REAPER SCANS
Necromancer Academy's Genius Summoner
[Translator - Ramen]
[Proofreader - Artethrax]
Chapter 124
Simon and his party climbed onto the roof to escape the swarm of zombies.
But the crisis wasn't over yet. A horde of zombies found Simon and his party, rushing in and starting to climb the walls of the building.
To be precise, they weren’t climbing, rather the zombies in front were sticking to the wall and other zombies were clambering on top, forming a mound of flesh.
Rick let out a weak laugh as he saw it.
"Hieek, this'll haunt my nightmares for the next week."
A sight that evokes an extreme and primal terror. All the undead in this place screamed for the group’s deaths. The only thing they could rely on was each other.
"Let's move again."
In the end, the four of them jumped off the roof with their Armors on. As soon as they crossed the mansion fence and came down into an alley, zombies on the ground rushed after them as if waiting.
"Is the city really this difficult?"
Panted Meilyn.
"I thought we just needed to get some materials while watching out for a few zombies roaming around!"
Simon was also confused. There being this many zombies chasing after them was strange.
'Is there some unnatural force at play?'
At that moment, Simon, running along the carriage road, saw something like a lid. It was on the road, its subtly different color making it barely noticeable.
"Everyone! Wait for a second!"
Simon ran toward it, grabbed the lid's handle, and lifted it up. Accompanied by the stench of the sewers was a ladder going down.
"Simon! Are you planning to go this way?"
Simon looked back. The waves of zombies looked like a landslide rapidly closing in on them.
"Zombies are coming from all sides, so I agree it's not a bad idea to just go down."
Rick shrugged.
"Will it work? I think the zombies will follow after us right away."
"We could distract the zombies on our way, then sneak in here. What do you think?"
Meilyn immediately nodded.
"I'm in! I can obscure their visions with fire!"
"Ah, I heard that zombies are sensitive to sound!"
"Then we can use this."
Rick took out a box in the shape of a musical instrument from his subspace.
"This is a prototype not yet ready for sale, but I guess I can't help it."
As Rick deftly wound the spring and released, music began to play loudly from the box.
"You got any more of those?"
Asked Simon as he took out three skeletons. Rick pulled out two more music boxes so the skeletons could carry one each.
"There's not much time!"
Camibarez was buying time by firing a series of blood bullets, flinging back the approaching zombies.
"I'll summon the fire now!"
Meilyn swung her arm and spread Dark Flame around like a wall. Smoke rose along with the flames, and the group was completely obscured.
'I'm counting on you!'
Rattle!
Rattllleee!
Skeletons carrying music boxes ran through the flames. Then they dispersed and ran in three directions. The horde of zombies heard the loud music and tore into groups to go after them.
‘Now!’
The four of them swiftly entered the sewer. Simon, who came in last, closed the lid behind him with a clang.
As soon as the lid was shut, nothing could be seen in the thick darkness, and all he could feel was the old ladder that he was gripping with all his might.
"Is everyone okay?"
"Yeah!"
After waiting for a bit to adjust to the darkness, he took a lantern out of his subspace.
Now he could see better. Simon was at the top of the ladder, followed by Camibarez, Meilyn, and Rick.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
You could hear the rough footsteps of zombies directly above. The ceiling shook, and their wailing reverberated through the walls.
With just a single ceiling above them, the four of them held their breaths and nervously waited.
And after a while…
"…Did they leave?"
The outside had become quiet. The sound of footsteps seemed to have trailed off to someplace else. Only then did they let out a collective sigh of relief.
"We have two options now."
Said Rick, seemingly regaining his composure as he spoke.
"To go up or down. Either way is risky."
"Mmmmmm."
As Meilyn was in deep contemplation, her eyes met Rick's.
"Hey!!"
She suddenly blushed and grabbed the hem of her skirt.
"Where do you think you're looking?!!"
"Ah, you caught me."
"You caught me, my ass! Die! Just jump off a cliff!"
"Ouch! Hey! Hey! I got hit on my nose! My nose!"
Meilyn grabbed her skirt and began kicking Rick in the face wildly. In the end, Rick went down, out of reach of her legs.
"Wow! You're seriously kicking a person with the intent to murder! It's dark, so I can only see the outline anyway!"
"And why are you looking at that outline, you perverted commoner!!"
While the two were fighting, Camibarez let out a small sigh and looked up at Simon.
"What will we do, Simon?"
"Let's go down. It's hard clinging on to the ladder, and if we go up now, there would be zombies roaming nearby."
Meilyn and Rick agreed with Simon. Everyone carefully came down the ladder and stepped foot on the sewer floor.
There was nothing special.
The dark passage stretched endlessly, and the stench of sewage and ammonia stung the nose. Trickling down beside the walkable path was black, pungent water.
"Hmph, it's better this way."
Meilyn crossed her arms.
"I don't think there'll be any more ingredients up there. Now that it has come to this, let's go all the way down the sewers to the depths of Death Land!"
Rick dusted off his hair.
"Hey, are you for real? There were already so many zombies around the entrance. There could be a real zombie den if we venture further inside."
She grinned.
"You scared?"
"Ehem! S-Scared? Who’s scared? All I'm saying is that we shouldn’t act impulsively. Let’s make a reasonable decision!"
Rick and Meilyn turned their heads at the same time to look at Simon. It seemed like they were saying, 'I'm right, right?'.
Simon pondered for a moment before responding.
"Meilyn is right. Materials close to the camp must've already been swept away."
Class C went ahead of Class A, and according to the seniors in Mutant, all the students in Professor Aaron's summoning class came to Death Land last year and the year before that. Of course, the location of the camp would’ve never changed.
"So you're saying we need to go deeper?"
Simon nodded at Camibarez's question.
"Yeah. I think they gave 12 hours and made us move in groups because it's difficult to get the materials in the first place."
Rick clicked his tongue and nodded.
"Tsk, got it."
"If we all work together, it'll be fine!"
And just like that, the four were in agreement.
REAPER SCANS
Necromancer Academy's Genius Summoner
[Translator - Ramen]
[Proofreader - Artethrax]
Chapter 124
Simon and his party climbed onto the roof to escape the swarm of zombies.
But the crisis wasn't over yet. A horde of zombies found Simon and his party, rushing in and starting to climb the walls of the building.
To be precise, they weren’t climbing, rather the zombies in front were sticking to the wall and other zombies were clambering on top, forming a mound of flesh.
Rick let out a weak laugh as he saw it.
"Hieek, this'll haunt my nightmares for the next week."
A sight that evokes an extreme and primal terror. All the undead in this place screamed for the group’s deaths. The only thing they could rely on was each other.
"Let's move again."
In the end, the four of them jumped off the roof with their Armors on. As soon as they crossed the mansion fence and came down into an alley, zombies on the ground rushed after them as if waiting.
"Is the city really this difficult?"
Panted Meilyn.
"I thought we just needed to get some materials while watching out for a few zombies roaming around!"
Simon was also confused. There being this many zombies chasing after them was strange.
'Is there some unnatural force at play?'
At that moment, Simon, running along the carriage road, saw something like a lid. It was on the road, its subtly different color making it barely noticeable.
"Everyone! Wait for a second!"
Simon ran toward it, grabbed the lid's handle, and lifted it up. Accompanied by the stench of the sewers was a ladder going down.
"Simon! Are you planning to go this way?"
Simon looked back. The waves of zombies looked like a landslide rapidly closing in on them.
"Zombies are coming from all sides, so I agree it's not a bad idea to just go down."
Rick shrugged.
"Will it work? I think the zombies will follow after us right away."
"We could distract the zombies on our way, then sneak in here. What do you think?"
Meilyn immediately nodded.
"I'm in! I can obscure their visions with fire!"
"Ah, I heard that zombies are sensitive to sound!"
"Then we can use this."
Rick took out a box in the shape of a musical instrument from his subspace.
"This is a prototype not yet ready for sale, but I guess I can't help it."
As Rick deftly wound the spring and released, music began to play loudly from the box.
"You got any more of those?"
Asked Simon as he took out three skeletons. Rick pulled out two more music boxes so the skeletons could carry one each.
"There's not much time!"
Camibarez was buying time by firing a series of blood bullets, flinging back the approaching zombies.
"I'll summon the fire now!"
Meilyn swung her arm and spread Dark Flame around like a wall. Smoke rose along with the flames, and the group was completely obscured.
'I'm counting on you!'
Rattle!
Rattllleee!
Skeletons carrying music boxes ran through the flames. Then they dispersed and ran in three directions. The horde of zombies heard the loud music and tore into groups to go after them.
‘Now!’
The four of them swiftly entered the sewer. Simon, who came in last, closed the lid behind him with a clang.
As soon as the lid was shut, nothing could be seen in the thick darkness, and all he could feel was the old ladder that he was gripping with all his might.
"Is everyone okay?"
"Yeah!"
After waiting for a bit to adjust to the darkness, he took a lantern out of his subspace.
Now he could see better. Simon was at the top of the ladder, followed by Camibarez, Meilyn, and Rick.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
You could hear the rough footsteps of zombies directly above. The ceiling shook, and their wailing reverberated through the walls.
With just a single ceiling above them, the four of them held their breaths and nervously waited.
And after a while…
"…Did they leave?"
The outside had become quiet. The sound of footsteps seemed to have trailed off to someplace else. Only then did they let out a collective sigh of relief.
"We have two options now."
Said Rick, seemingly regaining his composure as he spoke.
"To go up or down. Either way is risky."
"Mmmmmm."
As Meilyn was in deep contemplation, her eyes met Rick's.
"Hey!!"
She suddenly blushed and grabbed the hem of her skirt.
"Where do you think you're looking?!!"
"Ah, you caught me."
"You caught me, my ass! Die! Just jump off a cliff!"
"Ouch! Hey! Hey! I got hit on my nose! My nose!"
Meilyn grabbed her skirt and began kicking Rick in the face wildly. In the end, Rick went down, out of reach of her legs.
"Wow! You're seriously kicking a person with the intent to murder! It's dark, so I can only see the outline anyway!"
"And why are you looking at that outline, you perverted commoner!!"
While the two were fighting, Camibarez let out a small sigh and looked up at Simon.
"What will we do, Simon?"
"Let's go down. It's hard clinging on to the ladder, and if we go up now, there would be zombies roaming nearby."
Meilyn and Rick agreed with Simon. Everyone carefully came down the ladder and stepped foot on the sewer floor.
There was nothing special.
The dark passage stretched endlessly, and the stench of sewage and ammonia stung the nose. Trickling down beside the walkable path was black, pungent water.
"Hmph, it's better this way."
Meilyn crossed her arms.
"I don't think there'll be any more ingredients up there. Now that it has come to this, let's go all the way down the sewers to the depths of Death Land!"
Rick dusted off his hair.
"Hey, are you for real? There were already so many zombies around the entrance. There could be a real zombie den if we venture further inside."
She grinned.
"You scared?"
"Ehem! S-Scared? Who’s scared? All I'm saying is that we shouldn’t act impulsively. Let’s make a reasonable decision!"
Rick and Meilyn turned their heads at the same time to look at Simon. It seemed like they were saying, 'I'm right, right?'.
Simon pondered for a moment before responding.
"Meilyn is right. Materials close to the camp must've already been swept away."
Class C went ahead of Class A, and according to the seniors in Mutant, all the students in Professor Aaron's summoning class came to Death Land last year and the year before that. Of course, the location of the camp would’ve never changed.
"So you're saying we need to go deeper?"
Simon nodded at Camibarez's question.
"Yeah. I think they gave 12 hours and made us move in groups because it's difficult to get the materials in the first place."
Rick clicked his tongue and nodded.
"Tsk, got it."
"If we all work together, it'll be fine!"
And just like that, the four were in agreement.
