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 9

“You’re serious about bringing defeated monsters back to life?”

“Yes. Although more accurately, it summons souls from the other world.”

“I’ve never heard of such a spell…”

“That’s understandable. I only found out about it recently.”

　It’s only natural that wizards in the public domain don’t know about the necromancy magic used by the former Demon King.

　Although if he were to unleash an army of immortals, it would surely be obvious.

“O dead ones, answer my call. Call of Lemures.”

　The werewolf’s spirit appears in the place where its original body was.

　I’m not going anywhere.

　This is because the soul is bound by magical chains.

　This is a spell created by the former Demon King, Morsilence, to interrogate his enemies.

　The souls of the dead cannot lie.

　Speak your mind.

　He no longer had the will he had when he was alive, and answered as if recalling a vague memory.

　So it’s perfect for questioning.

　Moloch kills his enemies, makes them give up information they have, and then manipulates the dead. He’s a truly terrifying demon king. I’m glad he’s not the demon king now.

　The reason I know so much detail is because when I was bestowed with the magic, Morsilence’s memories also flowed into me.

　The horrific memories of the former Demon King. Although they are helping him now…

　To be honest, it didn’t make me feel good when it was playing.

“What do you want?”

“Wow, the spirit spoke. And in human words.”

　The words are made understandable here, too.

　This is because magic is used to make the spirits speak human words.

　Because if we speak werewolf language, we won’t understand what we’re saying.

　Since it was a spell for interrogation, there was no language barrier.

　Shall I ask a question now?

“Why did you attack this village alone? Werewolves are naturally meant to live in packs. So why were you alone?”

“I’ll answer that. That’s because I only came here to scout.”

“Scouting? For what purpose?”

“They were planning to attack this village and the neighboring villages in two days. They were investigating for that purpose. To see if there were any powerful people among the humans. To see if there was anyone who would come to their aid.”

“So they were attacking livestock, and you were watching what was going on?”

“That’s right.”

“I see, I can read the situation now.”

　No wonder I was making such a confusing imitation.

　But this is bad.

　If a village were attacked by a group of werewolves, it would be taken over in no time.

　While I was deep in thought, Mei tugged on the sleeve of my shirt.

“Hey, isn’t this bad? I think we should ask the neighboring cities for help with adventurers.”

“How long does it take from here to the nearest city?”

“Four days. But it’s too late. Should we call for the residents to evacuate now?”

“Is there a place to evacuate to?”

“If we can get to the city, we’ll be able to manage somehow.”

“Werewolves are agile. Even if we call for evacuation, they will likely catch up.”

　They are fast. They can move faster than a human can run.

　Plus, they have a sense of smell and will follow us wherever we go.

　Damn, how awkward.

“Hey, the werewolves still don’t know about us, do they? In that case, how about we launch a surprise attack?”

“That’s right. That was certainly an option.”

　If we were to launch a surprise attack, even the werewolves would not stand a chance.

　No, wait.

　Can two people handle it?

“How many werewolves are there in the group?”

“Fifty-eight.”

“Five?! That’s like a small army.”

“There’s not enough of them to win by fighting together.”

　They can’t win with just the two of them, and even if they manage to evacuate the villagers, they’ll be caught up with before they can reach the city.

　…No, why did you become a servant of the former Demon Lord, Morsilence?

　I have a way to get out of this situation.

“Mei, can you leave this to me?”

“What are you planning to do by telling me to leave it to you?”

“If it were just me, I might be able to do something about this situation.”

“How? You’re not planning on being a decoy, are you? I won’t tolerate that.”

“No, it’s not that.”

　I took off the jacket I was wearing.

　I also took off the shirt I was wearing.

“Wh-what? Why did you suddenly start taking off your clothes? I guess you’re trying to use yourself as a decoy so that you can get eaten.”

“different”

　At this point, I have no choice but to show it to Mei.

　This emblem is on the back.

“Look at my back.”

“What’s this bird engraved on your back? Could it be that it’s a spirit’s crest? Ah, I get it. I’m going to summon a higher-ranking spirit and have them do something about the werewolf.”

“No, it’s not a spirit’s crest. This is… the Demon King’s crest.”

“Demon King? What are you talking about?”

“To be precise, I am a former demon lord. Mei, I am not just an adventurer.”

　Yes, I gave up being a mere adventurer a long time ago.

　Since that day, when he was banished from the hero ranks and killed by a monster all alone.

“It’s only natural that you don’t know the magic I use.”

　After all, up until now humans have known of its existence, but it has never been used because it is too evil.

　Besides, it was the Demon King who used it.

“Let me introduce myself to you once again. I’m Gil Clark. I was expelled from the Hero’s Party and became a servant of the former Demon King, Morsilence.”