《The Last Necromancer》 The Fourteenth Princess - Prologue "Hmm,sothat''sthestrongestdemonyoucould summon with allof our remainingmagic stones?" Muttered the young blonde lady sitting in front of Noboru. Noboru recognized that young blonde lady,shewas a young 17 years old at the same age as Noboru, the third daughter of the vampire queenand the fourteenth princess of the demon lord, Alexia El Pacio. Alexia El Pacio was an NPCinNoboru''sfavoritegame,AzeldriusOnline.She was the weakest princess of the demon faction, due to being the youngest one and without strong servitors. Lost in his thought,Noboru came back to his sense aftertheyoung lady called one of the maids who was kneeling next to him. "Louise... How is that even possible to use twenty magic stones and summon such a weaklingnecromancer?" She asked. ''I see, so they summoned me through magic stones.'' A few minutes ago, Noboru was eatinghis dinneruntilhe suddenly has been summoned inside this castle. In fact, Noboru wasn''t that much surprised being summoned. He recalled his mother who told him before dying that he was one day going to be summoned to another world,althoughhe still had some doubt about it after growing up, being summoned there make him realized his mother''s words. The maid who was called Louise bowed her head even moreto the groundanswered. "I''m sorry but I don''t have any plausible explanation, my lady..." Noboru who loved the necromancer class more than anyone inAzeldriusOnline couldn''t accept such an insult towards his favorite class, heglanced at the princess and spoke in a cold tone.If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. "I don''t care either you''re a princess or the demon lord''s daughter but to say that necromancer are weaklings, you''ve got some nerves." The princess remained calm without getting angered by Noboru''s attitude and answered him back with the same cold expressionas Noboru. "I don''t sense any magic power from you and necromancer no longer existed due to the Holy Church, they were decimated from this world because they were weaklings. If you''re not satisfied withme calling you a weakling then just show me the strength of those so-called necromancers." ''Decimated?''Noboru was surprised by the princess'' word, inAzeldriusOnline, necromancer was effectively a weak class for beginners, they didn''t have much health or magic power and they couldn''t summon strong undead until reaching level 60 but from theAzeldrius''slore, necromancers should still exist. "What do you mean by decimated?" Asked Noboru. The princess who sighed after hearing Noboru''s question answered in a regretful tone. "Necromancerswere once one of the strongest profession within the demon world, but five hundredcenturies ago, the Holy Church found a new way to counter the undeadthrough Paladins, strong beingsfavoredby the light. The humans were able to repel theundead''sinvasion and killed all the necromancers after the war." Noboru, who was a little perturbed after hearing the story slightly nodded his head. ''I see, that''s why most of the necromancers were hiding when I was doing the necromancer''s quests.'' Noticing Noboru in deep thought, the princes''s cough and said. "Now that I have explained you about the decimation of your predecessor, I wanted you to show me yourstrength" Alexia actually never encountered a single necromancer since her birth, it wasanextinct being that no longer exist in the demon world, now that she summoned him, there was no other choice but toacknowledgedthis necromancer as her servitor, she used too manyresourcesto summon him, it was a waste to throw it away. "I guess you''re right." Said Noboru while nodding, he gained information so he needed to repay the information he gained. Noboru slowly removed one of his ring on his right hand, it was actually a magic power concealing ring, magic powers suddenly released from Noboru filling the whole castle. Glancing at the princess, Noboru introduced himselfas his character name. "I''m Argus, thelastnecromancer of the demon world." The First Mission - Chapter 1 "Hmm, Isee.Interesting." At first Alexia El Pacio was surprised from the dark magic power that suddenly surrounded the young boy in front of him, but she quickly remained calm as if she already got used to seeing someone with huge magical power, after a slight smile, she said. "It was indeed worth to use twenty magic stones to summon you. You''re definitely not a weakling." After clapping her fingers, she ordered to the maidLouisenext to Argus who was still kneeling. "Guidehim to his room and explain him our situation." "Yes, my lady." The maid stood up and guided Noboruto a room not far away from the throne room. "Here is your new room." Indicating Argus to enter with her hand, he nodded and entered the room, it was spacious enough for a single person but there were only a bed and a desk, directing towards the bed, Argus sat on the bed while Louise sat on the chair next to the desk after closing the door and spoke. "I''ll explain the situation only once so listen to it well, my lady, the princess Alexia El Pacio is aiming for the demon lord''s seat. Her aim is to kill the demon lord and subjugate the traitors who accused my lady''s mother ofbetrayal and locked her inside the abyssal prison. Your goalis to gather a strong army in the next five years that can oppose the demon''s lord''s army. We''ll provide you 2,000 gold coins as well as information of the demon''s lord''s army. We are also currently searching for any clues of the perpetrators who helped to imprison my lady''s mother, we''ll give you further details once we have more clues about it." Listening to Louise''s explanation, Noboru nodded his head while being in deep thought. In the prologue ofAlzedriusOnline, Noborucompleted the quests related to the demon world and know a lot of information about thedemonworld either it was the story of the princes and princessor the demon lord''s army. Alexia El Pacio actually died after being discovered by the secondprince,Azuriusoftreason and had been subjugated by the demon lord''s army during the early quests of the game. If Noborucorrectlyrememberedthe moment of her subjugation, it was at the end of theyear532. "What year are we on the demon''s calendar?" "Today is the 20thday of theLunar''s month, year 530." The Lunar''s month was actually the month ofJanuaryof the Earth which means that he had exactly 2 years to gather a strong army that could oppose the demon''s lord''s army. Recalling the strongdemons''bosses that he encountered during hisquests in the demon world, Arguswas certainly confident enough to gather such a force. "Are yousure that it was a good idea to tellme everythingabout the situation? Why should I join your faction instead of the demon''s lordfaction?" If Argus decided to choose the easiest way to survive in this world, choosing the demon''s lord faction was definitely a good choice. "That''s impossible for you to betray my lady, you should have noticed your own loyalty towards my lady the moment you meet her." Louise answered with a confident tone, it was certainly true that he had that kind of feeling while meeting with Alexia El Pacio, he didn''tnoticeit until now, but he truly wanted to help thatgirlto change her fatethe moment hemether. "You are right. It also seems more interesting that way." "I''ll give you more details of your first mission tomorrow, it''s getting late. You should get some rest and get prepared for tomorrow." Louise showed a magnificent bow before leaving the room. "Open Status" Feeling that there was not spying magic nor anyone to listen behind his room''s door, Argus opened his status.
Name: Argus Fel
Title: The Last Necromancer
Level: 200
HP: 50''121 MP: 63''152
Strength: 1''529 Agility: 1''351
Vitality: 497 Stamina: 652
Intelligence: 3''271 Wisdom: 2''863
Physical Power: 3''058 Magical Power: 9''813
Magic Resistance
Fire: 48% Water: 46%
Earth: 41% Wind: 43%
Holy Magic: 15% Black Magic: 64%
If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. ''My status is still the same, that''s good.'' Noboruwas actuallyafraidto lose all his levels and stats by crossingto this new world, but in theend,it was a needless thinking.He also opened his spatialinventory and check hisequipment, he sighedin relief after knowing that each of hisitemswas still stored inside thespatialinventory. Finally relieved of losing neither his equipment nor his items, he finally decided to go to sleep since it has been a long day, it was already night''s time and he was tired even before arriving to this world. After locking the door with the magic spell [Lock]. [Lock] was a basic spell that could learn back in the game by an npc against ability points.Noboru learned all the utility spells, as well as other classes, spell he found useful. Feeling tired from today''s event, he directly directed towards his bed and started sleeping. ***** On the next morning, hewoke up early, the sun couldn''t be seen yet from his window but Noboru was accustomed to waking up early and after realizing that he was still in the same room as yesterday still slightly surprised him. "Yesterday''s event was not a dream as expected..." Noboru reorganized his thought and started thinking about his future plans. "Right now, what the princess really need is manpower, without soldiers or general, there is no way she can oppose the demon''s lord army." The area where Alexia El Pacio''s castle lived where in the western border of the demon world, it was a deserted plain with a dense forest 5 km away from the castleas well as the territory of thetrolltribes further inside the forest. "First, I need to gain the goblins tribes living near the castle as well as thetrolltribes..." While thinking about manpower he suddenly thought about his supports character back in the game. "Can I still summon them?" He tapped his spell page icon situated on the corner of his vision and searched for the [Summoning Support Character], his 3 supports characters could indeed be summoned. Right now, he actually needed someone capable to command the future army he was going to gather, one of the supports characters,Feliuswas a high elf commander and the one he needed themost. Anyawas also a really good high elf mage, she was one of the strongest support characters that he had, but one could only summon one support character per month, and right now he neededFeliusmore than Anya. "It''s better to summon him once I''m outside, it will be hard to explain howFeliusappeared in my room out of nowhere." While having that thought, he suddenly heard a knock. Opening the door, Louise was standing in front of the door. "Did you wait for me?" "For53 minutes and 30 seconds to be exact. A servant shouldn''t make his masterwaittoo long... Since I was afraid that you might get lost inside the castle, I came to guide you." Noboru was slightly amazed once he heard the word "servant". "I did accept to help the princess but I never agreed to be her servant thought?" "My lady was the one who summoned you, it''s should be oblivious that she''s your new master for sure." "¡­" Noboru didn''twantto argue with her anymore, he just sighed and asked her to guide him towards the throne room. While walking towards the throne room, Louise explained to Noboru his first mission. "In two weeks,a convoy from the royal palace is going to come tosendthe princess to defend thenorth-west border of the demon world,your firstmissionis to gather a small army and accompany the princess on her mission. Failing to gather an army strongenoughto support the princess isn''t an option." Noboru nodded upon hearing Louise''s explanation but stop walking and paused for a moment. ''Wait...Isn''t the north-west borderin a confrontation with theholychurch?!'' Noboru remembered the holy church''scampat the north-west border and thelarge-scalewar that happened back in the game. The holy church defeated the demons defending the north-west border and captured Alexia El Pacio... Recruiting the goblins - Chapter 2 The large-scale war that happened on the north-west border of the demon world was one of the reasons why the princes and princesses in the royalpalace started to ignore Alexia El Pacio and the main reason why they didn''t invite her in any faction back in the game. Therewasa total of 4 factions in the royal palace, each faction had 3 to 4 princes or princesses depending on the relations of the queens. Azurius'' faction was composed of the first princeBeltarius, the third princessAlmanax, and the fourth princessFrigost. AlmanaxwasAzurius'' younger sister, it was obvious that she was going to join that faction butBeltariusandFrigostonly joinedAzurius'' faction due to the relation between the first and the second queen. Azuriuswas in fact not really loved by his elder brother, the first princeBeltarius. It was because both of them were fighting each other for the demon''s lord''s seat and it wasonly after the duel between them thatBeltariusdid finally give up on the throne. While thinking about such thought, Noboru finally arrivedin thediningroom. The room was totally empty without a single person like back the throne room yesterday and only Alexia could be seen sitting on a chair eating her breakfast. "Here you are, I hope you had a good rest. Just take a seat and eat your breakfast." While saying those words, Alexia looked atLouise who nodded and went to pick 2 plates of foods and gave one to Noboru. The breakfast was roughlyconsistingof a rabbit''s stew and dry bread. It wasn''t really filling for thestomachbut Noboru wasn''t a big eater. Once he finished eating, Alexia who already finished her breakfast asked. "Louise, did you explain him the situation as well as his first mission?" "Yes,my lady.As you ordered, I''ve explained everything to him more or less." Alexia nodded satisfied by Louise''s answer. "Then Argus, although it''s a bit short, can you gather enough people for the north-west border?" Argus didn''tsayanything for a few seconds then nodded.The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. "It will be hard to form a strong army, but it''s not impossible." Hearing Noboru''s answer, Alexia showed a satisfied smile and turned her glances towards Louise. "Fumu, bring him the money and guidehim out of the castle. We''re short on time, the quicker you start your mission the better it is." Louise who just finished eating her meal left the room and came back several minutes later with a purse on her hand. "There are 2000 gold coins inside the purse, I expect a lot from you Argus." After uttering those words, Alexia left the diningroom. Louise who was still next to him guided him to the castle''s entrance then spoke. "My lady is expecting a lot from you Argus, I don''t really know where that trust for you came from though..." After leaving those words to Noboru, Louise returned inside the castle. "Me neither... Well, let''s forget about it fornowand let''s go to the forest." ***** Once Noboru was at the entrance of the forest, he summonedFeliusthe high elf commander. A magic circle appeared in front of Noboru and black smoke could be seen inside the magic circle. Once the black smoke dissipated,Feliuscould be seen inside the magic circle kneeling in front of Noboru. "It has been a long time Argus-sama." Noboru recalled the first time he summonedFelius, he was kneeling in front of him like right now but the only thing that changed since then was hisequipment. He was wearing a full black platearmorgear, with a spiky black shield and a black sword coated with a black aura surrounding his sword. "It has been a long time indeed." As if he knows everything that happened yesterday,Feliussaid. "I can''t understand why Argus-samadecided to help that princess to be honest." Slightly surprised byFelius'' words, Noboru asked. "How did you know?" Feliusexplained. "Until you summoned me, I was like in a state of a third point of view watching Argus-samasince yesterday the moment you appeared inside the castle. This is only my supposition, but I felt that Anya and No?l were also watching you." "I see... As you know, I decided to help the princess because I felt that it was the right choice. I stilldon''t understand the situation I''m actually inand if I started to roam in the demon world without knowing anything, the demon lord maynoticeme and started investigating on my whereabouts. On the top of that, I don''t really like the actual demon lord." The demon lordRagna, was a wise cold-blooded demon lord who doesn''t care about hissubalterns.He was the kind of demon lord that couldsacrificehis descendant for the sake of conquering the human world but the other main reason why Noboru didn''t like the actual demon lord was because of its hate towards the high elves. The high elves were a race that was proud of its origin and eventhoughthey were fighting against the humans, they still decided to refuse to join the demon races and was the third faction of theAzeldriusOnline.Allied with the spirits races, they were a strength that could oppose both humans and demon races. "Since it was Argus-sama''schoice to help the princess, I won''t argue about this anymore. I understand yourdecision." "Alright, now let''s go the goblins village first then head to the trolls'' tribes after recruiting the goblins." While saying the main objectives of today''s missions, Noboru andFeliusheaded inside the forest. This is not really an option - Chapter 3 Afterenteringinsidetheforest,Noboru noticed the presence of wild wolves. They were hiding themselves surrounding Felius and Noboru but they didn''t seem to appear because of their survival instinct making them on guard. Looking atFelius, Noboru said. "Make them appeared before me." "Understood." Feliusthrust his sword on the ground and used[Provocation Waves], it was a spell of a warrior tank specialization. It caused to the nearby enemies within 25 yards to attack the warrior.Feliuswas agood commander but he was also a strong warrior as well. Heskillfullyattracted the 5 wild wolves surrounding them and with another spell,[Obey!]force the wolves to stand before Noboru. ''This is a good opportunity to try some offensives spells'' Noboru tried a basic spell such as[Lock]but today, he wanted to try offensives spells and their effectiveness against weak creatures such as wild wolves. "Touch of Death!" Using one of his favorite necromancer''s spell,[Touch of Death], dark lightning appeared from his finger and with an amazing speed reached the wild wolves in front of him. A huge thunder-like lightning could be heard once the spell was launched which slightly surprised Noboru. ''Wha- the spell is way too strong!'' It was a total instant kill. Noboru predicted the result but didn''t expect the spell to be that strong. The animation of the spell wassurprisingcompared to the game and the noise of the lightning was even more astonishing. "It was a spell worthy of your greatness Argus-sama." IgnoringFelius'' praise, Noboru tried a second spell towards the corpses of the wild wolves.[CreateHellhound], the corpses of the wild wolves started to stand upagainand theirfursdarkened. Dark red stripes appeared on their bodies and 5 Hellhounds has been created through the bodies of the fives wild wolves. ''They lookfiercerin real...'' While having such thought,Feliusspoke. "Having 5 Hellhound as recognition''s squad is already nice, as expected from Argus-sama." "Yes. The amount of hellhound that I can create is limited to 20 but as expected the mana required to create one is really tiring." Creating 5 hellhounds at the same time drained almost 43% of Noboru''s mana. He didn''thavemana potions in his inventory yet. Without knowing if something unexpected was going to happen during their recruitment,Noborudecided to only create 5 hellhounds for now. "The goblins'' village should not be too far away from there, let''s go." Locatingthe goblins village 200 meters away from them, Noboru andFeliuswalked towards the goblin''s village with the 5 Hellhounds following them from behind. ***** "Death''shere! Death''scoming!" The scoutGoblin, Gadcameback towards us while shouting. "Stop acting like an ogre and explain it in an understandable manner Gad."Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. I knocked his head while saying so. Gad calmed down and explained. "BrotherGud! This is bad! Two persons are coming towards the village, both of themare high elves. Oneof them was releasing a huge and dangerous atmosphere leaking out from his body! They even had 5 Hellhounds following them!We should just run away from the village until it''s too late!" Gad panicked once again after properly explained the situation. "high elves?" Did Imishearjust now? high elves are supposed to hate demons, what are they doing in the demon world? While I was having such thought, the village''s chiefGudurappeared behind us. "Why are you guys doing such a commotion there? Did somethinghappen?" "Death''s here village''s chiefGudur! Death''s coming!" Gad was once again panicked andshoutedat the village''s chief after the second knock on his head, I explained the situation toGudur. "I see... We need to summon all the goblins in the village. Evacuate theEldersand thewomen, call all of the others goblins and get ready to fight in case they show hostility." After around 2 minutes, two people appeared in the village''s entrance.Lookingatthehigh elf who waswearinga blackarmorgear, he was definitely leaking a dangerous aura surrounding his body. There is no way we can do somethingagainst him if he really came to destroy the village.Gudurwho also understood that came forward and spoketo the two high elves. "Welcome to our village sir, it''s rare to see high elves in such a remote place. What brings you to our village?" The black-armoredhigh elf looked atGudurwith anindifferentexpression. Gudurstarted shaking while looking at the black-armoredhigh elf, but it was the other one who was wearing a dark blue robe who answered. "We are here to recruityou,goblins." Hearing theotherdark blue-robedhighelf''s words,Gudurtried to remain calm but showed a slightly surprised expression. I wonder what do they mean by recruiting us? Before I could even think of something plausible, the dark blue-robedhigh elf continued. "Alexia El Pacio, the fourteenth princess of the demon lordis in need ofmanpower, you guys who are residing near herterritory must to join the princess''troopand fight for the incoming war. Of course, rewards will be given to you if get results." Those high elves are working for the fourteenth princess? How did she even managed to win over them? But I couldn''t get any useful answer whenever I used my brain. I honestly think that it a bad idea toaskso I just listened like the others goblins with caution. Gudurhesitated for few secondsthenasked his second question. "But what about our village?" The dark blue-robedhigh elf answered while showing a pleasant smile. "You will have move near the castle, we''ll help you to reconstruct your village there." Gudurwho relaxed asked the third question. "What is the rewards if we somehow manage to get results?" This time, it was the black-armoredhigh elf who spoke. "You''ll become officially soldiers of the fourteenth princess obeying and fighting for hersake. You''ll alsoearn a totalamount of 1 gold coin per month asremuneration." 1 gold coin! Us goblins couldn''t earn such an amount even after a whole year. With such an income every month, our village will become moreprosperous than ever! We were having tough times these past few months because of money and since itwas the demon world, there were rarely humans. The only way for us goblins to earn an income was to sell the woods inside the forest but it was still not enough to feed the whole village. Hearing such a proposition, Iunconsciouslyleaked my saliva. The dark blue-robed high elf didn¡¯t stop there, showing a smirky smile he said. "Just imagine, if youshowprowess, you''ll even be able to become a general!" Just the thought of me becoming a general made my saliva to leak even more, but the next words stopped my wild imagination and gave me chills on my back. "But if you refuse our offers, only death is awaiting you. We''ll consider that you don''t want to help the princess and you will be considered as rebels.Now,what are you guys going to do?" While clapping both of his fingers, the hellhounds started to show hostility and began to growl towards us. The answer from us was obviously immediate. ***** "My lady, are you sure that it was a good idea to trust this person?" Louise was serving a cup of tea to Alexia El Pacio asked while having a doubtful expression. Alexiamade a pleasant smile while answering to her. "You don''t need to worry that much Louise. You should know about mom''s 100%correct''spredictions. If I started to have doubt about him, then that means that I don''t trust my own mother." "But..." Louise still wanted to retort something but ended by shutting her mouth. "Anyway, if mom''s prediction is correct, he should be able to come back with good results tonight." ''I also don''t know why I''m having such trust towards him, eventhoughI only met him yesterday... But the moment we made eyes contact, I could strangelyfeelat ease.'' While having such thought, Alexia drank her tea then muttered. "I''m having high expectations for you, Argus." Underestimating the necromancer - Chapter 4 "Whydidhemakesuch a proposition?" Right now, Noboru was inside an arena against a two-meter troll in front of him. What actually happened was those so-called unexpected events forcing him to beat the strongest troll from the troll tribe to make the trolls tosubmit him. ***** Fifteenminutesago, "The troll village should be not too far away from there." Looking at the mini-map, Noboru was guidingFeliusand thirty goblins to the troll''s village. They already walked for around thirty minutes, the troll''s village was deep inside the forest,the road to go there was narrow. When they finally reached the troll''s village entrance, two trolls were standing in front of the village''s entrance. Both of them approached Noboru andFelius. "This area is the troll''s village. You cannot go further." "I''m here to talk with the village''s chief." Answering to one of the trolls, they made eyes contact and the other one went inside the troll''s village looking for the village''s chief. After a minute, the village''s chief who was looking like a shaman came near to Noboru andFelius. "What you guys want fromme?" The shaman troll who just arrived asked. "Alexia El Pacio, the fourteenth princess of the demon lordis in needofmanpower, you guys who are residing near herterritory must to join the princess''troopand fight for the incoming war. Of course, rewards will be given to you if get results." Repeating the same words to the trolls, Noboru said. "We are the proud trolls of theZuranForest, you high elf should understand that wedon''twant to leave the forest and join the princess'' troop." Hearing the shaman''s chief answer Noboru threatened. "If you refuse to jointhe princess'' troop,only death is awaiting you. We''ll consider that youdon¡¯twant to help the princess and will be considered as rebels." The shamanchief who didn''t even consider it as a threat thought for a minute then said. "We don''t dare to provoke the princess'' wrath, but if we decide to agree, you''ll first need to prove yourstrengthto us. Everything in this village is decided by the strongest one, show us yourstrength by beating the strongest warriorof our village." ''Feliusshould be fine in this situation.'' While thinking so, the troll mocked Noboru. "Yoursubordinate seems to be strong,butyou really look like a weakling." Hearing that mockery from the shamanchief,Feliusglared at the shaman chief. "Don''t underestimate my master you lowly troll, master you should show himyourgreatnessand destroy that weakling warrior oftheir lowly village."You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. Hearing the proposition byFelius, the shaman chief made a slight smile while making eyes contact with the troll guard next to him andsaid. "Then let me guide you to the arena." ''They are reallyunderestimatingme uh... That can''t be helped, I''m wearing the magic concealing ring after all...'' Noticing the plot of the shaman chief, Noboru sight helplessly ***** "On today''s match, our best warriorRankan, as you all know is the unmatched gladiator of the arena, versus the Argus, the necromancer who arrived a few minutes ago!" While the announcer wasdetailingthe opponents from each side, the gate of the arena on both side opened. Noboru walked towards itsopponent until they were approximatively at 20yards away from each other. It was a rule of the arena for both, warrior and magic caster to balance both sides because if the magic caster was too far away at the start, then he got an advantage and same goes for the warrior who could nuke easily the magic caster at short range. "Rankan!" "Rankan!" "Rankan!" The cheers from the crowd could be heard surroundingthe arena, Noboru was at a disadvantage when it comes to supporters since he was fighting in their village, but loud cheers fromFeliusand the goblins could be heard from a corner of the arena. "Those guys... I think I should at least put some efforts into this fight." Looking at hisopponent,the trollwas 2-meter tall. Hewas wearing abigaxe;strong muscles could be seen through his whole body. Looking at his calm composure, Noboru could see the reason why he was called the strongest warrior. Hewasa little surprised by the size of thetroll atfirst, but he remained calmandusedhis spell[Identify]to see hisopponent''sstat.
Name: Rankan Karn
Title: Gladiator of the Zuran''s troll tribes
Level: 82
HP: 28''530 Rage: 0/100
Strength: 630 Agility: 548
Vitality: 320 Stamina: 420
Intelligence: 150 Wisdom: 140
Physical Power: 1''260 Magical Power: 450
Magic Resistance
Fire: 20% Water: 28%
Earth: 32% Wind: 40%
Holy Magic: 42% Black Magic: 25%
Rankan''sstat wasn''t bad, for a warrior and at his level, it was something worth praising. Warrior, compared to the magic caster class was a class that specialized in close combat. They use rage instead of Mana Points and the more rage they obtained, thestrongerthey become. Once a warriorreachesthe maximum amount of rage, hebecomesenraged and wins a new passive ability for 30 seconds called[Berserk], increasing his damages dealt by 30%. The only way to win rage for a warrior is through hitting his enemies, the more the warrior hit its enemies, the more rage heobtains. The warrior can also generate a slight amount of rage by receiving damage. Even though the enemy was only at level 82, Noboru didn''t lower his awareness. Now that he came to this world, once he died, he was dead.Warrior was a counter class for such a magic caster as a Necromancer, the more enemies the necromancer summons, the more rage the war could generate. "Both of you are you ready?" While thinking of what kind of strategy or offensive spells Noboru should use, the announcer asked. Both of them nodded. "Let the combat...Start!" Directly afterthe announcerannouncedthe start of the match,Rankanrushed towards Noboru as fast as the windand lifted his axe aiming vertically at himwithoutletting Noboruthe time to cast a spell. The strongest gladiator - Chapter 5 ''He''sfast!'' Noboru quickly used[Duplicate Illusion]and[Air Step]. [Duplicate Illusion]is an instant cast spell allowing the user to create an illusion of himself to dodge any incoming attack.[Air Step]is also an instant cast that allows the user to walk into the air for 15 seconds. Both of those spells were defensives cooldowns that could be learned through the utility spells, every class could learn it through the hall of class back in the game and wereusefulPvP''scooldowns. [Duplicate Illusion]could only be used every 2 minutes. The clone onlylastafter receiving a blow and disappear right after then.[Air Step]defensive cooldown was shorter and could be used every 45 seconds. Rankanwho hit the illusion of Noboru was totally surprised from the disappearance of the clone. ''He disappeared?!'' While having such thought, Rankan didn''t pay attention to his surroundings and Noboru was already casting a spell 2 meters aboveRankan. Suddenly hearing a noise above his head, Rankan turned his gaze towardsthe sky. "Shadow Claw!" A gigantic shadow clawtwo sizes bigger thanRankandirected towards him with an unbelieving speed. Rankanwho still remained calm used one of his strongest defensive cooldown of his class against a magic caster,[Reflect Shield]. A wide and round shield appeared in front of him protectingRankanfrom the gigantic shadow claw. The shield was smaller than the gigantic shadow claw but once the claw entered into contact with the shield, the claw immediately redirected towards Noboru. ''As expected he directly used his Reflect Shield!'' Noboru who was a proPvPplayer back in the game predicted the[Reflect Shield]fromRankanand use[Shadow Eater]. [Shadow Eater]was an instant spell that allowsthenecromancerto absorb the next shadow magic incoming towards him for the last 5 seconds transforming the necromancer into a demon warrior for the next 30 seconds. [Shadow Eater] was a strong offensive cooldown but it could only be used every 5 min and was restricted to shadow magic damage only. The gigantic claw entered in contact with Noboru but was instantlyateby Noboru and went on his mouth as if he was eating foods. Shadows magic started to formaround Noboru and 2 horns grew on his head. Noboru skin also changed into a dark purple color and a tail with two bat wings appeared behind his back. "The highelfturned into ahighdemon!" One of the spectators shouted while pointing Noboru. "How is that even possible? Maybe he was a high demon from the start?" Another spectator said.If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. "CanRankanbeat a high demon?" The spectator next to the spectator who spoke asked. "Whoever is the winner, this is going tobe an amazing match!" Anexcited spectator said. Noboru who ignored the commotion surrounding the arena looked atRankanwho was taking a defensive stance while looking at him with cautious eyes. "Here I go!" Noboru shouted while charging atRankan. In a blink of an eye, Noboru appeared behindRankan''sback and kicked him with his right leg. Rankanwho didn''t expect the first hit to come from his back has been blown 10 meters away from Noboru. With his high agility, he regained his balance mid-air and quickly regained his stance but Noboru disappeared from his sight once again. Rankanonce again heard a sound above his head and predicted an incoming attack from above but once he looked in the sky, a huge black fireball was directed towards him with an even more astonishing speed than the gigantic claw. Without the time touse any defensive cooldown,Rankangetshitby the huge black fireball.A large smoke surrounded the whole area. Once the smoke totally faded away,Rankanwas lying on the ground with burning marks all over his body. Rankanwho seems to be not moving at all, the announcer first thought that Rankan died and was going to announce the winner, but when he looked atRankanonce again and saw him movingslightly. With all of his efforts,Rankanstoodup once again. The spectators who thought that the combat was going to continue were cheering loudly both of the competitors. "Rankan!" "Rankan!" "Rankan!" "Argus!" "Argus!" "Argus!" Noboru''s[Shadow Eater]ended andhe came back in his former high elf form. Looking atRankanwith admiration,Rankansuddenly fainted on the spot. Judging that the fight was over, the announcer announced the end of the fight. "The winner of the fight is Argus! He won overRankanthe best gladiator of the arena and now become the new strongest gladiator of theZuranForest!" All the trolls were not looking at Noboru with mocking eyes nor underestimate Noboru anymore, they were all cheering loudly for the new strongest gladiator of the arena. "Argus!" "Argus!" "Argus!" Noboru who was tired of using too much physical strength was sweating all over his body left the Coliseum ignoring the loud cheers from hissurroundings. ***** The sun would soon set off but Noboru still couldn''t be seen near the castle''s entrance which makes Louise expression to became slightly worried. Suddenly, Noboru appeared from far away with behind him goblins and trolls. Eventhoughthey were weak creatures, it was better than nothing but Louise''s glance was right now on a full black-armored warrior next to Noboru. Louise''s eyes were good to identify strong warrior and this black-armored warrior was certainly strong, maybe even above some of the generals in the royal palace. ''How did he recruit that warrior?'' With such thought, Noboru was coming closer to Louise. Without having any clue about it, she ignored that thought and welcomed him. "Welcomeback,itseems that you recruit quiteanumberof soldiers." "Yes, they were residing inside theZuranForest near to the castle so I went to recruit them." "And... Maycan I ask who''s that person." Louise''s glance was redirected towards the black-armored warrior once again. "He''s a high elf warrior that I found at the deepest part of the forest. It seems that he was actually injured when I found him. After helping him he decided to join me." Noboru prepared a story beforehand,Feliusalso followed up after being ordered by Noboru. "Master Argus saved me on the verge of dying. I own him my life and decided to become his subaltern." ''There is no way such a strong warrior was inside theZuranForest... Even more when it''s a high elf!'' "I see. You did a good job Argus." Nodding with still a dubious expression showing on Louise''s face, she praised Noboru. Noboru ordered the goblins and trolls to sleep outside the castle while telling them that their new homes were going to be constructed tomorrow. Noboru had 2craftingjobs, one was blacksmithing and the other one was the architect''s job. The architect''s job was a special job that was a must-have job for every player back in the game. It was a job that could create building related to the chosen class.It was necessary for the players to create their own bases after earning a land. Noboru still didn''ttryto construct a building but even if architect''s profession wasn''tworking,he intended to make the goblins and trolls to construct their own village the next day. Noboru returned to the castle guided by Louise withFelius, they both directed towards the throne room. The training start! - Chapter 6 "Umu, good job Argus. I did expect you to get results but to be that unexpected." After hearing the report from Argus, Alexia El Pacio said. "I asked for the princess to authorize me in reconstructing their villages near the castle area." Noboru who planned to construct the goblins andtrolls''villages asked. The princess nodded andafter hearing Noboru''s demand said. "If you intend to reconstruct their villages, I''ll let you4 days to construct it. We need to train them for the incoming war, so we can''tlosemore time than 4 days." "Please be at ease princess. It won''t take more than 4 days." Noboru said with confidence. "I see. I''ll leave you everything about related to the soldiers to you." After finishing her words, she looked atFeliusand said with in a cold tone. "By the way, whois...?" Before that Alexia could even finish her sentence,Feliusinterrupted. "My name isFeliusSinestro. I am Argus-sama''ssubaltern and will listen to only him and not anyone else." Feliusanswered to Alexia with the same cold tone. Alexia didn''t mind aboutFeliusrude attitude and said while looking at Noboruwith a slight smile. "You found a good subaltern Argus.Feliuscan take the available room next to yours." Noboru nodded while smiling bitterly. ***** "Alexia-sama... I found it really strange that Argus was able to find such a warrior inside theZuranForest." After that Noboru andFeliusleft the throne room, Louise said his thought towards Alexia. Alexia frowns her brows while saying. "Hmm, you''re right. Such a strong high elf warrior, what is he even doing in this forest? And how can such a strong warrior be injured in this forest? Only weak creatures are residing inside this forest."If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. Louise nodded at Alexia''s arguments. "We should investigateaboutthisFeliusand if he''s a threat for my lady... then I''ll getridof hi-" "You can investigate about him but don''t, I trust Argus. Even ifFelius''circumstancesarestrange, we still need his help." Louise who was not totally persuaded said in a worrying tone. "Understood..." ***** The next morning, Noboru andFeliuswent behind the castle after eating their breakfast with Louise and the princess at thediningroom. The castle could be seen 500 meters away from them andthey were in a large plain, an ideal spot for construction. Noboru who activated his architect skill[build]from his spells book heard twomessages system appeared.
You have unlocked the [Goblins Buildings].
You have unlocked the [Trolls Buildings].
Using[Create Building]skill, Noboru could create agoblinbase, atrollbase, and a necromancerbase,a forge, a magic forge as well as a high elfbase. It cost him 50 gold coinsand 100 wood logstocreate a goblin base, it was expensivebut it was still worth building it for the goblin and he could also upgrade the goblins into orcs or ogres throughthe goblin''s base. Noboru ordered the goblins and the trolls to collect the wood logs from theZuranForest and afteraround 2 hoursafter that, the goblins and the trolls collected the 200 wood logs,hebuiltthe goblin base. After using[Create Building]and selected goblin base, a massive magic circle appeared on the ground. The magic circle was around 50 yards square and a goblin village appeared out of nowhere. Since the goblins and the trolls were still cutting trees inside theZuranForest, onlyFeliuswas next to him praising him. "As expected of Argus-sama. Only a mighty being like you can build a goblin''s village in an instant." "I didn''t know if this was going to work through." A smile was showing on Noboru''s face. With the architect''s job, he could slowly build an army strong enough to oppose against the demon lord without too many troubles. After collecting all the required materials, Noboru also built the troll base as well as the forge andthemagicforge. The necromancer base was still too expensive for him, costing 1000 gold coins, Noboru gave up the idea of building it for now. The high elf base was also as expensive as the necromancer base costing 980 golds coins, he intended to build it once he had more money. After building the goblin base, the troll base, the forge and the magic forge, Noboru decided to train both the goblins and the trolls for the incoming war. He ordered the hellhound to not kill the goblins and ordered the goblins to fight the hellhounds. The trolls were forming a group of 10 and were fighting againstFelius. The day ended with exhausted goblins and trolls lying on the ground. "Alright, let''s end for today.Feliuslet''s go to sleep, tomorrow is also going to be a tiring day." After that Noboru ended today''s activity, the goblins and trolls both sighed in relief but then quickly head in their village to rest afterhearingFelius'' words with his cold expression even colder than usual. "You better rest well, tomorrow is going to behelliftoday was hard for you guys." After warning them,Feliusfollowed Noboru and walkedtowards the castle. The beginning of the tempest - Chapter 7 2weekshavepassedsinceNoboruarrivedinthisworld. During those 2 weeks, the goblins and the trolls trained diligently and became a strong unit that could be called soldiers. Feliusformed than enough to organize battle''s formation and trained them well enough to transform them into veteran warriors. Most of the goblinswhich became strong enough evolved intohobgoblinsafter reaching level 20 and were now able to handle with Noboru''s hellhounds without heavy injuries. Threehobgoblins evenevolvedintoorcs, after reaching level30, the hobgoblins could either evolvedinto orcs or ogres dependingtheir lifestyles, way to fight or the environment. The orcslearnedthroughFelius'' teachinghow to command their troops as well as how to reorganized their formationin case of unexpected disorder formation.The orcs became the hobgoblins'' troop commanders. They were given good weapons and armor gear through the blacksmithing skill from Noboru after collecting the ingredients required for standard weapons and armor gear such as iron ores, magic stones, and wooden logs. The iron ores could be found near the forest inside anabandoned mine and the magic stones were collected from the monsters living inside the forest as well as the wooden logs. After leveling up the trolls, he was able to summon raptors and with enough training, the trolls were able to ride the raptors and became raptor riders. Some trolls were also able toevolve intoraptorriderswhile otherstrolls became eithershamansorwarriors. The raptor riders were trollsmounting raptorsand werestrongheavy cavalries. The raptors were obtained through the[Base System Management]through the architect''s job. After constructing both troll and goblin''s village, Noboru was not able to summonadditionalgoblinsas well astrolls through the[Base System Management]. The hobgoblins were numbered aroundthirty while theraptorriders''unit was composed of 10 raptor riders, the trollshamans''unit only numbered to 5, but the trollwarriors''unitwas a larger troopnumberedto30trolls''warriors. Noboru didn''t recruit more races near the Fourteenth''s princess''territory. It wasn''t because he didn''t want to but because he couldn''t. Excepted the goblins and the trolls, there were no others races residing inside the Fourteenth''s princess'' territory. Noboru didn''thaveenough money either to build the necromancer base and the high elf base. He used 200 gold coins to build the troll base and after summoning100goblins, 50trolls and 10raptors, he didn''thavea single gold coin left. Summoning a goblin cost him 2 gold coins, but summoning atrollwhowas stronger and more expensive cost him 25 gold coins numbered to a total amount of 1250 gold coins. Noboru regretted his stupid action back then to summon 50 trolls and could only sigh with a depressed expression.This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. The raptors cost him a total amount of 300 gold coins, they were expensive but heavy cavalries were a strong unit as well as essential during a war. The day D was approaching more and more... ***** Today, acommotioncould be heard in front of the castle''s entrance after that Noboru woke up. "We are here to meet Alexia El Pacio, the fourteenth princess. Ordered by the demon lordRagna-sama, a supervisor will be there to observe the princess on her mission." In front of the castle''s entrance, a large troop ofogresoldiers was liningbehind the ogre''s commander who spoke. Noticing Noboru andFeliuswho just arrived from the castle, he continued. "Since the princess is doing well, we''ll be returning to the royal palace. I wish you best luck for your mission." After saying so, the ogre''s commander left with his troop.A womanwho had bat wings and a tail on her back remained thereand introduced herself. "My name is Minerva. I am the supervisorsentby the demon lordRagnas-sama." Minerva who was a succubus noticed that only four people were standing in front of her, Alexia, Louise, Noboru, andFeliusthen asked. ''I heard that the Fourteenth''s princess didn''t have many subalterns buttoonly have four people...'' "Is everyone here? Can we depart to thenorth-west border?" "Please wait a minute, I''ll bring the soldiers." Noboru said while directing behind the castle. After less than one minute, Noboru came back with soldiers behind him. They were goblins, hobgoblins, trolls few orcs within the troop. They numbered around 200soldiers. ''I wonder if they can even succeed in defending the north-west border with such weak demons.'' With that thought on her mind, she guided Alexia and the others towards the north-west border. ***** It has been around 3 hours since they departed from the castle. The soldiers were marching with a moderate pace towards the north-west border and they were now finally able to see the camp 200 meters away from them. After arriving near to the camp, twoogres''soldiers welcomed Minerva and Alexia. "Welcome to the north-west Minerva-sama, Alexia-sama." They already received a message from the royal palace, thus they know that they were arriving soon. Minerva, Alexa, Louise, Noboru, andFeliusentered the tent. thetwoogres''soldiers followed them inside thetent. After that everyone sat on the chairs surrounding the large table, the two ogres'' soldiers who were standing on the side resumed the situation. "It''s been a week since the holy church''s army arrived not far away from the camp. They are still onstandbyeven now but we noticed a few minutes ago from our scoutsthat they were moving towards the north-westabandonedmine." ''An abandonedmine... Are they looking forArzeus?'' Arzeuswas one of the sevendragons''god. He was the dragon of light and was residing in the north-west border of thedemon''sworld inanabandoned minecalledtheDeadmines. Noboru who recalled the instance calledDeadminesback in the game. It was anabandonedmine filled withlizardmenand golemscorrupted by a disease called the black fever. Once the players conquered the instance, a cinematic of theculpritwhospreadthe black fever could be seen, the culprit alsoreleasedArzeusfromhis magic prison helping the holy church to obtain a newunparalleledally. ''If I remembered correctly,itwas the holy church''s army''s commanderLightbringerwho releasedArzeus. I need to stop them before it''s too late.'' With that thought, Noborustood up and interrupted the conference when it was about to start. "We need to stop them before it''s too late. Princess, we actually don''t have any time left.Please give meyouraccord." Alexia who noticed the urge in Noboru''s tone and his worried expression nodded. "You can leave the conference withFeliusand the troop. Just go." Alexia didn''taskanything butfelt somehow thatNoboru knows the reason why the holy church''s army entered the abandoned mine.