Mushoku no Eiyuu ~Betsu ni Skill Nanka Iranakattan daga~

'....Father.......brother.......

The basement of the royal castle.

In the basement of the castle, built as a refuge for emergencies, there was a girl cowering on the ground and trembling.

She must be only about ten years old.

She is a pretty girl with beautiful silver hair, but right now her face is pale from fear.

''And there is no need to worry, Your Highness. Your Majesty and Your Highness will be safe...''

It was her personal maid who tried to encourage the girl by saying so.

However, the fact that her voice had fallen to the bottom of the barrel indicated that she herself had strong misgivings.

The girl was a princess of this country.

While her father, the king, and her brother are fighting to protect the royal city, the young girl is hiding in the basement of the castle.

She doesn't know what's going on outside at the moment, but she is told to take shelter here.

But the girl could tell from the soldiers who had told her to take shelter here that the war situation was not good.

Thump, thump, thump!

" " "

The sound and vibration of something punching in the air that I heard made me tense in the basement.

Zudo-On!

The sound of something being destroyed followed.

Everyone understood that the door to the entrance to the basement here had been broken down.

Of course, it was not a door that could be easily destroyed.

Thump, thump, thump!

This time it was the door right there.

If this was breached, it would no longer allow the enemy to enter the crypt.

The few female soldiers escorting the princess prepared for the worst of what was approaching, with their weapons at the ready.

With a loud crash, half the door was blown off.

The one who appeared from the other side of the destroyed door was a huge man nearly two meters tall.

''Hah!''

The soldiers stifled their fears and pounced with a spirited yell.

Their first strike succeeded, and their swords wounded the giant man's body one after another.

''Nah........''

That's when they finally realized what the huge man was and gasped.

It was a bizarre creature.

The head was probably a lizard, and the muscular torso was that of a minotaur.

One of the arms was that of a giant race, and the other was a mantis-like scythe.

Its legs are completely birdlike, with what looks like fish tail fins sprouting from its buttocks.

In addition, a giant snake writhing between its legs.

It is a chimera.

However, it is different from a mere chimera in that it does not seem to have any life force.

If you look closely, you can see that there are parts of its bones and organs sticking out, and it smells like a rotten nose.

It was an undead monster chimera.

The face of the lizard glowered at the soldiers.

There was no emotion in its eyes.

Because it was undead, it seemed that the earlier attack had no effect at all.

''Hee........''

A giant mantis scythe is waved at the soldiers with a throaty sound.

''~~~!''

With that, their bodies were cut in two, and their crying upper and lower bodies rolled on the ground as they were separated from each other.

Only the helpless princess and her maid were left behind.

They slumped to the ground with bloodless faces.

Then something happened to catch up with them.

The soldiers who were supposed to be dead after being mutilated have started to move.

--They became undead.

And just when you think they're getting close to the chimera that killed them, it's taken into their bodies and fused with them.

The princess and her maids are no longer able to speak because the scene is so fearless.

'Ho-ho-ho, how do you like it, ladies?　It's not often that you get to see my wonderful show, is it?

At that moment, an out-of-place fluent voice could be heard.

Beside the undead chimera, an ugly looking old man had been standing beside it for some time.

He was only as tall as a child, but he gave off a strange vibe.

''Huh........''

Hmmm. I'm asking for your thoughts?　I'm so moved that I'm at a loss for words, right?　Ho ho ho!

The old man clapped his hands there as if he noticed something.

That's right. I must introduce myself. I am Necro, one of the leaders of the Demon King's army, and the world's greatest necromancer. However, I am about to take on a new title. A land of the undead by the undead, for the undead - that's right, the new king of this land!

That's right, this old man is the commander of the demon king's army that attacks this country.

However, even though he was the commander, the subordinates he brought with him were only a few dozen demons at most.

The rest of them continued to expand their forces by turning the corpses they procured locally into undead.

With just one person, he could control hundreds, or even thousands of undead.

His self-proclaimed title as the world's best necromancer was not an egoistic one.

''Why would you do such a thing........?　Are you not a human...?

When the girl realized that the old man in front of her was the culprit, her anger outweighed her fear, and she shouted out.

There was a time when I was human, but now I am undead. There was a time when you were human, but now you are undead.

The old man was not a demon race.

He was originally a human.

''They were the same human, so why...?''

Ho-ho-ho, of course.

The old man smiled cheerfully and approached the female soldier, who had fused into a chimera, and hugged her head lovingly.

I like the undead. I like the undead," she said, "they're not very good at what they do. They look down on people, despise them, and try to ostracize them. But the undead are always my friend. And they will do what I want them to do. Good boy.

.........

The girl couldn't help but exclaim at the old man's thoughts, which were so twisted.

'Ho-ho-ho, you can rest assured. The little girl will soon be joining you.

No, no...

The girl retreats with the maid.

But it's a small basement.

Soon her back hits the wall and there is no escape route any longer.

And that's when it happened.

''Well I see, you're the necromancer who controls the undead.

A boy walked into the basement.