An Old Man Was Kicked Out of the Hero’s Party, Had His Woman Stolen From Him, and Suffered a Terrible Experience, but He Becomes the Strongest After Being Given the Ability to Use Necromancy by the Former Demon King. - Episode 10

Y-You’re kidding.”

“Unfortunately, it’s true.”

　Mei was shaken by my shocking confession.

　Well, that’s what they do.

　Just say that you have become a servant of the former Demon King, Morsilence.

“So, does that mean we’ve become enemies of humanity?”

“That’s not true. I made a contract, but I’m on the side of humans.”

“???”

“Well, it’s not surprising you don’t understand.”

　I put the shirt and jacket I had taken off back on.

　Now, let’s do what we have to do.

“Where do the werewolves meet secretly?”

“Then it’s two hours east.”

“Thank you. That’s fine.”

　It breaks the spell and instantly frees the spirit.

　The werewolf’s soul must have now returned to the afterlife.

　It’s far from here.

　Oh well. I guess I’ll have to use it again.

　It’s not ethically a good thing to do.

“Mei, I’m going to lose consciousness. Can you please protect me?”

“What do you mean?”

“So, this is it. The soul is beyond, the body is here. Les Imperium.”

　Loss of consciousness.

　When I woke up, I was covered in hair.

　He possessed the body of a dead werewolf.

　Although charred, the body tissue still appears to be fine.

“A dead werewolf has come back to life?!”

“Mei, I’m going to use this guy’s body to scout the area now.”

“He spoke!?”

“Well, I’m off now. Please take good care of my body.”

“What on earth is going on?”

　Suddenly, Mei was confused as she saw me fall to the ground, losing consciousness, and the werewolf standing up.

　Sorry, I’ll explain it all later.

　The werewolf takes off the cumbersome armor he was wearing and switches from bipedal to quadrupedal walking, which allows him to run faster.

　I’ll hurry to the rendezvous point. I need to do something before they change their mind.

　After running east for a while, the smell of the werewolves becomes stronger.

　Is this their hideout?

　There was a cave in the forest, and we could see werewolves going in and out of it.

　You can’t see them from outside, but it wouldn’t be surprising if there were fifty-eight of them.

　Ok, I confirmed the location.

　All you have to do is head to this place.

“Who is it?”

　The werewolf standing outside the cave notices me hiding.

　Why? Why did you notice?

　That’s when I noticed a burning smell.

　I see. Mei used magic to burn the guy’s body, so the werewolves noticed the smell.

　Werewolves have good noses.

　I guess I’ll release the spell here and return to my original body.

　It’ll take some time to get back since we’re far away, but we’ll manage somehow.

　I released the magic and returned to my original body.

　When I woke up, it was already morning.

　Something soft on the back of my head.

　Mei looks into my face.

“Finally, you’re awake.”

“Is this a village?”

“Yeah. I was unconscious for a long time.”

　I get up and check my surroundings.

　Mei was giving me a pillow on her lap.

“Hey, is Gil an enemy after all? Or an ally? Which is it?”

“I’m on your side. I’m still trying to help the villagers.”

“Yes. Then I believe you.”

“Is it okay to believe something so easily?”

“I can’t imagine that someone who helps me is a bad person.”

　Mei says and winks.

　I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed by Mei’s behavior.

　At the same time, I’m a little impressed.

　I can’t believe you would believe me like this.

　Now that I think about it, maybe I was craving the kindness of people like this.

　Ever since he was kicked out of the hero’s party.

“Thank you.”

“What’s this all of a sudden?”

“Well, I just wanted to say something.”

　Okay, I’m motivated.

　Let’s go and defeat the werewolf.

　It doesn’t matter how many enemies there are.

“I’m heading to the werewolf’s hideout now. What will you do, Mei?”

“Of course. I’m going.”

　The two of them head towards the werewolves’ hideout.

　I just went out to scout the area, so I know which way to go to get there quickly.

　As you approach the cave, a guard approaches.

　There are two lookouts.

　But just as I was thinking that, one of the guards barked, and more and more of their friends came out of the cave.

　Do I have to deal with all of them?

　But I have no choice but to do it.

“Spirit of fire, grant me power. Serve me. Punish my enemies with a whip of flame. Ignis Whip.”

　Mei chants a spell, summoning a whip of fire from the tip of her staff and attacking the approaching werewolves.

　While Mei is distracting me, I cast a spell of my own.

“Dark immortal legions, dark legions serving the Phoenix, answer my call, Immortal Excelcitus!”

　A white mist appears out of nowhere.

　An army of undead began to emerge from the white mist.

　Armored skeletons, demonic zombies, and hollow, animated suits of armor appear.

　One of the werewolves uses a club to blow the skeleton’s head off.

　It’s useless. These guys are immortal. No matter how much you attack them, they won’t die.

　An immortal army that once terrorized the entire continent.

　Now they attacked the werewolves.

　It was obvious what was going to happen.

　The immortal army slaughtered all the werewolves, and we ended up victorious.

“Well, this incident has finally come to an end.”

“Yeah. Where do we go next?”

“Are you planning on following me…?”

“It’s better than being alone.”

“Maybe we should head to the nearest city from here.”

“The closest place from here is Alcamydia. By the way, I heard that they hold an adventurer’s tournament there.”

“What is that?”

“It’s a tournament to decide who the strongest top-class adventurer is.”

“Hmm, that’s going to be a bit of fun.”

　This might be a good opportunity to test how strong I am now.