Necromancer’s Evolutionary Traits

Episode 118. Regression

How the hell did this happen?

The terrible pain from a moment ago was still palpable.

While looking around and groping around like that, I saw Luna flying in from afar.

“Hey friend!”

Luna.

how did this happen

Did she come back too?

“and! I just had an amazing experience! Listen, listen!”

She grabbed and shook me, who was still bewildered.

Her action drew attention again like the last time, but it was meaningless.

‘The behavior of the villagers is the same as last time. So what about Luna? How did Luna know I was here?’

As if answering that question, Luna continued.

“I just went out of town and into the fog? But I’m back to where I first opened my eyes! Aren’t you curious? right?”

“ah.”

That means… … .

Did Luna also make a comeback?

“Luna.”

“huh! say!”

“A little while ago, I went into the inn after asking for information from the villagers. I want to meet Luna. And it was night.”

“uh? It’s night? What are you talking about, I just left and came back?”

“Luna, I’m not sure yet, but I think this city is repeating the same day.”

I explained to Luna what I had been through since then.

The townspeople who became black smoke ran away, noise Evan von Orléans and to my death.

Luna, who normally seemed to have lost her head, was on the extraordinary side of the brain, like her magical skills, so she quickly understood what I was saying.

“Time return!”

“yes. I guess so.”

From the scene where the kids passed me a moment ago, it was almost certain to see familiar people walking around.

The same time was repeating itself in this city.

‘Is that why the name of the dungeon was a recurring nightmare?’

The problem was that there were no hints about the causes and conditions of this regression and how to clear it.

There was no threat to his life as long as he had already confirmed that he could not escape this dungeon even by dying. But if they couldn’t find a way to escape, they might have to spend eternity here.

Because this sinful world view can have enough of such unrealistic things.

“Then Evan must have returned too?”

Needless to say, even the worst existence came along here.

I’m still busy solving this dungeon, but uninvited guests come in.

“It was strong.”

At my sudden words, Luna nodded as if she understood.

“Yes, Evan is strong. Because my mother couldn’t fight recklessly and ran away.”

“But there is no need to be afraid. Even if you die, you will come back to life.”

“Friend, you can’t bet on that. As long as we don’t know the structure of this place yet, we don’t know how many times we can return.”

Luna was right.

We had to assume and act on cases where the regression would not repeat itself indefinitely.

‘Then the first thing to do is… … .’

The city’s secrets may be an immediate search agent.

If so, it seemed good to first get information about the existence that could be our hindrance.

‘Evan.’

I had to figure out his starting point.

* * *

“Huh… … .”

Evan von Orléon, who had been standing there blankly, looked around.

Walking through the streets, facing the black smoke that did not go away even after killing Barry Sanders, he recklessly walked out of the city, thinking that there would be no end if he stayed like this.

As I threw myself into the unknown fog, I was surprised to see that I was back in the first place.

It wasn’t just a place to come back.

As if time had turned back, the sun was shining brightly in the sky.

“This is so… … It’s unusual.”

He prides himself on having gone through many experiences.

However, it took some time for him to organize his thoughts because it was his first experience like this.

“Wow! It’s a knight!”

“Knight!”

Children who were running on the street approached him as he stood there.

Evan, who would normally have greeted him with a smile, just looked at him with a strange expression.

“You guys… … .”

What had already happened once was repeating itself.

Evan tried to hide his confused feelings in the series of events that seemed like a staged play, lowering his posture to hold the children’s hands.

“Samuel Stephenson Robert.”

“uh? The driver knows our names!”

“and! How do you know our names?”

Evan, whom he knew by name from a previous meeting, laughed bitterly.

“This is so… … This is a troubling situation.”

time has turned

While working as a paladin in the Holy Kingdom of Kasion, he experienced various mana abnormalities, but this phenomenon was by far the most overwhelming.

A city that is by no means small.

It doesn’t make sense to repeat the time of the entire city like that with ordinary power.

‘Luna Pendragon Berry Sanders. Did the two of them go back in time too?’

One question here.

Then, did Barry Sanders, whom he killed a moment ago, come back to life?

A goal has been set.

It was my turn to find them first.

* * *

This time, unlike the last time, I went with Luna.

There was no need to take the risk of traveling alone as long as we knew that a greater force than we could have imagined was at work in this city.

‘Assuming that Evan also returned, did he continue to be active even after I died and then return?’

Even though Luna returned before me, she ended up being the same second round as me.

If so, even if Evan became more active after killing me, there was a high possibility that the Evan we would meet now would be the same as us in the second round.

“Look over there! I’m performing!”

While wandering around the city looking for Evan with Luna, they saw a small theater company performing in an empty lot with a clock tower.

It was about several characters working together to defeat a man dressed as a red dragon, but as soon as I saw it, I thought it was the fire dragon Kriebmaher written on the booklet I had.

“Wow.”

Before I knew it, I saw Luna watching a play as if she had forgotten to look for Evan.

I was looking at the play with admiration as if I hadn’t had this kind of experience.

“Hey bro. Is this the first face you see? Are you a mercenary?”

Around the time Luna was distracted, someone who was watching the play spoke to me.

For me, who still has vivid memories of the last episode, the villager’s question, which turned into black smoke, was awkward, but I nodded.

“Yes that’s right.”

“Oh, did you come to participate in the Fire Dragon Expedition? If so, it’s too late. The expedition already left a few days ago.”

“The Fire Dragon Expedition?”

I unknowingly questioned this unexpected information.

Then the man who spoke to me looked at me with strange eyes.

“Are you really a mercenary? How can you be a mercenary without knowing the news of the Fire Dragon Expedition?”

“I was in the countryside and just came to Seoul. The news was dark, so I didn’t know.”

The man, who was still looking at me with a curious look, pointed to the play with his chin.

“Since the fire dragon settled down near our city, of course I heard the news and thought you were here. Anyway, if you just became a mercenary, you wouldn’t have joined the expedition anyway, so it doesn’t matter.”

“Did you go to catch the fire dragon?”

“Is that so? It’s only been a few days since I left after receiving the protection of Lethe, the guardian deity of this city. In fact, there hasn’t been any damage so far, but the fact that the fire dragon has settled nearby is highly likely to have an adverse effect, so we need to deal with it quickly. A lot of mercenaries flocked to it because Lethe-nim’s high-ranking priest directly requested it.”

Guardian God High Priest Fire Dragon and Dragon Expedition.

With this information alone, some outlines were drawn.

‘Ancient times?’

An ancient era in which the gods existed.

The era when giants and dragons lived.

Given that hidden dungeons are often associated with ancient ruins, my guess was plausible.

And no matter how much I thought about the Fire Dragon I went to catch, it seemed like the Kriebmacher written on the booklet I was holding.

‘Then, is this a story of a city that existed in ancient times?’

The city of ancient times repeats the same day over and over again.

The reason is that?

“Anyway, the results will be known in a little while. No matter how terrifying dragons are, there should be no problem since there are 3 knights of the Great Warrior class and even Lethe-sama’s protection. Maybe it’s a pity for you. The success of this expedition is a matter of course, but it would have been an opportunity to add an epic line to my career by participating.”

As soon as he finished speaking, applause broke out as if the play was over.

The man dressed as a fire dragon lay down as if he had been killed by a knight’s sword.

“fun! It was the first time I saw a play!”

Luna, who was watching from the front, returned and said.

Then I looked at the passerby standing next to me.

“Who is the uncle?”

“There was a group. I’m Thompson, who runs the fruit shop next door.”

“Hi Thompson!”

“Haha, you bright girl. Are you a priest by any chance?”

“Priests?”

Luna tilted her head at the sudden question.

“Oh, excuse me. I thought he was a priest of Nyx from his appearance. Isn’t it common to have silver hair and opal eyes?”

Are all the priests of the ancient era unique in appearance?

So, does Luna have the lineage of an Old God priest?

It was only a guess, but it was not certain, but I put the information I learned for the first time in my head while playing the game so far.

When the actors who performed the play disappeared after greeting, the people in the clearing scattered.

Thompson, who had been messing around, said a few words to us and then went back to his shop, leaving Luna and me alone in the vacant lot.

“Luna.”

“huh?”

“Was Luna’s mother similar in appearance to Luna?”

“huh! It was the same!”

If so, it could be a lineage that really came down from ancient times.

Because of the lineage of a priest who serves God, did he awaken such an unusual ability?

I was collecting and analyzing information just like when I was playing games without even realizing it.

It was a gamer mode that felt like a long time ago.

“friend.”

While I was lost in my thoughts, I heard Luna calling me with a slightly frozen voice.

And the agitation of emotion in that voice was so evident.

When I looked up, I knew something had happened from the sound of her voice… … .

“This is amazing. Are you alive again? Or did I just come back? Do you remember?”

A bright voice and a confident step.

A knight, dazzling white in the sunlight, was walking from far away.

“That you died to me.”

“Evan.”

Evan von Orleon.

I thought I had gotten stronger too, but he was an absolute strongman who made me unable to use my hands.

He was smiling brightly at us.