A Gamers Guide to Necromancy

Chapter 3: Factions are unfair

Realistically this is still a very dangerous fight, despite the level advantage and my far higher numbers. With my current HP they could still one shot me if they got the chance, but they don't know that. And really even if they did the horde of higher level undead in between us would put a stop to that. While Raynare, Mittelt and Kalawarner tried to fight of the horde Dohnaseek got the idea to try and impale me, but the 5 level 30 Living Armours put a swift end to that attempt. His race might get better bonuses than humans but he is still far too underleveled for this fight. The Living Armour in front of me simply grabs his spear and snaps it, before impaling him with it's blade. As it pulls the blade out he attempts to flee, flying away but it casually grabs his leg and pulls him back to the ground impaling him again, pinning him to the ground with it's sword through his shoulder. He's alive, more or less. One of my Living Armour puts it's foot on his chest holding it's sword to his throat stopping his struggles.

Seriously? This is what I was preparing for? I haven't even used my usual buff spells and we are still winning easily, Raynare really is a trash opponent. If it's this easy then I can take them alive, at least until I know what I want to do to them, I send the order mentally to my forces, just in time as well as Kalawarner was looking close to death, with several arrows sticking out of her from the Bayroks, as she falls to her knees a skeleton grabs her and drags her next to Dohnaseek, forcing her to her knees in front of me as it places it's axe to her throat. These Fallen are all trash, complete and utter trash.

I haven't upgraded my troops to level 40 yet, I haven't used any buffs and I haven't even used all my summon spots and we are still crushing them. Still I shouldn't get cocky, this world is full of scarily OP people, just because this is an easy fight doesn't change the fact that I'm still not strong enough, this is practically a tutorial fight.

Mittelt is next to fall, the Totenhunds tearing at her legs, with her injuries she can't stand until she's been healed, and they don't have a healer, she's dragged out next being held in place by two skeletons.

Out of all of them Raynare certainly puts up the best fight, but the numbers are against her, for every hit she blocks or dodges three more get through, a Shinobi Necro ambushes her, cutting off one of her wings with it's kunai, what happens if a fallen loses a wing? Can they grow back or is she a cripple now? It doesn't matter I suppose, she can't fight of the horde, and even if she could fly she'd be bombarded with death magic and arrows the moment she left the ground, the skies are a dangerous place when there are so many powerful ranged users around waiting for you to try, she ends up just like the others, dragged before me by my skeletons. It's almost odd, I told them not to kill them unless my life depended on it, but they dragged them here by themselves. My undead keep showing hints of a personality, but never more than a hint. I wouldn't mind if they developed their own personalities as long as they stay loyal.

"Seriously? You tried to kill me when you're all this pathetically weak?" I ask mockingly, honestly I'm kinda bitter about them trying to kill me, even if it was a pointless attempt.

"Killing me will have consequences, you don't want to make an enemy of the Grigori." Raynare says quickly, she's a coward. Though that's not a surprise, she begged Issei to save her in canon, even after everything she did. Still, she isn't completely wrong, I don't know if they are working for Kokabiel knowingly or if they are loyal to Azazel, in which case they are probably being deceived by Kokabiel. Even still, I want to kill them, to punish them for their arrogance.

"And I should care, why? You four are weak and irrelevant, I doubt anyone will miss you, but don't worry, when a necromancer is involved death is far from the end, you'll live again as member of my horde." I say readying a drain life spell, picking Mittelt as victim number one.

"Wait! Please, you don't have to kill me! I can be more useful to you alive, I can serve you better like this!" Mittelt begs, weaklings are always cowards at the end.