The young dragon's dream of becoming emperor was mischievous.
The mischievous side of the evil dragon made Lucia somewhat afraid.
Earlier, he had wanted to summon a dead friend up to demand repayment from her.
When he failed to summon his dead friend, he instead wanted to summon an old powerful enemy who had died who-knew-how-many years ago.
He had clearly looked like a very mature evil dragon just last night. How had he revealed his mischievous side in front of her, a fake hatchling, after only one day?
The evil dragon was definitely a freak among black dragons.
A normal black dragon would never use necromancy, nor would it deign to learn it.
To a normal black dragon, its powerful draconic body, razor-sharp claws, pointed fangs, and Dragon Breath that could melt and corrode everything were its strongest weapons.
On top of that, the black dragon clan could resist most source-energy spells, so they were even less willing to sneak into the human world to secretly learn any source-energy spells.
Evil Dragon Lance was an exception. Not only did he know necromancy, he could also release fire-element source-energy spells. Just now, she had seen a little flame ignite on the tip of his claw with her own eyes.
A normal black dragon simply could not do that.
That morning, she had told the evil dragon that if he was bored, he could use necromancy to summon his former friends and play cards with them.
At the time, she had said it to ease the evil dragon's longing and sorrow for his friends, with a little joking mixed in.
She felt that although the evil dragon knew many things, he might not necessarily know how to summon the dead. After all, necromancy belonged to dark source-energy magic in the human world.
It was deeply despised.
In the human world, most people who could sense the existence of source energy would choose source-energy spells inclined toward the light element.
For example, Light Magic, Radiant Sun Magic, Frost Magic, Rain Magic, and Lightning Spell.
No one would willingly learn necromancy, much less join a necromancy academy or the Dark Source Energy Tower.
The evil dragon was strange. As an evil dragon, he was already hated by everyone, yet after taking human form and infiltrating the human world, he had actually dared to learn necromancy. Was he not afraid of being discovered by the clergy of the temple and captured and locked away in the Heresy Tribunal? With the identities of evil dragon and necromancer combined, it was entirely possible that the temple knights would slaughter him on the spot.
The temple knights were all powerful, and the holy knights were even stronger. Not to mention that some temples even had Dragon Knights.
A combination of giant dragon and knight had absurdly powerful combat strength.
"Lance, you still shouldn't summon your former powerful enemies from hell. This is your home. What if they come up, see that you're a black dragon, and attack you directly? The aftershocks of the battle might destroy your home. You've lived for so long and become stronger than before, but they've been dead for so long. They might have grown quite a bit stronger in hell too.
If a battle breaks out between you, you'll be the one who suffers."
Lucia racked her brains and came up with a reason to stop the evil dragon from summoning his former enemies.
Was the dragon lair more important?
Or was frightening his former enemies more fun?
It all depended on what the evil dragon chose.
In any case, the possibility she had mentioned did indeed exist.
"The possibility you mentioned does exist, but the chances of it happening are very small. The 'Necromancer Summoning Contract' contains a clause stating that summoned undead may not turn on the necromancer.
"Undead who violate this clause will die. Even if they do not die and return to hell, they will become food for Hellhounds. So under normal circumstances, undead summoned from hell by a necromancer will obey the necromancer's orders unconditionally.
"Of course, there are some orders the undead can disobey without suffering any punishment."
Lucia was bewildered. What was the Necromancer Summoning Contract?
She had never come into contact with such a thing. Although Eva was a Dark Wizard, she was a curse mage and did not know how to summon undead.
Her way of fighting was to use ancient incantations to curse her enemies and make them lose their combat strength in an instant.
Her understanding of necromancers was limited to the fact that they liked desecrating the dead and manipulating corpses to fight.
They were hated by the various temples and feared and despised by the people.
And that was it.
As the Imperial Princess, she would not take the initiative to associate with necromancers. If she ever truly needed one, Eva would handle it.
Those shadowy dark necromancers were not people the upper class would contact directly. Some nobles liked to cultivate them in secret.
"I don't know anything about the Necromancer Summoning Contract."
"It's normal that you don't. Most people in the human world don't know about it, let alone a hatchling like you who has barely come into contact with necromancers.
"I'll explain it to you briefly. There are two kinds of necromancers—"
"I know that. One kind is evil dragon necromancers, and the other kind is all the other necromancers."
"???"
Hearing the evil dragon say that there were two kinds of necromancers, Lucia grinned and finished his words for him.
The evil dragon had only said there were two kinds.
Then one kind must belong exclusively to evil dragons, while the other belonged exclusively to everyone else.
What a somewhat narcissistic evil dragon.
Although he was indeed a relatively outstanding evil dragon.
She had never come into contact with any other giant dragons, so the hatchling could not guarantee that there were no giant dragons on the continent more outstanding than the evil dragon.
Even if there were none on the continent, Dragon Island, which had been missing for who-knew-how-many years, certainly had giant dragons more outstanding than Evil Dragon Lance.
Such as the Golden Dragon, which symbolized light and wealth.
And the Silver Dragon, which symbolized the Silver Moon and glory.
There was no need to mention red dragons. They symbolized evil and destruction and were evil dragons through and through.
They were stronger than black dragons in destructive power and stronger than black dragons in combat strength.
If a red dragon went to the human world and played the part of an evil dragon, and if the legendary heroes and the valiant Hero Party did not hunt it down, they would probably have to mobilize an army.
"You're not wrong to interpret my words that way. You can put it like that. But when I said there were two kinds of necromancers, I meant that one kind had signed contracts with hell, while the other kind had not signed contracts with hell.
"Necromancers who have signed contracts with hell summon undead legally and properly. They don't bully ordinary people, much less control the souls of those who have just died for no reason, and they don't manipulate the corpses of the dead.
"Most of the necromancers in the human world who like causing trouble are necromancers who have not signed contracts with hell. They do whatever they want and stop at nothing to pursue power. Because of their existence, the standing of necromancers in the hearts of humans has fallen lower and lower.
"Until they became rats crossing the street, with everyone shouting for their destruction. Some of these necromancers are wanted by hell, with bounties placed on their heads."
"???"
There were actually necromancers who could sign cooperative contracts with hell?
If the evil dragon had not told her, she absolutely would not have believed that necromancers could cooperate with hell.
It was somewhat like the way clergy interacted with the gods of the temples.
Similar, but not completely the same.
"Then, Lance, have you signed a contract with hell?"
"I have. I'm a necromancer who cooperates with hell. Even if the clergy of the various temples know my identity, they still have to speak to me politely when they see me."
"That amazing?"
Lance grinned.
The hatchling was envious. The evil dragon's experiences were dangerous, thrilling, and interesting.
If she became emperor, she wanted to have fun like that too.
"That's wonderful. If I went to the human world and became emperor, could I also do whatever I wanted without restraint and play however I pleased?"
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