episode_0017

This is a very fundamental and most important question.

Why couldn’t I think of that obvious thought until now?

This is the very problem that should have been thought of before blindly killing the knight.

How do you use magic?

Naturally, I don’t know how to use magic.

You might not know it in a game, but there’s no way I’ve ever used magic in real life.

But why did I act on the assumption that I could use magic so naturally?

I felt like I was going to shudder at my own stupidity.

I knew I was stupid.

But I didn’t want to have it confirmed like this.

I suppressed my trembling hands and desperately organized my thoughts.

Let’s calm down, there’s still a chance to make up for it.

This strange world follows the rules of the game to some extent.

Try using the same method as in the game.

Yes, that’s it!

It might not be as big a deal as you think.

Just like in the game, you might be able to use magic just by shouting the skill name out loud.

I recalled the magic of the Necromancy school that I had seen in the game.

Fortunately, I had some knowledge of the Tree of Eternity’s necromancy magic system.

The magic I need to use now to revive the knight’s body into a Death Knight is… … .

“Create Undead!”

He shouted loudly with his wish in a very serious voice.

An intermediate level magic of the Necromancy school that creates intermediate undead from corpses.

In the game, it’s just a passing magic for leveling, but it’s my only lifeline right now.

Please, I hope this is the right way!

But nothing happened.

The corpse of the dead knight did not rise, and no magical phenomenon was felt.

My throat just cracked a little because I suddenly raised my voice.

I cleared my throat out of embarrassment.

Oh, it’s still okay, it’s okay.

I didn’t even think I’d be full after the first drink.

That spell just now may not have been activated because I haven’t learned it yet, right?

Although it’s a little lower level, let’s think about another spell.

therefore… … With a slightly lower level spell… … .

“Animate Dead!”

This time, I gave up my greed and shouted the name of the basic spell that necromancers first learn.

It’s a magic with low performance that raises low-level undead from corpses, but right now, we’re in no position to tell whether it’s cold or hot.

Please succeed.

If this spell fails, there will be no more retreat!

Nothing happened.

The knight was still just a horrible corpse with blood pouring out from the sword stuck in his chest.

“… … Raise Dead?”

This time, he lost confidence and spoke in a small voice that crawled endlessly.

As expected, there was no reaction.

“Create Greater Undead! Summon Undead! Create Zombie! Create Skeleton… … ! Damn it!”

Of course, what was shouted last was not a spell.

With unbearable passion, he hit the bed with both fists.

I shouted out all the magic I knew, as well as words that sounded like magic names.

There was no reaction.

What a fucking world!

I guess I have to admit it now.

Like in the game, you cannot use magic by simply shouting the skill name.

And that fact was driving me crazy in real time.

I burst out laughing at the sense of despair that flooded me.

As a result, the possibility of me being able to use magic has completely disappeared, leaving no possibility whatsoever.

So what on earth is that text in the status window? Are you making fun of people?

“Necromancy can be used. Then you should also tell me how to use it! Have you ever in your life never heard of the instruction manual being included? You bastard!”

I was screaming at someone I didn’t even know who they were.

However, it was difficult to get angry at something unknown.

Before long, the blame came back to me.

You idiot, you idiot!

This was a problem that should have been considered first from the beginning.

Just because I came to a world where magic exists, doesn’t mean I can use magic!

Survive by turning a knight into a Death Knight through charm.

The most important prerequisite for realizing all these plans is that ‘I will be able to use magic.’

However, the only magic I have used so far is the unique skill [Princess’s Charm], which was activated at will.

It’s a suspicious magic that I don’t really know how it works, and it wasn’t even activated by my will.

But foolishly, I believed I had succeeded and kept pushing forward.

Wait, does that mean everything I’ve done so far has been in vain?

A sudden thought gave me goosebumps.

After experiencing countless deaths, he found a way to fight against the knight.

He also shook his hips while fawning over the driver.

These were all actions that stemmed from the hope that they would all survive.

But what if it was all just a waste of time?

I got scared.

Now that the most fundamental prerequisite for solving the problem facing me had collapsed, there was no hope left for me.

The only fate I can choose is to rot with the bloody corpse of a knight in a damp, cold boss room in this unknown world.

“Hey you bastard! Wake up, wake up and talk. What is magic? As a resident here, you wouldn’t know! How on earth do you use that?”

He grabbed the knight’s body and screamed loudly.

This driver was the first and only person I could communicate with in this world.

Of course, there is the problem of whether I can call the guy who tries to kill me every time I come across a ‘person with whom I can communicate’, but as long as the knight was charmed, that problem could have been resolved somehow.

In other words, I killed with my own hands the only person who could have explained the magic of this world to me.

With my sword sheathed, I struck the dead knight’s cheek with all my might.

Like waking up a sleeping person, like someone who believes that by doing so, the knight can come back to life.

I know very well that it is nothing more than a manifestation of mania without any meaning.

But I couldn’t stop.

I felt like if I didn’t do something like that, I would slap myself for being incredibly stupid.

You useless bastard, you idiot!

Please someone tell me, please let me know!

Elena, princess of the underworld, demands temporary leadership of the body.

Would you like to accept it?

As I screamed, another suspicious message window appeared in front of me.

This is the message window that appeared at the right time and answered my questions every time I questioned the absurd laws of this world.

However, the text written in the message window that appeared this time was quite explicit than before.

I quietly whispered the name written in the message window.

“Princess Elena of the Underworld”

It was the moment when the vague doubts I had harbored until now finally turned into certainty.

Behind all these phenomena I am experiencing now is Elena, the boss I have killed a hundred thousand times.

“Is that you? Is that you?”

Of course there was no answer.

I felt like I was going to die at that callousness, but I held back and continued talking.

“Are you the one who threw me into this world, made me die countless times, and made me get raped by a knight?”

silence.

I wasn’t particularly disappointed because I didn’t expect an answer.

Instead, anger welled up from deep within my heart.

“Why on earth are you doing this to me? What did I do so wrong!”

silence.

I wish people would come up with phrases that ridicule and despise me.

If that were the case, I too would be able to be as angry as I want.

But the heavy, complete silence did not allow me even that little play.

“Please tell me the reason, please! Is it because I killed you a hundred thousand times? That’s because it’s just a game! There were no ill feelings whatsoever. Yeah, yeah! I did curse at you. There was a time when I cursed and insulted you because you didn’t drop any of my items. But it’s already been paid off! How many times have I died now?”

silence.

Maybe I’ve already gone crazy.

Please, please.

Anyone is fine.

please say something to me

It doesn’t have to be the answer to my question.

Just break this suffocating silence and give me evidence to prove I’m not crazy, please!

Elena, princess of the underworld, demands temporary leadership of the body.

Would you like to accept it?

[YES/NO]

As if responding to me, a message window appeared once again.

The newly written phrase [YES/NO].

It’s a phrase that feels like a blatant intention to force me to make a choice.

It was as if he was telling you to shut up and accept it because this is the only choice you have right now.

I ground my teeth until they made a grinding sound.

So, if you want an answer, take the offer, right?

Seriously, I thought about accepting the message window’s offer.

There was an immediate reaction of rejection.

No matter how you think about it, this is the height of irrational behavior.

To hand over control of my body to an unknown being who may have called me here.

Under normal circumstances, it would have been an absurd option not even worth considering.

But what about me now, when all my plans for survival have been completely blocked from the beginning?

Going outside in a weak undead body that can’t even use magic is suicidal.

However, it also makes no sense to be trapped in a dark castle with a corpse that is about to rot.

So what can I choose… … .

‘But it’s so ominous.’

Like, is it too paranoid to believe that someone who has been watching me all this time orchestrated me to make this choice?

But even if the guess was true, I still had no choice.

I closed my eyes and raised my hand towards the message window.

Okay, let’s give it a try.

He smiled fiercely, baring his teeth at an unknown person.

I still don’t know what you want from me.

But if it’s Elena who’s playing with me, I can tell you one thing for sure.

I have already beaten you 100,000 times.

Things will never go your way.

I made up my mind and stretched my finger toward the YES button in the message window.

Let’s stick together to see if you die or if I die.

I accepted the offer from Princess Elena of the Underworld.

Temporarily loses control of the body

As if waiting for my actions, my body began to move with a message window popping up quickly.