Necromancer, But Before the Collapse Civilization Chapter 15

However, when the undead army was summoned by Moros and the Death Canopy enveloped the city, Mayor Yang understood they had gone too far.

Although Mayor Yang made a decisive move and immediately prepared to leave City Hall, he no longer had a chance to escape at this point.

As soon as he stepped out of the elevator on the first floor of City Hall, the elite undead squad sent by Moros broke through the defense line of the private soldiers stationed outside City Hall.

Although this surprise attack was repelled by the brave private soldiers and the pre-set high-tech traps, the ghosts and vampires lingering around City Hall made Mayor Yang realize that he had nowhere to run.

Subsequently, bad news followed one after another, and requests for help poured into City Hall like snowflakes.

The outer ring road defense line was broken through by the zombie army, the second avenue traps were flattened by zombies using their own bodies, and contact was lost with the third avenue barricades...

When the mechanized infantry unit on Fifth Avenue was turned to ashes under the "Death Cloud" cast by a ghoul, Mayor Yang knew that this day would be the end of his life.

As expected, facing the overwhelming offensive of the undead army, the private soldier unit that had successfully repelled the elite undead squad was completely annihilated in less than ten minutes.

Not long after, vampires broke through the door of the mayor's office and entered his sight.

When a cold and sharp steel longsword was placed against his neck, Mayor Yang's heart trembled.

Although he was adept at political struggles, facing this life-threatening crisis, he realized he wasn't as brave as he thought.

However, when he thought of the squad he had sent to the city orphanage, Mayor Yang rekindled his hope and courage.

As long as Unit 0 could complete the mission, my life would be saved!

As for whether the squad led by Unit 0 could complete the mission he assigned, Mayor Yang was not worried.

It was just taking away a little girl from the city orphanage. For Unit 0's squad, completing such a simple task should be a piece of cake.

Therefore, even though he was now being escorted to Moros's location, facing an uncertain fate, Mayor Yang could still remain calm and composed.

Half an hour later.

The lobby of a hotel on the outskirts of the city.

"We finally meet, Mayor Yang."

Moros stood in the center of a group of ghouls, a cold arc curving on his lips, his gaze fixed on the middle-aged man escorted by vampires.

"Moros, I underestimated you."

Mayor Yang met Moros's gaze, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

He once thought he had everything under control, but in the end, he was defeated by this little boy, which led to him being labeled incompetent in the eyes of the councillors, ruining his political future.

"Mayor Yang, there's no need for unnecessary nonsense. Now, tell me..."

Grabbing Mayor Yang's tie with an invisible magical hand, Moros dragged the bureaucrat who once dominated this small city in front of him.

"What happened to my parents, Frakt and Emma?"

"Cough..."

Mayor Yang looked at the little boy in front of him with a scornful smile, his tone laced with a hint of cruelty.

"Didn't you already guess?"

"You mean..."

Swallowing, Moros asked in a trembling voice.

"They are already?"

"That's right, they're already dead!"

Mayor Yang coldly interrupted Moros, shattering his hope without any room for reprieve.

He looked at Moros's face, contorted with pain, and a sense of pleasure surged within him.

"Hahaha, yes, that's the expression I want to see!"

"Damn bastard!"

Drawing a dagger from the waist of a ghoul beside him, an enraged Moros prepared to teach Mayor Yang a profound lesson.

"Don't you want to see your little girlfriend again?"

Seeing that Moros was about to torture him, Mayor Yang finally put away the smile on his face.

"Hmph!"

With a cold snort, Moros used his magic to project an image between the two.

The image showed the completely destroyed Unit 0 squad. These warriors, once placed so much hope in by Mayor Yang, were now cold corpses.

It was evident that Mayor Yang's plan had failed.

"If this is the source of your confidence, then feel despair!"

"How is this possible? You..."

Before Mayor Yang could finish speaking, the dagger in Moros's hand pierced his left hand.

"Ah!"

The pampered mayor had never endured such pain, and he couldn't help but cry out loudly.

"If you can think of Vill-V, why can't I?"

Moros spoke as he drew the dagger embedded in his left hand and thrust it back-handed into Mayor Yang's right hand.

"Ah!"

Listening to Mayor Yang's screams, Moros continued his explanation.

"When the attack began, I had already dispatched an elite undead squad to the municipal orphanage."

Drawing the dagger again, Moros mercilessly plunged it into Mayor Yang's left arm.

"Ah!"

"As it turns out, my concerns were valid."

He pulled it out and plunged it into the right arm.

"Ah!"

"You, you little scu—"

Mayor Yang, his eyes red from the pain, was about to say something when the two vampires standing behind him drew their steel longswords at Moros's signal.

The next moment, two sharp blades pierced his knees.

"Ah!"

The intense pain nearly made Mayor Yang faint. He looked up and glared at Moros, his eyes filled with hatred and unwillingness.

"Unwilling? Despair? That's right!"

Ordering the vampires to continue their torture of Mayor Yang, Moros wore a look of satisfaction on his face.

"I will make you understand what unforgivable crimes you have committed in the past!"

Moros's voice was cold and firm, revealing his obsession with revenge.

Listening to Mayor Yang's wails under the vampires' torment, Moros began to consider his next plan.

He couldn't stay on the Mu Continent any longer. For now, the only option was to return to the demiplane and develop for a while...

Moros thought to himself, planning his future development.

However, at that moment, his expression suddenly turned serious.

They're here so quickly?

In his perception, the zombie clusters stationed on the outskirts of the city as a perimeter were being annihilated at an astonishing speed.

Clearly, the Mu Continent's regular army had reacted.

You're lucky!

He glared fiercely at the bloodied Mayor Yang and took the longsword handed to him by a vampire.

With a flash of the sword, Mayor Yang's contorted head fell to the ground.

Chapter 24: Interrogating Souls and Loss

Moros naturally would not grant Mayor Yang such an easy death.

After beheading the bureaucrat who had once controlled the fate of the city, Moros cast Necromancy and pulled Mayor Yang's soul from his dismembered corpse.

This was something Moros could do only after transforming from a player into a mage.

If he were still the player who knew about Necromancy but didn't understand its principles, he would never have been able to perform such a feat.

"Didn't I die?"

Mayor Yang's soul, just extracted from his body, was still in a state of confusion, unable to comprehend the current situation.

In response, Moros generously used Soul Scourge to inform Mayor Yang of his current predicament.

"Ah!"

With a piercing scream, Mayor Yang's soul trembled in pain.

"Tell me, where are Frakt's and Emma's bodies?"

For skilled spellcasters, death does not mean the end.

Through various mysterious magical means, spellcasters can resurrect the dead, or at least preserve their souls.

Not to mention anything else, Moros had found a spell to resurrect the deceased in the spell codex stored by the Mages' Guild.

The fifth-level Light Magic spell, Resurrection!

Although Moros had not yet mastered this profound spell, he was full of confidence in himself.

He firmly believed that as long as he persisted in learning and practicing, he would one day master this miraculous spell.

At that time, as long as he obtained Frakt's and Emma's bodies, Moros would be able to resurrect them.

"Don't dream about it! I won't tell you!"

Facing Mayor Yang's soul, which was still stubborn, Moros's eyes turned dangerous.

With the Mu Continent's regular army already clearing out the undead forces on the outskirts of the city, Moros's army was suffering losses every minute and every second.

Therefore, he didn't have time to waste with Mayor Yang's soul.

"You will tell me!"

Casually dropping the statement, Moros began to chant the incantation for the second-tier Dark Magic spell, [Suffering].

Moros believed that under the effect of this spell, unless someone possessed extraordinary willpower, they would absolutely not be able to hold out for long.

Judging from Mayor Yang's previous behavior, he was not a person with a firm will.

As expected, Mayor Yang's soul, unable to last even ten seconds, wailed and begged Moros for forgiveness.

"Answer my question!"

Stopping the casting of the Dark Magic, Moros coldly pressed further.

"His, their bodies have already been sent to the research base on the outskirts of the city..."

Amidst labored breaths, Mayor Yang's soul revealed all the information he knew to Moros.

Mayor Yang's soul harbored a small hope that Moros would perish together with the Councillor who had forced him to hold the City Hall, leading to his current predicament.

Through Mayor Yang's soul's account, Moros also understood the entire sequence of events.

Eight years ago, Mayor Yang, who had just become the deputy mayor, had sided with the Councillor.

With the latter's support, he not only advanced in his career to become the mayor but also gained substantial benefits.

Of course, the Councillor's favors were not without cost.

Following the Councillor's instructions, Mayor Yang used the guise of planning a new district to conceal the Councillor's secret construction of an underground research base on the city's outskirts.

In the days that followed, this research base had been continuously conducting research on some kind of mysterious energy.

And Moros's father, Frakt, while transporting supplies to the research base, had accidentally become entangled in a dispute between the Councillor and other councillors, ultimately being forced to commit suicide.

"So, the Councillor is behind all of this?"

Recalling the politician he had seen on television, the one standing at the pinnacle of Mu Continent's political stage, a flame of vengeance ignited in Moros's eyes.