Category: corpse king

Epilogue: For Those Who Know That Name

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“[Ater] Ater-Nanoir. Step forward.”
 
Inside the imperial castle of the Fortem Empire.
 
In the chalk-white castle towering at the center of the imperial capital, tension ran high in the throne room.
 
The cause was the information brought back by the Level 8 explorer, Ater-Nanoir.
 
Without even bringing her party members, Ater knelt alone before the Emperor.
 
Sitting on the majestic throne with his head resting on his hand was a handsome man who could still pass for a young youth.… Read more

“—Young Master! The item you requested!!”
 
Gurba’s loud voice reached the Corpse King’s ears clearly.
 
Instantly.
 
“Fu-chan, the location!”
 
“The Guild! The Guild!!”
 
“I knew it!”
 
Confirming the location of the source, the Corpse King glided just inches above the ground.
 
“Garm, we’re going to save them!”
 
“~~! Yes!!”
 
He picked up Garm, who had been worried about “that child”—who seemed to be a Primordial Species—and then asked:
 
“Nifl, how much time?”
 
“Only about five minutes until reconstruction is complete.”… Read more

Chapter 6: The First Cry

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Gurba walked leisurely down the street filled with agonizing screams, moving against the tide of fleeing people.
 
Thunder roared. The Corpse King was trampling the demons.
 
Seeing the armaments he himself had forged become the King’s power, and watching him wield those weapons to their absolute limit, was a source of supreme bliss for Gurba.
 
Though the King remained humble, Gurba marveled at his skill—convinced that no one in human history would ever make his weapons dance more perfectly.… Read more

 
“Hey, Furcas.”
 
“Hmm?”
 
Kaguya asked without looking back at Furcas, who was crouching down to confirm Seere’s death.
 
“—The Corpse King is an otherworlder, isn’t he?”
 
A moment of silence.
 
After a pause long even for Furcas,
 
“Why?”
 
the Knight asked Kaguya back.
 
“I’m certain now because of that reaction. One of the heroes summoned by the Holy Kingdom of Grifill a hundred and eighty years ago. I thought it was strange when he overreacted to the name Giltums… but looking back with that sense of dissonance, the timing and everything matches up.… Read more

Seere, who had seen utility in the arrogant Aleu—who mistakenly swung Hresvelgr’s power as his own—and moved to sacrifice both him and the wind spirit, had not seen the match after that.
 
He hadn’t seen that clashing ice and fire.
 
If Seere had been cautious and possessed a personality that prepared for emergencies, he would have noticed.
 
The sight like rime frost that dominated the arena. Any Greater Demon who had lived for a hundred and eighty years would remember that name upon seeing it.… Read more

“Wait… for real?”
 
“It appears to be ‘for real.’ It seems to reconstruct itself after taking a certain amount of damage.”
 
Recalling the thunder spear as it flew back to my hand, I regrouped with Garm and Nidhogg, who were nonchalantly gazing up at the situation.
 
Noticing me, Garm grabbed the hem of my coat tightly.
 
“King-kun! That… it’s that kid, but it’s not that kid!”
 
“Wha—what do you mean…?”
 
“There was no feedback when I punched it!… Read more

Kaguya prepared a spell in an instant, but Seere mocked her in return.
 
“Feel free to fire. I’ll just teleport away, and you can destroy this magnificent castle to your heart’s content…”
 
The thing that interrupted Kaguya’s brief hesitation was the screams of the Explorers.
 
“Uwaaaaaaaaaaah!!”
 
“Dammit! Why here!?”
 
“Mana… I’m… out…”
 
“Haah… haah… AAAAAAAHHH!”
 
Battered and bruised. Surrounded on all sides.
 
There were no better words to describe their situation.… Read more

“Yee-haw! I’d die if I had to do that a few more times!”
 
Shaking out her right hand, Linfa Neville landed on the tiled roof of a house.
 
“But… I managed to cancel it out!”
 
[UWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!]
 
Suddenly, a cheer erupted that rivaled the previous explosion.
 
It was a massive roar of support from the people visiting the Sleepless City from other countries.
 
“I don’t really get it, but it looks like that monster isn’t invincible!”
 
“My Explorer level is definitely gonna go up if we take that thing down!”… Read more

Chapter 5: The Wind Spirit Hresvelgr

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The moonlight vanished.
 
A mud-like mana covered the entire capital, forming a massive dome that imprisoned the Sleepless City and blotted out the sky.
 
And yet, out of place amidst the crisis, the city continued to sparkle with an orange glow, illuminated by its own magical lights.
 
It was a scene of “Pandemonium.” Faced with a phenomenon akin to a natural disaster, the trapped citizens began to scream in terror.… Read more

Natural Black Onyx attracts and traps any mana. Even if it’s a curse, which is a collection of negative mana.
 
There is a never-ending demand for it as ornaments for royalty and high-ranking nobles who are always at risk of assassination, and its value continues to soar even now.
 
Such Black Onyx was hidden under the guild’s floor. Aleu was not so dull as not to feel a chill at that fact.
 
“The fact that you don’t have nightmares means you aren’t from the Sleepless City.… Read more