The Shadow Monarch Izuku Midoriya

Ch 37: Class Advancement Part 7

"Talk"

'Thought'

[System]

How did it start off so nicely towards 'assassin', then veer sharply to 'Necromancer'?

Izuku blankly stared at the results with a dumbfounded expression.

He rubbed his eyes, but the words did not change.

[Your class is the Necromancer.]

The message still floated in front of him. His initial disbelief was followed by anger and thought, 'I never even touched the intelligence stat! Why?!'

Of all the Mage-class Heroes, he had never heard of a Necromancer. When he first Awakened as an E-ranker, Izuku was a Fighter-class. Putting aside the sword he briefly used in the beginning, he had solely used a dagger up until now, and the skills he obtained easily belonged to the assassin-class. He could not have imagined that an entirely different category of class would appear.

To think that he would receive a Mage-class, not only that, the Necromancer.

He only knew of the class through video game knowledge, but he had a rough idea of what the Necromancer class entailed. A distasteful mage followed by an undead army. No matter how he thought about it, it did not fit him. Izuku relaxed his scrunched face and shook his head.

Even if his thoughts were in chaos, he would approach the situation calmly. This calmness was one of Izuku's weapons. Taking a moment, he was able to find his composure.

Denial, then anger. He felt like a patient that had received a terminal diagnosis, going through the five stages of grief.

In this situation, there was not much room to compromise. If he had to pick the benefits of the Necromancer class... as the System said, he supposed he could make his own army.

The problem is that the army would be composed of soldiers made of bones and corpses.

Taking that around the real world would flip society on its back. Hunters were already the target of envy and fear. Imagine if a Hunter led an 'Army of the Dead' around. Forget compatibility, he could not imagine shouldering the burden.

[Would you like to accept the class?]

The System asked for his reply.

Oh thank God.

Izuku sighed in relief. The fact that the class wasn't being forced on him meant that he had another chance. And if he had another chance, he was not about to hesitate.

Izuku easily refused the offer, "Nope."

Then the message asked again.

[The Necromancer is a "Hidden Class". Would you still like to refuse?]

It was basically the same question, but he could not readily reply after being asked twice. This time, he hesitated, 'Hidden... class?'

It was certainly something that could be found in a game, but in reality, there were Heroes with rare abilities. A Hero that could form barriers, or a Hero that could cast buffs and thought, 'I heard a rumor that Howaitotaiga's Guildmaster Howa Taiga even has the ability to transform into a magic beast.'

All those Heroes with special powers worked for large Guilds and wielded an immense amount of influence and power, 'When it says a "Hidden Class", is it talking about those Heroes with special powers?'