovered the whole village, I was able to grasp the power of this old man, and I decided that the undead I had were nothing but time-buying.

So, I needed some time to get used to black magic before I deal with it directly.

[hello. mayor? Long time no see. How have you been?]

“What?! Who are you?!”

[yes? It’s me. I. Don’t you know me?]

Sadly, have you already forgotten my face and voice?

I scratched the skull with one hand and spoke in a voice that resonated with magic.

[Um, if you can’t remember, there’s nothing you can do… Didn’t I originally plan to stay for two days and help out with the village?]

“Two days···? You are Hans! He must have become an elite skeleton, how?!”

[Think of that. Anyway, didn’t it stay longer than expected? That’s why I’m trying to help the village more.]

“help? What kind of bullsh*t are you talking about when you put your work to this level!”

Malcolm yelled, grinding his teeth, but I was confident.

[Cleaning garbage. We will clean up the entire village full of waste that cannot be separated. Oh, no need to thank you. Shouldn’t people like us help each other live? Ha ha ha.]

As I spoke, I felt proud and smiled happily.

Volunteering must have been such a good feeling.

I’m going to start volunteering in the district as well. As an avatar, of course.

“…you, how did you do that ‘Fragment of the Immortal King’?”

‘Ah, are you here? I wanted to provoke more.’

I followed Malcolm, who raised his black magic as if he was about to attack me, and prepared magic, scratching my insides until the end.

[Is this what you mean? Thanks to the mayor, I lost my heart. So I installed a new one from the one I had in the warehouse. It’s still a long way off, but I’ll have to put up with it as I regret it, what should I do?]

Kwagwagwagwang—!

As soon as he finished speaking, black thorns attacked the floor.

I reacted immediately and built a shadow barrier around the thorns to block the thorns.

And the moment when you fire back the black flames you just learned.

“[Finger of Death]”

Peeing—

A black flash of light spread out in an instant.

In an instant when Malcolm’s voice was heard, the shadow barrier and the magic barrier that had been deployed around his body were pierced at once, and his right arm flew away.

[Chit… The old man is using magic, but if I shout out the name of each skill, will I be in trouble?]

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. [Hell’s Call]”

‘It’s like an old man with only a face.’

As for the magic system that I understood here, the construction of magical power was important, and there was no need to cast spells like that.

If it’s a routine to ease concentration, there’s nothing I can say about it.

Crackle, rattle—

[Greeting…]

The demons crawling from Malcolm’s feet and the undead under my command were entangled.

Clay-like deformed beings and bones that were roughly lumped together thrust their teeth to destroy each other.

We continued arguing while continuing the workshop.

“Even if you take ‘Fragments of the Immortal King’, is that enough? Dude, do you know what that is? It wasn’t something that would end with just making an elite skeleton half a demilich. [The Spirit’s Guidance!]”

[Oh what! It’s incomplete, but what can I say? Since this is me, I used it like this, if it were you, I wouldn’t have had any trouble!]

“To forcibly fuse unripe, incomplete fragments into a low-grade body, all of your hard work has been put to nothing. What kind of effort have I made…! [Chainbone Explosion!]”

Gwigokseong reverberated on the battlefield, and black flames and bone fragments exploded everywhere.

In the meantime, the argument continues.

‘Um… it looks like you’ve applied the final grade enchantment to a beginner’s wooden sword. I’m sorry?’

It’s a lie though. Actually, I wasn’t sorry at all.

“I don’t know how you overcame its erosion, but I’ll disassemble your body one by one and use it as a test object! [Broken Ectoplasm]”

In the burst of destructive energy, he hurriedly opened a black barrier to block the attack.

However, as I continued to hear the abusive language, I felt bad.

The red flag is also oily, and in fact, whoever sees it, the victim is not here.

And it was annoying to put technical names at the end of every word!

Also, I am curiously concerned that only the last order has a different name form! Be consistent!

Still, he was slowly getting used to the high-ranking black magic that Malcolm used.

Thanks to that, after the arm flew off in the first attack, they fought several times, but there was no additional damage.

We’ve learned enough from Malcolm, so let’s finish it soon.

Aww!

Black thorns rose from the floor and rushed towards Malcolm.

At the same time, a black flash of light emanating from him shook the shield, but now he is no longer subject to the familiar attack.

After exchanging one more spell like that, I made a proud declaration, pointing my finger at Malcolm with irritation and resentment.

[I will kill you and avenge Alfred.]

***

At Hans’ sudden words, Marcos was momentarily taken aback.

‘Alfred? get revenge? Did you know anyone in this town?’

There was no way he could remember the names of the villagers who had been sacrificed a year ago.

No, I didn’t even know that in the first place.

If it was a subordinate who was first dispatched to this village to gather information in order to find an area suitable for maturation, it might be.

‘If he was already acquainted with the villagers, it means that he infiltrated the inside even after noticing it from the beginning… Does it have anything to do with the guy named Heinz who came to town earlier? How much do you know?’

My head got complicated with a lot of thoughts, but that wasn’t important right now.

Fuhuaak— Bang!

‘He’s getting used to the black magic I use!’

The level of black magic used for counterattack as well as how to respond to his own attack was rising sharply.

Now it was getting hard to hold on to.

‘The worm, who knew nothing about magic, just luckily got power!’

It was impossible for a normal person to grow so quickly in such a short period of time when he became a demilich full of black magic.

‘Obviously an abnormal learning rate. Is it the power of the fragments he harbors?’

Marcos, unaware of the effect of 「Evil Wisdom」, had no choice but to think that way, but in fact, it was also a skill that was obtained thanks to the ‘Fragment of the Immortal King’, so it was not wrong.

‘I can’t delay here any longer! Even at the cost of other sacrifices, I pour everything into it!’

“[Oath of Doom!]”

***

As I pushed Malcolm, I immediately sensed a change.

Aside from this, the battle that had been taking place in the village slanted to one side.

This is because all the warlocks who resisted the undead I sent died on the spot.

Now, those who are resisting in the village are left with only minions using black magic.

However, on the contrary, he could feel Malcolm’s black magic, which had absorbed the souls of the warlocks, momentarily be greatly amplified.

“[Crown of the Unclean], [Rest of the Dead]”

A black crown was placed on Malcolm’s head, the ground beneath his feet was dyed black, and the undead crawled out.

‘Ah… is it phase 2? It’s nice to see new magic, but I hope it ends sooner rather than later.’

But I was just staring at it.

“The entity has attained enlightenment through knowledge. Acquire the skill 「Black Magic」.」

Malcolm seemed to think that there was still a chance for a comeback, but it was already too late at the latest.

***

As expected, Malcolm’s stride did not last long.

“Cool…

I absorbed all of Malcolm’s black magic, and returned the magic that had blown away my right arm, making a hole in Malcolm’s chest.

“Ahhhh… If only the undead were left in me…”

It wasn’t wrong.

The other black magic was also of high quality, but Malcolm’s major was a necromancer with the undead at the fore.

It would have been a tough fight if he hadn’t sacrificed a huge number of high-ranking undead in his desire to quickly complete the ‘Fragment of the Immortal King’.

I looked around at the surrounding undead, who had become torn apart at the end of the fierce battle.

Then he squatted down in front of Malcolm, who had fallen to the floor.

[Inspiration, your undead?]

“Heh heh heh— heck!”

Malcolm died soon after, bleeding from his mouth.

Blood was coming out of both of his swollen eyes.

[Twist, that’s really causal retribution. You should have a good sign.]

At the same time, all the battles in the village were over, and in an instant, silence came to the village.

Now, no one is left alive in this village.

I got up from my seat and raised my head.

The entire ceiling was blown away by the fierce battle, and the starry night sky was clearly visible.

[Alfred… Are you watching?]