The Barbarian Became a Necromancer

054.

Information about the workshop that Pathfinder visited.

It was a city map.

The information engraved on the thin iron plate is densely written in ancient characters.

I can interpret it too, but I decided to leave it to others.

“It seems to have information about major facilities written on it.”

“It seems so. It seems to indicate a total of four locations… Where did you get the map?”

“I found it at the entrance to a place that was built like a park.”

One of the Pathfinders pointed in the direction at Tom’s question.

Northwest from here.

They spoke without hesitation about what they felt while scouting.

“The trap was invisible. It was literally a city made to live in.”

“There was a building the size of a castle nearby. It seemed like the shortest way to go to the studio was to bypass it.”

“Um… .”

As Tom struggled to make a decision, I quietly looked at the map.

‘Central control room, soul workshop, great morgue, memory cradle.’

It did not appear to be a building to maintain the city.

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Just hearing the name, I saw a lot of things that represent death and dreams.

‘It’s probably the first thing to stop by the workshop.’

I tapped Tom on the shoulder.

“Let’s talk for a minute.”

“Ah yes.”

After widening the distance with the expedition, he treated Tom alone.

The foolish exploration leader is still in trouble.

Whether to go the shortest way or to pave the way even if it is slow.

“There is one way.”

“Not two, but only one?”

“okay. I’ll tell you if you’re willing to listen. If not, I will respect your wishes.”

“I want to listen.”

The answer came out without a moment’s thought.

I didn’t know you could rely on me like this.

Still, people’s lives are at stake, so it’s a good decision.

“I will take the lead from now on.”

“yes? Is it a simple sound before the Pathfinders?”

“then?”

“No! It’s too risky. Does it make sense that no one is on this scale? There must be traps or undead lurking there.”

“Do you think I will suffer from that?”

“that… no.”

“Then believe me. Let’s move the shortest distance. I’ll keep the road open, so you can move in 30 minutes.”

“Are you really going to be okay by yourself?”

it’s okay because

I have to move alone anyway.

I can’t even show my skills properly without you guys.

As I silently waved my hand, Tom smiled resignedly.

“thank you. I don’t have an older brother, but Locke-sama feels like an older brother. Even if you don’t want to depend on it, you will.”

“I thought this was also effective, so I only suggested it. The choice was made before and now by your will.”

“That is better. Because he cared for me.”

that’s how it is

I scratched my cheek and tapped Tom on the back.

“Come to think of it, we haven’t even talked about each other.”

“hahahaha, that’s right. We met through work, so I think we only talked about work.”

Tom, who shed a shy smile, briefly revealed his life.

“I just lost my parents because of the demons. My sister’s leg is also weird on one side because of that. Still, since I’m the head of the family… I ended up living like a bad person. And then you came all the way here.”

What about Locke?

I swallowed my saliva at Tom’s question.

The reason why Rico’s legs are bad is because of demons.

He also had a very unfortunate family background.

Is that why you added that contract clause?

Anyway, don’t make this clear.

If you say you’re a warrior, you’ll feel uncomfortable.

“Mr Locke! Exploration Captain! Come this way!”

As we continued our worries, Rika called us.

It’s clear something happened.

When I joined the cry of urgency, an uninvited guest had come.

Geek. gigg.

“Iron Golem! Since he is not undead, Suhojin is not doing his job properly!”

The expedition had already stopped them.

The golems, facing the attack of the members several times, counterattack.

I narrowed my brows at the familiarity I felt from them.

‘I feel the same magical power I felt a moment ago.’

If so, are they just the culprits of the uproar?

While I put my hand in my inventory, I held everyone back.

“Locke!”

“Don’t lose your strength here.”

You have to roll in the workshop.

‘There’s an easy way back, but there’s no need to take the hard way.’

thud!

The white sword of condemnation hit the stone floor.

Everyone’s mouth opens at the sight of cracks like a spider’s web.

It seemed that he had never imagined that he would pull out a weapon whose weight was difficult to guess from the air.

“He-you want to wield it? No, is it a weapon that can be wielded?”

“Get out of here because you can.”

Leaving behind Rika’s question, I used magic reversal.

Divine power that converts when one Absorber is sacrificed.

Rika tilted her head as the golden light shimmered on the sword.

“What is that… .”

Anyway, I have a lot of questions.

Even if you can’t read the energy because of the person wrapped in a veil, you must have felt a sense of deja vu from the visual effect.

“Suck!”

As a result of consistently using the Bone Eater, I was able to use the Storm Sword twice without difficulty.

3 times if you are overdoing it.

So, at least once in collecting clues to dig into this situation, it was a surplus business.

Wow!

A golden trail accompanied by a fierce gale sweeps over them.

The effect of the storm sword was greatly changed.

If it was the image of shooting a shotgun before, should I say that he wields a superheated laser now?

Its range and destructive power are far superior to before.

There is a downside to being able to wield a storm sword only if you have divine power, but that much was worth it.

“Ah, iron golems in one blow!”

“Oh my God, the buildings in the back were also cut down… .”

“Is this the power of an S-class mercenary?”

As the dwarf-like creatures split in two in one blow, the surroundings became noisy.

Rubbing even my eyes seemed dumbfounded by the helplessness I showed.

Except for Rika.

“Divine power? Did you just wield divine power like a weapon? What is that power… No, that sword! That’s a holy relic!”

Belatedly, I recognize the white sword.

In an instant, Rika, who was next to me, looked at me and the greatsword.

“Huh. I never thought the day would come when I could see with my own eyes the white sword of condemnation, one of the holy relics of the Baekkyo religion… . how did you get it? Rather, the total amount of that divine power. Anyone can see that he was at the level of an archbishop.”

It’s noisy.

I approached the frozen iron golem.

Looking inside the blackened section, I saw that the power source and magic stone were entangled.

What he needed to get was, of course, a magic stone.

“Ah, I see!”

Rika, who had been talking to herself, suddenly shouted.

He looks at me coming back after getting a clue.

There was a certain certainty in those intense eyes.

“Mr. Locke. He was the heretic inquisitor of the White Church! It’s clear that you’ve come here to catch the evil lurking within. am i right? Yes?”

After the retired S-class mercenary, is the White School’s Heresy Inquisitor next?

This is one more misunderstanding.

No, Tom, why are you looking at me like that?

“Is it true?”

It must be because of his mood that Tom’s gaze at me looks more respectful.

‘Isn’t this kind of misunderstanding okay though?’

It was the perfect status to silence Rika.

There is also a network called Bratra, so there are enough ways to give lies an alibi.

‘Rather good.’

After making my decision, my fingers go to my face.

He put his index finger on the tip of his nose and uttered a single word.

“Shh.”

It was enough to keep them both quiet.

Even though they were noisy when they nodded, they were really good listeners.

***

‘Did he come as expected?’

after one engagement.

When we arrived in front of the Soul Workshop building, Degrease returned.

The information he asked for convinced me.

The advent of Windor. He disappeared after dealing with iron golems similar to the one I dealt with.

‘It’s like a wind spirit sorcerer.’

His power comes from his contract with the spirits.

However, no one had ever seen him summon a spirit.

Famous anecdotes were included in the set collection, so I remembered reading them with interest.

‘Do your best. Am I funny?’

Dealing with a top-notch demon, he said this in response to his question.

‘Funny. It’s just like that. You have to have a justification to do your best as the head of household, right? But don’t you have that?’

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Just say this and 5 minutes later.

It was written that the head of the highest level demon tribe was separated from the neck.

I closed my eyes recalling the rough information about him.

‘They say he’s a romanticist, but that doesn’t sound like it.’

The answer comes from recalling conversations with Fenolino during an argument.

He must have been a rare flirt.

A hero far from pure love, that was Windor.

“I guess I don’t understand well?”

I was blown away by the voice I heard next to me.

Rika, with her hand behind her back, was looking at the object I was holding with curious eyes.

“Did you get that from the iron golems?”

“Has the maintenance been completed?”

“I came because it was over. It’s time for a short break. entry after that. So, do you want to talk?”

“I’m sure he said he couldn’t answer questions about the Holy Relic or the Heretic Inquisitor.”

“That’s not what I meant to ask, is it? It’s just, isn’t something strange?”

“What do you mean?”

Sit comfortably next to me.

Rika gazed at the quiet city blending with the forest with sunken eyes.

“Do you remember the map?”

remember

The main building located in the center and three directions except for the north.

The buildings built avoiding the road leading there were in perfect symmetry as if they were drawn from above.

“I thought it was a work of art at first, right? But when I thought about it, it wasn’t.”

“Isn’t this an ordinary map?”

“It is a map. I don’t know… He looks like Shin Seong-jin.”

Shin Seong-jin?

wait for a sec. Is there anything I’m missing?

A strange feeling of uneasiness arises.

All the knowledge you possess rises and sinks to the surface.

what have you missed

My mental power accelerated my thinking to the point where I slowly perceived the flow around me.

Without even being aware of it, I surrendered my consciousness to the torrent of thoughts.

Rika is the leader of the choir.

He must have devoted himself to countless tests, training, and study to get to that position.

Among them, there must be a study on Shin Seong-jin, which has an effect similar to that of a magic circle.

That is, she was saying:

‘Dwarves who rejected sacred arts until they were destroyed tried their hand at sacred arts?’

There are no contradictory conclusions.

Dwarves don’t even exist, so who would build a city in the form of a huge sacred formation?

I glanced at the magic stone I was holding.

‘Injected magic binds the soul, infuses memories, and tunes the magic circuit. Other minor magics that assist the three.’

Dwarves are the only race that can cast dozens of spells with a mana stone the size of a baby’s fist.

I chewed on the things I understood with my mental powers and the topics raised by Rika.

Eventually, a conclusion was reached.

“I need to look at the map.”

“also! I thought you, the Heretic Questioner, would catch clues!”

As if waiting, Rika followed.

I stopped her like that.

“Stay here.”

“yes? But I want to help.”

Making me alone is helping.

There’s no way you’ll believe me just because I tell you this straight away.

“Then let’s split the roles.”

offered an alternative.

While staring at Rika, I let out a ray of consciousness.

‘Degris. Enter the Soul Workshop and search for a safe route. Leave a cross-shaped mark at a safe spot.’

They were brought in because they needed manpower to collect the artifacts at once.

In other words, he brought them because he thought that the undead he had now would not be enough.

So it was unnecessary to punish the black magician.

It was right to divide the roles.

“Collect artifacts and valuables from the workshop and come to the central control room. There will be a cross mark at a safe spot. If we go that way, we can minimize the damage.”

“You’re talking like you’ve been inside?”

“You say that knowing what I am doing.”

“As expected, Mr. Locke… .”

After planting the conviction that he was the Heretic Questioner, he turned around.

“Take the artifacts you need first. I’ve told Tom, so he’ll understand right away.”

“How the hell is going on.”

To the confused woman, I threw something that could boost morale.

“What you saw is right. This city is literally a huge ancient shrine. The effect is resetting the soul. The whole of this huge city is an area affected by it.”

“Is this a dangerous situation?”

That’s probably because he didn’t know the magic of the Mana Stone in the Iron Golem.

I tossed the mana stone that had lost its magical power and lost its soul at her.

“It contained the soul of a dwarf. The reason why the iron golem rushed at us. Do you understand now?”

The Dwarves intuited destruction and made a promise to the future.

He abandoned his cursed body and put his soul in a golem.

They recognized the intruder and moved.

With the effect of the sacred art on his back, he rushed with blind purpose.

“To steal our bodies… .”

It’s a creepy face.

I, too, have been feeling the same way as her ever since I realized the hidden truth.

‘Pudgy bastards. Did he want to gain a new life even by changing his species?’

I was even more convinced when I looked at the map.

I turned toward the center of town.

“I’ll wait in the central control room.”

The warlock will most likely be there.

The Dwarf Golems sleeping here won’t be able to do anything if they occupy the center of Shin Seong-jin.